High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 202 - 179: Ten Years of Illness, One Moment of Awakening
"We need to inform Senior Brother!"
Zhao Meng took out her phone, just as she was about to make a call, the spiritual power emanating from Xiaoyue suddenly surged, soaring skyward, and instantly, a fierce wind arose.
The withered leaves and dust around, even the water from the pond in front, were swept up by the invisible spiritual power, and a water tornado instantly formed.
"Perhaps there’s no need... Senior Brother has probably already noticed, right?"
Hmm?
Surrounded in the Jiang Family courtyard, Su Mu gave a slight ’huh’ as he looked towards the direction of the pond. After drinking the tea from the Lin Family Ancestor and thoroughly stabilizing his Great Success Blade Momentum, his perception ability had greatly improved.
In an instant, he felt an odd spiritual power, followed by the sound of rushing water and dust being kicked up, and a water tornado over ten meters high immediately appeared in Su Mu’s eyes.
"A water tornado... seems like Little Junior Sister has made significant progress recently."
"Xiaoyue and Little Junior Sister are together, let’s go have a look."
Though the two of them wouldn’t encounter danger in the village, Little Junior Sister wouldn’t suddenly mobilize her full spiritual power without reason, and Su Mu raised an eyebrow.
That single eyebrow raise caused many present to feel a sinking feeling in their hearts. Even without Su Mu releasing any pressure, many felt suffocated and hurriedly moved aside.
"Su Mu, I’ll go with you."
Su Mu and Miaomiao left the courtyard in large strides. Miaomiao let out a soft breath; she still didn’t like overly noisy environments, and this was a perfect chance to get some fresh air.
Soon, the two arrived at the pond, and Miaomiao’s expression quickly changed, showing a look of anxiety.
In her eyes, her daughter Xiaoyue was sitting with her eyes tightly closed on a small stool, while the over ten-meter-high water tornado was centered around her daughter, howling fiercely.
"Xiaoyue... what’s happening to her?"
"Miaomiao, there’s no need to worry."
...
Upon seeing that the water tornado wasn’t caused by Little Junior Sister Zhao Meng but by his daughter Xiaoyue, Su Mu immediately guessed something.
"Senior Brother, Sister Miaomiao, Xiaoyue... she seems to have awakened her Spiritual Talent."
"Awakened Spiritual Talent? Mengmeng, are you saying Xiaoyue is about to become a Talented Martial Artist?"
Miaomiao didn’t have much knowledge about Spiritual Talent, but Su Mu and Luo Mei had spoken about Talented Martial Artists before, saying they were prodigies among Martial Artists, one in ten thousand.
For a moment, Miaomiao showed joy but was still worried; the scene before her was quite daunting.
At present, the size of the water tornado continued to expand, with the waterline in the pond visibly dropping, and the tornado evolving towards a twenty-meter scale.
Noticing Miaomiao’s concern, Su Mu shook his head and explained.
"Miaomiao, it’s fine. The greater the anomaly now, the higher Xiaoyue’s potential talent."
"Yes, that’s right. Xiaoyue’s spiritual power is very pure, and this awakening happened before she became a Martial Artist or cultivated. It’s an Innate Spiritual Talent!" Zhao Meng showed a joyful expression, happy for Xiaoyue.
Innate Spiritual Talent!
Hearing such a term spill out from Little Junior Sister’s mouth, Su Mu’s eyes shone brightly, then he half-closed them slightly.
In a split second, he thought about various possibilities.
One possibility was that the Wisdom Heart Fruit he gave his daughter had taken effect—its power, drawn from the Pandora’s Box, had a Wisdom Spirit Enlightenment effect that might be related to this.
Another was his own teacher once mentioned that his spiritual power was extraordinary, inherently thick, and Tantai Yan also said that spiritual power comes from the soul. Su Mu suspected it was due to him being a Transmigrator, with the fusion of two souls resulting in his unusual spiritual state.
It was possible Xiaoyue inherited this aspect from him and excelled even beyond him.
When Little Junior Sister awakened her Spiritual Talent, she endured days of bodily torment.
In this light, Xiaoyue had been frail and sickly since she was young, and even the doctors couldn’t figure out why. Perhaps it was because Xiaoyue’s pure spiritual power was too powerful, making her body unable to withstand the awakening of a Spiritual Talent and thus appear weak.
"This is the talent Xiaoyue has gained from ten years of suffering!"
Ten years of pain, and awakening in a single day!
As a father, Su Mu remembered his ten years of gradual success, and a strong feeling of heartache flashed through his eyes.
He leaned towards the latter of his two hypotheses or perhaps both, in any case. After consuming the Wisdom Heart Fruit, Xiaoyue underwent a Washing Marrow process. Subsequently, Su Mu also brought back numerous herbs from school, leaving behind many Spirit Stones, Spirit Marrows, and other cultivation resources.
For several months, Miaomiao had been following Su Mu’s instructions to give Xiaoyue herbal baths, which also had an effect.
Xiaoyue was perhaps drawn to Little Junior Sister by the mutual attraction among Spiritual Talent possessors?
Su Mu’s mind was racing with thoughts, but there was still some doubt as the timing of the awakening felt rather coincidental, coinciding with Little Junior Sister’s visit these past two days.
Soon, Little Junior Sister spoke up, dissolving his doubts.
"Senior Brother, last night I guided Xiaoyue into a meditation world. Xiaoyue entered the meditation world smoothly, no slower than your first time meditating."
"Then today, when I guided her again, Xiaoyue awakened her talent."
Su Mu suddenly realized, so that’s how it was.
As the three conversed, the pond that hadn’t dried up in decades reached its bottom, with some small fish and shrimp bouncing around on the muddy pond bed.
The water tornado had already surpassed twenty meters in height and was still expanding.
Soon, the anomaly attracted a lot of people; at present, it’s a critical moment for Xiaoyue’s talent awakening, and vigilance is necessary to avoid any disturbances from outsiders.
"I’ll handle this."
...
Su Mu turned around, a strong wave of his Qi and Blood flashed and disappeared from his body.
"Fellow villagers, friends from afar, please move away from this area now."
"Any damage to village fields or property will be compensated by me, Su Mu, with double the amount."
Su Mu’s prestige in the nearby village was very high. As soon as he spoke, people from the nearby village voluntarily left, though some media reporters remained persistent.
Luo Mei had just arrived at the village and naturally saw the soaring water tornado. While curious, upon hearing Su Mu’s words, Luo Mei immediately organized her team to start dispersing the crowd.
"Excuse me, everyone, please cooperate and step back a little."
"Luo Mei, well done. I’ll leave this to you. Don’t let anyone else come close."
"Okay, Brother Mu, leave it all to me."
At this moment, the elderly couple hurriedly approached, lowering their voices, "Su Mu, what’s going on?"
Earlier, the couple had seen Xiaoyue and Mengmeng slip out of the yard, and now the water tornado was heading towards the pond.
"Mom and Dad, it’s nothing. Xiaoyue is awakening her talent."
"Talent?"
After Su Mu explained briefly to the couple, they beamed with joy and quickly headed towards the pond. After taking a glance from afar, they were even more delighted.
"Haha, such a large tornado was actually caused by Xiaoyue; it seems our Jiang Family will bring forth another prominent figure!"
"Perhaps in this old man’s lifetime, I’ll be lucky enough to see our family become a great family!"
After taking a glance, the couple left contentedly, afraid to disturb Xiaoyue’s awakening.
Soon, the elder joined the order-keeping team. It was a crucial moment for his precious granddaughter Xiaoyue’s talent awakening, so as her grandpa, he naturally needed to help.
"Elder, what happened here?" Luo Mei whispered, unable to resist asking.
The elder called Luo Mei aside and explained in a low voice.
"Really?"
"Of course it’s true. I saw it with my own eyes, and it was Su Mu who said it."
"If Brother Mu said so, then that’s great. So what talent did Xiaoyue awaken that caused such a spectacle?!"
"Huh?! Are there different kinds of talents? I-I didn’t manage to ask just now." The elder was stunned for a moment, then confidently declared, "It must be extraordinary; I could tell from Su Mu’s reaction."
At the pond, the tornado rampaged, destroying the surrounding fields, yet the center of the tornado remained calm and tranquil.
Mengmeng looked at the tornado with some concern, but Su Mu reached out and held Mengmeng’s hand. Feeling the warmth of his palm, Mengmeng’s restless heart finally settled.
That’s right, Su Mu is here!
The anomaly in East Village attracted a lot of attention, and soon the Linjiang City Lord Luo Cheng, Martial Arts Association President Gong Wu, and Armed Department’s Zhou Xie arrived, personally leading people to disperse the crowd.
This grand lineup completely startled the people from several nearby villages, and many were both awed and envious.
The awe was naturally for Su Mu, and the envy was naturally directed at Elder Jiang’s family, for having found such a good son-in-law like Su Mu.
"If only I could have a good son-in-law like Su Mu."
"Forget about someone like Su Mu, I’m not that greedy. If my son-in-law had even one percent of Su Mu’s achievements, I’d be satisfied."
The name of One-Slash Asura from the Celestial Pride List naturally reached the village, but most villagers didn’t really understand or grasp its value, they only knew that Su Mu should be even more powerful than before.
The villagers had no idea that if Su Mu hadn’t specifically asked Uncle Li not to stir up too much trouble and wanted to stay peacefully at home for a few days, not only people from the Guangshen Province Martial Arts Association, but also the city Martial Arts Association would have definitely been present.
The water tornado lasted until dusk, and as the sunset’s afterglow spread, it vanished in an instant as Xiaoyue’s awakening ended, the massive water tornado of over ten zhangs disappeared without a trace.
All at once, the pond water mixed with dust, dead leaves, and stones fell to the ground with a thud. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Su Mu stepped forward, a towering wave emanated from him, enveloping everyone and parting the flow of water. Fallen dead leaves and stones were instantly shattered and dispersed to either side.
"This looks like Sword Momentum... Senior Brother’s command of Sword Momentum has become even more unfathomable!" Of all present, only Zhao Meng had witnessed Su Mu’s Great Success Blade Momentum, and only she could comprehend Su Mu’s actions.
Everyone else was utterly shocked, unable to comprehend how Su Mu had managed it.
After the water tornado dispersed, Mengmeng was the first to rush to Xiaoyue’s side.
Xiaoyue slowly opened her eyes, with a bright silver light flickering in them.
"Mom, I-I just had an interesting dream."
"I dreamt of a colorful star river... with lots of colorful sand there, it was so beautiful..."
"It felt like I had this dream for such a long, long time... it started a long time ago..."
...
In a corner of the Jiang family yard, there was a small stone half as tall as a person, which Dahuang liked to lie on during normal days. Right now, this stone weighing hundreds of pounds was floating mid-air, flying back and forth repeatedly.
Zhao Meng saw this scene and was astounded. When she first awakened, she could barely control objects weighing less than thirty pounds. Yet, for Xiaoyue, who had just awakened her spiritual talent, merely being taught a bit about using spiritual power, she could effortlessly control over a hundred pounds of stone, surely not the limit for Xiaoyue, indicating that Xiaoyue’s spiritual power far exceeded Zhao Meng’s estimation.
In short, Xiaoyue’s spiritual power talent was far above Zhao Meng’s!
In the dark night, Xiaoyue’s big eyes looked like two clusters of silver stars. In the next instant, the stone fell to the ground without making much noise, and the silver light in Xiaoyue’s eyes dissipated.
"Sister Mengmeng, how was it?"
"Xiaoyue, you’re amazing!"
"Really?"
"Really, it really is true."
"Will I be more powerful than Dad in the future?"
"Well..."
Xiaoyue’s question stumped Zhao Meng. Xiaoyue’s spiritual power was very strong, but Senior Brother was a monster, able to counter a Grandmaster’s strike at the Fifth Level Realm, a question she couldn’t answer.
On the rooftop, Su Mu and Mengmeng also saw this scene, and Mengmeng looked shocked, but after a while, she made up her mind.
"Su Mu, this time I’ll go to school with you."
"Give me a few days, I need to hand over some work first, then pack up."
At this moment, Su Mu said nothing, simply took Mengmeng’s hand and gently embraced her.
