Hearing the words of the village chief, not only Abel, but many of the children became concerned, most of them already knew each other, so they estimated their own strength levels as well, along with the fact that only 10 of them would be admitted in the end, it made those who expected a miracle want to just leave.
The village head did not care much for the change in the children's expressions, as he continued with his speech:
"That said, we will start with the first test, the children will pass from 5 to 5 and touch the spheres that are in the sand, this will tell us what attribute they have, and depending on the brightness, it will also show us their martial talent."
Once he finished saying this, a group of servants arrived carrying small translucent spheres, which they quickly placed on the sand, at a certain distance from each other.
Soon, the first 5 children approached the spheres, apparently they were quite nervous, since even one of them almost tripped while climbing the sand, a sight that made the village chief sigh.
"They are still too young, despite having a culture that can make them feel proud, in the face of these tests, they only show that they are still lacking mentally."
While the village chief said these words, the 5 children were already touching the spheres, which lit up one by one with different colors and different brightness.
Soon, a servant began to tell the results of each child.
"Attribute: earth, brightness: low,"
"Attribute: water, shine: low"
"Attribute: water, shine: medium."
Soon the children left the place, the ones who got a medium glow had smiles on their faces, while those who got a low glow sighed in resignation, they could practically say goodbye to their wish to join a sect.
Little by little, the children were going up and down the sand, more and more were the ones who looked sad and sorry, while only a small group still kept hope in their eyes.
"Attribute: earth, brightness: medium."
"Attribute: water, shine: high."
Suddenly, a girl appeared whose sphere shone like the morning sky, surprising everyone present, including 2 of the envoys.
"So one with outstanding talent came along, unbelievable."
"He practically already has his pass secured to a sect, which makes me envious."
Comments like this could be heard all over the place, even the girl had raised her head in a plea, strutting before the crowd.
At this sight, Abel just sighed, shaking his head.
"Just moments ago, she found herself with her head down, fearing her future, now that she knows she has talent, she struts before the crowd, *sigh*, there are things that never change no matter in what world you are."
Sighing somewhat resignedly, Abel suddenly noticed that one of the children who was in the martial disciple stage came up on the stage, immediately, many villagers started gossiping among themselves.
"Hey, isn't that the second son of the village chief?"
"If it's him, it was rumored that his affinity was fire, and his talent was a challenge to heaven."
"Well, rumors or not, we are about to witness if what is said about him is true."
The boy did not seem to mind the comments of the villagers, unlike the other children. He, she slowly but decidedly climbed up, her gaze exuding confidence, she soon placed her hand on the sphere, which instantly lit up.
"Attribute: Fire, Brightness: Superior"
The crowd exploded before the glow of the sphere, which illuminated the place like a sun in the sky, all were dumbfounded at this sight.
"As expected of the village chief's son, we shouldn't even doubt those rumors."
"Ha, see I told you, they even said that the brightness was higher, not high, so that talent is surprising."
Hearing this, even the village chief, who was keeping a serious face, couldn't help but crack a satisfied smile, pride was written all over his face.
On the other hand, Clark's expression was also shocked, he did not expect to see such a genius in the village, so he quickly turned to the other two and said:
"This child will go to my sect; I am sure that you companions will not oppose this."
Hearing that, the lady didn't even turn to answer him, to be exact, she had only given the boy a glance before closing her eyes, as if she didn't care about such a genius, on the other hand, Fred, she only smiled significantly before tell:
"Hahaha, do not rush yet Clark, after all, this time we decided that it is the children who choose which sect to join, plus there are still 2 tests left, do not lose your cool."
Seeing Fred's smile, Clark just snorted coldly and returned to his seat, while he thought to himself.
"Hmph, everyone knows that the Azure Cloud Sect specializes in earth and water techniques, so my only concern is if she is going to choose it, but from her reaction, that doesn't seem to be the case."
At the thought of that, Clark calmed down and continued to watch the children climb one by one.
"Attribute: thunder, brightness: high."
"Attribute: water, shine: medium."
"Attribute: wood, gloss: low."
Thus, one by one, the children went by, but after the performance of the son of the village chief, there were few comments, obviously his performance was so dazzling that he completely outshined that of the others.
"*Sigh*, after watching the boss's son perform, the excitement is lost."
"Yes, you're right, I hope those children hurry to start the 2nd test, although surely, the one who stands out the best is also the son of the boss."
"Hey, slow down, just because he has a talent for spectacular cultivation doesn't mean that his comprehension ability is excellent, besides from what I heard Lyan, the one with thunder as his attribute, managed to understand a superior human grade martial technique quite quickly. , so maybe it's your turn to shine."
"Oh, I heard about that too, I wonder which of the 2 will stand out the most in the 2nd test."
"I believe that he will be the son of the chief, after all, he is a genius in cultivation."
"No, it will be Lyan, and he will amaze everyone."
Thus, very little was the attention that the villagers paid to the last children, and those who paid attention directed their gaze rushing them to finish faster, putting great pressure on the poor children who were not guilty of anything.
Seeing this, the village chief shook his head, while he thought:
"*Sigh*, poor boys, at this rate, even a shadow can be born in your hearts, preventing you from advancing sooner in your cultivation if your mentality is weak, a shame for the last child who will carry an even greater weight."
Realizing this, he quickly turned his gaze towards the last one, only for his expression to turn to disbelief.
"HIM? But what is he doing here? Is he lost? Or hell, I must stop him, if this ends up creating an internal demon in the child, my father is going to kill me."
The village chief was about to run towards the boy, only to notice that he was already walking towards the platform, so in the end, he just sighed and shook his head silently.
"You can escape the calamities of heaven, but not the ones you create for yourself, father, don't blame me, the boy sought this out for himself."
Meanwhile, in the arena, Abel was walking towards the translucent sphere, because he was the 26th child, he was the only one to go on stage, causing all eyes to focus on him.
"Umm? Who is that kid? I don't remember seeing him before."
"Hey now that you say it, I don't know him either, who the hell is it?"
"Wait, I know him, it's Abel, the boy who was accepted into the village recently, I didn't expect that he will participate in the selection."
"Oh, so he is that new boy, for the chief to allow him to stay in the village, he must be special, right? Maybe he is also outstanding in cultivation?"
"Nonsense, that kid shouldn't even have come up on the stand, it was only a few weeks since he arrived, and as far as I know, he was just a mortal at the time, plus he's only 5 years old."
"WHAT? Five years? Is that child retarded? Doesn't he know that the recommended age is 7 to 11?"
"Hmph, she's just getting embarrassed by going upstairs and wasting our time, hey kid, hurry up, you're delaying the second test!"
These comments could be heard all over the place, so much so that even the envoys had to take a second look at the boy, only to sigh for him before ignoring him, after all, the boy had gone up of his own free will, so he looked for that problem himself.
Only the lady with the veil continued to watch him, since she saw him, she felt something different in the boy with respect to the others, that she made her take an interest in him.
"Interesting, everyone is booing and criticizing him, but he just ignores them as he keeps moving forward, not caring what others say about him, what a tough mentality."
Thus, like a convict going to the guillotine in front of the gaze of all the people, Abel walked slowly but decisively towards the translucent sphere, while he thought to himself.
"Well, for better or for worse, it's time to surprise these people."