The principal next flew up and gently landed on the nose of a beautiful fairy-like lady behind the child.
Vice Principal Mo Tianxing was astonished! If the Principal had only landed on the child, it could still be explained, but a woman!?
The principal hated touching women the most.
The woman stared stupidly at the butterfly. It was very beautiful but she had seen many things in her past life, so she wasn't fazed by its beauty but she was still curious. The butterfly gave off a bioluminescent glow even in broad daylight.
" How peculiar! " she gazed at it in wonder. The Blue Emperor butterfly didn't stay for long, it flew away after a few seconds into the bushes. Mo Tianxing gulped anxiously, in all the years of following the Principal, he had never seen him touch anyone without wearing his custom made black gloves. He wanted to go and see the Principal immediately but he was held up with carrying out the Test. He also couldn't just pass it off to someone like what the Principal did with him.
With no choice, he could only proceed with the arrangements and finish today's orientation.
" Move along everyone time is of the essence!" he said loudly to the crowd that had stopped to stare in awe at the garden.
Upon reaching the Testing Hall, He ordered everyone to line up in an orderly fashion in front of a small stage, On it, there was a stone altar made of what looks like granite with an oval golden-colored mirror place on top. It looked like a plain and simple mirror without any radiance to it at all.
" When I call your names you are to come up, place your hand on the mirror and stay still.
If it lights up you pass and if it doesn't light up within 2 minutes you fail.
There are certain colors that show the various elements and sub-elements of the Spirit Veins, The main colors are; Red as Fire, Blue as Water, Green as Wind, Brown as Earth, White as Light and Black as Darkness.
However, there is also a rare sub-elements category. In this category, there is Ice, Magma, Lightning, Gravity, Metal, Sand, Nature and Space. Its corresponding colors are similar to the main Elements such as Red, Blue, and White. The only difference is that there are different shades of colors.
For example; Water's Sub Element is Ice and its color is Light Blue. Red's Sub Elements is Magma, Therefore, its color is Dark Red and so on.
However, there are exceptions to this, Elements such as Space, Gravity, Metal, and Lightning are 3rd tiers Sub Elements and they are independent of any of those colors. They are instead a mix of 2 or 3. Their colors are Grey for Space, Dark Grey for Gravity, Shimmery Blue for Metal and Purple for Lightning.
There are more Sub Elements but it is useless to mention this now if you haven't taken a step into the cultivation world. So generally, there is only one Sub-Element per every main Element"
The crowd chattered among themselves after hearing the Elements. Most of them wished their children would get the rare Sub Elements Class but everyone understood how rare a vein like that is.
Shu Xiu Lan frowned in puzzlement.
' This world is very different from Earth.' she thought. On earth, the only powers discovered were the ability to see into the future, Telekinesis, telepathy, and clairvoyance and even then there were few whos powers were real. She had heard that in this world people had powers but she had never seen anyone with it so she had disregarded it as nothing. Now she's even experiencing magical things up close, so she couldn't help but be excited.
" The first person: Qi Lau Mei, Come up!"
There was some hesitance in the crowd but soon a little girl with long pigtails holding her mother's hand walked up to the front. Her mother gestured for her to go up and she reluctantly complied.
" Put your hand on the mirror ." Mo Tianxing said impatiently.
The little girl shyly did as he asked. She cutely closed her eyes tightly and placed her left hand on the mirror. Seconds passed without anything happening. The little girl seeing that nothing happened stated to shed tears. The little girl knew how important this was because her mom kept telling her at home that she should do everything to pass.
The crowd was silent as they watched the girl leave the stage.
Everyone knew that having veins wasn't a guaranteed thing, even when a powerful couple with both parents carrying Spirit Veins may not have a child with Spirit Veins.
For the first test though, someone actually failing cast a gloomy atmosphere among the crowd of peasants and nobles.
" Next; Bao Fan!"
A skinny 4-5-year-old boy along with a middle-aged man walked up to the front. The middle-aged man held his chin high, radiating wealth and power. Similarly, on the stage, the little boy had an air of arrogance surrounding him. He walked straight to the mirror then place his hand on it without hesitation. Mo Tianxing looked at him in annoyance not expecting the little punk to be so straightforward.
Seconds after he placed his hands a bright black light flashed out along with a lesser bright red light.
The crowd gasped in surprise.
The little boy had Duel Elements! The boy had a shocked look on his face but it soon turned to delight. The boy's father laughed out deeply then said in satisfaction as is son walked off the stage,
" That's my Bao Family's son! haha!"
Mo Tianxing was also surprised.
' It seems as if this batch might have a few good seedlings' he thought in elation.
With his face still blank, he said " Good" to the boy.
Hearing that the boy got complacent and sauntered off towards his Father.
Some more names were called but only 2 of them had Spirit Veins. A boy and a girl that happened to be twins. The boy had Water Veins and the Girl had Fire Veins.
"Next; Sun Hao Hao!"
Beside Shu Xiu Lan, Sun Jiali nervously walked to the front with Hao Hao right behind her.
" Good luck!" Xiao Mei said softly to Hao Hao. Smiling shyly, Hao Hao nodded and followed her mother. After reaching the front, Sun Jiali whispered something to Hao Hao and then stepped back. Hao Hao then glanced back briefly before walking forward.
As she walked on stage she heard Mo Tianxing say," Place your hand on the mirror."
She did as she was told and silently waited. Not too long after, the mirror lit up brightly in a bright white and blue color with both colors shining strongly.
For the second time today, Mo Tianxing was astonished! Never would he have imagined that there would be 2 duel element spirit vein holders in today's orientation!
You have to know …..that in the past 50 years, Rising Phoenix Academy has had at most 1 or 2 duel element holders every 10 or 15 years. And in the past 50 years alone, there have been only 4 duel element holders (excluding today's few) and 50-60 single element holders! If we look on a broader scope for the past century there have only been 9 duel element holders and over 100 single element holders! There have never been any triple element or more holders in the past 1000 years. Which was why the Academy's numbers were always pitifully small.
So, for Rising Phoenix Academy to acquire 2 duel element holders in one day, is a joyous event to the Upper Echelon of the Academy. However, this can only be said to be joyous because they were currently situated in a low tier underdeveloped kingdom that is cut off from communication with the Upper Tier Kingdoms and Empires.