"All right, everyone, quiet. Our class is first, so get ready." Lin Qiao folded her arms and watched the raised platform above.
At that moment, Du Qinggang appeared on the platform.
"Principal, may we begin?"
The old man nodded. "Yes, begin."
Du Qinggang turned to the students below.
"We'll begin awakening Divine Marks now, starting with Class 1."
"Before the awakening, let me remind you that the process may be very painful. But with me here, nothing will go wrong."
"Also, Divine Marks don't always appear in the same place."
"For some people, they appear on the hand; for others, on the face or the back."
"But wherever your Divine Mark appears, you'll notice it."
"Some students will feel intense heat, others intense cold. You might also feel pain or itchiness. All of that is normal."
"All right, Class 1 is first. Come up when your name is called."
Du Qinggang looked down at the roster in his hand and read aloud, "First, Fang Cheng!"
The only rich second-generation heir in Class 1 stood and walked up, his eyes betraying a hint of excitement.
A huge glass container stood on the platform.
Once inside, one could begin awakening a Divine Mark.
Everyone watched intently as Fang Cheng walked into it.
The glass door shut behind him.
A powerful current of air suddenly struck the young man.
His face immediately twisted in pain.
The next second, a dazzling white stripe emerged beneath the skin of his forehead, about ten centimeters long!
This was a Divine Mark!
The symbol of a Divine Power master!
Then another stripe appeared on his left cheek, giving off a blinding green light.
The whole crowd was stunned!
"A second one! He actually awakened a second Divine Mark too!"
The students of Class 1 felt a stirring of excitement.
Normally, when awakening Divine Marks, a person could awaken only the first one at the start.
Those who could awaken a second Divine Mark at the same time were exceedingly rare.
The glass container glowed green, lighting up the entire venue!
After a long while, the currents inside gradually settled, and Fang Cheng walked out.
His face hurt terribly.
But his excitement at awakening a second Divine Mark was enough to wipe away the pain!
After coming down, Fang Cheng said excitedly, "Teacher Lin, I actually awakened a second Divine Mark too."
Lin Qiao nodded approvingly. "Not bad. Back when I started, I only awakened my first one. It wasn't until two years later that my second Divine Mark awakened."
The old man on the platform also looked pleased.
"You look very happy, Principal."
Du Qinggang spoke from beside him.
Li Zhengming stood with his hands behind his back, his face wreathed in smiles. "Yes. The very first child awakened a second Divine Mark. Isn't that worth celebrating? I want to set off some firecrackers."
Next came:
"Zhang Feifei, awakened one Divine Mark!"
"Dong Kai, awakened one Divine Mark!"
"Zhao Dezhu, awakened one Divine Mark!"
"Zhao Buzhu, awakened one Divine Mark!"
"Zhou Yao, awakened two Divine Marks!"
In Class 1 alone, two people had actually awakened two Divine Marks!
"Next, Duan Ming!"
Hearing the name, quite a few people looked at Duan Ming.
He knew his name was indeed likely to draw attention.
Duan Ming, "short life."
He didn't know why his father had given him a name like that in the first place.
He walked up to the platform and entered the glass container under Du Qinggang's guidance.
The door closed.
In an instant, a powerful current of air struck his body.
He could clearly feel the currents entering his body through his pores.
Then it was as if his body had filled with roiling steam.
A tearing pain also began in his left wrist.
It was as though something was about to burst through his skin.
The glass container gave off a white light.
After a long while, the air currents stopped.
Duan Ming had awakened one Divine Mark!
"Only one?"
Duan Ming looked down at his wrist, which hurt as though it had been slit.
After he returned to his class's spot, quite a few people were discussing where to have dinner together that night.
The person who had proposed it was Fang Cheng, who had awakened two Divine Marks.
Seeing that something was wrong with Duan Ming's expression, Lin Qiao comforted him. "Duan Ming, don't be discouraged. Although you've only awakened one Divine Mark now, as long as you work harder in the future, you'll still have a chance to awaken more."
Duan Ming knew Lin Qiao was trying to comfort him.
A person could only use the method of awakening Divine Marks on the platform once in a lifetime.
After that, awakening more Divine Marks through one's own efforts was no easy task.
Simply put, of the people who had now awakened their first Divine Mark,
probably only one in ten would awaken a second within three years.
Some might even be unable to awaken more Divine Marks for the rest of their lives.
A chorus of gasps erupted around him.
He looked up and saw a girl wearing a short-sleeved top walk out of the glass container.
The only glowing spot on her body was on her chest.
At the sound of the gasps, her face turned bright red, and she ran down from the platform in quick, short steps.
"Am I really this ordinary?"
Duan Ming murmured as he looked at the white Divine Mark on his left wrist.
Suddenly, he noticed a strong burning sensation gradually building in his right wrist.
Huh?
What's going on?
The burning sensation grew stronger.
Curious, he pulled up his right sleeve.
What he saw next made his pupils contract sharply.
There was a white Divine Mark on his right wrist too!
Huh?
Divine Marks of the same color?
Wasn't a person supposed to have only one?
How did he have two?
Or was the one on his left wrist too short, so half of it had been split off onto his right wrist?
Did that make any sense?!
"Duan Ming, what's wrong?"
Lin Qiao's voice sounded behind him. She glanced at the Divine Mark on his right wrist and asked, "Does it hurt a lot?"
Duan Ming pulled his sleeve down and asked, "Teacher Lin, can a person have two identical Divine Marks?"
Lin Qiao froze for a moment. "What? Two identical Divine Marks?"
Duan Ming said, "I mean two Divine Marks of the same color."
Lin Qiao laughed. "How could that be possible? A person can only awaken one Divine Mark of each color. You're probably talking about Dual Divine Marks. That's basically just nonsense people make up. There's no way anyone could have Dual Divine Marks in real life!"
Duan Ming paused, then asked, "What if someone really did?"
Seeing how serious Duan Ming looked, Lin Qiao was a little taken aback. "You're not about to tell me you have two identical Divine Marks, are you? Duan Ming, you mustn't lie to your teacher."
Duan Ming hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "No. I was just curious, so I asked."
Lin Qiao had said it was something that could never happen.
But he really did have two white Divine Marks!
So was this a good thing or a bad thing?