After finishing the school tour with sumi nee chan yuuma arrived at the testing area where other 13 year olds were lined up to get tested yuuma started to get nervous.
1 by 1 the people lined up would enter the testing room what would follow were either cries of joy or sadness as people found out their elemental affinity and purity of their spirit root.
Just because you had a good elemental affinity didn't necessarily mean you had a good spirit root they quality of your spirit root also mattered if you had a high purity spirit root it would make cultivation easier, where if your spirit root wasn't very pure you wouldn't be able to make it far in cultivation no matter how hard you tried.
There were also treasures in nature that could help with cultivation but those were also rare and hard to get and could only help supplement deficiencies so much.
When Yuuma's turn finally arrived he walked into the dark dimly light room towards the center where a white crystal ball sat on a pedestal.
As yuuma approached the crystal ball he could hear a voice coming from all around him
"Place your hand on the crystal ball close your eyes and concentrate, imagine inserting yourself into the crystal like it's a vast ocean and you are swimming as close to the bottom as you can"
Yuuma did as he was told and placed his right hand on the crystal ball before closing his eyes, he took slow deep breaths as he focused on his task it felt like time stood still but nothing seemed to happen, slowly he drifted into a deep trance.
It was like sinking into a nice warm bath slowly melting away it was warm and comfortable as he drifted down towards the bottom slowly the colours faded from a warm red to a deep brown.
It felt as if he were stuck in mud and his body started to melt into the earth getting deeper stronger and more stable he felt as though he was a giant stone plate covering the oceans floor.
As he was enjoying the feeling of stability grounding him he could vaguely hear voices mumbling somewhere far away in the background he could bearly make out what was being said.
" A class for sure not only does he seem to possess dual elements but they are also quite pure, his mother will be proud it's just a shame he didn't take after his father" the more he tried to focus on the voices the further away they seemed to get
And it was hard to concentrate on them while feeling so comfortable.