Chapter 2: Opening the Martial Soul

Chapter 2: Opening the Martial Soul

Chapter 2: Opening the Martial Soul
"Sister Yaoyao, I didn't expect Wuhun City to be so big." After leaving the slum area, Qin Menglan looked around curiously. She had never been to the inner part of Wuhun City before. Little beggars like her always moved around the edge of the city to avoid being disliked by certain big shots.

Leng Xiyao also looked like she had never seen the world before. Although she already knew how vast and prosperous Wuhun City was from her previous life's memories, she still couldn't help but be shocked when she saw it today.

As a down-to-earth person, Leng Xiyao would not think about getting in touch with some big shot, and therefore he had never been to the truly glamorous place of Wuhun City. He always wandered around the poor areas on the outskirts, not seeking wealth and glory, but just wanting to make a living.

Wuhun City is called a city, but in fact its area is much larger than any city she knew in her previous life. Even each district is larger than a city outside.

In addition to the huge Wuhun Mountain, the entire city is divided into the inner and outer cities. Those who can live in the inner city are the elite of the Wuhun Hall or the super powerful people from other empires. Even the Soul Saints of the two empires are not qualified to live in the inner city. Members of the Wuhun Hall only need to reach the level of Soul King to live in the inner city.

The civilian slum where Leng Xiyao is located is the outermost area of ​​the outer city. Usually, the outer city is used for business by ordinary members of the Spirit Hall and external forces. As for civilians, they basically do not exist. Civilians who can live in the Spirit City are more or less related to the Spirit Hall. They are either relatives of a member, or are preparing to become relatives of a member. In short, there are a lot of them.

However, once the Spirit Hall members that these relatives depended on died, they would be expelled from their original residences and reallocated to other members. Those with higher positions would be given a lot of pensions, while the lowest-ranking guards would be given nothing after they died.
The pensions given are not enough to allow these relatives to return to their hometowns, so they can only live in the slums.

It's like Qin Menglan's father was originally the cousin of a second-class guard (grand soul master) of the Spirit Hall, but after the other party died in the line of duty, the pension went to his immediate family, and they couldn't get any benefits at all, so there was nothing they could do except to live in the slums and wait for death.

After all, it is not an easy task to cross the outer Wuhun Forest. Without ten gold coins, it is absolutely impossible for the soul masters to be willing to take them out.

For a soul master, this is just a small amount of money that is easily available, but for an ordinary person, it is a fortune that is difficult to save in a lifetime.

The Spirit Hall that Leng Xiyao and Qin Menglan were going to was actually not too far from the slums, but the distance was very unfriendly for the two six-year-old little girls. It took them nearly two hours to reach their destination.

There is a branch palace in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest directions of the outer city, corresponding to the four major districts. It feels like an administrative center, responsible for handling all the major and minor affairs of the outer city.

"Ah... Are there so few people here?" Looking at the dozens of people queuing in front of the Spirit Hall entrance, Leng Xiyao couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Shouldn't there be a lot of people participating in something like opening up spirits for free?

Qin Menglan was extremely calm about the scene in front of her, as if she had expected it. She just smiled and said, "Sister Yaoyao, people who really live in Wuhun City will not come to Wuhun Hall to open their spirits. Who doesn't have a spirit master to help at home? Only truly poor people like us would join in the fun. In fact, this activity is just for other forces to see~"

Leng Xiyao thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. In Wuhun City, there were probably only a few hundred families that could not afford to open a martial soul, and among these families there must be a child who was exactly six years old. Thinking about it this way, it seemed a bit too many for so many people to gather here at the moment.

In fact, the testing site is extremely simple. There are only two soul masters, a man and a woman, wearing the uniforms of the Spirit Hall, testing a group of children. They don't even need to enter the Spirit Hall, as it can be done right at the door.

The female soul master was about twenty years old and dozed off on a seat nearby. With such a small number of people, there was really no need for two people to test them together. The male soul master was more than capable of doing the testing alone. If nothing unexpected happened, they could call it a day after finishing testing this group of children.

"Level 1 Soul Power, Blue Silver Grass, next!"

"The Hoe Spirit has no spirit power. It is really unfortunate for the Spirit City. Next one!"

"Gas Wolf, level three soul power, not bad, you can go to the Spirit Academy to study for a few years."

As he finished speaking, some children showed ecstasy, some looked as if they had lost their parents and looked as pale as death; some people reached the end of their life before it even began.

The male deacon was extremely fast and in a short time he had activated all the martial spirits of this group of children. It was soon Leng Xiyao and Qin Menglan's turn.

Walking closer, Leng Xiyao couldn't help but look at the man and woman, and soon she discovered the differences between them.

As members of the Spirit Hall, what distinguishes their identities and status is not only the uniforms they wear but also the badges on their chests. Even if Leng Xiyao no longer wants to deal with people from the Spirit Hall in the past few years in Spirit City, she would still understand these situations.

There are two types of organizations in the Spirit Hall, one is the War Department and the other is the Logistics Department. As the name suggests, the so-called War Department is naturally full of spirit masters, shouldering the Spirit Hall's ambition to spread its martial arts throughout the world. Generally, those who can hold positions in the War Department must have graduated from the Spirit Academy and also studied in the Military Academy of the Spirit Academy in order to deal with various situations.

For example, going up the mountain to suppress an evil soul master, going into the forest to behead a ferocious beast that is slaughtering human villages, or even suppressing a rebellion in a small kingdom, these are all things learned in the military academy.

After all, most of these operations are carried out by dozens or even hundreds of people. If there is no outstanding commander, it will basically be like throwing a meat bun at a dog. An ordinary elite seven-man team will not be able to cope with this situation unless the strength is completely unequal.

The logistics department is mainly responsible for auxiliary work and supplemented by the life department. It is responsible for logistical work such as healing, reconnaissance, transportation, and amplification for combat soul masters. The role of an organized medical support team on the battlefield is undoubtedly huge.

In addition to providing direct services on the battlefield, the Logistics Department will also be responsible for matters related to people's livelihood, such as recruiting some spirit masters who are friendly to plants to grow spiritual herbs for the Spirit Hall, and allowing weapon spirit masters with strong soul power but weak spirit quality to build armaments for the Spirit Hall, so as to ensure that the resources in the rear can supply more combat spirit masters for combat.

This system is also the capital for the Spirit Hall to maintain long-term stability and dominate the continent. Without this system of order that maintains all members, the Spirit Hall is just a theocratic organization slightly stronger than the Haotian Sect.

The young lady in front of Leng Xiyao was wearing a badge with four petals on her chest. The flowers represented the Logistics Department, and the four petals represented the level. In other words, she was a level 40 Soul Master from the Logistics Department.

The badge on the chest of the male member who was testing his martial spirit was a sword pointing downwards, with five V-shaped marks like sword energy below the blade, indicating that he was a war spirit king above level 50.

While Leng Xiyao was thinking, the people in front of her also finished the test. Seeing the two women hesitating, the male steward urged them, "It's your turn now. Hurry up. Whether you have soul power or not can't be changed by staying here for a while!"

Although they were dressed quite well, the deacon was still not polite at all. After all, if there was a soul master at home, he could help to open the martial soul. Why would they need to come here and get it for free?
"Sister Yaoyao, you go first." Qin Menglan lowered her head and gently pinched the corner of her clothes. She was obviously very afraid to activate her martial soul, or she was afraid that she would activate a useless martial soul, or that she would have no soul power at all.

"Okay, I'll go first." Leng Xiyao was actually very nervous. She was also afraid that she would be forgotten by everyone. If she didn't have a good martial spirit in Douluo Continent, it meant that she could only live with Da Huang by picking up garbage.
Well, actually, she still wants to avenge her original self. Although she is just a time traveler, isn’t helping the original self to take revenge the most basic thing?

Thinking of this, Leng Xiyao walked up to the male deacon, stretched out her little hand, closed her eyes, and began to wait for the other party's words of judgment.

"Um"

"Ok?"

The deacon pinched Leng Xiyao's small hand, then passed a trace of soul power to her. Then the expression on his face began to become surprised, as if he had seen something strange.

This was the first time that Leng Xiyao felt what kind of energy soul power was. When the other party input soul power into her to activate her martial soul, she felt very comfortable, and the same energy began to emerge from her body.

Unfortunately, this energy was so scarce that she could hardly notice any difference between herself and before activating her soul power.

"Soul power. Level one, martial soul is..." The deacon touched his chin and hesitated for a long time without being able to explain clearly. He could test out the soul power level easily, but he couldn't figure out what the activated martial soul was even if he racked his brains. It was obvious that he touched on his blind spot in knowledge.

In the end, he could only say: "It should be some kind of mutated martial spirit, but looking at the appearance of the spirit mark, I can't tell what it is. Let's go back and try it slowly."

(End of this chapter)