Chapter 3: the past (2)-Evaluation

Because of the dimensions intersecting all the energy in the dimensions mixed together forming a chaotic energy through the dimensions, especially the world dimension.

In order for someone to start using a cultivating method one had to pass through the half mortal realm which consists of three ranks and six foundations realm, although strength took long to be obtained, but after going through the two realms, one would have a complete control over his body and the energy in it, also he could cultivate any cultivation method he wanted despite his affinity to it, and his strength would soar because he would have fused the chaotic energy to every part of his body, it took long to gain strength but to most cultivators it was worth the wait.

The instructor stood upright looking at the kids gazing at him, shouted loudly.

“Cultivation basics are sensing, gathering and controlling which are called the half mortal realm, most of you have been training in them for the past two years, and today you will be evaluated on them, which determines your talent, but after the half mortal realm comes the six foundations, body foundation, blood foundation, Dantian foundation, spirit foundation, unique foundation and combat foundation, after the evaluation you will start your body foundation”

The instructor looked at the excited expressions of the kids but saw some calm ones he, seemed satisfied with something then continued.

“Alright, let’s start the evaluation, in sensing you will be evaluated on how far your sensing for energy goes, in gathering how much energy you can gather until a fifth of a stick of an essence burns away and in controlling how far you can send an energy and how efficiently you control it”

The instructor talked as he took them to a place beside the arena, where a strange ‘thing’ was there, there were circles drawn on the ground 99 circles surrounding each other, four rods where placed on each circle in the four directions east, west, south and north, there were numbers on the circles beginning from 1 to 99 and on the rods beginning from 1 to 396 in the center of the circles there was enough place for one person enough to sit in.

“All of you can see it now, this how I will evaluate you, every rod is filled with energy rod when you sense the energy in a rod it will glow blue, when you gather energy from a rod it glows red and when the energy you control touches the rod it glows green, to show how efficiently you control energy, you will be asked to target a specific rod with your energy with a specific shape, first Huang lan”

A girl went up she was frail and afraid, she looked cute as she went to the center with small steps as she held her clothes.

She sat in a lotus position and then started firstly sensing then gathering lastly controlling, after she finished the instructor announced loudly

“Huang lan, Sensing reached 55 circles,

Gathering the equivalent of 47 circles

And controlling reached the 39th circle with weak control of the energy”

“Next Huang gen”

“Huang gen, Sensing reached 50 circles,

Gathering the equivalent of 43 circles

………”

“Huang…”

The instructor kept calling names, Huang tian looked at the other kids nonchalantly, He waited for his name or Huang dong's, although Huang dong was annoying and with no brains he heard that he had some talent in him, but it seems he underestimated the Huang family young talents there was another kid who was talented as well.

The instructor announced loudly

“Huang xie, sensing reached 94 circles,

Gathering the equivalent of 90 circles

And controlling reached 88 circles with shape of a rod”

Another talent has appeared in this batch thought Huang tian, it was rare to see this much talents in one batch normally only one talent appeared per batch as they evaluated only twelve years old no matter how many were there, and in this batch appeared three him, Huang dong and then there is Huang xie, after a wait his name was finally called.

“Huang tian”

He went to the center sat in a lotus position then closed his eyes, first was sensing, after he began sensing, he felt something stranger than usual other than the usual chaotic energy that he sensed every time, there was a cluster of that chaotic energy shaped as a flame in every direction of the four direction every time his senses went on clusters of flames appeared in the four directions, after he expanded his senses to the max he sensed 396 flames, finishing he started gathering energy, the 396 flames started to gather toward him bit by bit, after the fourth of the stick of the essence burned away he had gathered them all in his body, he felt regret when he saw all this energy in his body, since he didn’t open his Dantian he couldn’t keep it and it would dissipate by itself, if he kept it and only a negligible amount of the energy was absorbed before dissipating, normally he would remove it himself because it was troublesome to keep them, but then he remembered that they would start body foundation after the evaluation, so he kept it in case he needed it, while in thought the voice of the instructor sounded.

“The target is rod no.340 east”

He counted 75 poles then shot a small energy towards the rod, and it struck right in the middle.

“The target is rod no.360 west, with energy shaped as a rod”

Huang tian shaped the energy in hand and then shot the energy, it struck the rod in the middle again.

This time the instructor shouted with voice hidden in it clear excitement and expectations.

“The target is rod no.396 north, with energy shaped a thin thread”

This time Huang tian exerted his full control on the energy, although he did the previous ones quickly but it wasn’t easy nor hard, but this time it was absolutely hard, neglecting the distance just controlling an energy as thin as a thread was hard enough, now he has to shot it at a rod with a great distance between them, after doing all his best he finally formed it and shot it with full control and struck the target, he waited for his results proudly, but no voice sounded, he opened his eyes to see all people around staring at him with eyes full of amazement and astonishment, he looked at the instructor who staring at him as if he wanted to drill a hole and look what’s inside him, after a brief second the instructor realized what happened and seeing Huang tian staring at him, out of embarrassment he gave a cough to break the silence then announced.

“Sensing reached 99 circles,

Gathering the equivalent of 99 circles

And controlling reached 99 circles with energy as thin as a thread”

A clamor of discussions broke out between everyone, Huang tian walked out of the circle then looked at his parents at the stand full of pride as if saying this was just the beginning.