Martial spirit Testing Ceremony
Chapter 15
Not long after Ron and his family arrived at the hall, a burst of hearty laughter resounded from outside the Clan Martial hall.
As Ron and the others turned to look, a healthy looking old man in his early sixties entered the hall.
This old man was none other than Bigil Boris, the Boris Clan Chief for the past twenty five years.
"Clan Chief!"
"Clan Lord!"
Grand elder Antony came forward "Uncle!"
Clan Chief Bigil Boris nodded and smiled at his nephew Antony who was the son of his late brother.
He was extremely happy to see Antony.
Upon Clan chief Bigil Boris's arrival, except grandfather Robert and Grandmother Maria, all other residents of the Boris clan present in the hall stood up to pay their respects.
"Chief Commander!"
Clan Chief Bigil Boris smiled, greeted and bowed his head to grandfather Robert before turning to face the rest of the people of Boris Clan.
He walked to the front of the Martial hall, his eyes swept over the crowd in the hall which finally stopped on a scar faced old man and then said "Let's begin the Ceremony."
The scar faced old man respectfully answered "Yes, Clan Chief".
The scar faced old man was none other than the First Elder of the Boris clan.
The first elder waved his hand and then a special metallic stand along with a round crystal stone on it appeared from his storage ring.
He placed it at the centre of the hall and respectfully said "I will call out the names of the clan members who have registered for the ceremony one by one. As you hear your name called, come forward to test your Martial Spirit."
"John, you first" The first elder looked at a child named John Boris.
"Yes, elder." John Boris answered and stepped forward. He extended his hand and placed it on the Martial spirit testing stone.
The stone soon released a dazzling light and then wrapped around the body of John.
He was completely covered by a glowing light as if he had a glowing body.
A shadow of a beast gradually emerged from the glowing body of John.
It was unrecognisable earlier but gradually the body of the beast was consolidating and becoming more real.
A Gorilla with two horns on it forehead finally appeared before all. Soon most of them recognised the Martial spirit and the elders felt sympathy for John.
A grade two martial spirit was an ordinary spirit.
"It is a late stage grade two Martial spirit called two horned Golden Gorilla" The first elder shouted.
"If it was a three horned Golden gorilla, then it would have been a grade three martial spirit" one of the elders sighed with his eyes full of pity.
"Next, Nimmy"
An eight year old girl approached the stand. She bowed and then raised her hand to place it on the stone.
An intense light shrouded her body and gradually a flower type Martial spirit appeared.
The eyes of elders brightened.
"Poisonous miasma Red Orchid, a Mid grade three Martial spirit" the first elder shouted tremblingly.
Clan Chief Bigil seated on the main seat smiled "Good.. Good..."
People in the hall were stunned to see a grade three martial spirit.
The girl named Nimmy was extremely happy to know that the martial spirit she awakened is a Mid grade three spirit.
"Next Xavier..."
The ceremony continued as one after another tested and awakened their Martial spirit.
"Louis, come forward" stated the first elder.
Louis Boris came forward and gave a respectful bow to all the elders and Clan Chief.
Bigil nodded with a smile full of expectation.
Louis extended his hand and placed it on the Martial spirit testing stone. The intense light from the testing stone shrouded his body.
A shadow of a beast gradually emerged from the light shrouded body of Louis. The unrecognisable shadow gradually condensed and finally turned real.
Rooaarrrr....
A ferocious roar sounded in the Martial hall.
The roar made everyone in the hall utterly dumbfounded.
A ferocious looking Lion appeared before all.
The crowd within the hall clamoured on hearing the loud roar from the Lion martial spirit.
Only a grade four and above Martial spirit can make the sound.
"An early grade five martial spirit, the Purple Lightning Lion" The first elder cried out in a trembling voice.
Louis's martial spirit turned out to be an early grade five elemental martial spirit, the Purple Lightning Lion!
Thus, the cultivation of Louis would improve at a faster rate if he cultivated using a lightning cultivation technique.
Grand elder Antony looked at the Purple lightning Lion and his body trembled uncontrollably as he was barely able to contain the excitement he felt at that very moment.
Clan Chief Bigil Boris stared at the shadow of the Purple Lion behind Louis, his eyes shone brightly as he let out a big laugh proving that he was tremendously pleased.
"Wonderful..... Wonderful..... I did not think that I would get such a wonderful surprise."
Clan Chief Bigil believed that with the support and provision of cultivation resources from the Boris Clan in regards to the training of Louis, he was sure that Louis will surpass him and achieve the realm that he could only dream of in his life and make the clan prosper.
At that moment, each and every elder walked towards grand elder Antony to offer their compliments "Congratulations, Brother Antony. You have given birth to an extremely talented son."
Even grandfather Robert had to admit that Antony has an extremely talented son because of the scarcity of the grade five martial spirit talents.
"What an awful talent. What's with all these bullshit felicitations? It's just a low and puny grade five martial spirit" Phoenix commented with disdain from within the pearl.
Ron smirked in a silly way at the comment made by phoenix.
The whole hall was filled with the clamouring noise of the crowd.
"Oh my god, Louis awakened an early grade five martial spirit and that too an elemental grade five martial spirit."
"It's a superb talent Martial spirit. Why am I not so lucky enough to have a grade five martial spirit? Why? Why?"
"Don't you guys know that an elemental martial spirit is considered as one of the best among the same grade of martial spirits? Since the martial spirit of Louis is an early grade five spirit, then it would be one of the best among all early grade five Martial spirits due to the elemental affinity."
"Mmm..... I am so jealous. Now he shall be the star genius of the Green plum city."
"Louis..... Look at me..... look at me.... I want to be your girlfriend."
"I think the clan will provide more resources to him. Sigh.... If I had more cultivation resources, I could have progressed more in cultivation."
"I heard a grade five Martial spirit is rare even in the entire kingdom. I think Louis would soon join one of those powerful clans and sects of the kingdom."
"It's possible."
On seeing the continuous clamouring and discussions going on in the hall, the clan Chief Bigil shouted "Silence!"
Clan Chief Bigil spoke amicably "I think we should continue with the Martial spirit awakening ceremony."
Louis who stood before the awakening stone was extremely pleased with himself and was elated to hear all the discussions about him happening around him.
He bowed once again and moved away. As he passed in front of Ron, Louis intentionally looked at Ron with complacence and arrogance on his face.
"Next, Jia come forward." The first elder announced.
A young seven year old girl with two pony tails hairstyle nervously approached the stand. She was a beautiful girl with golden hair and blue eyes.
Jia bowed to the elders and then raised her hand to place it on the stone.
An intense light shrouded her body and gradually a wriggling rodent Martial spirit appeared.
"Two headed rodent, a peak grade three Martial spirit" the first elder shouted enthusiastically.
The crowd and the elders in the hall were stunned to see another grade three martial spirit, especially a peak grade three martial spirit.
The talent exhibited by the children of the ceremony this time were far better than the ceremonies conducted before.
As the ceremony resumed, it was finally Ron's turn to test.
The first elder notified the crowd "Ron Boris, come forward".
His grandfather Robert was waiting with a calm and composed face as if the results do not matter to him and all he cared about was the well being of his grandson.
Whereas his grandmother Maria was clenching her fists with nervousness written all over her face, even her heartbeat quickened watching her grandson Ron walking towards the awakening stone with an expression of tranquillity on his face.
Ron placed his palm on the stone just like others and then the light from the stone appeared and shrouded his body.
The crowd stared blankly waiting to know the type and grade of the martial spirit of the grandson of the Chief Commander of the kingdom.
Then, an extremely pure pitch black shadow appeared before the crowd. The silence of the hall was broken by a particular sound.
This shadow made the crowd stunned what made them even more dumbfounded was the sound made by the martial spirit.
The entire crowd including the crying infants were stupefied and became silent.
Even the Clan Chief and Grandfather Robert who have experienced probably everything in their life were still shocked silly and made a round open mouth face.
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