An invisible ripple spread out from the crystal, carrying a hint of silver light that flashed and disappeared. The examiner stood up abruptly, his hat askew from the elemental wind, but he didn't have time to straighten it.
The teleportation array nearby even showed slight distortions. “Space-type, excellent, wait, wait,” the examiner stammered.
His voice became high-pitched from the effort.
Xing Luo was startled. His hand was on it, and he hadn't even had time to concentrate, so how did he get an excellent rating? He didn't dare to think further. As the saying goes, the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled. He didn't have the strength to protect himself yet, so being too showy wasn't good. He quickly withdrew his hand.
The examiner rushed over, grabbed his chubby hand, and excitedly asked a series of questions, which Xing Luo respectfully answered one by one.
Xing Luo had severely underestimated himself before. Not only did he have magic talent, but it was also the rare Space Magic talent.
For the first time, everyone's gaze turned to this unassuming Fat Man.
His dark hair and dark eyes, clearly Eastern features, added a touch of mystery to him. Xing Luo's chubby face twitched. It was his first time being the center of so much attention, and he really wanted to slip away quickly. In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person.
But the enthusiastic examiner still held his hand tightly, clearly with no intention of letting go. "Too showy, I need to be low-key. The gun shoots the bird that sticks its head out. However, this ranking directly affects future cultivation resources, so showing off my strength is good," the Fat Man thought, conflicted.
After all, Space-type talent was too rare; even an excellent rating was once in a million years, which was why everyone was so surprised.
The proud little princess Pandora now walked towards Xing Luo. Everyone's gaze shifted again, following this beautiful young woman. He felt very uncomfortable under so many eyes.
“You're very good. Are you interested in becoming a guest elder of our family?”
After she said this, everyone gasped again. The Pandora Family was extremely powerful, after all.
“I'm still young. Let's consider this matter later.”
“An ignorant fellow.”
“He really thinks he's something.”
The allure of a beautiful woman was still great. Everyone discussed Xing Luo's refusal animatedly.
Pandora said no more and turned to leave. After all, her family wasn't lacking such an un-grown genius, and as for their previous conflicts, they were insignificant in the face of family interests.
The examination continued, but there were no more astonishing talents among the remaining participants. Everyone's attention on the Fat Man gradually waned over time. After all, one's own strength was the most important; others' strength was ultimately theirs.
The three-day examination quickly drew to a close. All the talented candidates had completed their awakenings, and only then did the examiner announce that the third round of examinations would take place at Luo Shen Academy tomorrow morning.
Everyone gradually walked out of the plaza, their expressions varied. After all, seeing their own talent brought complex feelings. Talent determined the heights one could reach, which was like seeing one's own future. Of course, nothing was absolute; one's destiny still had to be grasped by oneself.
At this moment, Xing Luo's mouth curved upwards. “I never thought I, a Fat Man, would have a day like this, hahaha! It seems I'll have plenty of beauties throwing themselves into my arms in the future.” The Fat Man, engrossed in his fantasy, even drooled.
He just didn't notice that his actions had truly scared the children nearby, who quickly scattered. The candidates who had a hint of envy for Xing Luo also instantly ran far away.
“He's not crazy, is he?”
Xing Luo, completely unaware, walked towards the inn, humming an off-key, unknown tune.
Upon entering his room, he finally had time to examine himself carefully. In his lower abdomen, there was a small transparent flame, and beside it, a shimmering silver flame.
“Is it dual-elemental? Oh my god!” He was deeply shocked.
One must know that dual-elemental magic users were even rarer than Space Magic talent, appearing perhaps once in a million years.
Fourteen years ago, during that bizarre meteor shower night, geniuses on the continent emerged like mushrooms after rain, one after another.
However, the top powerhouses of various races were not optimistic about this matter; instead, they harbored deep worries, as if all of this foreshadowed something.
As the saying goes, when things reach an extreme, they decline. Historically, this had happened several times, usually as a precursor to great disasters. However, never before had so many geniuses emerged, like countless stars.
Xing Luo continued to observe the Magic Fire within him. He heard Pandora say that after igniting the Magic Fire, one could sense magic elements. Coupled with meditation methods to enhance spiritual power, becoming a true magician would then be a matter of course.
Suppressing his excitement, he tried to mobilize his spiritual power to communicate with the free-floating magic elements in the world. He concentrated his spiritual power to sense the surrounding elements, mobilizing the magic elements in space, and arranging them into a specific Array Diagram to cast magic.
As for casting gestures and incantations, they were auxiliary methods to reduce the difficulty of casting and compensate for insufficient affinity. Therefore, for most large-scale magic, in addition to spiritual power meeting the standard, gestures and incantations were also indispensable.
When arranging the Array Diagram by mobilizing magic elements in space, if even one magic element was not properly arranged, the entire Magic Array could collapse. If it was high-level magic, there was also the danger of being backfired.
Therefore, arranging magic according to the Magic Array Diagrams summarized by predecessors could minimize danger.
Historically, Fielstow, a renowned magic scholar, was burned to ashes by Fire Magic during an experiment with a Magic Array at the young age of 40. So, if one didn't want to die too quickly, it was better not to casually alter Magic Arrays.
Xing Luo tried to command the free-floating magic elements to arrange into a long strip. Before long, sweat streamed down his forehead. It felt as if countless steel needles were pricking his brain. Enduring the tearing headache, he finally managed to succeed, but before he could even feel excited, his eyes went black, and he fainted.
Without trained spiritual power, reaching this point was already very good. If it weren't for his spiritual power far exceeding that of ordinary people, he probably wouldn't even be able to arrange a single long line.
In a daze, in his dream, he saw an old man with a white beard, who smiled faintly at him and then disappeared. He reached out to grab him but couldn't reach him no matter what.
With a thud, Xing Luo fell out of bed. He rubbed his sore bottom and then scrambled back up.
Who was he? Why did he appear in my dream? He thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out.
When the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally straighten. Xing Luo was just such a person.
He woke up the next morning.
He was surprised to find that the world around him seemed much clearer. He could even perceive distant, obscured objects. It seemed his spiritual power had increased significantly. Draining his spiritual power also helped with its growth, but the sensation wasn't pleasant.
It felt like needles pricking his brain, over and over again. Just thinking about it made him ache. If he had to train his spiritual power like this, it would be too abnormal.
Having been very afraid of pain since childhood, he would definitely not abuse himself like this. “Even if he was given 10 gold coins, he wouldn't do it. Maybe 100 would make him consider it,” the money-grubbing Fat Man thought shamelessly.
He rubbed his head and got up. He ate a quick meal at the Sunset Inn, as he still had to rush to the Magic Academy soon.
He didn't want to miss this important examination by being late. He still had to find the mastermind behind Li Da Shu's murder. He still had to become stronger to protect his women. Although he didn't have any yet, there would definitely be many, many in the future, Xing Luo thought.
Luo Shen Academy was located on a mountaintop outside Luoshen City. Its tall spires seemed to pierce the sky, and it was perpetually shrouded in mist. If villagers accidentally wandered into the academy's vicinity, they would be unknowingly sent out.
