Lin Bai stretched out his hand, and a white longsword with black and white patterns inlaid on the hilt appeared in his hand. He then began to swing it, and the sword shadows swayed.
Where the sword's shadow swept past, it was as if space itself was being torn apart.
The sound of swords echoed in the air, as if the air itself was responding to Lin Bai.
"This is my martial spirit, it is called Tai Chi Jinghong Sword, and it belongs to the category of weapon martial spirits."
Lin Bai stopped, the longsword in his hand disappeared, and said.
"Is this Master's Martial Soul? It is indeed powerful enough... Hmm, by the way, Master, I wonder which is of higher quality, Master's Tai Chi Sword or the Sky-Supporting Douluo's Sky-Supporting Divine Spear?"
"Cough cough cough, he and I are both born with full soul power, so we should be about the same."
"Master is just bragging and trying to make himself look good."
"Sigh, you really look down on your master that much, huh? Fine, I'll help you awaken your martial soul first, then we'll talk."
After saying that, a white light appeared in Lin Bai's hand, with a faint trace of black mixed in, and slowly flowed into Wu Luo's body.
"Close your eyes and feel the power that comes from your own bloodline."
Wu Luo closed his eyes. He felt his whole body filled with power, and his hand unconsciously rose up, as if something was about to crawl out of his palm.
"It's coming out!"
Wu Luo suddenly opened his eyes and subconsciously looked at his right hand, where he was tightly gripping a silver-white longsword. The blade was like a swimming dragon, and its sharpness could pierce the air. A circular black and white pattern was also inlaid on the hilt. Unlike Lin Bai, Wu Luo's eight directions also had the eight characters Li, Kan, Zhen, Dui, Xun, Gen, Kun, and Qian.
Behind Wu Luo, his left hand was also emitting a faint yellow light.
Lin Bai was slightly stunned when he saw the pattern. "It's actually the Eight Trigrams Diagram!"
"Master, Master, what are you thinking about?" Wu Luo waved his hand in front of Lin Bai's eyes.
Lin Bai clapped his hands and said, "Your martial spirit is called the Swimming Eight Trigrams Linked Sword, or the Eight Trigrams Sword. This sword is very similar to my Tai Chi Sword. Both are known for their combination of strength and softness. I imagine the soul power it brings you will be quite high."
After saying that, Lin Bai gave Wu Luo a meaningful look.
"So, does that mean I'll be able to reach Master's level someday?" Wu Luo said with a grin as he approached Lin Bai.
"No, your future achievements will only surpass mine," Lin Bai said softly, head bowed.
Wu Luo strained his ears. "Master, what did you just say? You spoke too softly, I didn't hear you clearly. Could you say it again?"
"What is your other martial soul? Show it to your master."
Wu Luo was stunned. "Master, what are you talking about? What do you mean I have another martial soul? How could I possibly have twin martial souls?"
Lin Bai tapped Wu Luo's head as they walked and said, "Your acting is terrible. After tens of thousands of years of development in Douluo Continent, twin martial souls are no longer extremely rare. When a martial soul awakens, a beast martial soul directly possesses the body, while a weapon martial soul usually only appears in the left hand. However, your martial soul appears in the right hand, so you should have a second martial soul."
Wu Luo was impressed, "Master, you knew that too?"
"Oh? So you really do have a second martial soul!" Lin Bai's lips unconsciously curled into a smile.
Seeing Lin Bai's smug look, Wu Luo realized he had been tricked. "As expected, the old fox is shrewder!"
"I was just bluffing you. The appearance of a martial soul in either hand is random; there's no fixed rule. I didn't expect you to actually have a second martial soul."
Lin Bai shrugged, indicating that this had nothing to do with him; it was just that you weren't composed enough.
"Alright, use your soul power to guide it out so I can see it."
"Yes, Master."
Wu Luo circulated his soul power, and a clear stream flowed through his meridians. A metal token appeared in Wu Luo's hand, with the character "beast" engraved on it.
"Beast? Does that mean soul beast? Could it be a martial soul that can summon soul beasts? A summoning type?" A million guesses flooded Lin Bai's mind.
Lin Bai considered himself knowledgeable about all martial spirits in the world, but in his mind, there wasn't a single one that was related to Wu Luo's martial spirit.
While Lin Bai was still speculating about Wu Luo's martial soul, Wu Luo himself already knew the true origin of this martial soul.
Wu Luo stared intently at the three mecha-shaped animal phantoms behind Lin Bai: a yellow tiger-shaped mecha, a blue Vajra-shaped mecha, and a purple dragon-shaped mecha.
Three illusory figures stood behind Lin Bai, but Lin Bai did not notice them; it seemed that only Wu Luo could see them.
As if sensing Wu Luo's gaze, they all raised their heads, their mechanical eyes suddenly lit up, nodded at Wu Luo, and then transformed into three streams of light that entered Wu Luo's body.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Luo felt extremely weak, and the token in his hand disappeared.
"Master, what happened? My martial spirit has disappeared." Wu Luo asked anxiously upon seeing this. Due to his excessive excitement, his already weak body suddenly collapsed forward.
Lin Bai grabbed Wu Luo, who was about to fall, and gently comforted him, "It's nothing serious. It's because your soul power is insufficient to support the appearance of your martial soul for a long time, so it automatically retracts into your body. It will be fine once your soul power recovers."
"The conditions for the emergence of twin martial souls are extremely harsh. Theoretically, it is only possible for the quality of the two martial souls of the soul master to be extremely similar. That is to say, it can only occur when both of them are of very high or very low quality. However, theory is just theory, and there has never been a case where both martial souls are very weak."
"According to records, Huo Yuhao, the Spirit Ice Douluo from ten thousand years ago, possessed twin martial souls: his physical body, the Spirit Eye, and the Ice Jade Scorpion. One is one of the most important parts of his body, and the other is the king among ice-attribute soul beasts. Clearly, both of these are extremely powerful martial souls."
"Twin martial souls often grant a soul master innate full soul power. For the sake of procedure, I still need to test your innate soul power first."
Then Lin Bai took out a crystal ball from somewhere and placed it in front of Wu Luo. "Place your hand on this crystal ball."
Wu Luo nodded, knowing that this was to test his innate soul power, and then obediently placed his hand gently on it.
"Just like when you summon your martial soul, circulate the soul power within your body and gather it in your hand."
Wu Luo closed his eyes and felt a cold current flow from his dantian to his palms.
If nothing unexpected happens...
The moment Wu Luo placed his hand on the crystal ball, it burst forth with a bright light.
"As expected, he possesses innate full soul power!" Lin Bai's expression remained unchanged, clearly indicating that he already knew the answer.
Lin Bai was not surprised; it would be suspicious if Wu Luo were not born with a congenital condition.
"This is in the bag!" Wu Luo didn't think so. After all, in this world where strength reigns supreme, who wouldn't want to possess exceptional talent?
(End of chapter)