stonecrandall Chapter 11 The Evolving Starry Sky
Chapter 11 The Evolving Starry Sky
At the moment of bowing in worship, the church meditation room transformed into a deep blue sky. The group stood above the clouds, with the sky above their heads and the clouds below, as if they had ascended from the human world to heaven.
Time passed in an instant, the sky turned from day to night, and countless stars twinkled, as if the goddess of the night had draped a hazy veil over the night.
A stream of light flew out from Meng Xinghe's body and took shape under the starry sky. The palaces composed of twelve constellations combined with each other to form a rotating star chart array.
As Xu Xiaoyan was worshipping, she seemed to sense a summons. Starlight emerged from her body, and a star wheel manifested into a dazzling scepter. A yellow hundred-year soul ring circled around her, shimmering slightly. Behind her, another starry sky appeared, echoing the starry sky above her.
"What a magnificent Star Staff Martial Soul! Your astrological origin is even purer and more powerful than that of your ancestors." Meng Xinghe gently raised his hand, and the Xu family father and daughter were helped up by a force.
"I dare not accept such praise." Xu Xiaoyan was secretly pleased to be praised by the god she believed in, but still answered humbly.
My father said that one should be mindful of one's image when it comes to faith.
"You don't need to be reserved in front of me. If you're reborn, you should act like one. Before reaching the top in this life, I was just an ordinary person, and now I'm just a lowly one-ring Soul Master."
Meng Xinghe's tone was quite calm, and his demeanor changed accordingly. At this moment, he looked like a slightly precocious little boy.
He walked up to Xu Xiaoyan, pointed to the miniature starry sky, and asked:
"Your soul skill is quite good. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a soul ring bestowed by 'Star Wheel,' one of the three legendary soul spirits."
"Hmm," Xu Xiaoyan nodded, her humility betrayed by the praise she received from her faith, a hint of pride appearing on her face.
"Your Majesty has excellent eyesight. Among the three legendary soul spirits, the first one I contracted was Star Wheel. Its soul skill is called 'Starry Sky,' which can create a dazzling starry sky. The number of stars is the sum of the ages of all my soul rings."
"The evolved starry sky is magical. It can resonate with the starry sky in the real world and has all sorts of mysterious and magical effects. For example, absorbing the power of the stars at night can subtly improve my physical fitness, soul power, and mental strength."
A thousand years ago, the Xu family had an ancestor who awakened a mutated martial soul, which was the Star Wheel Ice Staff.
One day, that ancestor's martial soul evolved from the Star Wheel Ice Staff into the Star Staff, and he cultivated it into a powerful Title Douluo, known as the "Number One Control-Type Soul Master in the World" of that era.
After the ancestor's death, three legendary spirits were left behind: Star Wheel, Star Palace, and Star Phase. (Artificial spirits)
Among them, the Star Wheel and Star Palace are souls over 50,000 years old, while the Star Phase is a soul over 100,000 years old.
Before Xu Xiaoyan, no other Soul Master in the Xu family had awakened the Star Staff Martial Soul. The three legendary Soul Spirits could only guard the Xu family and cultivate alone.
Without the support of Soul Masters, the cultivation levels of the three legendary Soul Spirits have not improved much over the past thousand years.
After Xu Xiaoyan awakened her Star Staff Martial Soul on the night of her sixth birthday, she chose the Star Wheel Contract from among the three legendary soul spirits.
In this day and age, it's no longer unusual for powerful spirits to seal their own cultivation so that weaker spirit masters can form contracts with them.
In families of Soul Masters who possess legendary souls, such things are even more common.
For Xu Xiaoyan, even if the Star Spirit with 100,000 years of cultivation sealed its cultivation, she would not be able to successfully form a contract with it due to her physical condition and mental strength. She could only choose between the Star Wheel Spirit and the Star Palace Spirit.
To be on the safe side, Xu Xiaoyan chose to contract with the Star Wheel Soul Spirit, which had the lowest cultivation level.
"The evolved starry sky, a perfect combination of the Star Staff Martial Soul and the Star Wheel Soul Spirit, has growth potential."
Meng Xinghe smiled gently, extended his right hand, and the twelve constellations swirling in the starry sky appeared proportionally in the air above his palm.
"The astrological attribute has an absolutely valid effect; you might be able to choose your subsequent soul skills based on it."
"These are the twelve zodiac signs, one of my six great soul spirits. Each sign is a constellation in the sky."
"The starry sky created by your first soul skill can form the constellations of the zodiac, and it will bring surprises to your subsequent soul skills."
As soon as she finished speaking, the spirits of the twelve zodiac signs condensed into twelve illusory constellations, which transformed into streaks of starlight and merged into the starry sky that had emerged behind Xu Xiaoyan.
"Thank you... thank you, Your Majesty the God." Xu Xiaoyan seemed very excited, and she could no longer maintain her humility.
"We need to change how we address each other. We can't call each other that when there are outsiders around," Meng Xinghe pointed out and emphasized.
"Okay," Xu Xiaoyan asked sensibly.
"Then how should I address you?"
Meng Xinghe thought for a moment.
Xu Xiaoyan is only six years old now. No matter how talented she is at acting, she is still just a little girl.
She can hardly hide her self-admiration, so she might as well not hide it at all and put it out in the open; all she needs to do is change how she addresses herself.
So he said, "You can call me Idol."
Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoyan's eyes lit up with stars. "Okay, idol."
"Idol, could you add a Douluo Continent title to your collection?"
As she spoke, she took out her phone, opened the Douluo social networking app, and displayed her personal QR code in the center of the phone screen.
Thanks to Meng Xinghe's intervention, the technological level of the Douluo Federation is far more advanced and diverse than in the original story.
He spearheaded the mining and purification of rare earth minerals, enabling the development of the most crucial chip for mobile phones.
The advent of lithography machines has made it possible for chips to no longer rely on the manual production of advanced mecha manufacturers, enabling mass production. As a result, mobile phones, which are highly dependent on chips, have also been mass-produced. Commercial competition among major brands has further driven down mobile phone prices, truly making it possible for every citizen of the Federation to own a mobile phone.
In addition, rare earth elements are widely used in the field of soul guidance technology, transforming from "industrial vitamins" in the previous life into "soul guidance vitamins" in Douluo Continent.
"Okay." Meng Xinghe readily agreed, taking his phone out of his pocket. The light weight in his palm gave him a sense of security, like returning to his hometown.
He has two cell phones.
One was a custom-made phone used before the transformation, and the other was the latest model given to them by Dong Qianqiu as her teacher after the transformation. The phone brand was also founded by the Spirit Pagoda itself.
The phone Meng Xinghe took out was the latest model from the Spirit Pagoda, to match his status.
Currently, this phone only has two friends on social media: his nominal temporary teacher Dong Qianqiu, and Gu Yuena, who is studying under Leng Yaozhu at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
On the message screen, the playful emoji that Gu Yuena had sent earlier was still there.
This playful expression doesn't fit Gu Yuena's personality.
But Meng Xinghe knew that Gu Yuena didn't understand these things at all, and that she made these little expressions entirely because she was influenced by Qiu'er.
Once Gu Yuena gained a deeper understanding of the human world, and looked back at those little emoticons she had sent, her face instantly turned as red as a ripe apple, and she was so ashamed and angry that she almost bit her back teeth to pieces.