The next day
Mo Chuan got up early, carefully moved Mo Fei's hands that had crawled onto his bed sometime in the middle of the night, and then began to wash up and cook porridge. After the scent of rice filled the kitchen, he went out to buy steamed buns.
"Little Mo, you're here to buy buns today? Five pork and chive, two cabbage and vegetarian?"
"Yes, thank you, Aunt Li!"
"Oh, right! Today is your and Ah Fei's awakening, isn't it? This is a big event in your lives! No need to pay! Auntie is treating you! Wishing you and Ah Fei awakening good abilities!" With that, she shoved the buns into Mo Chuan's arms.
"No... I have to pay..."
"Huh? I said I'm treating, so I'm treating! Take it! Otherwise, I won't sell you any more buns!" Aunt Li raised her eyebrows and waved Mo Chuan home.
Mo Chuan returned home, placed the buns on the table, and began to call Mo Fei to wake up.
"Just... a little... more... *hiccup*... time..."
"...Wake up, it's time to awaken, we can't be late."
"Carry... carry me to wash up." Sleepily, Mo Fei extended her hands.
Mo Chuan resignedly carried Mo Fei into the bathroom, handed her the toothbrush to wash up, while Mo Chuan went back to the kitchen to serve the porridge.
Finally, Mo Fei put on her school uniform, bit into a bun, and mumbled, "Brother, what ability do you think I'll awaken?"
"You only know how to eat, sleep, and draw all day. You'll probably awaken as a pig."
"You're so annoying! No wonder you don't have a girlfriend."
"??? Doesn't this bowl of porridge shut your mouth?"
"Nyah nyah, you cursed me first."
...
Twenty-five minutes later, Qingzhou No. 1 Middle School
Zhang Hanshan looked speechlessly at the Mo Chuan and Mo Fei siblings sneaking in through the side door of the gymnasium.
"Brother Chuan, you're eighteen minutes late. While you've successfully avoided the principal's long speech, you've also broken your own record..."
"Alright, where's our homeroom teacher? Isn't he here?"
"Teacher Hu went to prepare the awakening stones. By the way, what ability do you hope to awaken?"
"Uh... to be honest, I don't have any particular thoughts." Mo Chuan thought to himself, no need to hope, the Gate of Ruin was already standing in his spiritual sea, how could it change?
"Sigh... I expect it to be the Great Wall Pass or the Glazed Pagoda... My dad and my older siblings said that our lineage mostly has these, and it hasn't changed..."
"Alright, that's all I have to say. Students, according to the ranking of the third mock exam, you will awaken one by one from back to front." As Principal Liu's voice fell, the thousands of people in the gymnasium immediately became agitated – who among the young and impetuous hadn't dreamed of awakening a top-tier ability and becoming a hero?
Mo Chuan looked at Mo Fei – this little girl had tested much lower than him last time, so she would probably be among the first fifteen to awaken in the class.
As for Mo Chuan, he was second in the class, so he would basically have to wait until the very end to awaken.
"First, Zhao Ergou!" Teacher Hu on the stage held a list and started calling names one by one.
...
The awakening process took quite some time, but even so, not many people succeeded in awakening, and most of them had ordinary abilities of C or D class.
"Next, Mo Fei!"
Mo Fei first glanced at Mo Chuan. After receiving an encouraging look from him, she took a deep breath, stepped forward, and placed her small hand on the cold awakening stone.
*Buzz—*
The transparent awakening stone instantly flashed with purple light. After a few flickers, the phantom of a slender spiritual sword appeared in the purple light. The sword was over three feet long, but only two and a half fingers wide; the entire body of the sword was black, but the blade was snowy white with a hint of purple light.
"This... this is at least an A-class Sword Soul! Investigate! Find out which famous sword it is!" Principal Liu's face turned red with excitement on the high platform of the gymnasium. He quickly instructed his secretary.
Mo Fei froze, stunned on the spot for a long time, not knowing what to say. After a while, she came back to her senses and quickly turned around, throwing herself into Mo Chuan's arms: "Brother! I... I awakened successfully! And it seems quite powerful!" As her voice trailed off, she began to sob in Mo Chuan's embrace.
Mo Chuan dotingly stroked Mo Fei's little head, saying nothing. But in Mo Chuan's eyes, even if Mo Fei hadn't awakened successfully or had awakened a not-so-good ability, he wouldn't have disliked her; he would have just supported her for a lifetime.
"Wow... Congratulations, Sister Fei. Your phantom is at least a meter tall for an A-class ability, and I can feel the powerful spiritual energy from this far away. You'll probably be a sword immortal in the future, truly enviable..." Zhang Hanshan said, congratulating her as he recalled the spiritual sword phantom.
"Thank you..." Mo Fei wiped away her tears, then looked up and found everyone looking at her. Her pretty face immediately turned red, and she hid her head in Mo Chuan's embrace like an ostrich.
"Next, Zhang Hanshan!"
"Alright, no more chatting. I have to go awaken." Zhang Hanshan waved and turned to test himself on the awakening stone.
*Buzz—*
Yellowish-brown light flashed, and a Buddha statue over a meter tall, with three heads and six arms, glaring with wide-open eyes, and entirely blue-green, stood holding a seal.
"A-class ability 'Vajra Yaksha King!'" Principal Liu laughed heartily, "Two A-class ones in a row! If we get two more A-class or above, the school's improvement rate can double!" He coughed, but still couldn't hide the smile on his face.
"Ah, this..." Zhang Hanshan came down from the stage, his face flushed, walking with a swagger. Feeling the envious, jealous, or peculiar glances from the people around him, he stood behind Mo Chuan and said, "Brother Chuan! You can do it! I'll treat you when you awaken something good!"
"Okay..." Mo Chuan watched as the number of people ahead of him dwindled, then patted Mo Fei's head, letting her release him.
After the third person in the class awakened a B+ ability, it was finally Mo Chuan's turn. But before he could approach the awakening stone, an astonishing shout erupted from Class 1 next door.
Mo Chuan's gaze shifted over. He saw a silver-haired woman with a proud and cold expression place her hand on the awakening stone. The awakening stone erupted with golden light, and a golden halberd about three meters long, emitting an irresistible power, appeared.
"One of the Ten King's Artifacts, the Overlord Halberd..." Principal Liu muttered to himself.
The silver-haired woman retracted her right hand, and the Overlord Halberd disappeared with it.
"What is that?"
"Holy crap... that thing must be at least A+ class..."
"Nonsense! At least S class! It might even be comparable to Zeus's Spear, the S+ one mentioned in the news from abroad!"
"That girl... what's her name..." Mo Chuan rubbed his head. With his own little demoness around, he really didn't have much time to pay attention to other women.
"Damn... Brother Chuan, are you really that out of touch? Her status as the campus belle of No. 1 Middle School and the daughter of Qingzhou's dragon head are both quite renowned..." Zhang Hanshan said, looking at Mo Chuan speechlessly.
"Mo Chuan, it's your turn. Come up, don't feel pressured." Teacher Hu said kindly to Mo Chuan. (This expression is limited to good students)
Mo Chuan took a deep breath and placed his hand on the awakening stone.
The awakening stone instantly flashed with a violent, dark green light. Within the green light, a dark green stone gate, like a throne, rose from the ground, surrounded by green light, exuding an ominous aura of decay and death.
The stone gate, five to six meters high, instantly blocked the sunlight from Class 2 where Mo Chuan was, and also from Class 1 and Class 3 on both sides. The cold atmosphere caused the temperature of the entire gymnasium to drop considerably.
"What... what is this..." Principal Liu's eyes were somewhat glazed over as he looked at the sinister stone gate below.
Mo Chuan frowned: "It's over, this is bad..."