Against The Heavens 5 Fire And Ice.

As the crystal lit up, the elder turned towards the waiting children as he spoke. His words caused a small commotion amongst the children, as they were all eager to learn their results, but worried about what would happen if they had bad results.

"I guess I will go first then."

Liang Zhou nonchalantly stepped forward, a calming smile on his face. He placed both hands on the crystal, and after a short moment, the crystal reacted. Within the crystal one could see a rock the size of a person's head, as well as a tiny patch of earth.

"Affinity for the laws of stone, talent grade 3. Affinity for the laws of earth, talent grade 1."

The elder spoke out in a loud voice, making sure that everyone could hear his words. His words caused a few faint exclamations from the crowd, as someone with a talent grade of 3 was very rare within their small village.

Talent grade was separated into nine different grades, with grade one being the lowest grade, and grade nine being the highest grade. Most of the people in the village only had a talent grade of one, with some people not even having a talent grade.

Seeing the result, Liang Zhou and Liang Zhu could not help but smile faintly. When Liang Zhou had been tested last time, he had only had an affinity for the laws of stone, and back then it was only with a talent grade two. His new result was clearly much better.

"I did not disappoint you, father."

Liang Zhou walked over to Liang Zhu as he gave a deep bow. He was Liang Zhu's only son, so all of Liang Zhu's hopes had been placed on him. It was his responsibility to protect the village and allow it to flourish.

While Liang Zhu was patting Liang Zhou on the shoulder, telling him how proud he was, Li Yang was inspecting the crystal with a curious gaze. He only had a few memories of his past life at the moment, and none of them contained a crystal like this, so he was rather curious about it.

"Who is next?"

The elder in charge of the crystal turned towards the rest of the children, speaking out once more. A few of the children started calling out that it was their turn, but Li Yang remained silent. He was content with simply watching for now.

"Liang Xinyi, you can be the next one."

While the children were bickering, the elder decided to take charge and appoint someone as the next person. The child he pointed at was a young girl who seemed no older than 10 or 11. She was clad in a simple white robe that was slightly patched up.

"Yes, Elder Ruogang."

The young girl gave a short bow in acknowledgment and walked up to the crystal, placing her hand on it. After a short moment, the crystal reacted. A small green seed appeared inside the crystal. Once the seed appeared, it slowly sprouted into a flower that was slightly larger than a person's head.

"Affinity for the laws of plants, talent grade 3."

The elder spoke out, his voice containing both shock and excitement. If every generation had one person with a talent grade 3, they would already consider themselves incredibly blessed. But now they had two people in the same generation with a talent grade of 3.

And she even had an affinity for the laws of plants, one of the laws that was the most useful for the entire village. This law would allow her to use her Qi to speed up the growth of plants, as well as allow new varieties of plants to grow. She would be a huge boon to their fields and food production.

"Excellent! Truly wonderful! It seems like the G.o.ds have decided to bless my Liang tribe!"

Liang Zhu couldn't help but shout out loudly, his voice ringing through every corner of the village. He quickly had an elder take Liang Xinyi away, bringing her to a place where they could teach her everything that they knew about cultivation. After all, the quicker she grew, the quicker she would be able to help the entire village.

After Liang Xinyi was taken away, the affinity ceremony continued unabated. There were still several children that had to be examined, so despite their joy, the ceremony had to go on.

The ceremony continued for several hours, with a new elder being put in charge of the crystal every half hour. Many more children were tested, but there were no other children who revealed a talent grade of 3. There were four who had talent grade 2, which once more caused the elders to beam with happiness. It truly seemed like the G.o.ds were smiling on their village.

Li Yang only decided to step forward when there were only three more children left. He stepped forward nonchalantly and placed his hands on the crystal, waiting to see what would happen.

He felt a strange energy enter his body from the crystal, coursing through his entire body as it seemingly searched for something. After coursing throughout his entire body, it returned into the crystal, causing it to light up slightly.

The image of a small fire, as well as a small block of ice, became visible inside the crystal, but it was clear from their size that his talent grade would not be very good, it would certainly not be a talent grade 2.

"Affinity for the laws of fire as well as an affinity for the laws of ice, talent grade 1 on both."

Just as expected, the elder spoke out again, announcing the talent grade. But no one in the village was surprised by the talent grade. They were a village of completely normal people, so it was only to be expected that their talents were not the best.

If it were people who had been born into a good family or people who held special Demonic beast bloodlines, they would easily get a talent grade that surpa.s.sed 3. some people in the village had even heard about people who had such strong Demonic beast bloodlines that they had been born with a talent grade of 9.

"There is no need to be discouraged, Brother Yang. It might only be a talent grade of 1, but you still have an affinity for two very strong elements. Since you are already twelve, I am sure that father will send you into the wilderness very soon, maybe even within the upcoming days. If you manage to tame a good Demonic beast that has an element that matches yours, you can still gain great strength."

Liang Zhou walked over to Li Yang, patting him on the shoulder as he spoke encouragingly. Li Yang simply shrugged his shoulders with a faint smile. Talent grade 1, so what? Once all his past memories awakened, Li Yang was certain that his potential would skyrocket. Something as simple as a lack of talent would not be able to stop him.