Guihu Luixing took a deep breath. It was only natural for him to be nervous. He had an impossible mission, one that affected the life of every living being. And this mission surely would be affected by his talent.
"Go baby! Mommy is here for you! Show everyone how awesome you are."
Instantly his nervousness wad broken, only to be replaced by embarrassment.
Everyone was looking at him. Some were neutral, some felt nervous thinking their parents or guardians would do the same, some wore smiles on their faces, while others...
"Fugyagyagyagyagya. Hurry up, baby! You don't want to let your mommy down, do you? Fugyagyagyagya."
Were laughing out loud.
Guihu Luixing hurriedly went to the marked spot. The sooner he got there the sooner it would end.
Very soon the isolation barrier was activated and the spheres started moving.
All the spheres moved towards him, much to the spectators surprised.
"Look! Every sphere is moving towards him!"
"This is a good sign. The headmaster's child is truly talented!"
"Calm down! It doesn't mean much just yet. Most likely than not a lot of these spheres will return quickly."
"What did you say?! Are you say my baby is untalented in my face?! What's you name? Who's your master? It seems like he can't properly educate his disciples!"
"Eeeh?! N-no! I didn't mean that! Forgive me mistress!"
Even though the viewers were agitated, they didn't affect Guihu Luixing. This was supposed to happen.
'My affinities are, supposedly, all excellent. However, it's obvious that being born and raised in a sect that have such specific specialties like the Ghost Fox Valley Sect, is bound to cause some change in my attributes.' Thought Guihu Luixing.
Some time passed, and none of the spheres returned yet.
'Huff. If there was a change, at least it wasn't very drastic.' He sighed in relief.
"Is thisfor real? Is there such a genius? Is he really going to have all compatibilities excellent or above?" a spectator was shocked.
"Yes! That's my baby! Do you see him? That's my child over there! Go, honey." a mother was making sure that everyone knew he was her child.
"...Is this the destined soul? Who will overturn the world in order to keep his promise of another lifetime?" a chuunibyou was getting lost in fantasy.
Guihu Luixing relaxed a little more. This should be enough to be classified as at least good compatibility. It seemed his prospects were good.
After some more time. Some spheres finally moved back to their initial positions. First, the Lightning and Light Element Spheres returned at the same time. Right after, the Fire Sphere also returned.
People were shocked again. Only three spheres returned? What about the other ten? Were they stuck or something? Does this mean he has at least 10 compatibilities at excellent and above?
Finally the spheres began to wobble. Dome returned, but others didn't. The Yang, Water, Wood, Wind, Time and Space element spheres wobbled back to their symbols.
Only Yin, Gold, Earth and Darkness elements remained. They only when they started fading that the headmaster turned the handle while smiling.
He was very satisfied with his son's results.
"Hahahaha. As expected from the Young Master. Light, Lightning and Fire have Great compatibility, Yang, Water, Wood, Wind, Space and Time elements have Excellent compatibility. And a shocking four elements Perfect compatibility with Yin, Gold, Earth and Darkness."
Everyone was either celebrating or in awe. Basically, this meant that many other paths were open for him. It would be much easier for him obtain results than others and he could have many more trump cards than others.
Guihu Luixing was also smiling. But his smile was sson frozen.
*Piron*
[Host's aptitude has decreased to unacceptable levels. No immediate fix available. Issuing mission.]
*Huuu*
[Mission N. 3: Increase Elemental Aptitude
Description: During the incarnation process, due to various reasons, the host's basic primary aptitude levels fell to below acceptable levels. Find a way to achieve a minimum of Excellent Aptitude in every element before leaving the Qi Solidification Realm.
Reward: Myriad Dantian Chaotic Unification Manual.
Penalty: None, you'll definitively die anyway
Time Limit: 3 years.]
'What the heck?! Is it even possible to change one's aptitude? And what about the "you'll definitely die anyway"?!'
Guihu Luixing's emotions were complicated as he left the platform and went back to the group of children.
The remaining of the test went without any problems. Everyone that scored perfectly the prior test had at least one Perfect Aptitude, and even some who didn't manage to score perfectly due nervousness, were found to have a Perfect Aptitude.
"Alright everyone, keep in mind while having many elements is a good thing, as you have many options, having few is not necessarily bad. People that have many good aptitudes tend to trying studying all of them diving their efforts, while someone who has few, can concentrate on their path since the beginning." instructed Niko.
"Also, even if you had only bad aptitudes, it's not the end for you. The Qis we tested here were only the most common and widespread Qi types. There are many, many other Qi types out there, you may find you can be very talented in one of them. There's also the possibility of finding rare treasures that are capable of increasing one's aptitude." he continued.
The last part immediately caught Guihu Luixing's attention. He knew what he needed to do.
"Well, those kind of treasures are rare and expensive so don't get your hopes up, kids." Elder Samantha immediately crushed his hopes.
How could he find at least three super rare, super expensive treasures, of three specific elements, in three years?! Guihu Luixing really wanted to cry right now.
"Well, that was just an exemple. Let's proceed to the last test, the Comprehension Test!" announced Niko.
The headmaster threw thirteen boxes to the air. Old Tail and Silver Moon once again grew thirteen tails, grabbed the spheres and stuffed each of the in a box.
The headmaster the took back the boxes and the altar. The zombies that were in standby promptly carried it back from wherever they brought it from.
After that many ghosts appered in the place. The started digging out patterns and line in the soil, bury some things, use blood to paint symbols and many other things.
To an outsider, they may seem like they were messing around and destroying the place, but to those that knew what the ghosts were doing, they could only praise the manipulator.
Soon they were done and flew away, disappearing just as fast as they appeared.
"The ghosts just now were being manipulated by the sectmaster herself. She used them in order to draw this Fleeting Dream Array, that will be used on the final test."
The headmaster said. The sectmaster was a elusive person who very few people met. She spent most of her time in seclusion and left most of the sect matters tho the headmaster, who currently is Guihu Luixing's father.
"Everyone, try your best, the sectmaster might be watching, after all. Teacher Niko, you may proceed." said the headmaster.
His words had a great impact on the children. 'Is the sectmaster be watching them right now? Would she choose one of them as a direct disciple if they performed well?' They were even more determined in doing their best.
Too bad they didn't know their wished had no impact of their performance in the next trial.