Early the next morning, Yang Lin and Sun Yu took Yang Xiong out to awaken his martial soul.
The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect occupied an enormous area, spanning hundreds of kilometers in all directions. Besides the inner sect grounds, they had even built a city of their own Seven Treasures City, along with control over all surrounding towns within that radius.
Yang Xiong's home was located within Seven Treasures City, though not in the center, it was in the western part of the city. While this area wasn't particularly bustling, it was very close to Heaven Dou City, less than a hundred kilometers away.
The three of them soon arrived at the location where the martial soul awakening was taking place. It looked like quite a few people were already undergoing the awakening process. This, of course, was just a small outpost of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and such outposts were quite numerous within the sect.
Although the sect only had about 5,000 soul masters, the population under its control numbered in the millions. Most of these people were essentially considered the sect's private property.
Even this small outpost was built with grandeur, its carved beams and painted rafters gave it a majestic appearance.
This time, over fifty children had gathered at this outpost to awaken their martial souls. Besides the children and their parents, several stewards were present to maintain order.
At that moment, two individuals entered the hall from outside. They were dressed in silver robes, marking them as inner sect members of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
As one middle-aged man stepped into the center of the hall, the entire space immediately quieted down.
"Greetings, everyone. I am Ning Yuan, an inner sect steward of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. My martial soul is the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and I am a Level 57 Soul King. I will be responsible for awakening your children's martial souls today. All children who are here for the awakening, please line up."
The other man began setting up a desk to record the martial souls and innate soul power levels of each child.
Yang Xiong also joined the queue, ready for his awakening.
Ning Yuan took out six black stones and arranged them on the ground in a hexagonal shape. Then, he called the first child forward.
As the first child stepped into the hexagon, Ning Yuan smiled gently. "Child, close your eyes and don't be afraid."
Ning Yuan's hands began to emit radiant, shimmering light, and a massive crystal-like pagoda appeared. The entire pagoda exuded an aura of elegance and magnificence, this was his martial soul, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Beams of light shot out from the pagoda and quickly entered the six black stones, which began to glow faintly gold. The light enveloped the child within the hexagon.
As the golden light entered the child's body, a force seemed to awaken within him, as if something was about to burst out.
"Child, extend your right hand."
Instinctively, the child raised his right hand. It seemed that all the energy within him was converging there like starlight, eventually taking shape as a black bear.
Ning Yuan nodded. "Not bad Black Bear. A decent beast-type martial soul."
The child, seeing the manifestation of his martial soul, appeared quite excited. He stared at the shadow of the martial soul on his hand, dazed with joy.
Ning Yuan took out a crystal stone and said, "Place your hand on this. I'll test your innate soul power."
The child obeyed without fear. As soon as his hand touched the crystal, it lit up, and energy fluctuations began to appear within the previously clear stone.
Ning Yuan nodded again. "Very good. Innate soul power level four. You have the potential to become a good soul master."
Next came the second child, and the process repeated similarly for everyone.
Yang Xiong found it a bit curious. Around 30–40% of the children ahead of him had some level of innate soul power. Although most were between level 2 and level 5, it was clear that children from a large sect had better talent than those from small villages.
Soon, it was Yang Xiong's turn. He followed Ning Yuan's instructions and extended his right hand but nothing happened.
Ning Yuan found this strange. He tried three times, but Yang Xiong's hand showed no reaction. Even Ning Yuan began to doubt himself.
At that moment, Yang Xiong's mother, Sun Yu, stepped forward. "Steward Ning Yuan, this child might be like me, his martial soul could be a specific part of his body."
Ning Yuan clearly recognized her. "Steward Sun, that seems unlikely. While your martial soul is your eyes, such cases are extremely rare in the soul master world."
Sun Yu replied, "Please let me examine my son. It's possible he inherited my eye-based martial soul."
Ning Yuan finally nodded in agreement.
Sun Yu turned to her son. "Xiong, do you feel any unusual sensations in your body? Any part where you feel energy fluctuating especially your eyes?"
Yang Xiong paused to focus, then replied, "Mom, I feel like my whole body is pulsing with energy."
The onlookers were taken aback. Ning Yuan turned to the recorder. "Steward Li, I'll try awakening this child again. Please assist me with Steward Sun."
Steward Li walked over, while Sun Yu directly summoned her martial soul. Her eyes began to glow, and two yellow and two purple soul rings appeared clearly, she was unleashing her martial soul's full power.
In truth, given Sun Yu's innate soul power and martial soul talent, she would never have obtained such optimal soul rings had she not been part of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Yuan activated the awakening again. After observing for a while, Steward Li spoke. "Indeed, the child's martial soul is his entire body. I can sense soul power fluctuations throughout him."
Sun Yu also nodded, clearly confirming her son's martial soul.
Ning Yuan then took out a crystal. "Child, let's test your innate soul power."
As Yang Xiong placed his right hand on the crystal, it glowed more brightly than it had for any child before ,though not blindingly so.
Ning Yuan sighed. "Impressive. Innate soul power level six, the highest among today's children. It's a pity your martial soul is your body. If you had awakened something like the Iron Sword, you might have surpassed your father."
Both Steward Li and Sun Yu, as well as Yang Lin watching from afar, nodded in agreement. Clearly, in the current era, body-type martial souls were not well regarded.
But in contrast, Yang Xiong's heart surged with joy.
Innate soul power level six. Full-body martial soul. If this were ten thousand years in the future, this would be the mark of a top-tier genius.
After all, even Huo Hang only had innate soul power level one, and his martial soul was just his eyes. His first soul ring was even white. Yet despite that, the Body Sect sent a large force to Shrek Academy just to recruit him.
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