NOVEL WEB Chapter 801: Wu Youyou
Finally, it was Tang San's turn.
When he awakened his martial spirit, the golden spots were numerous, leading Su Yuntao to speculate whether this child was the object of attention for Master Heart Ape.
Subsequently, a Blue Silver Grass emerged from Tang San's right hand.
Blue Silver Grass?
Just like that little girl earlier?
However, Sun Ming saw a barely noticeable black glow in Tang San's left hand flash and vanish, clearly absorbed directly into his body.
"Not bad talent, watching others retract their martial spirits and hiding it within his body at the moment of awakening."
Sun Ming thought to himself, "That should be the Haotian Hammer, but the fact that it can be a twin martial spirit with the Blue Silver Grass, let me see the essence...both are of equal quality, competing against each other, even depleting both their essences significantly."
"Not of the Innate Full Spirit Power level martial spirit quality."
"Makes sense, this ten-level soul power was cultivated by him using that peaceful soul power circulation method...also, for spiritual power cultivation, he has a different approach from that soul power cultivation, and his hand bones are harder."
"I had only glanced at the blacksmith shop earlier and didn't notice these details..."
Su Yuntao asked Tang San to test his soul power.
The result!
Innate Full Spirit Power!
Su Yuntao looked at the crystal ball radiating a strong glow, then glanced at the Blue Silver Grass, never considering it to be a powerful martial spirit.
Having studied various martial spirit theories published by Sun Ming, he naturally knew that powerful martial spirits have a powerful aura, but this Blue Silver Grass didn't seem to be that kind of martial spirit with special phenomena.
Could it be, that before martial spirit awakening, a special soul power circulation method was cultivated?
Su Yuntao issued a certificate, intending to give it to Tang San's parents, but found that the child's parents were not present, so it had to be kept by Jack.
Afterwards, Su Yuntao bid farewell, as he had another village to visit.
And Jack took Tang San back to the blacksmith shop, found Tang Hao, and shared his intention of wanting Tang San to study at Nuoding Academy.
Although his grandson also possessed soul power, as the village chief, fairness was most important, and the opportunity should be given to the more outstanding person first; his grandson could go next year.
Despite Jack's endless persuasion, Tang Hao was somewhat impatient, saying, "You just want a soul master from the village to boast about, that's your real goal!"
"Tang Hao!" Jack was so angry his face turned red, "Let me tell you, my grandson also has soul power, although only level 0.5, not comparable to Xiao San's ten-level soul power, but I can completely leave this year's opportunity to my grandson!"
"But would you really delay Xiao San?"
"I already asked the soul master staying at my place, as long as one becomes a soul master, even obtaining a white ten-year soul ring, Xiao San can register at Nuoding City's Martial Soul Hall, receiving a gold soul coin each month!"
"One per month, twelve a year, most people in the village only earn one gold soul coin a year, even I earn only three or four annually, not much left after expenses!"
"And, this subsidy can be received until the age of thirty!"
"That's 288 gold soul coins! Even if Xiao San's soul power doesn't improve, he can live in comfort all his life in the village, and if his soul power progresses, once breaking through level twenty, he can receive more each month!"
Tang San's eyes lit up.
Gold soul coins, he hadn't seen them, but had heard that one gold soul coin can be exchanged for ten silver soul coins, and one silver soul coin can be exchanged for a hundred copper soul coins.
One gold soul coin is equivalent to a thousand copper soul coins!
And copper soul coin's purchasing power, one can buy half a pound of rice!
So, just becoming a soul master, he could become a wealthy person in the village.
Perhaps such welfare from the Martial Soul Hall is to recruit excellent civilian soul masters... but it's free for the taking, and the Martial Soul Hall doesn't appear to forcibly require civilian soul masters to join.
"I said no, that's it!" Tang Hao was even more furious, mostly at the words "288 gold soul coins."
A dignified Hao Tian Douluo should not be humiliated by these mere three hundred gold soul coins!
If Holy Spirit Village hadn't taken him in during his most helpless times, he would've punched him already.
Jack, seeing Tang Hao unmoved, said: "There's only three months left until Nuoding Academy starts, you should consider it well, otherwise, I can only give this year's slot to my grandson."
After speaking, Jack walked out.
After sending him out, Tang San returned indoors and told Tang Hao about his second martial spirit.
"Haotian Hammer!"
Tang Hao's eyes showed excitement and self-blame, as he hugged Tang San, shouting, "Son, my son!"
All previous doubts vanished after his son acquired a second martial soul.
"Quite peculiar indeed," Sun Ming shook his head and returned to the room arranged for him by old Jack, continuing his writing as Dugu Yan walked in.
"Brother Sun Ming, I heard there's an Innate Full Spirit Power in this village, and he's the blacksmith's son," Dugu Yan asked curiously, "When the old village chief returned, he complained to his sons so loudly that I heard it."
"It's not Innate Full Spirit Power, it's level ten soul power," Sun Ming corrected.
"Level ten?" Dugu Yan immediately reacted, "You mean he cultivated some sort of soul power circulation method? It seems his father is not simple... Should we pay a visit?"
"No need, it wasn't his father who taught him. How the child got it is unknown, but his method of cultivating soul power has little to do with martial souls; the cultivated soul power can only enhance the martial soul," Sun Ming said, "And luckily, both his martial souls are powerful."
"Twin martial souls!" Dugu Yan was amazed, "It seems that kid is indeed extraordinary, able to hide his other martial soul at the moment of awakening."
"It's just—"
"Though it's said that children from poor families mature early, how does he know so much without leaving the village?"
Sun Ming wrote on paper, casually saying, "Who knows? Maybe, like me, he has exceptional talent, able to see the essence behind mundane matters around him."
"I don't think so."
Dugu Yan disagreed, "It seems more like he obtained some inheritance, following it step by step. Perhaps he has good memory and understanding, but I've observed him secretly these days, and he's just following it step by step."
Sun Ming laughed, "Don't set your sights too high. For most soul masters in the world, possessing such a cultivation inheritance and following it step by step is already the greatest fortune."
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Sun Ming and Dugu Yan bid farewell to village chief Jack, preparing to leave and continue westward, with a little girl from Holy Spirit Village also accompanying them.
This little girl was one of this batch's martial soul awakeners, her martial soul, like Tang San's, was Blue Silver Grass, but her Innate Soul Power was zero.
Compared with Tang San, she's worse off; both her parents were killed by a passing bad-tempered soul master in Nuoding City when she was three... Although that soul master was captured and brought to justice by people from Nuoding City's Martial Soul Hall, and compensation was left for her, a three-year-old obviously couldn't live alone.
Therefore, for the past three years, she survived on meals from various families and clothes from various homes under old Jack's support, until she was six.
She was also one of the mature children in the village, knowing that staying in the village would only add burden to the villagers and village chief Jack, so she asked Sun Ming and others to take her along.
Sun Ming agreed.
Additionally, Sun Ming also wanted to study the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, to see what level it could possibly evolve to.
After all, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass could rival the Haotian Hammer.
"Master soul, I can walk by myself, no need to carry me," the little girl said weakly, blushing, as she rode on Sun Ming's shoulders.
"It's okay, this way we walk faster," Sun Ming smiled, "What's your name?"
"Wu Youyou," the little girl said.
"That's quite a pleasant name," Sun Ming complimented.
Wu Youyou blushed even more, not knowing what to say.
In the days that followed, Wu Youyou's good days arrived; she could eat to her heart's content at every meal and was infused with a bit of soul power by Sun Ming, drawing out the soul power within her, causing her to develop a soul power wave detectable by soul masters.
From the looks of it, about level one.
After publishing and printing the "Hundred Crafts Theory," "Environment and Fame," and Dugu Yan's "Agricultural Tools Improvement Theory" in the next city, Sun Ming began researching the omnipresent Blue Silver Grass plant. My Virtual Library Empire (M|V|L0EMPYR) hosts the original.
Blue Silver Grass, genus of weeds.
This is the description found in current martial soul-related books.
However, Sun Ming keenly perceived that Blue Silver Grass possesses exceptionally tenacious vitality, capable of surviving almost anywhere and undergoing slight changes depending on the environment.
It has vine-like forms and also mimics plants like banana trees.
In various forms.
Moreover, Sun Ming discovered that compared to ordinary weeds, Blue Silver Grass has a more distinct wave reaction among them.
This wave exists between plants of the same species, but it's strongest among Blue Silver Grass.
According to the theory of bloodline resonance, Sun Ming could determine that there must exist Blue Silver Grass with extraordinarily high cultivation years, giving it an advantage over other plants.
Thus, following the pulse of Blue Silver Grass, Sun Ming used soul power to assist Wu Youyou in simulating soul power circulation between her and the Blue Silver Grass, which remarkably accelerated Wu Youyou's soul power increase, even rapidly enhancing the cultivation of the Blue Silver Grass itself.
"Plants are natural spirits and can easily enhance soul power by connecting with nature," Sun Ming helped Wu Youyou find a one-meter-tall Blue Silver Grass with leaves like thin wings and ribbons in a forest, allowing her to touch it during soul power cultivation, facilitating reciprocal soul power conduction between them and accelerating their cultivation.
In just two months, the Blue Silver Grass's cultivation surpassed five hundred years, and Wu Youyou's soul power also reached level ten within two months.
And this Blue Silver Grass, sensing Wu Youyou's need for a soul ring, withered voluntarily, offering its five-hundred-year cultivation to Wu Youyou as a sacrifice...