Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

Tang Yuehua glanced at him.

“Our Haotian Sect owns properties in Tiandou City, and I’ve recently been learning how to manage those properties.”

"You are a Soul Master, so you should be able to tell that there is no Soul Power fluctuation on my body."

Di Hong nodded. Although he knew it himself, he still wanted to wait for Tang Yuehua to say it herself.

"It's not hard to tell you. Although I am the daughter of the sect leader of the Haotian Sect, I cannot become a Soul Master because my Martial Soul mutated when it was awakened."

"It was precisely because of that mutation that I was unable to become a Soul Master."

"My current soul power level is level nine, but that's all I can do."

Without a spirit ring, she cannot become a spirit master. This short level is enough to prevent her from ever surpassing it in her lifetime.

Di Hong stroked his chin, his expression filled with doubt: "Your soul power level is level nine. Did you cultivate to level nine, or was it level nine when you awakened?"

“When you awaken, you'll be at level nine,” Tang Yuehua said.

When she first awakened her martial soul and saw her innate level nine soul power, her father, her two older brothers, the elders of the sect, and even her grandfather were overjoyed. Although her martial soul had mutated, it was not important to the Clear Sky Sect.

Importantly, she will also be a genius.

But fate had other plans. Her innate level nine soul power was both her starting point and her end point, because no matter how she cultivated, her soul power could never be improved.

This left Di Hong somewhat bewildered. A level nine innate soul power, yet unable to become a soul master—what kind of path is this? Even if Yu Xiaogang's martial soul mutated, he could still cultivate to level twenty-nine. Tang Yuehua shouldn't have stopped at level nine.

There was only one possibility he could think of: Tang Yuehua's mutated martial soul was too strong, even surpassing the Clear Sky Hammer, but she couldn't withstand this mutation.

But that doesn't make sense either.

"What is your mutated martial soul?" After a long while, Di Hong finally asked. Tang Yuehua's mother was the older sister of Bai He of the Min Clan, and her martial soul was the Sharp-tailed Swift, while her father's martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer.

But when I watched it online in my previous life, everyone said that Tang Yuehua's martial soul had mutated into the Ruyi Ring.

Tang Yuehua made no attempt to conceal or hide anything.

After Di Hong finished asking her question, a very gentle golden aura emanated from her body. This aura was very calm and gentle.

Sensing this aura, Di Hong felt an unprecedented peace in his heart. He knew that this was Tang Yuehua's domain power; she had a talent for domains.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Yuehua slowly extended her right hand, her slender fingers as white as jade, and a ring slowly appeared in her palm. The ring was entirely emerald green, engraved with exquisite patterns, and there was also a layer of golden patterns that regularly wrapped around it. The two combined without any sense of disharmony, and a sacred and gentle aura lingered around the ring.

"This is my martial soul, the Ruyi Ring."

"And the gentle aura you just felt was my innate domain, the Noble Ring Domain."

Looking at the Ruyi Ring Martial Soul.

Di Hong's eyes were filled with astonishment. He could sense that this Ruyi Ring Martial Soul was extraordinary, and its quality might even be comparable to the Clear Sky Hammer and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Souls. If Tang Yuehua could cultivate it, she would probably become an excellent support-type Soul Master or a control-type Soul Master.

With the martial spirit retracted, the domain power also disappeared.

"You must be quite surprised, my mutated martial soul looks so extraordinary, but I can't become a soul master."

"However, I will not be discouraged by this. Although I cannot become a Soul Master, I can do other things."

"What I'm more puzzled about is how such a huge Haotian Hammer mutated into such a small Ruyi Ring. The two are clearly unrelated."

Then, Di Hong actually began to imagine in his mind what Tang Yuehua's martial soul would look like if it hadn't mutated and she was carrying the Clear Sky Hammer.

Such a beautiful, dignified and elegant young girl, carrying a Haotian hammer.

As he was thinking, he suddenly couldn't help but laugh.

Upon seeing this, Tang Yuehua frowned and clenched her fists slightly. She knew that Di Hong was definitely not thinking anything good.

For some reason, she suddenly had an urge to punch him.

Don't be angry, don't be angry, he saved his own life.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Realizing his mistake, Di Hong quickly waved his hand and apologized, his tone very sincere.

Tang Yuehua shook her head and didn't say anything. She actually found it somewhat interesting. At home, because of her martial soul, no one had ever dared to act like this in front of her, ostensibly to take care of her feelings.

This was the first time someone had acted this way in front of her, making no attempt to hide anything.

Chapter 21 Misunderstanding

"You and I are in the same situation, but we have taken completely different paths."

Di Hong looked at Tang Yuehua with a hint of sympathy in his eyes, but this sympathy was fleeting and Tang Yuehua did not notice it.

"Oh?" Tang Yuehua tilted her head slightly, looking at him with a hint of doubt.

Di Hong explained with a smile.

“I am the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Silves. Our family’s martial spirit is the Fire Phoenix, but it’s different for me.”

"You also have a mutated martial soul?"

Tang Yuehua was unaware of this. She couldn't possibly have specifically looked into Di Hong. She had only heard of him before, knowing that there was such a genius who reached the Soul King level in just six years after awakening his Martial Soul.

But she only regarded his martial spirit as the Fire Phoenix.

She only learned today that the other party also had a mutated martial soul.

“That’s right.” Di Hong took a few steps back, creating some distance, and then released his martial spirit.

With a cry, a huge Vermilion Bird, its entire body engulfed in flames, appeared behind him. At the same time, flames surrounded him, and even his eyes were covered with a layer of fire. His body was much stronger than before, and he looked like a god bathed in flames, exuding a surging holy aura.

After releasing her martial spirit, Tang Yuehua retreated continuously as waves of heat surged towards her. If Di Hong hadn't been able to control the flames, they would have been enough to burn her to ashes.

"This is my martial soul, the Vermilion Bird."

"A top-grade martial soul?" Tang Yuehua stared blankly at the solidified Vermilion Bird. It was the first time she had ever seen such a sacred martial soul. Its aura made one feel an irresistible urge to bow down and worship.

It's likely that even the Clear Sky Hammer isn't as good as Di Hong's Vermilion Bird Martial Soul.

The highest quality martial soul she knew was the Six-Winged Angel martial soul, but the Vermilion Bird martial soul before her was even stronger than the Angel martial soul in terms of holiness.

She had seen the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul before. Her grandfather, Tang Chen, and the Pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu, had fought each other more than once. Once, she and her two older brothers saw the two of them fight from afar.

The divine aura emanating from the six-winged angel is something that other martial souls do not possess.

But today, she saw a martial spirit that exuded an even stronger divine aura than a six-winged angel.

Perhaps Di Hong's martial soul is not a top-grade martial soul at all, but a martial soul of even higher quality than a top-grade martial soul.

After retracting his martial spirit, Di Hong returned to his normal state.

"Although my martial soul has also mutated, it is completely opposite to yours."

Tang Yuehua didn't say anything, she just nodded.

The two continued on their journey.

However, this time, unlike before, the two talked about many things, and he encouraged Tang Yuehua to take another path since she could not become a Soul Master.

Because he knew that there were many things that Soul Masters could not do. Just as Tang Yuehua thought, after realizing that she could not become a Soul Master, she turned to learning other things, such as business and etiquette, which were her main focus.

Although Haotian Sect is the number one sect in the world, its members rarely communicate with others. It's not that they are arrogant or stupid, but rather that they simply don't know how to talk to people. Everyone in the sect is straightforward, and sometimes they start fighting after only a few words. However, after the fight, they go back to drinking or cultivating as usual, and their relationships remain as good as before.

In the eyes of the sect disciples, a fight would resolve all conflicts.

This has led many forces to dislike the Haotian Sect, believing that the Haotian Sect is abusing its power.

It's not that they want to bully others by taking advantage of their power. The atmosphere in the Haotian Sect is one where the strong are respected. So, in the Haotian Sect, words are useless. Only fists are the best way to communicate. Although this can make the sect have many strong people, it can also easily make the sect make too many enemies.

That's why she needs to learn how to communicate with others, learn aristocratic etiquette, music, and expand her network.

The Spirit Hall's suppression of the Clear Sky Sect is something that almost no other force wants to get involved in. They can't afford to offend either the sect or the hall, and besides, they would be happy to see two top forces clash, especially the Heaven Dou Empire.

Although the Haotian Sect is located within the territory of the Tiandou Empire, it does not actually support the Tiandou Empire. Instead, it implicitly supports the Xingluo Empire because, like them, the Xingluo Empire also respects the strong, and only the strongest can sit on the imperial throne.

This is exactly what the Haotian Sect wants.

However, the Haotian Sect is not that bloody; they don't need to kill their own brothers.

As evening fell, they left the Sunset Forest and arrived at a small town.

Many Soul Masters were gathered in twos and threes in the town. The two of them entered the town and quickly attracted attention. It was hard not to notice the appearance of a handsome man and a beautiful woman. However, they only glanced at them and then went about their business.

Since everyone here is a Soul Master, they can naturally see Di Hong's strength.

We arrived at a hotel in the town. The hotel was very simple, with only two floors and a wooden structure.

Upon entering the hotel, I found a seat by the window and sat down. As soon as I sat down, a staff member came over.

"What would you like to eat, my guest?"

He then handed Di Hong a menu, which Di Hong then passed to Tang Yuehua.

"You order."

Tang Yuehua didn't stand on ceremony. She took the menu and started ordering, but she didn't order anything too expensive because she was broke. She had lost all her money, so she just ordered a few cheap dishes.

After ordering a few more meat dishes, Di Hong returned the menu to the waiter.

"Please wait a moment, sir."

After the first server left, another server brought over a pot of tea.

The two chatted and drank tea for a while before the waiter brought out the dishes.