Chapter 3 Tang San, who loves to learn and love brain

"Heavens! Surprisingly, it is an Innate Full Spirit Power" Su Yuntao was shocked, then his eyes dimmed, and he shook his head repeatedly, his words filled with regret, "It's a pity, it's really a shame. It's actually a waste martial soul like Blue Silver Grass, even if it's a hatchet like Ah Man, it's better than this."

'My martial soul is actually inferior to the rusty hatchet awakened by that congenital demented Ah Man?' Tang San was instantly a little displeased inwardly, however, once he thought of his other martial soul, his heart was slightly settled again, two is better than one. 'I'm really lacking in knowledge about spirit masters and martial souls, now that there's a spirit master present, it is an opportunity for me.' He hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what is Innate Full Spirit Power?"

'Uncle' Su Yuntao sized up the tanned, thin and flinty-talking Tang San in front of him, and then took a glance at Lin Manshan standing behind him in the group, cute and polite, and sweet-talking, and his slightly stiff face eased up a little bit.

Just consider it as a lecture for Ah Man to listen to... The green light of his whole body converged, Su Yuntao withdrew his martial soul and coughed lightly.

"Everyone at the time of the awakening of the martial soul..."

Not long after, it seemed that he was really somewhat annoyed by the questions, not waiting for Tang San to continue asking questions, Su Yuntao picked up his package and turned around to walk to the front of the group. He called out Ah Man, waiting for the people to run to his side, and then let Tang San follow on his other side, leading the crowd of children out of the building.

As soon as the door opened, Old Jack greeted him with a nervous face.

"Lord Deacon, how is it? Did any of our village's children capable of becoming a spirit master appear this year?"

Su Yuntao immediately revealed a smile, "Old Jack, congratulations. Of these eight children in your village this year, two of them possess spirit power. Unfortunately." He shook his head with a regretful expression and turned his head to look at Tang San, "This child, who clearly has Innate Full Spirit Power, has a Blue Silver Grass as his martial soul."

"Blue Silver Grass! Innate full spirit power? Heavens."

Old Jack's gaze also turned to Tang San, the look of regret on his face was even greater than Su Yuntao's. Blue Silver Grass is widely considered a waste martial soul by most throughout the whole continent.

Not waiting for Old Jack to continue on, Su Yuntao had already placed his hand on Lin Manshan's head and turned to look at him, his face flashed with pity a bit, just now in the house, he had already learnt about Lin Manshan's life from the children, "Old Jack, according to Lin Manshan, you are the grandfather who adopted him. Congratulations, he is the other child who possesses spirit power, Green Hatchet Weapon Martial Soul, Level 3 Innate Spirit Power."

"I want him to join the Spirit Hall, and have specifically come to ask for your opinion."

Upon hearing this, Old Jack's face instantly crept with joy, and then he was a bit torn, looking at Su Yuntao with a hesitant face, "Lord Deacon, I'm sure you already know that right now, Ah Man's family is left with him as the only seedling."

"In the future, the Lin family will be relying on him to continue the family line, although I have adopted Ah Man, after all, I am not his real grandfather, so it is really not appropriate for me to make a decision indiscriminately. Now the child is still young, we can't discern what he wants to do in the future."

"Lord Deacon, do you think it's possible to wait until Ah Man grows up a bit, then let him make his own decisions?"

"This."

Su Yuntao looked back at Lin Manshan, his face was also tangled, and finally nodded, "Alright."

"Also, Lord Deacon, our village only has one work-study quota this year, yet two children with spirit power have appeared." Old Jack said with an embarrassed expression, "Could you perhaps consider this, and make some adjustments?"

"Yes, anyway, after running through six villages previously and failing to detect a single child with spirit power, I can distribute one more to your village." Su Yuntao said, pulling out two pieces of paper from his pocket, taking out a pen to write at once, then handing it over to Old Jack, "This is the identity proof of Ah Man and Tang San, just take this and bring them to report to the Nuoding Primary Spirit Master Academy on the west of Nuoding City at the given time."

"Thank you, thank you, Lord Deacon." Old Jack hastily took it and bowed.

"No need to be polite, I also walked this same path back then." Su Yuntao smiled, and pulled out a small booklet from his bosom, "This is the General Meditation Method prepared by the Spirit Hall, it contains records of how spirit masters should cultivate their spirit power and some precautions, right now there are still three months before the academy opens, although there isn't a lot of time, but the initial stage of spirit masters is generally relatively rapid, so it is beneficial to practice a little earlier."

"Old Jack, here, there isn't much content recorded inside, just let the two children take turns reading it."

"Lord Deacon, I really don't know how to thank you. Why not, come to my house for a light meal?" Old Jack gratefully saluted and received it, saying with a sincere face.

"No."

Su Yuntao shook his head and smiled, "I still have to rush to the next village, so I can't be delayed for too long."

After saying that, under the eyes of the crowd, he left in large strides.

Looking at Su Yuntao's gradually fading back, he brushed aside the occasional looks of dislike and indignation thrown by the few children around him, 'Are these kids jealous of me?' When he turned to see, he saw Lin Manshan with a silly smile on his face, and regardless of whether it was the children, their parents, or Old Jack near Lin Manshan, they all had friendly smiles on their faces and congratulations on their lips.

'A bunch of people who follow people who are a bit superior.' He curled his lips, looked at Old Jack who had handed the booklet to Lin Manshan, and secretly sighed: 'Human nature is selfish, it has been that way since ancient times.'

He didn't take it seriously in his heart, 'It's just a general practice method, so it won't be as efficient and powerful as my Mysterious Heaven Skill'.

While thinking about it, he quickly ran over to Old Jack. At this moment, Su Yuntao had left, so he could only ask the old Jack questions that he was eager to find out before, which he had no chance to ask Su Yuntao in the building.

"Grandpa Jack, what is a spirit ring? How can a spirit master get a spirit ring?"

"I don't know what a spirit ring is. If you want to obtain a spirit ring, it seems like you have to hunt spirit beasts. Xiao San, you will have to wait until you enter the academy and become a real spirit master to learn this. The instructors at the academy should understand and be able to teach you." Old Jack turned his head to look at Tang San with a kind face, "Let's go, Grandpa will take you home, and by the way, discuss with your father about sending you to the Academy. The booklet will be delivered in the afternoon, after Ah Man reads it, I will send it to you personally."

"Oh." Tang San nodded, without asking any further questions.

As the head of the village, Old Jack annually brings the village's children to the "Spirit Hall" in the centre of the village to awaken their martial souls. For convenience, his residence is not too far away, while Tang San lives near the westernmost side of the Holy Spirit Village. After arranging for the other children to be brought back by their parents, and instructing Lin Manshan to go home first, Old Jack took Tang San west alone.

Looking at their backs as they left, Lin Manshan stuffed the booklet into his arms, turned around and went home without stopping.

Before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly stopped, bent down and scratched his heels, his toes were slightly curled, his hands slipped, then he straightened up naturally, his face remained unchanged, and he walked forward calmly.

The whole set of movements is smooth and natural as if his feet suddenly itched, then he bent down and scratched them a few times.

As he walked further, he opened his palm and looked inside, and it was indeed a copper soul coin.

Lin Manshan put the soul coins into his pocket, remained silent for a while, shook his head, and continued walking.

"It seems I really gained great luck, so if it is the same as I thought, then my life will be safe."

After a while, Lin Manshan approached the residence and through the bamboo fence, he could clearly see a curved alignment of wooden houses facing south. The periphery near the fence had been reclaimed into several vegetable fields, with an array of fresh vegetables.

In front of him, on the southern fence, is a gate made of several wooden planks, less than two metres high, and a stone-paved path leads directly into the curved courtyard in front of the wooden houses along the lower edge.

At this time, several old hens with a dozen chicks were walking leisurely in the open space.

Near the shade on the left is a moss-covered stone fountain. Beside it sat a woman who looked to be in her forties, washing her clothes with her sleeves rolled up.

Next to her, a large yellow dog lay lazily on its belly.

"Mum, I'm back!" Lin Manshan called through the fence.

"Xiao Wu(five) are you back." The woman immediately stopped her work, casually washed her hands, stood up, wiped her hands on her apron and looked at Lin Manshan. The large yellow dog on the side quickly stood up, raising its head and wagging its tail to meet him.

As Lin Manshan approached, the woman smiled and asked with a trace of hope on her face, "Xiao Wu, what happened to your martial soul awakening?"

"The Deacon said that I have level three innate spirit power and can be a spirit master." Lin Manshan scratched his head and said with a smile.

Old Jack is 63 years old this year, and his wife Chun Yan is only one year younger than Old Jack. However, due to her fragility and early childbearing, Chun Yan experienced dystocia when she gave birth to her first child, and almost died on the spot from blood loss. When their son was born, Old Jack gave up the idea of having another child for the sake of his wife's safety.

However, Old Jack's son Jason and daughter-in-law Miao Ni are a bit strong and give birth to a granddaughter and three grandsons.

The oldest, granddaughter Jenny, will be 25 this year and is already married. The second, grandson Jerry, 23 this year, is also married. The granddaughter-in-law, Qingcao, is pregnant and has just moved into the new house next door. The third, grandson Jackie, is 18 this year. He currently started construction of his own house and is discussing when to get married. The fourth, grandson Jamon, is 9 years old this year and currently lives in the same house with him. According to some observations, he is secretly in love with a little girl in the village named Cherry.

In this civilian village, where productivity is still relatively backward and digging and farming are all dependent on crowds, Old Jack, a family composed of three generations, really let Lin Manshan see the slogans of the older generation that he had only heard in his previous life.

Birth more and raise more, more people will make you more powerful.

But even though there were so many people in his family, Old Jack still took him in, and the whole family regarded him as their own. And the woman in front of him, Old Jack's daughter-in-law Miao Ni, his adoptive mother, even treated him like her own son. People are not plants, so no one can be ruthless. After many years of getting along with her, it is naturally impossible for him to be indifferent, and he has long regarded her as his real mother.

He is called Xiao Wu (Five) because he is fifth based on age among her grandchildren.

"Oh, my heavens!" Miao Ni's eyes widened. In the next second, she quickly clasped her hands together and looked up at the sky with a pious expression, muttering, "Thank you, thank you for your kindness."

Because there were no spirit masters in Lin Manshan's family tree and this generation was even more unfortunate. Everyone in Lin Family has already passed away, and now the only remaining offspring Lin Manshan can awaken a martial soul with spirit power. According to her, it is the grace of God.

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