"Line up and come in one by one," came the authoritative and steady voice of the Li family head.
A group of younger members of the Li family who were to be tested quickly lined up from tallest to shortest, male to female, while the rest stood aside, waiting to watch the excitement.
Xin Sui was pushed and shoved until he was at the very end of the line.
They had just stepped out of the corridor and were exposed to strong sunlight.
Xin Sui: I was careless. I should have covered my head and face with a cloth before going out.
I feel like my head is going to melt from the sun.
Xin Sui was no well-behaved child; he immediately broke away from the group and went to the corridor to avoid the sun.
"How dare you not queue in front of the ancestral hall? This is disrespectful to our ancestors!"
"Dad, Li Xueli isn't in line! Come quick!"
"Shirley, hurry up, get to the back before Dad comes out."
"What's all the noise about! Keep quiet!"
The head of the Li family walked out, his imposing gaze sweeping over the group before finally settling on Xin Sui. He was about to reprimand her, but sensing the fluctuations of her special abilities, he swallowed his words.
"Sherry, come in and take the test first."
It's always better to test it sooner.
"Excuse me, could you please move aside?"
Xin Sui walked over and, under the watchful eyes of a group of people waiting to see a good show, stepped into the ancestral hall.
The scene inside the ancestral hall was very different from what Xin Sui had imagined.
There were no memorial tablets, incense burners, or offerings, only a small pyramid made of solidified sand.
At the top is a crystal core the size of a lotus seed.
Below are rows of crystal nuclei, which get smaller as you go down.
It looks like a jewelry display stand.
If the Li family ancestors knew what she was thinking, they would be furious.
Because the crystal nuclei on that pyramid were all formed from the thoughts in their minds during their lifetimes.
Yes, what is enshrined in the Li family ancestral hall is not the ancestral tablets, but the crystal cores inside their bodies.
As for their bodies, they were cremated long ago and turned to ashes, becoming part of the pyramid's foundation.
"Shirley, take a crystal coin and try to absorb the energy inside into your body."
On the table in front of the pyramid, there was a tray of crystal coins.
Xin Sui took one in his hand, but instead of doing it immediately, he looked at it with some curiosity.
The crystal coin is about the size of a one-yuan coin, and about the thickness of a beer bottle cap, so it has a considerable weight to it.
One side is engraved with the words "World Bank," surrounded by a simple yet mysterious pattern.
On the other side is carved a crow, so lifelike and vivid that it seems to be sealed inside.
Looking into its eyes gives you the illusion of staring into a living creature.
In the apocalypse, crystal coins are not only a form of currency but also a resource for cultivation.
It contains energy that allows those with supernatural abilities to cultivate and advance.
That kind of energy is called—mysterious power.
Only those with superpowers can absorb the energy inside, so the crystal coins are also used to test whether a person has awakened superpowers.
"Li Xueli, what are you dawdling for? Hurry up and take the test!"
"If you ask me, you might as well just give up. Do you think you don't know whether you've awakened your superpowers or not? What are you pretending for, wasting everyone's time?"
“Oh dear, you don’t understand. This is probably Li Xueli’s only chance to enter the ancestral hall. If she misses this opportunity, she won’t be able to enter again. Please be lenient and let her stay inside a little longer.”
"Haha, you're right. Let her stay inside and experience the aura of our ancestors for a while longer."
A group of people crowded at the doorway, laughing wildly and triumphantly.
The feeling of being an extra is overwhelming.
Xin Sui ignored it, closed his eyes, and sank his mind into his sea of consciousness.
Those who awaken their supernatural abilities naturally know how to cultivate them.
In her sea of consciousness, there is a green "little sun," which is the spiritual seed belonging to those with supernatural abilities and the foundation of their cultivation.
At this moment, in her "vision," the crystal coin was no longer a crystal coin, but a ball of water-like energy, radiating points of light.
Her body was extremely thirsty.
She sucked the "water" into her body and sent it into the green spiritual seed.
After circulating within the spirit seed, this small ball of energy was refined.
It became her own.
This process gave her a cool and comfortable feeling.
Xin Sui opened his eyes with a lingering sense of satisfaction, feeling an urge to suck up the entire tray of crystal coins.
She clapped her hands, brushing away the crystal coins that had been drained of energy and turned into a pile of powder.
Noticing that the entire ancestral hall had suddenly fallen silent, unusually so, she looked up in surprise and met a series of shocked faces.
"Impossible! Li Xueli, didn't you not have awakened any special abilities? How could you absorb the energy from the crystal coin?"
"And it absorbs so quickly! Probably in less than 5 seconds!"
"Bart's talent is good enough, isn't it? It takes him an hour to absorb a single crystal coin! Her five seconds is simply..."
The faster the energy in the crystal coin is absorbed, the faster the cultivation speed, and naturally the higher the talent.
Xin Sui set a new record for the Li family in refining a single crystal coin!
Not to mention the Li family, you probably can't find anyone in the entire Northern District who cultivates faster than her.
The head of the Li family, along with the other elders of the Li family, were so happy they were speechless.
Looking at Xin Sui is like looking at a precious treasure.
"Excellent, excellent, this is wonderful! Another genius has emerged from the Li family!"
"Compared to Sherry, Bart isn't even a genius, but compared to others, he's still much stronger. With you two siblings in the Li family, how can we not rise to prominence!"
“Master, you have truly raised a fine son and daughter. We uncles will have to rely on them a lot in the future.”
"Haha, you're too kind. We're all family. If Shirley and Bart are doing well, the Li family can do well. Similarly, only when the Li family is doing well can the siblings do even better."
The adults were all delighted, but the atmosphere among the younger group was not so pleasant.
"Li Xueli, are you faking it?"
Suddenly, Li Beibei pushed through the crowd at the door and squeezed in, pointing at Xin Sui and accusing her.
She found it hardest to accept that Lee Sulli had awakened superpowers and possessed exceptional talent.
She could have been a good older sister.
She had even prepared a script in her mind in advance, just waiting to comfort Li Xueli when she came out looking dejected. But she didn't follow the script at all.
Xin Sui scoffed, "Fake it? Do you think everyone here is blind?"
The tone suddenly shifted, "But if you really don't believe me, I don't mind demonstrating it for you again."
That way you can absorb an extra crystal coin, so why not?
Her proposal was unanimously approved.
The elders, including the head of the Li family, were happy, but they also felt that it was somewhat unreal.
The feeling was like seeing a phoenix land in your own chicken coop.
A group of her peers, influenced by Li Beibei, also felt that "Li Xueli" was a fraud.
If she could take the test again, that would be even better.
So, under everyone's watchful eyes, Xin Sui picked up another crystal coin.
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