"This... this is... golden light?"
"What rank does golden light belong to?!"
"Never heard of it. Low grade is green, middle grade is blue, high grade is red, and top grade is white. There are no records of gold!"
"Something not in the textbooks, and we're witnessing it!"
The students squinted for a while before gradually adapting to the intense light.
Even so, no one dared to look directly at the inscriptions on the stone tablet; it was simply too blinding.
A casual glance would leave a severe burn mark in the shape of letters on their retinas.
The recruitment teachers and the chief examiner on the side were also stunned.
Despite their extensive knowledge and experience, they had never seen such a scene.
Golden light?
How should this be graded?
Judging from the intensity and ferocity of the light, the talent was definitely not below the obscure low-grade green, and might even be above the pure white.
But they had never heard of such a talent.
At this moment, the golden light on the stone tablet began to flow rapidly between the characters.
Starting from the first character, it was like writing calligraphy at a leisurely pace, then the second, the third... the first column, the second column...
Everyone was shocked, holding their breath and watching the characters on the stone tablet, which were no longer so blinding, being lit up one by one.
Soon, the third column was lit up!
This was the limit reached by the previous prodigy, Zhao Xiyue.
If Zhang Chen could reach or even surpass this number of characters, combined with his golden light talent, he would undoubtedly become the strongest newcomer king in history!
At that time, let alone attending any university, even the National Spiritual Power Bureau would likely send people down to express their regards personally!
The first character in the third column was lit up, then the second, the third...
The speed of the golden light's flow did not slow down at all, making it impossible to guess where its limits lay or at which character it would stop.
Seeing the golden light flowing to the fourth character of the third column, with only three characters left to complete this column.
Suddenly, a line of prompts appeared before Zhang Chen:
[1. Exert your full strength, light up all the characters, and illuminate and reveal 108 hidden inscriptions – you will be noticed by all spiritual power organizations and secret organizations worldwide. After a brief period of glory and intense scrutiny, you will either be sent to the most dangerous front lines to die or be assassinated by other spiritual power organizations.]
[2. Stop while you're ahead, let the current character illumination be the end, hide your strength, and develop stealthily – you can still freely choose prestigious universities and steadily grow and improve yourself.]
"These are... prompts?"
Zhang Chen couldn't help but be startled.
Why did these things suddenly appear before him?
It was clearly unreasonable, yet he felt a sense of familiarity.
So, the characters on the stone tablet were not just the 28 characters in front of him, but a total of 108 characters?!
And his talent could light up all of them?!
That would be too powerful!
Heeding good advice leads to a full stomach; it's better to choose option 1!
Currently, he didn't even have a single decent skill. In such a situation, no matter how strong his talent was, he would be like a child carrying billions of cash, only attracting the greed of others.
It wouldn't be too late to reveal his talent after he became stronger; his talent was his own and wouldn't run away!
With this thought, Zhang Chen immediately stopped channeling energy to the stone tablet.
The golden inscription stopped at the fourth character of the third column, two characters fewer than Zhao Xiyue.
"How should this be evaluated? What kind of talent is this?"
The chief examiner turned to discuss with the other examiners.
Some examiners even took out ancient books to flip through, while others used their phones to search for talents with golden light.
But without exception, they all found nothing.
There were absolutely no records of talents with golden light.
"Zhang Chen, top-grade talent, 18 characters!"
Finally, after some deliberation, they decided to classify it as top-grade talent.
Perhaps Zhang Chen's talent was even stronger than top-grade, but due to the lack of a higher classification, it could only be categorized as top-grade.
The recruitment teachers in the distance had just finished surrounding Zhao Xiyue.
In fact, Zhao Xiyue already had her preferred university and had quickly confirmed her admission.
At this moment, all the recruitment teachers swarmed towards Zhang Chen again.