Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1809 is a bit fantastical.

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hum!hum!hum!
In an instant, the dilapidated warehouse compound was illuminated by colorful lights.

Hundreds of Martial Soul phantoms appeared simultaneously, creating a spectacular scene, yet also conveying a sense of bitterness from the struggles of those at the bottom of society.

As Chen Mu predicted, most children who awakened their martial souls had low-level martial souls without any attributes, and their forms were mostly common tools or ordinary beasts: hoes, sickles, and hammers—the three silly farm tools—along with grayish mountain rats, skinny wind rabbits, and common weeds like blue silver grass that could be seen everywhere...

Their light was dim, and their soul power fluctuations were weak.

Of course, there are still some highlights.

The dozen or so young men and women whom Chen Mu initially assessed as having level three or four talent possessed significantly stronger martial souls, having mid-level martial souls with a single attribute and a tendency towards true intent:
Land-based martial spirits: a rock-skinned wild boar with thick fur and a low growl (earth attribute); a swift-moving iron-clawed lynx with sharp claws that gleam with cold light (metal attribute); and an iron thorn vine rooted in the earth and entwined with thorns (wood attribute).

Aquatic Martial Soul: A blue-scaled fish with scales shimmering in the water (water attribute); a small, armored river crab with a thick shell and waving pincers (primarily water/composite earth essence).

Flying Martial Souls: A gray-feathered falcon with gray feathers but sharp eyes (wind attribute); a sharp-beaked sparrow with a small wingspan but a sharp beak (wind attribute).

Plant Martial Soul: A litmus flower with tough petals that emits a faint glow (primarily earth/composite of wood essence); a sword-leaf grass with leaves as sharp as knives (metal element).

Other intermediate-level martial souls: a piece of dark-colored black iron ore (metal attribute); a piece of lightning-attracting wood with faint electric arcs jumping around (lightning attribute).

This group of children is already considered the backbone of this group.

What's even more striking is that five martial souls shone with a more solid light and possessed a more powerful aura; they were clearly high-level martial souls with dual attributes.

Iceflame Wolf: A wolf-shaped phantom with a dark blue body, surrounded by cold air, and two red flames burning on its shoulders, radiating a strange fluctuation of ice and fire (dual attributes of ice and fire).

Rock Armored Lizard: Resembling a lizard, its body is covered with thick, angular rock armor, and sticky mud flows from its joints, giving it a heavy and imposing feel (Earth/Water dual attributes).

Swift Shadow Fox: An elegant fox with shimmering blue fur. It is extremely fast, leaving afterimages in its wake and creating a breeze as it moves (dual attribute: wind/wood).

Corrosive Poison Ivy: A dark purple vine covered with sharp barbs. The tips of the vine secrete dark green venom, exuding a contradictory aura of decay and vitality (dual attributes of wood and poison).

Glow Quartz: A crystal-clear, pale yellow mineral with an apparent liquid flowing inside, emitting a soft and warm glow that can subtly soothe the soul (light/earth dual attributes).

The appearance of these five dual-attribute martial souls made Chen Mu's eyes light up, and he nodded to himself. This trip was worthwhile. Although their basic talents were not top-notch, the potential of these mutated or composite martial souls was worth exploring.

Chen Mu's gaze swept over the children, and based on their displayed martial spirits and ages (mostly between 8 and 12 years old), he asked each of them about their known innate soul power level (most of which was measured during awakening) and their current soul power level.

"Eleven years old, innate soul power level four, now soul power level thirteen."

"Nine years old, innate soul power level five, now soul power level eleven."

"At twelve years old, his innate soul power was at level four, and now it is at level fifteen."

"At ten years old, his innate soul power was at level five, and now it is at level thirteen."

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As Chen Mu predicted, their soul power level improvement speed was within the normal range of "low-level talent" or "intermediate talent". None of them were particularly outstanding, but it was also in line with the time they lacked systematic training and were in a bad situation after being trafficked (mostly six months to two years).

Clearly, the bone-digging gang hadn't had time to further "process" or transfer these "new goods."

His gaze settled on a girl who looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old.

The girl was thin and pale, but her features were quite pretty, especially her eyes, which were large and bright, and at this moment they held a timid curiosity.

Her martial spirit floated above her palm, appearing... somewhat peculiar. It was a plump, steaming bun, round and appealing to the eye.

Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise and amusement in his eyes: "Eh? What's your name? What's your innate soul power level? And your martial soul... is it a steamed bun?"

He pointed to the steaming bun in the girl's hand, his voice unconsciously rising a few decibels.

When the girl was called out by Chen Mu, she shrank back slightly, but still mustered her courage: "Replying to Fifth Young Master, my name is... Bao Ruoxi. My innate soul power was said to be level five when I awakened. My martial soul... is a steamed bun."

As she finished speaking, she seemed a little embarrassed and lowered her head slightly.

This child is quite perceptive; he knows that his older brother is one position older than him.

"Bao Ruoxi? Level 5 innate soul power?" Chen Mu repeated, looking her over with interest. "Not bad food-type martial soul, you'd be a good candidate to be a chef. How did you end up in the hands of the Bone Digging Gang?"

Bao Ruoxi's eyes were slightly red, and she choked up as she said, "I... my family originally ran a small food stall in a small fishing village on the eastern coast. My mother died early, and my father... my father was taken out to sea by my uncles and met with a storm, and never came back."

"The village bully wanted to seize my family's shop, and he also wanted to... he wanted to sell me to a rich merchant in the city as a maid. I ran away overnight, but... but I was kidnapped by some bandits on the way and then sold to a group of bone-digging people who were passing by..."

Chen Mu's playful look faded slightly: "Your fate has been full of twists and turns. But once you're in the Chen family, as long as you're useful and willing to work hard, no one will be able to bully you anymore. The family is in dire need of food-type soul masters."

Baozi's martial spirit is quite suitable for following Uncle Mai.

Bao Ruoxi's eyes brightened slightly, and he nodded vigorously: "Thank you, Fifth Young Master!"

Next, Chen Mu turned his gaze to the two children in the arena whose soul power fluctuations were the strongest. They were also the only two potential talents that Chen Mu had sensed could reach level six.

The first boy looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, with dark skin and a stocky build, like a silent stone.

The martial spirit he activated was a huge Xuanjia Turtle Shield covered with tortoise shell patterns, its earthy yellow light shimmering, giving people a sense of weight (earth and water attributes).

He said in a low voice, "Bian Zhu, defensive type, twelve years old, innate soul power level six, currently soul power level nineteen."

The second boy was a little younger, about eleven or twelve years old, with a lean build and a wild and unruly look in his eyes.

His martial soul is a black iron falcon with metallic luster on the edges of its wings. Its sharp eyes and claws reveal a powerful aggression (metal and wind attributes).

He raised his chin: "Xiang Feng, offensive type, eleven years old, innate soul power level six! Now soul power level eighteen!"

Chen Mu withdrew his gaze and looked back at Chen Xiaojun, feeling that this luck was a bit surreal.

This human-shaped natural disaster, though a disaster, still has some use (many people in the Chen family nowadays easily attribute things that are more fantastical to Guizi Liu).

Most of the intermediate and advanced martial souls awakened among these children can be taught by expert soul masters skilled in cultivating such martial souls within the Chen family's follower families.

Rock-skinned Wild Boar, Stoneflower, and Lightning-attracting Wood are lower-level martial souls than Stone-armored Porcupine, Stoneheart Flower, and Lightning Staff.

Bajie excitedly ran up to the boy with the rock-skinned wild boar, grinned at him with a smug, mischievous expression, which nearly scared the boy out of his wits.

Among them, Chen Mu was most optimistic about the two Soul Masters: the Ice Flame Wolf, a sixth-grade initial level Soul Master, and the Radiant Quartz (female), a fifth-grade advanced level Soul Master.

The former, with its clash of ice and fire, possesses unique potential; the latter, however, is a support-type martial soul.

Given their level-five talent and aptitude, as long as they develop normally in the future, breaking through to the Soul Emperor realm is not an unattainable goal.

These two level-six, rank-six initial-stage martial spirit youths are paired with the Zhu family (or the Zhang family with the Xuan Tie Shield) and the Cheng family.

(End of this chapter)