Chapter 1 Martial Soul Space, Attracting Shrek Academy's Attention,
Heaven Dou City, Martial Soul Awakening Hall.
"What kind of martial soul is that?" A middle-aged man in a uniform asked, looking at the silver vortex with a puzzled expression.
He tried hard to recall, but couldn't find any information that matched the characteristics of this martial soul.
Twelve-year-old Shi Yu curiously looked at his martial soul in the mirror.
Beast martial souls and some special martial souls often didn't appear in the palm of the hand, but rather as a phantom image behind the back.
Turning one's head to see it wasn't convenient, so mirrors were often placed in the awakening room for the awakener to better observe their martial soul.
His martial soul was a silver vortex, looking blurry and difficult to see clearly without careful observation.
Shi Yu shook his head, not understanding his own martial soul, only having a strange feeling.
After awakening his martial soul, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with this world, feeling as if he were here, and there, his location not very fixed.
"It would be good if I could awaken my Martial Soul." Looking at himself in the mirror, Shi Yu was somewhat stunned.
He wasn't from this world; he had transmigrated here. Ten days ago, this world called Douluo Continent was just a novel story to him.
However, now he truly existed in this world and had awakened his Martial Soul.
He hadn't transmigrated through soul, but through physical body, only experiencing a regression in age.
Originally, he was just over twenty years old, but now he was only twelve, according to the bone age test he received when he entered.
However, twelve years old in this world felt about the same as sixteen or seventeen years old in his original world.
He was now about 1.78 meters tall, with a well-proportioned figure—the kind that looked slim in clothes but muscular underneath.
While not exactly handsome enough to get attacked, he was definitely good-looking and often received attention.
He was unsure whether he could awaken his Martial Soul after transmigrating through physical body, and was very worried that he wouldn't have one.
In this world where extraordinary martial arts existed, without a Martial Soul, one would be powerless and his life would be in grave danger.
He could be invincible without flying or teleporting, but he didn't want his life to be out of his control; he at least wanted a peaceful and comfortable life.
Now that he had a martial spirit, he felt relieved, knowing he could cultivate and possess a certain degree of self-defense.
"What are you daydreaming about? Come test your innate soul power," the middle-aged man patted Shi Yu's shoulder, bringing him back to his senses.
Shi Yu nervously placed his hand on the crystal ball the man offered.
The ball shimmered, and the middle-aged man's eyes grew brighter, especially when the crystal ball was full of light, he exclaimed in surprise:
"Full innate soul power!"
"You actually have full innate soul power?" the middle-aged man said in astonishment, and before Shi Yu could say anything, he ran out.
This… Shi Yu was speechless seeing the other man run away like that. Was full innate soul power really that terrifying?
"Much better than expected," Shi Yu was naturally satisfied with the result.
Having a good understanding of the Douluo Continent world, he knew what innate full soul power meant.
Soon, the middle-aged man returned, accompanied by an old man.
The old man had Shi Yu test his innate soul power again, and after confirming it was indeed innate full soul power, he was both delighted and sighed.
"Old sir, why are you sighing?" Shi Yu couldn't help but ask.
"It's a pity for you. If only you had awakened your martial soul when you were six! Now you're twelve, you've missed the best time for cultivation."
"Six to twelve years old is the optimal period for laying the foundation for cultivation. If you make good use of these six years, your future cultivation will be extremely rapid."
"On the contrary, it will be very slow, even slower than those Soul Masters with less talent than you," the old man said, then sighed again.
Shi Yu didn't want to talk about it anymore and inquired about his Martial Soul.
This wasn't a Martial Soul he was familiar with, and he didn't know much about it.
He released his Martial Soul, and the middle-aged man and the old man studied it carefully, but they couldn't come to any conclusions for a while.
They then called over the person in charge of the Martial Soul Awakening Hall, a Soul Master with the cultivation of a Soul King, who was already quite powerful for most Soul Masters.
This person also studied it for a long time before finally saying uncertainly, "Your Martial Soul seems to be of the spatial attribute."
"Spatial attribute?" The other two were both surprised. The spatial attribute was extremely rare, so it was understandable that they were surprised to see it.
Shi Yu was also a little surprised; this Martial Soul seemed to be even better than expected.
"Spatial attribute, innate full Soul Power, your talent is very high, but… sigh," the Soul King person in charge said, also sighing.
Shi Yu didn't think much of it. The six-year-old in this world didn't exist for him, so there was nothing to regret.
Shi Yu wanted to take his leave and find a place to study it properly.
"Wait, we have a partnership with Shrek Academy and need to keep an eye out for Soul Awakeners with innate full Soul Power or special Souls. Your situation fits the bill perfectly, and we need to report your information to Shrek Academy."
"If the people at Shrek Academy think you're worth nurturing, they might be able to specially recruit you into Shrek." The Soul King manager stopped Shi Yu.
"Shrek Academy..." Shi Yu naturally knew about the academy, and he couldn't say whether he liked or disliked it.
"What do you need me to do?" Shi Yu asked. He didn't have anywhere else to go, and attending Shrek Academy wouldn't be a bad option.
It was only because he was lucky enough to find a gold soul coin when he transmigrated that he hadn't been sleeping on the streets and starving for the past ten days.
His money was almost gone, and he needed to find a way to survive.
"Don't leave for now. I'll have someone contact Shrek Academy's admissions staff in Heaven Dou City as soon as possible. They should be here in an hour or two," the Soul King manager said.
"Okay," Shi Yu nodded and waited in the Awakening Hall.
About an hour later, the Shrek Academy representative arrived.
She was a woman in her thirties, of average appearance, but the gentle type who easily won people over.
"I am Song Lingzhen from Shrek Academy. Release your martial soul so I can see it," the woman said after a brief introduction.
Shi Yu cooperated and released his martial soul, a silver vortex appearing behind him.
Others might not be able to sense it clearly, but Song Lingzhen, having studied at Shrek Academy, was knowledgeable and quickly determined that it was indeed a space-attribute martial soul.
"A space martial soul, innate full soul power, very high talent, but at this age..." Song Lingzhen looked Shi Yu up and down, shaking her head slightly.
Six years old with innate full soul power and a space martial soul—that was definitely top-tier genius.
But a twelve-year-old with innate full soul power needed to lower their growth potential by a level.
"Why didn't you awaken your martial soul at six?" Song Lingzhen asked curiously.
"I don't want to say," Shi Yu considered lying, but after careful consideration, he gave up. The more he said, the more mistakes he would make.
If he told one lie, he might need one lie after another to cover it up , until
he couldn't maintain his story. Shrek Academy's investigative capabilities were also strong; much of the information he provided might be proven false.
Rather than lying, remaining silent was perhaps a better choice. If they persisted in asking, he wouldn't answer, so if he
couldn't join Shrek, so be it. He didn't necessarily need to join Shrek Academy; it was just that this was an acceptable option.
"If you want to enter Shrek Academy , you'd better cooperate, " Song Lingzhen said.
Shi Yu still shook his head: "I really don't want to say. I hope you won't force me."
(End of Chapter)