On the dean's seat, the dean cleared his throat and began to speak, "First of all, congratulations to all the students who have passed the first stage, the Opportunity Stage. The passing numbers for this competition are 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, and 9, and the elimination numbers are 3, 4, and 7. The second stage, the Talent Stage, will begin in half an hour."
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Mian couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and look at Yan Lin, "I don't remember very clearly, which door did you say you came in through?"
Seeing that Yan Lin ignored her, Dongfang Mian continued, "So, have you realized that you still get to eat meat if you follow your sister?"
"Meow~" Aju wagged its tail in agreement. This time it sided with Dongfang Mian. This woman always seemed to have good luck.
"I just misread it," Yan Lin said stubbornly.
Dongfang Mian gave a cold laugh. "Heh, man, your name is stubbornness."
Soon, the arena for the second round of the competition was ready. This round would eliminate one-third of the participants. The assessment method was simple: the Dean prepared tens of thousands of talent stones. Unlike the bloodline test stones, the talent stones did not test bloodline but only talent. So-called talent is an estimate of your future potential based on your overall strength and bloodline.
These talent stones are amazing. But whether they're accurate or not is hard to say, since many people perish before they even reach their full potential.
After everyone received a talent stone, the headmaster said, "Those who are ready, just infuse your spiritual energy into it. The academy elders will then compile the statistics."
Upon hearing this, everyone poured their spiritual energy into the arena, and instantly beams of talent light of varying heights appeared, resulting in some being happy and others being sad.
"Holy crap, I've covered ten meters! I'm the champion this time!"
"Give me a break! Open your dog eyes and look around! I'm thirty meters away! The future Spirit Emperor is here, why aren't you all kneeling down?"
"Shameless! With your smug attitude, you wouldn't even become a Spirit King; you'd be killed before you could."
"Waaah~ Look at me! I'm not even a meter tall! What does this mean?"
"So, at best you're just a Grand Spirit Master?"
In the audience, the students who were eliminated due to a lack of opportunity were all indignant.
"Look at those guys over there, their talent beams are so short I can barely see them, and they're allowed to participate in the second round? Where's the justice?"
"Exactly, I want to start at the 100-meter light pillar I've designated. I just had a bit of bad luck today, but that doesn't mean I'm always unlucky."
"Bro, I think your bragging skills are probably even more impressive than your talent beam."
On the field, seeing that most people could see the beam of light looking around, Dongfang Mian and Yan Lin also gripped their talent stones and poured their spiritual energy into them.
In an instant, two beams of innate light shot straight into the sky, breaking through the hundred-meter mark and then rapidly rising to a thousand meters, soaring into the clouds.
The sheer scale of it was so intimidating that some students couldn't even hold onto their talent stones properly.
"Holy crap, that's awesome! Hey you over there, what did you just say? You think you can become a Spirit Emperor after only thirty meters? Look at your little beam of light, it's not even enough for someone to lick their shoes."
"Esteemed gentlemen, I am a student of the Crimson Fire Pill Academy. If you ever need any pills in the future, I am willing to serve you at any time."
"I'm willing too. I'm from the Flowing Gold Weapon Academy. As long as I have the materials, I won't charge any labor fees for crafting spiritual weapons."
"Me! Me! Me! I'm from Luoshui Hospital, and I promise to help you two have two babies in three years and three babies in five years!"
Dongfang Mian was speechless. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't suppress this talent stone, she would never have made such a splash.
Yan Lin, however, looked at the student from Luoshui Hospital and said, "What you said is quite interesting."
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