Chapter 4: A Brave New World? No, it's not pretty
A child who doesn't even have a martial soul dares to get involved in the affairs of a group of soul masters, saying that it sounds good is bold, and if it is ugly, it is pure and looking for death.
In any case, since they helped, this kindness was worth remembering for a long time.
"Hello, my name is Leng Xiyue."
Leng Xiyue looked like the little sister next door... No, Hu Liena, who should be the big sister next door, has some doubts in her heart, looking at the age of the two of them, they are probably in their early tens, but aren't they the golden generation of the Wuhun Hall in the future? How could you be so miserable at this age?
Just as Leng Xiyue was thinking about how to ask, Hu Liena opened her mouth and asked, "Sister, why are you here?" You don't even seem to have a martial spirit, do you? ”
"Hmm... I'll tell you the truth, in fact, I have amnesia, I woke up not long ago, and I only remember things about this world, but I don't remember why I am here..."
"I see."
Leng Xiyue thought that the two of them would not believe this statement, but who knew that they just nodded with a solemn expression.
Seeing this, Leng Xiyue asked rhetorically, "Sister Nana, may I ask what kind of place is this?" Why are you being hunted down by those men? ”
"This is the Martial Spirit Forest." Hu Liena's body trembled suddenly: "We are now in a trial, or a promotion match. ”
"There are about 500 of us in this group of homeless children, all of whom are carefully selected from various branch halls, and the Wuhun Hall allows us to carry out a survival test in this forest without a time limit, and they will give us a small device to detect vital signs at the beginning, and it will not send us a signal of the end until there are finally a hundred people left."
"There are no rules for this trial, or the only rule is to live, all they want is these 100 strong people who can survive."
"These five hundred people are originally very talented, they are all carefully selected from all over the world, and the last survivors are extremely high in terms of cultivation talent, combat skills, and survival experience, and they are definitely the elite of the elite."
As she spoke, a glimmer of hope flashed in the eyes of Hu Liena and Evil Moon: "If you can become one of these hundred places, then the future will be bright, although the possibility of entering the core of the Martial Spirit Hall is very small, and there is a high probability that you can only become an ordinary guard and be assigned to do some dirty work, but that kind of life is also hundreds of times better than when we were wandering." ”
After hearing these words, Leng Xiyue roughly understood, listening to their description, isn't this just raising Gu?
Simple, but useful and efficient.
"Wuhun Palace... I've heard that ordinary people are treated very well, right? What's more, it's a soul master with a good talent like you, why do you have to go through this kind of thing? Leng Xiyue asked curiously.
As soon as these words came out, Evil Moon and Hu Liena both looked at her with the eyes of a fool, but they quickly reined in and explained helplessly:
"Silly sister, the premise of treating ordinary people well must first be an ordinary person, we were as old as you when we were wandering, whether it was a good-for-purpose cancer in the eyes of the small kingdom or the two empires, no one cared about being killed by high-ranking officials and nobles, and there were countless people who were arrested as slaves."
"Senseless wars between kingdoms, a large number of bandits and rogues, and tyrannical nobles change the fate of countless families every year, just like our parents, who were killed by robbers on the way to run a merchant, and their seemingly amiable friends will instantly become greedy demons, and those officials can confiscate our family property for any reason, and completely ignore our life or death, and end up wandering around..."
"If it weren't for the Martial Spirit Hall that saved us, gave us a bite to eat, and helped us activate the martial soul when we were six years old, and then taught us to cultivate and helped us obtain the first soul ring, where would we have the opportunity to participate in this trial that still has hope? I am afraid that I would have starved to death on the streets, or been captured by some slave traders, and lived a life that was worse than death. ”
"From the moment we were adopted by them, we have already decided that our lives belong to the Wuhun Palace, and the Wuhun Hall needs to cultivate our bloody nature and firm will to fight through such cruel training, and what we learn is also killing skills, instead of relying on the power of our own family or parents to receive good resources like those lucky people born in Wuhun City, we street children can only enjoy the same treatment as normal people if they survive."
"Actually, the Soul Hall didn't force us to go through this trial, they were happy to let us go outside... But no one wants to go back to that hellish world. ”
“... I see. ”
For some reason, Leng Xiyue, who had just killed someone and didn't make any waves, was in a somewhat complicated mood at the moment.
In her impression, Douluo Continent is a very prosperous world, but the darkness hidden behind the prosperity is probably unimaginable, such as the endless slave trade industry chain of the Heaven Dou Empire in the plot, as well as the grandiose human trafficking, she subconsciously forgot these dark things, and now when she heard Hu Liena say this, she remembered.
The Martial Spirit Hall that can carry out this kind of Gu cultivation trial, how good can it be?
Even after suffering so much and narrowly escaped death just now, Hu Liena and Evil Moon were obviously still very grateful to the Wuhun Palace, and they didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this cruelty, it seemed that they had already thought that the survival of the fittest was correct.
Leng Xiyue didn't quite understand what kind of darkness had been experienced that would make these homeless children rather die here than go back.
Seeing that Leng Xiyue was in a low mood, Xiaobai, who was leaning on the tree on the side, said helplessly: "Alas, I can only start to erase the side effects for you in the things I have experienced, so that you will not be uncomfortable because of some small things... For example, the after-effects of the first killing, so that you can be determined to stay calm and decisive at all times. ”
"But I haven't lived in human society, so naturally I can't understand the cause of all this, and I can't comfort you with my experience, and if I tell you about the structure of our astral society, you will definitely not be able to understand it."
"No matter what, I will always be there for you, if you are not happy with this world, then we will change this world, believe me, we definitely have the ability to do so."
"Well, thank you, Xiaobai." Hearing this, Leng Xiyue also had a smile on her face.
Yes, she is not alone, since she has come into this world, if she is dissatisfied with something and knows why this situation arises, then why not try to change it?
If you can't even do it recklessly, isn't it in vain?
"Alright, it's time to get down to business, if I want to activate the system, I feel like I can start with them."
"Yes, that's what I thought too."
After replying to Xiaobai, Leng Xiyue looked at Hu Liena, her eyes full of eagerness:
"Sister Nana, I don't know about you... Can you help me awaken my martial spirit? ”
The matter of opening a martial soul is not complicated, no matter what level of soul master it is, he can open a martial soul to others, he only needs to use his own soul power to guide the martial soul in the opponent's body and activate the innate soul power.
"Hmm... I haven't opened it for anyone else, but I think it's okay, right? ”
Although Hu Liena and Evil Moon are only first-ring soul masters, they also have eighteen-level or nineteen-level soul power, and they are only a little bit short of the second ring, so this kind of thing can naturally be done by opening a martial soul.
Hu Liena walked in front of Leng Xiyue, the demon fox martial soul possessed her, and then took Leng Xiyue's hand and said softly: "Take it easy, I will cross my soul power into your body until your martial soul is activated,"
Everyone's point of activating the martial soul is different, if there is an awakening stone, it is much more convenient, you can directly locate the part where the martial soul is located for activation, if it is activated in this way similar to fire transmission... Then you can only look for it little by little.
Leng Xiyue felt a stream of heat pour into her body along her palm, slowly walking on her, like a massage, quite comfortable.
This process was very energy-consuming and inefficient, and after a while, Hu Liena's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but Leng Xiyue showed no signs of activating the martial spirit.
The little white on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded angrily: "Stupid, if you let her sweep this power around your head, maybe she can activate the system." ”
"Uh... Isn't this going to happen? Leng Xiyue hesitated a little, and swept around her head, if something went wrong, it was not a joke.
"With me, what are you afraid of, just let her sweep away."
Xiaobai said so, Leng Xiyue no longer hesitated, and said to Hu Liena: "Sister, I seem to feel my martial spirit, it should be near my head, see if you can... Sweep it over here? ”
“... I understand. Hu Liena nodded, and then guided the soul power towards Leng Xiyue's head.
This process can be described as quite dangerous, as long as there is the slightest mistake, Leng Xiyue will become a fool.
… But there is no way, the most primitive way of activating martial souls is like this, who let them have no equipment to support them.
Hu Liena's movements were extremely careful, Xiao Bai also entered the soul space to guide, and after a while, Leng Xiyue felt that something like a barrier in her mind suddenly shattered, and she suddenly clearly perceived the existence of the golden ball of light.
Originally, Hu Liena's soul power was as cautious as a trickle, but at this moment, it was suddenly like a surging river, surging wildly towards the ball of light.
Leng Xiyue's eyes suddenly blurred, and the whole person seemed to have soared, his body became light and fluttering, and his consciousness was sucked into the ball of light.