Martial Soul Awakening

Martial Soul Awakening was something everyone on the Douluo Continent had to undergo. It did more than test whether a child could become a Soul Master; in some respects, it could even establish parentage.

After dinner, the three returned to their rooms one after another. Han Yu shared a room with Tang San.

Was this moment finally coming?

Han Yu silently weighed the matter. Martial Soul Awakening was unquestionably the most important event in the lives of people on the Douluo Continent.

Others might not know whether Han Yu was Tang Hao's biological child, but Han Yu himself naturally knew.

As someone who had transmigrated bodily to the Douluo Continent, he was certainly not related by blood to either Tang Hao or Ah Yin.

As he hesitated, Tang San stared at the ceiling with wide eyes and spoke in a low voice.

"Brother, what Martial Souls do you think we'll awaken?"

"I don't know."

"Brother, do you think we'll have Soul Power?"

The internal power of Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill had reached a bottleneck. He did not yet know that Soul Power and internal power were the same.

"I don't know."

"Brother, do you think-"

"I don't. Go to sleep."

The more troubled Han Yu felt, the more questions Tang San asked. If he could beat Tang San under normal circumstances, Han Yu would have pinned him down and given him a beating right then.

Hopefully things would turn out for the best.

Heaving a long sigh inwardly, he felt somewhat lost about his future. If he failed to awaken Soul Power, Tang Hao and Tang San would definitely kill him.

If he ran away, could Tang Hao, who had escaped unscathed with two babies in his arms despite several Titled Douluo, catch up with him? Take a guess.

I can only hope that all these years of brotherly affection will make Tang San put in a good word for me when Tang Hao makes his move.

After praying silently for a while, Han Yu finally fell asleep, his mind weighed down with worries.

Two days later, Su Yuntao arrived as promised, and Old Jack brought Han Yu and Tang San there for their Martial Soul Awakening.

Is that Brother Tao, the Blind Douluo?

Rumor had it that if you met Blind Douluo Su Yuntao during your Martial Soul Awakening and managed to get his classic "Trash Martial Soul" buff, your future starting point would be godhood.

Su Yuntao looked at the children before him, feeling a little awkward. Ever since becoming a guide for Martial Soul Awakenings in the villages under Spirit Hall, he had seen just about every kind of child.

But Han Yu alone looked at him with shining eyes and a face full of admiration. Though Su Yuntao enjoyed it, he was also somewhat at a loss.

He gave two dry coughs, drawing the children's attention to himself, and then began to speak.

"Children, my name is Su Yuntao. I'm a rank twenty-six Soul Grandmaster, and I'll be your guide.

"Now, I will awaken your Martial Souls one by one. Remember."

As Su Yuntao spoke, he opened his pack on the table beside him and took out the things needed to awaken Martial Souls and test Soul Power.

With a cry of "Lone Wolf, possess!"

The Martial Soul Awakening officially began.

"Sickle, no Soul Power."

"Hoe, no Soul Power."

"Whoa! Toilet plunger, no Soul Power."

"Oh! Dung fork, no Soul Power. You and that previous child are from the same family, aren't you?"

"Next!"

Soon, it was Tang San's turn, and behind him, the last one in line, was Han Yu.

In an instant, Tang San was enveloped in pale golden light. This time, more golden specks appeared than had appeared for all the previous children combined.

Su Yuntao's eyes went wide. He had a feeling that this child would certainly awaken a powerful Martial Soul.

As the golden light slowly faded, Tang San raised his right hand instinctively. Su Yuntao took a close look, curled his lip, and called out listlessly.

"Next."

Before Tang San could come to his senses, the anxious Han Yu had already rushed to the center of the six black stones, pushing Tang San aside.

Seeing a new child step forward, Su Yuntao instinctively injected Soul Power, and Han Yu and Tang San were gradually enveloped in pale golden light.

This is bad.

Su Yuntao was suddenly startled. He had instinctively injected Soul Power just now, but there were two children at the center of the black stones. This had never happened before, and he did not know what would happen.

Now that things had come to this, Su Yuntao fixed his green eyes on the pale golden light, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Han Yu, at the center of the pale golden light, felt nothing amiss. He only felt warm all over, and when he instinctively held out his right hand, a little tree appeared.

When he looked more closely, he saw that Tang San, who was with him in the pale golden light, had fallen unconscious at some point, holding grass in his right hand and a hammer in his left.

Twin Martial Souls, just as I thought.

At the sight, Han Yu clicked his tongue, but the next moment, his own little tree Martial Soul left him dumbstruck.

Dozens of tiny tendrils stretched out from the little tree and quickly wrapped around both of Tang San's Martial Souls, slowly trying to pull them into the tree's trunk at the same time, but they seemed too heavy.

The little tree's trunk swayed a few times. The tendrils wrapped around the Blue Silver Grass slowly released it and gradually enveloped the Clear Sky Hammer lying on the ground. Joining forces with the other tendrils, they gradually shrank it in midair until it fit inside the little trunk.

It all happened so suddenly that, before Han Yu could recover, the little tree had already finished the whole sequence. Then the pale golden light enveloping the two slowly faded, revealing them to Su Yuntao.

Su Yuntao hurriedly helped Tang San up and reached out to check his breathing. Only then did he relax. He looked up at Han Yu, his gaze growing somewhat fervent, and thought to himself.

This child's Martial Soul must be a powerful one.

Then he spoke.

"Child, what is your Martial Soul? What are you doing holding a branch?"

It had to be said that the little tree in Han Yu's hand now looked like a branch on the verge of drying out, with no sign of being a Martial Soul at all.

"This is my Martial Soul."

"Y-you're joking, right?"

Su Yuntao's face turned ashen, though a trace of hope remained in his eyes. For deacons like him, who were responsible for awakening the Martial Souls of ordinary people, finding a child with extraordinary potential and bringing that child into Spirit Hall could earn them considerable benefits and greatly improve their chances of promotion.

But both children had been all thunder and no rain. Each had produced a greater golden light than the last, yet each Martial Soul was worse than the last.

One had awakened Blue Silver Grass.

The other had awakened a withered branch.

Su Yuntao was on the verge of tears.

Just then, Tang San woke up. He shook his head, feeling as though his body had lost something while he was unconscious. But now he needed to test his Soul Power.

"Master Su Yuntao, I'd like to test my Soul Power."

Tang San staggered over to Su Yuntao and spoke softly.

Su Yuntao did not want to pay attention to anyone at the moment. In a daze, he handed Tang San the blue crystal ball.

After Tang San took the crystal ball, it burst forth with brilliant blue light. Though it was not very dazzling, the meaning was already quite clear.