Chapter 5: Awakening Ceremony! (2)

"Luke Braveheart, come up." The old elder looked at the name list and called out to a boy standing amidst the group of children.

Then, noticing that the boy's legs were shaken in nervousness, the old elder kindly said to him. "Don't be scared. Just come up here and touch the Spirit Stone. The process will be done in a flash child."

Receiving encouragement from the old elder, the boy slowly walked up the stair toward the platform. Then, nervously, the boy reached out his hand and touched the radiance Spirit Crystal. The old elder's expression also turned serious as he watched on closely.

The boy could instantly feel an invisible pressure envelop his body as the Spirit Stone shone faintly with light sparkles. Before he could retract his hand in fright, the old elder warned again that it was just part of the process.

After the old elder finished his word, the light sparkles started swirling around the platform slowly before the mysterious carving on the formation lit up; they gathered into a stream of energy and slowly flowed inside the boy's body.

'It's warm and soothing.' The boy thought with a blissful expression.

Standing at the back, little Myah watches this scene display and gasp in amazement. Although his mother occasionally performed some magic to entertain him, this was still beautiful. He wondered if this would happen to him later too.

After almost a full minute, the gentle and soothing feeling didn't last long as the boy began sweating profusely. Finally, unable to hold on any longer, he drew back his hand and started gasping for breath. Unfortunately, the beautiful light sparkles also disappeared as they flew back into the Spirit Stone.

The boy's body began to tremble at that moment, and his expression became dull before a fist-sized object flew out from his body and levitated in the air.

The fist-sized object was the boy's Soul Origin Crystal, it radiating with a peculiar dusky greyish hue, looking artistic and delicate just like a well-polished diamond.

As the old elder watched this scene, he nodded, documenting everything down, and said in the same kind voice. "Not bad, a grey-colored Soul Origin Crystal, although it's just an ordinary D-grade talent, you can still cultivate and become a cultivator, work hard in the future."

Listening to the old elder, the boy felt dejected.

Although the elder's words mean well, it didn't bring him any joy as his parent has long ingrained the gap between different talent grades inside his mind.

Focusing his attention, the boy called back his Soul Origin Crystal and walked down the platform while staring at his toes, seeming dispirited. He could see that his parent at the back of the hall also looked at him with a disappointed expression.

Soon, the old elder called out another child, and it was a girl this time. Like the boy before, she also awakened a grey-colored Soul Origin Crystal.

One after another, many children walked up to the platform in succession after the old elder's call, and similar scenes began to play out.

D-grade talent.

D-grade talent.

D-grade talent.

...

"White-colored Soul Origin Crystal, F-grade talent. Although the chance of you breaking through to the Warrior Realm is low, but you can still live as an ordinary person and form a contract with a normal animal. There are still many jobs you can take in the future in the Clan. So don't feel disheartened." The old elder said slowly, and he cast her a pity glance.

In the prestigious Clan like the Braveheart Clan, rarely would any children awakened an F-grade talent.

It's regrettable.

To possess an F-grade talent doesn't mean one can't cultivate. Still, the said person's ability to sense spiritual energy from the world is almost nil. The resources they require would also be enormous to have any effect, making it extremely hard for them to walk on the path of a cultivator.

"Next, Cola Braveheart."

"I'm here!" A young boy walked out of the group of children. He was well built and was obviously different from the other kids as a wild aura surrounded his body. The boy walked up to the platform with confidence and touched the Spirit Stone.

This time, the light sparkles released from the Spirit Stone were much more affluent and lively than in previous cases.

A signal of good talent!

After about ten minutes, as the stream of spirit energy flowed into the boy's body nonstop, a Soul Origin Crystal slowly emerged from his body, glowing in a beautiful blue light.

"A Blue colored Soul Origin Crystal, goodness, it's a B-grade talent! Good, excellent. Child, you will have no problem breaking through to the Grandmaster realm in the future, a seed worth nurturing indeed. Hahaha!" While speaking, the old elder let out a hearty laughter.

For such a talent to appear in the Clan, it was worth celebrating as they are the foundation of the Clan's future prosperity.

While this was happening, standing below the platform, a brute-looking Clan elder's eyes shone brightly with a proud expression. He was Cola's grandfather. "Hahaha, What do you old dogs think? Isn't my grandson super awesome? Aiya, you all should look at him closely. Doesn't he look just as handsome as me when I was young? Bahahahaha!"

Looking at his stupid smile, the other elders nearby were very annoyed; they started arguing.

"Don't be too proud; our grandchildren haven't gone up yet. What are you so meek for, huh? Shame on you!" An elder retorted.

"Yeah, old dog, looks in the mirror. Your idiotic laughter and excessive muscle are scaring the children!"

"So what if your grandson is B-grade talent? Can he be compared to Theo? He was tested privately this morning, and guess What? It's a purple-colored Soul Origin Crystal, an A-grade talent! Why don't you go and brag in front of the Clan Leader?" An old lady spoke, looking somewhat irritated because her treasured granddaughter only awakened a C-grade talent.

"Blablabla, whatever! I knew all of you were just jealous. I will stand here with eyes wide open and see how you all will embarrass yourselves later. Hum! And fret not, I will brag in front of the Clan Leader too. After all, Theo needed a friend, no? Bahahahaha" After saying that, he burst out into another maniac laughter, ignoring the envious gaze of the other fellow elders.

"Pew! We'll see..."

The ceremony continued.

"D-grade talent."

"C-grade talent, excellent, work hard in the future, and you will succeed."

"D-grade talent."

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"C-grade talent."

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"Excellent, a blue-colored Soul Origin Crystal, B-grade talent. Work hard, child. Your future is bright, but remember, if you slack off and be arrogant, you won't achieve anything noteworthy." The old elder said, patting the head of a little girl.

The news caused another commotion within the crowd of children, grown-ups, and the elders. Especially the Clan elders, they started another round of quarreling.

One of the Clan elders lamented emotionally, "Sigh... finally, our Braveheart Clan is blessed with this patch of talented children. There would only be one B-grade talent at most in the ceremony of these past years, and this time there is even Theo, an A-grade talent. How fortunate."

"Agreed, with Theo's talent, once he grew up, our Clan will be on the rise like a skite encounter the wind. Hahaha."

As they discussed the Clan affair, the old elder on the platform called out to the next child, "Myah Braveheart!"