Chapter 0001 - Martial Soul Awakening

　　In Cang Lan Continent, if one wanted to become a martial artist, the only way was to awaken one's own martial soul. Through the martial soul, one can communicate with heaven and earth, absorb spiritual qi, and cultivate. 　　There are many different types of martial souls, countless, which are divided into four major grades: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Yellow, each of which is divided into ten grades. 　　The higher the grade of the martial soul, the greater the speed, ability and potential of cultivation, and the greater the hope of achieving greatness in the future. 　　At this moment, in Luohe Kingdom, Linshui City, the Qin Family was holding a Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony. 　　One could only see that on a pitch-black altar, a handsome disciple with a proud face was sitting cross-legged. Below the altar, the Qin Family was surrounded by all the major disciples and elders of the Qin Family. 　　This disciple, named Qin Changkong, was the son of the Qin Family's Grand Elder, and in the Qin Family, he was a genius disciple second only to the Qin Family's Young Master Qin Nan. 　　It was for this reason that a trace of anticipation rose on the faces of the disciples and elders in all directions. 　　At this time, the pitch-black altar functioned, and strands of white light, emanated out, like a dream, as if it had transformed into a great vaporous serpent, burrowing into Qin Changkong's body, making it visible to the naked eye, and circulating within his body continuously. 　　Roar! 　　Suddenly, a mighty beastly roar resounded from within Qin Changkong's body. 　　Behind Qin Changkong's body, a streak of yellow light immediately surfaced until a full five streaks of yellow light surfaced, a ferocious and hideous gigantic white tiger silhouette rose up as if the King of Beasts had descended, exuding an overwhelmingly fierce and ferocious aura. 　　The elders and disciples in the entire arena all felt a great sense of oppression at this instant. 　　"This is ...... "The elder who was presiding over the ceremony, after being stunned, immediately reacted, looking incomparably excited as he shouted, "Five yellow lights! Five yellow lights! This is a yellow grade fifth grade martial soul! A yellow grade fifth grade beast martial soul!" 　　This sentence was like a thunderbolt thrown into the crowd, blowing the faces of all the disciples and elders, in unison. 　　"What? A yellow grade fifth grade martial soul?" 　　"Heavens, amongst our Qin Family, a top genius has appeared this time!" 　　"......" 　　Everyone's faces were written with intense shock, completely not expecting this result. 　　One must know that a yellow grade fifth grade martial soul, placed in the entire Linshui City, completely belonged to the top geniuses, and rarely appeared once in three years. Moreover, any martial soul that possessed more than the fifth grade of the Yellow Grade would have an unlimited, non-trivial achievement in the future. 　　They had thought that Qin Changkong would, at most, only be able to awaken a Yellow Grade Fourth Grade Martial Soul. 　　A look of ecstasy appeared on Qin Changkong's face, he hadn't even expected that he would be able to awaken a Yellow Grade Fifth Grade Martial Soul. 　　After seeing the shocked gazes of the disciples and elders in the entire arena, Qin Changkong couldn't help but feel a strong sense of arrogance rise up in his heart, and with a sweep of his gaze, he landed on a mediocre-looking disciple, his eyes filled with provocation. 　　This disciple was clearly the current young master of the Qin Family, the number one genius of the Qin Family, Qin Nan. 　　"Alright, next, Qin Nan!" That presiding elder quickly reacted and immediately drank in, a trace of thick anticipation rising in his eyes along with it. 　　Now that Qin Changkong had already appeared as a top genius, then with Qin Nan's talent, the Martial Spirit that he had awakened was bound to be no worse than Qin Changkong's. If that was the case, having two top geniuses would be a great help. 　　If that was the case, having two top geniuses, the future development of their Qin Family would be extraordinary. 　　As expected, after the presiding elder shouted out the name, the eyes of the shocked disciples, elders, and others in the entire arena all looked towards the plain-looking youth, and in their eyes, the anticipation was incomparably strong, even surpassing that of the previous Qin Changkong. 　　Qin Nan, not only in the Qin Family, but also in Linshui City, was a legend. 　　Qin Nan is the son of the Qin Family's head, born since childhood, practiced literature at the age of six, eight years old, literature moved Linshui City, nine years old, abandoned literature and turned to martial arts, practiced boxing at the age of ten, hunted tigers at the age of eleven with his bare hands, practiced knives at the age of twelve, mastered ten types of martial arts at the age of thirteen, was struck by celestial thunder at the age of fourteen, his body was not injured until the age of sixteen, created his own knife skill, classified as a middle-grade martial arts skill, which shook Linshui City. 　　There was once a strong person whose cultivation had reached the 'Martial King' level, after hearing Qin Nan's deeds, he immediately asserted, "The talent displayed by this son is extraordinary, the martial soul that awakens is bound to be of the fifth grade of the yellow level, or even beyond the fifth grade of the yellow level, the future achievement is by no means ordinary. " 　　The Martial King's words immediately had a great effect, Qin Nan had not yet awakened his Martial Soul, and he was recognized as Linshui City's first genius. 　　Only to see that Qin Nan was wearing a pitch-black robe, and with his slightly pale skin, he looked like he had not long recovered from a serious illness. Under the gazes of the crowd, his face was very calm, without arrogance or impatience, as he walked up to that altar. 　　"Whew, this day, has finally arrived ......" 　　Qin Nan gave a dark cry in his heart, took a deep breath, ignored the gazes of the crowd, and sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly closed. 　　From the bottom of that altar, strands of white light immediately floated out, continuously drilling into Qin Nan's body. 　　At this time, the disciples and elders surrounding the crowd immediately boiled over when they saw Qin Nan enter his state. 　　"I have an intuition that the martial soul that Young Master Qin Nan awakened is bound to be extraordinary!" 　　"Yes, Young Master Qin Changkong awakened a fifth-grade Huang ranked Martial Soul, Young Master Qin Nan's talent is higher than his, and it's bound to be even higher!" 　　"Hiss, a martial soul that exceeds the fifth grade of the Yellow Grade, not even one has appeared in the history of my Qin Family." 　　"All of you shut up, don't disturb Young Master Qin Nan, if there is an accident, can you all bear the responsibility?" 　　"......" 　　The atmosphere in the entire arena was incomparably hot, besides the young generation disciples who were in admiration, even those elders were in praise and their hearts were filled with strong expectations. 　　However, when Qin Changkong saw this scene, the original joy and pride of having awakened a fifth-grade Huang ranked martial soul was instantly washed away, his face extremely ugly. 　　"Hmph, the martial soul is destined by heaven, everything else, cannot be counted." Qin Changkong coldly said, "Do you guys really think that a Yellow Grade Fifth Grade Martial Soul, like anything, can be awakened whenever you want? Don't let it be that when the time comes, Young Lord Qin Nan, the martial soul that awakens is only a Yellow Grade Second Grade!" 　　As soon as he said these words, the eyes of the surrounding disciples and elders brought a bit of contempt when they looked at him. 　　However, these disciples and elders didn't say anything, after all, the current Qin Changkong was a genius who possessed a fifth-grade Huang ranked martial soul, his status and position, were not trivial. 　　Qin Changkong was looked at by the contemptuous eyes of the crowd, despite being extremely unhappy, his heart also calmed down quite a bit, Qin Nan's talent since childhood was there, even the Martial King was marveled at, the awakening of the Martial Soul, how could it not be a Yellow Grade Third Grade Martial Soul. 　　Thinking of this, Qin Changkong stared at the altar with dead eyes. 　　"Qin Nan, you must awaken a Martial Soul that is lower than Yellow Grade Five for me, at the very least, you must not awaken a Martial Soul that exceeds Yellow Grade Five ......" 　　Qin Changkong couldn't help but curse in his heart. 　　At this time, the white light that floated out from above the altar grew more and more. 　　Qin Nan, who was sitting cross-legged on the altar, had his face slightly reddened under the baptism of these white lights, and from within his slightly thin body, a sharp buzzing sound resounded. 　　The entire audience's breath stuttered almost simultaneously! 　　Only a ''boom'' was heard, and from within Qin Nan's body, a yellow light abruptly rose up. In the nervous eyes of the entire audience, after this yellow light rose, it came to an abrupt end, followed by a large sword with flames wrapped around its body, slowly emerging from the yellow light. 　　Almost at this instant, the entire audience of disciples and elders immediately froze. 　　A yellow light? A yellow grade one martial soul? The lowest grade martial soul? How was this possible? 　　Even Qin Changkong, who had constantly cursed before, was filled with shock and consternation, because he had never imagined that Linshui City's number one genius had only awakened a yellow grade one martial soul, the most trashy martial soul! 　　Qin Nan sat cross-legged on the altar, his eyes slowly opening, taking in all of these stupefied expressions in the entire arena. 　　"Red Flame Blade, a yellow grade one martial soul ah......" 　　Qin Nan secretly recited in his heart, and with a single movement of his mind, he retrieved this Red Flame Blade suspended behind his back into his body. He did not reveal the slightest bit of sadness or despair due to the awakening of the Ruined Martial Soul, instead, a trace of joy flashed out of the corner of his eyes, only that this trace of joy was quickly concealed by him.