Chapter 4307 — The Mutant Spirit Root Attribute
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"In fact, even if testing reveals no hidden or pseudo-attributes, there is no need to be too disheartened—there are still remedies. By consuming pills such as the Blazing Sun Flame Elixir, one can artificially generate acquired pseudo-attributes within the body. Though the practical effects of pseudo-attributes and hidden attributes cannot compare to innate, inborn true attributes, one can still cultivate the corresponding mental methods. With diligent practice, it is not impossible to eventually succeed in breaking through to the Profound Ascension stage," Wei Zhao said, looking at the booklet.
This passage, however, had been specially annotated in the margin, with a sentence added at the end in bold: although acquired pseudo-attributes can be cultivated, relying on them to pass the Morning Star Academy's selection assessment would be exceedingly difficult—after all, they were recruiting geniuses, not mediocrities.
Yet this was not an absolute rule either, for in theory, any Golden Core cultivator possessing two or more spirit root attributes could enter the final round of selection. Though they would already be starting a step behind the others, if they performed outstandingly in the final stage—the attack formation test—there was still the slightest chance of being chosen.
According to the booklet, if one could reach the final stage of the assessment, one must absolutely not hold anything back, and certainly not think of concealing one's strength—for that would be the most foolish course of action in all the world!
The final stage looked simple enough—one merely had to attack the assessment formation once—but it was precisely this seemingly trivial stage that was the most crucial of all. One must give it everything, without the slightest reservation.
For the first two stages were merely basic screening, and would not draw the attention of a single academy magnate on the platform. Only this third stage would be the sole opportunity for any candidate to be closely watched.
The assembled academy magnates on the high platform would judge each candidate's potential for nurturing by comparing their current cultivation level against the strongest technique they could unleash. The more outstanding the performance, the greater the potential it signified, and the more easily one would win the favor of the academy magnates.
And to hold back at such a moment would be tantamount to cutting oneself off from the Morning Star Academy. Better to go home early than waste the effort.
In principle, whether any candidate could enter the Morning Star Academy depended directly on their performance in the third stage. There was, however, one exception: such people did not need to take part in the third stage at all. They would be admitted directly by the academy and, upon entry, receive the treatment of genius disciples, with no additional trials required.
This exception was the mutant spirit root attribute!
The so-called mutant spirit root attribute referred to spirit root attributes outside the traditional five elements—only such attributes could catch the eye of the Morning Star Academy's magnates.
The trouble was, people possessing mutant spirit root attributes were rare to begin with—perhaps not even one in a million.
Once such a person was discovered, no matter which academy they went to, treatment as a genius disciple was a foregone conclusion—that was the bare minimum. They might even be taken directly under the wing of the academy's top magnates—such as the three Profound Ascension cultivators seated at the head of the platform at this very moment. Even that was not impossible. (To be continued) R655