"Hey? It's lighting up!"
"That's pretty fast. This burly young man might actually have lower-middle aptitude!"
"I heard he's from that countryside place called Linyuan City again? Must be a blessed patch of land. I ought to send my boy over there to find himself a wife."
As the Spirit Testing Cauldron began flashing green at a rapid pace, the people below the stage stirred.
Wang Xiuyun, watching from below, was also roused. She unconsciously clenched her fist.
But soon, the green gem on the Spirit Testing Cauldron flickered a few times and dimmed, stopping in the white zone without reaching the green zone that represented lower-middle aptitude.
"Only low-grade Spiritual Aptitude!?" Wang Xiuyun was taken aback. Disappointment showed on her pretty face.
A moment later, though, she sighed. It seemed this was only to be expected, but she still couldn't help feeling it was a shame.
After all, she had always wanted to invest in Chu Ge, and the two of them had gotten along fairly well. If only Chu Ge's prospects had been a little better.
Still, it had been quite possible that Chu Ge would have no Spiritual Aptitude at all. Having any aptitude, even low-grade, already put him ahead of many people.
"White. You have low-grade Spiritual Aptitude."
The Yun clan elder looked at Chu Ge, whose expression was relatively calm, and spoke flatly.
Yet he was still rather unsettled inside. Judging by how quickly the gem on the Spirit Testing Cauldron had flashed, this young man's Spiritual Aptitude should have been quite good.
Lower-middle aptitude was all but certain, and there had even been a fair chance of middle-grade.
His temperament seemed decent, too. He hadn't lost his composure over having low-grade Spiritual Aptitude. He was just a little too reckless and bold.
The elder