"Huh?"
When Mu Suyin was about to teach Myah how to perform a Sacred Life Contract, she paused. Her heart palpitated, and she was stunned into disbelief.
"..."
Myah instantly makes a dissatisfied face before tugging her sleeve and saying, "Grandma, what are you doing. I already summoned my Soul Origin Crystal, so hurry up and teach me."
The fresh morning wind blew.
Aside from her long hair whirling along with the breeze, Mu Suyin's entire being was frozen motionless like a stone statue.
After a brief period of silence, she was finally back to her sense.
While barely constraining herself, Mu Suyin takes a deep breath to make sure she is not hallucinating. However, nothing changed. Everything was as real as it could be.
Aside from a tiny white star revolving around Myah's Soul Origin Crystal, she saw a small white spear roaming like a fish swimming in the water.
It was ethereal yet obscure and mysterious at the same time.
With only a glance, Mu Suyin could feel a faint soul penetrating feeling. It was as if her heart was plucked out and is speared amid an avalanche!
Soon, that feeling dissipates.
'What is going on? This little spear wasn't there before. Besides, Myah was still a One-star Warrior. Aside from a lone white star, there shouldn't be anything else twirling around his Soul Origin Crystal.' Mu Suyin's thought raced quickly like sparks of lightning.
When a weird light twinkled in her pitch-black eyes, she was still suspended in a state of doubt,
'Don't tell me this is a Spear Soul?!'
Although many myths and legends talked about Weapon Souls, they never really described what it looked like, and even Mu Suyin herself has never seen one. She was somewhat uncertain.
At this moment,
Mu Suyin couldn't help but wonder whether the injuries sustained from her last battle has already driven her insane.
After letting out faint self-mocking laughter, she calmed down and got rid of the chaotic thoughts. 'There is no use denying it. Everything would be clear once I asked him.'
Believing that she has to get to the root of this matter, Mu Suyin shifted her gaze from Myah's Soul Origin Crystal and questioned him in a stern tone.
"Myah, tell grandma honestly, do you have a Spear Soul?"
Although taken aback by her sudden question, he replied with a cheeky smile, "Hehe, I'm not telling you."
Noticed that he doesn't take her seriously, the corner of her mouth twitches, "It looks like I have been too easy on you."
Finishing her words, Mu Suyin reached out her hand and swiftly picked Myah up before placing him face down on her lap.
Soon, the sounds of butt spanking resounded.
Slap!
"Ouch!" Feeling the stinging sensation on his buttocks, Myah cried out involuntarily. "Ahhh, no, stop! Sto—"
Slap!
"So, what now? Are you still being stubborn and not going to tell me!?" She asked him with a smug face.
"Humph! No! Never!" Myah struggled fiercely, not wanting to yield to her sudden tyranny.
Smack!*
...
After a while, Myah ultimately surrendered to his tragic fate while sulking.
"Un."
Upon realizing that he has unwittingly exposed his little secret and couldn't hide it anymore, Myah nodded bitterly without thinking much of it.
After all, although he has disclosed one of his little secrets, he still has a few more to hide. Thinking of this, Myah couldn't help but feel proud of himself.
All protagonists have secrets, and he, too, has some!
——
"Haaaa!" After spanking his ass a few more times in assurances, Mu Suyin sighed loudly. "Myah, you can't be too careless in the future. Promise me that you won't ever summon your Soul Origin Crystal and talk about the existence of your Spear Soul in front of anyone else. Do you understand?"
"Ah...okay..." Rubbing his sore butt, Myah replied blankly.
Then, his face becomes moody, feeling wronged.
Unfortunately, Mu Suyin wasn't satisfied with his answer and continued the spanking, to which the little guy accidentally spilled a few more things; hence he was sad.
While squeezing his cheek, she said, "Stop sulking. Didn't you want to take Bumpkin as your War Soul? Cheer up, and grandma will teach you."
"What? Really?" Myah's expression brightened.
"Of course, when has I ever lie to you before?" (Mu Suyin)
Though Mu Suyin wanted to keep on and ask a few more questions, Myah didn't know much aside from receiving the Spear Soul as a gift in a dark place of his dream and a few minor details.
With her long life experiences, she knows that he wasn't lying.
While the origin of the Spear Soul was a mystery with no clear answer, Mu Suyin has no choice but to accept the reality that it's Myah's good fortune.
The Green-Wood Divine Continent was a vast place.
Mysterious events and strange circumstances happen every day, many of which couldn't even be explained by conventional logic.
Perhaps, Myah's situation belongs to one of the few extraordinary cases.
For him to be blessed with such good luck and providences, her worries also lessened slightly.
However, as lucky as he might be, Mu Suyin still warned Myah about the many potential risks and scenarios to guard against in the future.
Although the Spear Soul itself was a blessing, it's also a disaster.
Without enough strength, once its existence is exposed, those greedy ones would just casually kill him and take it away.
——
Once it was almost noontime, Mu Suyin stopped her nagging.
Before long, she kept her promise and guided Myah on how to perform a Sacred Life Contract.
...
He followed her instructions and stood facing Bumpkin in the middle of the backyard.
Prepared himself for what is to come, Myah stated,
"Grandma, I'm ready."
Then, after keeping a close distance of about three feet from Bumpkin, Myah let his Soul Origin Crystal float free in mid-air.
"Calm your mind Myah, focus your consciousness onto the Soul Origin Crystal and repeat what I have just taught you.
"Remember, every person can only perform this ritual once in a lifetime, so beware of the change that will follow." Mu Suyin reminded him as she observed from the side.
Her tone was strict and solemn.
The process was relatively simple.
As Myah starts chanting a short yet mysterious incantation his grandma taught him a moment ago, the Soul Origin Crystal instantly radiated with a vigorous dazzling green light.
For a moment, the entire backyard lit up!
The spiritual energy in the surrounding ten-meter quickly congregated into many tiny runes symbols which joyfully danced in the air.
As they are the very foundation of life, the atmosphere becomes lively with their appearances.
In no time, as the chant approached its final segment, the tiny runes formed a large circular formation.
"Neigh!!!"
While Myah was chanting and entirely directed his mind in the Soul Origin Crystal, a deep voice of a horse cry resound within his ear.
Just before his mind could wander, Mu Suyin reminded him, "Focus!"
As Myah and Bumpkin both stood within the brightly lit circular formation, for a moment, he could feel its thought clearly as they become very close to each other.
Subconsciously, Myah sincerely called out in his mind, 'Bumpkin, will you be my War Soul?'
'Neigh!!!'
As if given its consent, Bumpkin let out another cry.
The light on the formation increased in intensity as the runes become clearer.
From within Bumpkin's beast core, a miniature shape of a brown horse rushed forth as if it has successfully broken an invisible shackle.
Next, the vague miniature horse bolted outside of Bumpkin's fleshy body and ran on the air in a full circle before finally darting straight into Myah's Soul Origin Crystal.
Eventually, after a gentle vibration, the figure of the horse and the Soul Origin Crystal fused and became one.
The next moment,
As Myah could feel the bond and special connection between him and Bumpkin on a spiritual level, the circular formation split in half as the tiny runes equally divided into two balls of light before they plunged into their body respectively.