Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 1: A Boy in the Poor Mountains and Bad Waters

Biluo City, a city affiliated to the Tiandou Empire, got its name because it is close to Biluo Gorge where poisonous soul beasts gather. It is a city built on poor mountains and bad waters.

The only pillar industry in the city is the hunting of soul beasts in Biluo Gorge, but because poison-attribute soul masters do not have an advantage on the Douluo Continent, and medical and poison techniques are not well developed on the Douluo Continent, the city's income cannot be compared with those cities close to other large soul beast gathering places.

At noon, the Spirit Hall in Biluo City was already crowded with people. Dozens of nobles and spirit masters were waiting with their children for the appointed time to come.

This season is autumn, the season of harvest, and also the season for awakening martial spirits in Douluo Continent every year. During this period, the awakening soul masters affiliated with the Spirit Hall will go to each village with a Spirit Hall under the assignment of their superiors to awaken the martial spirits for children. Residents living in the city will go to the Spirit Hall in the city to awaken martial spirits on their own.

Although the big families and nobles have all awakened internally, there is no one in the city of Biluo who has reached this level.

According to the custom of Biluo City, nobles and soul master families will bring their children to the Spirit Hall on a designated day to let the person in charge of the Spirit Hall awaken them. This day is not only the day for awakening the spirit, but also the day for communication and exchange between families. Families whose children awaken good spirits and high spirit power are superior, while families whose children do not awaken good spirits and spirit power are ignored. Many families will discuss cooperation and marriage at this time.

This has been an unwritten rule in Biluo City for hundreds of years. Although it is not a famous festival, it is no less important.

There are only fifteen children who awakened their martial spirits this year, which is considered a relatively small number of people. However, there are dozens of nobles and soul masters waiting here, which is far more than the children waiting to awaken their martial spirits.

The nobles and soul masters were just having simple conversations. Most people were focusing on their awakening and were just passing the time by chatting with each other according to etiquette.

About a quarter of an hour later, the person in charge of the local Spirit Hall came out. He was an old man who looked to be over 80 years old. His skin was as dry as an old tree and his eyes were cloudy. He looked like he was about to die. However, no one dared to look down on this old man.

Because no matter how old the other party is, he is also a member of the Spirit Hall, a Soul Emperor, and a bishop who has been stationed in Biluo City for decades under the orders of the Pope.

Even the Lord of Biluo City did not dare to be disrespectful when seeing this old man.

"It's the day to awaken the martial soul again..." The old man raised his head and looked around, glanced at the faces around him, and then sighed unconsciously. The soul power in his body surged slightly, and six soul rings, one white, two yellow, two purple and one black, appeared on his body. The old palm was slightly raised at some point, and a vine with a texture like rock emerged from his palm and slowly fell to his feet.

"I am Yan Jun, the headmaster of the Spirit Hall. My spirit is Yan Teng, and I am a level 67 control-type combat spirit master... Therefore, I will preside over this year's spirit awakening."

"Awake children, step out."

The old man named Yan Jun was talking to himself, not paying attention to the gazes of others. Following his command, the children who had been instructed came out from beside their elders and lined up in an orderly manner in front of the old man.

Seeing this, the old man nodded slightly, then waved his hand slightly to the side. After receiving the order, several soul masters wearing the Spirit Hall uniforms immediately stepped forward and set up a qualified awakening formation between the old man and the child.

"Children, step out." Yan Jun said calmly.

He is already ninety-four years old this year, which is a long life even for a soul master.

At this age, there are very few things that he cares about. At this time, he no longer cares about the names and origins of the awakened children. Apart from the Angel God and the Spirit Hall, he cares about almost nothing in this world. He only cares about his blood relatives who are separated by generations. He no longer cares about the eyes of others.

If he wasn't afraid of ruining the relationship and leaving a mess for the soul master arranged by the Spirit Hall to take over his shift, he wouldn't even bother to come out and awaken the spirits for these children.

Following the old man's voice, the fat man at the front of the line stood up and entered the formation. Yan Jun raised his hand, and his soul power surged. The formation under the fat man's feet glowed slightly, and bits of light surged up and sank into his body little by little.

Children from soul master families and aristocratic families all know what it means to awaken a martial soul, so they naturally don’t need anyone to remind them.

After a moment, the little fat boy let out an unconscious neigh, and his originally slightly round body began to shrink. A pair of slightly funny ears grew out of his golden hair.

"Beast Martial Soul...test the innate soul power?" Yan Jun turned over his right palm, and a crystal ball appeared in his hand.

The slightly chubby child took the crystal ball, soul power poured into it, and the crystal ball emitted a faint light.

"Innate soul power level two and a half... no, innate soul power level three... martial soul is leopard cat? But the quality seems a bit low... no matter what, he can become a soul master after all."

Yan Jun took the crystal ball and waved to the chubby child. The child who had awakened the leopard cat spirit immediately walked out of the awakening formation and ran to the crowd on the side. Then, there were waves of discussions.

"The second son of the city lord's family really still has the leopard cat spirit, but his innate spirit power is not as good as the city lord and the eldest son. Back then, the city lord had a fourth-level innate spirit power. Although the eldest son's innate spirit power is not as good as the city lord's, it is also a third and a half level. It will be no problem for him to become a spirit master in the future."

"The Second Young Master's soul power is around level three. It seems that it will be difficult for him to compare with the First Young Master in the future, right?"

"Hey, who knows what will happen in the future. A while ago, the eldest son had his leg broken by the city lord because he was fighting with him for a woman. He hasn't been out for a few days. It's hard to say who will take the position in the future."

"makes sense…"

"Ahem, silence." Hearing the noisy sounds around him, Yan Jun coughed lightly, and the sound was absorbed into the ears of everyone around him under the effect of his soul power. The originally slightly noisy scene immediately became quiet.

"Next kid, come in."

As the next child entered the awakening formation, Yan Jun, who was originally a little absent-minded, was slightly stunned. His originally cloudy eyes became clear, and even his dead look became a little more serious.

Yan Jun had been awakening martial spirits for more than a thousand children in Biluo City since he was fifty years old. However, Yan Jun had never seen such a special child before today.

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(End of this chapter)