Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 94 Picking Up Oscar

For half a month, Li Fei visited nearly fifteen villages. He encountered mostly spirits such as Blue Silver Grass, Goosegrass, and farm tools. Most of them did not have spirit power, and only a few people possessed spirit power, which was only at level one or two.

"It seems it's really hard for ordinary people to get ahead! We've already visited fifteen villages, and there are hardly any with even a single spirit, let alone a true martial spirit!"

Another village completely devoid of soul power. Li Fei sighed and turned to continue walking towards the next village.

Looking at the map, the next village is called Zhuguang Village. The map indicates that the sausages produced in this village are very famous and taste very good.

Upon arriving in the village, I saw sausages hanging on the doors of every household, emitting a fragrant aroma.

Li Fei bought a few sausages from the villagers, tasted them, and found them to be quite good. He then bought another thirty jin (approximately 15 kg) to eat slowly when he got home.

"The village chief lives in the largest house in the center of the village!"

"Thanks!"

Following the directions given by the villagers, Li Fei thanked them and headed towards the center of the village. Zhu Guang Village was much larger than Sheng Hun Village, with over a hundred households.

Walking along the country lane, Li Fei saw a thin, shabby little boy with gray hair squatting by the river, fishing with a bamboo pole. What really caught his eye were his almond-shaped eyes and his handsome face, which was almost as beautiful as a woman's.

This child seems somewhat familiar!

Feeling genuinely curious, Li Fei walked over to the child and asked, "Little friend, what's your name?! Where are your parents?!"

"My name is Oscar, and I have no parents!" Oscar glanced at Li Fei and said somewhat timidly.

Upon hearing the name Oscar, Li Fei was shocked. No wonder he felt a sense of familiarity with those peach blossom eyes and face; it turned out to be Oscar, a food-type soul master with innate full soul power.

I just didn't expect that Oscar would be an orphan.

"Little friend, do you want to come with me?" Li Fei asked tentatively.

"Will you be able to get enough to eat if you follow me?!" Oscar asked.

"Of course, not only will you be full, you'll eat well!" Li Fei gently patted Oscar's head and smiled, then pulled him up, saying, "Come on, I'll take you to eat!"

Led by Oscar, they soon arrived at the village chief's house. After explaining their purpose, the village chief readily agreed and went out to invite the villagers to bring their children of appropriate age.

Li Fei also used the village chief's bathroom to let Oscar take a shower, change into new clothes, and then stand at the door eating delicious sausages.

Soon the villagers brought over a dozen children of school age, who lined up and stood there.

Li Fei only brought four sets of Martial Soul Awakening Stones, and it still took him a few minutes to awaken all the children's Martial Souls. Most of the children's Martial Souls were common items and poultry in daily life, with the best being a domestic pig.

Zhu Guang Village's overall quality is far superior to that of Sheng Hun Village. There are three people with soul power, plus Oscar, who has innate full soul power, making a total of four.

However, the three who awakened their soul power did not have high soul power.

After leaving the Spirit Hall's awakening certificate for the three of them, Li Fei left with Oscar.

Shortly after Li Fei left, a middle-aged man wearing glasses also arrived in the village.

The newcomer was none other than Flander, the four-eyed owl. He knew that all the children in the village had awakened, and there was even one with innate full soul power.

Flander was filled with regret. If he had known there was someone with innate full soul power who was also a food-type soul master, he should have come sooner.

After Qin Ming graduated, Shrek Academy had no students left.

He was prepared to lose money this time, so he bought a set of Martial Soul Awakening Stones just to see if he could find any good seedlings.

"Li Fei, why does that name sound so familiar?" Flander frowned. "No, I have to follow them and see what's going on. It would be best if we could get that child back."

In the Rose Hotel in Soto City, Li Fei casually sat on the sofa, explaining cultivation issues to Oscar.

After Oscar finished practicing, Li Fei also revised and modified the Xuan Tian Gong to make it compatible with the cultivation method that stimulated his body's instincts.

"As expected of a Taoist technique, it actually purified my soul power by three-tenths."

"Unfortunately, it only has the method of circulating internal energy, but no core mental cultivation technique."

Li Fei sighed inwardly. Mental cultivation is the foundation of martial arts; without it, it's difficult to achieve great mastery of internal energy.

Of course, Li Fei didn't care. In his view, the Xuan Tian Bao Lu was mostly for reference and not the foundation of his own cultivation.

The path of his soul power circulation, triggered by his body's instincts, is even more precious; this is his true root.

As for the other cultivation methods, only the Purple Demon Eye is what Li Fei values ​​most, or rather, the way of absorbing the purple energy of the rising sun.

After two weeks of training, Li Fei felt that his Fiery Eyes had improved considerably. His field of vision was much broader than before.

Moreover, Li Fei is also trying to absorb and cultivate it through the Purple Demon Eye.

Taoists in the past highly revered this purple aura, which must have some unique effects.

After trying for half a month, we finally made some progress.

He believed that soon he would be able to use the power of this purple energy to cultivate.

"Brother Fei, I've succeeded in my cultivation!"

Oscar opened his eyes on the bed and excitedly shouted to Li Fei.

Oscar was practicing the Xuan Tian Gong, which was modified by Li Fei. Even Tang San himself would not be able to detect anything unusual here.

"Very good, then you can focus on your cultivation with me during this time!" Li Fei nodded in satisfaction.

"Brother Fei, when are you going to add a spirit ring to me?" Oscar asked.

"Not yet, at least until your body has recovered."

"All right!"

Oscar nodded somewhat dejectedly.

"I should have never told him about Soul Masters!"

Upon seeing this, Li Fei frowned slightly. Oscar was an orphan who was basically starving and his health was somewhat depleted.

Fortunately, he is still young and has high potential for growth, so he can recover quickly. Otherwise, it would be really impossible once he becomes an adult.

For the next two days, Oscar ran alongside Li Fei, practicing and training at the same time.

As Li Fei walked along the path, he frowned and looked up at the sky behind him. He saw a huge golden owl flying towards him.

"Flander the four-eyed owl, what's he doing here?"

Just as Li Fei was pondering, Flander also canceled his Martial Soul True Body, landed, and looked Li Fei and Oscar up and down.

"Boy, this child is someone you brought from Zhu Guang Village!" Flander asked in a cold voice.

"So what if I am?!" Upon hearing this, Li Fei's face instantly darkened, and his voice became extremely cold!

"Kid, I've started a school and I need students. Do you think you could give me this kid?!" Flander said with a smile, seemingly oblivious to Li Fei's presence.

Oscar glanced timidly at Flander and moved behind Li Fei. He understood that the bespectacled man wanted to take him away.

"Unfortunately, I've just created a new sect and I desperately need students. There's no way I'll give Oscar to you!" Li Fei reached out and shielded Oscar behind him, looking at Flander with a cold expression.

"What sect?!"

"Noumenon Sect!"

"Li Fei, it's you! No wonder your name sounded familiar!"

Flander suddenly realized who the boy in front of him was after hearing about the Body Sect. He had heard Yu Xiaogang mention Li Fei, saying that he was a boy who could suppress an era and had performed many miracles that he dared not even imagine.

Moreover, Yu Xiaogang said that this boy was very likely a genius secretly cultivated by the Spirit Hall.

This put Flander in a difficult position. Although he was at odds with the Spirit Hall, he dared not openly confront it, as that would be tantamount to courting death.

"I didn't expect this senior to have heard of my name. That's quite a surprise!" Li Fei said with a mocking expression. Flander was only at level 72 at the moment. With his current cultivation level and the Transformation Realm, he should be able to fight against a newly broken Soul Saint without being at a disadvantage.

"Kid, you're asking for it!" Flander said angrily.

"Since you're alright, senior, I'll take Oscar and head over there!" Li Fei smiled nonchalantly, then picked up Oscar and walked towards the countryside ahead.

"Hey kid, wait a minute!" Flander saw that Li Fei was ignoring him, so he quickly chased after him.

"Is there anything else, senior?!" Li Fei asked, turning his head.

"Kid, is it really impossible to negotiate with Oscar coming with me?!"

"No!" Li Fei said without hesitation, then turned and left.

"Sigh!" Flander sighed, then transformed into a giant cat-owl and flew away.

"They're finally gone!"

Li Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and led Oscar toward the next village. He planned to try his luck again and search for a dozen more villages. If he still couldn't find any, he would take Oscar back to Tiandou City.

Being able to snag such a huge Oscar is already considered pretty lucky.

They soon arrived at Lotus Village. As soon as they entered the village, they saw Uncle Flander using a Spirit Awakening Stone to awaken the spirits of the village children, charging a few copper spirit coins for each one he awakened.

"So this is where you were waiting for me!"

Li Fei murmured something, then sat down on the stone bench next to Oscar, watching Flander awaken the martial souls of the children of Lotus Village.

One of the boys, who was a good 1.4 meters tall and very strong, caught Li Fei's attention. He could hear that the boy's heartbeat was very strong, which meant that his heart strength was far beyond that of ordinary people.

This was something Li Fei had never encountered before when he was awakening villagers in other villages.

"Hey ma'am, do you know that burly boy?!" Li Fei asked the middle-aged woman watching the commotion.

"You mean Tiger? He's quite famous in our village!" the auntie said enthusiastically.

"Famous?!" Li Fei asked, somewhat puzzled.

"That's right! Tiger is Hu Jiu's son from the village. He was named Hu Hu because he was always chubby-faced. But what really made Tiger famous was his appetite. Hu Jiu's family wasn't poor in our village before, but they gradually became poor after Tiger was born. Tiger can eat so much! He can eat the equivalent of four adults' meals in one sitting, and he gets hungry very quickly. How could he not eat his way into poverty?!" After saying that, the old woman pointed to a man and a woman dressed in burlap clothes opposite her: "Those two over there are Tiger's parents!"

The two men had sallow skin, were thin, and had rough hands, indicating that they had been doing farm work for many years and probably still didn't have enough to eat.

"The hearts of parents are always full of love and worry!" Li Fei sighed, and stopped asking questions, quietly watching Flander awaken the martial souls of the village children.

Soon it was Tiger's turn, who was standing at the back. He looked very nervous, with a layer of fine sweat on his forehead. But it was understandable; he must have realized that he was a burden to his family and that only by becoming a Soul Master could he change his family's fate.

As the light of awakening appeared, Hu Zi stretched out his right hand, but unlike the others, he did not have a martial soul. However, Li Fei could clearly hear that Hu Zi's heartbeat was twice as strong as before.

"Finally found it! And it's a heart-type martial soul that ranks quite high among the original martial souls!"

Excitement gleamed in Li Fei's eyes. After visiting so many villages, he had finally encountered a child who had awakened a Body Spirit. Now, the Body Sect finally had a disciple with a Body Spirit.

Flander looked puzzled. Logically speaking, everyone should have a martial soul, so why didn't this child show any characteristics of a martial soul? He could only sense a slight fluctuation of soul power.

Li Fei smiled disdainfully from a distance. Of course, a martial soul's heart is inside the body, so how could it possibly manifest on the outside?

"Child, come and see if you have soul power!" Flander said, holding the soul power crystal in front of Tiger.

A dejected Tiger nodded, staggered a couple of steps, and placed his hand on the crystal ball. Instantly, white light filled half of the crystal ball.

"Level 5 innate soul power!"

Flander was immediately disappointed. His innate talent was far from meeting Shrek Academy's admission standards. He sighed, put away the money box next to him, and prepared to leave. He wanted to awaken the remaining villages before Li Fei and see if he could find suitable disciples for the Lanke Academy.

"Great! I can become a Soul Master!"

Upon hearing that he possessed level five soul power, Tiger roared with joy, ran to his parents, and picked them both up in his arms.

After Flander left, Li Fei pulled Oscar over to Tiger's side, gently patted Tiger's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Little guy, your awakened martial soul is the Heart. How about coming with me to the Body Sect to study? It's free, no fees whatsoever, and includes food and lodging!"

Li Fei knew that only real money could move a child like Hu Zi; otherwise, it would all be in vain.

"Really?!" Tiger's parents exclaimed in surprise. Tiger scratched his head sheepishly and said uncertainly, "When I awakened my martial soul just now, I definitely felt my heart beating much stronger than before."

"Really!" Li Fei nodded.

"That's wonderful, Soul Master! I'm willing to let my child study at the Body Sect!" Hu Jiu said after thinking for a moment.

(End of this chapter)