Testing Potential (1)!

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With great familiarity, Araw quickly scrolled through the unending lists of items within the system. 

His eyes glimmer with excitement as he spent 25 teaching points in order to purchase a peak Qi condensation manual. Dropping his savings to a pathetic 7 points.

Although it was painful to look at his teaching points, Araw knew that buying this cultivation manual was necessary for his future, ensuring great strength and safety if something unexpected occurred. 

Ding! 

[ Five Elements Circulation: A peak qi cultivation manual that focused on the overall aspect of one's being. Equally increasing the body's strength and spirituality every time a cultivator advances by stage... 

Not only does it increase the defense of the cultivator to all 5 elements, but it also allows one to gain deeper comprehension regarding them, allowing one to wield the 5 elements to a greater degree. ]

Soon, after studying the manual for hours, ensuring that he hadn't missed any information, Araw then closed the thick book within his grasp, taking a deep breath in order to regulate his mind before advancing toward the small manor in the far distance. 

Although it seems extravagant on his part to spend teaching points to buy a manor, the manor and the items inside were actually a crucial part when he was going to accept his first discipline. 

Since the system greatly pointed out that the reward he would receive in his first task was related to the overall talent of the discipline, Araw decided to spend a considerable amount of his teaching points buying items that could test out one's innate potential and the persistence of one's mind... 

Hence, reasoning for the existence of the manor in front of him. 

Moreover, he couldn't let his discipline sleep on the bare ground, right? 

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Ding! 

[ Small Manor: A manor covered in a defensive array that was capable of nullifying the full strike of the Body Tempering realm cultivator and could hold a Qi condensation realm attack for hours.

Furthermore, not only did it contain minor technologies related to cultivation, but it also had rooms specified for pill concoction, weapon refinement, and cultivation... 

Price: 10 Teaching Points! ]

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"My 7 teaching points wouldn't last long..."

Sighing deep within himself, Araw then moved toward the pond in the back of the manor. 

There, he saw several large fish with vibrant colors, containing beastly auras, freely roaming under the water—every time they moved, they would summon huge waves that heavily collided to the edges of the pond, disturbing the water lilies above them. 

Although he caught some of them in the past to fill his empty stomach, compared to their pathetic number when he first brought the pond, their count actually increased to dozens... 

Furthermore, with rich spiritual qi, most of them have already broken their mortal shackles, successfully reaching transcendence, to the point that one of them even reaches the middle stage, comparable to the 4th stage of the body tempering realm! 

If not for him already reaching the peak stage of the body tempering realm, Araw might have already killed it due to fear of potential trouble. 

As for the beasts within his ranch, Araw already released those who still had not broken through their mortal limits, allowing them to procreate within the wild while only keeping the beasts that reached the peak stage of the early transcendence realm and above within. 

Soon, seeing that there was no problem within the pond, Araw directly entered his manor, moving with great familiarity as he soon entered a specific room where he was hiding the technology that could read one's potential. 

Looking at the gleaming stone, with a size comparable to a basketball in front of him, watching it release a calm aura that swept through every corner of the room... 

Araw, unfolding anticipation in his eyes, took a deep breath as he lightly touched the surface of the stone with his left hand. 

It could be said that after buying this item, Araw immediately tested his potential. Although he had faint inklings about his talent back then, he was still holding a glimmer of hope that he was a rare prodigy that could only be found once in a hundred years.

A prodigy that even a Foundation realm cultivator envied.

Shockingly enough, after seeing his result, he learned that his talent had actually reached the middle grade and had an affinity for all 5 elements! 

Although it barely reached the middle grade, it still made him extremely happy since even within the clan, he hadn't heard a single being who had a peak low-grade talent, not to mention a middle-grade one! 

Based on his knowledge, the level of potential is divided into 6 parts, mainly the Mortal Grade, Low Grade, Middle Grade, High Grade, Peak Grade, and the enigmatic Innate Grade! 

The higher the potential one has, the easier it is for them to absorb the spiritual qi present within heaven and earth, making their advancement much smoother and faster compared to a person with lower talent. 

Moreover, it even said that the bottleneck obstructing the cultivators from attaining the higher state and realm was almost nonexistent to beings with higher talent... Allowing them to walk further on the road of cultivation! 

As for why Araw was still testing his talent despite already knowing it, it's to see if his talent changed after reaching the enigmatic 10th stage of the body-tempering realm. 

He believed that the advantage of breaking through the limit of the 9th stage wasn't limited to an increment in his overall strength! 

"If it really does, then the 10th stage would be sham."

Shing~ Shing~

Tossing the distraction on the back of his mind, Araw took a deep breath, calming his raging emotions as he guided his energy to the gleaming ball in front of him. 

"One pebble is equivalent to a Mortal Grade talent; two pebbles are comparable to Low Grade; the formation of the third pebble signifies a Middle Grade... and so on."

Soon, after siphoning a percentage of his energy, the gleaming ball in front of him suddenly releases a mysterious glow of light.

A mixture of swirling blue, green, red, brown, and silver—signifying his affinity to the 5 elements—formed an ethereal beauty that shrouded his surroundings... Plunging the room in dreamy light. 

Although it was a sight to behold, Araw's eyes were focused on the forming image inside the gleaming ball. 

Plop-

Slowly, a small pebble dyed in 5 elements formed inside the gleaming ball, further increasing the glow of light inside the room as another pebble with the same color appeared within. 

From 1 to 2, and 2 to 3 pebbles, signifying his middle grade potential...

After the third pebble was formed, the light around him slowly subsided.