Shrek City.
An orphanage funded by Shrek Academy.
Today is the day Shrek Academy sends teachers to awaken the martial souls of the orphans here.
Among a group of six-year-old children, Wu Yuan secretly sized up the teacher who had come from Shrek Academy.
"I wonder what kind of martial soul I will awaken?"
His deep eyes revealed a maturity beyond his years.
Wu Yuan is a time traveler; in his previous life, he was a college student.
After reading a novel all night, he fell into a deep sleep, unable to resist the drowsiness. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent ten thousand years in the future.
In this life, Wu Yuan is an orphan. When he was three years old, his entire village was destroyed by evil spirit masters.
Fortunately, the soul masters from Shrek Academy arrived in time; otherwise, he might have become the transmigrator who died the most carelessly in history.
Since being rescued, Wu Yuan has been living in this orphanage funded by Shrek Academy.
Only now, having reached the age to awaken his martial soul, has he met the people of Shrek Academy once again.
"Next."
Du Weiren frowned slightly in front of the Awakening Array.
This year's batch of kids doesn't seem to have very good talent or martial spirit.
He hadn't seen anything particularly remarkable during the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony so far.
"..."
The children around Wu Yuan obeyed Du Weiren's orders and entered the awakening array one by one to awaken their martial souls.
But as he watched the martial spirits and innate soul power awakened in these children, Du Weiren became increasingly silent.
The Shrek Academy established the orphanage for two reasons: first, to adopt children who were homeless due to the rampage of evil spirit masters; and second, to help the academy select qualified geniuses to replenish its resources.
However, it seems there's little hope this year.
Du Weiren shook his head slightly, looked at the roster in his hand, and called out the name of the last orphan on this trip who needed to awaken his martial soul: "Wu Yuan".
"Yes," Wu Yuan replied softly, and quickly stepped forward.
"Um."
Du Weiren nodded slightly, then gestured, "Come on, step into the awakening array."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan immediately stopped hesitating and, mimicking the scene he had just witnessed, stepped into the awakening array.
"Buzz—"
The moment Wu Yuan stepped into the awakening array, he immediately felt a strange power guiding something deep within his body.
The next moment.
Behind Wu Yuan, a phantom slowly emerged.
At the same time, a mysterious golden aura suddenly erupted from his body.
"This…this is…" Du Weiren's expression hardened slightly as he stared intently at Wu Yuan.
This momentum...
I thought there was no hope for this trip, but to my surprise, there was a surprise waiting for me at the end.
Du Weiren stared at Wu Yuan, and as the awakening array continued to guide him, the illusory figure behind him gradually became more solid.
When Wu Yuan's aura reached its peak, the illusory figure finally revealed its true form.
It was a strange beast covered in black and gold scales, surrounded by a layer of pale golden flames, exuding a peaceful aura, and standing on auspicious seven-colored clouds.
"Beast Martial Soul... Although I don't know what kind of soul beast this is, it's definitely a top-tier beast martial soul!"
Seeing this, Du Weiren's face lit up with joy.
Meanwhile, Wu Yuan, whose martial soul awakening had ended, was also gradually waking up.
"My martial spirit... is actually the auspicious Holy Light Qilin."
After awakening his martial soul, he naturally learned about information related to it.
Possessing the ultimate light attribute and a fire attribute comparable to the ultimate, and naturally possessing a Ruilin Domain, it truly deserves to be called a legendary auspicious sacred beast!
Wu Yuan turned around in amazement, looking at the phantom of the Holy Light Qilin behind him, and thought to himself, "I knew that when the Shrek Academy teacher was awakening the martial souls of those people, he had a straight face, but now he's all smiles."
"Hello Wu Yuan, I am Du Weilun, the Dean of Students of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy's Outer Court."
At this moment, Du Weilun suddenly coughed lightly and looked at him expectantly, "This is the first time I've seen this kind of martial soul. Could you please introduce it to me?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan pondered for a moment.
It is an indisputable fact that I was rescued and raised by Shrek Academy from the clutches of evil spirit masters.
Even if he dislikes some things in the original story, he can still be considered a true member of the Shrek camp.
Since that's the case, Wu Yuan has nothing to hide and can just reveal the Sacred Qilin Martial Soul directly.
After all, in this day and age, you can say Shrek Academy is disgusting, but you can't say it's bad.
If Wu Yuan wants to receive better resources and training at Shrek Academy, he must, of course, showcase his talent as much as possible.
Thinking of this, Wu Yuan pondered and said, "Teacher Du, my martial spirit is called Holy Light Qilin."
"Holy Light Kirin?" Du Weiren was slightly taken aback, clearly not having heard of this name before.
Just as he was about to ask, Wu Yuan continued, "The Holy Light Qilin is a divine beast that does not appear in the world. It is naturally auspicious and blessed by the Mandate of Heaven. I, who have awakened this martial spirit, am the same."
"Therefore, I seem to have the ability to increase the cultivation speed of those around me."
"!!!"
When Du Weilin heard Wu Yuan's previous sentence, he was still a little confused. He didn't know what "destiny and blessing" meant.
But when he heard the next sentence, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
He grabbed Wu Yuan's shoulder in astonishment and asked anxiously, "What do you mean by 'can help those around you increase their cultivation speed'?"
"It's about increasing cultivation speed," Wu Yuan frowned.
Why does Du Weilun seem a bit dim-witted? Isn't increasing cultivation speed just an increase in the literal sense?
Otherwise, how else can we improve?
"Smack."
Upon hearing this, Du Weiren slapped his head hard.
Yeah, why did I ask such an idiotic question?
He gave an awkward smile, calmed himself down, and reorganized his thoughts: "Teacher got a little excited just now. What Teacher meant was, how exactly do you mean by increasing cultivation speed? And how many times can you provide the amplification effect, and how long does it last?"
After the initial excitement came a series of questions.
After listening, Wu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "As long as someone stays by my side, they can increase their cultivation speed. As for the amplification effect, it depends on how close that person is to me, and they must be someone who treats me well to obtain this effect."
"As for the time? There doesn't seem to be any time limit."
Even though Du Weiren had already prepared himself mentally, he was still deeply shocked when he heard the words.
What is meant by cultivation with unlimited amplification without time limits?
Are you sure you haven't activated your martial spirit?
His mind was racing, but Duvelen had only one thought at that moment.
That means I've struck gold for Shrek Academy!
Thinking this through, Du Weilen immediately decided to report it to the college's higher-ups.
However, before that, he decided to test Wu Yuan's innate soul power first.
He looked at Wu Yuan, suppressing his excitement, and handed over a crystal ball: "Wu Yuan, quickly test how much innate soul power you have."
Upon seeing this, Wu Yuan immediately placed his right hand on the crystal ball.
"Buzz—"
The next moment.
A dazzling light burst forth instantly.
"Oh my god!"
Upon seeing this, Du Weiren finally couldn't help but shout out excitedly, "He's actually a fully-powered innate soul force!"
(End of chapter)