"Oh? You want to awaken your martial soul?" Yu Xiaogang could not help asking in surprise when he heard Qi Ling's request.
"Your soul power fluctuations are so strong, yet you haven't awakened your martial soul?"
Although Yu Xiaogang's own innate martial soul was defective, leaving him unable to raise his soul power beyond rank 30 for his entire life, his knowledge was beyond anyone else's!
So he saw at a glance that the soul power within Qi Ling surged like raging waves, even stronger than that of most soul masters who had already obtained soul rings!
This was undoubtedly a sign of innate full soul power, and possessing such powerful soul power fluctuations without having awakened his martial soul made Qi Ling's exceptional talent all the more apparent!
Yu Xiaogang was beginning to wonder just what sort of peerless genius he had brought home.
Qi Ling had no better explanation for this either. He could hardly say that his soul power had been gifted to him by the system, so he could only gloss over it with vague words. Fortunately, Yu Xiaogang was not someone who liked to get to the bottom of everything.
"I see. In that case, you can go to the Spirit Hall in Nuoding City to undergo your martial soul awakening."
As Yu Xiaogang spoke, he took out a waist token. "Take this with you. They'll let you undergo the test."
Yu Xiaogang had indeed not been boasting. When Qi Ling arrived at the Spirit Hall in Nuoding City with his waist token, they took him very seriously.
After examining the token, the guard at the entrance hurried inside to report with a trace of panic, almost falling over.
Before long, an old man dressed in red received him, accompanied by two young people, a man and a woman.
The old man in red took the token from Qi Ling, seemingly checking its authenticity. Once he finished examining it, he immediately gave Qi Ling a warm look.
"So you're someone recommended by Grandmaster. Your talent must be astonishing. Sisi, take him to awaken his martial soul," the old man in red said.
Then the woman named Sisi led Qi Ling into a room.
A table stood in the very center of the room. On it, a black base held a transparent gemstone that looked extraordinarily valuable.
This was a precious gem the Spirit Hall used specifically to awaken martial souls. One only needed to place a hand on it, and the soul master responsible for the awakening would operate it to awaken the martial soul successfully.
"Little one, don't be nervous. Come, put your hand on this Awakening Stone. Big Sister will guide you through the awakening."
Sisi spoke gently to Qi Ling. She was quite fond of this handsome little boy with his striking looks.
Unfortunately, Qi Ling was no shy, bashful little boy, but a man of steel so hopelessly straight that he had no friends.
Watching Sisi chatter on, he said bluntly, "Auntie, could you hurry up? I'm short on time."
"A-Auntie?!" Sisi wondered whether she had misheard. With her beauty, someone had actually called her Auntie?
"Little one, I'm not Auntie. I'm Big Sister..."
Sisi still wanted to explain, but Qi Ling had already placed his hand on the Awakening Stone and stopped paying attention to her.
Damn it, you annoying little brat! Sisi grumbled inwardly as she guided her soul power and began awakening Qi Ling's martial soul.
After all, her teacher was here too, watching from the side. However dissatisfied she was, she had to keep working.
But in the next second, that little bit of dissatisfaction vanished without a trace, replaced by overwhelming shock and terror!
The originally transparent, flawless Awakening Stone actually burst with a dazzling blood-red light! At the same time, like ink dripping into water, the color gradually spread through the entire gem until it became a red gemstone!
At the same time, a savage, bloodthirsty presence shot into the sky, and the phantom of an incomparably vicious demon seemed to appear in midair!
Two pairs of thick horns grew from its hideously ugly head. Behind its body of knotted muscles, two pairs of enormous black bat wings spread slightly, as though a demon king of hell had descended upon the mortal world!
Although it was only a phantom, the terrifying presence it exuded intimidated the three people present so much that they did not dare move!
The old man in red muttered shakily to himself, "L-Lord above, what on earth is... what on earth is..."
Perhaps Qi Ling was the only clearheaded person there. His brows furrowed slightly as he asked the old man, "Hey, do you have any more of these Awakening Stones?"
"Huh? Yes, we do," the old man in red answered instinctively.
"If you do, bring me one to use. I feel like there's still something else inside my body," Qi Ling said.
The old man in red froze. Qi Ling said there was still something inside his body that had not emerged. Could he have another martial soul within him? Would it also be such a terrifying demon?
There was no time to think further. The old man in red immediately said to the young man, "Su Yuntao, quick! Go bring the spare Awakening Stone here!"
Su Yuntao snapped out of his shock. Without the slightest delay, he immediately brought the spare Awakening Stone to Qi Ling's side.
Qi Ling extended his other hand and placed it on this Awakening Stone.
The next instant, a vast, majestic presence that looked down upon all beneath heaven poured out of the Awakening Stone! The entire Awakening Stone radiated dazzling golden light, giving people an irresistible urge to prostrate themselves in worship!
Above that Awakening Stone appeared the phantom of a divine dragon, every detail distinctly visible! Its winding body coiled through the air, its full length impossible to discern. Only from its breathtaking dragon head could they sense that supreme majesty, which brooked neither doubt nor defiance!
The divine dragon and the demon dyed the entire room into a world half gold and half red, seemingly standing as rival powers, contending with each other.
Everyone in the room felt as though they had been swept into an enormous whirlpool, in danger of being crushed to pieces at any moment.
This sensation persisted until Qi Ling withdrew his hands and the phantoms of the demon and divine dragon vanished!
The old man in red gasped for breath, looking as though he had just been fished out of water, giving the impression that he might breathe his last the very next second.
Looking at their condition, Qi Ling reckoned they had no strength left to process his soul master certification.
"Thank you for helping me awaken my martial souls. As for everything else, I'd better come back another day," Qi Ling said with considerable regret.
And just after Qi Ling left, those two Awakening Stones actually crumbled into powder at the same time!
The people in the Spirit Hall looked at one another. Power that even Awakening Stones could not withstand was simply unheard of!
"Quick, report this child's circumstances to the Spirit Hall headquarters at once! This child is either a peerless genius or a peerless monster!" the old man in red said, still shaken.
"The world will surely change because of him!"