9 THRONES

CHAPTER 69: THE INCREASE

When Vann's blood fell onto the crystal ball, a bright light emerged from the crystal for a few seconds before dissipating.

"Is it over?", asked Vann to confirm.

Gostaf nodded "You can pull your hand now, I'll make an assessment".

Vann pulled out his hand, then Gostaf took the crystal ball and began to observe it carefully.

"No way!" gostaf shouted in disbelief, he continued to inspect the crystal ball but his face became increasingly strange.

Looking at Gustaf's face, Hasel who was at the side asked "What's wrong? Don't tell me Vann hasn't reached Qi Fondation according to that crystal? Gostaf, you yourself can clearly feel the power of Vann, how can we misperceive its power? I advise you to replace the crystal ball, maybe the crystal ball has been used for too long so it is not accurate anymore".

The surprised Gostaf immediately nodded "You're right, wait a minute!".

Gostaf ran back to the room behind his house.

5 minutes later, Gostaf came to the room where Vann and Hasel were. Different from before, this time Gostaf carried 5 crystal balls with him.

"Drip your blood onto these 5 crystal balls! If 1 or 2 crystal balls are wrong, that is understandable! But if everything shows the same results, it means there is no more error in the information" said Gustaf full of sweat, he looks very panicked.

Vann did not ask any more, however Vann was confident he had already reached Qi Fondation.

On the other hand, Hasel's face became slightly displeased "Gostaf, what's wrong with you? Even though Vann's powers are fake, you don't have to panic until it's like that, do you?".

"You don't understand, Hasel!", said Gotaf shaking his head, then looking at Vann who dripped his blood onto the crystal ball carefully "If the news of the test I did before was true and scattered, then, the entire Talper-No Province, the entire continent of cultivators would be shocked!".

"Aren't you overreacting? What exactly happened to make you panic like this?", asked Hasel curiously.

They had worked for quite a long time in the Wood Sword Academy, therefore Hasel and Gostaf had known each other for decades. Although they rarely met, Hasel still knew the nature of Gostaf.

Gustaf never exaggerated anything, even when Zerten died, he did not panic or worry at all.

But Gostaf now looks very panicked, Hasel has never seen a Gustaf like this so he was very curious, what really happened to make Gostaf act excessively.

Before Gustaf explained, Vann who finished dripping his blood said "I'm done!".

Gustaf did not pay attention to Hasel anymore but instead took out a crystal ball and observed it.

After observing the crystal ball, Gostaf's face changed again "No way! Was the previous assessment correct?".

Unceasingly, Gostaf continued to pick up the 5 crystal balls that existed. Every time he observed the crystal ball, Gostaf definitely shouted impossible which showed how shocked he was.

Looking at the Gustaf who kept muttering like a fool, Hasel hit the table angrily "Enough! Explain to me what happened? Why are you mumbling like crazy now? I don't have much time to listen to all your crazy mutters".

Gustaf regained consciousness from Hasel's screams, he took a breath and tried to suppress the panic on him.

"Hasel, before I explain to all of you what happened, let me make sure of 1 thing!", said Gostaf cautiously "When doing the aptitude test a few months ago, he said, vann's talent is only worth 1 isn't it?".

"Right, I know Vann who has a talent of 1 being able to become a Qi Fondation in just a few months is very strange, but I don't think you need to panic like that?", ask Hasel weirdly.

Gostaf looked at Vann and said carefully "When I checked Vann's talent earlier, his talent was worth 5! At first I thought the crystal ball I used was wrong, but after using 5 more crystal balls, the result was still the same! Vann's talent increased to 5".

Vann sat quietly in his place full of confusion, what was the shock of a talent worth 5? Although Vann's talent is getting better now, it's still at the bottom.

But Vann suddenly realized the strangeness of Hasel's face was frozen.

Hasel looked at Gustaf in disbelief "Are you joking?".

Gostaf rolled his eyes "Do you think I'm really crazy? I'm not gonna use something like this to joke around, if you don't believe me, you can see it for yourself".

After that, Gostaf gave away all the crystal balls that Vann had used just now.

Hasel examined all the crystal balls carefully before his entire body trembled, when he finished examining the latter then Hasel's face became firm.

"Gostaf, Vann, I hope you keep the matter of today a secret from anyone! In the entire world right now, I have never heard of anyone capable of raising his talent except finding a treasure of truly rare resources. But all of you know that treasures that can increase talent are extremely rare" Hasel said "No matter what the reason for Vann's talent to increase, it's very rare, the moment this news spread then the entire strength of cultivators in the world would go crazy".

"They probably stormed the Wood Sword Academy thinking there was a rare treasure here or caught Vann to check. After all the talent-enhancing ability was almost nonexistent, I had never heard of it. As long as Vann had that ability, the whole world would go crazy".

Gostaf nodded "I see, we must not let the other party know of this incident. I'll keep it a secret, you don't have to worry".

Hasel stopped worrying because he knew the nature of Gostaf, at least Gustaf would not betray them after speaking would keep it a secret.

"Vann, you may not yet understand how important talent enhancement is. But you should always remember what I said next, never do a talent test again! Unless the person around you is someone you can trust, never take a talent test in front of them" Hasel said.

Vann now understood the importance of increasing talent because there should be no one who is able to change his talent, it turns out that one's talent will not experience any change unless they find a certain valuable treasure.

"Teacher Hasel, Master Gostaf, I understand! Thank you for your kind advice and kindness that has helped me keep my talent improvement a secret" Vann said, bowing in gratitude.

Gustaf waved his hand "No need to thank, nor will I benefit anything from telling that to others. Alright, I guess we should now continue the elite disciple test to the next stage right?".