Ch.3 Subordinates

"Insignia"

An imprint of a snake that looks like a tattoo formed on Dante's right forearm while Lia got hers on her left hip.

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Their martial soul emerges and undergoes metamorphosis!

Lia's previous wooden broom has changed in appearance, the bristles are made up of a Lion's mantle while at the very tip of the wooden stick was a sculpture of a snake head.

And much to Aamon's delight, Lia who previously had no soul energy can now be spirit masters!

An innate level of 5!

Meanwhile, in Dante's case, he was a Soul Grandmaster with his martial soul, Greyhound.

The changes in his martial soul are weird, to say the least.

From standing on four legs to two, Dante's greyhound became humanoid with four arms.

Four-arm Soldier Greyhound

His soul power raised from level 28 to 30, reaching bottleneck!

Reaching Soul Elder which Dante's long yearned for is not a dream!

Although with his age, he probably won't reach far in cultivation,

Lia is just slightly better as a girl who just passed adulthood, her future is slightly brighter than the headmaster.

However, this doesn't stop Aamon's happiness, the two might have a hard time going far in cultivation but how about children?

"What happened?..." Lia asked holding her head in confusion.

Not just her as Dante was also the same.

"I gave you my blessing"

"You probably noticed by now but you've...how do I say this, revive?"

"Ah, yes something like that."

The two were speechless at Aamon's remark but remained quiet as their mind was at the clearest they could ever be.

"I'm sure you two aren't dumb enough to realize what I did."

Aamon continued noticing the emerging greed in the two's eyes.

After all, being a soul master is the number one dream of all inhabitants of this world.

And Aamon just gave them the way to climb their way up in this world, especially Lia who was previously mortal.

"We greet your majesty."

The two showed their loyalty as they kowtow in front of Aamon.

A wide smile formed on Aamon's face as his eyes glinted with anticipation.

'This is the beginning of my ploy, I hope you're ready, fate'

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Having the headmaster under him, the orphanage is essentially within Aamon's grasp as he soon imprints his insignia on all the people living in the orphanage.

Excluding Dante the headmaster, and Lia, who is barely an adult, 14 children are living in the orphanage, a pretty substantial number for a small village.

Among those 14 kids, 3 caught Aamon's interest with the martial soul transformation they got while 2 hadn't reached the age of 6.

Natan, an 8-year-old kid whose martial soul was previously a silky cloak turned into a fur cloak with gold trim on the edge giving high defense ability and an innate ability of level 6. King's Golden Hide

Lei Kang, 9 years old with the martial soul of a normal snake that evolved and inherited the strong regeneration and reproduction ability of an axolotl partnered with deadly poisons and an innate level of 7. Undying Serpent

The youngest of the three and the one with the biggest change, Wei Long, 7 years old and a half, the martial soul is a Horse that has evolved into a true chimera. Divine Eagle-winged Scorpion Horse with an innate level of 9!

with the body of a horse, the tail of a scorpion, and the wing of an eagle. Wei Long's martial soul also possesses light attributes, hence the 'Divine' in its name.

It is truly a masterpiece if Aamon was asked.

The others except these three all have innate soul power lower than level 5.

Nonetheless, Aamon was satisfied with his plan setting in motion.

After gaining full control of the orphanage, Aamon taught all of them a top-notch cultivation technique that he created based on his understanding of the soul power in this world.

Aamon is sure this is the best cultivation technique in the world for soul power. Although for people with innate soul power lower than 5, being Title Douluo is simply unreachable, reaching Soul Saint isn't far-fetched if they train diligently.

Along with the cultivation technique, Aamon also taught them a soul power manipulation technique that can help them gain total control of their soul power.

This can help in minimizing the cost of soul power in using soul rings and many more.

The orphanage is silent, everyone is busy cultivating, even Lia, except for Dante who's getting ready for a journey to Sun Moon Forest for his Soul Ring, and the three who awakened great martial souls and the last two unawakened kids as they were called by Aamon to his room.

Inside Aamon's room, the kids are sitting nicely on the floor with different emotions that they try to hide, some are nervous, some are excited, and some look up to him with admiration.

"From now on, I'll be your teacher."

Aamon dropped a bomb, surprising all the kids present.

"Don't get excited quickly,"

"Although I will be your teacher, you can only ask me for guidance only when you truly need to"

"Of course as your teacher, you will all be getting much better benefits compared to your peers."

"Understood?"

Hearing that Aamon won't be teaching them directly, the children are disappointed but understand that Aamon's time is important to spend with them.

Still, they were more than happy to be Aamon's disciples as they all quickly nodded their heads.

"Good, take this."

Aamon handed a sphere bottle with bluish liquid inside to the trio who had awakened their martial soul.

The three didn't ask questions as they gulped the potion they received.

"Urgh..."

"Hot..."

"..."

The three felt their body burning like they were swimming in magma.

The remaining two kids, Long Yang and Yao Chan, and Aamon watched as the three suffered the worst pain in their lives.

The process took 5 minutes as the pain dissipated and the trio was covered in black goo that smelled bad.

Seeing this, Aamon manipulated his soul power and 'washed' the two with it.

His soul power is similar that to of water as it absorbs the black goo in the kid's body.

"Wow!"

Yao Chan and Long Yang exclaimed seeing the 'new' appearance of their seniors.

What Aamon gives them is a body soul-cleansing potion that removes all impurities not only in the body but also in the soul of the consumer.

"Next, you two."