"Where do the souls of the dead go when you die? Everyone has different beliefs and hopes, yet not one of them is correct, but neither are they wrong"
- Jiko necromancy cultivator ~ Peak golden core stage
The boy named Hector stood in front of the mirror which had no frame and looked at his reflection.
The mirror started to shine soft light, slowly fully encompassing the boys body befor calming down, the light was only on the surface of the mirror now.
Soon the mirrors color started to change and a display of changes happened on the surface.
"Double element spiritual roots of wood and fire, with the fire being predominant no evolution possible. Seems its around 7/10 fire and 3/10 wood it will be easy to purify towards the singular fire element" Llylia gave her judgement
The mirror simply showed 2 colors, a dark green in a solid state and the second color a mix of red and yellow in a blazing state overtaking the green.
In the center of the mirror a number was displayed
"Rank 2 spiritual roots, it seems prince Hector has a bright future as a flame cultivator Queen Margery" the sect master Anne turned to the childs parents
A red headed woman sitting down looked quite pleased currently, she gave a nod of approval toward the boy named Hector and the boy looked quite pleased aswell.
The surrounding guests also looked at the boy each with their own thoughts.
"Would you like for us to test his physique as well Queen Margery?" Llylia asked
"We have already tested his physique ourselves but found nothing, if you wish to double check I don't mind after all your sect must have more records then our small kingdom" Queen Margery gave her honest response slightly bringing her kingdoms foundation down and praising the golden flower sect.
The other kings and queens within the same fleet alliance decided it was best to pay closer attention from here on, they may be of similar power currently to those around them but who knew just how deep each powers foundation truly was.
Hearing so the vice leader asked for another tool to be brought out, this time it was a large flat and rounded piece of glass larger then the average man.
"This is a body surveying glass we have managed to aquire after much effort, used by many larger sects to identify changes in the body with much higher accuracy then most cultivators can, it has tens of thousands of different physiques recorded inside. It will even give us a diagnosis of the targets general circumstances" Llylia introduced the object to the crowd.
"Oh my, you managed to aquire such an expensive thing" one of the guests said looking a bit more interested now
"A very wise investment" another guest added
Not wasting time the vice sect master directly activated the glass, it then flew up and hovered above the boy.
The glass then expanded its edges towards the ground traping the boy inside a glass cylinder.
With no time to react the boy could only turn towards his mother to see what she thought.
Queen Margery had no reaction to what was happening and simply looked slightly above the boys head.
A green light was now slowly making it way down until it touched the top of the boys head followed by its expansion across his body.
The light flashed a few times across his body befor it disappeared opening a path forward for the child to exit.
Red text now displayed above the glass piece.
Race: human
Age: 5
Health: good
Spiritual condition: Perfect
Physique: Red pulse
"Red pulse physique? I've never heard of it" Queen Margery was both happy and not at the same time
Having a special physique could be a great thing or a bad thing, since not all physiques guaranteed a bright future for its user and could instead cut their lifespans down greatly or even force them down a path not often traveled making the future path of cultivation much more difficult.
Kingdoms like theirs did not have the correct cultivation technics for most physiques and could only hope to run into cultivation manual's to practice with by chance.
The only other way would be for the prince to create his own cultivation path step by step limiting his future growth to his own talent.
Most people whom had reached the peak of their various techniques felt this hardship firsthand, unless they could find another technique that could supplement their current one all they could do was take risks to improve their cultivation or simply become stuck in their current cultivation techniques indefinitely.
Vice sect master Llylia clicked on the Red pulse script hovering in the air.
[Red pulse physique: a cultivator will have increased vitality making them much more resilient then most, when they are about to use all their spirit energy the cultivators vital energy will burn at an increased pace and all techniques will be multiple times stronger.
The cultivators with red pulse physique are natural born brawlers able to turn the tides of battle in their favor as fights progress.
Note: Users tend to overtrain leading to Qi deviation more often].
"Oh how lucky, no major negatives to be seen" a quest said
"Mmm as long as the boy is not in a very disadvantaged position he should be able to win most one on one fights, but he will be left dry of spiritual energy after that and even vital energy in the worst case" Another guest added
"Looks like it will beneficial for the young prince to dual cultivate, with an increased vitality it is best for an active cultivation environment rather then a tranquil one" another said
Queen Margery was relieved that no major drawback was found, but was then angered when the mention of dual cultivation was said. It was not the only path for her child to choose so why would she want him to be a gigolo.
"A very bright future for prince hector, lets give him a round of applause everyone" vice sect master Llylia proceeded to say and some applause could be heard
"Anyone want to go next?" The vice sect master asked the children
"..."
"I'll go!"
"Oh a brave little girl wishes to be next" Llylia motioned for the child to come forward
Standing atop the platform, just like hector she raised her head slightly and looked down on everyone
"I am Anabella of the five family union, remember that! Aspire to become like me!" The pride could be felt from miles away and the arrogance could instantly start a fight but she simply ignored the looks of surprise from the other children and stepped toward the mirror.
Her own mother gave her a warning look but the child had already made sure to look away.
'Its unfortunate that the spiritual energy in the Arks is not enough to restore my cultivation in one go otherwise I wouldn't be stuck here, so for now the best thing to do is to build up slowly' Anabella thought in her mind
The process then repeated, soft light shined from the mirror
"Single element spiritual root! Of the water element with perfect purity" Llylia confirmed what everyone saw.
"!"
"Hahaha! Looks like the Bell family is about to raise a blood cultivator"
"Of all the things, a perfect water element root, looks like future marriage prospects for the heir of the Bell family are slim"
"Little price hector better keep his head down he is the perfect fit for her to take advantage off"
Mrs. Bell felt her heart drop. This child of hers was a major troublemaker as is, and now she has the one element that made her a nightmare to all cultivators she would come across.
The water element spiritual root was originally looked down upon in the very early years of the previous Vast tree realm, it was after all a very pure spiritual water qi that could be used in dual cultivation for the benefit of others, but as time passed cultivators practicing blood arts and dense Qi appeared one after the other wrecking the established rankings of spiritual roots across the realm.
Blood art cultivators could control all the blood around them, growing extremely quickly with the more blood qi they collected, plus blood cultivators were known for being more aggressive then even devil cultivators bordering on insanity as long as the supply never ran out they could rise indefinitely.
As for dense Qi cultivators, they held so much energy inside their body, that a single drop of their energy could burst cultivators of equivalent rank to smithereens.
Anyone even thinking of dual cultivation would have to find a partner of at least 1-2 cultivation stages below them otherwise they would meet the same fate. These cultivators were notorious widower's regardless of male or female and many even went untouched their entire lives as just being near them could crush you under the pressure of pure energy, Just trying to fight them would be similar to slashing at an ocean, a madman's task.
These cultivators methods were also the most widely spread cultivation methods across multiple realms, for their creators had made sure to spread it as far as possible for all Water spiritual root users to benefit from much to the distress of many dual cultivation sects.
Prince Hector looked toward anabella with a dark face, he wanted to be the only one in the spot light but as soon as she appeared he was no longer remembered.
Looking at the center of the mirror a number flashed
"Rank 1 Perfected spiritual root congratulations! would you like to test your physique?" Without knowing it Llylia had become more respectful toward this child
"Mm" Anabella nodded in affirmation entering the glass cylinder
Race: human
Age: 5
Health: Great
Spiritual condition: Perfect
Physique: Blue wave
This time Mrs. Bell could not hold it in, smashing her head on the table with her hands placed her head, no one needed an introduction to this physique.
[Blue wave physique: a cultivator will create invisible Qi waves around their body creating a naturally forming barrier protecting them, the cultivators meridians are greatly strengthened. Cultivators are able to release more then four times the general Qi per technique they use greatly empowering all abilities and cultivation techniques.
Notes: Users will run out of spiritual energy far quicker than others]
The continent sinker physique.
An extremely famous physique brought to fame by a past Heaven defying cultivator of the vast tree realm, which was used to destroy nearly a quarter of all the continents in the vast tree realm and whos user had subjugated the Vast tree realm for over 8 billion years befor finally retiring.
Just having the physique on its own was a heaven sent gift, adding on the water element spiritual root with the dense Qi art it becomes a near unstoppable combination.
"Mrs. Bell, this is a very good thing for you and all of us here, the future of little Anabella is assured to be clear with no near hurdles for her to face" Sect leader Anne chimed in greatly shocked at the appearance of one of the rarest and most famous physiques in the recorded history of the past Vast tree realm.
It did not matter whether you are human or alien, the same shock would befall them.
"...yeh, I guess I was already preparing myself just to never see grandkids anyway" Mrs. Bell remarked
"Mother!" Little Anabella protested
'though its true, even in my past life I never had a partner, I couldn't even touch the hands of my peers, they may not have been able to die... but building a new body everytime we touch was not be ideal'
The other guests were both envious of a pure water element spiritual root and wary of the future Bell family's power, but the blue wave physique and water element spiritual root relied on 1 thing above all, extreme amounts of spiritual energy!
The one thing that was no longer attainable for the vast majority in the era of void travel, did the FFU have enough spiritual energy to allow her to rise?
Everyone had their own thoughts, each had gained or almost gained an ark world with great amounts of spiritual energy but that energy was used to support the ark itself along with all its inhabitants, would the FFU take a loss for one person?
"Well then, now that such a standard has been set who's next" Llylia did not waste time, there are still many children to test.