Chapter 148 Holy Sword of the Stars!
"After his martial spirit awakens, Artorius can go to the martial spirit academy."
Xue Ke smiled and replied, "Don't worry about that. We already have the college we want to go to."
Qian Renxue looked at the busy black-haired boy not far away and asked, "Can you tell me which college I am from?"
Xue Ke did not hide anything and said it openly, "Notting College in Notting City, a junior college in a small city. I guess you have never heard of it, right?"
There are indeed more resources in the Wuhun Academy, and the training will be faster, but there is Xiao Wu in Notting Academy. Xue Ke really wants this 100,000-year spirit ring. Is there an easier way to get regret points than sacrifice? No! If you can get Xiao Wu, you can get both the spirit ring and the money!
Qian Renxue raised her eyebrows, then nodded and said, "Really? Okay."
"That's it? I thought you would at least try to persuade us. Aren't you surprised that we didn't go to the Spirit Academy? Instead, we went to that small city?"
Xue Ke's expression was a little surprised, as if she had not expected this at all. After all, the Spirit Hall has always been the type that cherishes talents. Doesn't Qian Renxue try to stop the loss of talent?
"That doesn't matter. I won't force anyone to join the Spirit Hall. A forced melon won't be sweet. Everything depends on their own wishes."
Seeing Xue Ke's expression, Qian Renxue felt a little funny. She didn't have such a strong desire for genius. She herself was the most talented soul master, and it was enough for the Spirit Hall to have her.
Xue Ke snorted in dissatisfaction. She didn't even try to persuade me to stay. Don't regret it later, you damn bad woman! I will slap you in the face!
Just as she was about to continue speaking, she heard a duck-like voice next to her saying, "Your Highness, and Bishop Ako, don't be fooled by that brat Artorius!"
Qian Renxue and Xue Ke turned their heads in confusion, and saw an ordinary-looking child of about seven or eight years old, hunched over and looking at them anxiously.
The child had freckles on his face, but fortunately his clothes were neat.
"Oak, do you know what you are talking about?"
Xue Ke frowned and scolded. Xue Ke was only eight years old now. Qian Renxue laughed in her heart when she saw her little adult appearance. It was a bit like an older sister scolding her disobedient younger brother.
Xue Ke's performance to the outside world was quite aloof, and she was very dignified in the main hall of the Wuhun. Most of these travelers were quite arrogant. Oak was frightened by her and shrank his neck. He looked a little afraid, but he still gritted his teeth and said unwillingly:
"I am a devout believer in the Angel God. Honesty is one of the seven virtues. Your Highness, I am not lying!"
"Artorius is a villain who bullies men and women! Don't be fooled by his obedient appearance now, but in fact he is full of evil intentions. He is not worthy of the Spirit Hall's training at all. I even heard him say that he wanted to leave the Spirit Hall before!"
Xue Ke's expression became increasingly cold. Oak knew that he didn't have much time left, so he hurriedly said to Qian Renxue:
"Your Highness, you must not trust Artorius. He is completely taking advantage of the Spirit Hall. He is an ungrateful ungrateful person! I am better than him. I can always follow you in his place! Bishop Ake, I can also be your brother! I want to take care of you in your old age."
"Shut up! Oak!"
Xue Ke shouted, "You really disappoint me! Artorius's outstanding performance is obvious to all of us. As his companion, you have received a lot of favors from him. But now, you dare to slander him like this!"
"Bishop Ake, I don't have any."
"I don't want to hear your excuses anymore! I only want to ask you one thing. Now is the time to prepare for the Spirit Awakening Ceremony. Artorius and the others are working hard to help, but what about you? Why are you here? Have you completed your work? You are the orphan who has been blessed and adopted by the Spirit Hall!"
Oak clenched his fists, unable to speak.
"You're lazy and you slander your companions. Is this what the Spirit Hall taught you?"
Xue Ke continued to speak, and Oak's head lowered lower and lower, until Qian Renxue finally smiled and shook her head to stop him:
"Okay, Ake, don't be angry, this is just a small conflict between children."
Qian Renxue winked at Oak, signaling him to leave quickly. The words "providing care for Xue Ke in her old age" really made Qian Renxue laugh.
Xue Ke was obviously still angry, but she didn't continue talking for Qian Renxue's sake. She glared at Oak with eyes full of anger.
Oak also retreated tactfully. He was too irrational today, but his jealousy towards Artorius was really unbearable. Why did Artorius receive such great favor? His Highness and Bishop Ako both had different attitudes towards Artorius!
Even His Highness, who is usually very busy, came specially to watch Artorius's martial soul awakening ceremony.
He is obviously just an ordinary person who has not even awakened his spirit! He, Ok, is a genius with the fourth-level innate spirit power! Since he was adopted by the Spirit Hall and came to the Spirit Hall to help with work, there have been few civilian spirit masters with spirit power in the huge Gengxin City. He is the best of the younger generation in this Gengxin City!
Watching Oak's figure leave, Qian Renxue smiled and shook her head. Children born as orphans are indeed more thoughtful, but they can only use an abacus and are born with the ability to calculate. They look very smart, but in fact they are very stupid.
When you meet someone who is better than you, the fire of jealousy will naturally burn. This is normal and nothing big. It's just that he acted rashly. Just because Qian Renxue was standing here, the joy went to his head. He didn't even find out the value of Artorius to A Ke, and he immediately came up to complain.
Could it be that the value of his child, who was not even a soul master, could be compared with the wishes of A Ke, the bishop? This kind of child was at most a stepping stone for the protagonist in the first chapter. He was not talented enough, his character was average, and he had no useful investment value.
Qian Renxue was sighing, but Xue Ke seemed a little unconvinced. She took a deep breath, waved her hand and said:
"Artorius, come here! I have something to ask you!"
Hearing Xue Ke's call, Artorius nodded and said loudly to the busy children:
"Everyone, work hard. Once we have cleaned up this place, the ceremony will begin! The Spirit Awakening Ceremony is the most important ceremony of the Gengxin Main Hall every year. We must show the spirit of the Spirit Hall."
The children who were working responded loudly when they heard this, and some thoughtful children even stepped forward and patted Artorius on the shoulder to show encouragement.
They all knew that Artorius was also one of the people who had awakened his martial spirit today, and whether he could make a comeback depended on today.
Artorius smiled shyly at everyone, then trotted over to Xue Ke.
"Sister, and Your Highness, good morning!"
With the arrival of Artorius, Xue Ke's original unhappy mood because of Oak was relieved a lot, and Qian Renxue also nodded at him.
"Good morning, Artorius."
Xue Ke slowly relaxed her frown, but still said seriously:
"You should address your duties when you work!"
Artorius said solemnly: "Yes! Bishop."
"Puchi——cough cough"
Qian Renxue couldn't hold back her cough and continued to be her background.
Xue Ke held Qian Renxue's arm, not allowing her to leave without permission. She turned her head and looked at Artorius seriously, asking: "Artorius, tell me honestly, have you had any conflicts with Oak recently?"
A hint of amusement appeared on Qian Renxue's face. Xue Ke was good in every aspect except that her personality was a little too rigid and serious.
In her opinion, this was just a simple incident caused by jealousy, but Xue Ke insisted on calling Artorius over to get to the bottom of it. Did she really treat him as her son?
However, Qian Renxue was too lazy to say anything. After all, she was not familiar with Artorius. If Xue Ke liked to take charge, let her do it.
Upon hearing this, Artorius looked in the direction where Oak had left. He scratched his hair and said awkwardly:
"Oke said bad things about me again, didn't he? This is not surprising. After all, because of His Highness, he has caused trouble for me several times." "Qian, um, Qian Ling'er?"
Xue Ke subconsciously looked at the innocent-looking blonde woman beside her, "How is this related to her again?"
Artorius was silent for a while, then he spoke:
"Oak has admired the glorious angel army since he was a child. In addition, his martial soul is the winged mountain sparrow. Since his martial soul awakened, he has been unstoppable. Moreover, Your Highness is from the Qian family. He wants to join your army and join the angel army. However, I can talk to you more because of my sister. He saw you instruct me a few months ago, so Oak holds a grudge against you."
"Just for this?" Xue Ke murmured in disbelief. She twitched her lips as she glanced at Qian Renxue, then said to Artorius again:
"Okay, I get it. Go back and prepare for the awakening of your martial soul. Don't worry about Oak. We will leave after the martial soul awakens anyway."
Artorius nodded, quickly returned to the team, and continued to direct everyone to clear the debris.
Unexpectedly, Qian Renxue had also given guidance to Artorius. After hearing what her "adopted son" had just said, Xue Ke also understood Qian Renxue's preference for her. She turned her head to look at the tall figure next to her, with a great figure, super long legs, a super beautiful face, and breasts that were even super large enough to be placed on the table.
"Once Artorius's spirit awakening is finished, I'll take you out for dinner, just the two of us."
Qian Renxue pondered for a while, "As the young master of the Spirit Hall, I shouldn't accept bribes from the bishop, but there is no problem with a courtesy treat between friends, take me to eat barbecue."
"Barbecue? Seafood barbecue!"
Although Xue Ke's salary would often be elbowed by Qian Renxue, she was not so poor that she could not afford this little money.
Qian Renxue nodded and took out a handful of dried meat from her storage bracelet.
"In that case, I'll give you a little gift in return."
Good friends should exchange gifts, but jerky
Xue Ke looked at her speechlessly, "Is this something you can eat during the sacred awakening ceremony? I am the bishop! There is no organization or discipline! You are eating in front of the bishop! I am in charge of discipline!"
"I am the young master of the Spirit Hall and possess supreme power." Qian Renxue said.
Xue Ke nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, you are one, you are ten thousand, and you are the supreme dried meat Bodhisattva."
Artorius and his team worked quite quickly, and apart from cleaning there was not much that needed to be done.
When everything was ready, the white-haired, kind-looking old man led a group of children into the hall of the Spirit Hall.
He was wearing a white robe, with a fist-sized word "Soul" in the center of his chest. This was the standard attire for people directly under the Spirit Hall.
On the left chest, there is a badge engraved with a long sword. There are three long swords intertwined on the badge. The number of three represents the third-level title of soul master, great soul master, and the long sword represents that this old man is a combat soul master.
The children's clothes are very diverse.
A large number of the children were wearing baggy and cheap formal clothes or work clothes, looking like office workers who had just got off work. These clothes were probably hand-me-downs discarded by their families. The wealthier ones wore neat and clean white robes like the old men.
What a majestic atmosphere the fifty-meter-high dome has! When the children walked into the hall of the Spirit Hall, they were immediately infected by the magnificent momentum. The dome of the entire hall was covered with murals. Various spirit graphics were painted in small squares, and the background color was shining gold, which gave people a feeling of splendor and simplicity.
There are huge crystal windows around the Wuhun Hall. The sunlight is refracted by the transparent crystal windows and shines on the murals. The golden light shines even more dazzlingly.
As the last child walked in, the old man bowed slightly to Qian Renxue and Xue Ke, then led them to the awakening platform. Artorius followed at the end, and soon the ceremony began.
"Martial Spirit Blue Silver Grass has no soul power."
"Martial Soul Scythe, but it's a pity that there is no soul power."
"next."
"next."
The old man's voice continued, ruthlessly judging their future. One after another, more than a dozen children's martial souls awakened. Their martial souls were all weapon martial souls such as blue silver grass and sickles. Not even a beast martial soul appeared. As for soul power, most of them were judged as "none" by the old man.
It was the turn of the eighteenth child, the last one before Artorius.
The old man seemed a little tired after continuously using his soul power. After all, he was not a young man, but he was still prepared to help the remaining two children complete the awakening process.
The awakening ceremony in the Gengxin main hall is different from that in the village. Today is the whole day for martial soul awakening. People who awaken their martial souls come in batches according to the registration time. After this batch ends, there will be the next batch. The work is done in shifts.
The golden spots of light gathered together, and this time, it was no longer a simple-looking martial spirit, but looked much more refined. A dark hammer appeared in the boy's palm, floating quietly.
The old man's eyes lit up, "It's a good martial soul, just right for this blacksmith city, but I don't know if it has innate soul power." As he spoke, he handed the blue crystal ball to the boy according to the procedure.
The blue crystal ball in his hand suddenly lit up softly, emitting dim blue light.
The old man asked gently: "Yes, with the innate soul power of level two, you can become a soul master. Child, are you willing to join the Spirit Hall?"
The boy looked at his spirit happily. His parents would be happy for him. He would become a big shot in the Spirit Hall in the future! The boy nodded vigorously, "I do!"
The old man gently touched his head and smiled, "Good boy."
He looked expectantly at the last child, the one favored by both His Highness and the Bishop.
Finally it was Artorius' turn. Without the old man saying anything, he stepped forward and nervously stood on the awakening platform, silently praying for a miracle to happen.
Suddenly, Artorius felt himself in a warm environment. His whole body was warm and his right hand felt burning. He subconsciously stretched out his right hand.
At this time, because he had his eyes closed, he did not see the shocked look in the old man's eyes. The light spots coming out of this child's hands actually exceeded the sum of all the previous children. There was no doubt about it. This was definitely a powerful martial spirit. The old man looked at Artorius with some excitement.
For those of them who were the deacons of the Spirit Hall who were responsible for the awakening of ordinary people's spirits, if they could awaken a child with extraordinary potential and then bring him into the Spirit Hall, they could gain a lot of benefits in evaluation, which would be of great help in their promotion. What's more, Artorius was now a member of the Spirit Hall.
Artorius opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the martial spirit in his right hand. He was stunned at the first sight.
Damn, is this really the Sword of Promised Victory?
Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes, "Martial Soul Resonance."
Her angel spirit was actually stirring. Was it a real sword or a projection? Could something like this actually become a spirit? No wonder A-Ke always thought highly of him and called him Artorius. It was quite reasonable to call this sword this name.
I don't know if this martial soul thing can be as powerful as the sword.
What a dazzling martial soul! I believe everyone will exclaim when they see this martial soul. The sword tibble is made of gold, the hilt is inlaid with gems, the blade is cold and shining, it can cut iron like mud, and the light it emits is as dazzling as the sun.
"A golden sword? But it doesn't look the same as the Angel's Holy Sword in the book. Could it be a mutated martial soul of the Angel's Holy Sword?" The old man said dully. Could this child be a legitimate member of the Spirit Hall? After all, His Highness, who truly possesses the blood of an angel, also came to see him awaken his martial soul.
Xue Ke looked at this scene and slowly curled the corners of her mouth. She had already got the first piece of the puzzle to defeat Qian Renxue in the future!
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