Su Yuntao then took out the items from the original story for awakening the Spirit Hall: six black, round stones and a shining blue crystal ball. He arranged the six stones into a six-pointed star.
Next, he pulled the first child to the center of the six-pointed star and said, "Don't be afraid, close your eyes and feel it carefully."
Then he softly uttered, "Lone Wolf, possess me."
Immediately, the legendary Lone Wolf spirit enveloped Su Yuntao's body.
The child at the front screamed in terror, and the other children were also quite frightened. Only Yin Hao and Tang San at the back showed no fear, which impressed Su Yuntao.
However, that was all. After glancing at them, he turned his attention to the child in the six-pointed star formation who was completely terrified.
"Child, extend your right hand."
The boy nodded, opened his right hand, and after a flash of light, a scythe appeared in his hand—unsurprisingly, that was his spirit.
Su Yuntao frowned. "It's a weapon spirit. Can a sickle be used as a weapon? Probably barely. Come on, child, let's test your spirit power."
Under his guidance, the boy placed his hand on the crystal ball and waited a while, but the crystal ball didn't change at all.
Su Yuntao shook his head slightly in disappointment.
"Without spirit power, you can't become a spirit master. Go to the side, next."
Then a little girl stepped forward, and the same procedure was performed.
"Spirit spirit: hoe."
"Spirit power: none, next." "
Spirit spirit: wildflower."
"Spirit power: none, next..."
...
As one child nervously stepped forward, then left in disappointment, it was almost time for Yin Hao and Tang San to go.
Tang San tugged at Yin Hao's arm.
"Brother Hao, it's almost our turn. What kind of martial soul do you think we'll awaken?"
"Who knows? But martial souls are mostly inherited from parents. Uncle Tang Hao is a blacksmith, so you should be able to awaken a hammer or something like that."
Tang San nodded. He didn't even know what his father's martial soul was, and as for his mother, he'd never even heard of her.
Another child had awakened their martial soul.
"Your martial soul is a shovel, no soul power. Next one."
Su Yuntao was a little disappointed. None of the children in the surrounding villages had their soul power detected, so this village was probably about the same.
Even so, he still held onto a sliver of hope as he called out to the next child.
Yin Hao stepped forward and greeted Su Yuntao first.
"Hello, brother."
Su Yuntao smiled and patted Yin Hao's head. When he was summoning his martial soul earlier, this child was one of the few who wasn't afraid, and his politeness also made Su Yuntao feel a bit of goodwill towards him.
"Come on, little brother, come in here."
Yin Hao nodded and walked to the center of the six-pointed star formation. A flash of light followed.
Yin Hao felt a warm sensation suddenly rise within him, constantly impacting a barrier. Then, it seemed the barrier was broken, and the warm energy flowed from his body into his palm.
No… not just one palm. Yin Hao could clearly feel another power within him besides his palm!
Twin Martial Souls!
A word flashed through Yin Hao's mind, but he didn't show his joy. Instead, he calmly suppressed the power within him and raised his right hand.
"Little brother, open your right hand."
Yin Hao nodded, and as his right hand opened, specks of light emanated from it.
Su Yuntao couldn't hide his smile at this sight. This light, this scene—it had to be a high-level martial soul, right? If he could bring it to the Spirit Hall, that would be a huge achievement!
When his hand was fully opened, the martial soul was revealed: a Blue Silver Grass thicker than the others, with golden stripes, appeared on his hand.
Su Yuntao's smile froze instantly. I had already planned what to do after the promotion, and now you're telling me my achievement is gone?
But the changes didn't seem to end there; it wasn't the martial soul that changed, but Yin Hao himself.
As the special "Blue Silver Grass" appeared in Yin Hao's palm, his hair gradually grew longer, his original ear-length hairstyle instantly lengthening, and his hair color changing from black to blue. His wheat-colored skin began to lighten, becoming as white as jade in just a few seconds.
Anyone with a modicum of intelligence would guess that this martial soul had something special about it.
But who was Su Yuntao? The infamous Blind Douluo, who had even gone mad from reading the martial soul encyclopedia. After seeing that Yin Hao's martial soul was "Blue Silver Grass," he lost all interest, his eyes filled with disappointment.
"Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass, you... never mind, let's test your soul power."
Originally, Su Yuntao hadn't intended to test Yin Hao's soul power. After all, he had been in this business for so many years and had never seen Blue Silver Grass with soul power. However, considering Yin Hao's politeness, he decided to go through the motions.
"Come on, little brother, put your hand on here."
Yin Hao nodded and placed his hand on it as Su Yuntao instructed. The entire glass ball instantly lit up, and in the blink of an eye, the light spread rapidly until the entire glass ball was illuminated, emitting a dazzling light.
Su Yuntao was stunned, glancing at Yin Hao who had already put his hand down.
"Innate full soul power, it's actually innate full soul power?"
Before Yin Hao could speak, Tang San behind him spoke first.
"Brother, what is innate full soul power?"
Su Yuntao took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and then explained to everyone what innate soul power was, just like in the original story.
Then he looked at Yin Hao with complicated emotions. A genius with innate full soul power, even with a slightly better martial soul, would be a good achievement. Who knows, he might be able to get a promotion and a raise with this achievement, and marry the goddess Sisi.
But... how could he only have a Blue Silver Grass martial soul? What is a Blue Silver Grass martial soul? It's recognized as one of the most useless martial souls!
This achievement that was almost in his grasp, just like that, is gone.
Su Yuntao felt nauseous, as if he'd eaten two pounds of... well, you know.
He turned to Yin Hao and said,
"Little brother, you have innate full soul power, but unfortunately, it's a useless martial soul. Otherwise, you could definitely have a bright future. But now... sigh..."
Yin Hao nodded and prepared to step aside.
Su Yuntao thought for a moment, then pulled Yin Hao back, took off the token from his waist, and handed it to him.
"This is my token. If you need anything, you can come to the Martial Soul Hall in Notting City to find me."
Yin Hao hesitated for a moment, then took the token. It was a black token with the character "Su" written on it.
Yin H
ao nodded and said,
"Thank you, brother."
Su Yuntao smiled and waved for Yin Hao to step aside.
(End of Chapter)