Talent Testing - 67

Before long, the entrance to the main building was swarmed by 500 people. They wanted to enter, but the doors were locked and they were unable to open them regardless of how strong they were.

Suddenly, one of the students looked up and pointed at the sky. Following his finger, the students surrounding the door looked into the air, only to see two people descend on the air.

The one in front was an unrecognizable face, while the one in the back was the most recognized face in the world.

In the middle of the crowd, 10 students suddenly kneeled on the ground. As the students looked at them in confusion, they spoke.

"We greet lord Zhou Fan." They said in unison.

To everyone's surprise, the one they were greeting wasn't the emperor, but the other man.

It only took a moment for everyone else to come to a conclusion. That must be the founder!

Quickly, all the students kneeled.

"Please stand. You are students at the Huang Long academy. There is no need to kneel to me." Zhou Fan said.

Everyone hurriedly stood up at his words and made way for him. Nobody dared to defy his orders. After all, besides his identity as the founder of the academy, he was also God himself!

As Zhou Fan landed on the ground with the emperor, he turned towards the doors and walked forward.

"Everyone follow me. I will be leading you to a higher level talent testing array. Now, you will truly know where you stand in the academy." He said.

The people following behind him had their faces light up. Although they had known their talent in comparison to their peers, they had no idea what the numbers actually meant.

As the group followed behind Zhou Fan, a natural order seemed to form. In the front, three people walked side by side. Those three were the only ones in the academy with a talent of 100.

Behind them, 30 people with a talent of 99 followed. The line continued as such until the 95 ranked talents, which took up a majority of the places.

It wasn't long before they came to a large room. It wasn't the same room that Zhou Fan taught the first 10 students in, but a completely different room.

Besides an array, the room was completely empty. The only scenery at all was a couple of windows to the left.

"This array will test your talent. It will rank your meridians as trash, weak, mortal, great, spirit, king, or emperor, along with a number 1-10, with 10 being low and 1 being high. It will also tell you your affinities. Also, spirit is the most likely talent for everyone in this room."

"Okay. You in the front, come stand on this array." Zhou Fan said, pointing at one of the 100 talents.

"Yes sir." He said. He walked to the array with confidence in his steps and soon stood in the center.

"What is your name?" Zhou Fan asked.

"My name is Wei Qi sir." He responded.

Nodding his head, Zhou Fan put some Qi into the array.

As soon as he did, the array lit up into a multitude of colors. Wei Qi felt as if his body was being invaded by a parasite. At first, he started to freak out, but he soon calmed himself.

After 10 seconds, Zhou Fan opened his mouth.

"Spirit root rank 1. Affinities: Fire, Metal, and Buddhist Qi. Congrats, you have great talent." Zhou Fan praised.

With a smile on his face, Wei Qi walked to the side and waited.

"Next." Zhou Fan said.

The next two to be tested also had a spirit rank 1 talent.

The first, Chen Zi, had the affinities of earth, metal, and wood.

The second, Pin Fi, had the incredible affinities of shadow, flower, and Yin.

When Zhou Fan saw Pin Fi's talent, he was surprised at her Yin affinity. Yin was one of the most powerful affinities there was, and Zhou Fan was excited to see her growth in the future.

The rest of the 500 people didn't have many surprises. Besides a boy with a spirit rank 3 meridian and a space affinity, the rest weren't that important. The boy's name was Gu Wu.

Once Zhou Fan finished testing everyone, he sent all the students except for Wei Qi, Chen Zi, Pin Fi, and Gu Wu to the dorms.

When they were the only five left in the room, Zhou Fan spoke.

"You all will be a part of an elite class. In there, I will pass on my martial arts to you. Of course, you will have to become strong enough to use them first." He said.

He had the idea of an elite class as he was testing everyone's talents. He felt that it would be wrong to put everyone in the same class, regardless of talent. If he did that, they may grow slower as a result.

Within the class, he planned to have the previous four and the beasts.

As he thought of the beasts, the door slammed open as the emperor of the mortaniel empire and five behemoths entered. Luckily the door was big enough to fit them.

As soon as the beasts saw Zhou Fan, they ran over and started to lick him. It was a while before he could pry them off.

"Guys, get on that array so I can test your talents." He said.

The beasts obediently listened after hearing his words. Although he had previously tested their affinities, he had never managed to test their talents.

Although they didn't have meridians and instead had a core, the formation should still theoretically work.

As soon as Zhou Fan turned on the array with Xiaolong inside, an explosion occurred. If not for Zhou Fan's quick acting, the entire academy would have been reduced to dust.

Zhou Fan smiled bitterly at the expected outcome. When the array exploded, he managed to confirm his previous theory. Although the array could test beast cores, it couldn't test THEIR beast cores.

That was because their talents were too high. He had previously concluded that after they managed to break through despite the pitiful amount of Qi Zhou Fan produced.

While the array could test meridians above emperor rank, it seemed that the beast's talents were far above that.