Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao, who lives in the Dragon King's body

Chapter 9 The Threads of Fate

Let's turn our attention to the boy who was destined to usher in this age of dragons.

The time was half a month ago.

Aolai City.

The city is exceptionally lively today; the annual Awakening Day has arrived.

A small city like Aolai City wouldn't naturally produce many high-level innate soul powers, otherwise it would have developed long ago.

The streets in front of Red Hill College were already packed with parents bringing their children to participate in the awakening program early this morning.

"Tang Wulin!" A teacher walked out of Hongshan Academy, looking at the form in his hand and calling out a name.

"I'm here!" The pretty little boy's eyes widened immediately, and he jumped up excitedly.

Tang Ziran's spirits lifted as he looked at his excited son and took his little hand, walking over to him. He didn't have high expectations for his son's martial soul; in his mind, it would be enough if he could barely become a soul master.

"Come with me." Perhaps due to too much work on Awakening Day, the teacher seemed somewhat indifferent, turning and walking ahead. Tang Ziran and Tang Wulin hurriedly followed.

Walking along the academy's paths, Tang Wulin excitedly looked around at everything, everything was so new and exciting to him. Hongshan Academy was a primary comprehensive academy that could accommodate two thousand students. The academy's architecture was simple and ancient, with white roofs and red walls. The campus was very clean. Before the start of the semester, the Awakening Day was particularly quiet compared to the hustle and bustle outside. Even Tang Wulin's excited heart seemed to calm down with the environment.

The teacher led them to a circular teaching building and said to Tang Ziran, "Parents, please wait here for a moment."

Tang Ziran nodded and looked at her son, saying, "Follow the teacher's instructions. Good luck, son! Dad is here waiting for you."

Tang Wulin nodded vigorously and said, "Dad, I will have a powerful martial soul."

Watching her son follow the teacher into the circular building, Tang Ziran's eyes revealed a trace of melancholy and reminiscence. This kind of circular building exists in any elementary academy; it's also called an Awakening Room, specifically designed to help six-year-old children awaken their martial spirit. On Awakening Day, spirit masters from the Spirit Pagoda come to perform the awakening ceremony free of charge.

If only I could have enjoyed this welfare policy back then!

Awakening your martial soul for free is incredibly rare. You know, on the other side of the ocean, you have to pay to awaken your martial soul.

……

In the Awakening Room, after an astonishing process, Tang Wulin's martial soul officially awakened.

The pale blue grass swayed lushly in his palm. Although Tang Wulin was young, he clearly remembered what he was doing, so he immediately realized, "Blue Silver Grass? My martial soul?"

Although he hadn't really learned about martial souls yet, he still had some basic knowledge. He knew, of course, that Blue Silver Grass was a useless martial soul, and the most useless one at that.

"Yes, this is your Martial Soul," the Spirit Master said with a smile.

Tang Wulin's lips trembled slightly, a strong sadness filling his young heart. He had waited for so long, but in the end, all he had was a useless martial soul.

"Child, don't be sad, you have innate soul power," the spirit medium quickly said.

"I...I have soul power?" Tang Wulin looked at him in surprise.

The spirit medium nodded. "I just did a simple test for you. Your innate soul power is level three. While it's not exceptionally good overall, with effort, becoming a Soul King or even a Soul Emperor is within your reach!"

The Spirit Pagoda doesn't look down on people based on their innate soul power level. Historically, there was a powerful figure who also had innate level three soul power, but through his own efforts, he cultivated to the rank of Title Douluo. A martial soul as useless as Blue Silver Grass!

Moreover, the extraordinary phenomena that occurred when Tang Wulin awakened indicated that this child was no ordinary person and might even possess a powerful bloodline. Therefore, in accordance with the consistent practices of the Spirit Pagoda, the best course of action was to cultivate a good relationship and recruit him.

Tang Wulin was stunned. "But...but my martial soul is Blue Silver Grass..."

The spirit medium didn't answer directly, but instead smiled and asked, "Do you know anything about legendary spirits?"

"Those are souls that can be passed down continuously for three generations or more! They will evolve along with the soul master."

Tang Wulin, of course, had no idea that he was now illiterate. The Spirit Master began talking to himself.

"Our Spirit Pagoda possesses a legendary spirit spirit of ferocious beast level, the Blue Silver Emperor. A spirit master's spirit spirit evolves with the right and excellent spirit spirit, and vice versa. Did you know that, according to the Spirit Pagoda's research, as long as you obtain our Blue Silver Emperor Life Elixir, your spirit spirit can evolve into a Blue Silver King, which is already a top-tier spirit spirit? In the history of the Spirit Pagoda, over six hundred Blue Silver Grass spirit masters have broken through to the Spirit Emperor realm. As for Blue Silver King spirit masters, although this was only researched in the last thousand years, without exception, they all ultimately achieved a Spirit Saint or higher!"

Hearing the Spirit Pagoda's proud words, Tang Wulin was stunned, his eyes filled with longing. He had heard his parents tell stories of the Spirit Pagoda and the Spirit Ice Douluo since he was a child, and even Tang San's story was not as captivating as this.

He had never really grasped the reality of it until now. Now, he finally understood—this was the Spirit Pagoda, standing at the pinnacle of the continent! Their research on martial spirits and soul spirits was absolutely unparalleled on the continent.

Even Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters can be this powerful!

Soul Emperor, how powerful is this Soul Master? According to Tang Wulin, a Soul Master of this level is already among the upper-middle tier of the continent, and can buy a lot of food.

Yes, that potion might be very expensive, but what the spirit master said made him realize that even Blue Silver Grass has its superior members!

"If you join the Spirit Pagoda in the future, and are lucky enough to gain the favor of the Blue Silver Emperor, you might even evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor yourself..."

The spirit medium muttered to himself.

The Blue Silver Emperor hadn't chosen a Soul Master in four thousand years, so he was just talking. But that was a legendary Soul Spirit from a ferocious beast; just thinking about it made one's heart surge with excitement. Tang Wulin, at this age, didn't know what he would face in the future, but his eyes were filled with hope.

If it can truly evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor, then investing now might give me the opportunity to advance even further.

"Even if we take a step back and say that I was only level five when I awakened, I'm still just a Soul Master. Your achievements will definitely be higher than mine." The Spirit Master revealed his Soul Rings, one white and two yellow, which was the standard configuration for a Soul Master of his commoner background. It looked inferior, but in reality, it already put him far ahead of many others!

The three dazzling spirit rings spun rhythmically, like moving gears, and Tang Wulin's young heart couldn't help but feel a longing.

This is what a Soul Master is like!

It is said that the Soul Master is a major dividing line in the Soul Master world. Even with the popularization of advanced meditation techniques by Spirit Ice Douluo and the Spirit Pagoda, this level is still an insurmountable barrier for many people.

"Uncle, can I really become a powerful Soul Master?"

Filled with longing and excitement, Tang Wulin desperately craved recognition and praise. No matter what, he lacked confidence in his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

"Why not? Your name is Wu Lin, right? Cultivate diligently and strive to become a Soul Master as soon as possible. This is the pass to the Spirit Pagoda. If you have any questions about cultivation, you can find me at the Spirit Pagoda in Aolai City."

The timing isn't right to ask Tang Wulin to join the Spirit Pagoda yet. What if we're too nice to the kid and scare him? This could be an opportunity for his improvement, and besides, his talent might be the highest in Aolai City.

do not doubt.

People have different talents and understandings, and young children are often not settled and do not realize how much precious time they are wasting.

Tang Wulin also had his own thoughts—he certainly didn't think the Spirit Transmission Master had bad intentions.

He grew up listening to the legends of the Spirit Ice Ancestor, and naturally had a fondness for and identification with the Spirit Pagoda. They also travel to various places every year to awaken martial souls for people free of charge.

If such an organization has bad people, bad enough to harm a child like him, he thought, this continent must have been filthy long ago!

Besides Lingbing Douluo, the legend of Sea God Tang San also remains quite popular. Tang Wulin was thinking of...

"It is said that Master Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San's extraordinary talent at a glance, enthusiastically guiding him in his cultivation and becoming an indispensable mentor on his path. He left a significant impact on Tang San's life. The circumstances were similar when he accepted Tang San as his disciple..."

Could it be that the Spirit Master wants to take me as his disciple?!

Tang Wulin was somewhat excited.

He didn't think that a Soul Master's cultivation level was unworthy of being his teacher. After all, Master Yu Xiaogang was only level 29 back then! But the influence he had on Tang San was profound and far-reaching, and people still talk about it today.

So, Tang Wulin, without hesitation, knelt down with a look of sudden realization and reverence on Chen Yuan's bewildered expression.

"teacher--"

Chen Yuan was caught off guard by this situation. "No, kid, what are you thinking? I really didn't intend to take you as my apprentice!"

"Tang Wulin, what are you doing?"

He helped Tang Wulin up, looking at him with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.

"Didn't you intend to take me as your apprentice?"

Tang Wulin asked with a silly grin.

"You," Chen Yuan said helplessly, flicking his forehead, "do you even know what it means to become an apprentice?"

"Tang Wulin, I'm telling you this to tell you that the Douluo Continent places great importance on lineage. Your achievements as a Soul Master are destined to surpass mine. If you become my disciple, you'll be held back by me. I can only provide you with ten years of Soul Rings at most. So you can't easily become my disciple!"

Tang Wulin nodded as if he understood, startled by his serious tone, but felt a warm current in his heart. The Spirit Master was considering his future. He could have kept quiet, but he did.

As the saying goes, true knowledge can be conveyed in a single sentence.

In Tang Wulin's heart, what the Spirit Transmission Master told him was undoubtedly of great significance, something that even a master and disciple might not necessarily tell him.

Even without this relationship, he would still consider this person his teacher.

The Spirit Master is so kind... I want to become a great person like him in the future.

"Good. Go on out, your parents must be getting impatient."

Chen Yuan smiled.

"Ah! Daddy!"

Tang Wulin then realized that he had taken a while. "Goodbye, Uncle Spirit Master."

He politely said goodbye, and with great excitement, he almost ran out, eager to tell Tang Ziran the good news.

Dad, your child can become a powerful Soul Master!