"Hey that kid who will be next looks quite like the Seventh Grand Elders nephew right?" exclaimed one person.
"It's him, his name is Cole I wonder what his results would be." Added his neighbor
A commotion immediately brewed as the crowd stood eagerly for Coles result. Cole had red hair with an arrogant smirk plastered on his small face.
He smiled arrogantly as he heard the crowd talking about him. A deep sense of pride boiled in him because he felt that this was how things were supposed to be, all the attention and praise belong to him and only him!
After the first participant, the ceremony continued, with the majority of children awakening with cultivation talents ranging between 6-8 stars. Although there has not been any shocking aptitude the harvest so far surpassed the past ceremonies.
The Kingston's were not worried because there were still a lot of exceptional children who had not yet awakened hoping that some of them could possess exquisite talents for cultivation, Cole being one of them.
Cole swaggered to the awakening pond with his nose raised upward. Before reaching the pond he moved past the participant before him and looked at him contemptuously "Humph! What trash how can you be proud of a mere 7-stars" he thought in disdain.
When Cole reached the pond he immediately jumped in. The crowd waited highly in anticipation because Cole was one of the major highlights of today so they were hoping that his results would surpass of those prior to him.
The few seconds felt like eternity to the crowd especially so for the Seventh Grand Elder. Before long the awakening pond shook violently as the water splashed outwards with bubbles forming on its surface as a white mist formed around the pond area.
The crowd was shocked, why was the pond water boiling or could it be caused by Cole's awakening? When this thought appeared in their minds their anticipation grew even more what kind of aptitude could cause such a phenomenon
Apollo seeing this waved his hand dispersing the mist and calming the pond water revealing Cole's body. Cole was wrapped around in three different kinds of flames. The heat they produced was unbearable and seemed capable of burning anything especially that black flame that made their scalps tingle in dread.
Exclamations rang across the crowd, wondering just what kind of flames were they that even with their cultivation bases they felt threatened.
Opening his eyes Cole found himself wrapped in flames, using the pond as a mirror he found out that his whole body was covered in a black flame, on his forehead was a red flame and lastly on his heart was a golden flame.
Though the temperature they produced was terrifyingly hot he only felt comfortably warm. Lastly Cole observed the destiny orb in his hand were he found 9 dazzling white stars dazzling inside.
"Congratulations Cole turns out you are a true genius! No you are a Prodigy. You have a 9-star talent and possess the Trinitas Lotus Flames making you a genius among geniuses" beamed Apollo drawing Cole from his daze who hearing this let out a joyful laugh. Hearing this the crowd was awe struck.
"Seventh Grand Elder come help Cole so that I could continue with the ceremony" explained Apollo as he sent Cole outside the altar to an open space where the Grand Elder would help him control the flames surrounding his body.
The Grand Elder beamed with joy because the nephew he doted on the most didn't disappoint him. The grand elder wore a giddy smile on his face as he made way to Cole. The Seventh Grand Elder enjoyed the envious looks that the others had when they looked at him.
What the Kingston's didn't know was that this was just the beginning, today was a day that they would witness what a true golden age meant.
Immediately after the child who had been standing next to Cole made way to the pond. The child had a cold expression on his face but the eagerness in his eyes shone brightly.
"Look that is Igor the Third Elder's son what do you think his result would be?"
"I don't know but he won't be worse than Cole right?"
Countless discussions were held as Igor made his way up the altar and jumped inside the pond. Moments later seeing that no phenomenon occurred the family members were quite disappointed as they let out awkward laugh's thinking that their expectations were too much.
Igor's body appeared on top of the pond with the destiny orb in hand.
Contrarily Igor's small body shook when he opened his eyes as he saw a magical scene appear before him. Countless light dots of red, green, gold, blue and many more colors rushed towards him causing a storm of magical elements to surround him, enveloping him in a cocoon.
Surprised exclaims could be heard throughout because they had just given up on him but now it turns out that they were wrong.
The different colored light dots that rushed towards Igor were magical elements. The family members were shocked because it appeared that Igor could harness and absorb the differing mana elements.
It is a fact that each person had an element they had affinity to and those who had more than one were considered geniuses but it appeared that Igor had an affinity to all of them! He was a genius among geniuses, a Prodigy.
When they dispersed Igor was floating with a destiny orb that had 9 dazzling stars inside. Apollo waved his hand drawing Igor towards him whom upon reaching him he held his hand to see if what he thought of was indeed true.
Moments later Apollo immediately let out a cheerful laugh and spoke" Hahaha another Prodigy! Congratulations Igor you have awakened the Transcendent Mana Physique and have a 9-star aptitude; the Third Elder will explain further later."
This was a celebration for the Kingston's because a bearer of this physique were basically 'Children of Mana' because it was easy for them to control all mana elements. Also the Kingston family was happy because they now have two exceptionally talented children.
They now understood what the Celestial Stars appearance signified and the changes it brought; a thought immediately popped into their minds 'Geniuses would sprout like weeds everywhere'.
Looking at the remaining trio of Adam they became agitated as their imagination became wild, sheepish smiles growing wider and wider on their faces since the appearance of geniuses in their family meant a chance for the family to rise to even greater heights in this era of great competition.
Looking at the sheepish smiles on the elders faces the youngsters felt that the elders have forgotten their status and image, they felt that the elders lost their face.