Chapter 184: Chapter 3: My Daughter Has the Bearing of a Great Emperor (Seeking Recommendation Votes)_2
At five locations, each stands a pillar carved with various Array Master runes, and in the middle of the Array Platform rests a crystal ball.
This Spirit Testing Platform is uniformly manufactured and sold by the Purple Mansion Academy, the Array Master merely procures and supervises the construction.
Its primary driving force is the Spirit Stone, which needs to be placed on each of the five pillars.
Every activation and deactivation consumes considerable extra energy.
Therefore, once the Spirit Testing Platform is activated, it will not be closed, continuously depleting the energy of the Spirit Stones. This is why all families and clans concentrate the testing candidates to register for testing at the same time.
Even so, the energy consumption of the Spirit Stone is formidable. Five Spirit Stones can only support testing for around a hundred people. On average, it costs five Qian Gold per person in pure cost.
But the official price is ten Qian Gold per person. After deducting the long-term maintenance of the Spirit Testing Platform and other expenses, the officials barely make a small profit.
Today.
Some of the younger siblings of the Wang Family gathered in front of the Spirit Testing Platform.
Meanwhile, in the courtyard’s empty rooms, some little boys and girls were gathered.
They are suitable-aged children that the Wang Family has gleaned from side branches, household servants, tenant farmers, and other channels. Moreover, they are carefully selected to appear somewhat spiritually endowed.
This was mainly done not to waste Spirit Stones, and on the chance to discover one or two children with Black Tortoise Talent.
From a probability standpoint, side branches yield the highest chances as their bloodlines are closest to the Black Tortoise Practitioner.
As for ordinary families, it purely depends on luck.
Who knows for how many generations their ancestors have not produced a Black Tortoise Practitioner? Or, even if there were Black Tortoise Bloodlines, they were missed due to inability to test.
According to Wang Shouzhe’s knowledge, the Purple Mansion Academy conducted a similar test.
For children from ordinary families, if not pre-selected based on intelligence and other criteria, on average, it takes three hundred to find one child with Black Tortoise Bloodline.
What a terrifying expense!
If rigorously screened first, eliminating eighty percent who seem inept, physically weak, or lacking intelligence, side branches can be slightly more lenient, thus increasing the chance to one in two hundred.
Of course, such screening may inadvertently discard those with talent, but it is the optimal strategy for controlling costs.
Therefore, most Noble Families are unlikely to invest money and resources here.
Most families barely sustain their own bloodline members, why would they be willing to seek out lost pearls of the bloodline from the common people?
But Wang Shouzhe is somewhat different.
Perhaps once bitten by a snake and now fearful, he holds some prejudice against most Loose Cultivators.
To strengthen the family, apart from expanding their own bloodline members, one must consider the enhancement of Household Generals.
If some children with bloodline talent are unearthed among the common folk, they would be more malleable, with a stronger sense of identity and dependence on the Wang Family.
Perhaps short-term it seems like a losing endeavor.
But it involves a hundred-year plan, perhaps further, making it highly strategic. Even if only one is found each year, accumulated over time, the Wang Family would grow stronger, and the children born to those bloodline Household Generals are likely to be decent in talent too.
Ordinary Black Tortoise Race families would already struggle to nurture their own bloodline, let alone go this far.
So this time, only eight or ninety children were gathered mainly to test the Spirit Testing Platform. Wang Shouzhe was prepared for the possibility that not even one Black Tortoise Bloodline might be found.
Under the guidance of the Array Master.
The Wang Clan Members activated the Spirit Testing Platform, and the transparent crystal ball in the middle slowly floated.
First, a normal child was arranged to test. The child placed a hand on the crystal ball, and a light enveloped the child, followed by the crystal ball emitting a weak red glow.
Those with testing experience know this signifies failure, the bloodline concentration is extremely low, far from reaching Lower Grade Talent, making it difficult to cultivate Profound Qi.
The second child went up, this time slightly brighter, but still far from Lower Grade Talent.
Well, ten Qian Gold was just thrown away in that time.
Wang Shouzhe almost suspected if there was a problem with the Spirit Testing Platform, so he sent Wang Shouyong up to try. Remember, he is of Lower Grade C Talent and has consumed some elixirs that mildly improve talent over the years.
Upon testing, the crystal ball immediately brightened, the red light more intense. The scale showed it was still Lower Grade C, but already approaching Grade B.
Seems like the Spirit Testing Platform is alright.
Wang Shouzhe let the clan members accompany the Array Master to rest and drink Spirit Tea, then began testing his own family members.
First was Wang Luotong, hmm~ slightly above Lower Grade B, might hit Grade A after consuming Stone Marrow.
The rest of the clan members went up one by one; the testing was quite lively. But apart from Wang Luomiao at Lower Grade A, the rest were mostly Grade B at most.
Finally, it was Wang Luojing’s turn. She went up, tested, and the crystal ball burst into a brilliant red glow, with mysterious starry specks swirling amid the red light, seemingly a special bloodline talent.
Middle Grade A!
Wang Shouzhe inhaled sharply, although he knew the result, he was still astonished. How much Stone Marrow did this girl consume back then?
Next, Wang Luqiu went up, also Middle Grade A. But the red light in her had golden star specks swirling, clearly her War Body Bloodline.
Usually, at Middle Grade, bloodline phenomena appear.
Then Wang Shouzhe went up for fun, the result indicated slightly above Middle Grade C! Similarly, green star specks swirled amid the light. To reach Grade C, obviously it wasn’t solely relying on that one Stone Marrow back then.
Over the years, Wang Shouzhe consumed numerous resources for the goal of awakening the second-layer bloodline. The result should be a modest improvement, moving slightly up the grade, still far from awakening the second-layer bloodline.
Still, it’s a smidgen stronger than Ancestor Longyan back then. The second-layer bloodline requires Upper Grade Talent for awakening. Such talent in the whole of Longzuo County is rare and celestial pride-like.
Nowadays Wang Shouzhe has seen more and can understand the situation. Generally, if the bloodline concentration in the Qi Refining Realm can reach Middle Grade, reaching Spirit Platform Realm is almost certain.
Upon promotion to Spirit Platform Realm and awakened a first-layer bloodline, one qualifies to aim for the Celestial Human Realm, albeit merely a matter of probability.
If two-layer awakening occurs at Qi Refining Realm, awakening the third-layer with Spirit Platform Realm ensures reaching Celestial Human Realm, and in the future, has a certain chance to aim for Purple Mansion Realm, potentially nurturing Nascent Soul there.
Such talent in the Purple Mansion Academy receives the highest level of nurturing, typically treated as Purple Mansion Seed, cultivated as direct disciples.
Indeed, Wang Lici went up to try... Upper Grade D!
Clearly, when she shared Jade Marrow with Luqiu and Luojing back then, she must have eaten and got more.
Otherwise, it would be very difficult for her to mix into two-layer awakening with just one Vermilion Fruit!
Wang Lici began to brag, donning an I’m the eldest sister attitude, which made Wang Shouzhe want to teach her a lesson.
Unfortunately, this girl possesses a divine talent, but is extremely lazy in cultivation, barely reaching Qi Refining Realm peak even now.
"Let Liyao try," Liua Ruolan said, blinking, "It’s said that the Innate Daoist Embryo Spirit Species has significant influence on the next generation, but only limited to the first child. Look at how much Yuan Rui and Ruolei are weaker than me."
Unfortunately, her brother Liua Yuanhui didn’t get the chance for the Innate Daoist Embryo Spirit Species... but this was Wang Shouzhe’s fortune!
Wang Shouzhe instantly grew energetic, carried his precious daughter on stage, and taught her to test.
Then, bright red light dazzled Wang Shouzhe’s eyes, the intensely bright red light was interwoven with a highly dense blue Water Element Power. Evidently, she had a Water Origin Element bloodline physique.
Wang Shouzhe was stunned!
After several breaths, he burst into wild laughter, his laughter so carefree and joyful.
"Daddy, why are you laughing?" His precious daughter Wang Liyao asked adorably clueless. She was young, not understanding what this meant.
"I laugh because..."
My daughter has the grandeur of an emperor!
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