Unprecedented!
A truly unprecedented prodigy!
Once-in-ten-thousand-year genius!
While everyone was reeling back in shock, a few lines of words appeared on the sphere's surface.
{[Awakening Results]}
[Spiritual Root(s): Voidborn Spirit Roots (Holy-Grade)]
[Element(s): Space (Super High Affinity), Water (Medium Affinity), Ice (High Affinity)]
"Linghua, my baby girl!" Lan Yue could barely contain her excitement as she swooped her daughter into her arms, causing the starry light show to fade away. "I'm so proud of you!!"
"Huh?" Linghua tilted her head in confusion, making an adorable expression. "Did I do something good?"
"Something good…?" Fang Ren parroted as he joined in on the hugging party. "You did something amazing! Truly amazing! Your potential is limitless!"
"Limitless…?" Linghua wondered while looking down at Xue Ren. "Does that mean I'll be able to protect my Xue forever now?"
"Of course, my dear!" Lan Yue rubbed her cheeks against Linghua. "He'll never fear anything with you by his side!"
Linghua's eyes brightened. She revealed a genuinely happy smile while staring at Xue Ren, already childishly imagining all the times she'd heroically come to her Xue's rescue, receiving hugs and kisses in return for her saves.
"You've truly done something amazing this time, you brat!" Elder Gu said to Fang Ren while patting him on the back. "Very good job indeed!"
"Ahahaha! It was nothing much! I'm just doing my part!"
"Hey, I did most of the work, you jerk…!" Lan Yue grumbled as she kicked him in the foot.
While everyone was congratulating Linghua and reveling in the grand occasion, Xue Ren constantly thought back to that blanket of stars produced by the Talent Tester Stone.
'I wonder what my Awakening will be like… Will I get the Space Element like my sister, or… something else entirely…?'
Although he still wasn't too keen on the details of these Elements, Spiritual Roots, and such, he still had the mind of a wizened Martial Expert. As such, he could use context clues to piece things together.
'Just thinking about all the training I can do with these Elements… I really can't wait.'
…
After Linghua's Awakening Ceremony, the whole Upper Echelon of the Bluemoon Sect came out to congratulate Fang Ren and Lan Yue. Even the Sect Leader and Grand Elders were there, each attempting to curry favor with the parents of a future paragon.
Linghua was also set to officially join the Sect as soon as possible, with her status ascending straight to the level of Legacy Disciple!
The highest Disciple position of the Bluemoon Sect—attained just like that!
Time then moved forward like always.
The only difference between before and after Linghua's Awakening was that she now left the hilltop mansion every day early in the morning. Inner Elders personally flew her to the Sect on a daily basis, acting as her bodyguards and her chauffeurs.
A month disappeared from the calendar.
Having been eight or so months since his arrival in this world, Xue Ren finally… acquired the ability to walk!
You'd think that it'd be easier since he had prior experience with walking, but as it turned out, going from adult human to infant involved a lot of adjustment.
Also, Xue Ren obtained the capacity for speech quite a while back, but was still in the process of deciding whether he wanted to go through the hassle of talking with anyone right now. The one giving him the most confliction on this matter right now was his sister who, even after becoming a Legacy Disciple and a Body Refinement Realm Cultivator, still found the time to spout crazy promises at him whenever she got the chance.
'I really want to begin training already…'
Some weeks later, as his sister's accolades started to pile up in the Sect, Xue Ren finally snuck out of his crib. In the middle of the night, he crept like a stealthy baby ninja.
Because of all the times his mother brought him for joy rides while held against her ample bosom, Xue Ren gained a pretty good layout of the land. And though their mansion was pretty big, he still easily maneuvered through it, slowly becoming more and more accustomed to this new body of his.
Finally arriving where he wanted, Xue Ren muttered in a baby voice, "Library."
Almost right away, he got to work. Book after book was opened and closed by him as he absorbed all the information he could, furthering his knowledge of this world and its culture by leaps and bounds.
After a few days of repeatedly sneaking out of his crib and heading to the mansion library, Xue Ren could confidently claim that he now knew this world pretty well.
Firstly was the territory they were in: the Star Bearer Province.
It was one of many provinces in the Golden Root Kingdom.
There were dozens of Sects in the Star Bearer Province, each of a varying rank, with the Bluemoon Sect being around the Middle tiers. As for human settlements, there were countless in the province. Greensbury Village, where Xue Ren and his family lived, was just one of thousands of mortal villages spanning a distance of tens of thousands of miles.
From his mansion's library, Xue Ren also learned that there were more than just humans living in the Star Bearer Province.
There were also Monsters, Beastkin Races evolved from Beasts, Elves, and even Demons!
"I really am in a different world…"
It was difficult to accept circumstances involving reincarnation and transmigration, as it simply didn't feel real… until it did…
"But for some reason, this excites me," Xue Ren said while making a creepy baby smile. "To think that there are numerous races other than humans walking this planet. I wonder if they know how to fight."
While barely able to contain his excitement, he continued reading through the books in the library. Most of them were pretty random or useless, but eventually, he came across the ones he had been wanting to find.
"Chronicles of Spiritual Energy and the Ranks of Cultivation."
— Next time on Spamming Fireball: Cultivation, Elements, Spiritual Roots, Body Refinement Realm, and the Qi Condensation Realm —