life

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'thoughts'

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 out-loud to himself

-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 protowatch. Just watch, 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.

"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 looks around and only noticed kids crying and parents trying to comfort their kids.

"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 boy. with a smile on his face.

Yuehan walks to the door of the temple and knocks on the door, and walks 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 and stand over there," the Mr. says while pointing to the end of a line of three children.

In front of the line, there is a girl with hair that is black and wheres glasses, and behind her is a couple of twins that look like there is no hope for them to awaken spirit power.

in front of the girl, there is 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 the markings.

"You may feel something in a minute. Don't be afraid, it's natural," he tells her, but that makes her even more nervous.

Mr. Vladd starts growing. a yellow ring appears behind him as he grows two long ears. the ears are pointy and big like a bat.

the girl starts lifting her right hand like she wants to release something stuck inside her closed hand.

"Now open your hand," Mr 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.

"it's a beast soul!!

"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 the Mr is pointing 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 starts developing tears in her eyes.

"Don't worry if you have soul power, then you're lucky just put your hand on thin blue orb,

the little girl put her right hand on the blue orb, and it started giving off a slight grow.

"i knew you were lucky. See, you have spirit power. now we can't tell what level your spirit power is just from a grow, but I would say it's around level 4."

"So I did good," the little girl with tears in her eyes asked the man. "Yes, you did great. How about you go 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."

"OK, I won't be, trust me," he says loudly. "Quiet down, I need to concentrate my spirit power into the marking."

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.

"Ugh" comes out of the mouth of Mr.Vladd.

"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, he can't bear it and collapse in the dark and empty room.

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-in the temple---

"Ugh, where am i?" Yuehan says, looking around. he focus on the strange blue growing tattoo thats a exact copy of the pocket-watch he saw before he got the massive headache and fainted

"Your resting," Mr. Vladd says to the boy, resting on one of the temples' spare beds.

"tthh-ankkkyyyoouu," Yuehan stuttered out as he noticed his dry lips.

"Can I have some water, please?" Vladd gets him a cup of water. while Yuehan is drinking.

"Do you feel anything different?" Vladd asks the boy.

"I feel something inside me that's not physically there, I guess," the boy tells Vladd

"That is spirit power or soul power, something that spirit masters have. Without it, you are just a normal person."

"Spirit masters 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 ghat you can't go past to the next level unless you get a soul ring."Mr.Vladd says to the boy

"How do I get a soul ring?"

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.

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

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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 pocketwatch. the pocketwatch 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 differnt hands for second, hour, and minutes. the pocketwatch 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 elder that lets him live there for free. as long as he talks to him daily.

Yuehan brings out his pocketwatch 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.

--after eating--

"Can you please show me your spirit soul?" Elder ask Yuehan.

Yuehan puts up his arm and releases his pocketwatch

"What is it? the elder asks in bewilderment

"it is a pocketwatch, 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." Yuehan says intensively, like he is trying to convince himself of that.

"Well, just know that this house is always open for you," the elder 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

later that night, Yuehan is thinking about what happened when he awakened.

'Who's memory's was that, what memory's was that, I wished I saw more than just a little child reading a comic' he thinks in bewilderment

"Wait, what's a comic? he asked out loud before going to bed.

(ok so i put the first three chapters together as well as added in the tattoo)