Child of Destiny



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"Finding out your innate attribute is much easier than you think. In fact, I can feel that most of you already discovered their respective innate attributes while the others are even in the process of fully awakening them."

When Professor Kyrie said this, she could not help but sweep her gaze at everyone.  She nodded her head in satisfaction as she could see that everyone in this lecture hall was a rare genius of their respective discipline.

After checking at everyone, she continued. "The hard part in this is forming your respective forces – Natural Forces for Martial Arts, Spiritual Forces for Mentalism, and Sword Force for Swordsmanship."

"Created such forces don't necessarily need to be too unique, but they still have to be perfect for your respective styles."

"After a long history of our era and studying these three major paths, the old experts and the ancestors of your respective discipline perfected a way to find out our respective innate attributes."

"It is the simplest yet also the most affected way. It even has an almost 100% success rate and accuracy."

She then flicked her wrist, sending a ripple in the air. Her simple action made Shin and the others, who were sensitive to sensing the energies within the air, raise their brows. They felt that the space within the lecture hall trembled. It was as if something was pulling the space, treating it like a tablecloth.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Then the space in front of everyone suddenly flickered. Then it was followed by the appearance of a small crack that spat out a glass orb. It was a fully transparent orb that could fully fit an adult man's palm.

The moment the transparent orbs appeared in front of them, the students subconsciously extend their hands and caught them. The orb was not particularly heavy but they were also quite weighty at the same time.

The students could easily tell that those orbs were not simple objects. They could tell that it was something made from extraordinary materials.

Seemingly able to read their thoughts, Professor Kyrie immediately continued. "Those orbs are called Energy Conductors."

"They are made of Elemental Wood that can only be found in the depths of Everlasting Forest in the Lost Soul Continent and Bright Diamond Ores mined from the Undying Volcano in the middle of Dead Ocean."

"Those orbs are sensitive to all forms of energy and can help you at discovering your respective innate attributes."

She took out an Energy Conductor of her own before pouring a hint of her Internal Qi on it. And quickly after that, a brilliant light suddenly appeared in the middle of the orb before showing it to everyone.

"This is the appearance of my Internal Qi with awakened attribute. The color of the energy within this Energy Conductor represents the elemental properties of my Internal Qi while the bright light and stable form is its nature."

"I purposely pour my Internal Qi on it but what it is actually showing is the final form of my unique energy when it transformed into a Natural Force."

"In short, these Energy Conductors can show you the potential forms of your unique forces after pouring enough energy on them. But first, you have to awaken your innate attribute first before it can take its final form."

"Most of you have an unawakened energy, so what you will only see on your Energy Conductors will most likely be the elemental attributes close to your respective energies or their basic nature."

She then paused and looked at certain individuals like Arthur, Jillian, and Molton before continuing. "Some of you have the innate attributes of your bloodlines, which can affect your attributes. But it does not mean that it will be the final form of your unique force."

"You have to continuously pour your energies on your Energy Conductor and let it feel everything. Then you have to thoroughly study those energies – specifically their forms, natures, and other properties – before saying that you fully understand them."

"You have to carefully take this step since it will be one of the most important factors that will influence your future."

"If you did not thoroughly understand your respective energies, then the formation of your unique force will be incomplete. Then it will leave a crack in your foundations which will greatly affect your future progress."

"Because of this crack, you will be unable to move forward and reach the summit of your respective disciplines, making you no different from being a 'cripple'."

She warned her students very seriously as she continued. "This process takes some time, so you don't have to rush everything. You have to be very patient at taking this step so that you can build a very solid foundation and perfect everything before moving forward."

"We, at the academy, expect you to take this matter very seriously. You are the pride of your respective 'places', so you have to prove to us that the academy did not make the wrong choice and judgment when choosing you to partake in this special program."

She then put the Energy Conductor on her hand aside before continuing. "This process is called 'Exploration'. And as I said, it will take quite some time before you thoroughly investigate your respective energies. But since you are elites among elites, we expect that you will be finished at this stage after a month or two."

"After that, we can proceed to the next step which is called 'Expansion'. But I will not talk too much about this since it will only confuse you. Focus on the task that is given to you before moving forward."

"Continuously pour your energies on your respective conductors every night, or every free time you have, or every time you enter a deep meditation."

"You don't have to constantly pour your energies on it, just thirty minutes or a little over it is more than enough when you are doing it. But a full hour is the limit, you can't go more than that."

"Any more than that will not only harm your mind but can also affect your foundation to a certain degree."

"When you think that you already have investigated and studied your respective energy thoroughly and awakened your innate attributes completely, you can come and find me in the faculty office. I will help you apply for the test and inspection."

"If we find that you are qualified to proceed to the next step, then we give you the go signal and orient you on how to proceed."

She swept her eyes at her students before instructing. "For now, you can try using those Energy Conductors on your hard and try seeing if you have already awakened your innate attributes and how it has progressed if you have."

After that, she let everyone proceed as she walked around the lecture hall, observing everyone and seeing how much they had progressed.

The others excitedly hold their respective Energy Conductors in front of them and started concentrating their minds while pouring their energies into them.

Due to their actions and the different lights being emitted by their respective Energy Conductors, the lecture hall was suddenly illuminated, making it a little uncomfortable for the others. The bright lights were too unpleasant to the eyes.

Fortunately, most of the students, who were too sensitive for such things, were currently focused on the Energy Conductors and curiously looked at them.

Some of the students could not help but become surprised and impressed by what they were seeing while the others were releasing dejected sighs.

For the students who were too excited, they saw that their Energy Conductors show some reactions – some were intense while the others were mild. This indicated how much their respective energies had awakened their respective innate attributes and specific natures.

Some of the innate attributes were from different elements while the natures varied from a lot of properties such as being sharp or dull, hard or soft, heavy or light, flexible or rigid, firm or yielding, and many more.

  Some of the students first awakened their innate attributes while others had discovered their true nature first.

Professor Kyrie observed everyone while nodding to her from time to time. She could not help but be impressed with this batch of students. Even in her generation, there were very few individuals in the younger generations who possessed such talents.

But the ones, who she was most interested in, were those students that were at the top of their current class rankings.

Unfortunately, these kids were too cautious and managed to hold themselves back. There were even students who did not touch their Energy Conductions after receiving them.

The rest, on the other hand, were just calmly sitting in their seats and observing the others. They even looked like they were recording the information that they were getting from their classmates inside their heads. Shin was one of them as well as the other top students in the class rankings.

Even Arthur, who usually acted foolishly and rashly, was also doing the same. Though, it was just because of Shin giving him a signal.

On top of that, he also wanted to make himself look a little impressive in front of Jillian.

Professor Kyrie could not help but shake her head when she saw how calm these top students were. She could not even reprimand or criticize them because they were basically not doing anything wrong.

They might be classmates for this special program and might have to work together in the future, but they were still rivals.

"Well, I can still wait until they ask me if they can proceed to the next stage. I will know their innate attributes until then," she muttered to herself as she observed the actions of her top students.

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