Choosing the Master

Brian slowly opened his eyes after his cultivation. He looked around himself and saw the elders and other participants watching him with eyes popping out. 

Then, his eyes fell on himself as he saw the armor around him. The armor had a red glow over a dark metal. It formed a symbol right in the middle that represented a star. 

And, on his lap, there was a sword. It was a brightly golden-colored single-edged sword with a strange spider mark on the blade.

'Strange….. what is this sensation? I feel like I can see behind me.' Brian was confused as he didn't understand what was going on. He focused his mind on it and noticed that his mind was creating an image of his back.

It was a dark image with blue color human figures. 

'Is this kind of a sixth sense? Wait… is this Spiritual Sense that I read in those books? Wait, did I reach the first stage of Foundation Establishment Realm?'