1: Awakening

Xu Family Farm, Lingxi Town of the Xu clan.

After breakfast, Xu Yan climbed onto the Wind-Treading Steed that had been waiting for a long time, waved to the man below whose face showed concern.

"Dad, today is the day I awaken my Spirit Beast Talent. I'm off now."

As he spoke, the Wind-Treading Steed beneath him began to trot, carrying the young man on its back towards the city.

Looking at the energetic young man on the Wind-Treading Steed, Xu Du waved his hand and loudly said: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Even if it doesn't work out, our family still has such a large farm; it's enough to support you. If all else fails, you can always come back and inherit the family business!"

Listening to his father's voice carried on the wind, the young man on horseback grumbled discontentedly: "What's with that? It hasn't even started, and you're already pouring cold water on me, huh?"

Although he said that, the smile on the young man's face betrayed his true thoughts.

The young man's name is Xu Yan, sixteen years old, and a transmigrator.

In his previous life, Xu Yan was a prospective university student who had just been admitted but hadn't even stepped through the university gates when he 'hit the jackpot'.

After his vision went dark then bright again, he arrived on this parallel Blue Star where humans and spirit beasts coexisted, becoming an unborn fetus.

Unfortunately, when she was eight months pregnant, she was attacked by an exotic beast. After giving birth to the premature Xu Yan with her dying breath, she passed away.

At first, Xu Yan found it hard to accept this new world and his parents, who were completely different from those in his previous life.

But with the genuine care and love from Xu Du, his spirit beasts, and the spirit beasts left behind by his mother, Xu Yan quickly accepted this world and his new family.

In a blink of an eye, sixteen years had passed.

Ning City First Middle School, Senior Year Class 1.

After homeroom teacher Zhao Ning repeated the upcomingPrecautions once more, he led the students out of the classroom, orderly heading to the stadium where the Awakening Ceremony was held.

After the principal delivered his customary speech, the Awakening Ceremony officially began.

Students successively walked into the Awakening Formation and touched the Awakening Crystal at its center.

Ning City First Middle School has twenty senior classes this year, and there are also twenty Awakening Crystals in the formation. One person from each class enters, and twenty people awaken together in one batch.

As the twenty people entered and touched the Awakening Crystals, the surrounding Awakening Formation lit up simultaneously.

Afterward, the students in the formation displayed various expressions on their faces.

Some were joyful, some angry, some unwilling, some resigned, some despairing... Then, under the guidance of the staff, they left the stadium.

Watching batches of classmates go on stage, and their varied expressions after completing their Spirit Beast Talent awakening, Xu Yan couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

What kind of Spirit Beast Talent would he awaken? What if the awakened Spirit Beast Talent was unsatisfactory or even useless?

However, with Xu Du's morning jest about 'inheriting the family business if his talent wasn't good', Xu Yan had a bit more confidence than most of his classmates.

As one classmate after another departed, amidst Xu Yan's anxious state, he finally heard his name.

"Senior Year Class 1, Student Xu Yan."

Upon hearing his name, Xu Yan instinctively shouted "Here!" Then, he walked straight towards the Awakening Formation.

As Xu Yan stepped into the formation, the surrounding noisy sounds instantly vanished, and the figures of the other nineteen classmates who entered the formation with him also disappeared.

Before his eyes, only the floating rhomboid crystal at the center of the formation remained.

Following the teacher's earlier instructions, he slowly walked forward, raised his right hand, and directly grasped the crystal before him.

The moment he gripped it, Xu Yan seemed to hear the sound of something shattering.

Then, streams of warmth surged from the crystal into Xu Yan's body, beginning to circulate according to a certain pattern.

After an unknown period, Xu Yan emerged from this special state, the crystal he had been tightly gripping having long since vanished.

In his mind, two pieces of information appeared out of nowhere.

"Heavens Mandate Guidance: Three uses per day. Consume a guidance charge to receive the most suitable guidance for oneself. Charges can accumulate and be used cumulatively."

"Myriad Affinity: Enhances one's affinity with all myriad phenomena. Innate favorability with all species increases by one rank. Permanently increases one's own comprehension and that of contracted spirit beasts. Temporarily increases the comprehension of non-contracted beasts."

Perceiving the information in his mind, Xu Yan lowered his head and looked at the three golden lines that had appeared on his wrist, the corners of his mouth uncontrollably curving upwards.

It seems that the 'jackpot' he hit before transmigrating indeed brought him great fortune.

The 0.0001% chance of awakening dual Innate Talents didn't surprise Xu Yan too much.

After all, as a transmigrator, one talent in his previous life and one in this life, having two talents appear at once was quite reasonable.

What truly surprised Xu Yan was that both of these Innate Talents were exceptionally good.

It's important to know that even among those who awaken dual Innate Talents, it's not uncommon for one to be good and one bad, or even for both to be useless.

Although Xu Yan wasn't sure what level his Innate Talents belonged to on Blue Star, they were definitely above average.

At the very least, just by looking at his two Innate Talents, Xu Yan had already thought of a shortcut he could take.

Innate favorability + optimal choice, isn't this the innate 'PY Saint Body'?

If all else fails, he could always cling to a powerful figure, at least he wouldn't be easily bullied.

Moreover, even if he didn't take the 'PY' route, his two Innate Talents could help him go far in the paths of researcher and Breeder.

After all, research is three parts talent, seven parts effort, and the remaining ninety parts, luck.

And Xu Yan, with his Heavens Mandate Guidance talent, clearly doesn't lack choices, or rather, he can forcibly eliminate the influence of luck with his talent, right?

In the field of breeding, Myriad Affinity's ability to temporarily boost a spirit beast's comprehension, setting aside other things, at least in the domain of skill learning and training, Xu Yan is absolutely professional.

Compared to the aforementioned, Xu Yan's combat talents seemed less powerful and impressive.

Sensing the varied expressions of his classmates who went on stage with him, Xu Yan didn't deliberately try to hide his own emotions; excitement and joy were openly displayed on his face.

In this environment, forcibly suppressing one's emotions, or trying to remain calm and expressionless, would actually seem more abnormal, wouldn't it?

Xu Yan didn't believe that this awakening ceremony, passed down through generations, would have no understanding of the talents awakened by those who entered.