Chapter 006: A Secret of the Kyushu Federation, The Seed of the Ancient Tree of Life
[Race]: Seed of the Ancient Tree of Life (Life-type)
[Talent]: Life Leap (SS)
[Potential]: Lesser Deity
[Skills]: Talent Awakening (Gold), Vitality Plunder (Orange), Withered Wood Rejuvenation (Orange)...
[Introduction]: The seed of the Ancient Tree of Life. Its SS-rank talent, Life Leap, can promote biological evolution and help humans awaken Beast Taming Talents. (ps: Due to a lack of divine substance and sufficient nutrients, the seed cannot grow and is currently in a dormant state.)
Zane's breath hitched. "The Kyushu Federation's Awakening Divine Stone is actually a spirit beast... a god-level divine beast from the legends."
"And the Seed of the Ancient Tree of Life possesses an SS-rank talent, a Gold-rank Divine Skill, and many Orange-rank Top-Tier Skills."
"If this seed awakens, it will undoubtedly bring immense trouble."
"Is it possible... are the leaders of the Kyushu Federation playing with fire, or are they completely unaware of this?"
Zane's pupils contracted as he stared in shock at the projection of the Awakening Divine Stone above the hall, rendered speechless.
He knew he had accidentally stumbled upon a world-shattering secret.
The Awakening Divine Stone, which had helped countless Beast Tamers awaken their talents, forged a prosperous era of beast taming, and was considered the very cornerstone of the Kyushu Federation, was actually a Divine Beast in disguise.
And it was a Divine Beast with a God-rank skill.
This was terrifying.
Spirit beast skills had six ranks: White (Common), Green (Beginner), Blue (Intermediate), Purple (Advanced), Orange (Top-Tier), and Gold (Divine).
Whether there were other legendary-level skills beyond that, Zane didn't know; it was beyond his current reach.
But a Divine Skill could be considered the ceiling.
One could see just how formidable this Seed of the Ancient Tree of Life was.
This was why Zane was so utterly shocked.
But then again, did the leadership of the Kyushu Federation know that the Awakening Divine Stone was the dormant offspring of a Divine Beast?
If they knew, that would be better; it would mean they had a plan.
If they didn't know, and simply treated the seed as a treasure, there would be enormous hidden dangers when the Tree of Life eventually awakened.
After all, the Tree of Life possessed the top-tier skill "Vitality Plunder." Once used, it would inevitably cause a large-scale disaster.
Zane suddenly realized that this Beast Taming World might not be as simple as he had imagined.
"All students, please form a line in order of your student number to register your awakening status."
Just as Zane's thoughts were running wild, the proctor's voice rang out, organizing all the students for awakening registration.
Whether a student awakened a talent, and the ability of the awakened talent, all needed to be registered to facilitate the Kyushu Federation's management of Beast Tamers.
Zane naturally had no objections and began to line up.
"Yingcai Bu, Bailin City No. 1 Middle School, Class 3-1, Awakened Talent: D-rank Enhancement-type talent [Strength]."
"Jiade Zhao, Bailin City No. 1 Middle School, Class 3-1, Awakened Talent: C-rank Enhancement-type talent [Speed]."
"Xiuman An, Bailin City No. 1 Middle School, Class 3-1, Awakened Talent: A-rank Elemental-type talent [Wind Spirit]."
The Kyushu Federation naturally had methods for identifying talents. Students who had just awakened had no way to hide it from them.
This was one of the reasons the federation dared to let disciples from those great noble families and special sects participate in the Awakening Ceremony.
By the same token, Zane's situation probably couldn't be hidden either.
Of course, while Zane wasn't one to show off, he had no intention of hiding it.
After all, only students from humble backgrounds needed to hide their talents.
Without a strong background and the confidence to protect themselves during their weak, early stages, they could only find ways to conceal their talent.
But Zane had no such worries.
His background was absolutely top-tier in the entire Myriad Spider Nest Secret Realm.
One of the seven main City Lords of this world, Elder Bai, was his grandfather.
It could be said that his grandfather was one of the strongest people in this world.
Under such circumstances, what dark force would dare to target him?
If those lurking in the shadows were to target Zane, they would likely be crushed by Elder Bai the moment they stepped into Bailin City.
Therefore, Zane had no need to worry at all.
Playing the underdog to catch a bigger prize? That didn't exist for him.
He was walking the path of a genius.
Soon, it was Zane's turn to register his talent.
Zane reached out and placed his hand on the identification instrument.
"Zane Bai, Bailin City No. 1 Middle School, Class 3-1, Awakened Talent: Exceeds A-rank, beyond identification range, unable to identify. Suspected to be related to A-rank Spirit-type talent [Intuition]."
A mechanical voice came from the identification machine, stunning the proctors and students present.
The machine was actually unable to identify it. This was quite strange.
For a moment, the proctor was in a difficult position and reported the matter up the chain.
Soon, the person in charge of the examination hall, Xinghan Wu, arrived.
"So that's how it is. This is normal. The identification machine can only identify talents below S-rank."
"A Talent Phenomenon was born during the awakening process, which is the mark of an S-rank talent. Plus, it's related to the A-rank talent [Intuition], so it should be the S-rank talent [Ultra Intuition]."
"Alright, register it like this."
"Zane Bai, Bailin City No. 1 Middle School, Class 3-1, Awakened Talent: S-rank Spirit-type talent [Ultra Intuition]."
Xinghan Wu understood the situation and came to a direct conclusion.
He had known about Zane's situation early on.
After all, he and Elder Bai were watching from the outside when Zane awakened his talent.
Furthermore, Xinghan Wu was from the Kyushu Federation headquarters, was widely experienced, and knew about S-rank talents.
However, Spirit-type S-rank talents were extremely rare, even on the Origin Star.
Therefore, Xinghan Wu could only define Zane's Beast Taming Talent as the superior version of the A-rank talent [Intuition]—the S-rank talent [Ultra Intuition].
This was Xinghan Wu's reasoning.
So, he made the decision directly, settling the matter.
Throughout the entire process, Zane didn't even get a word in.
By the time Zane reacted, Xinghan Wu had already left.
"My Mythical-grade talent was actually mistaken for an S-rank [Ultra Intuition] talent... what a huge misunderstanding."
Zane was left speechless.