Chapter 12 Martial Soul Awakening
Time flies, and the day of the Martial Soul Awakening arrived in the blink of an eye. For the past two days, Ling Xiao has gone out hunting every morning to provide food for the grandfather and grandson.
At first, the old man didn't want Ling Xiao to go hunting, after all, he was too young and there would always be dangers when hunting in the wild. Ling Xiao was his only motivation to live, and the old man didn't want to bury his son again. However, Ling Xiao always went hunting before he woke up. The old man didn't know how to stop Ling Xiao from hunting. In the end, after seeing that Ling Xiao could run very fast, he decided to let it go. After all, even if Ling Xiao couldn't beat someone, he could run away. As long as there was no danger to his life, the old man really didn't care about anything else.
After Old Tom returned from Nottingham, he brought some rice for Ling Xiao and his grandson, and Ling Xiao was finally able to eat a staple food, since eating only meat wasn't good for his health. When Old Tom left, Ling Xiao also gave him a rabbit as a token of his gratitude.
On the morning of the day his martial soul awakened, the old man got up early to make breakfast for Ling Xiao. He also took out Ling Xiao's cleanest clothes and made him wear them for good luck.
After breakfast, the old man took Ling Xiao's hand and left home, heading towards the Spirit Hall office in the village.
When Ling Xiao and his grandfather arrived, quite a few people had already gathered. Ling Xiao politely greeted the villagers, then went back to stand with his grandfather, helping him along.
As for why Ling Xiao didn't join the other children, it was naturally because he was precocious and often helped the old man with chores, and sometimes he would also help the villagers to supplement the family income. In the eyes of the adults, Ling Xiao was an indispensable good child, while in the eyes of the children, he was the "other people's child" that their parents talked about. Therefore, none of the children liked Ling Xiao, and they even isolated him a bit.
Ling Xiao was very busy every day and didn't have time to deal with the children, so naturally he didn't have much of a relationship with them. During the past few days, Ling Xiao had been staying at home and hadn't had much time to interact with them either. Besides, Ling Xiao found them a bit childish, so he naturally wouldn't go over and play with them.
Time passed slowly, and Ling Xiao was getting impatient. Meanwhile, the children waiting outside the Spirit Hall office were also getting restless. If it weren't for the adults keeping them in check, these children would probably have gone off to play long ago.
After Ling Xiao waited for nearly two hours, the deacon of the Spirit Hall, who was also the guide for Ling Xiao's spirit awakening, finally arrived.
Ling Xiao observed the Spirit Hall steward. The steward looked quite young, and although he was a bit arrogant, he was quite kind to the villagers.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with old Tom, he instructed that six-year-old children of appropriate age be allowed to enter the building housing the Spirit Hall's office.
After the Spirit Hall deacon introduced himself, Ling Xiao realized his identity. This Spirit Hall deacon was none other than the renowned blind Douluo, Su Yuntao.
Ling Xiao thought about it again and felt that it was indeed quite possible. After all, according to the original owner's memories, he found that Holy Soul Village was near their village. Several villages near Holy Soul Village, including the village where Ling Xiao was now, were probably all where Su Yuntao awakened his martial soul.
It can only be said that commoners are indeed not very talented, whether in terms of martial spirit or innate soul power, they are not as good as those families or sects with bloodline inheritance.
Of the six children who awakened before Ling Xiao, none of them were capable of cultivation. As for their martial spirits, they were nothing more than sickles, stones, hoes, and the like, which made Su Yuntao somewhat disappointed.
Ling Xiao was the seventh and last to awaken. Because of the setbacks of the previous six, Su Yuntao had given up hope on Ling Xiao and wanted to finish awakening as soon as possible to go to the next village.
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