The Great Sage of Humanity
Chapter 12, Think As If I'm Not Telling You Anything

...The somber-looking Third Senior Brother went on to talk all about the Green Jade Sect. Moments later, he changed the topic by saying, “Your main attribute is Fire. I remember we have the Fire Destruction Technique, which is suitable for you. Of course, you can work on your Metal Attributes if you want. We have some Metal Attribute Techniques. Moreover, if you join our Sect, you will obtain two Spirit Recovery Pills every month even if you are only an apprentice. If you pass the exam and become a formal student, you will get even more.”...

Lu Ye hurriedly lowered his head. "understand."

In his heart, he felt doubtful because it seemed like Third Brother was trying to recruit him. It seemed that as an enlightened cultivator, he was in a favorable position. With this thought, he was secretly elated.

Third Brother went on to say, “Alright. Stay seated and focus your mind. You may feel a bit of pain later, but you don't have to worry. It was just a process to test your talent, so don't fight it with your Spiritual Strength.”

"Understand," Lu Ye replied and placed his hands on his knees with his palms facing upwards. Then, he closed his eyes.

The next moment, he could sense the fluctuation of Spiritual Strength. Although he was curious about what Third Senior Brother was doing, he did not think he should open his eyes. As Spiritual Energy surged, he felt a tremor on his back. He calculated that the array on the disk came into effect.

As he had thought, Third Brother had inserted eight caterpillar-sized crystals into the eight holes around the edge of the disc. It was the Spirit Stone that cultivators used to make arrays. Lu Ye had never seen these stones before.

When Third Brother activated the array, smoke started billowing from the Spirit Stone within the hole. Smoke was the Spiritual Strength stored within the stone, and with the help of the array, it turned into an extremely pure Spiritual Qi.

The thick Spiritual Qi immediately spread throughout the entire disc. However, there seemed to be an invisible barrier around the disc as Spiritual Qi was restricted within it.

Lu Ye who sat down felt his chest tighten. Even though he had closed his eyes, he could feel that he was surrounded by something mystical as it pierced through his body, which made him feel refreshed.

[Is this Spiritual Qi?] Lu Ye understood that absorbing the Spiritual Qi in the world was one of the main ways a cultivator could cultivate. When he was inside the mine, he had tried it before. Perhaps because of his terrain, he did not sense any Spiritual Qi within the mine, so he had no choice but to refine vitality into Qi.

After he was brought out of the mine by the old man surnamed Tang, he forgot to feel the Spiritual Qi in the world. It was only at this moment that he could instantly sense the existence of Spiritual Qi. However, recalling Third Brother's advice, he restrained his desire to absorb Spiritual Qi.

Facing before him, Third Senior Brother was performing a hand seal while continuously activating his array power. At the same time, he stared fixedly at the tree saplings around the edge of the disc.

The arrangement on that disk was to check one's talent. When Third Brother activated the power of the array, the eight Spirit Stones stuck around the disc would release their Spiritual Strength, which then turned into viscous Spiritual Qi.

Under his control, the Spiritual Qi would be directed towards the body of the person being tested and then revolve around the array, which caused the young tree around the disc to undergo some changes.

In short, Lu Ye, who was sitting on the disc, was actually the terminal through which Spiritual Qi passed and spread throughout the array, which then caused the young tree to change. The more children who undergo transformation, the more talented the person, and vice versa.

Basically, the test was to find out if the Spiritual Qi could easily pass through one's body. If the process was smooth, cultivators would be considered extremely talented. Basically, a cultivator had to strengthen the Spiritual Qi within his body. If the Spiritual Qi could not even move around his body smoothly, there was no point in him cultivating.

Beside the disc, Third Brother continued working on the array. Seeing that the eight young trees had not changed in the slightest, he frowned and put out more energy on the array.

At that moment, Lu Ye frowned as he could faintly sense that his entire body was in pain, as if many external Spiritual Qi were crazily penetrating his body, which was just like that, which made him feel that countless needles had been thrust into him. As time passed, the pain became more and more unbearable.

Just when he could barely bear it anymore, the pain all over his body disappeared suddenly. After which, Third Brother said, "It's done."

Lu Ye quickly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh. The moment their eyes met, he realized that Third Senior Brother's gaze looked conflicted. His chest was tight because he had a terrible feeling.

"Senior sister, how is my talent?" Lu Ye asked.

Without saying a word, Third Brother looked at the disc before he took the jade tablet with his hand and returned it to Lu Ye.

Lu Ye picked it up and realized that on the side where his attributes were engraved, another word had appeared.

[What does it mean?] He wanted to ask what happened, but Third Brother did not seem to intend to speak any further, so he considered that he should not be relentless. While standing on the disc, he saluted her. “Thank you, Senior Sister.”

When he turned to leave, he saw a leaf had grown on one of the eight bald young trees around the disk.

"Wait a minute!" Third Brother suddenly said.

Lu Ye, who was already at the door, turned around and asked, “What's up, Senior Brother?”

Third Brother replied, “Let's just say I didn't tell you anything now.”

After hearing that, Lu Ye was speechless. After leaving the tent, he took a deep breath repeatedly as he got a premonition.

He wasn't sure if his talent was good or bad, but judging from Third Brother's change in attitude, he felt that something was amiss. He considered his talent a little unusual, so he decided to look for someone to ask him.

When he looked around and saw someone standing still in the corner, he immediately walked towards him. Before he even reached it, the woman saw him and gestured to him with a smile.

Standing in front of the woman, Lu Ye called out to her. "Miss Yu."

Yu Xiao Tiea gave an elegant salute to her. "Sister Lu."

It was clear that his mood was better than the day before, as he had passed the test, and the result was fine.

Lu Ye gave his jade tablet and asked, “Can you explain to me what is wrong with my talent?”

As Yu Xiao Tiea picked up the tablet, he replied with a smile, “Sister Lu, since you are already enlightened, your talent must be.

He looked at the word on the back of the jade tablet as he said the last two words, which was why his eyelids twitched and his tone sounded hesitant.

Upon seeing his reaction, Lu Ye realized that his talent was still far from desirable.

“Nona Yu, how is your talent?” Lu Ye asked.

Yu Xiao Tiea replied, “This is similar to yours.”

Lu Ye waved his hand. “You don't have to entertain me. I understand what's going on. The smaller the number, the lower the talent, isn't it?”

With her lips tightly clenched, Yu Xiao Tiea was intending to comfort her, but she was not sure what to say. Finally, he could only lower his head. "Yes." Yeah."

"No wonder." Lu Ye recalled the last words Third Senior Brother said to him and thought that these cultivators were quite arrogant.

Yu Xiao Tiea continued by saying, “Brother Lu, you need not feel sad. The testing is not very accurate, and the arrangement used is not a highly ranked array, so errors sometimes occur.”

Lu Ye replied with a smile, “I don't know what arrangement it is. However, since the result is already there, I can only accept it.”

Yu Xiao Tiea looked at him curiously. "Do you really think it's okay?" Lu Ye did not seem to be pretending to be indifferent. Most people would be very disappointed if they got this kind of result.

Lu Ye threw away his face and replied with a smile, “Compared to those people, I am considered lucky because I have been enlightened.”

Following his gaze, Yu Xiao Tiea could see many disappointed people there. Those people were all eliminated because they were unable to pass the aptitude test.

The Liu Brothers were among them.