2 Chapter 2: Martial Spirit Awakening
"Brother! Brother! Hurry up!" Tang Jiyao shouted at his big brother, Tang San.
"Just a minute, Yaoyao." Tang San replied, tired but amused at his brother enthusiasm.
"Father! Were leaving!" Tang Jiyao shouted waving, informing his father, Tang Hao.
Tang Hao just grunted, making them know that he heard them.
Tang Jiyao and Tang San is currently walking towards their village's Spirit Hall.
Naturally, this so-called Spirit Hall was merely a large log cabin, nothing more.
Because everyone had martial spirits, every year children would have to undergoing martial spirt awakening. Therefore, Spirit Halls could be found everywhere on the Continent. Naturally, these were only subsidiary halls, there was a distinct hierarchy.
"Brother, What do you think our will spirit be? I'm curious about whats my martial spirit's gonna be." Tang Jiyao said starting a conversation.
"Me, too." Tang San answered. "What martial spirit would you like?" Tang San asked.
"Anything! As long as it can make me money!" Tang Jiyao excitedly said.
"Money? Why money?" Tang San asked, curious.
"So... I can buy father lots of drink!" Tang Jiyao said happily. "Also lots of food!"
Tang San just smiled at his baby brother, amused and happy.
"Uhum... Were gonna be rich someday." Tang San promised.
"Of course! When we grew up, I want us to have the money to buy everything we want!" Tang Jiyao said excited.
Tang San smiled at his baby brother's innocence.
'Uhum... I'll make sure of that.'
Tang San promised in his mind.
"Were here!" Tang Jiyao said while looking at the building in his front, Spirit Hall.
Inside the Spirit Hall, in addition to Grandpa Jack and eight children there was also one youth. This person appeared to be just over 20 years old, dashing eyebrows slanting above starry eyes, his facial features extremely bright and handsome. He was dressed completely in brilliant white clothes, a black cloak on his back, and right on the center of his chest, above his heart, was a palm sized 'spirit' character. This was standard attire for staff directly subordinate to Spirit Hall.
"Greetings, esteemed Spirit Grandmaster, this time we will inconvenience you." Grandapa Jack respectfully bowed to the youngster.
The centre of the youngsters forehead betrayed an indifferent arrogance. Indifferently bowing slightly, he at last returned the greeting,
"My time is scarce, let's begin."
"Very well. Children, this is a Spirit Grandmaster from Nuoding City. Next, he will guide you to awaken your martial spirit. You must cooperate well with the esteem Spirit Grandmaster to conduct your martial spirit awakening. Grandpa is looking forward to seeing who among you has the capability to become Spirit Masters." Grandpa Jack reminded.
"Very well, you said the same thing last year. Do you think becoming a Spirit Master is really that easy? I already passed six villages, and not one of them had a person with spirit power. They also didn't have any noteworthy martial spirits." The youngster somewhat impatiently said.
Grandpa Jack's eyes showed a trace of dejection.
"Ahhh... Yes... Only one in very many inherit the aptitude to actually become a Spirit Master. Among us ordinary people, it is indeed difficult." Grandpa Jack said weakly.
The youngster's gaze fell on the ten children before him. As a Spirit Hall inspecting attendant, helping ordinary people undergo martial spirit awakening was his compulsory assignment, and he was long since used to it.
"Children, line up."
The children stood in order before the youngster.
"I am called Su Yuntao, a twenty sixth ranked Spirit Grandmaster, and will be your guide." The younster greeted.
"Now, I will have you undergo spirit awakening one by one. Remember, regardless of what happens, do not be afraid." Su Yuntao said.
While speaking, Su Yuntao unfolded a bundle on a desk to one side, taking out two things from inside: six round pitch-black stones and one sparkling blue crystal ball.
Su Yuntao placed the six black stones on the ground in the form of a hexagon, then motioned the first child on the right to stand inside.
"Don't be afraid, close your eyes."
While speaking, Su Yuntao's eyes suddenly lit up, and before the children's appalled eyes, he shouted in a deep voice,
"Lone Wolf Body Enhancement."
A wisp of thin blue-green light rose from between his eyebrows, following straight up, entering into the hair knot.
Su Yuntao's hair was originally black, but just after that blue-green light poured in, it had turned grey in a flash. Furthermore it quickly grew longer, and similarly colored fur appeared on both his uncovered hands. At the same time, his body also seemed to expand a great deal compared to before, his whole body swelling with muscle.
The Spirit Hall attire had very good elasticity, it actually didn't rip when filling to the point of bursting because of his body growing large. Sharp claws stretched out from the ten fingers on both hands, glimmering coolly with a dazzling gleam. Two concentric halos of light shone brightly up from underfoot, constantly moving from underfoot to the crown of his head. Among them one was white, the other one was yellow. Exceedingly strange.
Su Yuntao said:
"Your martial spirit is Sickle, a Tool Spirit. Come, let me test if you have spirit power. If you possess spirit power, even a tool spirit can undergo Battle Spirit Cultivation. After all, a sickle certainly has potential for attack."
"Great...great teacher, what should I do?" The boy timidly asked.
"Intentionally recall your spirit. From now try to remember the time you employed it and use that thought to call it out." Su Yuntao coolly said.
The boy tried a long time, just to recall the sickle. Su Yuntao's hands held the blue crystal ball in front of him, motioning him to place his right hand on it.
The boy's immature little hand and Su Yuntao's wolf claws above and below the crystal ball respectively, there was a clear contrast.
"No spirit power. You can't become a Spirit Master. For now, step aside." Su Yuntao dejectively said.
Similar scenes continued to play out, and one after another five children had their spirits awakened. Their spirits were all a few pickaxes, sickles and such farm tools. In succession no Beast Spirit appeared, and as for spirit power, all were judged by Su Yuntao to be 'nil'.
When the eighth child's turn came, this was also the last one ahead of Tang San and Tang Jiyao.
After sustained use of spirit power, Su Yuntao seemed to already be rather exhausted, but he still intended to help all eight children complete the awakening process.
The eight also have no spirit power with a martial spirit of blue silver grass.
Now its the Tang brothers turn.
Su Yuntao didn't have to speak, Tang Jiyao excitedly stepped ahead to stand in the centre of the six pitch black stones.
"Brother, I'll go first." Tang Jiyao cheekily said to his big brother.
Tang San just smile at his brother, although excited too, just let his brother do what he wants.
In pace with Su Yuntao's six streams of spirit power pouring into them, the pale golden light once more shone up brightly.
Warmth, this was Tang Jiyao's first sensation, as if his whole body was wrapped up inside a nice and warm world, unspeakably comfortable.
Warm breath permeated into Tang Jiyao's body. Immediately afterwards, in that warm energy's traction, within the body just as if something had broken, in a split second warm breath surged towards outside of Tang Jiyao's body.
Tang Jiyao's talent in sensing emotions seems to improve after that warm energy appear in his body.
Tang Jiyao can feel Su Yuntao's excitement, his big brother's happiness and the children's dissappointment and envy.
Tang Jiyao opened his eyes, only to see...
To be continue:
