Chapter 3: Fallen Leaves in Maple Forest Village
"Is it over already?"
Qian Renxue was indignant to find herself, a Soul Saint, defeated by Tang San, who was only a Soul Emperor, in this simulation—a humiliating end. She wanted to simulate again.
Although she hadn't seriously developed her Martial Soul or practiced Soul Skills since awakening her Martial Soul due to her plans to usurp the throne... perhaps she couldn't fully unleash the power of her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, a Soul Saint level being.
But surely she shouldn't have been defeated by a Soul Emperor?
She had a Martial Soul True Body!
[Simulation ended. Cooldown time: seven days!]
[Please try again in seven days.]
Qian Renxue really wanted to simulate again, but the simulator was on cooldown and unusable. This made Qian Renxue very frustrated.
But it can only be used again after the simulator cools down.
...
On the other side, on the border of Fanos Province, in the Heaven Dou Empire, in Maple Forest Village, Notting City, it's that time of year again for Martial Soul Awakening.
In a thatched hut in Maple Forest Village, the annual Martial Soul Awakening is underway. Inside the dilapidated hut , a young man, already in Martial Soul Possession mode and transformed into a werewolf, surrounded by two soul rings, one white and one yellow, is performing Martial Soul Awakening on several children queuing in front of him.
As the little boys and girls in line step into the six-pointed star Martial Soul Awakening Array, they awaken their Martial Souls under guidance. The renowned Blind Douluo, Su Yuntao, sighs and announces the Martial Soul Awakening status of each child.
"Wang Erya, Martial Soul: Mop, No Soul Power."
"Lin Hu, Martial Soul: Scythe, No Soul Power."
"Ye Shan, Martial Soul: Black Jar, No Soul Power."
...
As a steward of the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall, Su Yuntao was only in his early twenties, a newcomer who had recently joined the branch.
Newcomers always have to do the dirty work. Since joining, Su Yuntao had been responsible for awakening Martial Souls in the villages surrounding Notting City.
Initially, Su Yuntao genuinely believed the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall Master's hype, thinking it was a promising job.
If he could awaken a genius with innate Soul Power above level five and recommend them to the main hall, he would receive a substantial reward!
A future promotion to become the new Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall Master, marrying the goddess Sisi, and reaching the pinnacle of life was just around the corner!
However, after only a few years, Su Yuntao became somewhat numb.
He discovered that awakening Martial Souls for the children in these villages...
Let alone a genius awakening innate level five or higher soul power.
Even awakening a soul master with soul power is practically a pipe dream...
But there's no way around it! As a newcomer, Su Yuntao simply couldn't quit his job.
He could only cling to hope, hoping that one day he might have a stroke of luck and awaken a genius with innate soul power above level five, and continue working.
After all, no child cries every day!
"Next!"
Finally, it was the last child's turn.
It was a little boy, wearing a worn-out linen outfit, with wheat-colored skin, short black hair, and fairly handsome features, his eyes revealing a maturity beyond his years.
His name was Ye Luo, a transmigrator from Earth.
In his previous life, Ye Luo was an ordinary college student who, after graduating, became unemployed and searched everywhere for work.
But on one of his job searches, an out-of-control semi-trailer truck suddenly rear-ended him.
In his dying moments, Ye Luo heard muttered phrases like,
"I thought it was a speed bump!",
"Ah! Luckily I had insurance.", and "We're all trying our best to live..."
When his consciousness returned, Ye Luo found himself transmigrated, reborn as an infant.
He later learned that he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent world he knew from his previous life.
However, Ye Luo was quite depressed about this.
In this life, he was just born into an ordinary rural family.
His father was a hunter who also gathered herbs while hunting, and they lived a fairly comfortable life.
But during one hunt, while picking some dendrobium orchids on a steep cliff, he accidentally fell to his death.
His mother, not long after, also succumbed to illness due to excessive worry and overwork, and unfortunately passed away.
Only Ye Luo was left. Fortunately, Ye Luo was a transmigrator, and even though he was still young, he could barely take care of himself and stubbornly survived.
However, Ye Luo was somewhat worried about the upcoming awakening of his martial soul, and basically had no expectations.
In the Douluo Continent, martial souls are inherited through bloodlines.
Essentially, a person's future is determined at birth.
In this life, Ye Luo's father's martial soul is a scythe, and his mother's is Blue Silver Grass—both considered useless martial souls.
Ye Luo knows that the martial soul he awakens next will likely be one of these two.
Following Su Yuntao's instructions...
Ye Luo stepped into the six-pointed star array and closed his eyes.
Beside him, Su Yuntao clapped his hands rapidly, channeling streams of green soul power into the six black round stones forming the six-pointed star array.
Instantly, a dazzling golden halo bloomed, transforming into a golden light shield, and numerous golden light points continuously dissipated, surging into Ye Luo's body.
After a while, seeing that Ye Luo's body had stopped absorbing the golden light points, Su Yuntao suddenly shouted,
"Summon your martial soul!"
Hearing the voice, Ye Luo immediately opened his eyes and stretched out his right hand.
In a pale blue light, a small grass resembling a watermelon seedling, entirely blue-silver, slowly emerged.
"Blue Silver Grass again?"
Disappointment flashed in Su Yuntao's eyes as he shook his head helplessly, looking at an old man not far away.
The old man looked to be in his sixties or seventies, dressed in a grayish-brown outfit. His hair and beard were completely white, and he was somewhat thin and hunched over, but his face was kind. He leaned on a cane.
"Old Village Chief Tom, it seems your village has no Soul Masters again this year."
However, upon hearing Su Yuntao's words and feeling the faint warm current emanating from his body, Ye Luo couldn't help but have a strange glint in his eyes and raised his right hand.
"Um... Uncle, I suddenly feel a warm current in my body. Is this Soul Power?"
"Warm current?"
Su Yuntao was stunned, quite incredulous.
The Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could also generate Soul Power?
"Here, put your hand on this."
Su Yuntao took a dark blue crystal ball and handed it to Ye Luo, asking him to place his hand on it.
After Ye Luo placed his hand on the dark blue crystal ball,the crystal ball immediately emitted a faint blue light.
"Innate Level Three Soul Power?!"
Su Yuntao's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in surprise.
The Blue Silver Grass martial soul, though considered a classic form of a useless martial soul, isn't necessarily devoid of soul power.
As a deacon of the Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao knew this.
Some lucky individuals did awaken the Blue Silver Grass martial soul and gain soul power, but it was usually only around level one.
A Blue Silver Grass martial soul with innate level three soul power was practically unheard of!
In fact, it was true that ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial souls couldn't possibly reach level three innate soul power.
But Ye Luo didn't only have one Blue Silver Grass martial soul; he also had a second martial soul—the Scythe!
To be honest, Ye Luo himself couldn't believe it.
He had actually awakened twin martial souls, inheriting both his father's Scythe and his mother's Blue Silver Grass!
However, other twin martial soul possessors, like Tang San and Bibi Dong, all possessed top-tier twin martial souls, such as the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer, the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor.
What was this Blue Silver Grass and Scythe of his?
Ye Luo was helpless.
(End of this Chapter)