In this world of spiritual energy resurgence, every 18-year-old who has fully matured physically can use an Awakening Stone to awaken; of course, there are also geniuses who awaken on their own.
Awakening Stones are divided into four grades: white, blue, purple, and gold. If one awakens at school, the city lord's mansion provides a blue standard Awakening Stone for him to awaken. While it can still lead to an awakening, the probability of drawing a good talent will be significantly lower.
This golden Awakening Stone was exchanged by his parents using their accumulated military merits after they went to the front lines. They had intended to give their son a surprise, but unexpectedly, it was returned as a memento.
The professions awakened through Awakening Stones are bizarre and varied, categorized by humans into several major types: Cultivators, Martial Artists, Mages, Believers, Scholars, and so on.
After each person awakens, they also acquire a talent. Everyone's talent is a secret; unless they choose to reveal it themselves, people generally do not inquire.
Depending on each person's talent, these major professions are further divided into various sub-categories.
For example, within the broad category of Cultivators, there are Sword Cultivators, Spell Cultivators, Body Cultivators, Array Cultivators, Pill Cultivators, Talisman Cultivators, and so on. Martial Artists are similar, just without the array, pill, or talisman types.
Furthermore, Mages are also divided into Dark Mages, White Mages, Summoners, and so on.
Believers are quite special, almost exclusively emerging from various religious sects, such as Buddhism, Taoism, the Holy Light Church, and some smaller sects. Their method of cultivation involves collecting the wishes of sentient beings, and their ultimate big moves are almost all secret techniques like "Invoking a Deity."
Lastly, the Scholar faction is divided into the secret art stream and the technology stream, both very mysterious. Their talents are generally related to brainpower or spiritual power, and most of them are engaged in research. Lu Chenxing's father was from the technology stream, and his mother was from the secret art stream.
In a daze, Lu Chenxing thought of his parents in this life again. His father was handsome and cheerful, and his mother was gentle but with a hint of a small temper. They were both very good people.
"I could have endured the darkness if I had not seen the light..." A bitter smile appeared on Lu Chenxing's lips.
When he was an orphan in his previous life, he didn't feel much, but now, having had and then lost, his heart felt like it had a perpetually damp corner.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Chenxing suppressed his chaotic thoughts, gripped the golden crystal, and, following the method he learned in school, tried to communicate with the golden crystal using his spiritual power.
If he wanted to keep the shop left by his parents, he first had to awaken, then find a way to open the shop, preferably making it a big success, attracting the attention of a considerable number of people, and expanding his influence...
However, the difficulty of this operation mainly depended on what profession he awakened. If he awakened as a Body Cultivator, then he would have to surrender the shop.
After all, he was still very weak now and had no background. Even if the person behind it was only a second or third-tier individual, he couldn't contend with them now. He could only temporarily endure; a gentleman's revenge is never too late, even after ten years.
But he also had a contingency plan: if that really happened, he would enlist in the army!
Due to the characteristics of Martial Artists, the army welcomes their arrival. Even those who have just awakened can enlist. After two years of training, they can go to the areas of the Zhu Tian Battlefield already occupied by humanity to perform missions. While performing missions, they can grow stronger and also earn military merits and ranks.
Ultimately, all paths lead to the same destination, and he would be able to reclaim everything that was his.
As Lu Chenxing's thoughts settled, under the influence of the golden Awakening Stone, he slowly perceived his spiritual world. It was pitch black, with formless and intangible spiritual power scattered in every corner, like thin mist.
As Lu Chenxing fully perceived his spiritual world, a wisp of golden light ignited in the darkness. Although it was like a firefly, it was so dazzling and brilliant in the dark.
The spiritual power, originally scattered throughout his spiritual world, seemed to be attracted by something and instinctively converged towards that golden speck of light. The thin mist gradually gathered into a ball of water.
However, that golden speck of light seemed to be both near and far, no matter how the spiritual power, gathered into a ball of water, pursued it, it could never reach that position.
As time slowly passed, more and more golden light points appeared, and behind these golden light points, there was a huge golden light source. Lu Chenxing roughly knew that this was the true form of the golden Awakening Stone.
The golden light points grew more and more numerous, finally forming a golden ring in front of the water ball where his spiritual power converged, causing this stream of spiritual power to suddenly accelerate, and then plunge headfirst into the golden light source!
Boom!!!
A majestic sound, as if of creation, exploded in his mind, followed by countless light and shadows flashing through Lu Chenxing's mind!
There were flames that burned the horizon, scorching the void until it shattered and the laws twisted! There was ice that froze time and space, bringing the river of time to a halt!
Someone dressed in beast hide shattered the void with a single punch and kick, tearing apart giant dragons as if it were nothing! Someone dressed in tight-fitting clothes, with cold eyes, whose blade sliced through the sky, tearing apart the false heavens and cleaving the evil gods beyond the sky!
Someone in simple cloth robes rode a sword and sang, with a flick of a finger, sword qi fell like a celestial river, slaying enemies while drinking and composing poetry, what utter freedom!
There was also someone dressed in magnificent magic robes, chanting forbidden magic spells, causing the sky to fall, the earth to shatter, and earth, fire, water, and wind to become chaotic, as if the end of the world had arrived!
Scene after scene of light and shadow rapidly flashed through Lu Chenxing's mind. Before he could clearly see them, the countless light and shadows exploded, transforming into a magnificent nebula, and then began to converge towards his spiritual water ball!
It seemed like a long time had passed, and yet it seemed like only an instant. The entire nebula merged into his spiritual water ball, dyeing it golden, and then the gold gradually transformed into a dazzling seven-colored light!
At the same time, Lu Chenxing suddenly opened his eyes. Seven-colored light swirled in his eyes for a moment before disappearing. His awakening ritual was complete!
Some information naturally surfaced in Lu Chenxing's mind: 【Fantasy Mage (Unique Talent): A profession that only exists in ancient legends. No one has ever truly seen it, or perhaps no one could recognize it.】
【Effect One: All-Elemental. You are unrestricted and can freely control all magical elements, including but not limited to gold, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, lightning, wind, light, darkness, life, death, time, space, and so on.】
【Effect Two: Weaving. You can complete the Weaving or reconstruction of spells using a logic you can understand. The more perfect the logic, the less mana is consumed. If the logic is flawed, your magic will fail to activate.】
【Effect Three: Compensation. You can use double the mana cost to offset the materials and costs required to cast special spells, but you cannot use materials to cast magic.】
【Effect Four: No Incantation. You can instantly cast magic without needing to chant complex incantations.】
The four words "Unique Talent" made Lu Chenxing freeze in place, and then the four effects made Lu Chenxing's heart pound even faster! He even felt as if he was dreaming!
The sound of something shattering came from his hand. Lu Chenxing looked down; the golden Awakening Stone had lost all its brilliance and turned into an ordinary stone, now covered in cracks.
The heavy and cold feeling of the stone told Lu Chenxing that he was not dreaming; he truly had a Unique Talent!
P.S. Awakening Stones only awaken talents and provide talent information; professional classifications, etc., are categorized by humans themselves and are unrelated to the Awakening Stone.
