Crippled Soul and Red Flame (1)
Jack was obviously very patient with Qiao Zidan. In his heart, the most sensible child in the village was none other than Qiao Zidan. It was hard to imagine how such a father could have such an obedient son.
"Grand Scholar Soul is the title of a Soul Cultivator. Spirit practitioners are the noblest profession in our entire Dou Spirit Continent. They can be powerful warriors, and they can also possess outstanding support abilities. However, no matter what kind of soul masters they were, their ranks were arranged according to the same title.”
"Spirit practitioners all have their own spirit energy. According to the strength of the spirit energy, there are a total of eleven titles. Each title was divided into ten stages. Those who had just awakened were called soul cultivators. As long as their souls were awakened, everyone would be a soul cultivator. If the soul could be cultivated, when the soul qi reached level 11, it would enter the next title, which was the warrior soul level. And the Great Warrior Soul Level was the second in the entire title sequence. When one reached the Great Warrior Soul Realm, one would already be a rather powerful soul practitioner. When a Great Warrior Soul Cultivator reached Stage Nine, they would be able to condense their Soul Qi into Soul Qi and become a Mortal Soul Cultivator that far surpassed a Warrior Mirror! The total of eleven titles was like this.”
"Soul, Warrior Soul, Great Warrior Soul, Mortal Soul, Human Soul, Emperor Soul, Venerable Soul, Blood Soul, Saint Soul, Heavenly Soul, Sovereign Soul, Transforming Soul, Titled Soul-Power. Legend had it that all Blood Soul-level powerhouses could give themselves a title, and titled Soul-Power Warriors were simply invincible!”
"A hundred years ago, our Spirit Saint Village produced an eighth grade Saint Spirit rank. In the entire Fars City, and even in the entire Fasino Province, it was extremely rare.”
Qiao Tian pursed his lips." Jack, that's just a legend.”
Hearing this, Village Chief Jack seemed to have been touched by something and said angrily,"What do you mean by legend? Legends come from facts. Qiao Tian, you've been in the village for six years. You should know how important that saint soul practitioner is to us." If I hear you insult the Lord Holy Spirit again, I will expel you from the village. If it wasn't for Dan 'er, do you think I'd be willing to come to your doghouse?”
Qiao Tian was not angry. He continued to hit the farming tools in his hands as if he did not hear Jack's words.
Jack glared at him before turning to Qiao Zidan."Don't be as dispirited as your father in the future. Alright, I'll be leaving first. I'll pick you up in three days.”
After saying that, Jack left the smithy in a rage.
"Daddy." Qiao Zidan called out.
"Hmm?" Qiao Tian glanced at him coldly. Seeing the coldness in his father's eyes, Qiao Zidan had no choice but to swallow the words that she wanted to say. He lowered his head and went back to his room to continue his 10,000 knocks.
Night fell. After dinner, Qiao Tian wiped his mouth and walked out of habit. To him, this was a routine matter. He went out for a drink. Drinking the worst ale.
"Dad, I'm not going back. Wait a minute." Qiao Zidan didn't have time to clean up the dishes and stopped Qiao Tian.
"What are you doing?" Qiao Tian glared at him impatiently. Even though Qiao Tian had never hit Qiao Zidan, Qiao Zidan was naturally afraid of her father. Even though he had lived two lives, he could not change this feeling.
"Then I'll finish forging ten thousand times.”Qiao Zidan said.
"Oh?" The light in Qiao Tian's eyes seemed to brighten up a little." Show it to me."”
"Alright." Qiao Zidan quickly ran back to his room. Soon, he ran out with a piece of metal.
The metal block was completely black. Although its shape was irregular, each section looked extremely shiny, and black light could be seen faintly. The entire piece of metal was about the size of one of four people in the original lump of metal. Qiao Zidan circulated her Soul Qi to hold it without feeling any strain.
Qiao Tian grabbed the black iron piece and looked at it carefully." Do you understand what I'm saying now?"”
Qiao Zidan nodded." Tempered into steel. Even the worst quality metal will become high-quality after continuous refinement. Dad, are you trying to tell me this?”
Qiao Tian realized that his son seemed to have surprised him a lot these days. He returned the iron piece to him." Then you can continue." When you have forged it to the size of a fist, show it to me.”With that, he turned around and walked out of the house.
According to what he had said, he would be able to teach Qiao Zidan how to forge after forging the iron block 10,000 times. However, it seemed like he had gone back on his word. However, Qiao Zidan did not care about this. He was only thinking about what Qiao Tian had said.
"The size of a fist?" Could such a large piece of iron really be forged to the size of a fist? Even though it was only a quarter of its original size, Qiao Zidan knew very well that as she continued forging, the density of the iron blocks would increase, and it would become more difficult to shrink its size. Forging it to the size of a fist was definitely not something that could be done with another 10,000 strikes.
Tempered into steel, then what was tempered into steel? Qiao Zidan's eyes flashed with a bright light. With a slight step, her body nimbly slipped into her room. Soon, the clanging sounds of knocking rang out in the smithy again.
Three days passed very quickly. After Qiao Zidan returned home every day, besides cooking, she would forge. It could be considered a competition with that piece of pig iron. Every day, the speed of the hammering increased.
"Dan 'er, grandpa is here to pick you up." Jack arrived at the smithy on time. Perhaps because he was annoyed with Qiao Tian, he didn't even go in this time. He only called Qiao Zidan from outside.
Qiao Zidan glanced at her father, who had just finished his breakfast. Qiao Tian said coldly,"Go." Don't delay lunch."
Qiao Zidan replied and walked out of the smithy.
Under Jack's lead, Qiao Zidan followed him to the Heaven Martial Hall in the middle of the village. Of course, this so-called Sky Martial Hall was just a larger wooden house.
Everyone had a soul, and every year, there would be children undergoing Soul Awakening. Therefore, the Heaven Martial Hall could be seen anywhere on the Battle Spirit Continent. Of course, these were only the sub-palaces. Their levels were different.
This year, there were a total of eight children undergoing Soul Awakening in the Soul Saint Village. Qiao Zidan was the last to arrive under Jack's lead.
The children in the village did not think highly of Qiao Zidan. It was not only the nobles who despised the poor and loved the rich. This situation was even more obvious among the commoners. Qiao Zidan had lived two lives, and her actual age was already over thirty. Naturally, she was unwilling to interact with these children. To him, it was better to use the extra time to cultivate. Therefore, he did not have any childhood playmates.
In addition to Village Chief Jack and the eight children who had arrived, there was also a young man in the Heaven Martial Hall. He looked to be in his twenties, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. He was very handsome. He was dressed in white, with a black cloak on his back. In the middle of his chest was a fist-sized word,'soul'. This was the standard attire of the direct subordinates of the Heaven Martial Hall.
On the left side of his chest, there was a badge with a long sword carved on it. There were two long swords crisscrossing on the badge. People like Jacky who were familiar with soul practitioners knew that two swords represented the second-class title of a soul practitioner, Great Soul Warrior. The long sword represented that the deacon from the Heaven Martial Hall was a soul warrior.
"Hello, respected War Spirit Master, I'll have to trouble you this time.”Jack bowed respectfully to the young man.
The young man's brows revealed a faint pride. He bowed slightly in return." I don't have much time. Let's start now."”
"Alright," Jack said. Children, this is the War Spirit Master from Fars City. Next, he will lead you to open your souls. All of you must cooperate well with the master in the soul awakening. Grandpa is looking forward to seeing if any of you can become a soul cultivator.”
"Alright, you said the same thing last year," the young man said impatiently. Was it really that easy to become a soul cultivator? I've already passed through six villages, and there's not a single person with soul energy. I don't have a suitable soul either."
A trace of sadness appeared in Jack's eyes. He sighed and said,""That's right! Only the inheritors of the various large sects were the easiest to become spirit cultivators. It's too difficult for ordinary people like us.”Shaking his head, he walked out of the Sky Martial Hall.
The young man's gaze fell on the eight children in front of him. As the patrol deacon of the Heaven Martial Hall, it was his job to help ordinary people undergo soul awakening. He was already used to it." Children, stand in a row."”His attitude towards these children was much gentler.
The eight children stood in front of the young man. Qiao Zidan stood on the leftmost side. He was smaller than other children his age.
"I'm called Tao, twenty sixth ranked warrior spirit, I'm your guide. Now, I will perform Soul Awakening on you one by one. Remember, no matter what happens, don't be afraid.”
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