The person who knocked on the door was none other than Ma Hongjun, and beside him stood Shui Bing'er, Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
It has been a month since they left Shrek Academy. According to Ning Rongrong, they can reach Qibao City where Tiannan Mountain is located in another seven or eight days.
After walking and stopping along the way, that evening they came to a village surrounded by mountains and rivers. The four of them agreed to stay overnight in this village. However, they did not go to the village to find the village chief, but came to the village.
The first house looks a little shabby in front of the courtyard with red bricks and blue tiles.
Houses of this style are relatively rare in this world. Although they look a bit shabby, Ma Hongjun was moved by a sense of kindness.
"You are?"
The person who opened the door was a little boy who looked to be about five or six years old. He was ordinary in appearance and wore ordinary clothes, but his delicate eyes were unusually bright.
"Yangyang, is the village chief here?" A gentle female voice came from the courtyard.
"Big brother, big sister, what's the matter with you?"
The boy was very polite, with a trace of doubt on his young face. He had never seen such a handsome brother and beautiful sister in the village.
"Hello, little brother, we are here to stay overnight." Ma Hongjun said with a smile.
"Borrowing?"
The boy muttered to himself in confusion, but he opened the dilapidated wooden door a little, allowing Ma Hongjun and the others to enter easily.
"Little brothers, come in first!" At this time, a sturdy middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties and dressed in shabby clothes walked out of the house.
"dad!"
Seeing the middle-aged man, the little boy quickly ran over and took the man's hand.
Ma Hongjun, Shui Bing'er, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong entered the courtyard. With a flash of light on their hands, they took out a gold soul coin and handed it to the middle-aged man. They said, "Hello, uncle. I passed by Guibao Land. The sky is bright.
It’s late, so I plan to stay at your place for one night, which is our accommodation fee.”
"Little brothers, are you soul masters?"
The middle-aged man did not accept the gold soul coin handed over by Ma Hongjun, and did not seem to be surprised at all when he took out the gold soul coin from the storage soul guide.
"Soul master?" The little boy was surprised after hearing his father's words.
"Yes, we are soul masters." Ma Hongjun admitted their status as soul masters. There was nothing to hide.
"Brother, are you the soul masters who are here to awaken our martial souls?" asked the little boy beside the middle-aged man.
"Awakening the martial spirit?"
Ma Hongjun and the others were stunned. Generally speaking, the martial souls in villages are awakened through the martial soul hall.
"We are just passing by here, not soul masters to awaken your martial soul." Ma Hongjun said.
"Yangyang, the village chief will take you and Xiaorui to awaken the martial arts later. Big brother and the others are just here to stay overnight." The man took his son's hand and said to Ma Hongjun and the others, "Little brothers, you guys go with us first."
I’ll come to the living room!”
"Yu'er, tidy up those two houses and let these four young soul masters stay here tonight." The middle-aged man shouted to the house next door.
"Okay, Brother Yu!" the hostess responded.
Ma Hongjun and four other people followed the father and son into the living room. The middle-aged man said, "This room is simple. Please don't dislike it and sit wherever you like."
"Uncle, you're welcome, we are disturbing you." Ma Hongjun said with a polite smile, and the three of them, Shui Bing'er, followed the man and sat down.
At this time, next to the man named Brother Yu, the little boy looked at Ma Hongjun and the four of them and said nervously, "Big brother, big sister!"
"What's the matter, little one?"
"Do you need our help with anything?" Ma Hongjun and others asked.
"Big brother, big sister, can you help my brother and I awaken our martial spirits?" The little boy looked at Ma Hongjun and the four of them hopefully, and asked cautiously.
Shui Bing'er was startled and asked in confusion, "Why do you need us to help you awaken the martial soul? When the martial soul awakens, aren't there people from the Spirit Hall?"
The little boy glanced at his father and saw that his expression showed no emotion or anger, so he said, "The people in Wuhun Palace don't help poor people awaken their martial souls. Our family is poor, and I don't want my parents to go out to borrow money...", the little boy
As he spoke, crystal tears rolled down from his clear eyes.
Oscar reached out and touched the little boy's head, and said, "Doesn't the Wuhun Temple charge no fee for awakening the Wuhun? Who wants to charge?"
The little boy said, "But the soul masters in the past few years all received money, each one got a gold soul coin."
A gold soul coin is nothing to Ma Hongjun and others, but to people in a small village, a gold soul coin is already a lot.
The little boy didn't notice his father's expression, but Ma Hongjun saw that when they were talking about Wuhun Palace with the little boy, the boy's father clenched his fists unconsciously. It seemed that this family seemed a little uneasy.
"Does the Wuhun Palace charge money for awakening?"
Ma Hongjun's eyes narrowed. It was true that the woods were big and there were all kinds of birds. In this huge Wuhun Hall, there were probably many soul masters who acted like this, but he did not doubt the little boy's words.
"Your name is Yangyang?" Ning Rongrong asked, rubbing the little boy's head.
"Well, my name is Lin Yang, and my parents call me Yangyang. Big sister, big brother, you can also call me that."
"Well, Yangyang is so good!" Ma Hongjun rubbed Lin Yang's head.
"Brother, can you help my brother and I awaken our martial spirits?"
"Okay, big brother will help you awaken the martial arts tomorrow, but you have to find all the friends in the village who need to awaken the martial arts. Big brother will help you awaken together, and no one will take any money." Ma Hongjun said.
"Really?" Lin Yang said with excitement.
"Of course, big brother always sticks to his word and won't lie to you," Ma Hongjun said.
"Little brother, will this offend Wuhun Palace? Will it cause trouble for you?" Lin Yang's father poured hot tea and said.
Ma Hongjun waved his hand nonchalantly, "Uncle, don't worry, although doing this will certainly offend that soul master, but it won't offend the Spirit Hall, so don't worry!"
The middle-aged man nodded and handed the brewed hot tea to Ma Hongjun and the others, "My name is Lin Yu, what do you call me brothers?"
"Ma Hongjun!"
"Shui Bing'er!"
"Ning Rongrong!"
"Oscar the Yuan Emperor!"
Ma Hongjun and the other four replied, but their eyes turned to Lin Yang's father Lin Yu from time to time. This middle-aged man did not look like an ordinary villager. They felt more and more that Lin Yu was extraordinary, but what exactly was extraordinary?
People have no clue.
Hearing the names of Ma Hongjun and others, especially Ning Rongrong, Lin Yu couldn't help but look at them a few more times, and said as if he was mocking himself, "Oh, his mother and I are incompetent, but let my Yangyang and Xiaorui follow us.
Suffered."
Lin Yang said, "Dad, Yangyang will support you and your mother from now on."
Ma Hongjun looked at Lin Yang in surprise and touched his head. This child was very sensible. Although he was not as good as him and Tang San when they were young, at such an age, it was already very good to be able to perform like this.
"Okay, mom and dad are useless. From now on, we have to rely on Yang Yang to support us." Lin Yu touched Lin Yang's head, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
The spiritual consciousness quietly released and swept towards Lin Yu. Ma Hongjun was a little surprised and frowned and said, "Uncle, are you also a soul master?"
Lin Yu glanced at Ma Hongjun meaningfully and said as if he was mocking himself, "I can't even take care of my own wife and children. What kind of soul master am I?"
Ma Hongjun was silent, and Shui Bing'er and the other three were also silent. Although they still had doubts in their hearts, everyone had their own secrets, and they had no intention of continuing to get to the bottom of it.