Chapter 3: Dual Talent, Natural-Born Young King

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A streak of light shone through the window, illuminating Jiang Qin.

His eyelids twitched slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes, gazing blankly at the unfamiliar ceiling.

"You're awake."

A cold voice came from beside the hospital bed, causing Jiang Qin to subconsciously turn his head to look.

Ji Xue looked at the youth lying on the bed with complex eyes; yesterday's investigation results were already out.

All the results pointed unanimously to this youth: it was he who had single-handedly slaughtered the pack of Claw Wolves and the Claw Wolf King, having broken through the Mortal Embryo Realm before even awakening, and having awakened some kind of powerful, special talent.

Just after awakening, he was able to instantly slaughter over 40 ordinary Mortal Embryo Realm Fierce Beasts and one Tooth Wolf King that had reached the Mortal Embryo Eighth Stage.

Such talent—

Even she had never heard of it.

Jiang Qin sat up from the hospital bed with difficulty, memories from before he lost consciousness flooding back like a tide, and he said in a lonely tone:

"Where is Jiang Ma?"

Ji Xue lowered her eyes slightly and replied, "When we pried open the Tooth Wolf King's abdomen, your mother had already ceased to breathe; she has now been buried in Tianyun Cemetery."

"Thank you."

Jiang Qin whispered his thanks.

There was no telling how many ordinary people were attacked by Fierce Beasts, and for the disposal of their bodies, the authorities generally chose to cremate them on the spot; otherwise, if everyone were buried in a cemetery, there simply wouldn't be enough space.

Ji Xue stood up and tossed a set of brand-new clothes onto the hospital bed.

"Change your clothes; today is Awakening Day."

"I will personally take you to school to participate in the Awakening Ceremony, and there will be a questioning session afterward."

Normally, everyone only has one chance to awaken in their lifetime.

But there are always exceptions to everything.

Just like Jiang Qin, who, before officially awakening, relied on immense mental pressure to awaken autonomously, he still had one more chance to awaken via an Awakening Stone.

Although the probability was infinitesimally small.

But once successfully awakened, it would be a dual talent, a natural-born Human Young King!

9:00 AM, Tianyun No. 3 Middle School.

Rows of students stood on the spacious sports field, their eyes staring expectantly ahead.

A square instrument was placed on the open ground; through the glass, one could see the Awakening Stone suspended within, which currently looked dim and lusterless, appearing just like an ordinary, unremarkable stone.

The school administration sat on the platform, and the principal was speaking.

His heavy voice traveled through the microphone into the ears of all the students below.

"Today is your most important day; I hope you can awaken a good talent and bring glory to the school!"

"Later, according to the class order, students whose names are called will come forward one by one to awaken."

After finishing, the principal put down the microphone; even though he went through the Awakening Ceremony every year, he still felt nervous inside at this moment.

The level of the students' awakened talents determined the Ministry of Education's resource allocation for the school the following year.

And their Third Middle School had been ranked last for three consecutive years...

At this time, in the queue for Class 2 of the third year.

Zhang Le found the teacher, looking worried:

"Teacher, Jiang Qin still hasn't answered my calls; I can't reach him at all."

"Could something have happened to him?"

The news of the Fierce Beasts' appearance had already been blocked by the authorities, so the school's students and teachers were unaware of it.

A classmate behind them who usually stood in opposition to Jiang Qin laughed and said:

"What could be more important than awakening? He must be too ashamed to come."

"Actually, it's normal; if I were ranked last in the grade every month, I'd be too ashamed to come too, haha..."

"We're all classmates, don't say that."

The old teacher glared at that student, and the latter shut his mouth sheepishly.

He looked at Zhang Le again and comforted him: "You go back to your position first."

After saying this, he turned and walked away without saying anything more.

In fact, every year there would be one or two students ranked at the bottom of the grade who felt ashamed and dared not come to participate in the Awakening Ceremony, or did so for psychological reasons, but for such cases, the school unanimously deemed it an awakening failure.

In the old teacher's view, Jiang Qin belonged to this category, so although he was a bit surprised, he still chose to respect the other's choice.

Soon, the first student whose name was called walked up to the Awakening Instrument.

His whole body was tense, fearing that the awakening would fail.

The teacher in charge of recording saw this and said:

"Relax your body and place your hand on the instrument."

The student nervously did as instructed, placing one hand flat on the instrument.

If one could awaken a Martial Artist Talent, the Awakening Stone would emit light of different colors according to the talent level.

About 10 seconds passed, and the Awakening Stone remained completely unresponsive.

The teacher sighed and drew an 'X' in the register:

"Jiang Lei, awakening failed."

"Next, Xu Li."

The student who failed the awakening walked back to the queue in low spirits; his emotions affected everyone on the playground, and the atmosphere became a bit more heavy and solemn.

Another moment passed.

Finally, with the third person, the Awakening Stone bloomed with a faint blue light.

"Han Fei, D-Grade Talent!"

The crowd behind erupted in an uproar, and the students who had successfully awakened jumped up in surprise!

His successful awakening seemed to have raised the curtain.

Most of the next ten students successfully awakened, with F-Grade being the most common, and the highest only reaching E-Grade.

As for the remaining students in Class 1, they all failed to awaken!

Although cruel, it was destined that they could only sink into mediocrity from now on, with no connection to the Martial Dao.

Soon, it was the turn of the students from Class 2, Grade 12.

Zhao Lei, who was pinned with high hopes, was the first to step forward; he placed his hand on the Awakening Instrument with a nervous heart.

The next moment!

The Awakening Stone flashed with purple light!

The teacher nearby looked surprised, "It's actually an A-Grade Martial Dao Talent, good!"

Seeing this, the principal on the stage was also delighted.

Not to mention the resources, at least with this A-Grade student, even if they couldn't take first place, at the very least, Third Middle School wouldn't be at the bottom this year.

Before the crowd could rejoice for long, the sound of a car engine rang out on the playground.

The students were puzzled; at such an important time as the Awakening Ceremony, where did a car come from?

They turned their heads and saw an off-road vehicle with a white license plate driving toward them at high speed; they were no strangers to this license plate.

No matter which city it was in, only one organization could display a white plate.

That was the Zhenling Bureau, which countless Martial Artists dreamed of!

It was not subject to the dispatch of other official agencies, only took orders from superiors, was responsible for guarding the safety of the city, and specialized in resolving incidents caused by Martial Artists and Fierce Beasts.

Although the principal of Third Middle School was confused, he still walked off the stage immediately.

The off-road vehicle drifted and parked handsomely in front of the Awakening Instrument.

The passenger door pushed open, and Jiang Qin couldn't help but retch toward the ground; after a moment, he wiped his mouth and said with a dark face:

"Your driving skills are really bad!"

Ji Xue snorted in dissatisfaction and ignored him, instead taking out her credentials to show the principal.

She then pointed to Jiang Qin behind her.

"Give him the awakening test first."

Although the principal was puzzled, he still nodded obediently in the face of this request.

Zhao Lei, who had just finished awakening, was pulled to the side, and then Jiang Qin walked to the Awakening Instrument and placed his hand on it.

In the ranks of Class 2, many students were shocked by Jiang Qin's entrance, especially Zhang Le, who was the most excited and almost couldn't help but cry out.

10 seconds passed, and the Awakening Stone had no reaction at all.

A flash of disappointment crossed Ji Xue's eyes; it seemed she had been too whimsical.

But just at this moment, the Awakening Stone inside the glass wall suddenly began to tremble slightly!

The color changed continuously, first white light, green light, then blue light... this strange phenomenon shocked everyone.

This kind of situation had never been encountered before.

Only the principal seemed to think of something; his eyes burst with bright light, and his complexion suddenly became flushed.

"Could it be... SSS Talent!"