4 Affinity crystal. (2/2)
This tall youth was Liang Zhu's son, Liang Zhou, the person who was to become the next tribe leader. Liang Zhou was already seventeen years old, and also a person who had already opened his dantian but not yet engraved any runes. He only took part in today's ceremony because he was curious about whether or not he had gained any new affinities.
Liang Zhou was one of the people in the village who had always been kind to Li Yang. When Li Yang did not have a lot of food after his parents perished, Liang Zhou would often visit him and bring over food, pretending like he had gathered too much.
”That would be very nice Big Brother Zhou, but first I have to enter the wilderness and tame a Demonic beast.”
Li Yang responded with a grin of his own, standing next to Liang Zhou and waiting for the ceremony to start. Liang Zhou entered the wilderness not long after he turned twelve, and managed to tame a Stone Crocodile. A Stone Crocodile was a Demonic beast that had the potential to become a Demonic beast at the Houtian Rune realm, so the entire village was overjoyed when they heard the news.
Of course, Li Yang only spoke those words to be polite. Once his memories returned, he would leave this village. But he was not a person who did not reciprocate kindness. Since Liang Zhou and Liang Zhu had shown him kindness, he would protect this village even after leaving it.
Li Yang also greeted the other children that were waiting, but he did not have much of a relationship with any of them, so it was only a quick and polite greeting. After giving them a greeting, he continued to talk with Liang Zhou, waiting for the ceremony to start.
As time went on, many more children were brought over by their parents. To use the affinity testing crystal, the tribe elders would have to charge it with their Qi. This charging would sometimes take several years, depending on the number of elders that were charging the crystal.
Because of this, the affinity ceremony was a very big deal to the entire village. After a few more hours of waiting, almost everyone in the entire village had come to watch the ceremony. Only those who were too old or weak to walk had not arrived.
”Silence! The affinity ceremony will now begin.”
When almost the entire village had shown up, one of the elders called out in a loud voice, causing everyone to turn quiet. After making sure that everyone was quiet, the elder walked over to the affinity crystal and placed both hands on the crystal, infusing it with his Qi.
When he infused it with his Qi, the crystal lit up with a faint white light. Seeing this white light, everyone knew that the affinity ceremony was about to start.