Chapter 67: 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.
Chapter 68: New Student - 68
"I guess we will have to skip that part." Zhou Fan said.
With that, he led the group of nine to another part of the main building. It was a room near the top, just below Zhou Fan's room.
It was furnished with desks, a blackboard, and a podium.
"This is where I will teach you all. While everyone else's class starts at 8 am, yours will start at 3 pm. Classes will start tomorrow, so go get some sleep." Zhou Fan said.
With a nod, the group left and the beasts followed behind.
As Zhou Fan was left alone, he went to the cultivation room, where he took the first 10 students previously, and cultivated until 8 am.
At that time, he got up and went to the front of the school building and led the 496 students to their classroom.
There, he taught them some theoretical knowledge about cultivation. He also told them about the first 4 realms. He didn't go any further because it would take them a long time to even reach the nascent soul realm.
In the last hour of class, Zhou Fan taught them how to cultivate.
Those with spirit rank 5 meridians and above were halfway to starting cultivation in that hour. Their speed put Cao Lins to shame.
Even he took longer when he first started to cultivate.
Of course, he was a little different from these people. It took him about 5 hours to start cultivation because he had to really work for it. As for them, they were basically being spoon fed Qi.
Even then, their speed would only last until foundation establishment. At that point, they would slow down immensely.
Zhou Fan even estimated that it would take a spirit rank 3 ten years to break into core formation.
Although class was over for the day, they would still be able to cultivate in their rooms. It was likely that most of them would break into the third level of Qi gathering tonight.
After all, it was an introductory realm.
After the first class, Zhou Fan went to the elite classroom. The beasts and the other four students were already there when he arrived.
Like the previous class, he went over the basics of cultivation and the realms. One difference he made was that he also told them about the soul formation realm. Although they won't get there that much faster than the others, it would still be good to tell them.
In the last hour, he once again taught them how to cultivate. Since the beasts already knew, they went ahead and started as he told the four students.
At the end of the class, everyone had made it 3/4ths of the way to starting. Although the difference wasn't much, it would start to show in the later realms.
Each of the beasts managed to break through to the 3rd level of Qi gathering in that time. It was an achievement that showed just how much greater their talent was.
Zhou Fan sent everyone off soon afterwards.
That night, a new group of talents arrived. Therefore, Zhou Fan shaved an hour off of the first class and repeated the first day and tested their talents.
Since a new group arrived every month, he would do it every time.
In the new group, there was yet another person with a 100 talent. His name was Din Ren, and Zhou Fan was looking forward to his results.
Since he was in the front of the group, he was the first to be tested. As the array activated, a blinding light shot out. The reaction was much more than anyone else's.
"Din Ren. Emperor rank 3 meridians. Affinities: Space, dark, ice." Zhou Fan said with shock on his face. Although he was expectant, he never imagined that someone with such talent would appear.
He was not only a rank above spirit meridians, but two!
And he was rank 3 too! His talent made the other hundreds seem pathetic.
Although the rest were tested, nobody was paying much attention. All eyes were on the new person who had incredible talent.
Some people wanted to see him after the ceremony ended, but Zhou Fan personally took him to the elite class.
"Your talent is incredible, but I wouldn't say you are the most talented here." He said.
"What?" Din Ren said. He had heard about the others results and believed that there was no doubt he was number one.
"Did you see the 5 big beasts at the ceremony? Each of them have higher talent than you." Zhou Fan said. Although he was bringing the boy down, it was to teach him a lesson. If he believed that he was the most talented here, he may slack off and act arrogant.
Zhou Fan decided to nip that in the bud before it even started.
"Come to this class at 3 pm." He said before leaving. He had already delayed the first class once. It would be rude to keep them waiting again.
Zhou Fan taught the class some more stuff that they hadn't learned yesterday, but there wasn't much left to teach. He hadn't done much research on cultivation and didn't have any information besides his personal experiences.
This time, he spent the entire period talking and sent them off at the end.
He then went to the elite class which had its tenth member.
Din Ren was looking quite uncomfortable since half of the class space was occupied by the beasts, but there was nothing Zhou Fan could do about it.
Xiaolong had even tried to be thoughtful by coiling up like a tower to make more space.
Even though there were new students, Zhou Fan still taught things he didn't teach from yesterday. He simply had the new student stay after class and he personally taught him how to cultivate. He also handed him a pamphlet that taught him the other stuff from yesterday.
At the end of the hour, the boy had managed to start cultivation and broke into the first level of Qi gathering. Although he did it faster than when the beasts did it, he was also getting a better supply of Qi.
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