Two hours later and the rest of the contestants where here, the three elders in the front were floating above them "Alright, the next test is simple! Make a line from lowest rank to highest rank and take turns touching the right monolith! It is a piece of heven connecting stone, so when you touch it, it will react and show your talent! There are seven lines along its length! Each line represents your level of talent! The monolith will glow when you touch it! The color is your talent and the brightness is your aptitude! Any special reactions will show a unique talent! Start!"
Once he was done speaking the 64 remaining contestants formed a line, with Alex at the back. The first person went up and touched the monolith, and it glowed a dim red up to the first notch. On the left monolith their name updated with [talent: low. Element: fire. Aptitude: lowest.]. They then walked away with ther head hung low as the next person touched the monolith. It glowed a slightly brighter blue but only went up to the first line. [talent: lowest. Element: water. Aptitude: lowest.]
This continued for the next 28 people untill the 30th person to touch the monolith had something diffrent happen, it glowed a bright green and reached upto the fourth line, but the glow seemd to form the vague shape of a beast.
[Talent: avrage. Element: wood. Aptitude: high. Special talent: beats taming, low.] 'seems like if the glow forces a shape it means a special talent. And the definition of the shape must be the level of talent.'
The next 10 people where the same as before, then the 40th person has a low talent on spirit herb raising. The 43rd had a talent in alchemy. The 50th had a avrage talent in talismans. And from 50 and up they all had some kind of telent. The 5th last person was where it got interesting. A beautiful woman dressed in a stereo typical witch outfit walked up and touched the monolith, it glowed a bright green, red and purple. This wasen't odd as it just ment she had talent in multiple elements.
The light also went up to the 6th line, for a higher tanked talent, that was odd was the light formed the shape of a cauldron, a skull with a knife in it, and a talisman. All three where almost perfectly defined. [Talent: higher. Elements: wood, fire, poison. Aptitude: higher. special talents: alchemy, near perfect. Witchcraft, near perfect. Talismans, High]
A laugh sounded above as Adrian said "as expected from the child of the witch of the woods! You have the greatest talent yet!"
The woman smiled and thanked the elder before walking away. The 4th and 3rd last where odd as it was a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Both had the monolith react the exact same. [Talent: high. Elements: water, fire. Aptitude: high. Special talent: formations, high.] Both remaind silent as the elders congratulated them.
Next was davin, he walked fowerd and touched the monolith. It glowed a resplendent silver up to the 7th line, with a pair of perfectly formed swords shining in the light. [Talent: highest. Element: metal. Aptitude: perfect. Special talent: sword heart]
The crowd let out a series of exclamations as the elders congratulated alexs older brother. Finnaly it was his turn. Walking up and placing his hand on the piller there was no reaction for a second. Just as the elders where about to console him, saying that he could still walk the path if body cultivation, the sky split open. A massive storm forming from seemingly nothing as flashes of blinding lightning of every color streaked across the pitch black clouds, as if the very heavens where announcing their arrival.
In the clouds thousands of shapes formed, all manner of life like animals, cauldron, anvils and hammers, formations, talismans, witchcraft, pills, potions and more floated around and clashed with eachother, forming even more lighting. And as if to prove it was not an illusion a bolt of black and white lightning stuck the monolith, shattering it into dust. Up above the elders where speechless as they had just witnessed a heavenly phenomenon, a sight of talent so great the very heavens disdained whoever held it, jealous of their potential. Before they could react a young man with pure white hair who was wearing white robes and a purple belt apeard next to them.
Bowing they said "we welcome the sect leader!" The young man didn't even react as he floated down and greated Alex "boy, do you wish to become by student?" Starteld by the suddenness of this Alex said "sure, i guess? Mind explaining what just happend?" While pointing at the pile of rubble that used to be the piece of heven connecting stone.
"Ah yes, that, I guess I should explain what happend. Heven connecting stone is special in its ability to 'show' ones attunment to the world around them. A brighter glow is more attunment in your level, the color is what you are attuned to, the the taller the light the higher your level of attunment, and difrent shapes are for special attunments. Otherwise known as talent. When you touched the stone, the world itself reacted to your overwhelming level of connection to it and yourself, forming a 'heavenly phenomenon' as a sign of its acknowledgement, and as a phisical manifestation of your talent."
Alex shrugged as he said "Huh, neat. So what now?" "now, we head to my abode, i teach you a cultivation method, and I go back to sleep." After saying that he grabed alexs shoulder and disappeared with him and nuwa. Meanwhile the three elders turned around and said "Alright, we will now introduce you to your positions in the sect! Tomorrow those of you that have been chosen by elders, or core disciples as either servants of students will be given a letter! If not chosen, you will become a outer disciple and must climb your way up from there! Now let's get going!"
At the top of the mountain, inside a large villa, the man was holding a book while talking to alex. "Alright, this is the cultivation within your going to be useing for now. It's a little something I picked up from a sealed land called the [linked paths scripture]. it's a duel cultivation method, no not that kind, its the kind that focuses on cultivating both the body and spirit. You'll be useing it from now on. Now go." After saying that he vanished, leaving the book on a nearby table.
'Let's see what this is all about.'