Chapter 19: Legend of the Soul Saint in Holy Soul Village
When Zhou Qing and Tang San returned to the Holy Soul Village, they found Old Jack standing at the entrance of the village. His previously cloudy eyes were now filled with some clear expectations.
"Grandpa Jack."
Zhou Qing stepped forward and asked curiously, "Are you waiting for someone?"
"Hello, Grandpa Jack." Tang San also greeted him.
"It's Xiaoqing and Xiaosan."
Old Jack smiled at first, but when he noticed the water stains on the two people, he knew that they went to play by the stream. His serious face instantly covered up his original smile, "Don't go to play in the water. There are big turtles in the river that eat people. They only eat children."
"that······"
Zhou Qing didn't know how to make an excuse. He couldn't possibly say that the giant turtle had already adapted to his and Tang San's presence, right?
Even if I told him, Old Jack wouldn't believe it.
But Tang San found an excuse and said, "Grandpa Jack, we are just going to the stream to check the situation. My family is doing ironwork and needs water. My father is lazy and I am still young and weak, so I was thinking, can we dig a small canal through the blacksmith shop in the future? That way it will be much more convenient to get water."
In fact, this is not entirely an excuse.
With Zhou Qing, a peer of his own, by his side, Tang San already had some insignificant opinions about Tang Hao, and even had plans to start his own business.
hidden weapon···
Soul guide inscription...
To study these, you need a private space.
Tang San's current internal energy training has almost reached the bottleneck of the first level of Xuan Tian Gong. Calculated in terms of soul power, he is already infinitely close to the tenth level.
This is all thanks to the big white carp that became a soul beast, and the "soul gathering" effect of the Lingyun Turtle.
in this way.
Before awakening his martial soul, Tang San had no way to obtain spirit rings. If he wanted to further improve his strength, he naturally had to make preparations in other areas, such as the improvement and research of hidden weapons.
In order to truly enter the world of soul masters in Douluo Continent in the future, Tang San felt that he must be fully prepared, and even needed to help Zhou Qing prepare a set.
Now, he can already wield a forging hammer. In the remaining two years, he will build his own forging room with Zhou Qing, research hidden weapons and soul guide inscriptions, and make adequate preparations for entering the world of soul masters in the future.
"ε=(ο｀*)))Alas!"
Old Jack's brows relaxed and he said with a smile, "You are a good and filial child. Even your father... Never mind, I won't say anything. I will try to persuade him later to see if he can find a job in Notting City. When you awaken your martial soul in the future, if you have soul power and hope to become a soul master, you don't have to worry about food and drink. Being a soul master is very expensive..."
Speaking of soul masters, Old Jack talked incessantly and even talked about the Soul Saint in the Holy Soul Village.
This story.
It was the first time Tang San heard it.
In the past, he had only heard from the villagers that a Soul Saint came out of the Holy Soul Village, but now, Old Jack told him in more detail.
But Zhou Qing was familiar with the legend of the Soul Saint in the Holy Soul Village.
The Soul Saint of the Holy Soul Village has a history of more than two hundred years. His martial soul is a peculiar little tree with a black trunk, gem-like leaves, and an innate sixth-level soul power.
When he reached the Soul Saint realm, he was already over eighty years old. He returned to the Holy Soul Village, changed the name of the village to Holy Soul Village, and then left the village.
It is said that he wants to go into seclusion in order to break through to the Contra realm.
But there has been no news of him for more than two hundred years, and even the Spirit Hall could not find out where he had gone.
This is actually a normal situation. In order to break through the realm, some soul masters go to the mountains and forests to adventure and seek treasures, and then disappear without a trace.
I think the Soul Saint of Holy Soul Village is the same.
After listening to Old Jack's story again, Zhou Qing thought of the appearance of the sapling on the Lingyun Turtle and suddenly grasped the key point: the Soul Saint's martial soul is a peculiar little tree with a black trunk and leaves as dazzling as gems.
This description is almost the same as the unknown plant on the back of the Lingyun turtle!
Black trunk. The trunk of that plant is indeed black!
Leaves as dazzling as jewels.
The leaves of that plant are indeed more beautiful than those of ordinary plants. They feel very smooth to the touch, and can faintly reflect some light under the sunlight.
[Perhaps, it is not a surprise that the Lingyun Turtle exists near the Holy Soul Village...]
Zhou Qing immediately asked Old Jack, "Grandpa Jack, what is the name of that Soul Saint's martial spirit?"
"I don't know. When I was a kid, my grandfather told me that the Soul Saint didn't know what kind of tree his martial soul was. Maybe he was looking for a sapling with the same martial soul as his martial soul during his adventures, haha." Old Jack recalled for a long time before shaking his head. "Come to think of it, the Soul Saint's situation is similar to yours, Xiao San. He didn't live in the Holy Soul Village from the beginning... but he is also from the Holy Soul Village!"
"Hey--"
Old Jack sighed again.
Old Jack actually understood the situation of the children in the Holy Soul Village. If the ancestors did not have any outstanding martial spirits, the children's martial spirits would definitely not be very good.
If a child with awakened innate martial spirit appears in Holy Soul Village in the future, Old Jack thinks that the most likely person is Tang San.
The reason is simple, Tang San is an outsider.
As for other children, we can only see whether they can mutate when their martial spirit awakens.
"So this is ah."
It is no longer possible to determine where the Soul Sage from two hundred years ago came from, but Zhou Qing feels that he may have died near the Holy Soul Village.
After all, when he was about to break through to the Soul Douluo level, he returned to the Holy Soul Village and told the then village chief about this. This proved that he himself was not sure and was ready to die.
"By the way, Grandpa Jack, what are you doing at the entrance of the village?" Tang San brought the topic back to the fact that Old Jack was staying at the entrance of the village.
"Wait for the Soul Master of the Spirit Hall."
A smile reappeared on the corner of Old Jack's mouth. "Today is the big day for the six-year-old children in the village to awaken their martial spirits. Naturally, I have to come and greet them."
Although he knew that there was a high probability that a child with innate soul power would appear, Old Jack was still full of expectations.
What if?
As long as there is a child who can awaken his martial soul and possess innate soul power, he will have the hope of becoming a soul master, and then he can become a big man.
In that way, the village will be noticed by the big shots in the Spirit Hall and the City Lord's Mansion, and will receive more and more benefits, so the village will continue to grow.
Zhou Qing also understood that this approach was the development model for small villages in Douluo Continent.
Even more so, if there is a village where there is a child who awakens his innate soul power every year, then the local province, city’s martial soul branch hall, and city lord’s mansion will express their condolences in their own way.
The lord of the city lord's mansion would reduce or exempt the village's agricultural taxes, and even send a batch of grain every year to ensure that the village would not be unable to survive due to natural disasters such as locust plagues, droughts, and rainstorms.
The Spirit Hall would arrange for some elderly people without wives, children or daughters, who disliked the bustling city and wanted to enjoy the natural beauty of nature, to go to these villages; or they would go to retired people who were injured and unable to fight and could no longer work for the Spirit Hall.
This will not only help build better villages, but also make the children in such villages more favorable towards the Spirit Hall.
As for whether there are other political purposes...
Zhou Qing wasn't sure.
But at least on this point, neither the Tiandou Empire nor the Xingluo Empire can say that the Spirit Hall is wrong, and they even need to thank the Spirit Hall for this favor.
After all, these villages still belonged to the two empires.
In this matter, Spirit Hall is helping for free without asking for anything in return!
(End of this chapter)
