Chapter 5 : Awakening of the Spirit

He was going to reproach the boy right now, since he considered that Hiro was being insolent. But seeing the token from the Hall of Elders, he thanked the heavens that he didn't question it.

Everyone who belongs to the Martial Soul Hall knows about the Hall of Elders. For Hiro to have the highest authority token of the Hall of Elders, he has to be someone extremely important to the Spirit Hall.

"You can wait sir, I will look for Senior Cardinal Yan." The elder's gaze went from disdain to respect in a matter of seconds.

Hiro smiled and nodded.

He was well aware of the caliber of these cardinals, who look down on the Kingdom's civilians. He only has nobles and money in his eyes.

"Looks like a good moss cleaning is in order." He said he in his mind.

It was because of one of these things that the Spirit Hall was unable to gain control of the entire Heaven Dou Empire.

You can be so powerful and imposing that if you don't win the hearts of civilians, you can only rule by force.

A few minutes later, a well-dressed man walked into the guest room where Hiro was.

"I am Senior Cardinal Yan, I may know how he can help the lord."

His subordinate informed him about the Elder Hall token beforehand, so he was respectful towards Hiro.

"My name is Tang Hiro, I have orders to awaken my spirit in this branch and wait for someone from the Spirit Hall to pick me up in a few days." Hiro was also respectful, he wouldn't become arrogant just because he had a token that represented a high position.

The day he would act arrogantly would be because he would trust his own ability, and at the moment skill and strength is what he lacks.

Senior Cardinal Yan went blank for a moment, trying to find a logic to all of this.

The first thing he wondered was why someone who hasn't awakened his martial spirit still has a token from the Hall of Worship.

And the other was how he has the qualification to travel to Whuhun City. Where the Pope himself resides.

Also, only the geniuses belonging to the Spirit Hall are supposed to gather there.

His mind stopped working momentarily as he gave Hiro a strange look.

For Hiro's part, he wondered what was going through the mind of this guy, who was looking at him like he was some rare endangered species.

Well, he's partly right, it's not every day you find a 13-year-old boy who still hasn't awakened his spirit.

And keep in mind that thanks to the Spirit Hall, commoners can awaken the spirit of it for free.

Senior Cardinal Yan managed to react in time and took Hiro to the waking room.

"Let's save the explanation, extend your hand." Senior Cardinal Yan said to Hiro. He was short of time to explain everything to Hiro, step by step. After all, he was in charge of this branch in this small town.

Hiro nodded and extended his right hand to him.

A golden energy surrounded Hiro for a few seconds.

Hiro felt something warm from inside him well up into his hand, a small spiritual energy gathered in his right hand, forming something tiny in it.

"A needle?". Cardinal Yan was surprised, it is the first time for him to see a needle as a martial weapon.

Hiro didn't pay attention to him, he just kept enjoying that warm energy that ran through his entire body.

He inconsistently raised his left hand, revealing a flat object in it.

It was the second martial soul of him.

"A plate….wait, this guy…has twin spirits." The Cardinal was pleasantly surprised, he never expected that the boy had double spirit twins, something very rare in the entire Continent.

People who have double spirit twins can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Hiro woke up from his reverie and looked down at the plate.

"A damaged needle and a slightly dirty plate, it's serious." He had a slight twitch in his brow.

It wasn't enough to awaken soul power at 13, you also give him two trash spirits.

He was extremely disappointed and extremely angry at the same time.

"What are your spirit twins called?" Cardinal Yan asked with a bit of enthusiasm.

He forgot the disappointing fact that Hiro was 13 years old.

"This.…Dish of Greed.….and.….Healing Needle." Hiro tried to understand the strange term.

"Do you know the power of your martial souls?" Cardinal Yan asked.

"Yes, one is food type, the other healing type." Hiro replied without hiding anything, he didn't have to.

"Good". Cardinal Yan exclaimed without paying much attention to it.

"Place your hand on the ball, this is to measure your soul power, soul power is…

"It is not necessary, I am already well informed of everything." Hiro was quick to intervene, he didn't want to waste time with this man, he was eager to get acquainted with his spirit twins.

"Very well, then place your hand."

Hiro placed his hand on top of the ball.

An extremely weak light illuminated his face.

"1...soul power, geez, I've never heard of someone with twin spirits having 1 soul power." Senior Cardinal Yan tried to suppress his laughter, but it was impossible.

"The truth no longer surprises me." He sighed internally.

He lowered his hand and looked at the laughing Cardinal.

"I'm a little tired, if you can arrange a room for me I would appreciate it."

"Sure, no problem, I can know who will pick up the excellency from him." he asked him in a mocking tone.

"A Titled Douluo". Hiro answered him and walked towards the room assigned to him under the guidance of another subordinate cardinal.

Senior Cardinal Yan was taken aback.

A waste like this deserves the attention of a Titled Douluo.

...

Hiro went into the small room and lay down on the bed.

"Well, what can be said, the path of us transmigrators doesn't always have to be super op since you reincarnate, I'm already quite grateful to the store."

He decided not to think too much about it, after all, he still had the dog system store that left him, and he could get a lot out of it.

'Store'. I call in your mind

The screen of light reappeared in his vision space.

'Right now I only have about 1000 gold coins, I don't know what I can buy with this, oh, I forgot about the starter gift.'

He remembered that the system told him about a gift for newbies.

"Let's see….oh look at it here, room for articles." He noticed that there was a space with many empty squares, which was supposed to be for storing things, something like a storage ring, the difference is that it only serves to store items originating from the Store.

[ "PIERCIER CP820-RX modern pistol" ]

Power: 30 (able to compete against a spirit master below level 30)

Durability : 500/500

Magazine: 500 rounds

Bonus: 30% chance to seriously wound a soul master below level 40

"Wow, this is quite useful, now that I'm weak it will help me a lot." Hiro's downcast face brightened again as he looked at the weapon's stats.

With a thought the gun, along with the holster, appeared in his hand.

"I missed this feeling." He said

In his past life he dealt with many thieves who wanted to break into his house, although he didn't earn much money, his parents left him a huge house valued at 300,000 dollars.

That price attracted the greed of many, so he took out a license to buy weapons. And it must be said that he had killed more than 100 robbers.

He pocketed the gun and returned his gaze to the Shop screen.

It has to be said that the prices were a bit ridiculous, considering how hard it is to make money in a world like this.

He already imagined popularizing the dollar in this world.

[ "Body Tempering Pill: 100,000 Gold Coins" ]

"Fuck, a dick." He remembered the famous reaction of one of his favorite stremears.

He scrolled down the list to the bottom, and was pleasantly surprised to see the prices drop as he went to the bottom, if he moved up the list of items, the prices obviously went up.

She stopped at one in particular, which was cheap.

"Very good, this is a good article"

[ "Bench Press" ]

Price: 500 gold coins

Durability : 300/300

Description : Bench press, free weight exercise that primarily works the upper body. It includes a set of 15 kg weights and a guide manual.

Bonus: Slightly increases defense in your chest area each day you use it.

"This is good". Hiro was surprised again. He didn't know that the store also sold this kind of thing.

"So if I also buy this"

[ "Equipment to train the abdomen" ]

Price: 400 gold coins

Durability : 300/300

Description : Bench to train your abdomen, a set of 15 kg dumbbells and a manual that serves as a guide are included.

Bonus: Slightly increased defense in the abdominal area.

"For now this will serve me well, I'll buy it."