Time flew by like an arrow, and two more years passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Liangchen was now six years old, much taller, about 1.2 meters, and his body had become stronger after two years of cultivating the Five Elements Divine Fist. He could now lift several times his own weight with one hand.
After two years of cultivation, Ye Liangchen's Hun Yuan Art had reached the introductory realm.
This divine art had no level restrictions based on Spirit Master ranks. According to Ye Liangchen's own estimations, from Spirit Master to Spirit King was the Minor Accomplishment realm, from Spirit King to Titled Douluo was the Major Accomplishment realm. As for the Perfection realm, it should be for Level 99 Limit Douluo, while Transcendent was becoming a Level 100 God. The Profound realm corresponded to Three Level Gods to Level 1 God, the Divine realm corresponded to God King, and the Supreme realm was the Creation God, or even higher.
Each major realm progressed step by step. The specific details would have to be verified one by one later.
The Five Elements Divine Fist had also been cultivated to the introductory level by Ye Liangchen, not yet capable of spirit power materialization. Ye Liangchen usually practiced this fist art in the small forest furthest from the Academy to prevent others from seeing him.
In these two years, Ye Liangchen racked his brains and finally, at different times, managed to give the foundation establishment pill to Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiaodie, and Lan Xiaoling.
During this process, Ye Liangchen mixed the foundation establishment pill into candies and personally fed them. For example, when the Lan Xiaoling sisters were handling daily Academy documents, Ye Liangchen would pour them a cup of hot tea and then offer them snack candies.
The three women were so touched by the Xiao Jiahuo's filial piety that they were bewildered. When their entire bodies were nourished by the energy from the foundation establishment pill, they felt warm all over. They all believed it was due to happiness and emotion, not suspecting any miraculous elixir.
Ye Liangchen went to great lengths to ensure they took the foundation establishment pill without noticing anything unusual, and the foundation establishment pill did not disappoint him. The spirit power of the Lan Xiaodie sisters had increased by one level in these two years, and the same was true for the old Dean Shui Lingfeng.
On this day, Ye Liangchen's Spirit awakening ceremony officially began. The high-ranking officials of the Academy gathered in the Academy's Spirit Awakening Hall, eager to witness this moment. After all, both Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan had innate full spirit power. Ye Feng's Spirit was a mysterious sword, and Liu Ruyan's Spirit was a mysterious human-shaped Spirit. The couple's Spirits were both mysterious and powerful, and everyone wanted to see if the Xiao Jiahuo would manifest twin spirits.
Shui Bing'er and her sister, Xue Wu, and Yu Hairou, the Little girls, also watched with curiosity.
"Xiao Chen! Grandma will awaken your Spirit."
Shui Lingfeng pulled Ye Liangchen to the Spirit awakening device.
"Xiao Chen! You can do it! Sister believes you will definitely awaken a powerful Spirit." Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the other girls waved and cheered for Ye Liangchen from the side.
The Spirit awakening device was a magic array made of six fist-sized blue gems and some jade. The six gems formed a hexagram array, inscribed with various patterns. Below it was a jade pillar, topped with a blue crystal ball specifically used to test spirit power levels. This crystal ball could test up to Level 30 spirit power.
This kind of instrument was not very expensive. Spirit Hall had many deacons who traveled across the Continent each year with awakening instruments, awakening Spirits for commoners for free. This also served as a method to find talented individuals. After all, everyone in this World had a Spirit, and among the vast number of commoners, some good prospects could always be found.
However, the materials for Tianshui Academy's set of instruments seemed very precious, estimated to cost hundreds of gold coin.
Spirit Master was the highest profession in this World. The best resources on the entire Continent were controlled by Spirit Hall, major Sects, and Empires.
It was very difficult for commoners at the bottom to become Spirit Master. This was why Spirit Hall established Spirit branch halls everywhere to awaken Spirits for commoners for free, and secondly, they could find talents through this method. After all, everyone in this World had a Spirit, and among the large number of commoners, some good seedlings could always be found.
"Dean Grandma, what should I do?"
Looking at the magical instrument in front of him, Ye Liangchen was also curious about what his two Spirits would be.
"Xiao Chen! Stand in the center of that hexagonal magic array, relax your mind, and don't be nervous."
"Chirp, chirp…"
Shui Lingfeng instructed Ye Liangchen to stand still, then summoned her Ice Phoenix Spirit. As soon as the Spirit appeared, it let out a phoenix cry, and the temperature of the entire Hall instantly dropped.
"Buzz, buzz…"
Eight spirit rings, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, slowly rose from Shui Lingfeng's body, forming a large circle that enveloped her in the center.
"Dean Grandma, your Spirit is so powerful!"
Witnessing this Spirit and those eight spirit rings in person, Ye Liangchen was still a little shocked. This was much more impactful than watching anime in his previous Life.
"Xiao Chen! This is Grandma's Spirit, Ice Phoenix. Now Grandma will input spirit power into the magic array and transmit it into your body to awaken your Spirit. You must not be nervous!" Shui Lingfeng also cautioned the Xiao Jiahuo, fearing he would be nervous.
"I understand."
Ye Liangchen closed his eyes, relaxed, and quietly stood in the center of the magic array. After all, in his previous Life, he had seen Tao Ge, the blind Douluo, awaken Spirits for countless transmigrators in novels. He was very familiar with these routines.
"Buzz, buzz..."
Shui Lingfeng put her hand into a groove in the magic array, continuously injecting spirit power into it.
"Swish, swish…"
In an instant, the magic array activated, and the six gems emitted light. A continuous stream of spirit power, transmitted through the magic array, flowed into Ye Liangchen's body, making him feel incredibly comfortable.
Ye Liangchen also felt with his mind that the Spirit in his game character's body had been unsealed, and a line of text prompted: Use or not?
"Use."
With a thought, the two Spirits immediately merged into his body, but the information displayed astonished Ye Liangchen. The two Spirits were actually Life Goddess and Pure鈞 Sword, one of the ten famous ancient swords.
Hiss! Life Goddess was one of the Five God Kings! To be his Spirit, would the Destruction God King kill him for this?
However, Ye Liangchen thought that since this Spirit was brought to him by a game cheat, there shouldn't be much of a problem. But shouldn't the Life Goddess Spirit come with a divine outfit? Could it be that it hadn't fully awakened yet?
Never mind, he would take it one step at a time!
"Buzz, buzz…"
Shui Lingfeng continuously poured spirit power into Ye Liangchen's body, but the Xiao Jiahuo's Spirit had not yet awakened. She felt as if the Xiao Jiahuo's body was a bottomless pit, constantly absorbing her spirit power.
"Everyone, quickly come and help! I feel that the Spirit in Xiao Chen's body is very powerful." Shui Lingfeng shouted to everyone.
"Oh my goodness! What kind of Spirit does this Xiao Jiahuo have?" Li Popo, Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, An Qi, Li Suyan, and the other high-ranking officials were all extremely shocked.
"I told you, Xiao Chen Didi's Spirit must be very powerful." Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu, the girls, cheered and celebrated from afar.
"This is truly incredible."
Hearing her mother say this, Lan Xiaodie and Lan Xiaoling were overjoyed. They rushed forward, summoned their Spirits, and began inputting spirit power into the array's grooves.
"Pop…"
As the three of them poured in their abundant spirit power, Ye Liangchen felt as if something was breaking out of its shell within his body.
"Buzz, buzz…"
A green light shot up from Ye Liangchen's body, and a rich aura of Life spread throughout the entire Continent. Everyone in the Hall felt incredibly comfortable.
"Ah…"
Su Lin and Mu Qingxue, along with the other teachers, couldn't help but let out comfortable moans as they were nourished by that Life force.
A beautiful woman floated out from Ye Liangchen's left hand and attached herself to his back.
This woman had an exquisite face and a tall figure. Her pair of delicate, jade-like feet were entwined with green ribbons, like the most beautiful work of art. She wore a green dress, and even her hair was green. Her ethereal and otherworldly aura made her seem like a fairy from the heavens.
Immediately after, an ancient long sword appeared in Ye Liangchen's right hand, standing to his right side behind him.
This sword was three feet three inches long, its blade covered with ancient patterns. The hilt was black and yellow, inlaid with six purple gems, making it extremely exquisite and a noble, unparalleled sword.
As soon as the Pure鈞 Sword appeared, the sharp aura it emitted seemed capable of splitting the sky. This was a sword that was both beautiful and dangerous, with a hidden sharp aura beneath its magnificent exterior.
"Oh my goodness! It's actually twin spirits!"
"Xiao Chen's human-shaped Spirit is so beautiful!"
Everyone in the Hall was stunned, their mouths agape in an "O" shape.
"Xiao Chen inherited his parents' Spirits, but it seems to have mutated."
"This mutation should be a beneficial one."
Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie knew that Ye Feng's Spirit was called Dragon Chant Sword, and Liu Ruyan's Spirit was her own appearance, only her hair was white.
Ye Liangchen looked at his hair, which hadn't turned green from the Life Goddess Spirit attaching to him, and finally let out a sigh of relief.
If the Life Goddess Spirit had turned his hair green upon attachment, it would truly have become: to live a good Life, your head must have a bit of green.
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Just as Ye Liangchen's Spirit was awakening, in the distant Spirit City, Bibi Dong in the Supreme Pontiff Palace and Qian Daoliu in the Hall of Offerings both opened their eyes at the same time.
"Could this power be the aura of a God? But what is that other mysterious, sharp aura?"
Bibi Dong had participated in the Rakshasa God Trial, and Qian Daoliu was also the guardian of the Angel Temple, so they naturally could sense the divine force.
"The aura of a God has appeared on the Continent. Who could it be?"
"Tang Chen, ah, Tang Chen! Are you still alive?"
On the distant Sea God Island, Poseidon Douluo Bo Saixi sighed.
"Hehehe… Interesting! As long as it doesn't interfere with me, whatever."
In Slaughter City, a powerful individual with two horns on his head, a face covered in red demonic patterns, and a red glow emanating from his body, revealed an evil smile after drinking a Bloody Mary.
Underneath the Life Lake in the center of the Star Dou Forest, in a grand Hall, a sleeping silver giant dragon suddenly opened its eyes.
"This is the aura of Life divine force, and it actually appeared on a human child." The silver giant dragon carefully sensed it, utterly shocked.
The silver giant dragon was the King of the Douluo Continent, the ancestor of Spirit Beast, Silver Dragon King. She was a divine beast, but she was currently severely injured, with a wound on her back, and now only possessed the strength of a Three Level Gods. Naturally, she was very familiar with divine force.
During the Dragon God War, Asura God split the Dragon God with a single sword, which then divided into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. The Golden Dragon King was captured by the God Realm, while the Silver Dragon King, severely wounded, escaped the God Realm and came to the Douluo Continent, hiding to recover.
"Hmm! The appearance of Life God Power on a child, could it be that Life Goddess is planning something?"
"She has never liked fighting, why would she be so abnormal?"
The Silver Dragon King muttered to herself. Among the God Kings in the God Realm, only Life Goddess left a good impression on her. The other God Kings, the Silver Dragon King hated deeply, especially Asura God. She was wounded by the Asura Sword back then, and the Shura God Power has been attached to her wound, still not healed.
"Di Tian!"
The Silver Dragon King woke up the sleeping Black Dragon King, Di Tian, wanting him to go and investigate the situation.
"Master! Why are you awake?"
Di Tian transformed into a black-clothed man and came to the temple at the bottom of the lake.
"The aura of Life Goddess's divine force has appeared on a human child. You should pay attention to his movements from now on."
"Life Goddess? Master, is the God Realm coming to kill us?"
As soon as Di Tian heard the Silver Dragon King mention Life Goddess, he was shocked. Where there is Life Goddess, there will definitely be God of Destruction, and that guy is not someone they can deal with.
"I still don't know what Life Goddess wants to do. My intuition tells me that this matter is likely beneficial to us. Let's wait and see, but absolutely do not harm that child, otherwise, if Destruction God gets angry, we will all be doomed."
After the Silver Dragon King finished speaking, she fell back into slumber.
"Rest assured, Master!"
Di Tian respectfully accepted the order and exited the temple. He would do exactly as his Master instructed.
"Di Tian! What happened?"
At this moment, a green-haired woman in a dark green dress came to Di Tian's side and asked curiously.
"Master said that Life God Power appeared on a human child, which might bring a turning point for our Spirit Beast race."
"Then what should we do? Capture that human child?"
"No! This matter requires careful consideration. We cannot predict future developments now, so let's wait and see."
Di Tian interrupted the green-clothed woman's suggestion, thinking, wouldn't daring to touch Life Goddess's person be seeking death? Who could withstand the wrath of Destruction God?
At the same time, in the God Realm above the Douluo World, Life Goddess sat bored in the central hall of the God Realm.
"So boring! So boring! When can I go outside the God Realm and take a look?"
Some time ago, Asura God's interference in the Douluo Continent was discovered by Destruction God. This blatant violation of rules was unbearable for Destruction God. So, he argued with Asura God, almost coming to blows, and in the end, Asura God, under pressure, temporarily handed over the enforcement power of the God Realm's core, to be managed by Life Goddess.
Life Goddess, through a monitoring artifact, observed the situation of the 108 Life planets below. Suddenly, she felt a powerful Life aura on the Douluo Continent, identical to her own divine force.
"Eh! What's going on?"
Life Goddess carefully observed the World of Douluo Continent through the monitor. In an instant, she saw a human child awaken the Life Goddess Martial Soul.
"This Xiao Jiahuo is truly heaven-defying. I didn't even bestow a Spirit on him, how could this happen? And he also has a mysterious long Sword Soul, whose level even I can't sense. This is truly interesting."
"No matter what, Xiao Jiahuo and I are fated. Why don't I pass on my God Position to him!"
"Hmm! That long sword is very high-level, it should be able to withstand Xiao Zi's Destruction God Power. I'll let him test it out later."
Life Goddess was inherently kind. Even when she saw a human child's Spirit was the same as hers, she couldn't bear to harm him. Instead, she felt this was an opportunity.
She and Destruction God were husband and wife. Because Destruction God's divine force and her Life force attributes were incompatible, they had never been able to conceive a child. Facing such a monotonous and dull Life, after a long time, Life Goddess had grown tired of it and longed to leave the God Realm, this cage, to see the outside World.
Now, the human boy on the Douluo Continent had actually awakened the Life Goddess Martial Soul, so she decided to take the opportunity to pass on her God Position and even bring her husband along.
Using her authority over the God Realm's core, Life Goddess, at the moment Ye Liangchen awakened his Spirit, used the power of law to set the Spirit Ability for Xiao Jiahuo's Life Spirit. No matter what Spirit Beast Ye Liangchen hunted in the future, those Spirit Abilities would not change. Afterward, she also planned to establish a Life Temple on the Douluo Continent and find an opportunity to guide Xiao Jiahuo to take the trial.
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Ye Liangchen still didn't know that he had been targeted by these bigshots the moment he awakened his Spirit.
At this moment, several high-ranking members of Tianshui Academy curiously looked at Ye Liangchen's Spirit. A human-shaped Spirit and a sword, it was truly miraculous.
"Xiao Chen, what are your Spirits called?" Lan Xiaodie asked from the side.
"Aunt Lan! My Spirits are called Life Goddess and Pure鈞 Sword." These unfamiliar Spirits were completely unknown to the high-ranking members of Tianshui Academy.
"Pure鈞 Sword? Life Goddess? Are they Gods?" The Tianshui Sect was also a major Sect over a thousand years ago. As direct descendants, Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie also knew something about the legends of Gods.
"They are not Gods, just Spirits."
Ye Liangchen explained to everyone that he had only awakened the Life Goddess Martial Soul and didn't know if he would be targeted by the God Realm's bigshots. However, he still hoped not to be targeted; being watched from above all day long was uncomfortable.
"Let's test his innate spirit power first! Logically speaking, Xiao Chen's Spirit is so powerful, his innate spirit power level should not be low."
"Xiao Chen, put your hand on the crystal ball and inject spirit power."
Shui Lingfeng handed the spirit power crystal ball to Ye Liangchen, asking him to test it.
"Buzz buzz…"
When Ye Liangchen injected spirit power into the spirit power crystal ball, the crystal ball immediately burst out with dazzling light and displayed the level.
"Innate full spirit power!"
Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiaodie, Su Lin, and others exclaimed. As they had guessed, it was innate full spirit power.
"Xiao Jiahuo is truly amazing."
Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, and others praised Ye Liangchen's heaven-defying talent. He truly deserved to be the child of Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan. Was this what they called 'a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix'?
Ye Liangchen felt very strange at this moment. Logically speaking, a God King-level Spirit like Life Goddess should start at least at innate level 20, but he was only at innate level 10. Could it be that all that spirit power was absorbed by his body? Or was this Spirit just given by the game and had nothing to do with Life Goddess? That should be the reason.
Never mind, starting with 10 levels of spirit power is not bad. Anyway, I have a cheat, so I don't need to worry about leveling up.
"Everyone must keep the matter of Xiao Chen awakening twin spirits a secret."
"There's no need for him to register at Spirit Hall. As for those Spirit Master subsidies, they are completely unnecessary."
Lan Xiaodie and her mother exchanged glances, then spoke to the academy's high-ranking members, asking everyone to keep it a secret. Ye Liangchen's talent was too outstanding; once it spread, he would definitely be coveted by those with ulterior motives.
"Don't worry, Dean! We will know our limits."
These teachers were all their own people; they knew the importance of Xiao Jiahuo.
"Now Xiao Chen Didi can study with us!" Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu, the few Little girls, gathered around, cheering excitedly.
"Can I not go to school? I can just study cultivation with Grandma Dean in Purple Bamboo Courtyard."
Ye Liangchen sought Lan Xiaodie's opinion. There was nothing much to learn from the knowledge of the Douluo Continent; he was already very familiar with it from novels and anime in his previous Life.
To be honest, Ye Liangchen really didn't want to attend classes with a bunch of Little girls. Being surrounded by these Little girls all day long would make his Dao heart unstable and feel very awkward.
"No! You must go through the initial Spirit Master learning stage. Besides learning Spirit Master knowledge, you also have other knowledge to learn."
Lan Xiaodie rejected Ye Liangchen's request, directly telling him to go to school with Shui Bing'er and the others.
"Let's build a separate house for Xiao Chen! He's six years old now; let him take care of himself at school. A fledgling eagle needs to go through trials to fly higher."
Although Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie really wanted to keep Xiao Jiahuo by their side, now that he had awakened his Spirit, they had to let him learn to be independent so he could go further.
In terms of teaching Ye Liangchen, Lan Xiaodie was very strict. This Xiao Jiahuo always avoided the Little girls in the academy. She thought it was because he didn't have parents, so she needed him to go to school with children his age and experience a happy childhood.
Ah! It's over, I can't escape! I'm only a six-year-old child now, unable to refute the adults' arrangements. It seems I still have to go to school with these Little girls.
But fortunately, Lan Xiaodie and the others were preparing to build a special house for him, which was good. After class, he could peacefully cultivate Hun Yuan Art and Five Elements Divine Fist.
"Xiao Chen! What are you shy about? Isn't it good to study with so many older sisters?"
Su Lin walked to Ye Liangchen's side, squatted down, and stroked Xiao Jiahuo's head, feeling a strange excitement in her heart: I can finally discipline this Xiao Jiahuo now.
"Everyone, please disperse for now! Tomorrow, we will take Xiao Jiahuo to obtain his first spirit ring. Teacher Su Lin, please join us early tomorrow morning." Lan Xiaodie waved her hand, dismissing everyone.
"Yes, Dean!" As Ye Liangchen's primary instructor, Su Lin had to participate in Xiao Jiahuo's acquisition of his first spirit ring.
Lan Xiaodie took Ye Liangchen back to her office building to plan for Xiao Jiahuo's future. This Xiao Jiahuo was the key to whether they could rebuild their Sect in the future!