Chapter 1: Wuhun Bobo
Jiangrong Village, Wuhun Hall Branch.
"Wuhun Xiaomai, no soul power!"
Su Yuntao's slightly disappointed voice came from the front. Mo Hui, who was standing in line, looked at the little girl ahead who was disappointed because she had no soul power. He clenched his fists, feeling a little nervous.
Six years had passed. It had been six years since he traveled to Douluo Continent. Finally, it was time to decide his fate.
Douluo Continent respects soul masters. As long as you have soul power, even if it is only level 1, you will be far above ordinary people.
Because once you break through to level 10 and obtain a soul ring, you can receive a soul master subsidy of one gold soul coin per month from the Wuhun Hall.
What does this mean?
Under normal circumstances, the monthly salary of ordinary people is only a few hundred or a thousand copper soul coins. Even those with higher salaries only have a few thousand copper soul coins, which is just a few silver soul coins.
One gold soul coin is equivalent to the salary of several adults, and this salary is free. It can directly allow Mo Hui's quality of life to surpass more than 95% of the people in this world.
(The book is set as follows: 1 gold soul coin = 10 silver soul coins = 10,000 copper soul coins. The original economic system was too chaotic. The purchasing power of the gold soul coin in the original work was obviously based on 100 copper soul coins, but it is clearly mentioned that one gold soul coin equals the expenses of an ordinary family for several months, which equals Tang San's three-year salary, and Tang San's salary was 10 copper soul coins a day.)
As the awakening formation continued to light up, the number of people ahead of Mo Hui steadily decreased. Soon, it was his turn.
"Stand in the middle of the stone. I will awaken your martial soul for you."
Seeing that only Mo Hui was left, Su Yuntao's expression showed some disappointment.
This year, he had awakened seven or eight villages, even the so-called Holy Soul Village, but unfortunately not a single child had soul power.
"Yes! Master Su Yuntao!"
Mo Hui responded and quickly walked to the center of the awakening formation.
The next moment, a layer of golden light was released from the six stones again, forming a golden shield that enveloped Mo Hui.
Seeing this, Su Yuntao's eyes suddenly lit up.
Because the golden light in the shield was obviously much stronger than that of the previous child, this child must not be weak in martial arts, and the probability of having soul power was greatly increased.
After a moment, a bird that looked like a sparrow—but much larger than an ordinary sparrow—was summoned by Mo Hui.
"This..."
Mo Hui was shocked when he saw the bird in front of him. It was actually Bobo?
Although Bobo's evolved form was not too strong in the elf world, it was an elf that could use many tricks, and was stronger than the soul beasts in this world. The soul beasts here usually have one or two innate abilities at best. Many low-level soul beasts have almost no skills—they are simply physically stronger—which cannot compare to the diverse skill pool of Pokémon.
"Bobo~"
As soon as it appeared, Bobo showed closeness to Mo Hui. It flew to Mo Hui's shoulder and rubbed Mo Hui's little face affectionately.
When Su Yuntao saw this, he touched his chin and began to think.
"The beast spirit has left the body? This is the first time I've seen this. Could it be that it has mutated? It looks a bit like a sparrow. Is it a mutation of some bird spirit beast?"
The spirits in Douluo Continent are roughly divided into beast spirits and weapon spirits. The two are easy to distinguish. A spirit that possesses the human body to provide bonuses is called a beast spirit, while a spirit that leaves the body is called a weapon spirit.
But Mo Hui's situation was an exception. Bobo was undoubtedly a beast spirit, but the spirit leaving the body is an obvious sign of a weapon spirit.
After a while, Su Yuntao came back to his senses from his contemplation, coughed lightly, handed the blue crystal ball in his hand to Mo Hui, and said, "Put your hand on the crystal ball. I will measure your spirit power."
When he said this, Su Yuntao felt uneasy.
Although judging from Mo Hui's awakened spirit and the awakening of the beast spirit, his innate spirit power should not be too low, Mo Hui had a beast spirit that had left the body. The last person with a beast spirit that had left the body only had an innate spirit power of 0.5.
Mo Hui placed his hand on the crystal ball. Instantly, a huge suction force drew his newly awakened soul power into the crystal ball.
The crystal ball emitted a faint blue light, which was not dazzling but was definitely there.
"Innate level 3 soul power!"
Su Yuntao looked at the light from the crystal ball and immediately spoke.
Mo Hui was stunned when he heard this. How could his innate soul power be only level 3?
Wait...
Suddenly, Mo Hui looked at Bobo and thought of a possibility.
Could it be that he had to wait until Bobo evolved before his innate soul power could improve? And now Bobo was indeed only level 3.
Yes, it must be like this. Otherwise, it was impossible to explain why Bobo, who could evolve into Pidgeot, only had level 3 innate soul power.
"Hahaha, finally someone with soul power has appeared. Are you willing to join the Spirit Hall?"
On the other side, Su Yuntao smiled and invited Mo Hui.
A child with level 3 innate soul power was not bad. If Mo Hui joined the Spirit Hall, he could get a considerable reward.
Join the Spirit Hall?
Mo Hui was stunned for a moment and began to think.
For him, joining the Spirit Hall was indeed a good choice.
The royal family and the big sects were too strict about outsiders joining, but the Spirit Hall had not blocked advancement channels. This could be seen from the various upper-level spirits in the Spirit Hall.
But there was a big problem: joining the Spirit Hall could mean confrontation with Tang San, the son of destiny.
Since arriving in Douluo Continent, Mo Hui had specifically inquired about Tang San. Indeed, there was a child one year younger named Tang San in the neighboring Shenghun Village, and his father was a blacksmith named Tang Hao.
If Mo Hui had a system or other advantages—let alone one Tang San—he wouldn't be afraid of a hundred Tang Sans. But unfortunately, he didn't!
Moreover, although the Spirit Hall was better than the family system of Tiandou Xingluo and the upper three sects in terms of structure, Bibi Dong, the pope, was a big problem. What if the other party was crazy?
After thinking for a while, Mo Hui answered: "Master Su Yuntao, I need to think about this. I have a relative who works at Notting College. I need to listen to his advice."
Since the soul power had awakened, the Spirit Hall was not the only option. He could go to Notting College to observe this world's trajectory before deciding.
"Is that so? If you want to join, you can always come to Notting City Spirit Hall to find me."
After hearing Mo Hui's answer, Su Yuntao felt a little regretful.
Although Mo Hui did not join the Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao could still get a reward, but compared to recommending new people to join the Spirit Hall, the reward was much less.
But even so, Su Yuntao did not blame Mo Hui.
Mo Hui's talent was higher than his. With innate level 3 spirit power, it was possible to break through to Soul Master or even Soul Sect with hard work.
In this case, it was better to make friends than to offend.
"I will." Mo Hui replied.
Suddenly, Su Yuntao turned to Bobo on Mo Hui's shoulder and said in amazement: "By the way, your spirit should be a mutation. The Spirit Hall has no record of this spirit. What is its name?"
"Bobo. Its name is Bobo."
Mo Hui replied without hesitation.
"Bobo? Come to think of it, its cry just now was also 'Bobo,' which is quite appropriate!"
Su Yuntao nodded, wrote down the mutant sparrow martial soul, Bobo, and the innate level 3 soul power in the record, then put away the awakening stone and left Jiangrong Village.
Putting the certificate given by Su Yuntao into his pocket, Mo Hui glanced at Bobo on his shoulder, and a smile appeared on his little face.
Mo Hui touched Bobo's head and said, "Hello, Bobo, my name is Mo Hui, and I'm your partner!"
"Bobo~"
Bobo tilted his little head. It was just born and obviously didn't know why Mo Hui was so happy.
It was dusk, and the orange-red sun shone on Mo Hui and Bobo, casting two long shadows.
(End of this chapter)