Chapter 9: Family Affection, the Vague and Ethereal Luck? The Power to Control All Elements!
Hu Bai cursed himself internally. If he counted his age from his previous life, he was already a grown man, yet he was crying. It was truly too sentimental.
But his tears wouldn't stop. Precisely because he had those memories, he understood even more clearly what an external Soul Bone meant to a Soul Master!
Hu Leyao gently brushed away Hu Bai's tears with her right index finger, her expression growing even softer: "Silly child, you're my son. Alright, this Soul Bone, if it stays with you, might evolve into a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone in the future.
As for me, I'm already a Soul Saint, and I already have my most important seventh soul ring. This Soul Bone, if it stays with me, most likely won't reach a hundred thousand years.
Although external Soul Bones are very, very rare, Xiao Bai, you are the Lucky Child of our Family. Look, because of you, your father and I were saved two years ago, and your father even obtained his first Soul Bone in his life.
And this time, we not only encountered the top-tier plant-type Soul Beast, Thunder Hell Prison Vine, due to the weather, but also unexpectedly obtained an external Soul Bone.
One coincidence is a coincidence, but consecutive coincidences—are they still coincidences? Perhaps, in the unseen, this is the good fortune you bring us. If you truly feel indebted to me, how about this... when you obtain another Soul Bone suitable for me in the future, you can give it to me. How does that sound?"
The three things Hu Leyao mentioned were originally meant to comfort her son. After all, something like luck was too distant for them, and there was no record of it in their Family's ancient texts.
It only recorded that when a Martial Soul returned to its ancestral form, it would possess extremely powerful abilities. But what specific abilities remained a mystery?
And now it seems the abilities the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox brought to Hu Bai are: natural element affinity (confirmed), Charm aura (confirmed), and wisdom (speculated).
However, Hu Leyao's words made Hu Bai slightly stunned. He thought of something: the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, in some myths, was originally considered a type of auspicious Beast!
As an auspicious Beast, it would naturally enjoy the favor of Luck!
In the Douluo timeline, there was no clear Child of Destiny. Qian Renxue's Innate level twenty was because she was already chosen as the Angel God's successor, so she had a God-given ten-level Soul Power. Strictly speaking, she wasn't a Child of Destiny.
As for Tang San, his Soul was suspected to have been brought from another world by the Asura God. At most, he was a pseudo-Child of Destiny; after all, he had Tang Sect Hidden Weapons and Cultivation Techniques.
As for himself, there was no character named Hu Bai in the original work. He was not like Tang San, who was a possession, but truly reincarnated into this world.
But he and Tang San both possessed memories from their previous lives. Calculating this, he believed he couldn't reach the level of a Child of Destiny
If he hadn't appeared, perhaps the Child of Destiny of this generation would be Bibi Dong?
Although some of her past actions were indeed criticized, in terms of talent and growth, she was a child of destiny!
But now Hu Bai no longer thinks so. These successive coincidences could no longer be called mere coincidences. Was his luck too good?
Were Soul Bones that easy to obtain?
Moreover, whatever he lacked, it seemed to appear!
However, something like luck was too vague and ethereal. He couldn't be sure whether this was an ability brought by his Martial Soul in the unseen.
All he could do now was to be down-to-earth and ensure his family lives better. In his previous life, he was originally a commoner and received national relief, so he had a very good impression of commoner organizations like Spirit Hall.
Compared to the Two Empires, Spirit Hall at least genuinely provided commoner Soul Masters with transparent competition opportunities and subsidized Soul Masters.
Although about seventy percent of these subsidies came from the Two Empires, if Spirit Hall hadn't negotiated behind the scenes, would the Empires have paid?
Certainly not!
"Tsk tsk tsk, I never thought I'd see my son cry. Truly a rare sight, hehe. This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest wasn't in vain!"
Xie Tian saw Hu Bai's emotions gradually stabilize, so he started joking, unable to resist teasing his son a few times. This was truly very novel.
Hu Bai simply ignored his scoundrel father's words, took the vertical pupil external Soul Bone from Hu Leyao's hand, stepped forward, and spread his arms as if to embrace Hu Leyao.
But unfortunately, his body was too small. In Xie Tian's eyes, it looked like a spoiled child throwing himself into his mother's arms.
Hu Bai mumbled, "Mom, don't worry. If I get the chance in the future, I will find a suitable Soul Bone for you, I swear!"
"Good, good, my son is the best."
"Alright, quickly absorb this Soul Bone. With your cultivation, it will probably take several days. After absorbing this external Soul Bone, your Soul Power will likely directly break through to level twenty. We need to carefully consider what attribute Soul Beast would be suitable for your second Soul Ring."
Hu Leyao gently stroked Hu Bai's snow-white, long hair.
She truly loved her son's appearance. Hu Bai, after his Martial Soul possessed him, would become even more charming and fairer due to his Martial Soul, and a pair of fluffy fox ears would grow on his head, making him look like an unblemished Nine-Tailed Fox Immortal.
Hu Bai was not a sentimental person; it was just that he was truly experiencing the warmth of family for the first time.
Although his family had lived very warmly before, it was without involving interests, but now, with blatant interests before them, Hu Leyao, as a mother, could give them up without hesitation, which deeply touched Hu Bai's body and soul.
He was also serious; if his Martial Soul could truly bring the power of luck, then please let both his parents become Titled Douluo with full Soul Bones!
This was his most sincere wish.
Titled Douluo was easy to say; he knew the location of the Immortal Herb, and later, he would see if he could ask Yue Guan, who was quite familiar with him, to make a trip to Sunset Forest.
With their talent, after consuming the Immortal Herb, as long as they didn't die prematurely, they would casually become Titled Douluo—though obtaining full Soul Bones truly required luck!
In this life, he had parents to protect, an older brother and a younger sister to protect; although this younger sister had some problems in the original work, the problems weren't big, and there was still a long way to go, so he needed to correct her quickly!
Subsequently, under the protection of his parents, Hu Bai began to absorb this external Soul Bone.
The conditions for absorbing an external Soul Bone were not as strict as those for a Soul Ring; a low-level Soul Master wanting to absorb a Soul Bone of a higher age only needed to spend more time.
Gradually, a day passed, and in Hu Bai's mental space, the vertical pupil Soul Bone was slowly fusing with him.
At this moment, Hu Bai could feel the unwilling resentment from the Three-Eyed Demon Fox within the Soul Bone, but a Soul Bone was, after all, different from a Soul Ring. Resentment was just resentment, and this tiny trace posed no threat at all.
But!
In the mental space, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox appeared behind Hu Bai's transparent mental body, and a suppressive force from its Bloodline transformed into a large hand, grasping this resentment.
Absolute suppression!
As a divine beast, how could the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox allow the resentment of a low-Bloodline Three-Eyed Demon Fox to attach to this Soul Bone? It immediately opened its mouth wide and inhaled this trace of resentment!
Refined in an instant!
Another two days passed, and the resentment in the Soul Bone was completely dissipated. A vertical pupil then appeared in the center of Hu Bai's forehead.
However, perhaps because the Three-Eyed Demon Fox's resentment in the Soul Bone was fully devoured, the originally blood-red vertical pupil turned white, resembling that of the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, matching Hu Bai himself even better!
As expected, Hu Bai's own Soul Power also surged to level twenty!
In just half a month, who would believe such a rapid cultivation speed if told?
Even Bibi Dong in her youth would probably feel ashamed.
Now, the couple no longer worried about being punished by the Supreme Pontiff for returning late; with such talent and strength, what was there to punish?
"Son, what abilities has this Soul Bone given you? Is it a mental impact? Or an illusion-type Soul Skill?" Xie Tian asked impatiently.
Hu Bai thought for a moment and showed a joyful expression: "Neither. After absorbing this Soul Bone, my basic mental power has increased significantly. The Soul Skill it currently grants me is an amplification-type Soul Skill: for a certain period, all attributes are increased by fifty percent, and mental power is additionally increased by two hundred percent.
Furthermore, if I encounter a mental attack, it will automatically manifest and provide me with a layer of mental protection. The stronger my mental power, the stronger this protection will be."
Don't underestimate this automatic protection function; even Hu Leyao, a Soul Saint, would be severely injured if she suffered a Soul Saint-level mental attack without any defense.
Of course, if she were prepared, it would be no problem.
Xie Tian and Hu Leyao were utterly stunned by the skill granted by this Soul Bone: a fifty percent increase in all attributes, an additional two hundred percent increase in mental power, and automatic protection—amazing!
This Soul Bone skill was too excellent; could this be the reason for the rarity of external Soul Bones?
To be honest, this was also their first time witnessing an external Soul Bone. Bibi Dong had a wing external Soul Bone that not only increased speed but also amplified all attributes, but the couple didn't know that.
And the two-thousand-year Eight Spider Lances Tang San obtained in the original work also brought him a fifty percent increase in all attributes, while Hu Bai's Soul Bone was ten-thousand years old, naturally stronger!
Therefore, Hu Bai's mood was very good.
"Xiao Bai, without using your Domain, try element control now and see if your control over other elements, besides lightning, has improved?" Hu Leyao suggested.
Hu Bai nodded. After his Martial Soul possessed him, with the external Soul Bone's enhancement, many shimmering elemental lights appeared around him. They gathered much faster and were brighter than when he first awakened his Martial Soul!
Moreover, Hu Bai was pleasantly surprised to find that, besides lightning, his control over fire elements was very strong, and now he discovered that his control over wood elements was almost on par with fire!
And his control over dark elements also showed significant improvement!
End of Chapter.