Luck—Chapter 4: Mutated Blue Silver Grass Martial Martial Soul, Four-Leaf Clover
After the door of the Spirit Hall was opened, Village Chief Kero and Qi Tian hurried over.
Following closely were the parents of other children.
Kero said nervously, "Master Su Yuntao, is there any chance that the children of our Luobo Village will become soul masters this year?"
It's no wonder he was so anxious—there hadn't been a single soul master in Luobo Village for many years.
Su Yuntao looked around, feeling the villagers' anticipation and anxiety, and sighed.
When everyone saw this, their hearts skipped a beat, and disappointment flashed in their eyes.
Could it be that...
There still wouldn't be a soul master in Luobo Village this year.
Everyone's eyes then turned to Qi Lin.
They felt that with Qi Lin's luck, it made no sense for him not to have awakened his innate soul power.
They expected to see a forlorn or frustrated expression on Qi Lin's face.
However, what they saw was Qi Lin's faint smile.
This smile was relaxed and calm, full of Buddhist serenity, and did not seem disappointed at all.
What's going on?
Everyone was curious, and Su Yuntao suddenly continued speaking: "There are a total of three people in Luobo Village who have awakened their innate soul power this year."
"Ah!"
Everyone in Luobo Village, including Kero and Qi Tian, exclaimed in surprise, confused by Su Yuntao's sudden reversal, and looked at him with some resentment.
Everyone's eyes seemed to say, 'Since someone in our village has awakened innate soul power, why did you sigh just now? You had us all worried.'
When everyone looked back at Qi Lin, they understood.
No wonder little Qi Lin didn't look upset at all—he must have awakened his innate soul power.
Meanwhile, the other children looked dejected and disappointed.
Kero's expression also brightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Master Su Yuntao, who are the three children in our village who have awakened their innate soul power? And what level are they?"
Su Yuntao looked at everyone's excitement and expectation, then sighed again.
"The three children who awakened their innate soul power are Qi Lin, Xiao Wu, and Qi Yue."
As soon as these words left his mouth, the parents of the children became visibly agitated and showed their expectations.
Parents of children who had not awakened their innate soul power all cast envious eyes on Qi Tian and Qi Yue's father, a middle-aged man who looked very simple.
In the crowd, only Kero remained calm, clearing his throat and saying, "Everyone, be quiet."
Kero was respected by the villagers. As soon as he spoke, everyone quieted down again.
Su Yuntao saw this and gave Kero a satisfied smile, then continued:
"Among the three, only Qi Yue has awakened level-one innate soul power. Xiao Wu and Qi Lin have both awakened full innate soul power."
"But unfortunately, Xiao Wu's martial soul is a soft-bone rabbit, and Qi Lin's martial soul is worse—it's a mutated blue-silver grass."
"Alas~ If their martial souls were stronger, their future prospects would be limitless!"
"Ah..."
"Soft-bone rabbit, mutated blue silver grass..."
"This is too incredible. Why would someone have such a martial soul?"
After listening, Kero couldn't help but sigh, looking at Qi Lin and Xiao Wu with regret.
What two poor children!
They should have had a brighter future.
As for the parents of the other children, they felt a bit unbalanced upon hearing that Qi Lin and Xiao Wu both had full innate soul power.
But now, their envy was replaced by a different feeling: disappointment.
In their traditional mindset, no one had cultivated the useless Blue Silver Grass martial soul for hundreds or thousands of years.
What does this imply? It means this martial soul is inherently useless. Even with innate soul power, its potential is fundamentally limited.
Even if it's mutated, it might not help.
After all, seven or eight out of ten mutated martial souls turn out worse.
As for the Soft Bone Rabbit... Although this martial soul is also quite weak, it's still better than Qi Lin's mutated Blue Silver Grass, right?
What a pity! It seemed Qi Lin's luck wasn't omnipotent.
Thinking this way, everyone's admiration for Qi Lin was immediately diminished.
Qi Lin noticed their reactions but didn't care.
Among the crowd, only Qi Lin's parents remained calm and unaffected.
As Qi Lin's parents, they didn't feel regret or disappointment.
They trusted their son's strange luck. Their intuition told them that his mutated blue-silver grass was evolving in a good direction.
Others didn't know what was happening inside the couple's minds, and Kero took the lead in comforting them.
Su Yuntao patted Qi Lin's shoulder and smiled kindly: "Although your martial soul is just a useless one, it's not completely hopeless."
"When your sister Sisi returns, we'll take you to hunt for soul rings, and then you can become a soul master."
"Come on, I believe that being a soul master isn't your limit!"
"Thank you, Brother Su Yuntao, for your concern!" Qi Lin responded with a smile, though he wasn't very worried about his future.
Seeing his calm and gentle expression, Su Yuntao suddenly felt relaxed, even the bottleneck of his cultivation seemed to loosen.
What a strange feeling!
Su Yuntao muttered to himself, then, remembering that dozens of villages were waiting for him to awaken their martial souls, he had to say to Kero:
"Village Chief Kero, I have something urgent to attend to, so I won't stay long."
Hearing this, Kero quickly replied, "Master Su Yuntao, don't worry about us. Your work is important."
After that, Su Yuntao looked at Qi Lin again.
"Little friend, I'm leaving now. When your sister Sisi returns, I'll come with her to visit you."
Qi Lin smiled and said, "Then Brother Su Yuntao, you go do your work first. It's more important."
"Haha, okay, I'm leaving now!"
With that, Su Yuntao waved goodbye, shouldered his bag, and left.
After he departed, the villagers dispersed and returned home.
On the way back, Qi Tian nudged Qi Lin's shoulder and winked. "Son, what does your martial soul look like? Show it to your father?"
Their tone and manner of interaction didn't seem like father and son, but more like two mischievous friends.
Xu Qian watched with curiosity from the side.
Qi Lin coughed lightly and said with a smile, "Well, just to broaden your horizons."
He then stretched out his right hand.
In an instant, a simple-looking blue sprout with four leaves suddenly appeared in Qi Lin's palm.
It looked ordinary, nothing special.
But after Qi Tian examined it carefully, he suddenly exclaimed, "Wife, look at the four leaves on our son's mutated blue-silver grass."
This clattering sound immediately drew the attention of Xu Qian and Xiao Wu.
They both came over and looked closer.
The veins on the four leaves of the clover emitted a faint golden glow, though it was very dim and hard to notice without paying close attention.
"Hey—" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she leaned down to examine the four-leaf clover in Qi Lin's palm.
Her eyelashes fluttered as she looked at the faint golden shimmer reflected in her pupils. She couldn't resist poking the leaf with her finger and cheered: "Brother Qi Lin's blue silver grass leaves can glow!"
Qi Tian looked at her with an expression of "as expected" and said to Xu Qian, who was also observing the clover, "Wife, I can tell at a glance that our son's martial soul isn't as simple as an ordinary mutated blue silver grass."
Xu Qian rolled her eyes and said, "Do you think I'm blind? Which ordinary blue silver grass can emit golden light?"
After Qi Lin, his parents, and Xiao Wu had seen enough, he retracted the four-leaf clover into his body.
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