Dongfang Jing's expression was focused.
His right hand summoned the Shattered Mirror Martial Soul, two purple soul rings rising from beneath his feet.
He slowly released his purest soul power, activating the Martial Soul Awakening Technique. He released a small amount of soul power from his fingertips, injecting it into the six Awakening Stones.
*Buzz—*
The Awakening Stones instantly shone with golden light, completely enveloping Dongfang Yao.
"Hmm," she couldn't help but utter a sound,
feeling a warm and powerful force flowing through her body, extremely comfortable.
But this comfort didn't last long,quickly replaced by a strong impact and pain!
The golden light shield outside suddenly became extremely unstable, its internal light flashing wildly, as if countless stardust were violently colliding!
An energy fluctuation far exceeding that of ordinary awakening swept out, causing Dongfang Jing's clothes to flutter wildly.
His pupils contracted, staring intently at the light shield.
This scene was clearly different from ordinary awakening!
"Yao'er, calm your mind! Hold on!" Dongfang Jing immediately shouted in a deep voice, "Try to accept this power, don't resist it!"
Inside the light barrier, Dongfang Yao gritted her teeth, her small face showing a painful yet stubborn expression.
Following her brother's guidance, she no longer subconsciously resisted the strange power surging within her body, but instead tried to understand and guide it.
Gradually, the violent energy seemed to find an outlet,beginning to converge wildly into her right palm!
The outline of a long sword suddenly solidified in her hand!
This sword had an ancient and slender design, but its blade was not made of ordinary iron; it looked as if a section of the deep night sky had been cut off.
Starlight flickered and died on its surface,as if containing an endless galaxy, radiating a mysterious and powerful aura!
Dongfang Jing stared intently—
This sword is of extremely high quality!
The light from the Awakening Stone completely faded, and silence returned to the scene.
The girl slowly opened her eyes, looking somewhat bewildered at the martial spirit in her hand.
Dongfang Jing smiled and handed her the Soul Testing Ball: "Yao'er, put your hand here."
Dongfang Yao subconsciously placed her small hand on the crystal ball.
In an instant—the entire crystal ball erupted with an incomparably dazzling blue light, its radiance flowing and instantly filling it!
"Congratulations, Yao'er, you have innate full soul power!"
"How...how could this be?!" Dongfang Yao was utterly shocked.
She had only hoped to have a little soul power, enough to cultivate.
This innate full soul power was something she had never even dared to dream of.
Dongfang Jing pondered for a moment, then asked, "Yao'er, do you have any other sensations? For example, do you feel like you can enter a special space through some medium? Or... do you have a second martial soul?"
After carefully sensing it, the girl shook her head firmly in denial, "No, brother, what exactly is this?"
"If I'm not mistaken, your original martial soul should have been an ordinary iron sword.
But it underwent a martial soul mutation, and a benign one at that! It forged this sword with patterns similar to the Big Dipper carved on it."
"Star Sword!" Dongfang Yao murmured softly; this was the name of her martial soul.
Seeing his sister suppressing her excitement, Dongfang Jing smiled with relief.
In his heart, however, he was pondering whether this martial soul mutation was related to the meteor shower Yao'er had mentioned a few days ago, and being hit by a meteor?
Then, the young man chuckled and shook his head.
Thinking too much was useless; there were many strange things in this world.
He waved to his sister, who was excitedly brandishing her sword haphazardly not far away, "Yao'er, we should go back."
"Okay!" Dongfang Yao tried to use her mind to retrieve the Star Sword.
Her face was still flushed from exercising.
Dongfang Jing patted her head and said, "Since you have innate full soul power, you'll come to the Hall of Ten Thousand Mirrors to train your physical body these days. After a while, I'll take you to obtain your first soul ring."
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, brother!"
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
During this week,Dongfang Jing subjected Dongfang Yao to grueling training in the Hall of Ten Thousand Mirrors.
Weighted running, push-ups, squats, and other physical exercises were honed under gravity.
She was also subjected to being pelted with shattered mirrors in a repulsive force field to practice her dodging and balance,while constantly resisting the oppressive force of the mirror blades within the hall.
Even back in reality, time couldn't be wasted.
Dongfang Yao had heard from her brother about a form of exercise called "yoga," which could help her stretch and relax, improve flexibility, enhance breathing, and maintain metabolism.
But these weren't the most important things;
the little girl had heard that yoga could also give her a great figure!
Ultimately,all the training aimed at one goal—
laying the strongest foundation so that she could absorb higher-level soul rings in the future.
Although Dongfang Yao had a better foundation than other children her age,the high-intensity training still made her suffer greatly;each day, she looked like a fish pulled from water.
But she gritted her teeth and endured it silently,though in the quiet of the night, she couldn't help but miss her brother who would gently stroke her hair.
Dongfang Jing felt the same heartache.
But he understood that if he couldn't be ruthless enough to help her build a solid foundation now, the enemy would only be more ruthless towards her in the future!
At the end of the last day of training,before leaving the Hall of Ten Thousand Mirrors, Dongfang Jing confirmed again: "Yao'er, are you sure you don't have any other unusual sensations in your body? For example, do you sometimes experience tiny cracks deep within your meridians and flesh, like a mirror, which then repair themselves?"
Dongfang Yao's face fell, and she shook her head weakly: "Brother, you've asked me seven times already! Really, no!"
She couldn't understand why her brother would ask such a strange question.
Hearing this, Dongfang Jing understood.
It seemed that the mirror blade consciousness of the Hall of Ten Thousand Mirrors only had the effect of tempering the spirit and will of outsiders,and wouldn't cause a physical transformation like his "mirror body splitting his soul."
Leaving the Hall of Ten Thousand Mirrors,the brother and sister began to pack their belongings.
"We'll buy the other essential supplies for the voyage once we get to Hanhai City," Dongfang Jing said, checking their meager luggage.
"Okay," Dongfang Yao nodded, her gaze lingering on the little home she'd lived in with her brother for two years.
Every corner here held warm memories.
She felt the same reluctance to leave this peaceful and tranquil Baisha Village.
After packing, the two arrived at the old village chief's house.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
A knock sounded.
"Who is it?" the old village chief asked, opening the door to look.
But there was no one outside, only a money bag on the ground.
The old man bent down to pick it up, opening the bag—a hundred gleaming gold soul coins immediately caught his eye, instantly illuminating his already dim old eyes.
The old man paused for a moment, then silently put the money bag into his pocket.
He looked up at the path leading to Hanhai City outside the village, a complex yet knowing smile appearing on his wrinkled face.
He sighed softly, as if talking to himself,
"The house has always been kept for you. Come back anytime you miss it."
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