Spirit Awakening Ceremony
In an illustrious cave, a bunch of fourteen-year-olds can be seen as they are watched by various adults from the clan.
The cave is rather huge, able to fit a thousand people easily. In the center of the cave, one can see a 10-meter-tall blue ore emitting a strange light that is comforting to the eye.
It is the Spirit Stone Seed, the most valuable thing a clan needs as it is the reason for the people of this world to be able to awaken their spirit.
Without it, one will remain mortal and will not be able to compare to those who have managed to awaken their spirit.
There are many things that have been done before the real start of the spirit awakening ceremony. The first thing that the clan did is paying respects to the ancestors and wish for good luck in the seven days before the ceremony.
After that, it is followed by the speech from the Supreme Elder who talked about the long history of the clan and some demonstrations from spirit cultivators before the announcement of the start of the spirit awakening ceremony.
"Raven Yang Liwei, come forward and touch the Spirit Stone Seed!"
At this moment, after the long program, the main event finally happened at last as a strong man wearing a white robe called out names as he stood five meters in front of the spirit stone seed.
"Raven Yang Liwei, 3-star Wind Green Raven, Excellent Spirit!"
At this moment, a boy with green hair touched the spirit stone seed. After waiting for a few seconds, his body glowed green and a 4-inch tall green raven flew out from his glabella.
"3-star spirit! That's a great talent!"
"As expected from the heir of the Yang Family, his talent is the real deal!"
"Indeed, with this talent, his future as the elder of the clan will be secured.
People soon shouted with amazement at the talent shown to them. Feng Xin observed their reactions and he knew the reason for them.
The reason for them to react like that is easily understood as spirits can be divided into five levels. The one-star spirit is deemed as a trash talent as one will not be able to advance their cultivation and the spirit is also very weak. The spirit awakened can only be used to do mundane things.
The two-star spirit is the average talent of every spirit cultivator, with this talent one will be able to start their journey of spirit cultivation, but their achievements will be limited. Not being able to cross the barrier between the Infant Spirit Cultivation Stage and the Martial Spirit Cultivation Stage.
After the second star will be the three-star spirit talent, this talent is considered rare as only a few in a thousand can have them. With this talent, crossing the barrier between the Infant Spirit Cultivation Stage and Martial Spirit Cultivation Stage is as easy as walking into the park.
Then there is the four-star spirit talent, with this talent one will be able to easily dominate a region as the corresponding spirit with this talent is strong, unbelievably strong.
Lastly, there is the five-star talent, Feng Xin only knew that it existed but he never knew what it really is like as records of it are few, with some just mentioning them but never going into details. The only thing that one can think from the left-out information is that the five-star talent is likely the level of talent of the legendary figures who dominated their era and the following eras.
'Everyone in the clan is expecting me to have a fifth stage of talent with the intelligence that I have shown but I can't help but worry since I know that it is only a fluke. What intelligence, I just recited some poems and stories from my previous life, to think that I will be regarded as a genius by the supreme elder very quickly.'
Feng Xin thought to himself as he felt nervous. His talent will dictate everything, his achievements, and status in the clan. Naturally, he will feel nervous because of it.
"Little Van, are you nervous? Do not be nervous, your father has a rank four talent so naturally yours will not be lower. It will be even higher."
"That's right Van, the blood of our family is very strong, talent is the least of our worries."
Seeing Van's nervousness, a soft hand patted his head.
"Aunt and Uncle, thank you for your kind words. I will remember this treatment of yours in mind."
Feng Xin said as he bowed to the burly man and the beautiful lady that patted him and gave him encouraging words.
"Good, I know that you are a good child so be at ease."
"Thank you, Aunt and Uncle!"
"You don't need to call us that, you can call us your mother and father!"
At that, the two can only sigh in disappointment.
Feng Xin naturally knew what was on their mind, with his father and mother dead, his aunt and uncle have been the ones taking care of him but Feng Xin is very wary of them, he wasn't naive enough to believe that all people are kind-hearted so he is keeping a distance with them.
"Raven Liu Xiaotong, 1-star axe spirit, poor talent!"
"Raven Yang Chang, 2-star raven claw spirit, average!"
"Raven Jia Meilin, 2-star white healing raven spirit, good!"
"Raven BaiGu Wu, 2-star black raven eye spirit, average!"
The spirit awakening ceremony proceeds in an hour, over a hundred children of the right age have been tested and nothing out of expectation happens. Half the children's spirits are rank 1 spirits, as for the other half, most of them awaken two-star spirits with only three children being exceptional.
One is Raven Yang Liwei from one of the great families, from the Yang family who awakened a 3-star Wind Green Raven evaluated as an excellent spirit in terms of speed.
Another is Raven Jia Feng from one of the great families, the Jia family, who awakened a 3-star Water Sword Spirit evaluated as an excellent spirit in terms of offense.
Lastly, there is Raven BaiGu Fay, also from the great families in the clan particularly the BaiGu family, who awakened a 3-star Green Elf Spirit evaluated as magnificent because of its resonance with nature and pill refinement.
"Ah, this year's spirit awakening ceremony is indeed blessed by ancestors. Three people awakened 3-star spirits!"
"This year's academy will be interesting, especially with seeing the three heirs of the Yang, Jia, and BaiGu families."
"The way I see it, they will not be able to compete with Raven Feng Xin at all. Even then, seeing them awaken 3-star spirits is telling me that they are fated to help him in the future."
"Indeed, it seems like the ancestors have arranged for this to happen. This is so that once Feng Xin awakens his five-star spirit he will have helpers!"
The elders of the clan said and their excitement did not die down. The elders from the BaiGu, Jia, and Yang families did not speak but they still felt awkward when they heard such a way of praise.
"Everyone be quiet. It's going to happen soon."
The Supreme Elder commanded and everyone followed suit.
They focused closely and soon, the real main event started.
"Raven Feng Xin come forward for your spirit awakening ceremony."
Soon everyone in the cave became quiet but their gazes were focused only on him alone.
'This gaze of expectation and the rough tone that became the gentle tone of the one facilitating the event, all this expectation. What if I fail to live up to one?'
Feng Xin thought as he felt a bad omen was coming. He is one that cannot be influenced by nervousness very easily as he is a very calm and collected person but this day he felt it more than ten times on this day.
Such a thing does not happen in his two lives and Feng Xin can only think that it is a bad omen.
'Surely not right?'
Feng Xin thought as he soon found himself in front of the Spirit Stone Seed.
"Put your hands on the spirit stone seed and think deeply about what image is in your head."
The facilitator gently reminded him. Feng Xin can only nod in response as he followed the instructions.
"Feng Xin, come on what is there to be nervous about? Just be confident and trust yourself. This world is waiting for you to be conquered, there is no time to be afraid."
Feng Xin thought as his mind soon became calm and collected and he put his hand in the Spirit Stone Seed.
'We are going to fly high into the sky, soar like a phoenix, and descend like a dragon.'
Feng Xin muttered in his mind as he find an unknown feeling suddenly erupting in him. The bad omen that he felt intensified as he saw a small image of a spirit forming in his mind.