Warrior’s Promise - Chapter 31

Chapter 31


Su Mo was quietly cultivating in his room .
His Devouring Martial Spirit floated behind him, and he was enveloped by Spiritual Qi .
The endless Spiritual Qi turned into runes and melted into Su Mo's body .
He was cultivating the Lv 3 of the Elephant's Strength Skill .
After completing the Lv 2 cultivation skill, Su Mo's physical strength had surpassed that of six tigers but was still weaker than that of seven .
Now that he was cultivating the Level Three cultivation method, his physical strength was once again rapidly increasing .
Endless amounts of Spiritual Qi entered him, turning into elephant-shaped runes that were absorbed by his body crazily .
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, 10 days had already passed .
During these 10 days, Su Mo had only spared a little time to cultivate his genuine Qi . Once his cultivation had reached the Peak Lv 7 Qi Cultivation Realm, he used all his time to cultivate his body .
His physical strength was increasing even faster than his cultivation .
During 10 days, he had already reached the middle stage of Lv 3 of the Elephant's Strength Skill .
Su Mo felt like his body had an explosive power that could allow him to break the air with a single punch .
The strength of eight tigers!
His physical strength alone equaled that of a martial artist at Level Eight .
Lv 3 of the Elephant's Strength Skill was actually ten times more difficult to cultivate than Level One .
However, Su Mo's Martial Soul was now ten times faster at absorbing Spiritual Qis than before .
"Huff!"
Su Mo stopped cultivating and walked out of his room .
"Xi'er, what are you looking at?"
Xi'er was sitting on a stone chair in the yard, resting her cheeks in her hands and pursing her lips slightly . She looked adorable .
"Brother Su Mo, you're out of seclusion!" Xi'er exclaimed joyfully when she saw Su Mo .
"Yes!"
"Xi'er, have you reached the peak of the Body Tempering Realm yet?" asked Su Mo .
The corners of Xi'er's mouth curled into a beautiful smile that spread like a blooming flower .
"I didn't let you down! I've already completed the Ninefold Body Tempering," said Xi'er proudly, lifting her snow-white chin slightly .
　　
"Good . Once I finish my challenge match today, I'll help you awaken your Martial Soul . "
Su Mo was also happy for Xi'er and said with a smile, "Soon, my Xi'er will also be a real martial artist!"
"Hehe!" Xi'er giggled .
"Let's go! Xi'er, today is the day of the clan meeting's challenge matches . "
They walked toward the clan's martial practice field .
. . .
A simple grandstand had been set up in the martial practice field .
On the stand stood Master Su Hong and various other elders .
Below the spectators stand, 10 wooden chairs were placed neatly, with over 100 young Su disciples gathering around the chairs .
Su Mo and Xi'er's arrival attracted many people's attention .
After his battle with Wei Liang, Su Mo was now considered a legend in the Su clan .

However, some still looked down on him .
Su Tianhao and Su Hai did not even bother to look at him .
"Humph!" Su Yu glanced at Su Mo and scoffed with jealousy .
　　
He had taken Liu Yushan from Su Mo, but Su Mo had found a girl much more beautiful than Liu Yushan, making Su Yu extremely envious .
Su Mo ignored everyone's looks and walked onto the martial practice field .
After a while, Master Su Hong scanned the crowd, stood up, and said, "Alright, now that almost everyone is here, let's begin the challenge matches . "
"First, I'll announce the 10 seeded disciples . "
"Su Tianhao!"
"Su Hai!"
"Su Yu!"
"Su Mei!"
"Su Mo!"
"Su Peng!"
" . . . "
Su Hong announced 10 names .
"The 10 of you are the seeded competitors . You can take your seats in front of the stand . "


"If anyone thinks they're powerful enough, they have two chances to challenge any of these disciples . "
"Alright, let the challenge matches begin!"
The 10 seeded disciples sat in their seats, including Su Mo .
Su Mo knew that these so-called challenge matches were actually no more than a formality .
These 10 seeded disciples were basically the 10 strongest people among the Su clan inferiors .
Su Tianhao and Su Hai were both at Lv 9 Qi Cultivation Realm, and the girl called Su Mei, who was the second elder's daughter, was at Lv 8 .
Even the weakest ones among them were at Lv 6 .
Next, people began to challenge the seeded disciples .
Almost everyone chose to challenge the weakest disciples .
After an hour, the challenge matches ended .
Besides a disciple at Level Six who successfully replaced a seeded disciple, all other challengers failed .
Su Mo and the other rest were too powerful, so they were never challenged .
The challenge matches soon ended, and Su Mo prepared to leave .
"Su Mo," Su Yu suddenly said, walking toward him .

"Yes?" Su Mo asked .
"Haha! Haven't you heard? Wei Rufeng announced publicly that if you attended this martial arts competition, he'd break your limbs and ruin your cultivation to avenge his brother and Wei Liang . " Su Yu smiled, his eyes full of gloating .
"Wei Rufeng is back?"
Su Mo arched his brow .
Wei Rufeng was Wei Lin's older brother and the oldest son of the Master, Wei Wankong . He was also the first genius of the Weis .
He left Sunnywood City a year ago and entered one of the four sects in Skymoon Country, Scorching Sun Sect .
"If he wants to avenge his brother, I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability to do so!"
Su Mo shook his head unconcernedly and left with Xi'er .
"Humph! How delusional! Has his confidence grown to this extent after defeating Wei Liang?" Su Yu sneered .
. . .
Su Mo left the martial practice field with Xi'er and went to the Sus' memorial temple .
"Xi'er, I'll help you awaken your Martial Soul now," said Su Mo .
"Alright!" Xi'er nodded nervously .
"Brother Su Mo, what kind of Martial Soul do you think I'll awaken?" she asked .


"Haha! I don't have the power to predict the future!"
Su Mo smiled and said, "However, I know that my Xi'er is as beautiful as an elegant phoenix, so your Martial Soul will surely be amazing . "
"Brother Su Mo, you're teasing me again!"
Xi'er's face instantly turned bright red .
Soon, Su Mo and Xi'er reached the clan memorial temple .
In the temple was a small altar called the Awakening Altar .
However, it was tricky to open the Awakening Altar, since it required a great amount of genuine Qi or Spiritual Qi .
The Sus usually waited for a large group of disciples to enter the Body Tempering Realm before awakening their Martial Souls together .
"Xi'er, step onto the altar," said Su Mo .
Xi'er took a deep breath, slowly and daintily walked up to the altar, and sat down cross-legged .
Su Mo walked to the back of the altar, where there was a groove: the magical eye of the Awakening Altar .
Usually, the Sus activated this eye with the help of genuine Qi from many elders or abundant Demonic Cores of demonic beasts at the Spiritual Martial Realm .
Su Mo did not have such powerful genuine Qi or such powerful Demonic Cores, but he did have Spiritual Stones .
He took out a Spiritual Stone from his storage ring and placed it in the groove .
Buzz!
As soon as the stone was placed inside, the eye began to work its magic .
Suddenly, a great amount of white light erupted from the altar .
The white light turned into a strange rune and entered Xi'er's body .
Xi'er's body seemed to have a shadow wiggling inside of it .
Time trickled by .
Su Mo soon saw cracks appearing on the Spiritual Stone in the groove, as if it was about to crumble .
This meant the Spiritual Qi in the Spiritual Stone was about to be used up .
Su Mo immediately took out a couple more stones and placed one in the groove .
More and more runes floated above the altar and enveloped Xi'er's entire body .
However, her Martial Soul still did not awaken .
Soon, the second Spiritual Stone also ran out of Spiritual Qi, so Su Mo placed the third one in .
Then,
The fourth one .


The 10th one .
The 20th one .
The 30th one .
The 40th one .
Su Mo's expression changed, and his eyes were filled with confusion .
He had used a lot more Spiritual Stones than were needed to awaken a Martial Soul .
The value of 40 Spiritual Stones in gold was about the yearly income of the Sus .
If awakening Martial Souls needed this much Spiritual Qi, the Sus would not be able to afford it .
Su Mo frowned, gritted his teeth, and kept putting in more Spiritual Stones .
50 stones!
80 stones!
100 stones!
105 stones!
After a while, all his Spiritual Stones were gone .
However, Xi'er's Martial Soul had still not awakened .
When the last Spiritual Stone was used up, the Awakening Altar slowly stopped working . It dimmed and became silent again .
Su Mo's face darkened . "I've used over 100 Spiritual Stones, but Xi's Martial Soul still hasn't awakened!"
"What's going on?"
"Does Xi not have a Martial Soul?"
There were some people who were born without Martial Souls and could never become martial artists .
Su Mo was very confused . He soon dismissed this idea because he could feel Xi'er's Martial Soul vibrating strongly within her .
"Then why won't it awaken?"
Su Mo could not understand .
"Brother Su Mo, why . . . why can't I awaken my Martial Soul?"
Xi'er looked at Su Mo with the same confusion in her eyes .
"I don't know!"
Su Mo shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Xi'er . We'll go ask my father . He's witnessed many awakenings, so he should know why . "
Then, they left the memorial temple and walked toward Su Hong's quarters .