That Flash of Golden Light!

That Flash of Golden Light!

At the training grounds, every member of Gu Family Village had gathered.

On the high platform.

A massive Eight Immortals table had been set up, with a strange stone the size of a football placed atop it. Black and white, resembling a turtle shell, it was the Talent Stone!

Gu Xuanzhen, Gu Xuanwu, and the other elders sat behind the table, chatting among themselves.

"So this is the Talent Stone? It truly is extraordinary!" one elder remarked.

"How is this Talent Stone used?" Gu Xuanwu asked in confusion. "By dripping blood on it?"

Gu Xuanzhen sat in the center. Upon hearing this, he picked up the Talent Stone.

"It is said that the Talent Stone was formed from a fragment of a star plucked from the void by the Ancient Great Emperor Tai! As long as someone raises it to the Shen Ting acupoint between their brows, an image will appear and reveal that person's Innate Divine Ability!" Gu Xuanzhen said as he held it to his forehead.

Buzz!

A ray of light shot from Gu Xuanzhen's Shen Ting acupoint into the air and slowly unfurled! A black longsword appeared, releasing boundless Blade Intent!

"This is my Innate Divine Ability, the fourth-grade Star Blade. It increases the speed of blade technique training by thirty percent and can amplify the power of blade-type martial skills by sixty percent!" Gu Xuanzhen said with a smile as he stroked his beard. "As for one's physique, a single drop of blood is enough to test it. It is much the same as testing divine abilities!"

"So this is a divine ability?" an elder exclaimed in amazement.

"A divine ability!"

"Unbelievable!"

"That blade is a divine ability?"

"I wonder how powerful it is!"

The crowd below broke into discussion. Divine abilities could only be awakened by martial artists in the Establish Fate Realm, and even among ten who reached that realm, only two or three possessed one.

On the high platform, Gu Ji stood to one side. The scar on his face twitched, and his heart was filled with unwillingness and envy. He was an Establish Fate Realm martial artist without a divine ability!

"Let us begin! Any youth under the age of twenty may come forward and try!" Gu Xuanzhen waved his hand, and a guard stepped forward carrying a large gong.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong! The gong was struck nine times in succession, and the area below immediately fell silent.

Gu Ji strode to the front and announced loudly, "All youths, come forward one by one to test your talents!"

The youths looked at one another, but none stepped forward. Only after Gu Ji impatiently repeated himself did someone answer loudly.

"I'll go!" The voice was clear and pleasant, flowing like a gentle spring.

A young girl emerged from the rear of the crowd. She looked around sixteen or seventeen, with an oval face, a delicate nose, small lips, bright eyes, and white teeth. Her long hair was tied into a ponytail that hung down her back.

She was tall and fit, with long, round, sturdy legs. Her graceful figure was just beginning to bloom.

Great Yan had a population of three hundred million, yet fewer than half practiced martial arts. Female martial artists were even rarer! Among all the young men and women of Gu Family Village, only one girl practiced martial arts: Gu Yuer, the daughter of Clan Chief Gu Yu!

"Gu Yuer!"

"Hasn't she been studying at the Zhao Family Martial Arts School in Mingshan City?"

"That crazy girl! Girls her age had long since become mothers! Yet she was already sixteen or seventeen and still ran wild all day!"

The crowd instantly erupted as everyone recognized Gu Yuer!

Gu Yuer held her head high and strode toward the platform. Beneath her silver-white Martial Robe, her graceful body had begun to take shape. Her slender waist could be encircled with one hand, and her long, rounded legs left many young men staring blankly.

"The boss is actually back!"

"Heh, now that she's back, the clan chief will definitely force her to get married!"

"Would you dare marry that tigress?"

"Hehe, I'd love to! Hehehe!"

The youths teased one another, their hearts itching like cats' claws.

Gu Yuer stepped onto the high platform and stood before the Eight Immortals table, her delicate face full of curiosity.

"Is this turtle shell the legendary Talent Stone?" Though Gu Yuer had studied martial arts away from home for years, she had never seen such a strange stone before!

"Yes, this is the Talent Stone. Raise it to the Shen Ting acupoint between your brows, and you can examine your Innate Divine Ability!" Gu Xuanzhen explained with a smile.

Gu Yuer nodded and raised the turtle shell with both hands.

Boom!

A curtain of light shot from Gu Yuer's forehead and slowly spread across the sky!

A tiny, snow-white rabbit appeared within the light curtain, and Gu Yuer's face immediately flushed red.

"Ha, is that a rabbit?"

"That counts as a divine ability too?"

"It's so cute!"

A huge wave of voices broke out from the crowd, and several young wives found it adorable as well.

"Eighth-grade divine ability, Snow Rabbit. It grants a thirty percent boost to movement techniques!" Gu Yuer swiftly lowered the turtle shell, secretly gritting her silver teeth.

"Not bad at all! Those with Innate Divine Abilities are one in ten thousand. Even an eighth-grade ability is beyond what ordinary people can imagine!" Gu Xuanzhen encouraged her with a smile.

Gu Yuer gave the old man a grateful look, then forced a drop of blood from her index finger with her inner strength.

The blood landed on the turtle shell and seeped into it like water into a sponge. A deep red light burst from the shell!

"Red light!" Gu Xuanzhen narrowed his eyes, somewhat surprised. When the Talent Stone tested one's physique, white light represented a Mortal Body, red light represented a Spirit Body, while those with Divine Bodies or above would be bathed in golden light and reveal extraordinary phenomena! Yet even a Spirit Body meant that person had the potential to reach the Qi Sect Realm!

"Light red. A low-grade Spirit Body! She may even have the potential to reach the Qi Sect Realm!" Gu Xuanzhen announced the result!

"Qi Sect Realm!" Gu Yu was ecstatic. He grabbed his daughter's hand and burst into laughter!

"Father!" Gu Yuer coquettishly tugged Gu Yu off the platform.

Gu Yuer's test seemed to spur the other youths on. A group of them hurried forward to test themselves, but unfortunately, after more than a dozen in a row, none awakened an Innate Divine Ability! All of their physiques were Mortal Bodies as well!

The boiling crowd gradually quieted. Only now did the people of Gu Family Village understand that even a low-grade Spirit Body and an eighth-grade Innate Divine Ability were unimaginably precious!

Gu Shaoshang hurried over after getting dressed. His sudden increase in strength had torn two sets of clothes before he finally managed to put one on carefully!

My strength has at least doubled! I should have more than two thousand jin of force now! Gu Shaoshang casually swung his fists, producing sharp pa pa cracks in the air, like whips snapping through the sky!

At the training grounds, the testing had ended.

Among all the youths, only Gu Yuer possessed both an Innate Divine Ability and a special physique. Gu Shaoze had merely tested as having a mid-grade Spirit Body! Every other youth was a Mortal Body!

Gu Shaoshang stepped into the training grounds and saw this scene!

All the youths had their heads lowered, each wearing a dejected expression.

"Shaoshang!" Gu Shaoze waved and called to him quietly.

"What happened?" Gu Shaoshang walked over to his cousin.

"Among us and all the Gu Family Village youths who just returned to the village, only Sister Gu Yuer has an Innate Divine Ability. As for physiques, aside from me and Sister Gu Yuer, everyone else has a Mortal Body!" Gu Shaoze explained in a low voice.

"You should go up and try!" Gu Shaoze gently pushed Gu Shaoshang.

Gu Shaoshang walked toward the high platform. He was actually extremely curious about Innate Divine Abilities and wanted to know whether he possessed one himself!

"Shaoshang, do you know how to use it?" Gu Ji asked. Since none of the youths had gained anything, his mood was somewhat low as well.

"Yes." Gu Shaoshang nodded. His cousin had already explained it several times.

Gu Shaoshang held the Talent Stone in his hands. It weighed only four or five jin. Its black-and-white turtle-shell patterns somewhat resembled the Eight Trigrams from his previous life, faintly exuding a natural, seamless aura.

Whoosh!

The familiar curtain of light appeared. When it outlined a tiny crayfish, the crowd erupted once more!

"Gu Shaoshang tested positive for a divine ability!"

"Is that a shrimp from the river? It doesn't seem quite like one!"

"What is that? It's not a shrimp, is it? Its colors are quite splendid!"

"It looks even worse than the little rabbit, but at least it's a divine ability!"

Some sighed, some offered encouragement, while others quietly anticipated the disappointment of another person who, like them, had no divine ability...

Gu Shaoshang remained unmoved. As he examined the information that had suddenly appeared in his mind, he forced out a drop of blood and let it fall onto the turtle shell!

Then, a flash of golden light blossomed!

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