After both returned to the house, Xiao Yi put the bucket down on the ground, and he glanced in the direction of Huo Yuhao.
"You are…"
Huo Yuhao asked with a little nervousness and timidity, then he noticed his mother walked inside; instantly his nervousness disappeared, and he became curious, looking at his mother and walking toward her, asking,
"Mother, this is?"
He turned and glanced in the direction of Xiao Yi again.
Huo Yun'er smiled kindly, seeing her son's expression. "Yu'er, he will live with us; just call him…"
Suddenly her expression froze as she didn't know Xiao Yi's name.
"My name is Xiao Yi; you can call me Yi." Xiao Yi reminded promptly,
"Yes, yes, you can call him Yi," Huo Yun'er hurriedly nodded with a bright smile, looking at Xiao Yi and her son.
"Okay, brother Yi," Huo Yuhao hurriedly spoke, looking at Xiao Yi with a bright gaze. He didn't reject him; instead, he felt excited as someone finally appeared who would play with him.
'Sigh! This is really a genuine emotion of a six-year-old child; at least he is not a reincarnation like me and Tang San. Also, this guy is a thousand times more likable than someone like Tang Sa'n.
Xiao Yi glanced at Huo Yuhao's excited expression and then sighed in his heart; after that, he nodded with a light smile on his face.
After arranging a place in the corner, Xiao Yi stayed with Huo's mother and son and started helping them in return as compensation for his stay.
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A few months passed, and a new year began.
Finally, the martial spirit awakening ceremony day appeared. Both Xiao Yi and Huo Yuhao reached the age of six, and their names were eligible for martial spirit awakening.
Today all the eligible children are gathered in the main hall of the Duke's palace, including Xiao Yi and Huo Yuhao.
"Brother Yi, what kind of martial spirit will I awaken?"
Huo Yuhao asked nervously, looking at other same-age children around him, and then he glanced at Xiao Yi standing on his left.
Xiao Yi raised his brow, looking at his nervous expression thoughtfully. 'It seems his mother's reliance is hindering his spiritual development. Only after her death a few years later did he become mature, resolute, and unafraid in the face of the world. Sometimes pain works like medicine.'
He thought and then shook his head and replied calmly, "I don't know, as I can't see the future. I hope you awaken a good martial spirit and don't give up even if it's weak. Remember your mother's hardship."
Huo Yuhao was startled, and then his expression became a little resolute, recalling his mother's struggle, and he nodded resolutely, "Brother Yi, I won't give up even if it's a weak martial spirit."
Xiao Yi nodded, and then he turned and glanced at the direction of the hall door. An old man walked inside the awakening hall; he is the steward of White Tiger Mansion.
Instantly the servants around bowed and saluted toward him, while children were looking at him curiously as they don't know courtesy at this age.
Steward appeared and stood upon the awakening stand and glanced at the surrounding children one by one, while his gaze stayed on Huo Yuhao for a while, and then he summoned his martial spirit.
A huge shadow of a lion beast appeared behind him, and then he glanced at the children one by one around him.
The children understood his gaze and walked forward, one by one every child awakened their martial spirit.
"Probably in this generation, no one can surpass young master Huabin,"
Butler muttered to himself, and a disappointed glint flashed through his eyes, looking at the poor result. Except for a few with two- and three-level spirit power, no one else exceeded 1st-level spirit power. Only the one with three-level spirit power had good martial spirit and a black iron sword.
'Well, at least he can be trained into a good soldier under General Hand,' The steward nodded, looking at the black iron sword, and then spoke, "Take it back; you stand behind me."
The child became excited, and then the steward didn't care; he glanced at the final two children, Xiao Yi and Huo Yuhao.
After looking at Xiao Yi, he glanced at Huo Yuhao and spoke, "Come here."
Huo Yuhao's heart tightened; he clenched his fist and then nodded, walked forward, stood in front of the old man, and closed his eyes. Steward put his hand above his head and injected the spirit power into his body, guiding his martial spirit out.
The next moment, a warm current spread through Huo Yuhao's head, and then it directly covered his eyes, and when he opened them, a bright spiritual light flashed on his pupil, startling the steward in front of him.
"Mutated martial soul, original soul eyes," The old steward muttered in surprise, and then after checking the level one spirit power of Huo Yuhao,
The steward's expression became a little indifferent toward Huo Yuhao. Before, he thought the general abandoned this child; maybe after awakening a good martial spirit, he will accept him again. Now he understood that there is no chance.
"Well, practice well; there are chances that you can be enlisted in the army."
Steward reminded Huo Yuhao and then didn't pay attention to him, turned and glanced at the direction of Xiao Yi, and added,
"Hurry up, I don't have much time,"
Xiao Yi nodded and then walked forward calmly, while Huo Yuhao stood aside dejected, and then he suppressed his grievance and glanced at the direction of Xiao Yi curiously.
Steward patted the head of Xiao Yi and injected his spirit power toward his soul and started guiding the martial spirit out.
Instantly a pure silver-golden mix of light flashed, and his hair turned silver with golden edges. Instantly the steward was startled looking at his appearance change, and then his expression became strange.
"Another ontology martial spirit—it's probably is the hair martial spirit, but what's the use of such martial spirit?"
Instantly the steward commented in surprise and then checked the spirit power of Xiao Yi.
Instantly the orb lit up ten percent, the steward muttered in surprise, "Just level one innate spirit power."
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