Douluo: From Rusted Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 29: Talented in Swordplay, but Lacks Sword Heart
"Grandpa Jack, where's my dad?"

"dad--"

Tang San walked towards the inner room, but found that Tang Hao was not there. Old Jack handed a letter to Tang San.
"Xiao San, this is what your father left for you. Why don't you come to my house for dinner today? Tang Hao has never given you a good meal since you were a child."

Old Jack felt distressed when he thought of Tang San's previous frail appearance. Apart from occasionally helping the village with blacksmithing, Tang Hao had never taken good care of Tang San. Fortunately, he had gone to the Notting City Soul Master Academy to study this year, and his body had become a little stronger.

"No, Grandpa Jack, Xiao Wu and I can just eat at home."

Hearing this, Old Jack walked out of the house helplessly. After Tang San read the letter, he became extremely depressed.
Afterwards, with Xiao Wu's comfort, they felt much better. At the same time, under the witness of a sea of ​​flowers, the two expressed their true feelings to each other and became siblings.

At this time, Ji Wuming, who was in Xilishi Country, did not know that Xiao Wu, a 10-year-old soul beast, had become a brother and sister with Tang San.

To be honest, a 10-year-old soul beast that has transformed into a human form is willing to listen to the words of a seven or eight-year-old human child. Has she forgotten that the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit died at the hands of humans? Shouldn't she accumulate strength to avenge her mother? Even if she is not strong enough, she should at least try hard. How could she still trust humans so much?
As expected, the Softbone Rabbit is a love-loving rabbit who has completely forgotten about other important things, a rogue rabbit!

At this moment, in the center of Xilishi Country, all the villagers gathered around the campfire, eating meat and drinking wine, and having a great time.

Ji Wuming told them about everything he had seen and experienced, letting them know about the wonderful life on the mainland. It was not until late at night when the crowd dispersed that Ji Wuming returned to the stone house where he lived.

The next day, Ji Wuming was woken up by the noise. He opened the door and saw more than 30 children following Dali and the old village chief.

"Master Ji, you're awake. Today is the children's weapon awakening day. Do you want to come and take a look?"

Dali, who was supporting the old village chief, greeted them enthusiastically.

"it is good!"

Apart from the day when his martial soul awakened, this was Ji Wuming's second time to come into contact with martial soul awakening. Out of concern for the martial soul awakening of the villagers of Xilishi Country, he happily went there.

They came to an extremely large stone altar. Ji Wuming and Dali stood beside it. The old village chief looked at the new generation of children in the future village with great joy.
"Feel the weapon within you! Concentrate on splitting the wood before you."

Soon, an iron sword appeared in the right hand of a strong boy. As his eyes opened, he chopped towards the 50-centimeter-high cube of wood in front of him with his right hand.
The wood block in front was split in half, and the cut was extremely smooth.

"Village chief, old village chief, I succeeded! I have the ability to build houses and hunt."

The child looked around and found that he was the first one to have a weapon, and he was even happier.
"Okay, I'm the first one. From now on, I will help the village chief and make our village a better place." Ji Wuming looked at the child in astonishment. No way, a six-year-old child who had just awakened his martial spirit and had not obtained any spirit rings could split a thick piece of iron heart wood. You know, the hardness of iron heart wood is comparable to that of the softest iron among all the irons.
Moreover, the split surface is extremely smooth and complete, and even the internal texture of the iron heartwood is clearly visible.
No wonder the Wuhun is feared by the Wuhun Hall. The Xilishi Kingdom is an uncivilized country that lives in a primitive era. Even a child who has just awakened his Wuhun can compete with a first-ring soul master.
What if they add spirit rings to themselves? Then it would be a basic operation for a Soul King to defeat a Soul Emperor or a Soul Sage.

While Ji Wuming was surprised, the children on the altar awakened their sword-type martial spirits one after another, and chopped the wooden blocks in front of them, but very few children were able to split the iron heart wood in half. This shows that the degree to which they can split the iron heart wood symbolizes their talent.

"Not bad, very good!"

The old village chief looked at the child who split the wood last and also left a gap of two or three centimeters on the iron core wood. He was very satisfied. At least the children this year were very good.

"Children, go back!"

Upon hearing this, many children excitedly ran towards their homes, determined to make their parents proud.

Ji Wuming walked slowly down the altar, looked at the two village chiefs in front of him with sincerity, and asked: "Village chiefs, why don't you add spirit rings yourself and become spirit masters?"

"Master Ji, Master Chen once said the same thing to you. We don't want to live the life of fighting and killing like a soul master. We are used to this kind of carefree life without many troubles."

Dali patiently explained to Ji Wuming, but Ji Wuming's words still reminded him of the time when Master Chen helped them fight against the invasion of the Spirit Hall, also known as the Angel Swordman, from a distant continent, and saved their homeland.
It was also from that time that Dali began to practice martial arts diligently, spending twenty to thirty years before he mastered the eight techniques of splitting rocks, building houses, and hunting.

Ji Wuming shook his head, feeling quite regretful. As carefree citizens of the Xilishi Kingdom, they had experienced a brutal invasion war, yet they still didn't know how to change as a whole. They had such a good sword spirit, but no sword heart.
A double-edged sword is a way to kill people, but they use it to split mountains and rocks, cut trees and hunt. It is really a waste of talent.

"Master Ji, you are a soul master. I think the things Master Chen left behind will definitely be helpful to you. I will take you there."

After spending more than a day together, Dali and all the people of Xili had already regarded Ji Wuming as a friend. Not only because he was not from the Spirit Hall, but also because of him, the sea soul beasts rioted in advance, and they could capture no less than 20 to 30 large sea soul beasts every day.
This is also one of the few opportunities to obtain prey without the villagers having to cross mountains and rivers.

The things left by Master Chen were not far from the altar. It was only about 300 steps away. However, at this moment, a young boy was sitting in front of the stone tablet, looking at the contents on the stone tablet with his eyes fixed on it.

"This child is..."

Dali sighed and replied, "Alas, this child is the slowest to awaken among the same batch of children who awakened weapons. He is already eleven years old, but he can't even split a stone. He can only chop some small pieces of wood. However, he has admired Master Chen very much since he was a child, so..."

Ji Wuming sighed after hearing this. It seemed that not all villagers in Xilishi Country had the talent and potential of Soul King level. There were also some weak ones.

(End of this chapter)