Sects also want to know what his talent is and see if it is compatible with their training system. No matter how strong he is, if he doesn't fit their techniques, they won't be able to train him well. His talent could go to waste in the wrong sect.
Of course, tangible talents are not all that matters in determining the potential of an individual. There are still intangible talents such as intelligence, intuition, fighting instincts, luck, comprehension abilities, and willpower, which also have significant effects on the growth of an individual. That's what the examination itself will test.
All of the data from the registration and the examination will then be collated by the sects and used by them to decide on who they would accept.
He was a little nervous during the tests. But he wasn't scared of the outcome because regardless of the outcome, age and raw power are also very important, and he has those in the bag.
In fact, it can be said that no one else can match him in that aspect, so he wasn't worried about not being able to get into a sect. He was just a little nervous because his talents would decide a lot about his future.
He walked across the yellow road with that slight nervousness and a lot of anticipation in his heart. He wasn't the only one walking on the road. But he might as well be the only one because it was silent all around him.
No one was talking. There was snow justling either. Everyone walked in a straight line without any conflict.
This was partly because of respect for the five sects, but it was mostly because of the fear of punishment. Anyone that makes a ruckus would be lashed by lightning from the road. No one wants to be punished, so they behaved well.
After they reached the station, the line of people continued to walk until they encountered a free station. They would then enter the station and register.
There was an attendant at each station. These attendants were cultivators at the second mortal coil. They were the ones who introduced the test to the participants.
Arthur listened attentively to what the man at the station was saying. Then he filed the forms presented to him and then went ahead to use the three orbs to test his tangible talents.
All he did was touch the balls. He felt strange when he touched them. Sometimes it was a harmless tingling sensation in his hand. Other times it was a painful sensation, and he even experienced a nauseated feeling that almost made him vomit.
While he was experiencing strange things, tiny spots of light appeared in the orbs. These tiny spots differed in brightness, concentration, and number.
The attendant recorded the characteristics of the glittering lights and used them to collate his talent. When this was done, the attendant kept a copy of the result and gave him a copy.
The attendant also gave him a small white plaque. He dripped his blood onto it, which caused it to turn red.
Then the attendant said, "That's your identity card. You need to have it on you at all times if you want to participate in the sect examination. If you lose it, your right to participate will be revoked. So protect it."
"You may go now. You will be informed through the plaque when the exam is about to start. Make sure to come on time."
Arthur nodded. Then he took the copy of data about his talent and the plaque and left the station. As he walked back, he looked through the copy to see what his talent was.
He skipped over gibberish and focused on the summary.
Life Activity: 21% (Innate Divine Strength)
Mana Affinity: 23% (Attributeless)
Spiritual Acuity: 56% (High Density Soul)
He understood most of what he saw. But he didn't understand the ones in brackets, so he had to go back to read the gibberish that he had skipped.
What he read didn't state exactly what the things in brackets meant. But they provided the data that they collected that made them come to those qualities.
He found out that the percentages are the overall quantity of his talent. The characteristics in the brackets are the qualities.
The quantity of his talent determines the efficiency of whatever he does that involves all three. For example, if he decides to focus on energy gathering, since his mana affinity is only 23%, his practice will be 23% efficient.
But efficiency is not the only thing that affects talent. There are also special qualities that can compel one to use a particular talent even if it is inefficient.
For example, the rate at which his body converts resources into life energy is just 21%. That means it will be inefficient for him to focus on body refining.
That is the bad news. The good news is that his body is usually strong. His body can resist the invasion of life energy of higher quality than a mortal at the tenth transformation of the first coil should have. So he was given the characteristics of innate divine strength.
As for his mana affinity, it was poor, but it was attributeless. This meant that he wouldn't be limited to practicing techniques of a particular element, such as fire, water, and others.
The matter of his attributeless mana was pretty straightforward for him to understand. The white ball containing mana had produced only white dim lights of high concentration.
This meant that even though his talent for mana was weak, he wasn't restricted to one element, and his affinity could be mobilized for any singular element.
The matter of his spiritual acuity, on the other hand, was more difficult to understand. The blue ball was supposed to measure a lot of things, but most of them came back with an error.
The best he could understand was that the control his soul has over his body and external energy is very high, and his mind is highly resistant to damage.