activa-t Chapter 2 Young man, do you want to learn some real kung fu?
Chapter 2 Young man, do you want to learn some real kung fu?
Lin Mu did not answer the question directly, but simply looked at the boy in front of him who had been beaten black and blue, but whose eyes were unusually stubborn and determined.
The indomitable flame burning deep within his eyes seemed to transcend time and space, tightly overlapping with a frail figure from another world who knelt for three days and three nights at the entrance of a martial arts school, begging his master to take him in.
He was transported to this world by accident and awakened extremely rare innate full soul power and twin martial souls at the age of six! That's right, it's an invincible start very similar to the protagonist Tang San in the original work!
The only difference is that his two martial souls are neither weapon martial souls nor simple beast martial souls! They are two people! Two people who look exactly like him! One is full of holy light attributes, and the other is full of dark aura! Yin and Yang, two sides of the same coin, mutually generating and restraining each other!
He was expected to have an unstoppable momentum, crushing all other geniuses and reaching the pinnacle of Soul Master! But fate played a cruel joke on him:
—He can't absorb the spirit ring!
Every time he tried to absorb a spirit ring, his body would produce a strong rejection reaction. In the Douluo Continent, which is based on spirit rings, this was tantamount to a death sentence for him!
Twelve years were wasted, and he endured countless scornful looks from others.
Until yesterday, a shackle that had been dormant deep in his mind for a long time suddenly broke. His Yin-Yang dual martial soul began to gradually merge and eventually transformed into a Tai Chi pattern!
An ancient and simple phantom of the [Primordial Dao Diagram] slowly unfolded from the pattern, with twenty dim star markings on it, which were exceptionally conspicuous!
Along with it came a system called "Martial Arts Master".
As long as you continuously recruit disciples, activate the corresponding star markers, and teach them matching cultivation techniques, you can receive certain cultivation feedback, become stronger, and receive various other types of rewards!
In addition, he learned a great secret about this world from the system!
At this moment, the indomitable fire revealed in the eyes of the young man in front of him seemed to ignite something long dormant deep in Lin Mu's heart, causing ripples to spread across his originally calm mind, which lingered for a long time!
Just then, a system notification suddenly rang in Lin Mu's ears:
[Ding! A disciple meeting the activation requirements for the "Thick Earth Star Position" in the [Innate Dao Diagram] has been detected!]
Name: Shi Tie
Character: Resolute and unyielding, persistent and unwavering, capable of carving even metal and stone!
Physique: Ancient Sacred Body
Earth element affinity: 98%
……
Huh? There's an unexpected surprise!
The Ancient Sacred Body has a 98% compatibility rate with the Earth Star Position! This is no trash at all; this is clearly a cultivation genius buried by the Martial Soul system!
He suppressed the turmoil in his heart, his face regained its calm and composed expression, and he gave Shi Tie a very inscrutable smile.
"Cultivation? I know a little bit! Kid, I see you have extraordinary talent; you're a promising candidate for cultivation. Would you like to learn some... real skills from me?"
……
Lin Mu lived in a dilapidated hut in the most remote corner of the academy. The light shone, dispelling the surrounding darkness, but it could not dispel the turmoil in Shi Tie's heart.
At this moment, he was sitting on the wooden bed where Lin Mu was sleeping, his upper body ramrod straight, his hands constantly rubbing his knees, but his eyes were fixed on the figure in front of him who was slowly drinking tea.
Everything seemed so unreal!
Just a moment ago he was experiencing hellish bullying, but the next moment he was brought here by a gatekeeper who was also considered a good-for-nothing by others.
The phrase "real kung fu" that the other person mentioned was incredibly appealing to him at that moment!
"Mr. Lin, what kind of kung fu did you mention earlier? Is it like the self-created soul skills that the master researched?" After a long while, Shi Tie finally couldn't help but ask cautiously. This was the closest description he could come to in his limited knowledge.
Lin Mu put down his teacup, then shook his head, a hint of something indescribable flashing in his eyes: "Soul skills? Those are merely techniques derived from external things like martial souls and soul rings. Borrowed power ultimately has certain limitations!"
Then, he extended two fingers and gently tapped about three feet below Shi Tie's lower abdomen, continuing, "The skill I'm talking about is the key to unlocking the inexhaustible treasure within yourself. It doesn't rely on heaven, earth, or any ethereal martial spirit quality. It only requires you to rely on extraordinary perseverance to unite your 'essence,' 'qi,' and 'spirit' to unleash boundless power!"
Shi Tie looked shocked and skeptical: "Just through perseverance, we can become stronger? Is that really possible? But... Mr. Lin, if we don't rely on martial spirits, how are we supposed to cultivate soul power? The teachers at the academy have never taught us any of this!"
Lin Mu wasn't surprised by Shi Tie's skepticism. He simply looked at him intently and asked, "The academy's teachers? They're nothing but a bunch of mediocre people! Didn't they all tell you that with only level one innate soul power and a low-grade stone martial soul, you'll probably never amount to anything in your life?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Tie clenched his fist tightly, his nails digging into his palm. He did not answer Lin Mu's question, but the gloomy look on his face basically confirmed his guess.
"In this world, people begin awakening their Martial Soul at the age of six. Whether they can become a powerful Soul Master in the future is basically determined at the time of awakening, based on their innate Soul Power and Martial Soul quality! Afterwards, when they enter the Soul Master Academy, they learn the basic theories about Soul Power and Soul Rings!"
"but!"
Lin Mu suddenly changed the subject, his voice carrying a kind of magical insight into the world: "Have you ever wondered why soul beasts don't need any martial soul awakening, nor do they need to hunt their own kind to absorb soul rings to continuously grow stronger? Have you ever seen any kind of soul beast that is born unable to cultivate?"
"This..." Lin Mu's words stunned Shi Tie. This was clearly a blind spot in his thinking that he had never touched before.
"The answer is simple!"
Lin Mu's voice was deep and powerful, as if revealing the ultimate secret of this world: "What I want to tell you is that the humans of this continent have been imprisoned by an invisible shackle since the day their martial souls awakened!"
"Hunting soul beasts to absorb soul rings is a misguided path of cultivation that relies on external forces to become stronger. While it rapidly grants power, it also severs humanity's ability to sense the origins of heaven and earth! It will only greatly limit human development!"
A look of confusion flashed in Shi Tie's eyes. Clearly, Lin Mu's words were like listening to gibberish to a child of ten years old!
But he knew that Mr. Lin was definitely not the good-for-nothing others described, but a highly skilled master in hiding! This might be his only chance to change his fate in this life, and if he missed it, he would probably regret it forever!
Thinking this, Shi Tie didn't hesitate any longer. He knelt down with a thud and sincerely said to Lin Mu, "Mr. Lin, although I don't understand what you mean, I can sense that you are definitely not the trash others say you are! I really want to become stronger. I don't want to be trampled and humiliated by others anymore. I want to learn real skills from you! I hope you can teach me!"
Looking at the boy in front of him with burning eyes who knelt down without hesitation, Lin Mu's last thought vanished.
He seemed to see the [Primordial Dao Diagram] in his mind, with one of the star positions stirring and resonating with it! This would be the first seed he planted in this world, a seed containing infinite possibilities.