Spirit Awakening

If Xiang Yu, a little kid, live in his own home, it will only increase the burden on Tang San, and make the family that is not wealthy harder.

It's just that Tang San underestimated Xiang Yu's thick skin, he could only let him live in his own home at his stubborn request.

And since Xiang Yu moved into Tang San's home, Tang San's quality of life has not declined but unexpectedly started to improve rapidly.

Because Xiang Yu came from a rural family and grew up playing wild in the fields when he was young, he is proficient in playing hares, digging out bird nests, and catching fish.

Since Xiang Yu moved into Tang San's house, he would go to the nearby fields and rivers every day, bringing some prey back every time.

These prey can not only feed Xiang Yu and the others, but the extra prey can also exchange some daily necessities and money with the villagers in Shenghun Village.

Although Tang San's drunkard father is a little bit asshole, he hasn't been shameless enough to steal money from children to buy alcohol.

Almost all the money Xiang Yu earned from his prey was spent on him and Tang San, so the quality of life was naturally greatly improved.

...

"Xiao Yu, wait a while, I'll call my dad."

After Tang San put the cooked food on the table, greeted Xiang Yu, and then went to wake Tang Hao who was still sleeping.

"Hey..."

Xiang Yu couldn't help sighing secretly after seeing Tang Hao, who had a greasy face and messy hair.

If Xiang Yu hadn't read the original work, he couldn't believe that the decadent middle-aged man in front of him was the famous Haotian Douluo on the Douluo Continent.

"Tang Hao, are you eating?"

Not long after Tang Hao and Tang San sat down, an old voice suddenly came from outside the door. Xiang Yu turned his head and looked around and quickly shouted with a smile: "Grandpa village chief!"

Outside the door, he looked more than sixty years old, with a long and thin body, a strong spirit, and an old man with clean clothes. He was the elder Jack of the Holy Soul Village.

"Good boy."

After seeing Xiang Yu, Old Jack first smiled and nodded at him and Tang San, then turned his head to look at Tang Hao, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, and his tone was lightly said: "Tang Hao, Xiao San and Xiao Yu are also six years old this year. I want them to participate in this year's Spirit awakening ceremony."

As the only blacksmith in the Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao should have a good life originally, but because he loves to drink, So the family often runs out of food, and Old Jack used to help Tang San's family.

If Tang Hao was alone and the whole family was not hungry, Old Jack would naturally not care about him, but Old Jack felt sorry for Tang San, a sensible child, so he was very dissatisfied with Tang Hao's irresponsible behavior.

When Tang Hao heard what Old Jack said, he chewed the rabbit legs in his hand and said indifferently, "Then let them participate, when will the awakening ceremony begin?"

"You..."

Old Jack saw Tang Hao askew indifferent expression, almost want to air curse, but eventually bear down, Old Jack said: "Well, after the awakening ceremony was held for three days, I will personally come to pick two kids,"

Old Jack knew that the spirit awakening ceremony is only held once a year. One miss this year's awakening ceremony, they can only wait until next year, which will have a great impact on the children's future.

In order to prevent Xiang Yu and Tang San from being delayed by Tang Hao, Old Jack was still prepared to pick up the two children by himself.

Xiang Yu noticed Tang San's somewhat puzzled expression, and asked aloud: "Grandpa Jack, what is the awakening ceremony?"

Old Jack said with a serious expression: "We all have our spirit, which is finally awakened around the age of six with the awakening ceremony.

Having a spirit, we can enhance our ability in a certain field. Even an ordinary spirit can still help.

If by any chance you gain a remarkable spirit, we can speak about conducting cultivation, even to the extent that you could become a Spirit Master.

The awakening ceremony is held only once every year, I cannot let you miss it. It's a lord attendant from Nuoding City's Spirit Sub-Hall who personally comes to help our village's children awaken.

However, that lord attendant is considered a Spirit Grandmaster ranked Spirit Master."

"Heh!"

Tang Hao felt the unabashed envy in the old Jack's tone when he talked about the Spirit Grandmaster, and a faint disdain appeared on his face.

And when Tang San heard the term' Spirit Grandmaster', he quickly thought of the Profound Heaven Skill that he had been unable to breakthrough, and couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa Jack, what do you mean by Spirit Grandmaster?

"Spirit Grandmaster is a Spirit Master rank. Spirit Master is the noblest vocation on our Douluo continent: they can be formidable champions, they can possess the remarkable assisting ability. But no matter which kind of spirit master, all are sorted and accorded titles."

"Spirit Masters all possess their spirit power. Based on spirit power intensity, these are subdivided into ten general titles. Each title is further subdivided into ten ranks. At first, after only crossing the threshold, one is called Spirit Scholar. As soon as a spirit awakens, everyone is a spirit scholar. If the spirit is capable of cultivation, when the spirit power reaches the eleventh rank, one can enter the next title, which in that case is Spirit Master. And Spirit Grandmaster is the third in this sequence of titles. Having reached the Spirit Grandmaster realm, one already is a fairly famed Spirit Master. There are a total of ten like this."

"Spirit Scholar, Spirit Master, Spirit Grandmaster, Spirit Elder, Spirit Ancestor, Spirit King, Spirit Emperor, Spirit Sage, Spirit Douluo, and Title Douluo. This is precisely where our Douluo Continent's name comes from. It is said that when attaining the power of a ninetieth ranked Title Douluo, one can take a title for oneself. They are simply unparalleled existences, ah!"

His eyes shone with proud radiance,

"A hundred years ago our Holy Spirit village produced an eighth-ranked Spirit Sage, ah. In all of Nuoding city, even in the whole Fasinuo region, this is extremely rare."

"..." When Tang Hao heard this, he curled his lips in disdain.

After paying attention to Tang Hao's disdainful expression, Old Jack resisted the urge to rush to punch him, turned to Xiang Yu and Tang San and said, "Xiao Yu, Xiao San, grandpa will pick you up three days later, so I won't disturb you. Now."

Old Jack finished speaking and left the blacksmith's shop quickly, otherwise, he was really afraid that he would be angry with Tang Hao.

...

Three days passed quickly, and Old Jack rushed to the blacksmith shop early in the morning and took Xiang Yu and Tang San to the Spirit Hall of Holy Spirit Village.

Of course, the Spirit Hall in Holy Spirit Village is a larger wooden house, which is completely different from the real Spirit Hall.

This year, there were nine children in Holy Spirit Village who participated in the spirit awakening ceremony. Xiang Yu and Tang San were the last two children to rush to the Wuhun Hall.

In addition to the nine children and the old Jack who participated in the awakening ceremony, there was also one youth in the Spirit Hall. This person appeared to be just over 20 years old, dashing eyebrows slanting above starry eyes, his facial features extremely bright and handsome. He was dressed completely in brilliant white clothes, a black cloak on his back, and right on the center of his chest, above his heart, was a palm-sized 'spirit' character. This was standard attire for staff directly subordinate to Spirit Hall.

On the left side of the chest was a carved badge with three crossed long swords. It seemed like Jack knew this kind of Spirit Master well; three in quantity represented a Spirit Master of the third degree, titled Spirit Grandmaster, and the long swords represented this Spirit Hall attendant was a Battle Spirit Master.

"Greetings, esteemed Battle Spirit Grandmaster, this time we will inconvenience you."

Old Jack respectfully bowed to the youngster.

The center of the youngster's forehead betrayed an indifferent arrogance. Indifferently bowing slightly, he, at last, returned the greeting,

"My time is scarce, let's begin."

Old Jack said:

"Very well. Children, this is a Battle Spirit Grandmaster from Nuoding City. Next, he will guide you to open yourselves to your spirit. You must cooperate well with the great teacher to conduct your spirit awakening; grandpa is looking forward to seeing who among you can become Spirit Masters."

The youngster somewhat impatiently said:

"Very well, you said the same thing last year. Do you think becoming a Spirit Master is that easy? I already passed six villages, and not one of them had a person with spirit power. They also didn't have suitable spirits."

Old Jack's eyes showed a trace of dejection, sighing, he said:

"Yes, ah! Only one in very many inherit the aptitude to become a Spirit Master. Among us ordinary people, it is indeed most difficult."

Shaking his head, he moved away from the Spirit Hall and then turned his attention to Xiang Yu and the others. With a gentle smile, "Children, come and stand in a row in front of me."