The Lin family's ducal estate was vast, and the chamber where martial souls were awakened was neither particularly close nor far from the wooden cabin.
Even so, it took nearly half an hour to walk from the wooden cabin to the awakening chamber.
Six years had passed since the day he transmigrated.
Having finally reached today, Lin Rong was already impatient to awaken his martial soul and naturally wouldn't walk there himself.
The old butler understood his young master's thoughts, so he picked Lin Rong up and spurred his Soul Power, rushing towards the awakening chamber.
The awakening chamber was built in the very center of the estate, which was where the main residence was located.
Martial soul awakening was a private matter. To ensure secrecy, the awakening chamber was constructed entirely from refined iron, making it completely airtight.
Twelve luminous pearls were embedded in the ceiling for illumination.
In the center of the floor, six circular black stones were arranged in sequence, forming a hexagonal magic array.
Rather than an awakening chamber, this place felt more like a secret room.
As Lin Rong stepped into the awakening chamber, he couldn't help but think this.
"Alright, young master, stand in the center of the magic array!"
After Lin Rong took his designated position, the martial soul awakening ceremony officially began.
Thousands of starlight appeared around the old butler, condensing into a white jade star disc in mid-air. Eight stars flickered on the disc, dimming and brightening, exuding extreme brilliance.
Simultaneously, two yellow, two purple, and four black spirit rings—a total of eight—appeared at the old butler's feet in the order: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black.
The Star Disc, a mutated form of the ordinary grinding stone martial soul, was a top-tier celestial-type martial soul.
The year Lin Rong was born, the old butler, Yu Yuan, was fifty-nine years old with a Soul Power of rank eighty-four. Six years later, the old butler was sixty-five and his Soul Power had reached rank eighty-six; he was a control-type Soul Douluo.
The old butler clapped his hands, and six streams of cyan-white light flew from his palms, injecting into the six black stones in the magic array.
The next moment, the six black stones emitted a misty golden radiance, forming a light golden barrier that enveloped Lin Rong.
Following this, golden light spots continuously floated out from the six black stones, entering Lin Rong's body without a single miss.
Lin Rong felt a warm and comfortable sensation all over his body. The warm energy penetrated into him, allowing him to clearly feel a slight fluctuation in the power within him.
Subsequently, the power within his body, guided by the warm energy, surged entirely towards his right palm.
At this moment, Lin Rong subconsciously raised his right palm. A cyan misty radiance seeped from his palm, accompanied by a dragon's roar that echoed through the awakening chamber.
After a few breaths, the cyan misty radiance dissipated.
Above his palm, a forest of banyan trees floated, with the central banyan tree being the main body, and the rest being its offshoots.
On the trunk of the banyan tree, a banyan root transformed into a cyan true dragon, coiling around it as if it were alive.
Concurrently, a halo of cyan light emanated from Lin Rong, quickly covering the entire awakening chamber.
Within the awakening chamber, Lin Rong and the old butler wore expressions of shock, though the degree of their astonishment differed.
"A mutated martial soul!" The old butler carefully observed the scene before him, murmuring to himself.
"It possesses characteristics of both the Dragon Soul Vine and the Thousand Leaf Banyan; could it be a fused mutation?"
"That dragon roar earlier, and this innate domain, it must be a beneficial mutation without a doubt!"
"Young master, quickly come and test your innate Soul Power level!"
Saying this, the old butler retrieved a blue crystal ball from his Soul Tool, presenting it to the young master with both hands.
In the center of the array, Lin Rong also recovered from his shock. He extended his hands and took the blue crystal ball. Instantly, a powerful suction erupted from within the crystal ball, and the power within his body seemed to find a vent, surging out.
In a moment, a blue light appeared from the bottom of the crystal ball, filling it entirely in the blink of an eye. It looked like a piece of natural blue crystal, radiating light in all directions, shimmering brilliantly.
"Innate Full Soul Power! Just as expected!"
Two voices spoke almost simultaneously.
Unlike Lin Rong, who remained calm, the old butler looked at the crystal ball with a face full of relief. Habitually and naturally, he reached out and stroked the young master's long, black hair.
"The Lin family has a successor; this old servant can now rest content!"
After a moment, the old butler subtly withdrew his hand, steadied his emotions, and gently suggested, "Young master, why don't you give this mutated martial soul a name?"
"A name?" The moment Lin Rong saw his martial soul, he already had an answer in his heart. He replied to the old butler, "The banyan root transformed into a dragon soul, coiling around the trunk, winding and twisting, with nine bends. Why not call it the Nine Bend Vine Dragon."
"Nine Bend Vine Dragon?" The old butler stroked his beard upon hearing this and praised, "Excellent, a very fitting name!"
Indeed, Lin Rong himself hadn't expected to awaken such a martial soul.
The Nine Bend Vine Dragon was a fused mutation of the Dragon Soul Vine and the Thousand Leaf Banyan.
The martial soul possessed an innate domain—Vine Dragon.
The innate domain had three stages. Currently, the Vine Dragon domain had just awakened and was in its first stage: within the domain's range, all allied attributes were increased by ten percent, and all enemy attributes were weakened by ten percent.
The Vine Dragon domain's exclusive effect—Life Dragon Soul: within the domain's coverage, all attacks received by oneself would be converted into pure life force for self-recovery over a period of time. Simultaneously, life force, Soul Power, and mental power could be freely converted between each other without loss.
Lin Rong pondered that the reason the two martial souls could undergo a fused mutation to awaken the Nine Bend Vine Dragon was largely due to the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
Now that his Martial Soul has awakened, some plans can begin to be put into motion.
Timeline-wise, Lin Rong was four months into his mother's womb when the great battle between Qian Xunji and Tang Hao occurred.
Tang San was born during that great battle, and since humans gestate for ten months, he was born six months after Lin Rong, making him half a year younger than Tang San.
In the original work, three months passed after Tang San awakened his Martial Soul before the opening day of Nuoding Academy.
He would graduate six years later and go to Shrek Academy. Not long after the academy opened, at the tender age of twelve years and seven months, he broke through to level thirty in the Star Dou Great Forest.
From this, it can be deduced that Tang San was approximately six years and four months old when he awakened his Martial Soul.
Lin Rong only turned six today, meaning Tang San is currently only six and a half. It has only been two months since his Martial Soul awakening, and he should still be forging iron in Holy Spirit Village.
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Holy Spirit Village.
After cultivating the Purple Demon Eye on the hill outside the village, Tang San was using the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to rush towards the west side of the village.
In a short while, he arrived in front of three adobe houses.
Inside, Tang Hao was in his usual state, waiting for his son to finish cooking and call him to eat.
After an incense stick's worth of time.
Tang San finished cleaning the pots and pans and walked into another adobe house, placing a piece of pig iron into the forging furnace.
The piece of pig iron, originally fifty centimeters square, had been forged by Tang San for nearly two months and was now very close to the size of a fist.
"The closer it gets to the limit, the harder it is to remove the impurities," Tang San said to himself as he pulled the bellows, thinking:
"However, this hammer technique is truly miraculous. It can borrow strength to strike, and even at this stage of forging pig iron, it can continue to remove impurities."
"Clang~ Clang~ Clang~" Tang San swung his hammer, using the Chaotic Cape Hammer Technique as the sound of forging echoed continuously.
"It is estimated that in another half a month, this piece of pig iron will be completely forged."
"At that time, I will use this iron mother to forge a Tang Sect hidden weapon, the first Tang Sect hidden weapon in this other world!"
Thinking this, the excitement in Tang San's eyes could not be contained.
One day, the name of the Tang Sect would resound throughout this other world, and all of this would be accomplished by him, Tang San!
The speed of Soul Power cultivation is related to the following factors, in addition to Innate Soul Power:
1. Martial Soul Classification
War Martial Soul > Auxiliary Martial Soul > Food Martial Soul
2. Diligence in Cultivation
Lazy individuals like Oscar in the early stages, with Innate Full Soul Power, reached level thirty at fourteen years old.
Excluding the two Spirit Rings that granted two levels of Soul Power, he gained eighteen levels in eight years, averaging 2.25 levels per year.
Diligent individuals like Zhu Zhuqing, with Innate Soul Power of level seven, reached level twenty-seven at twelve years old.
Excluding the two Spirit Rings that granted two levels of Soul Power, she gained eighteen levels in six years, averaging 3 levels per year.
3. Cultivation Environment
For example: Mimicry Cultivation Environment
4. External Pressure
Feng Xiaotian, with Innate Full Soul Power, reached level forty-four at twenty-four years old. He cultivated in Hurricane Valley for five years and reached level sixty-one at twenty-nine years old.
Excluding the two Spirit Rings that granted two levels, he gained fifteen levels in five years, averaging 3 levels per year.
5. Immortal Herbs
For example: Eight Petal Immortal Orchid.
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