Wei Qing felt as though he were inside an enormous furnace.
Even when he had caught COVID, he had never felt this hot or miserable.
When he finally felt a little better, he opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was a snow-white ceiling.
Where was he?
"He's awake! He's finally awake!"
"Son, how are you feeling?"
Wei Qing's mother and father looked at their son with worry.
"Water..."
After drinking some water, Wei Qing finally felt much better, and his head cleared.
He was still a little bewildered as he looked at everyone in the room.
"I... I really got so scared I made myself sick?"
Surely not. Was he really that much of a coward?
"Nope."
Qin Yan rested her little chin on the bed and spoke in a soft, sweet voice.
"Uncle Wei awakened an ability."
Wei Qing: ???
"Little Sister Yanyan, would you like some juice?"
A little boy Wei Qing knew very well-his nephew, who was naughty enough to climb onto the roof and tear off the tiles-was currently holding a glass of juice, eagerly hovering around the little girl and trying to please her.
Wait...
"What? I awakened an ability?!"
Was this the kind of awakening he was thinking of?
His eyes lit up completely. Forgetting that he was still a little weak, he hurried to see what ability he had awakened.
"It's a metal-type ability."
Xiao Zhen walked over.
Although current technology still could not detect spiritual roots, bloodlines, special physiques, or abilities within someone before awakening, it could identify known abilities after they had awakened.
The most common awakened abilities were the five elements, along with a few special ones: wind, lightning, and ice.
Then there were some common special talents.
For example, Fu Wenzi's talents for drawing talismans and artifact