Xuanming Sect covers a vast area, with well-arranged buildings, blue tiles and white walls, flying eaves and brackets, revealing a strong ancient atmosphere.
Led by Xu Sanshi, Xu Tianxi and his three companions turned around and walked through more than ten gates and corridors, and entered a huge courtyard.
The courtyard led to the outside of the sect. Xu Tianxi caught a glimpse of many people in plain clothes queuing outside the courtyard. They were all adults holding children, with uneasy expressions on their faces and some expectations in their eyes.
Seeing that Xu Tianxi seemed to be interested in the line of civilians outside, Xu Sanshi introduced with a smile:
"Third brother, our Xuanming Sect holds a large-scale martial soul awakening ceremony every three months. This is an important opportunity for civilians outside. As long as you pay ten gold soul coins, you can awaken your martial soul using our formation. It is fair and open, and there is no deception for everyone."
Hearing this, Xu Tianxi chatted casually:
"I read in a book that 10,000 years ago, the Wuhun Hall would take the initiative to send people to every corner of the continent to awaken martial souls for civilians, and it was free of charge?"
Xu Sanshi's eyelids jumped, and he quickly reached out to cover Xu Tianxi's mouth, and whispered in Xu Tianxi's ear:
"Third brother, you can say this to me at home, but don't say it outside, or something will happen."
Xu Tianxi didn't expect Xu Sanshi's reaction to be so big: "Is what the book says false?"
"Really! What the book says is true! But even if it is true, you can't say it out loud, Third Brother!"
Xu Sanshi responded hastily, then rolled his eyes and carefully observed the surroundings. After making sure that there were no outsiders here, he continued cautiously:
"Brother, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Since the demise of the Spirit Hall, the responsibility of awakening the spirits of the civilians on the mainland naturally fell to the two empires and later the three major empires.
But you also know that the rule of the empire depends on the nobles to maintain it. In those fiefdoms, the nobles are the local tyrants, and they can decide the life and death of the civilians in the territory at a thought.
The nobles are used to being domineering and enjoying themselves on weekdays. How could they be willing to send people to travel through mountains and rivers to awaken the spirits of the civilians for free, which consumes manpower and material resources? The empire will not reimburse them.
Therefore, it is natural to charge money for awakening the spirit.
Speaking of which, the price we charge is already very conscientious. The civilians can save up for a few months by living frugally. What's more, our Xuanming Sect has no obligation to do so.
Doing this is more or less a charity." Xu Tianxi's pupils dilated with surprise, and he said in surprise: "We charge money for doing things here, and those civilians have to thank us?"
Xu Sanshi nodded as a matter of course and responded to Xu Tianxi:
"Of course not. Before our Xuanming Sect came out to do this, the price of the City Lord's Mansion was one hundred gold soul coins, and the number of places was limited
. Aren't we just doing charity?" "There are no great nobles in the Xuanming City under our feet. The largest is just an earl. With the Xuanming Sect at our side, we need a stable environment to do business, and they dare not go too far."
"In the fiefs of those dukes and marquises, it is not surprising to charge thousands of gold soul coins or even increase the price temporarily. Anyway, no one can control or investigate them, and low-level soul masters cannot resist them and can only take whatever they want." "
What's more, there may be some other requirements, such as selling indentures or something...
I won't tell you any more dirty things. I heard all this from my classmates. Most of them are descendants of famous nobles. Some of them have been having a lot of fun before entering school, and they are even more careless when bragging in private."
"In short, almost all the nobles in the Three Kingdoms make money from this. If you mention the free awakening of martial spirits in the Spirit Hall in public, you will violate the imperial law. It is
legal to arrest you or even beat you to death on the spot, because this matter is not recognized by the three empires."
Xu Sanshi described it vividly. Xu Tianxi's face turned pale, and he secretly thought that he still underestimated the nobles of the Three Kingdoms.
These guys firmly control the upward channels of civilians from the source, greatly reducing the possibility of civilian counterattacks, and thus consolidating their own rule.
Under this system, civilian geniuses either become one of them, or... become one of the evil soul masters!
At this time, Yue Lao on the side suddenly interrupted, "My two lords, I remember that there seems to be no such article in the national law of the Sun and Moon Empire. They will also organize people to awaken martial spirits for civilians, and sometimes they don't charge."
"What's so strange about that? The Sun and Moon Empire has never seen the Spirit Hall, so of course there is no such article." Xu Sanshi said indifferently.
As the few people were talking, they had already walked into the courtyard. The person in charge of awakening the martial spirit was shocked when he saw Xu Sanshi and Xu Tianxi coming in with their arms around each other.
Xu Sanshi raised his hand to signal him not to make a sound, and led Xu Tianxi to quietly leave and walk into a three-story pavilion with a view from a high place. The figures of Xu Fu and Xu Xiaoyun came into view.
The four of them bowed together, and Xu Fu pointed to the stone magic circle on the ground and said with a smile: "Come in quickly."
Xu Tianxi responded and walked briskly into the awakening magic circle that could determine most of his future fate.
"Shua——"
Xu Fu shot down a stream of soul power, and the awakening magic circle composed of six black stones rose slowly, surrounding Xu Tianxi.
"Close your eyes and feel it well."
Xu Fu said in a deep voice, and then his body trembled, bursting with a strong momentum. A black tortoise shell shield with a diameter of more than three meters appeared in front of him, and two yellow, two purple, four black and one red soul rings appeared to ensure that the awakening process was foolproof.
In the corner, Xu Sanshi stared at Xu Fu's 100,000-year ninth soul ring, secretly thinking that his father's soul ring configuration was really tempting. When he awakened his martial soul three years ago, he didn't have a ninth ring.
"If you like red soul rings, practice well. When you become a Titled Douluo, Xuanzu will take you to the sea to find a suitable one."
Xu Xiaoyun's cheerful voice suddenly sounded. Xu Sanshi smiled at Xu Xiaoyun, swallowed his saliva and said "Xuanzu is wise", which made Xu Xiaoyun smile.
The benefits of having elders are reflected here. They can help kill 100,000-year soul beasts.
Xu Sanshi thought happily, Beibei, that bitch, may not be as good as himself in this regard? Haha... At the same time, Xu Tianxi, who closed his eyes to sense the inside of his body, seemed to hear the "click" sound of some shackles breaking. A mysterious and mysterious magical power surged from the depths of his body and soon filled his limbs.
"Is this soul power? It feels good."
Feeling the thin and mysterious gas being guided out along the tendons, Xu Tianxi nodded secretly. He was now full of strength, his brain was clear, and his six senses were transparent. He could even catch the sound of cicadas in the distance.
After a few seconds, these soul powers suddenly split, one part flowing to the right hand, and the other part flowing to the brain and the eyes in front of the forehead. Xu Tianxi couldn't help but spread his right hand, and his eyes opened involuntarily, with a surprised light in his eyes.
"What's going on? Is this a twin martial spirit?" Xu Tianxi, Xu Fu, and Xu Xiaoyun had this thought in their minds at the same time.
The next moment, Xu Tianxi subconsciously raised his right palm and a thick dark light surged out, instantly covering his whole body like a tide and spreading to the surroundings.
A black shield with a diameter of one meter revealed its true appearance in the dark light and floated in front of Xu Tianxi. It was a standard Xuanming tortoise shell shield with excellent quality.
For some reason, Xu Fu's body trembled as if he had received an electric shock when the Xuanming tortoise shell shield appeared, and his pupils shook violently.
Suppression from a water-attributed superior? How is this possible!? He is a Titled Douluo, and his martial soul has the blood of Xuanwu!
At the same time, a barely perceptible warm halo flowed in Xu Tianxi's opened eyes. In the depths of his pupils, there seemed to be two cold and frosty lonely moon shadows floating, and a very faint crescent moon mark appeared between his eyebrows.
Behind his head, it seemed as if some mental threads were interweaving, seemingly real and illusory, and it was almost impossible for a strong man below the Titled Douluo to detect it.
Xu Sanshi's eyes lit up, he stood up with a grunt, and clapped his hands:
"It's really the Mysterious Nether Turtle. I said that the third brother will definitely awaken our Xu family's orthodox martial spirit.
Judging from this, his innate soul power is estimated to be at least level nine. In the future, our Xu family will be a twin star."
"Eh? Xuanzu, why do you look so solemn? Tianxi successfully awakened his martial spirit. Aren't you happy?"
Xu Sanshi saw from the corner of his eye that Xu Xiaoyun's expression became extremely solemn, his eyebrows were deeply sunken, and a wrinkle of old age appeared.
Xu Xiaoyun glanced at Xu Sanshi with his sidelong eyes, tilted his head and showed a naughty smile:
"His Mysterious Nether Water is unusual, you go up and feel it?"
"Ah? Oh, okay."
Xu Sanshi was stunned, and summoned his martial spirit without knowing why, and wanted to compare it to see if there was any difference.
But before he could get close to Xu Tianxi, his Mysterious Tortoise Shield trembled inexplicably, and the rich water element that permeated the shield seemed to have encountered the most terrifying thing in the world, and it was frightened and dissipated.
"Roar--"
The next moment, Xu Tianxi's Mysterious Tortoise Shield was like a beast whose territory was invaded by its own kind. Purple light patterns flashed on the shield surface, and a dull beast roar sounded in the air, carrying an invisible air wave and hitting out.
"No, what's going on?"
Amid the beast roar, Xu Sanshi was pushed away by several invisible air waves, stepped back several steps, and finally sat on the ground with an unbelievable look on his face.
Xu Tianxi was not even a soul master, so it was impossible for him to retreat with his cultivation. He could only think of one explanation for the situation in front of him-
his martial soul was suppressed in quality, and it was suppressed very badly!
But this was impossible!
Beibei's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex could only be on par with him, or even slightly inferior to him. In the entire Shrek Outer Court, his martial soul was the strongest.
Xu Tianxi's Xuanming Tortoise Shield looked exactly the same as his. How could he do this?
The next second, Xu Xiaoyun flashed in front of Xu Tianxi, and his palm fell on the Xuanming Tortoise Shield to feel it carefully. He was shocked and let him know the answer.
"It is indeed the ultimate water. This is the ultimate martial soul!"
Xu Xiaoyun's eyes bloomed with unprecedented sharpness. He saw Xu Sanshi's martial soul being suppressed with his own eyes, and personally experienced a gap from the attribute. He can be completely sure that Xu Tianxi's Xuanming Tortoise Shield has a power that surpasses all water-attributed martial souls in the world!
The ultimate of water attributes is the ultimate water!
In addition to the ultimate water, there is no other thing that can make Xu Sanshi's martial soul water element with Xuanwu blood dissipate in an instant, even the ultimate fire is impossible!
It is even more impossible that at the level of water attributes, this ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo feels a gap that is vague but real!
That gap is the natural moat!
"God bless Xuanming, God bless Xuanming! Hahahaha, the heavens have been very kind to my Xu family, hahahaha..."
Xu Xiaoyun's loud and healthy laughter spread out. Suddenly, he noticed that there were outsiders nearby. He gave Xu Fu, who was also laughing triumphantly, a fierce look:
This is a serious matter, and no news can be leaked!
Xu Fu understood, looked at the three people present, and slowly locked his eyes on the eldest son Xu Sanshi.
Chen Wu and Yue Lao could not leave Xuanming Sect, only Xu Sanshi could.
For the future of Xuanming Sect, he had to... let him close his eyes and rest for a while.