12 Chapter 12: Discovering Talen

"That's it?" Ying Yue asked, staring in disbelief. She had assumed that there would be some ritual involved in order to lift the curse, or at least a couple of steps in order to break the bracelet.

"That's it," replied Jun Huang, "It's not usually that simple, but with my level of power, simply stepping on it is enough." Jun Huang said this with a smug look, clearly expecting some praise.

Seeing Jun Huang act like a kid demanding recognition, Ying Yue stifled a chuckle. How was it that this little phoenix could go from acting like a high and mighty figure to a spoiled little kid in the blink of an eye? However, Ying Yue still gave him some praise.

"Of course, you are simply the greatest. Now that we've solved this problem, however, how do I discover which attributes I align with? I can't simply ask my father to test me, as that would give away that I can now cultivate."

"Ah, well, thanks to the Boundless Spirit Pantheon, that is also a simple matter," Jun Huang explained, "We can actually test you in here. In the cabin there is a room that holds a crystal that can test you to see which attributes you have an affinity and how strongly."

After Jun Huang said this, Ying Yue's eyes lit up. Now, she would be able to start cultivating and truly gain strength. She could also take this opportunity to explore the little cabin, as she had yet to do so. She was very excited to see what each of the different rooms would hold.

When Ying Yue walked into the cabin, the first thing that came to her mind was a TV show from her old world about a certain time traveling man who traveled in a phone box that was bigger on the inside. The cabin was simply huge! From the outside, it looked as though it might have four or five rooms at the most, and although Jun Huang had told her before hand, she simply wasn't ready for the sheer massiveness of the inside.

When she first entered, she was greeted with by a large courtyard. It was almost as though she went from being outside to step into a different set of outdoors. There was a large garden with many plants growing, rich in spiritual qi. She could see a large field a distance away that reminded her of the Olympic training grounds she had seen in her world. There was a massive track for running, weights for lifting, and even some equipment she didn't know the uses for.

The most impressive thing, however, was the mansion standing before her. It reminded her of a certain colored house in one of the nations of her world. In this house, the leader of said nation lived, and was considered to be a symbol of the nation.

Truly, stepping into this seemingly small cabin was making her reminisce about things from her world.

In a daze, Ying Yue walked forward, gaping at her surroundings. If her mother were here, she'd probably yell at Ying Yue to close her mouth before she caught some flies.

Jun Huang entered as well, trailing behind Ying Yue. He felt very smug upon seeing her expression, as though he took credit for the grandeur of the inside of the cabin. Seeing as how Ying Yue was in no hurry, however, he got impatient. He really wanted to know how talented she was, OK! Only someone with a heaven-defying talent was worthy to be his master!

"Stop staring and hurry up," Jun Huang said, "You can explore later. Follow me and I'll take you to the crystal."

Hearing Jun Huang's childish voice berating her, Ying Yue was drawn back to her senses. That's right. She needed to be focused on finding out which elements she aligns with and the best ways to cultivate. She had plenty of time to explore and be impressed with the inside of the cabin later.

Seeing the dazed look leaving Ying Yue's eyes, Jun Huang did not bother to wait any longer, and promptly grabbed Ying Yue's hand with his much smaller one, dragging her into the mansion.

Jun Huang walked fairly fast, and as such although Ying Yue was inside the mansion, she didn't really get to see or take note of anything, simply be pulled along by Jun Huang to the end of a hallway. Once they reached the end, Jun Huang flung open a door to the left of them, to enter a stunning room.

In the room, a large tree seemingly formed from emeralds and amber stood. In fact, everything within the room seemed to be made of some rare gem or crystal, from diamonds to amethyst to opal, there was enough gems in the room to make the royal treasury of any large nation seem like the earnings of a beggar.

The most impressive thing in the room, however, was a large circular crystal sat upon a pedestal underneath the crystal tree. It appeared to have every color, and yet no color at all, switching between all colors, never stopping on one particular color for very long.

If Ying Yue's mouth was hanging wide open upon first entering the cabin, it was simply unhinged now. She had seen her fair share of impressive wealth in her past, but this was simply ridiculous. Who was so rich that they could make a garden inside their house out of gems and crystals? This amount of wealth was simply ludicrous!

Seeing Ying Yue fall into a daze once again, Jun Huang sighed. If she was going to react like this every time she saw a new room in the mansion, he would have to spend hours simply bringing her back to her senses! Besides, Jun Huang really couldn't understand what was so great about this room. Wasn't it just a bunch of rocks? They couldn't even help anyone in their cultivation. Truly, besides the crystal used for testing one's powers, everything in this room seemed completely useless to him.

Jun Huang let go of Ying Yue's hand, smacking her leg.

"Hey! Don't just stand there! Hurry up and go check what elements you align with!"

Once again, Ying Yue was brought out of her daze by Jun Huang's voice. Truly, it would take her awhile to get used to this. Wasn't it only a few days ago she was desperately thinking of ways for her to earn money? Now, however, it seemed like money would never be an issue again in her enter life! This was simply too much wealth for a single person to spend in their entire lifetime! And this was simply one room! Thinking on how there was a second and third floor to this building, Ying Yue wanted to cough blood. Just who built this place to be able to have so much wealth!

Still lost in her thoughts, Ying Yue slowly walked forwards towards the crystal. She was worrying about what would happen if she turned out to have trash talent. Although, with the amount of resources now at her disposal, using outside methods to help her would not be an issue, but still, it would be nice if she could have at least a decent talent.

Ying Yue sucked in a deep breathe and pushed all her worries to the back of her mind. The truly was no use worrying about it. After all, it's not like there was anything she could do to change her aptitude if she did turn out to have crappy talent. Ying Yue tentatively reached her arm forward, placing her hand upon the crystal. At first, it felt as though time had stopped. The crystal was completely colorless, unlike earlier when it was changing constantly from one color to the next. Then, something that almost made Jun Huang's jaw hit the floor happened.

The crystal started changing colors. It was very faint, but the color was definitely there.

First, it was blue, then brown, then green. Although these colors were extremely faint, it still meant she had some talent with water, earth, and plant attributes.

This already impressed Jun Huang. Although her talent in these areas could be considered mediocre at best, she still had three colors. This in of itself was impressive. However, the colors continued, and this time brighter.

After the first three, three more came. Black, red and yellow, lit brightly, showing she had rather impressive talent with lightning, fire and darkness attributes. This simply shocked Jun Huang silly. Six attributes! There were ten in total, and so to have six was simply too impressive! Added on that she had strong talent in three of them, if anyone were to witness this, they would simply want to cough blood If this wasn't a genius, then no one else would dare claim to be!

Just as Jun Huang was about to congratulate Ying Yue, he stopped in his tracks. The crystal changed colors once again, this time settling on a singular color. The light was so bright that both Ying Yue and Jun Huang had to squint in order to look at it. Then, small cracks began to form all along the crystal, until finally it shattered, plunging the room into darkness.

Jun Huang could not believe what he had just witnessed. In all his years, he had never seen someone break a testing crystal. How heaven-defying did one's talent have to be in order to shatter the crystal! Truly, this girl was a monster! And that color!

Purple!

Did this not mean she was of the void attribute! The most sought after attribute besides time!

It should be noted that the creator of the Boundless Spirit Pantheon had both the void and time attributes, which allowed them to make such a heaven-defying treasure. And although Ying Yue did not posses the time attribute, she would still be able to create treasure's similar to the Boundless Spirit Pantheon. Truly, Jun Huang was not expecting this.

Of course, Neither Jun Huang or Ying Yue were paying attention to the now shattered crystal on the ground, as they were both to stunned, and so neither one noticed the faint orange light that passed through the shards for a brief moment.