Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 20 20. Your martial soul is your body

In this era, the influence of the Spirit Hall has penetrated every corner of the empire. Even in remote mountain villages, there are Spirit Hall deacons responsible for awakening the spirits of the people.

In Emperor Soul Village, it was time for the annual Spirit Awakening Ceremony. Huo Qiqiang watched from afar as the village elder, Old Tom, and a group of children waited outside the village's Spirit Hall, awaiting the arrival of the deacon.

Finally, a deacon walked into the village. He took out the key, opened the door to the village's Spirit Hall, and led the children in.

"Children, my name is Su Haitao, I am 24 years old, and I am a deacon of the Spirit Hall. Today, I am responsible for awakening your spirits. Look, this is my spirit - Lone Wolf, possessed!" Su Haitao stretched out his arms, and a wolf howl came from behind him. A majestic wolf shadow appeared behind him, and then two spirit rings fell down, one white and one yellow.

Level 24, martial soul is Lone Wolf, and soul ring configuration is white and yellow.

The children who awakened their martial spirits this year looked at the majestic martial spirit behind Su Haitao. Some of them were so scared that they hid behind other children, while others stared at the lone wolf with their sharp eyes.

"Master Steward, can I also awaken such a powerful martial spirit?" a child asked timidly.

Su Haitao shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. It depends on the results of your final martial spirit awakening. Come, children, line up and I will awaken your martial spirits one by one."

The children quickly lined up, and Su Haitao also prepared the tools for awakening the Spirit Hall and began to awaken the children one by one.

"Martial Soul Scythe, with 0 innate soul power, what a pity. If it had one or two levels of soul power, maybe it could become a good weapon soul master."

"Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass, useless martial soul, innate zero soul power."

"Martial Soul Wind Bell Grass, useless martial soul, innate zero soul power."

"Martial Soul Hoe, Wasted Martial Soul, Innate Zero Soul Power."

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Huo Qiqiang observed the entire awakening ceremony with his mind. Most awakened children lacked spirit power, a typical pattern for spirit awakenings on the Douluo Continent. In a world that emphasized bloodline inheritance, like dragons beget dragons, like phoenixes beget phoenixes. Powerful spirit families formed their own clans, and their children rarely had to worry about awakening a worthless spirit. As for the common people, without inherited spirits, their children naturally couldn't expect to awaken any superior spirits.

The only variable is the mutation of the martial spirit. Among these variables, some ordinary people soar to the sky due to mutation, such as Ma Hongjun from Caoji Village; some noble children fall into the mortal world due to the mutation of their martial spirit, such as Yu Xiaogang.

But the advantage of the general public lies in their large base number, which means more possibilities for mutation. Whoever can control the awakening of the martial spirits of this huge base of ordinary people will be able to control this part of the power and thus check and balance the spirit masters of the aristocratic sects.

In this era, the Spirit Hall mastered everything. They penetrated the countryside, obtaining the most direct data and intelligence on spirit awakenings. Top spirit master families like the Angel Clan, the Golden Crocodile Clan, and the Eternal Clan became the pillars of the Spirit Hall. The civilian spirit masters who benefited from their spirit awakenings formed the vast majority of the Spirit Hall's powerful spirit master corps. Consequently, the Spirit Hall was able to dominate this era.

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Su Haitao remained calm as useless martial spirits were awakened one after another. He had traveled through many villages, and the results were all similar.

Finally, a child awakened a wild boar, and the soul crystal also released a second level of light. Seeing this scene, Su Haitao finally smiled and said:

"Wild Boar Spirit, Innate Spirit Power Level 2. Child, you have the qualifications to become a Spirit Master. Are you willing to join the Spirit Hall?"

The child said excitedly: "I can become a soul master, I am willing to do so."

"Okay, stand behind me. I'll take you back when you awaken." The deacon said, then looked at the remaining children and said, "Next."

A mature, wrinkled, and slightly ungainly-looking boy walked into the awakening formation constructed by Su Haitao. Su Haitao channeled his soul power to help him awaken his martial soul. A flash of light passed, and the boy's weapon and beast martial souls disappeared, seemingly unchanged.

"Where's your martial soul?" Su Haitao stared at the child blankly and activated the awakening formation again.

In the end, his martial soul still didn't awaken.

"How could this happen?" Su Haitao was shocked.

"Deacon, what's going on with me?" The young man with an old face was a little panicked.

Su Haitao pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized something. He said with regret, "Although your situation is rare, it's not uncommon. In the Spirit Hall's past awakening data, we encounter several children without spirits every year. I'm sorry, child, you don't have a spirit."

Hearing this, the young man turned pale and dropped his head helplessly. In this world, martial spirits were everything. Even awakening a useless martial spirit was better than having no martial spirit at all.

After the awakening ceremony, Su Haitao and the soul master who had awakened two levels of soul power said goodbye to the village elder, Old Tom. The other children who had awakened useless spirits returned to their homes, leaving only the young man who had failed to awaken his spirit. He sat on the steps of the Spirit Hall in a daze.

Suddenly, a hand patted the boy's shoulder. The boy looked up and saw a strange man.

Huo Qiqiang asked, "What's your name?"

The boy said, "Uncle, my name is Lu Yuan."

"I've seen the spirit awakening just now, and it seems that you haven't awakened your spirit. Do you want me to help you awaken it again? What if the deacon's awakening goes wrong?" Huo Qiqiang took out the special props for spirit awakening.

Lu Yuan said excitedly: "Please help me awaken again, please."

Huo Qiqiang nodded and activated the spirit awakening formation. Lu Yuan eagerly entered the formation. Under Huo Qiqiang's guidance, his spirit still did not appear.

"I still don't have a martial soul." Lu Yuan lowered his head.

"Come and test your innate soul power!" Huo Qiqiang looked at the young man, whose skin was hazily covered with a layer of faint light elements, and handed the crystal ball to the young man.

Lu Yuan pressed his hand on the crystal ball, and in an instant, the crystal ball burst into a dazzling light, even brighter than the young man with the wild boar martial spirit before.

"Your innate soul power is level seven." Huo Qiqiang said.

"I don't have a martial soul, but how can I have innate soul power?" Lu Yuan said in surprise.

Huo Qiqiang shook his head and said, "It's not that you don't have a martial soul. Your martial soul is your body."

"Original body?"

"Yes, the original martial spirit. This is a major category different from the beast martial spirit and the weapon martial spirit. The original martial spirit can be the hands, hair, torso, eyes, nose, mouth, it can be any part of the body. And your martial spirit is the top existence among the original martial spirits - the original body."

(End of this chapter)