Lin Feng nodded lightly and walked silently up to the rock. As he watched the Spirit-Test Ball rotating in midair above it, a trace of resentment surfaced in his previously calm eyes.
Lin Hui, the middle-aged man accompanying him, watched Lin Feng with concern. When Lin Feng approached the Spirit-Test Stone, he deliberately moved a little closer as well.
Lin Feng raised his right hand toward the Spirit-Test Stone. At first, it showed no reaction at all. To everyone who had come to laugh at him, this result was only to be expected.
Even Lin Feng himself held out no hope.
But just as he was about to withdraw his hand, the Spirit-Test Stone suddenly flickered. Although it was faint, a thin, mistlike layer of spiritual energy had indeed appeared inside the translucent sphere.
Surprise spread across the faces of everyone who had been preparing to snicker at Lin Feng.
Even Lin Feng was stunned.
Suddenly realizing something, Lin Feng furrowed his brow.
As its name suggested, the Spirit-Test Stone was an instrument used to test spiritual power.
Whether someone had a talent for cultivation depended on how spiritual energy gathered inside the Spirit-Test Stone.
On the Cangxuan Continent, spiritual power testing began at the age of eight. As long as the Spirit-Test Stone reacted, a child could enroll in an academy to learn systematic cultivation methods.
Cultivating alone was certainly possible, but it was easy to take wrong turns along the way, causing one's cultivation to advance very slowly.
At an academy, students not only received guidance from professional instructors, but were also provided with large quantities of medicinal herbs at each stage to improve their cultivation. They also had various opportunities to venture out and gain experience, improving their actual combat skills.
In short, studying at an academy