"Alas!"
Zhou Yan sighed. He knew Kong Xuan was mature for his age, which was why he was telling him all this.
But precisely because he knew he couldn't treat Kong Xuan as a six-year-old child, Zhou Yan understood that anything he said probably wouldn't change Kong Xuan's decision.
Zhou Yan said helplessly, "It seems you've already made up your mind?"
Kong Xuan nodded seriously. Since he had already transmigrated, he naturally wasn't willing to stay cooped up in a small village for a lifetime.
"Alas!"
Zhou Yan sighed again, then stood up and walked to the cabinet behind him.
When he returned, he held a patched cloth bag in his hand.
"I've saved up some money over the years. It should be enough for the two of you to awaken your Spirits."
Kong Xuan refused, "Village Chief Grandpa, we already have money for Spirit awakening."
Zhou Yan was startled, then smiled, "It seems your little friend helped you."
As the Village Chief, Zhou Yan naturally knew about Kong Xuan and Qian Gufuliu's acquaintance.
Although the Qian Gu family lived in seclusion, they still needed someone to go out and make purchases occasionally.
Moreover, Tian Gu Village and Yanshan Village were not far apart. Zhou Yan had lived here for decades, so he naturally knew some secrets.
"Very well. Since you're all prepared, then follow Lin Yan from the east end of the village into the city tomorrow."
A smile finally appeared on Kong Xuan's serious little face: "Thank you, Village Chief Grandpa."
Zhou Yan shook his head helplessly, "I just hope you don't regret it later. Also, don't forget to get up early tomorrow morning."
Kong Xuan nodded seriously, "Don't worry, Village Chief Grandpa, I won't oversleep."
After Kong Ling finished her noodles, Kong Xuan pulled her back to their home as usual.
However, this time on the way, Kong Ling kept her head down, thinking about what had just happened.
After returning home, Kong Ling sat on the bed and asked, "Brother, after we awaken our Spirits, can we become Soul Engineers?"
Looking at his sister's curious gaze, Kong Xuan shook his head, "Not necessarily. It also depends on whether we can awaken spirit power."
Compared to the current Douluo Three Kingdoms, the Sun Moon Empire primarily focused on Soul Engineers.
So, even if the awakened Spirit wasn't very good, as long as there was spirit power, one could become a Soul Engineer.
Before his Spirit awakened, Kong Xuan also didn't know what kind of Spirit he would awaken.
On the Douluo Continent, the strong are respected, but to become strong, a powerful Spirit is standard.
Even the Sun Moon Empire, which doesn't emphasize Spirits as much, is actually the same, because a powerful Spirit can bring excellent Innate Full Soul Power.
Without a powerful Spirit, even becoming a Spirit Master or Soul Engineer would only make one cannon fodder.
And the inheritance of Spirits is basically inherited from parents, which has created countless Spirit Master families, where the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.
Therefore, the World of the Douluo Continent is actually a replica of the Brahmin system, where most people are born into a predetermined social class.
As a transmigrator, Kong Xuan naturally wouldn't accept his fate, so he wanted to awaken his Spirit; he wanted to defy the heavens and change his destiny.
For him now, being an orphan might be his biggest advantage, at least his biological parents might have been Spirit Masters or Soul Engineers.
If he knew now that both his parents had trash Spirits, that would be true despair.
Seeing his brother's increasingly heavy expression, Kong Ling reached out her small hand and smoothed Kong Xuan's furrowed brow.
"Brother, I believe we will definitely be able to awaken spirit power."
A smile appeared on Kong Xuan's face, and he nodded, "Yes, we will definitely be able to awaken spirit power."
...Lin Yan was an uncle in his thirties, tall, fierce-looking, and with a big beard.
But Kong Xuan knew that Lin Yan was actually a very kind uncle, a very good person.
He owned an ox cart and often pulled wild vegetables and medicinal herbs from the mountains to sell in the city.
The next day, Kong Xuan and Kong Ling woke up early. After having breakfast at Village Chief Grandpa's house, they were taken to the east end of the village.
Last night, Zhou Yan had specifically greeted Lin Yan. When they arrived, Lin Yan was already waiting there.
After lifting the two little ones onto the cart, Zhou Yan instructed, "Lin Yan, I'm entrusting these two to you."
Lin Yan, who usually didn't talk much, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Village Chief, I'll make sure to bring them back safely."
The ox cart didn't move fast. According to Lin Yan, it would take about three hours to reach the nearest Shiquan City.
Along the way, Kong Ling's eyes were full of curiosity.
It was her first time traveling far and entering a city; everything around her was new and exciting.
Kong Xuan, however, was fine. After all, what hadn't he seen in his previous life? These mountains and rivers really weren't worth paying attention to.
From when the sky was still dim, to now, the sun was already hanging in mid-air.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but a city had already appeared in their line of sight.
Shiquan City was just a small city on the border of the Sun Moon Empire, and its city walls were not very tall.
There were only two soldiers guarding the city gate, and they both looked lazy and not at all serious.
After entering the city, Kong Xuan noticed that many of the buildings here were Gothic in style.
These buildings were not tall, and the advanced Soul Engineer technology of the Sun Moon Empire was not very evident in this small city.
Lin Yan first went to his usual shop. After selling all the goods in his cart, he then took Kong Xuan and Kong Ling to Shiquan Primary Soul Engineer Academy.
There were limited places in Shiquan City where Spirit awakening could be performed, and Shiquan Primary Soul Engineer Academy was the choice for most people.
Although their clothes were simple, it was clear they were from the countryside.
However, at the academy gate, they did not receive the same treatment as God King Tang once did; no gatekeepers gave them attitude, nor was there any brainless face-slapping plot.
After Kong Xuan pulled out twenty gold coins from his clothes pocket, someone specifically led the two of them to perform Spirit awakening.
Kong Xuan held Kong Ling's hand, following the person leading the way through the academy, and finally arrived outside a separate room in the southwest corner of the academy.
Tang Yilin was a teacher at Shiquan Primary Soul Engineer Academy, and she also worked part-time as an awakening master when she had time, as it allowed her to earn some extra money.
Although the amount for each awakening wasn't much, accumulating it added up to a considerable income.
Standing at the entrance of the awakening room, Tang Yilin looked at the two porcelain-doll-like twins in front of her, and her maternal instincts immediately surged.
"little brother, little sister, who wants to go first?"
"I'll go first!"
Kong Xuan released his sister's hand, gave her a reassuring smile, and then stepped into the awakening room.
He looked around. The awakening room was not large, and its walls were entirely silver-white, seemingly made of metal.
"little brother, just stand in the middle."
Tang Yilin's voice came out, and Kong Xuan obediently walked to the center of the room.
He was still very curious about the Sun Moon Empire's Spirit awakening method, as it seemed today's awakening would not use the six awakening stones.
Instantly, Kong Xuan felt his eyes light up. Strange patterns lit up on the silver-white wall in front of him.
In fact, not just in front of Kong Xuan, but patterns appeared on the walls of the entire room. These were engraved Soul Engineer formations.
As Tang Yilin infused spirit power, Kong Xuan felt a warmth spread throughout his body.
Immediately after, he felt this warm energy darting around inside him, finally rushing towards his right hand, as if something was about to burst out of his body.
Kong Xuan involuntarily raised his right hand, and white light began to emerge from it.
Tang Yilin also narrowed her eyes. She felt that the Spirit this beautiful little brother awakened would definitely not be a trash Spirit.
Kong Xuan looked at his right hand, and what appeared on it was a small spear.
His breathing became a little hurried, because he had not awakened a trash Spirit!
With a thought, the small spear in Kong Xuan's right hand instantly grew larger and was held in his hand.
Upon closer inspection, he finally saw what his awakened Spirit looked like.
The shaft of this long spear was crystal-clear and emitted a dazzling white light.
Moreover, his Spirit was different from ordinary long spears; its blade was extremely long, occupying nearly one-third of the shaft's length.
Just by looking at the quality of this long spear, it was definitely not an ordinary item.
Kong Xuan then noticed that two ancient characters were engraved on the shaft of the long spear: exactly "Sky-supporting"!
Looking at these two characters, Kong Xuan was slightly stunned; these two characters were not ordinary.
At this moment, Tang Yilin's exclamation broke Kong Xuan's thoughts.
"Innate Full Soul Power?!"