Before Enrollment 2

At the break of day, the sky in the distant east turned a pale grey. On a small hilltop, a hundred meters tall and adjacent to Holy Soul village, stood a thin and small silhouette.

This was a five or six-year-old child with his eyes closed, sitting cross-legged on the grass. He wore a simple white T-shirt and black pants. His black hair fluttered with the gentle breeze, and a layer of sweat covered his forehead.

The child was surrounded by a black-blue light emitted from the black-blue grass, which gently swayed in his palm.

Centered around the child, the nearby Blue Silver Grasses were stained by a black-blue light. Many small glows of light flowed towards him, merging into the black-blue grass in his palm.

With him at the center, spreading outward, the vitality of the nearby Blue Silver Grass continued to weaken, and their leaves turned from light blue to gray. Finally, as their energy was drained, it flowed towards him like glowing grains of dust, merging into the black-blue grass in his palm.

Affected by the dark halo, the vitality of the Blue Silver Grasses continued to weaken, gradually withering and exhausting until they finally disappeared on the spot. Most of the gathered vitality flowed into his body, helping him increase his soul power. As his soul power grew, he focused on compressing it.

Suddenly, a sound of "click" came from his body, as if something had broken. He didn't immediately stopped cultivating but started stabilizing himself, he quickly started refining and compressing his remaining soul power to avoid the problem of a weak foundation later.

After opening his eyes, the child excitedly said to himself, "Finally, I have broken through to level 3!"

The child was none other than Aniket, who had awakened his martial soul three months ago. After constantly absorbing the vitality of the nearby Blue Silver Grass, he had finally broken through to level 3.

The Dark Blue Silver Grass in his palm now had a much stronger aura than when it was initially awakened.

As for the extinction of Blue Silver Grass due to his absorption, these grasses have a tenacious vitality and regrow within three days after being consumed. Even if there were a danger of extinction, Aniket wouldn't stop absorbing them, as improving his strength is much more important to him than the survival of some useless grass.

Three months' time passed very quickly, in this time Aniket's progress was quite noticeable.

Firstly, his Soul power was increased to level 3.

His Speed has grown upto 12 second per 100 meter without his second martial soul pocession.

He has given his second Martial soul a name which is Evil Martial physique. Although, his martial soul was currently unworthy of this name but he has decided to keep it since he increase the quatity of his Martial soul later.

His strength has grown significantly, he can lift upto 35 kg easily without his second martial soul pocession.

His inner organ strengthening hasn't shown any progress despite trying various yogas and his bone conditioning on both arms has been completed.

Due to Soul power, his eyesight has grown significantly compare to before now he can see very clearly upto 100 meter range.

Additionally, his skin tone started to lighten from a little brown to a fairer shade due to absorbing vitality.

But, due to invasion of Evil thought, he started to isolate himself from everyone in village. As, he didn't want lost his mind and completely start rampage in the village.

After finishing his exercise this morning he started to go to his home.

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Just as Aniket has finished his breakfast, he heard a someone calling him.

" Xiao Feng! Xiao Feng! "

" Wait a minute, I am coming"

Putting his dishes aside, he started to walk out while angrily muttering, "Why does everyone come to disturb me when I'm thinking of taking a little rest?"

Just as he came out of the house, he saw Village Chief Jack standing on the Gate.

today Jack specially wore a new set of clothes, appearing even more hale and hearty.

Aniket asked in confusion, "Hey! Village chief, where are you going with such a getup?"

Hearing this, a surge of anger appeared in his eyes, and he said angrily, "Brat! Don't tell me you forgot that today we have to leave for Nouding City for your admission."

There was a look of shock in Aniket's eyes as he realized he had indeed forgotten, but he quickly composed his facial expression.

He lied, "Village chief, I didn't forget. I was just about to have my breakfast. Since you're here, why don't you join me for breakfast, and then we can depart?"

After hearing this, Village Chief Jack sighed and said helplessly, "No need. Just finish your breakfast quickly and come with me. In the meantime, I'll take a stroll."

As the village chief started to stroll, Aniket quickly began packing his things. There wasn't much in his luggage. He packed a set of new clothes, and he was already wearing a white T-shirt and black lower. He had some silver coins in his pocket, a pouch containing 40 gold coins, and two carefully wrapped packets. One packet contained 10 kg of poison worth 10 gold coins, which he had prepared over the past three months, while the other contained 5 kg of gunpowder.

He also packed a pot in which a Dark Blue Silver Grass was planted. Originally it was a regular Blue Silver Grass from his training ground, but it had mutated into Dark Blue Silver Grass due to the simulated environment and the nourishment of his soul power. Aniket kept this grass because it was the same as his martial soul, allowing him to study and learn from it.

After packing his luggage and taking them out, Aniket couldn't help but to look at him home. His eyes were full of emotions. It was place where he lived for a whole 4 years. It would be like if he doesn't Miss this place. He wouldn't even know when he be will able to return here or even will he able to return.

After spending 4 years he has realised that becoming god isn't that easy as it seems.

Jack came from his stroll and said softly " Xiao Feng, we should depart"

Aniket will emotions full of reculance " just wait for two minutes "

He leaves his luggage and started to run toward backyard of his house.

In backyard there were two graves, there was written 'Lin Hai' and ' Qin Hua' on each of them. These two graves were of parents of Original owner, while Aniket Occassionally clean them and sometimes talk in front of them when he was feeling alone.

Aniket's mind drowned in the emotions this time he said trembling voice " you know I don't know why I have came here, you Also know I am not your son like others think. I have just taken his place while he died. I don't know if there is any relation between us or not. Wouldn't it would be better if you were alive "

Aniket's emotions are completely unstable at a moment the torment by fact that he doesn't know is he Aniket from earth? Or Lin Feng from Douluo continent.

But he was already determined that if he will god and revive them to seek his answer.

After few minutes, when Aniket calm down he started to leave.

"Xiao Feng, let's leave."

Jack said to Aniket.

Aniket didn't said anything and started to pick up his luggage and started to walk out of village.

Jack also didn't said anything and started following him. With his years of experience how can he not see that Aniket's emotions are unstable at a moment.

Walking along the road, Aniket silently walked with Jack's side, frequently turning his head back to look in the direction of the village.

"Xiao Feng, do you hate to part with the village or still sad to part with your parents?"

Jack patted Aniket's head, and asked with a smile.

"you are mistaken, my parents are dead, I am a orphan"

Aniket replied in a lifeless voice.

Jack smiled slightly, and said:

" Xiao Feng, you are wrong. your parents are always with you, they look at you from sky and always quide you when you need them. Even I always with you, if you feel alone just come at my home. "

Aniket didn't reply anything.

Jack started to divert his attention and started to talk about outside.

" Now, let talk about something about outside so you don't feel sad. Outside will be like heaven for you. Let me tell you at the academy you can get to know very many friends. You can learn very many things. After you have become a Soul master, the country will grant a monthly stipend, and at that time you will be able to live well."

Jack smiled a bit, and said: "The academy is a place to study. Although I never went, but for the most part I still understand. Our village has a quota to send one working student every year, but we have already for very many years not sent a working student to study. Working students still have very many favourable terms, exemption from tuition and accommodation fees; just paying for food yourself is sufficient. On the campus you can perform simple jobs in exchange for edibles. For example, sweeping classrooms and so on. Speaking overall, to a student who is working part time and studying at the academy it does not differ much from being free of charge. As for funding to study at the academy, it is not something we poor people can be able to bear. Which is why I am suggesting you to be a working student "

" Although, you have money to pay tution fees but it's much more cost effective to be a working student. Xiao Feng, you can still change your mind and become working student. What do you think? "

Aniket said lightly " I don't want to become working student, even if facilities are equal. Working student may still be bullied by paying students. It's better to not be bullied. "

" Xiao Feng, you don't understand that after Junior soul master academy, there is a intermediate soul master academy. In intermediate soul master academy has no working student quota that indeed requires a lot of money to be able to study. A soul master stipend alone is far from enough. You can use your money alongside stipend there to pay fee"

Since Aniket had innate Soul power coupled with his maturity, Jack already saw him as a soul master without doubt.

Jack always believed that Aniket's parents had left him enough money to pay for his enrollment, and Aniket made a living by selling leather. He had no idea that Aniket sold poisons to make money. Aniket knew that to earn more, he just needed to refine more poison. With his skills, he could easily afford the fees for an Advanced Soul Master Academy, let alone a Junior Soul Master Academy.

Jack quickly started his explained :

" The junior soul master academy teaches a few basic things, and additionally you can study some educational courses. They only accept children who have just awakened their martial soul as students and the length of the schooling is upto six years, so generally by the time they are twelve, if you are extraordinary then you can take option of early graduation, in the event they do not have any prospects to speak of, they also become ordinary soul masters. But in the event that their latent talent is pretty good, the majority of people can opt to go to take advanced studies at the intermediate soul master academy, continuously studying until becoming eighteen years old. The intermediate soul master academy teaches some advanced things, but the difficulty of the studies rises enormously. In case they are unable to reach the academy requirements, they will be unable to successfully graduate. This is different compared to the junior soul master academy."

"Like junior and intermediate, there also an advanced"

"You need not think about the advanced soul master academy since that is not something that practically anyone can enter. In our Heaven Dou Empire, there are altogether only two advanced soul master academies, and every year the number of students accepted number less than a hundred. That is indeed the cradle of a brilliant career. Even the empire will strive to directly confer a noble title upon every student who graduates from an advanced soul master academy."

"Soul master is indeed the noblest occupation, and advanced soul master even more so. But those are all talents. Therefore, to us common people who dream to have a meteoric rise, becoming an advanced soul master is obviously the best shortcut. Only, coming from the ordinary common people, how many people have the ability to become such a great soul master? Even if there were any, without the assistance of a distinguished clan it is very difficult to graduate from an advanced soul master academy."

Aniket knew that to advance in next stage a person needs a soul ring but without support of advance soul master it's difficult to survive against soul beast let alone hunt it to get soul ring. Where to get advance Soul master to assist it's major or minor forces. Which is why he developed gunpowder to make explosive which will assist him in hunting soul rings.

Jack talking about it, he heavily a sighed in frustration, and said:

"This is exactly the gap. The gap between poor people and wealthy people, between commoners and nobles. The junior soul master academy graduation requirements are very simple: as long as the soul power reaches the tenth level, the teachers at the academy will guide you to obtain a spirit ring, and you can successfully advance your spirit master title. This certainly isn't difficult; provided you have soul power at the time of awakening, it is something children can do. It is said, advancing from soul disciple to soul master at tenth rank spirit power is the easiest promotion."

"But at the intermediate soul master academy it is different. To graduate from this place, the soul power must have reached the 20 level and furthermore obtain the second soul ring to be able to attain the grand soul master title. Tenth level to twentieth level, is something very many soul masters are unable to achieve in their entire life. Also, after reaching the 20 level, to obtain the soul ring they must depend on their own strength to hunt and kill a soul beast and obtain a soul ring. That is indeed extremely perilous. If they are descended from a noble family, and accompanied by family warriors, the danger is naturally much smaller. Soul masters descended from common people like us can only depend on themselves."

"The graduation requirements of an advanced soul master academy are even more difficult. Only after passing the thirtieth level bottleneck, and obtaining the third soul ring, can the grand soul master title be promoted to the soul lord title. They say that one who surmounts the thirtieth rank threshold can be called a powerful soul master, a genuine noble. To also go beyond is certainly difficult. Also, at the thirtieth rank obtaining a soul ring seems like it is not the only restriction. For the specifics, you should be able to learn when you reach the academy. At any rate, of those advanced soul master academy students, the quantity who are still really able to graduate seems to be only a third."

After listening to Village Chief Jack, Aniket's perspective on the gap between low-level and high-level soul masters was refreshed. He realized it was completely different from how it was portrayed in anime, where people could advance quickly, like drinking water. He considered himself lucky to advance quickly by absorbing vitality. Despite his rapid progress, he knew that even with his current abilities, he still couldn't successfully graduate from an Advanced Soul Master Academy. This realization urged him to quickly enhance his swallowing ability into true devouring properties.

Even that Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was able to advance at level twentieth nine was really amazing because one with better talent are not able to advance. But, that idiot still cry that he can't across level 30 bottleneck.

But his knowledge is still useful for ordinary people, but for him it's useless as with basis of modern theories he can make hundred of more perfect theories.

Jack only had some simple understanding regarding soul masters, nothing more. Hence his words were not detailed.

From Holy Soul village to Nuoding city was certainly not that far; two people walking could reach it in a day's time. Eating some simple travel rations halfway, by 2:00 pm they could already see the city walls in the distance.

Even though Nuoding city was not counted as a large city, because it was very close to Heaven Dou Empire's border the city walls were still built thick. Aniket and Jack were examined like all the other travellers when entering Nuoding city.

While Aniket was taking his first step towards his journey, somewhere there was something unexpected happening that can shock him to the core.

Martial soul city, Enshrine hall.

This was a nine or ten year-old girl with his eyes closed, sitting cross-legged on thewhilte marble. She wore a simple white skirt with golden embroidery. Her golden hair fluttering with the gentle breeze, her skin was fair and smooth and a layer of sweat covered her forehead.

There was ring floating above a girl's head. While she was surrounded by a entense golden light. This a exactly a scene of anime where soul ring was absorbed.

The whole apperance so girl was so majestic and noble that even Aniket who has seen countless beauties in internet, can't dream about it.

What more shocking was soul ring which she was currently absorbing, it was black coloured ten thousand years old Soul ring as a fourth soul ring. It was already amazing to be reached at level 40 at this age let alone able to absorb ten thousand years old Soul ring at this level.

If we see complete configuration then, it's was : light purple, purple, Dark purple. Which exceeds so called soul ring limit by extremely large ratio.

While Girl was absorbing Soul ring, some people are observing it from distance and talking to themselves.

" Second Brother, Our Xiao Xue is most talented individual in the whole continent "

" Being a Soul venerable at age of 9 can be a attributed to her Martial Soul or Lineage but being able to absorb ten thousand years old Soul ring is only because for her own talent."

" Yes, fourth brother, what you are saying is completely true. It's just pity that Xiao Xue was born to that woman " after saying this old man couldn't help but sigh.