Chapter 21: Talent Awakening and Testing

There is still a day to go before the talent awakening and test of the major main cities, and the entrance of Linxing Village is already surrounded by villagers who have come to say goodbye, this time in addition to Chen Yuan, there are also seven teenagers who have also reached the test age in the village, because the village is far away from Xiaoqing City, this time with so many children, Mu Qingfeng decided to set off a day earlier. The people in the village are very simple, and they haven't seen much of the world, so the children who have been living in the village since they were young are a little afraid of this trip and the outside world.

"Cousin, aren't you scared that you're going to leave home this time and go so far away?" asked Chen Yuan a little timidly. This is the daughter of Chen Yuan's aunt Bai Wei's brother's family, named Bai Gang, and Chen Yuan has had several encounters. Both of them are twelve years old, and because Chen Yuan's birthday is relatively old, they are called Chen Yuan's cousin.

"Don't be afraid, my father and I have been to Xiaoqing City. Let me tell you, the houses are very big and tall, and the roads are so wide that six carriages can run side by side. And there is a special candy store there, and the candy in it is many times sweeter than wild honey!" Chen Yuan saw that Bai Jiang was still a little afraid of going out this time, and deliberately told her the beauty of the outside world, using these to eliminate Bai Geng's fear of the unknown outside world.

"Really?" Bai Geng's eyes lit up suddenly, and Chen Yuan nodded. After all, they were still children, and the teenagers around them who were a little scared like Bai Geng, after hearing the candy, they all came to life, and all the fear in their hearts was dispelled by the scene outside and the delicious candy, no longer crying, and there was only expectation in their eyes. Mu Qingfeng looked at Chen Yuan with some surprise and solved the problem that the children in the team didn't want to leave and kept crying, but he didn't say anything, and then waved his hand and set off.

Approaching dusk, the Mu Qingfeng brothers and four hunting team masters, with eight children and a group of fourteen, finally came to Xiaoqing City and settled down in the small inn that Mu Qingfeng had booked in advance. Due to the fact that a large number of children like them have come to the main city from other villages and towns to carry out talent awakening and testing in the past few days, the hotel rooms in the city are also extremely tight, and Mu Qingfeng booked five days in advance, and there are almost no rooms. After a day of traveling, even if these children's physical fitness is good, they are somewhat unbearable, and after a hasty bite of dinner, they all fall asleep, only Chen Yuan meditates as usual.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Mu Qingfeng called the children up, and took this group of sleepy-eyed children to the awakening test site. When they came to the main square, which had been designated by the main city a month ago, the group found that although they came early, there were already many people waiting quietly here. Mu Qingfeng took the children to the east side of the square, where the awakening and testing fees were paid.

"There are eight children in total, eighty gold dollars, and after handing over the number plates, the ceremony will begin in a while, and the children who have called the numbers will go there, and you will be told to do so. The reception at the temporary counter for a fee was a middle-aged man, seeing that Chen Yuan and his party were dressed in mediocre clothes, dusty and dusty, at first glance, they were not princes and nobles, but mountain people who came from afar without knowing where they came from. Without even lifting his eyelids, he pointed directly to a church-like building in the center of the square, and said absentmindedly. Following the direction of the man's finger, Chen Yuan saw a plaque on the door of the building, with three big characters written on it - Awakening Hall.

For such a situation, Mu Qingfeng has long been accustomed to it. In the main city, the class division was extremely clear, and the privileges of the nobility were enormous. Over time, the aristocracy looked down on the commoners, and the commoners of the main city looked down on the inhabitants of the Acropolis and villages and towns. After paying eighty gold yuan with a blank face and receiving eight number plates, Mu Qingfeng distributed the number plates in his hand to the eight children, and then led everyone to find a place in the square that was still relatively crowded, just like the people who arrived earlier than them, quietly waiting for the beginning of the awakening ceremony.

Half an hour later, an old man dressed in a red robe and wearing a round silver badge with a crescent moon on his chest stepped out of the building in the center of the square and stood on a high platform in the center of the square. Chen Yuan's pupils shrank, in his perception, this old man's body was surrounded by an incomparably rich fire attribute aura, and if he looked around the old man carefully, he would find that the air around his body was slightly twisted under the baking of the fire attribute aura.

"Today, we have ushered in the annual day of the awakening and testing of young talents, thanks to the trust of the domain lord, let the old man become the city lord of the city. Here, I hope that you children can make good use of your talents to create a better future for Xiaoqing City and our Youtian Domain!" The old man's loud voice spread through every corner of the square in an instant, and everyone raised their heads and looked at the old man standing on the high platform.

Chen Yuan looked at the old man on the high platform in shock, although he couldn't cultivate the power of internal force with attributes, but he had been insisting on meditation, so that Chen Yuan's perception ability has been greatly enhanced, in Chen Yuan's perception, when the old man spoke, existed in the air, the ubiquitous fire attribute aura suddenly became active, and the direct microphone and sound amplifier would cause the sound to spread all over the huge square in an instant, and according to Chen Yuan's observation, the old man did not use any skills. In other words, such a phenomenon was completely spontaneously accomplished by the surrounding fire attribute aura, what a terrifying fire attribute affinity! What an unfathomable strength!

Originally, after gaining the power of qi and blood, after two years of cultivation, Chen Yuan felt that his strength was already good, but compared to the old man in front of him, it was simply a difference between cloud and mud, Chen Yuan was very sure that if he fought with the old man, even if he used all his strength, he would not want to approach the old man within ten meters, and the old man would be able to roast him to the ground without even slag left in one move.

Is this the strength of the city lord of Xiaoqing! Is this really the height that a person can reach after the awakening of his talent? On the eighty-sixth, Chen Yuan looked at the number plate in his hand, and looked forward to the upcoming talent awakening more and more!

"Okay, I announce that this year's Youth Talent Awakening Test Ceremony in Xiaoqing City has officially begun! First of all, please enter the Awakening Hall and receive the Awakening Ceremony, and there will be staff in the Awakening Hall to guide you in your actions. After the talent is awakened, everyone must be tested and registered, so that we can better select talents. By the way, this year, we have a total of three places in the Daoist Academy, so let's try to shine our glory, boys!" the old man stood on the high platform and inspired the boys and girls who were about to perform the ceremony with impassioned words.

However, there was no need to motivate much, when the three places for escorting the Taoist Academy were mentioned, the entire square had already exploded. Dao Academy, what kind of existence is that? Each Dao Academy has the full support of the domain master, and all students who come out of the Dao Academy, whether they are studying martial arts, or engaging in politics and the military, can mix and thrive. Not to mention that it is a platform for the children of commoners to change their faces and make the nobles look at each other, even the princes and nobles want to win a place for their children to be sent to a Taoist academy, because the elite education there and the all-encompassing knowledge can make their children better than their peers! The three guaranteed places have obviously completely ignited the emotions of everyone in the square.