Chapter 2: The Soul of the Azure Dragon

On his way back from the Martial Arts Arena, Lin Mo had been pondering how to deal with Li Nuo's situation. Now that he hadn't awakened his Martial Spirit, he was no longer the respected young master in everyone's eyes. In the Li family, he had lost any say he once had. They might consider Lin Xiaoran's favor and not do anything to him. But Li Nuo was just a collateral female member of the family and held little status. If her marriage could bring more benefits, the Li family would undoubtedly agree without hesitation.

Back in his room, he kept questioning himself. "What's wrong with my Martial Spirit? Why can't I awaken it?"

Bang!

Lin Mo angrily pounded his fist against the wall, causing his flesh to tear and blood to drip down. After a while, he took out a jade pendant, the only thing left to him by Lin Xiaoran. Whenever he missed his father, he would take it out and look at it a few more times.

Looking at the jade pendant, he said bitterly, "Father, I've disappointed you. I don't even have the qualification to become a warrior..."

As his blood-stained hand touched the jade pendant, it suddenly became scorching hot. Then, with a swish, it turned into a white light and quickly entered his body. In his extreme surprise, the white light rushed towards his dormant Martial Spirit. Boom! The two collided, and a low rumble sounded, followed by a clear dragon roar echoing out.

Huff! Huff!

A white dragon with wings and dorsal spines burst out of his body and began to coil around him.

"So, this is how my Martial Spirit awakens?"

Looking at the majestic white dragon, Lin Mo was immensely shocked. At the moment of Martial Spirit awakening, a surging sense of power spread throughout his body. Then, his cultivation broke through to the first level of the Martial Dao.

On the continent of the War Soul, the levels of cultivation for warriors were strict: first was the Body Refining Nine Stages, then the Martial Dao Nine Heavens, followed by the Elemental Wheel Realm, the Elemental Vein Realm, the Elemental Mansion Realm, and so on.

When a warrior awakened their Martial Spirit, they would receive feedback from the elemental power of heaven and earth, enhancing their cultivation. The higher the level of the Martial Spirit, the more immense the feedback of elemental power.

"Only one level breakthrough?"

Lin Mo was slightly disappointed. He hadn't expected that the majestic dragon-shaped Martial Spirit would only help him break through to the first level of the Martial Dao. Li Shaoyu's Human Tier, Rank Six, had allowed him to break through to the third level of the Martial Dao.

"Mo'er, you are originally of the Azure Dragon lineage, and your Martial Spirit is your true Azure Dragon soul."

As Lin Mo felt a slight disappointment, he suddenly heard Lin Xiaoran's voice in his mind.

"Azure Dragon lineage?" Lin Mo exclaimed.

"Your dragon soul is as weak as you are, but if it can devour the souls of monsters, it can increase its level."

After this statement, there was no more sound.

Afterward, Lin Mo found that the jade pendant had returned to his hand unharmed, with only a white dragon carved on it. After examining the jade pendant repeatedly and finding no further abnormalities, Lin Mo began to try to activate his martial spirit to absorb the elemental energy of heaven and earth. Strands of white elemental energy slowly flowed into his body. After being refined by the martial spirit, a stream of golden elemental energy began to circulate through his meridians. Finally, it surged into his lower abdomen, into his dantian sea of qi.

Feeling the appearance of a strand of golden elemental energy in his dantian, Lin Mo's eyes suddenly filled with astonishment. This kind of golden elemental energy was exactly the same as the one circulating in his father's body, known as Tianlong Elemental Energy. Lin Mo had heard from Lin Xiaoran that the power of Tianlong Elemental Energy was ten times that of ordinary elemental energy. In other words, under the same cultivation level, his strength would be ten times that of others.

"With this Tianlong Elemental Energy, won't I become a powerful figure like my father?" Thinking of Lin Xiaoran's extraordinary power, Lin Mo was filled with excitement. However, due to the low level of his dragon martial spirit, which was only the lowest rank of Human Grade Level 1, the speed of absorbing and refining elemental energy was not fast. After half a day of cultivation, Lin Mo only harvested a small amount of Tianlong Elemental Energy.

"Father said that letting the martial spirit devour the souls of monsters can increase its level. It seems that I'll have to find some monster souls in the future." Lin Mo murmured to himself.

"Young Master, Young Master, it's not good. The people from the City Lord's Mansion have come to propose marriage again." Just then, the anxious voice of a maid came from outside the door. It was said "again" because the City Lord, Wang Muyang, had proposed marriage more than once before. Previously, the Li family had naturally refused because Lin Mo objected. Now that Lin Mo's status in the Li family had plummeted, they had come up with this idea again.

"They move fast." Lin Mo sneered.

"What should we do? Your position in the family has plummeted..." The maid whispered.

"Don't worry, I won't let them succeed." After saying that, Lin Mo hurried to the Li family's council chamber. The maid watched Lin Mo's figure recede, shaking her head helplessly, and said bitterly, "If you were still the young master you used to be, there would be no problem. But now..."

As Lin Mo hurried along, he was stopped by five figures when passing by the martial arts arena. They were led by a junior member of the Li family, Li Hu.

Li Hu looked at Lin Mo with disdain and sneered, "Our great genius Lin, where are you going?" Lin Mo was familiar with Li Hu, who used to come to him eagerly to seek advice on basic martial arts. This morning, he had awakened his martial spirit to the fourth rank of Human Grade Level 4 and advanced to the second stage of the martial path.