*noise* what kind of noise is it that's happening
'Thoughts' what are the thoughts, who's thoughts are they?
In a courtyard surrounded by a prospering village. We can see a 6 year old boy playing with a pocket watch.
"almost done," he says aloud
five minutes later the boy starts hearing the broken pocket-watch, making ticking and clinking sounds.
"Finally, I have done it. I have finally completed my first Proto watch. Just wait, I'll prove them, " he says.
The boy looks up to the sun to try and tell the time and configure the pocket-watch accurately. the sun momentary blinds him but he continues glaring at the sun before configuring the handmade pocket watch till the big hand was on the 9 and the small hand was on the 3
"Fuck it's going to start soon!" he roars out in realization.
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The boy arrives at a temple of spirit hall. He notices kids crying, alongside them were their parents trying to comfort them. "Is it still happening?" The boy asks one of the parents.
"It should be ending soon, I would hurry before it's too late, and good luck, Yuehan." He says to the boy, with a smile on his face.
Yuehan walks to the door of the temple, knocks on the door, The door creaks open from the gentle knocking, Yuehan waits a few seconds before walking inside..
"You're late!," a man at the back of the temple yells at Yuehan.
" I'm sorry, but can you please awaken me Mr…
"Mr. Vladd now stand over there," the Mr. says while pointing to the end of a line of three children no pretense of wasting his time in this run-down temple.
In front of the line, sniffles could be heard originating from a small head of long black hair, she seemed to be fidgeting with her hands not daring to look at Mr. Vladd and behind her is a pair of twins that look defeated, like they have no hope for what comes next.
In front of the girl, there is a sigil marking on the ground as well as an orb on a chair to the right.
"Walk forward onto the marking on the ground," Mr. Vladd says to the girl while getting on one knee and palm on one of the markings.
"In a minute You may feel something pricked you. Don't be afraid, it's natural," he tells her, but it seemed to make her more nervous.
Mr. Vladd starts glowing, as a yellow ring appears. He begins to grow two long ears. The ears are pointy and big like a bat but look natural like he's always had them.
The girl raises her right hand with a closed fist, almost as if she were trying to release something from it."
"Now open your hand," Mr. Vadd says to the girl.
She opens her hand and a plant appears.
The plant has a slim body, a big head, and a small mouth, with two medium size eyeballs, covered in skin like bark that seem to change every second as if its breathing.. Vladd seemed surprised
"it's a beast soul!!" Vladd yells in surprise since it's been years since he saw another beast soul, tho realization sits in and he begins looking at the delicate looking plant. Vladd looks at the pitiful girl before speaking with irony clear in his voice.
"That would be great, but it is just a lousy plant. I don't know if to call you lucky or unlucky that you got a plant as a beast soul, but look at this beautiful tattoo" The child looks at where he pointed to see a plant with one slim stem, a huge head with a massive open mouth, with two small dots for eyes.
The little girl stops holding her tears in, she begins crying much like how the other kids were
Vladd tries to calm her down quickly "Don't worry if you have spirit power, you're lucky just put your hand on this blue orb",
"The little girl put her right hand on the blue orb, as it started to give off a slight glow
Vladds eyes light up thinking of ways to get the kid away from him"I knew you were lucky. See, you have spirit power. Now we can't tell what level your spirit power is just from glowing, but I would say it's around level 4."
"So I did good?" the little girl asked with tears in her eyes. "Yes, you did great. How about you run off and tell your parents the good news." The little girl runs off without saying goodbye.
30 minutes later we can see the next two boys walk out of the temple.
"Kid, it's your turn now. Don't be disappointed with whatever you get. I have had enough crying for today." Vladd says clearly irritated with having to deal with so many crying kids
"OK, I won't be, trust me," Yiehan says loudly.
"Quiet down, I need to concentrate my spirit power into the marking." Vladd replies back hoping to end the day early. Yuehan walks onto the marking and closes his eyes. waiting for the ceremony to begin. He starts feeling warm one moment to cold the next, forcing him to open his eyes and notice a pocket-watch on his right hand… looking the same as the one he just finished earlier in the day except this one looks like it wasn't built out of spare parts
"Ugh" comes out of the mouth of Mr.Vladd says with annoyance.
"What is this strange tool-" Yuehan starts convulsing on the temple ground while holding his head
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-in Yuehans head-------
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Yuehan is watching pieces of memory fall in front of his face in a dark and empty room. In the falling memory's, he sees people, animals, and technology that should have no connection to each other but feels like everything is connected to him.
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"After a while, all these memory pieces become more and more overwhelming for him. He can't take it anymore, he collapses in the cold, dark, empty room."
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-in the temple---
"Ugh, where am i?" Yuehan says, looking around, he notices the strange blue GLOWING tattoo that's an exact copy of the pocket-watch he saw in his dreams
"You're resting," Mr. Vladd says to the boy resting on one of the temples' spare beds.
"Th..Th..Than..Thank.. Y..y..you…" Yuehan stuttered out as he noticed his dry lips. He askes
"Can I have some water, please?"
Vladd gets him a cup of water and watches yuehan drink the temples water like he hasn't had a drink in days. while Yuehan is drinking.
"Do you feel any different?" Vladd asks the boy.
"I feel something inside me that's not physically there, I guess." Yuehan tells Vladd
"That is spirit power or soul power, something that spirit masters have. Without it, you are just a normal person." Vladd begins to explain
"Spirit masters are people who combine their souls with soul beasts to gain strength and lifespan under a form of evolution, the strength and pride of all nations, nobles and aristocrats are comprised of mostly spirit masters, they are people who undergo cultivation and have 9 major levels with 9 levels between each of the major levels." At the end of each of these major levels, there is a bottleneck that you can't go past to the next level unless you get a soul ring."Mr.Vladd says to Yuehan
"How do I get a soul ring?" Yuehan asks puzzled from the new knowledge but eager for more
There are a couple of ways to get a soul ring. I'm not your teacher or your guardian, so go ask them. I've only told you the basics that all spirit apprentices must know, so go skedaddle out of here"
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After being kicked out of a temple of Spirit Hall, Yuehan starts walking home while observing his hand while releasing the pocket watch allowing for it to appear above his hand floating centimeters away from it. The pocket watch is blue in color with a bronze-colored marking on the back and the sides with the hands. you are able to see the interior gears from the front with it using roman numbers with three different hands for second, hour, and minutes. The pocket watch makes no noise, and yet Yuehan can hear its sound. Is it in his head?
Yuehan sets his eyes on his courtyard in the village. He calls it his, but it's just a rundown courtyard in the back of a village elders house that lets him live there for free. As long as he talks to him daily.
Yuehan brings out his pocket watch that he made early today, and his tool spirit and decides to compare them
*grumbling stomach*
"it appears I forgot to eat lunch. I should tell Menren the news and might get some food as well,"
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---later-----
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"Menren, I have spirit power!" Yuehan says to a 6 '4. tan skin elder. "That's great. Let's celebrate it with some chicken I harvested today," Menren says in a very boastful way. "Reminds me when my daughter shaylla got her tool spirit, we celebrated for hours me and my wife but sadly all these must come to an end" Menren says in longing
--after eating--
"Can you please show me your soul spirit?" Menren asked Yuehan.
Yuehan puts up his arm and releases his pocket watch
"What is it? the elder asks in bewilderment
"it is a pocket watch, it's tells you the time of the day and is pocket size," he says excitedly,
Menren puts on a smile
"Don't worry, even a useless tool spirit can be useful in everyday life. Don't be sad with this setback." Menren says gently and straightforwardly to not sadden Yuehan with getting a trash tool spirit that only tells the time.
"There is no trash spirit or trash soul masters." He says it with certainty, even if it's false. , like he is trying to convince himself of that.
"Well, just know that this house is always open for you," Menren says with a smile on his face.
"You should be prepared to go to school in a month from now that you've awakened with spirit energy," Yuehan gains a skeptical look on his face and asks, " I am?"
"Yes, you are, and don't worry about the money. I'll pay the admission fee, but you have to get your own allowance, " the elder replied
(ok so i put the first three chapters together as well as added in the tattoo)
spirit apprentice 0-10
spirit master 11-20
spirit grandmaster 21-30
spirit expert 31-40
spirit leader 41-50
spirit lord. 51-60
spirit king 61-70
spirit sage 71-80
spirit doulou 81-90
titled douluo 91-99
decaido thank-you
.thankyou Rey