NOVEL WEB Chapter 800: Awakening
"Village chief, I'll talk to him. You take the appropriate children to the center of the village first," Su Yuntao said to Old Jack.
"No problem."
Old Jack could see that the Soul Master from the Martial Soul Hall seemed to know the young Soul Master staying at his house, so he did not interfere much. Humming a cheerful tune, he went to the village to bring the children suitable for awakening their martial souls to the village center. Those parents who were not busy followed along, hoping their children could awaken a martial soul with soul power.
In their view, having soul power meant that one could cultivate and become a Soul Master, move to a big city to live, and become superior.
In Sun Ming's eyes, this was what it meant to cross from being common folk to nobility, essentially surpassing one's original class.
"Master Heart Monkey, hello, I am Su Yuntao. I've read every one of your books; they are very insightful. In your 'Martial Soul and Soul Power Cultivation Theory,' I found a method suitable for cultivating my martial soul. Although I may not be very intelligent, and my cultivation is haphazard, the speed of my soul power increase is much faster than before."
Su Yuntao was incredibly excited, his face full of gratitude.
"A year ago, I reached level thirty, but my achievements are not sufficient to apply to the higher-level Martial Soul Hall for help in hunting a millennium soul beast, so the process has been delayed a bit."
"However, even without adding a soul ring, I can continue cultivating, though I won't increase soul power. Yet, following that suitable soul power circulation route, my soul power has become increasingly pure, consuming less soul power to release soul skills, while their power gradually increases."
"I plan to hunt soul beasts myself when my soul power becomes pure enough."
Sun Ming patted Su Yuntao on the shoulder and said with a smile, "This is the result of your own exploration, not my credit. After all, in that book, I only wrote the corresponding theory and general martial soul operation route. It ultimately requires Soul Masters themselves to experiment... But since you've met me, then it's fate. Let me take a look for you."
"Thank you, Master Heart Monkey!" Su Yuntao was overwhelmed with excitement.
"The order of the meridians for soul power circulation is correct, complementing your Lone Wolf Martial Soul··· Hmm, having a martial soul has its advantages. If the order is wrong, the martial soul will react directly, giving you potential for trial and error."
Sun Ming examined Su Yuntao's body, making slight adjustments to his soul power circulation route. He then let him release his martial soul and synchronize his soul power. It took just thirty seconds to complete the adjustments.
Although Sun Ming did it casually, this soul power circulation route that matched the Lone Wolf Martial Soul is no less than Tang San's balanced Soul Power Cultivation method.
This means the soul power circulation method is sufficient for Su Yuntao to train to the Title Douluo level, and because it matches his martial soul, its combat and explosive power are even stronger than Tang San's Soul Power Cultivation method.
Tang San's cultivation method, though balanced and harmonious, doesn't integrate well with one's martial soul. It only utilizes the cultivated soul power to drive the martial soul, potentially achieving a state of proficiency. Without opportunity, if he doesn't modify the cultivation method himself, he might never achieve perfect integration with the martial soul.
However, Sun Ming could see Tang San's method seemed more suited for health cultivation.
"Howl!"
Su Yuntao let out a wolfish howl, feeling comfortable all over, and exclaimed excitedly, "Thank you, Master Su Yuntao, for granting me the opportunity to achieve Title Douluo!"
Sun Ming smiled, "No need for that, just made a minor adjustment to your soul power circulation route, which allowed me to record one more experimental sample."
"Master, feel free to record. I don't mind," Su Yuntao was eager to be noted in books, hoping the upper echelons of the Martial Soul Hall might notice and potentially transfer him to a higher-level hall.
As for whether others would covet his Soul Power Cultivation method?
Hmph!
The fact that his method was taught by Master Heart Monkey ensures no one would dare to act against him openly. Moreover, Master Heart Monkey's cultivation methods are tailored to individual martial souls. Others, without an identical martial soul, might even find it conflicting with their own.
"Are you going to help the village children awaken their martial souls shortly?" Sun Ming asked.
"Yes."
"Can I go and have a look? I'm curious about one child and need to check something."
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Su Yuntao readily agreed.
The Pope of the Martial Soul Hall once said that meeting Master Heart Monkey is like meeting the Pope himself, so Su Yuntao certainly wouldn't refuse. After all, it's alright to awaken the children's martial souls in the open space.
So, Sun Ming followed Su Yuntao to the village center, where eight children, accompanied by their parents, awaited outside the clean little wooden house.
Old Jack greeted them with a beaming smile, "Soul Master, you are here. Can we start then?"
"Village Chief, there's no need to be so formal."
Su Yuntao's attitude improved significantly. Since Master Heart Monkey was staying at Old Jack's house, one must be patient.
Moreover, Master Heart Monkey was humble and courteous. Su Yuntao decided to emulate this, showing more patience to common folk... hoping he could maintain it all his life.
"Let's begin, right here, not inside; it's too dark," Su Yuntao said, taking out six round stones and a crystal ball from the bag he carried on his back.
Storage Soul Guidance Device...
Su Yuntao didn't have one. Such devices are like antiques but usable by Soul Masters. As a quasi Soul Master, he couldn't afford one.
Among the eight children, Tang San watched Su Yuntao place the round stones on the ground, not knowing what he was up to, but his gaze fell on Sun Ming.
A clear heart, a handsome appearance.
Clearly not an ordinary person, but approachable, able to mix with the villagers, even creating quite a stir in a few short days.
But this liveliness had nothing to do with him.
In his view, the people in the village, except for Jack, were snobbish, and this was more common among the commoners, so he didn't play with the other children his age.
Of course, there was another reason: he was mature and felt that these children were somewhat childish, thus feeling a disconnect from them.
This thinking led to the eight children staying together yet keeping some distance from Tang San.
Su Yuntao naturally noticed this and saw that this child was more mature, roughly understanding the reason—mature children take on responsibilities early, gaining something but also losing something.
Like this child, perhaps from a poor family, took on responsibilities early, but lost the opportunity to play with peers.
Gains come with losses, perhaps.
With a sigh in his heart, Su Yuntao remained expressionless, placed the round stones well, and activated his martial soul.
He transformed into a majestic werewolf, with a white and yellow soul ring floating around him. Some children were so scared they cried out, and the parents nearby were also startled.
They mostly had tool martial souls, so how could they have seen a beast martial soul before?
Su Yuntao at this moment looked almost like a monster.
He caught a child attempting to run, a touch of helplessness in his eyes, and said, "This is my martial soul, a beast martial soul. This is its attached form, don't be afraid."
"You, step to the center of the stones, and I will awaken your martial soul."
The child was still a bit scared but calmed down, stepped to the center, and with Su Yuntao's infusion of soul power, the six round stones flashed in sequence, with a faint golden light merging into the child's body.
Then, a sickle emerged from his hand.
"A sickle, a tool martial soul, it can count as a weapon. Let's see if there is any soul power." Su Yuntao handed a crystal ball to the child.
The child raised his hand to it, the crystal ball glowed faintly for a moment, then extinguished again.
"Uh...what does this mean? Less than 0.5 level?" For ninety percent of soul masters, the amount of soul power can be judged by the brightness and coverage of the light emitted by the crystal ball.
Yet this flickered momentarily then went out...
Forgive his lack of knowledge, he didn't know what level this represented; he only knew what 0.5 level soul power in a crystal ball looked like.
"He has soul power, less than 0.1 level."
Sun Ming spoke, "Actually, according to my research, being able to awaken a martial soul means there must be soul power, as the martial soul also needs soul power to maintain its appearance for a long time. For those martial souls that can't detect innate soul power, the soul power can only be below 0.1, 0.01, 0.001."
"To be precise, as long as a person is alive, after awakening their martial soul they all have soul power. It's just that the current testing means are not precise, and there aren't many references for soul power tests, so it's impossible to accurately determine how many decimal places the soul power has."
Su Yuntao's eyes showed respect, he nodded, and said to the child with the sickle martial soul, "You have soul power, very close to 0.1 level, and if you have opportunities in the future, you can also become a soul master."
"Thank you, Soul Master!" The child was delighted, running to his parents, who joyfully embraced their child, praising him for being excellent.
Although it was not 0.1 level, it was very close to 0.1, and in the future, he might become a real soul master!
Su Yuntao issued a certificate indicating innate soul power 0.1 level for the child and began awakening the martial soul for the next child, who was Jack's grandson.
The awakened martial soul was a hoe, but the soul power unexpectedly was 0.5 level!
This was clearly because Sun Ming lived at Jack's house, this little guy had been spying in front of his residence these days, and when caught, was invited in to help carry books, while being given some of Sun Ming's homemade snacks.
"Genos, you are amazing!"
Jack and his three sons were overjoyed.
This was 0.5 level, very close to level one, and he might become a soul master before turning twenty!
If no other children awakened their martial souls, Jack had decided to give his grandson the student spot in the village.
After Su Yuntao issued the certificate, he awakened the martial souls for the remaining six children, but it seemed the Holy Spirit Village's luck had run out. The newly awakened martial souls couldn't be displayed in the crystal ball.
Su Yuntao could only say, "Work hard."
After all, Master Heart Ape was present; directly calling them "discarded martial souls" might lessen his kindly impression in Master Heart Ape's eyes.