Chapter 17

"Huh," everyone looked at him strangely since he was a little plain while speaking a while ago. "Pay °~°" Du Bao'er looked at him speechlessly, she also began to wonder what he would ask in exchange.

"Seventeen million yuan, nothing more, nothing less," Tang Yan said with a straight face. The whole room fell silent while Tang Chen began to calculate how long the money could last a person like Tang Yan, who only went to the construction site, slept, or got lost in his thoughts. Even the present him still liked to stare into the sky or cultivate, which was very unusual, making it seem unnecessary for him to need such an astronomical figure of seventeen million.

"Aren't your savings from the lady a few years ago up to five million? So why do you need seventeen million more?" Xuan Tong couldn't hold back her scolding this time. Although she visited Tang Yan once a month or two to check up on him and his siblings, it could be said that she also kept tabs on his savings, just to know if he would need more. Over the years, he didn't spend much, so why now?

"What's wrong with me trying to earn a little profit?" he said, feeling wronged. But then again, it was true that what he asked for was a little too exuberant; he just wanted to see if the Du family was rich enough or not.

"Can't you reduce the pay a little bit?" Du Bao'er asked pitifully.

"6 million, then."

"3 million is what I can afford."

"Nope, can't do."

"3 million."

"Argh, 4 million is the least pay."

"3.5 million, that's all I have in my personal savings," Du Bao'er haggled, forgetting about their previous stiff relationship.

"What the heck, only that much? Come on, even I have 5 million, out of which 3 million is personally mine. You really are poor," Tang Yan said, sounding like an old, experienced rich man.

"Fine, now tell me how you know that, and how can one awaken a martial spirit?" she asked with puppy eyes.

The others who were present also wanted to know how, although Xuan Tong knew of this since she had a memory of it since birth.

"Hehe, now listen, in the old days, having a martial spirit was very important. Even if one didn't have a good marrow bone or special veins or special constitution, even the lowest of all could awaken a grade 1 to 3 martial spirit. The most important thing when doing so is to have good health, which is the first and foremost thing. One must possess a slight knowledge of practice or exercise. For those with special veins, bones, and constitution, the things I mentioned are useless, because they would naturally awaken their martial spirit, even without going through what you people call heaven baptism.

Take sister Bao'er, for example. If she wanted to awaken her martial spirit, considering her good martial foundation and proper cultivation, all she needed to do was meditate, then visualize a firm image of herself. Then, she would try to blend in spirit and mental fortitude with the environment, allowing her to have a slight connection with heaven's will.

Of course, considering Chen and Sisi, who have not started cultivation, they possess strong and special martial veins. So, as long as they start their cultivation journey, they can awaken," Tang Yan explained with calmness and in a well-detailed way, according to his own understanding.

"Whao!" Xuan Tong exclaimed due to the dense spiritual energy around Sisi. Though the girl looked clueless, as she stared brightly at the light in front of her, others, particularly Bao'er, felt envious, since this indicated the awakening of one's martial spirit.

Tang Yan looked not too surprised; instead, he looked confused, since he hadn't known of anyone who could awaken a martial spirit effortlessly without having both the special vein and special constitution. According to his knowledge, Tang Sisi only had a special vein, which helped enhance her endurance and strength to that of a teenager level.

The dense spiritual energy continued to gather around Tang Sisi, followed by a slight pressure emanating from the light in front of her. Everyone who felt the pressure was further shocked; only Tang Chen, who had not cultivated, fainted, unable to bear it, along with a little fracture around his whole body.

When Tang Yan noticed this, he frowned, releasing a very little amount of his soul power, which instantly scared off the pressure from the light. The light quickly subsided, as a long brush in red jade firm appeared. Its appearance was like that of a proud sage who saw people beneath him but was not ignorant of the world affairs.

Miss Shu, who had also witnessed this awakening, was shocked, because this newly awakened martial spirit seemed to be of a higher grade. "First-level earth-grade spirit. How wonderful and unreal," Xuan Tong blurted out.

The level of martial spirit is mainly divided into six, which are Human grade, High grade, Earth grade, Spirit grade, Heaven grade, and Immortal grade. The Immortal grade and the Spirit grade, to the people of the lower heavens, were considered non-existent or myth. But only a few knew that it truly existed.

Du Bao'er, who was feeling envious, also started to awaken. "Seriously, how could an awakening just happen like this? You'll kill somebody if this is what it'll continue to be like in the future," Tang Yan scoffed, picking up the unconscious Tang Chen slowly healing him while he watched the awakening of Du Bao'er.

Her awakening wasn't as grand as Tang Sisi's, because her own spiritual light wasn't that of a weapon spirit but of a creature itself. The silhouette of a lady in armor with a spear and a shield manifested behind Du Bao'er. The silhouette, which was getting brighter, came to an abrupt stop, making the deeply concentrated Bao'er wake up. She glanced at her martial spirit, which still manifested but seemed dull with a credulous face.

"Why isn't it showing heaven's will with it? It also has no bearing at all," she complained, feeling down. Compared to her martial spirit, it seemed her little sister's own was far better.

"It's an incomplete awakening. It's suppressed by heaven's will; it should be First-level earth grade for now," Tang Yan spoke up, unfazed by the situation.

Du Bao'er looked at him, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. "How do I complete the awakening?" she asked eagerly.

Tang Yan shrugged. "I'm not sure. I've never seen an incomplete awakening before. But I can try to help you figure it out."

Xuan Tong nodded. "We'll take Bao'er and the children back to the Sky Floating City. We can consult with the elders and see if they know anything about incomplete awakenings."

Tang Yan nodded, standing up. "Sounds like a plan. Let's get going."

As they prepared to leave, Tang Yan turned to Du Bao'er. "By the way, you still owe me 3.5 million yuan."

Du Bao'er rolled her eyes. "I'll pay you back, don't worry."

Tang Yan grinned. "I'm not worried. I'm just looking forward to it."