Wang Linchi's hand shook slightly, especially when he saw the glaring line on the inheritance receipt he held, a breath stuck in his chest without a way to expel it.
He was a transmigrator, born into this world, arriving in a special dynasty called Great View.
Everyone, after reaching adulthood, could undergo awakening; if successful, they gained a power known as Soul Resemblance, which had no fixed form or ability, each person's Soul Resemblance was unique.
Some were similar to online game professions, capable of leveling up and improving skills, while others were akin to talents and skills, allowing continual development and growth.
Unfortunately, the awakening rate was very low, almost only one percent of people succeeded in awakening.
Fortunately, Wang Linchi was lucky. In the high school ceremony yesterday, he successfully became an Awakener among hundreds.
It was precisely because he successfully awakened his Soul Resemblance that he could claim his parents' inheritance.
Regarding his parents, Wang Linchi had little impression. A month after he was born, they died in an experimental accident, leaving him a house and some property; of course, these were sealed, set to unseal and transfer to him upon adulthood.
In comparison to the house and property, these were actually secondary, as their value was not significant.
The real value lay in the sealed Soul Seed.
Awakeners, upon awakening Soul Resemblance, possessed Potential; each point of Potential could turn into an embedding slot, allowing an Awakener to embed one Soul Seed.
Soul Seeds were similar to talents and skills; once embedded, they granted special power.
If the awakened Soul Resemblance was the Fireball Technique, adding a Temperature Rise or Burst Rune would greatly increase the fire's temperature and give it explosive effects.
Just as the Soul Resemblance had Potential levels, Soul Seeds were also divided by quality; the higher the quality, the more precious.
As Wang Linchi knew, Soul Seeds ranged from ordinary, Excellent, to Good quality; there were higher levels, but he couldn't access them.
Mostly because the academy he attended previously didn't teach these, focusing more on training, fighting, et cetera, almost none on cultural education, at best teaching literacy for convenient combat.
To gain other knowledge, one had to go to university after the entrance exams, in the relevant major.
Before dying, his parents left him a set of Excellent Level Soul Seeds, totaling five marks, extremely rare.
These included Rainbow Light, Rainbow Spray, Rainbow Shield, Rainbow Healing, and Rainbow Dazzling.
The five marks covered amplification, attack, protection, healing, and control. Especially the first, Rainbow Light, was the core of the core, capable of amplifying and giving the remaining four Soul Seeds extra effects, while combining them into trait-like entries and effects. One Soul Seed could rival four, but only within the Rainbow Light Series Soul Seeds.
Wang Linchi had investigated; these five Soul Seeds, if sold, could fetch a price of ten million; this was the recovery price offered by the Dajing Court.
In normal circumstances, Excellent Level truly wouldn't sell for such a high amount; at most, one might reach a million, even though the core Rainbow Light couldn't resist being part of a set with additional value.
As for why he didn't use them himself, the reason was simple: he couldn't use them.
Because his awakened Soul Resemblance was in the general category.
Soul Resemblance split into three types: combat class, life class, and general class.
The combat class was most popular, capable of entering Secret Realms to fight, gaining various treasures and power. It was the highest status category in the Dajing Court; everyone wished to become a combat class.
Life class included tailors, blacksmiths, and similar roles.
General class was rather unusual; either unusable or too bizarre.
His Soul Resemblance was a book called Book of Records; its ability was simple, permanently consuming Mental Power Capacity Limit to map scenes from memory into pages, allowing continuous access to view the memory.
At first glance, it seemed usable; one could become a recorder, but the issue was the permanent consumption of Mental Power Capacity Limit to create memory pages, and it required at least ten points of Mental Power Capacity Limit.
As a newly awakened Awakener, he had only 1.5 points of Mental Power Capacity Limit. Where could he find ten points? Even if he had them, he couldn't use them; once mental power hit zero, a person was done for; even more, the consumption wasn't mental power, but the limit itself.
Additionally, his Potential was insufficient, his Potential being four points, unable to fit five Soul Seeds.
Don't overlook the four points of Potential, but this Potential was already famous within the county.
Typically, most Awakeners had a Potential of two.
Potential one was inferior, quite rare, even rarer than his four-point Potential; this year's only Awakener had one point of Potential, marking the unlucky one.
Potential two was ordinary; this grade accounted for approximately ninety-five percent of their county's total Awakener count, while Potential three was good, only around five percent.
The remaining Potential four, into which Wang Linchi fell, belonged to the Excellent category, the genius circle of Awakeners; only twelve in the entire county.
There were higher levels, but not attainable by regular families like his; these required being nurtured from the womb with various treasures, large medicines, then post-birth enhancements through Elixirs, Magic Potions, etc., including non-standard awakening rituals.
Thus, true prodigies were not even on the same track as them.
Only those from Big Aristocratic Families, heirs of Prestigious Sects, and descendants of Nobility were qualified to enjoy.
Wang Linchi should have had some nurturing in the womb, albeit limited, thus achieving Potential four.
But Wang Linchi hadn't intended to compete; according to his original plan, awakening general class Soul Resemblance was his hope.
He wouldn't need to battle or job hunt. As long as one was an Awakener among civilians, the Dajing Court would arrange a job of the iron rice bowl kind; he could likely be placed in administrative roles.
The work was obviously easy, selling the Soul Seeds for money, and after marriage, having children; provided the Dajing Dynasty remained peaceful, he could live without worry.
Regarding ten million, in Dajing's economy it was indeed significant, but only for regular people. For Awakeners, ten million was trivial.
However, now it was gone.
Originally, his five Soul Seeds turned into one, the ordinary-level Flash Art, selling only for a thousand yuan; the disparity was truly too great.
No need to ask how he knew what Soul Seeds were; because when he was a month old, his parents took him along when storing them. He saw them embed the five Soul Seeds himself.