The day has gone dark. The sun that has risen to the sky, has now started descending.
The picturesque moment was beautiful.
The Wyrm mountain range fog upgraded the quality and beauty of the view.
In this beautiful moment, that artist would kill to capture but instead had people admiring it. They are standing in trepidation towards that object whose beauty surpasses the world's most expensive pearl on Earth.
They do not see its outward beauty, but its cold judgment that pronounces good news or despair.
"Inferior quality water spirit root. Failed!"
"Inferior quality water spirit root. Failed!"
"Inferior quality water spirit root. Failed!"
"Low-class water spirit root. Passed!"
"Inferior quality wind spirit root. Failed!"
People were on tenterhooks as they moved forward to the white grey-haired man who was in charge of the test.
Some after testing would clench their fist in excitement, while some would be disheartened.
But the majority of all was disheartened because, in a group of twenty, only one would have a low-class spirit root.
That made the odds of passing one in twenty.
The Sake trio started to get nervous because even if they knew they had spirit roots. They were not sure of the quality. If it meets the requirements to pass the test.
"I believe our spirit roots are all superior class and we could pass this easy test. No need to fear."
That was Sake trying to encourage the group and ease the nervousness in their hearts.
Zeron looked at Sake who was pumping the group with fighting spirits while deep inside, he was also afraid that maybe his spirit root wouldn't meet the mark.
Zeron exhaled as he thought (Sake should not be worried about that because he is sure to pass this round because his dad who is a cultivator believes his spirit root quality is high enough).
(Who should be worried are those two because from what Sakuku could feel, their spirit root quality was poor)
Cultivators can have a hazy feeling about the quality of a person's spirit root' whether it is high or low but can not exactly determine the attributes and the quality. Only the orb of truth can do that.
"Superior quality wind spirit root!".
"Passed".
There was a hush that overcame the large clearing, followed by a heavy charter.
Every participant and the sect Cultivators looked toward the front clearing where a boy of age fifteen stood there with both hands touching the orb of truth which swirled with wind current and shone with four markings on its body which represented superior class.
There are different ranks in the quality of spirit root.
Spirit root affects how fast you cultivate, your comprehension speed, and the limit of the cultivation stage you could reach in this life.
The ranks of spirit are rooted from the lowest to the highest.
'inferior, low, high, superior, great, lord, king, emperor, son of god, God'.
There are ten ranks in the quality of spirit roots.
The highest that the Sundai region has ever seen was superior.
So you can imagine the shock on the crowd's faces when the boy got a superior ranking when his spirit root was determined.
Whoosh~
The white-robed grey-haired elder stood up with a shocked and startled face.
He looked up to the young boy who had just removed his hands from the orb of truth and was smiling happily.
The young boy was good-looking with black hair and a fair complexion, he was 165cm tall with a lean build and had a natural grace and flex in his movement.
His eyes glowed with confidence and ambition as he stood among those that have passed the first assessment.
They were trying to strike up a conversation with him.
The boy just stood there like a king, smiling and nodding to those sect cultivators who congratulated him and called him junior brother.
After the boy, there were eight high classes that were tested followed by another appearance of a superior class. But this time it was a girl.
The number of participants was reduced till it reached Zeron group turns.
The first to go was Rale.
He first took a deep breath and with a smile on his lips, he looked toward Chulan and Sake who were absolutely nervous.
He smiled at them, then nodded his head toward Zeron, and with a determined step, he moved toward the orb of truth. Placing his hands on it
"Inferior quality darkness spirit root".
The elder thought for a moment then said pass!"
Others were surprised, and before they could say anything among themselves.
The elder continued. "He passes because his spirit root attribute is a special type."
"And every special type is equivalent to the next rank".
"Since his spirit root quality was inferior. It will be equivalent to low class".
Others then nod their heads with an understanding look.
The Cultivators were not surprised because it happens sometimes but Rale's case was special because he was the only one they had seen with an inferior quality special type spirit root.
The last quality that was known to the special type was low class until Rale appeared.
Nevertheless, Rale was excited.
The white-robed grey-haired elder shook his head as he thought inwardly. (Too bad the quality was inferior, if it was superior class!). He laughed as he shook his head thinking that fantasy and reality are not the same.
Next up was Chulan who was a low-class fire spirit root. She passed.
Followed by the fatty who surprised everyone by being a high class. The ninth high class.
Now it is Zeron's turn. He walked up to the clearing and stood in front of the table where the orb of truth was layed. He placed his hands on top of it and ...