Hao Wenlin was excited. He was really excited. Why, are you asking? Well, because today was the Qi Aptitude Test. Wenlin was waiting for this day, since the day he saw a cultivator split a boulder with one punch. 

 He looked ahead and saw that it was almost his turn. Wenlin was on this meadow, where the master cultivators from the East Wind Sect have set up camp since the morning and now it was the late afternoon. But he was still energetic , even after all that waiting. After another ten minutes a head poked out of the tent where the cultivators were and shouted “NEXT”.

 Buzzing with excitement, the young boy entered the tent. Inside was a solitary table with three people sitting behind it. 

The first was a middle aged man, who looked like he was going to fall asleep soon, the one in the middle was an old man with long snow white beard and a scholarly look and the third one was a mature looking woman with raven black hair in a braid. 

The woman looked at him and said: “What is your name?”

“Hao Wenlin, honorable cultivator.” said the boy with respect.

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“Little Wenlin, how old are you?”

“I’m twelve, honorable cultivator.”

“Good, good”, murmured the woman “Now little Wenlin come here and put your hand on this ball.”

 The ball in question was a transparent crystal sphere, with strange inscriptions on it and some sort of bluish thing at its center. The boy, no one wanting to make a bad impression, complied with the request as quickly as possible.

 Wenlin put his hand on the device and waited. At first nothing happened, but then the ball glowed in a soft blue. The little boy looked at it, entranced by the otherworldly light.

 The woman looked at the Talent Measure Ball and then at the man at the other end at the table.

 “I would say a little better than average, but write it as another average.” 

He puffed and looked at the woman with the most uninterested look possible, but complied with the demand.

“What was your name again?” asked the man .

“Hao Wenlin, honorable cultivator… and I’m twelve, honorable cultivator ” He added after a pause.

After writing something in the notebook in his hand, he said.

“Well kid, congratulations, you are officially a disciple of the East Wind Sect”

“Thank you, honorable cultivator” Wenlin almost shouted from the excitement