Immediately afterward, Yang Zhentian took another crystal ball from his person. It was the kind commonly used to test Soul Power.
"Son, come over and put your hand on the crystal ball. Let's test how much Soul Power you have."
Yang Podi stepped forward as instructed, placed his right hand on the crystal ball, and poured his Soul Power into it. The entire crystal ball instantly blazed with light. The Soul Power inside increased until it nearly filled the ball.
By Yang Podi's own estimate, the crystal ball should have been around ninety percent full. Could my Innate Soul Power be rank nine?
His father, Yang Zhentian, was visibly excited, but forcibly suppressed it. Yang Zhentian turned to glance at his own father, Yang Wudi, in the clan leader's seat. Yang Wudi nodded gently, seemingly with deeper meaning.
Yang Zhentian clearly understood. He put away the crystal ball and said under everyone's gaze, "Son, your Innate Soul Power is rank eight. Very good."
At Yang Zhentian's words, everyone present began whispering, smiles clearly spreading across their faces. This was especially true of the elders seated above. Rank-eight Innate Soul Power already qualified someone as a very promising genius. As long as he cultivated diligently in the future, becoming a Soul Douluo should be no problem.
Next, the other children underwent their Martial Soul Awakening, full of hope.
But whether their luck was too good or too bad was hard to say. All twelve remaining children out of the thirteen actually awakened the Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul, and every one of them had Innate Soul Power above rank five.
The unlucky part was that the highest was just one child with rank-seven Innate Soul Power. Rank-seven Innate Soul Power barely qualified someone as a genius. With diligent cultivation, there was probably a little hope of reaching the Soul Douluo level.
After the Martial Soul Awakening was over, all the children were taken home by their families. Yang Podi also went home with his parents and two grandfathers, though something about the looks in their eyes always seemed a little strange.
Only after they returned home did his father, Yang Zhentian, speak. "Son, there was actually a small issue during your Martial Soul Awakening just now."
Yang Podi looked utterly bewildered. What problem could there possibly be with awakening a Martial Soul?
"When I tested your Innate Soul Power just now, it should have been rank nine. But I deliberately called it rank eight."
"Dad, why?"
"Our Breaking Clan has now made an enemy of Spirit Hall, and our relationship with the Clear Sky Sect is also poor. For your safety, I deliberately understated your talent and Innate Soul Power a little. That will also suit your future development."
"Dad, don't worry. I'll keep a relatively low profile outside from now on."
"Son, rest for today. Later, I'll teach you how to cultivate and meditate. Our Breaking Clan has a little school. From now on, you'll go there to study every morning."
Yang Podi was instantly dumbfounded. Although he was only six, his mental age was already over thirty, yet he still had to attend school-and elementary school at that? Going to school with a bunch of little children really rubbed him the wrong way.
"Dad, can I not go to school? Reading at home is pretty good too."
"Son, you must go to school. That isn't up to you. The lessons mainly cover matters of the Soul Master World, including precautions for cultivation, as well as some fundamentals of our Breaking Clan's medicine refining and basic ways to use the Soul Breaking Spear."
"Once you've mastered everything taught at school, I'll teach you advanced medicine-refining knowledge. Remember this: the Soul Breaking Spear and our medicine-refining knowledge are the foundations of our Breaking Clan."
Hearing his father's words, Yang Podi could only agree helplessly. But on reflection, it made sense. The Breaking Clan had a long history and its own medicine-refining knowledge. It was better to teach the fundamentals from childhood.
After returning to his room, Yang Podi carefully thought back over the process of his Martial Soul Awakening, feeling that something was off.
Judging by what had happened during the awakening, after his Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul awakened, the Soul Power inside him had actually kept flowing, as though another Martial Soul was about to awaken. He had clearly felt it throughout his body at the time, so why hadn't a second Martial Soul awakened?
Could the second Martial Soul not have fully awakened? Or had only part of it awakened? Then how could I awaken it completely?
After pondering it for a long while, he still had no clues, so he ultimately stopped dwelling on it. Instead, he began considering some plans for his future development.
Rank-nine Innate Soul Power, Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul.
Overall, that was fairly good. Even without a Second Martial Soul, he already counted as a genius among geniuses. Should he still follow the Breaking Clan's customary approach when obtaining Soul Rings in the future?
If he obtained Soul Rings according to the Breaking Clan's experience, he always felt that his ceiling for development would be rather limited. Given how things were progressing, Tang San should already be one year old. In other words, nineteen years from now, Spirit Hall would launch the Soul Hunting Operation. At that time, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would suffer devastating blows. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would be wiped out outright, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be crippled.
In other words, time was extremely tight from this point onward. He had to find every possible way to grow stronger before war broke out. Otherwise, the Breaking Clan would be in danger when the time came.
But how exactly could he improve the Breaking Clan's strength? No matter what, he had to obtain the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first. That was the true treasure land, and the place that could change the Breaking Clan's fate.
That afternoon, his father, Yang Zhentian, came to Yang Podi's room with a book, looking rather serious.
"Son, now that you've awakened your Martial Soul, I'll begin teaching you how to meditate."
"The Soul Master World has developed over countless years, and all the major sects and forces have their own meditation methods. The differences between the meditation methods of different sects aren't particularly great. Sigh, our Breaking Clan was once the foremost of the Clear Sky Sect's outer families, after all. Our meditation method is top-tier too."
"In any environment we find ourselves in, Soul Power permeates heaven and earth."
"What we call meditation means using thought to make the Soul Power inside your body flow, while also drawing in Soul Power from outside. Of course, the attributes and concentration of Soul Power vary somewhat between environments. For instance, if plant-type Soul Masters can cultivate in an environment suited to their Martial Souls, the results will be better. Likewise, fire-attribute Soul Masters can absorb Soul Power from the air more quickly if they meditate amid flames."
"Our Breaking Clan's Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul has metal-attribute energy. This is also why most of our Breaking Clan's cultivation rooms are built atop large quantities of metal."
"You can try meditating once now. Just think of the inside of your body as a small world filled with Soul Power, and use meditation to make the Soul Power within it flow. The faster it flows, and the more thoroughly it circulates through every part of your body, the faster you'll absorb Soul Power from outside."
After saying this, Yang Zhentian also took out a book. "Son, this book explains some precautions for meditation in detail. You can read through it first."