<h4>Chapter 3: Martial Spirit</h4>


    A voice rang through the whole main Hall, along with it silence spread.


    "Mutated Stone Bead Martial Spirit, 2nd Grade," The n owner announced expressionlessly looking at Lin Lee, with unpleasantness shed through his eyes.


    "Ha ha ha, 2nd Level Martial spirit." A loudughing sound spread through the main hall again with a mockingugh, other children alsoughed.


    Elders also shook their head.


    Lin Lee was surprised nced at everyone around then, looking at his 3-inch bead spoke speechlessly. "It''s only 2nd grade."


    "Retract your martial spirit; you can go back, don''t dy others" the presiding elder reminded calmly, a little regret and disappointment shed through his eyes.


    Lin Lee nodded, retracted his martial spirit, then walked away returned to his seat calmly.


    "Oh, genius awakened 2nd-grade useless martial spirit," Lin Nan mocked him with yful smile on his face, the fourth young master of Lin n, son of 4th elder.


    Lin Lee nced at him, he just now confirmed, this Lin Nan was the one among two young master who poisoned him.


    "He he he, everyone thought he would be a pir of the family. It seems he can''t even reach a pir now. In the next npetition, he will be demoted to the coteral family," Lin Ning, 5th young master sitting beside him, added fuel with a simr mocking smile.


    Other children of the main family also smiled yfully, gloating at him.


    Lin Lee nced at them as if looking at roadside dogs, then walked toward his seat calmly without paying attention to their tantrums. He already knew that he will encounter such situations everywhere in this world.


    Lin Nan and Lin Ning startled, then became extremely angry looking at his unbothered attitude. Hatred and resentment shed through their eyes. "Damn bastard acting cool again, awakened 2nd-grade Martial spirit, still so proud. Wait for the npetition; we will teach him a lesson," they thought to themselves.


    "Next, Lin Nan."


    Lin Nan smiled then walked toward the stage proudly.


    After touching the pir, a long sword appeared in his hand, there are nine holes in its pitch-ck de, all of them shining with a star-like luster.


    "Nine-star sword, 9th Grade Martial spirit. Very good," n Owner nodded, praised with a smile. The fourth elder also rubbed his goatee withughter, looking at the other elder, especially the 2nd Elder, who is the father of Lin Han, then nced at his son proudly.


    Lin Nan returned to his seat, nced at Lin Lee provocatively, but getting no response in return. Also looking at Lin Lee''s calm face as if watching a monkey, his heart burned then turned his head away angrily. "Wait, I will teach this bastard a lessonter."


    "Next, Lin Ning."


    "Wind Folding Fan, 7th Grade Martial Spirit," Lin Ning''s face sank looking at the cyan folding fan in his hand, but he nced at Lin Lee, a little relieved, retracted his Spirit, returned to his seat, started ttering Lin Nan.


    The fifth elder smiled a little wryly. "It seems my son is behind the fourth son," looking at the wide smile on the fourth elder''s face.


    Then he shook his head sighed, looking at Lin Lee, "At least he is ahead of the third son. I didn''t expect the third son to awaken a useless spirit despite his high talent in cultivation. Bead Martial spirit can''t be used for battle. It seems the n owner deliberately announced it as 2nd grade; it looks like a 1st-grade Martial spirit."


    On the other hand, Lin Lee was thoughtfully observing all other members'' martial spirits awakened today and analyzed their usage by their names, appearance, and spirit. He came to a conclusion: his martial spirit is really a little weakpared to other weapon and beast spirits. He can''t attack directly with it, but he has another martial spirit. That''s why he is a little hopeful.


    After the awakening ceremony over, the n distributed spirit-gathering pills ording to martial spirit grade awakened today.


    Pills are divided into Ten Orders and four qualities: Low, Medium, High, and Top.


    1st to 10th Order pills, 1st-grade pills are for the martial art realm, 2nd-grade pills are called innate pills, they are used by innate realm experts only, and so on.


    Spirit gathering is a 1st Order pill.


    Lin Lee received only two medium-quality spirit gathering pills. Lin Yun got 10 Top quality, Lin Ning, and Lin Nan got 7 and 9 High-quality pills ordingly.


    Lin Lee then returned to his courtyard along with his maid Meng Yu. After letting her stay in another room in his courtyard, lest some bloody plot happens because of her, because he felt a bad premonition that constant trouble ising his way.


    Inside the small courtyard on the west edge of the Lin n, Lin Lee hurriedly returned to his own room. He sat cross-legged on the bed, summoned his Bead into his hand, and felt a cold, ss-like sensation through his palm, bing thoughtful.


    "Where is my other martial spirit?" Closing his eyes, he induced his spirit. His induction told him that his second martial spirit was lying inside his Bead spirit.


    Lin Lee speechlessly opened his eyes and nced at the ck Bead. ''How can I open it?'' He started observing it carefully. Instantly, his consciousness transferred to an unknown ck space, looking around thoughtfully.


    Instantly, information about both martial spirits appeared in his mind, then his consciousness returned to his body. The next second, Lin Lee''s mouth corner raised in excitement. "Ha ha ha, I didn''t expect it to follow me here and be my martial spirit," heughed loudly while sitting inside his room.


    Looking at his Bead spirit, it''s not a normal Bead; it''s the fortune bead, the ancient ancestral treasure his family had on Earth. It was given to him by his mother to keep him safe from bad luck and misfortune. He didn''t receive too much information, just a few functions of this bead. One of the functions is an exclusive space inside it, simr to those space bags and space rings.


    "Also, this bead was full white; it is ck now because the fortune inside it had been exhausted. It let my soul reincarnate twice," Lin Lee muttered with a wry smile on his face.


    Lin Lee raised his head. Now he could remotely sense that space inside his Bead spirit, even if his bead spirit is retracted inside his soul space.


    Lin Lee looked around inside his room in order to search for something. Instantly, his eyesight fell on the metal hairpin above his mirror table. He hurriedly grabbed it, ordered his 2nd martial spirit to devour it and multiply. Looking at the ck mark spreading through a corner of his pin, it is slowly melting into a liquid shape. Finally, the whole pin turned into a liquid-like slime, waving in his palm, fully under his control.


    "I didn''t expect you little guys would travel here with me. Anyway, you are my creation. After killing me, you thought you would be safe, my little nanobots," Lin Lee muttered yfully.


    Recalling how he died suffocatingly because of his creation, he traveled to this world from an interster technological civilization. Also, this is not his 2nd but 3rd reincarnation. He was basically from Earth''s modern times. First, he traveled through the interster civilization. After finding nanoscope and other advanced scopes in that civilization and no nanobots, he became excited, feeling the opportunity to shine is waving at him.


    But he didn''t know there were no nanobots in that civilization because of a huge reason, and it was taboo to create something like that. As a robotic expert, he tried to create such a taboo, unbeknownst to the consequences.


    Just when he invented the first nanobot after nine years of struggle and spending all his savings, suddenly everything went out of control. The nanobots started multiplying at an rming rate, devouring all non-living things around. Then nanobots'' first living target became him. They attacked him, shrouding his body in order to devour him. At thest moment, he heard a huge rm, which rang throughout the whole he was living upon.


    [Taboo technology detected]


    [Sequence danger; 01]


    [Total Annihtion Initiated]


    He heard this notification in his head. He regretted and realized the mistake he made. Without proper research, he touched the taboo, which ended up in the destruction of the whole and living humans above, along with him.


    Lin Lee shivered a little recalling the huge burst during hisst glimpses, looking at the docile nanobot liquid in his hand, which is now fully under his control, his mouth twitched.


    Then he shook his head muttered, "This is different, I am now their absolute master."


    He can even control one nanobot separately and easily among them. Now his control is absolute above them. If he thinks of destroying all of them, every nanobot would turn into ashes, leaving only one original nanobot, which is his martial spirit.


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