Shendou Continent

Chapter 2 Awakening Day

I don't know when it started, people in the village began to discuss the Awakening Day.

Of course Lin San knew about this Awakening Day. Every year on October 23, according to legend, it was the birthday of the true god Pangu. It was regarded as a festival by an organization composed of fighters—the Holy See. The Yue Empire, and even the entire continent where it is located.

Fighters are superior to agricultural, industrial and commercial practitioners in this continent. Junior fighters can enter official positions and receive royal salaries. The destiny cannot be underestimated.

Becoming a fighter requires the awakening of the soul, and the Awakening Day is a big day for the Holy See to help ordinary children awaken their souls.No matter in any corner of the mainland, there are fighters of the Holy See, and wherever there is the Holy See, there is an Awakening Day.Due to the superpowers of the fighters and the great influence of the Holy See, Awakening Day is an important festival on this continent no matter where it is.

Awakening Day will also hold various activities to celebrate Pan Gu, but the most important thing is to help children with fighter potential awaken their souls.Usually the Holy See sends fighters to visit villages in the area, gathers children whose bone age is between 5 and 8 years old, uses the principle of resonance, and uses their own soul power to draw out the soul power of potential fighters one by one to help the children awaken their souls .Of course, this time is not limited to one day, but may be several days or even longer, depending on the manpower and arrangements of the Holy See branch.

Xiaoyou is already 6 years old. He was supposed to participate in the Awakening Day last year, but unfortunately, Xiaoyou fell ill around the Awakening Day last year. Long-term malnutrition and the wind and waves hitting the sea made Xiaoyou miss last year's Awakening Day. Awakening time.But in Li Long Village, there had been no fighters for ten years, and Lin San and Xiao You didn't feel any pity about missing the awakening day. They didn't feel that they were so lucky at all.

But this year is different. I heard that in the morning, two fighters appeared in Xidi Village next door. There is a boy named Chen Xiaodong, 6 years old, who is the village chief’s child. He is a playmate with Xiaoyou. children, and often help poor children with a few sweet potatoes and so on, the two hit it off quite well.Moreover, last year Xiaodong missed the awakening time of the soul in Xidi Village because he sneaked out to visit Xiaoyou who was ill.Afterwards, Xiaodong's mother took Xiaodong for thirty miles to the Holy See's rudder in the county government, hoping to ask the priest for help to see the spirit again, but the door was turned away.Xiaodong's mother was so angry that she could only beat Xiaodong severely when she got home.After knowing this, Xiao You felt guilty for a long time.This year, I learned that my good friend is actually a one-in-a-million fighter. I was so excited, and I began to look forward to this awakening day in my heart.

In the afternoon, a fat, bald man came to Li Long Village.The bald head and gray clothes are particularly conspicuous, and a huge five-pointed star pattern in the middle of the chest and abdomen is particularly eye-catching. This is the uniform of the priests of the Holy See, which symbolizes the members of the Holy See establishment. between.Long before the fat bald head came, the village chief had already stood at the entrance of the village and looked around. After all, it was the annual Soul Awakening Day, and around the Awakening Day, no matter how small the village was, there would be envoys from the Holy See.

"Your Excellency has come from a long way, exhausted from the journey, eat some seafood porridge to relieve fatigue." Before the bald fat man could stand still, the village head, Old Man Li, greeted him with a smile on his face, holding a bowl of half-hot seafood porridge in his hand.

"Village Chief Li, long time no see." The bald fat man said expressionlessly as he took the porridge.The Holy See is sacred, so the little village head will naturally not pay attention to it, and this village is not rich, if it is not for the prescribed actions, he will not come to this dilapidated small village.

"How many school-age children are there this year? Are there any with special potential?" Fat and bald asked routinely.

"A total of ten children need to awaken their souls, six boys and four girls, all between the ages of five and six." Village Chief Li responded with a smile, "The talent is not obvious, and it needs to be evaluated by the envoy of the Holy See."

"It shouldn't be too late, take me to see them." The fat bald head was anxious to complete the task, so he asked Village Chief Li to lead the way to the square in the center of the village.

Soon, the villagers who received the news brought their children to the square in the center of the village. Ten children, including Lin You, had already lined up and stood.Surrounded by family members and villagers watching the excitement.Everyone is pointing and talking about something, nothing more than words like whose child has hope and who has no play.The family members naturally hope that a golden phoenix can fly out of their chicken coop, and the child will have a safe future if he becomes a fighter.

The fat bald head stood in front of the children and briefly introduced the process to be done in a while.Roughly, they stood in a small room near the square, and the priests cast spells one on one to guide the soul resonance in the child's body and slowly awaken it.The priest specially reminded that there will be some discomfort during the awakening process of the soul, so let the children not be afraid, otherwise not only all previous efforts will be wasted, but those who really have the soul of a fighter will suffer backlash.

After speaking, the fat bald head began to take a little boy from the head of the team to the small black room beside him.After the child entered, the bald head asked the boy to close his eyes and relax, let go of his thoughts, light a stick of incense, slowly exercise his skills, and began to cast spells to perceive the resonance of soul power.About half a stick of incense passed by, and the fat bald head extinguished the incense with a snap of his fingers, regretting that the child had no fluctuations in soul power, let him retreat by himself, and called the next one to come up.

After going back and forth like this, after more than an hour of exertion, the fat and bald head was already sweating profusely, but the nine people who have been checked here have no fighter potential.The fat and bald man's physical strength is gradually exhausted. Although he is a fighter of the upper realm, he is a junior fighter after all, and his soul power is limited.During this period of time, the five priests of the rudder in Yandang County were in charge of about [-] villages in ten towns and towns. On average, one person had to visit [-] villages in ten days.After eight consecutive days of high-intensity work, he was already very tired.

The last one was Lin You.He waved his hand and impatiently signaled Lin You to come over.Lin You obediently stepped forward, closed his eyes and relaxed as required.It may be that Xiaodong's case infected him, or it may be that the previous effect has not completely dissipated. Not long after Xiaoyou closed his eyes, he faintly felt a strange fluctuation in his heart, a strange but weak air flow slowly flowing in his body .

However, the fat bald head looked at Lin You's thin appearance, and didn't think he had any potential at all.In order to call it a day and rest early, he wanted to pretend to go through the motions.The bald man who made up his mind didn't even bother to get lucky, and not long after the incense was lit, he directly announced whether Lin had potential.Xiao You was stunned, and the hope that hadn't started to burn was suddenly extinguished.

"I just closed my eyes." Xiao You still wanted to fight.

"You dare to question me?" the bald head said angrily.Looking at the bald and ferocious face, Xiaoyou was a little scared.

"Get out!" The bald head became more and more domineering, and he kicked Xiao Yi fiercely after speaking.

Xiaoyou was kicked and fell to the ground. He wanted to stand up but couldn't stand up. This priest was too powerful, and his thin body couldn't bear the kick at all.But he couldn't screw the priest, so he was beaten in vain, and tears began to roll in his eyes.At this moment, Lin San had rushed to Xiaoyou's side, and the priest's feet kicked Xiaoyou's body, which hurt more than kicking him.But he didn't dare to refute the priest, so he could only apologize to the bald smiling face while supporting Xiaoyou.Leaning in Lin San's arms, Xiaoyou cried aggrievedly.Lin San also had red eyes and moved his mouth, but he didn't say anything after all.

The village head did not dare to refute anything after seeing this scene, he just acted as if he hadn't seen it, stepped forward to greet the bald head, and repeatedly expressed that the master had worked hard.Those who watched the excitement around him also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this poor baby is not a potential fighter, otherwise their eyes might turn red and cry.As for the innocent being beaten, no one would care, who told the child's life to be cheap.

"Another unlucky day!" The bald fat man cursed inwardly.

The Holy See has a rule that if a potential fighter is found, the priest will be rewarded based on the child's potential, but the fat and bald head has been busy for eight days, and he hasn't even found a fighter, so he is naturally in a bad mood.

Sometimes life is like this, obviously gave you hope, but let you watch it shattered.Not all hopes will bring about a turnaround, some are just illusions.Even, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Lin You returned home dejectedly, and the father and son hugged each other in the simple tile-roofed house and wept.Soon, Xiaodong came to bid him farewell. In two days, he would go to the county's martial arts school to participate in the study.As a potential fighter, this is a crucial step.Once a person with the potential to be a fighter is awakened, he is eligible to go to various martial arts schools for further studies.The students are jointly trained by the Empire and the Holy See. The Holy See mainly provides some teachers, which is also the original intention of the establishment of the Holy See. All the expenses of the students are borne by the Empire.

On the way here, Xiaodong also heard what his little friend said about Xiaoyou. He had always sympathized with Xiaoyou.The two little hands hold together, like two sections of lotus root of different qualities joined together, one white and one black, one fat and one thin, it is said that the roots are broken, even if they are separated in the future, Xiaoyou and Xiaodong are still young.

This moment is like a witness of their friendship for an extraordinary life in the future.

(End of this chapter)