Chapter 25: New Disciple

There are only five people in the entire Tianxing Academy.

It seemed to be a special training camp for the five that Ye Buyi occasionally visited. This area was indeed very desolate.

If they were not from Holy Soul Village, no one would know that there was a junior college for soul masters hidden here.

But today, everything changed. The seeds Ye Wen once planted had now sprouted.

At this moment, five boys and girls who were no older than six years old stood timidly in front of Ye Wen. They looked at him with admiration, awe, and absolute conviction.

They were all children born into Ye Wen's soul master training program, each possessing innate soul power no lower than level five.

In this small and remote town of Notting, they could definitely be considered top-class geniuses.

Moreover, Ye Wen had helped awaken their martial spirits, one by one.

After all, there was nothing wrong with the sudden emergence of five notable soul master seeds from a rural village that had not produced a soul master in several years.

While helping the five children awaken their martial spirits, Ye Wen also realized the world's injustice. Although there were Wuhun Hall deacons who regularly awakened martial spirits for the village children every year, those with soul power were ultimately better off than those who specialized in martial arts. The children of wealthy merchants and nobles who went to the city to pay for martial spirit awakenings were at a disadvantage. Although this step seemed imperceptible, it truly widened the gap between commoners and nobles.

Because these five children were born around the same time and existed as auxiliary families to the Ye family, they had become sworn siblings from a young age and treated each other as brothers and sisters.

Among them, the eldest sister was named Su Qiaoqiao. She was the daughter of a family with a needle martial spirit. She was a very delicate girl.

Under Ye Wen's care, her martial spirit wasn't particularly powerful, but now she had innate soul power at level five, and her martial spirit had also mutated.

It was a high-level martial spirit called the Xiuyun Needle, recorded in the martial spirit atlas.

This type of martial spirit had been glorious in the past, and at least one soul saint level figure had appeared. Additionally, that soul saint had formed a sect primarily focused on textiles, but it unfortunately declined later.

The second sister was named Hu Rou. She was also a cute little girl. However, compared to Su Qiaoqiao's delicate appearance, Hu Rou was very lively, like a great demon during the week. She had no problem chasing geese and provoking dogs.

Fortunately, Ye Wen did not want Hu Rou to become as arrogant and domineering as Xiao Wu in Douluo Dalu, so he always provided her with moral education.

As for Hu Rou's martial spirit, whether by luck or otherwise, she originated from the family that inherited the rabbit martial spirit. However, a mutation occurred in her body, transforming into a high-level martial spirit, the Soft Bone Rabbit, which was close to a super martial spirit in quality.

Her innate soul power directly reached six and a half, nearly approaching level seven.

Although the description of the Soft Bone Rabbit in the original book wasn't very detailed, it could be seen from its two teleportation-like abilities and the invincible golden body. Even if the Soft Bone Rabbit wasn't very good in combat, it was a top-notch spirit beast in terms of defense and escape.

The third eldest was named Xu Teng. His family's inherited martial spirit was the ivy, a common parasitic plant. However, after awakening, terrifying changes occurred.

The originally green leaves of his martial spirit turned a bit dark purple, and the palms of the vines were covered with dense barbs, looking very frightening.

Based on the soul seal, Ye Wen soon learned the true identity of this martial spirit: a strange soul beast called the Magic Vine.

This magic vine is different from common plant-based soul beasts because it has extremely strong aggressiveness. During the week, it acts like an ordinary plant, but when a weak soul beast approaches its hunting range, the vines will eject and directly attach to the soul beast. Due to the terrible barbs, the soul beast is either dead or injured. If it cannot escape immediately, it will be strangled to death by the vines coiled around it.

Although it was not as good as the top martial spirits, it could still be considered a leader among high-level martial spirits.

Xu Teng's innate soul power reached directly to level seven.

Ye Wen found this situation very strange. Although his tonics had some effects, it was odd to awaken two high-level martial spirits directly. Intrigued, Ye Wen could only attribute it to the favor of Douluo's plan, which led to an indescribable increase in people related to him.

As for the next two children, the fourth and fifth, they were a chubby little boy named Wang Bao, whose martial spirit was a medicine refining furnace.

Yes, there is indeed a medicine refining furnace on the Douluo Continent. Otherwise, Tang San would not have been able to refine medicine in the Ice and Fire Eyes behind. However, since it did not yet have a soul ring attached, it seemed only waist-high compared to Ye Wen. Nevertheless, the innate soul power was no lower than level six. It was also a high-level martial spirit.

The fifth child was named Dongfang Jiaojiao, a younger sister who appeared very weak.

However, there was another epic increase upon awakening.

She awakened a martial spirit staff inherited from her family, which was as tall as she was.

The surface of the cane was engraved with delicate patterns of flowers and vegetation, and the top was inlaid with a bright golden gemstone with sharp edges, which possessed strong light power.

Her innate soul power was the highest among the five children, reaching level nine.

According to Ye Wen's research, this martial spirit possessed a tranquil light field, allowing people to have no distracting thoughts during practice. Ye Wen finally concluded that this martial spirit staff was a new super martial spirit, unrecorded in the martial spirit catalog.

Dongfang Jiaojiao didn't have much education, so she asked her master Ye Wen to help her choose a name. After pondering for a while, Ye Wen named this super martial spirit.

Ningguang Staff, a staff symbolizing peace, tranquility, and brilliance.

After learning that their children had such talents, the parents of these five families were even more convinced by Ye Wen. Their loyalty to Ye Wen in teaching their children increased daily, which also created much respect for Ye Wen from the five children.

Before awakening their martial spirits, Ye Wen had accepted them as his disciples and taught them to gradually strengthen their bodies through long-distance running and other methods. Although there was no increase in soul power, it could not be compared to Tang San's pseudo-innate full soul power. However, it gave them a more or less strong body, establishing a solid foundation for future cultivation.

When Ye Wen settled down for a while and planned to hunt the fifth soul ring, his five disciples also reached the threshold of the tenth-level soul master.

However, since Tianxing Academy was not an officially established academy, Ye Wen had no way to obtain a license for the Soul Hunting Forest for free.

(End of chapter)