"Master Gong, are there any children in our village who will become Soul Masters this year?"
When the village chief of Yucun saw the Spirit Hall's spirit masters leading the children out, he nervously stepped forward and inquired about the outcome of the spirit awakening.
"Old man Fish, congratulations! Your Fish Village has produced a true genius this year."
Gong Fenghua smiled and congratulated Old Man Yu, pointing to Yu Yan and explaining:
"This child's martial soul has undergone a benign mutation, possessing both ice and fire attributes. With an innate soul power of level seven and a half, he will definitely become a formidable soul master in the future."
Most of the martial souls of the people in Fish Village are ordinary fish. Therefore, Gong Fenghua attributed Yu Yan's Ice and Fire Pisces to the result of a benign mutation of his martial soul.
As for why two fish would share the same martial soul, Gong Fenghua attributed it to the myriad wonders of martial souls.
If anything is strange, he has seen Soul Masters with Bra Martial Souls, Soul Masters with Pig Intestine and Pig Tail Martial Souls, and even the detached pig Martial Soul of that good-for-nothing from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan.
Compared to those martial souls, Yu Yan's martial soul is just two fish that are twins in one body. Is that strange?
Old Man Yu, who only hoped that a child in the village could become a Soul Master and never imagined that a genius would emerge from the village, asked incredulously, "Is this...is this true?"
"Of course it's true, and I have no reason to lie to you. Alright, I need to hurry to the next village. You can talk to the child if you have any questions."
Gong Fenghua looked up at the sky, turned around and waved goodbye to Yu Yan before leaving the village. He still had a mission to complete—the awakening of his martial spirit—and couldn't stay there indefinitely.
Old Man Yu skillfully comforted the children who were heartbroken because they couldn't become Soul Masters, and then asked the parents standing nearby to take the children home.
After dealing with these matters, Old Man Yu came to Yu Yan's side, examined the Martial Soul Awakening Certificate, and then personally inspected Yu Yan's Martial Soul:
"Xiao Yan, you have great talent, even better than my son. When you go to the Martial Soul Academy in the future, you must cultivate hard and strive to become a Soul Master as soon as possible."
This year, only Yu Yan in Fish Village possesses soul power, so the work-study spot in Fish Village naturally belongs to Yu Yan.
The "boy" that Old Man Yu mentioned was his son, the only Soul Master in Fish Village in nearly twenty years, and Old Man Yu's greatest pride in his life.
Because the other party was often not at home, Yu Yan only knew that he was a second-ring Great Soul Master, but did not know his specific level.
"Grandpa Fish, don't worry, I will work hard to cultivate."
Yu Yan nodded obediently. Since it concerned the happiness of his future life, he would definitely cultivate seriously.
"It's good that you know. Among the children your age in Yu Village, you are the most sensible and the least worrisome. Grandpa believes you will definitely cultivate well."
"By the way, remember to come back to me after you reach level ten. I'll have my son take you to get a soul ring."
"My son said that the best first spirit ring is a hundred-year yellow spirit ring. You have great talent, so don't add spirit rings to yourself randomly."
"My son often sighs and regrets that his first spirit ring wasn't a hundred-year one. Our village has the means now, and I can't let you have the same regret."
On the way home, Old Man Yu kept talking to Yu Yan about things he should pay attention to after becoming a Soul Master.
Old Man Yu didn't know much, but he told Yu Yan everything he knew.
After taking Yu Yan home and giving him several earnest instructions, Old Man Yu finally left, swaying unsteadily.
He planned to tell his son the good news that another Soul Master had appeared in the village, and also to mention that when Yu Yan reached level ten, he would ask his son to help Yu Yan obtain a Soul Ring.
After watching Old Man Yu leave, Yu Yan went home, sat down in a chair, and took out the meditation method given to him by Gong Fenghua, and began to study it carefully.
As a student who has received nine years of compulsory education and successfully entered a higher education institution, Yu Yan has forgotten a lot of specific knowledge, but Yu Yan's way of thinking, comprehension ability and logical thinking have not disappeared with the passage of time.
The meditation method given by Gong Fenghua is the most common meditation method in Douluo Continent, and it is practiced by 80% of the Soul Masters in Douluo Continent.
Meditation is not difficult. Combining Gong Fenghua's basic understanding of meditation, Yu Yan spent a little over an hour to understand how to practice meditation.
In summary, meditation is about using one's own martial spirit and soul power to draw upon the omnipresent soul power in the world.
This is the fundamental reason why the better the quality of the martial soul, the higher the innate soul power, and the faster the cultivation speed.
Having understood how to cultivate, Yu Yan sat cross-legged on the bed and tried to enter a state of cultivation.
With his powerful mental strength, decent martial soul, and innate level seven and a half soul power, he quickly got into the zone, successfully capturing the soul power floating in the air and absorbing the external soul power into his body.
After completing a cycle of meditation, the external soul power was successfully transformed into his own. After feeling his soul power within his body grow stronger, more external soul power was refined and incorporated into his body by Yu Yan.
In his advice, Gong Fenghua wrote down many reasons for failure, as well as reflections and summaries. It was only in the third month that Gong Fenghua managed to barely absorb a trace of soul power from the outside world and successfully master the meditation method.
Meditation doesn't seem too difficult.
Yu Yan, who succeeded on his first attempt, continued to absorb external soul power, and even had the mind to slack off.
When Yu Yan opened his eyes, his belly made a protesting sound, and the sun was about to set.
Before you know it, an afternoon has passed.
Standing in front of his own door, Yu Yan stretched out a big yawn, took out dried fish slices, scooped out large crabs from the water tank, and selected some seasonings from the small vegetable garden in the yard.
There's good news at home today, let's have something nice to celebrate.
After a bowl of not-so-exquisite but reasonably tasty seafood porridge, Yu Yan prepared to carefully study his martial soul.
Ice and Fire Pisces – this is the name Gong Fenghua gave to this special companion martial soul after accepting his suggestion.
He spread his palm, and the ice and fire fish leaped out from his right hand, circling around him just like they had during the day in the Martial Soul Awakening Branch Hall.
The Ice and Fire Pisces is a beast spirit composed of energy.
With a thought, Yu Yan summoned the Ice and Fire Pisces to cling to his two arms.
The Martial Soul Possession technique imbues a person with the power of the 'beast' from a Beast Martial Soul, thereby unleashing even greater power.
The moment Yu Yan completed the Martial Soul Possession, he felt his power increase significantly.
To test whether it was an illusion, Yu Yan went to the homemade punching bag he used for practicing his punches and threw a punch at it.
With a loud bang, the fist easily pierced through the sandbag, leaving a hole in it, from which sand spilled onto the ground.
Retracting his fist and looking at the damage he had caused, Yu Yan smiled happily.
That's some extraordinary power, not bad at all.
Even if Douluo Continent is a fantasy story, it is still fantasy. Don't think that just because you're ranked last in Tsinghua or Peking University, you're not a student from Tsinghua or Peking University.
Suppressing his joy, Yu Yan approached the sandbag to examine it. He noticed that the edge of the hole he had made had been burned by flames.
Looking at the fire fish attached to his right arm, he poured more soul power into his right arm, and a flame appeared.
Bring the flame close to the damaged sandbag, and the sandbag immediately catches fire, releasing an unpleasant odor—the smell of fabric that hasn't been washed in a long time burning.
Because he was too close and caught off guard, Yu Yan was successfully overwhelmed by the unpleasant smell. Realizing what was happening, he quickly pulled away and retreated, moving away from the sandbag that was emitting the pungent odor.
Having retreated to a safe position, Yu Yan took out a basin of water to extinguish the burning sandbag.
Water was poured on it, but the flames did not go out.
After splashing water three times, the flames were finally extinguished by using the cold air emitted by the ice fish.
Seeing the flames finally extinguished, Yu Yan was overjoyed.
The fire fish's flames are quite powerful, and the ice fish's cold energy, which can extinguish the fire fish's flames, is equally powerful, which is a great thing for him.