Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 9 - Destiny Scale

A massive crowd was pouring into a coliseum. It was mainly composed of the civilians of Thunder Cloud City.

There was a reason for the crowd today. It was time for the testing of destinies.

The minimum age for the testing of destinies was 6 years old since at this age, the child’s body would be stable enough to endure the influx of energy required to ascertain the grade of the destiny.

It was also at this age that though still tender, their meridians would be strong enough to be tested.

Well, this would be the case for normal babies and children. I was a bit of an oddball since I was strong enough to be tested on account of my cultivation, but mom was being a mom and wanted to wait till I was old enough officially to do it with the other kids nearest my age.

As one could imagine, the civilians were discussing amongst themselves the results they would see today, as they filtered into the coliseum to watch the show.

“Who do you think will have the greatest destiny?”

“My money’s on the young master of the Shen family!”

“Mines on Weisheng Zu!”

“Oh, really!? I think the young lady Qin Ling will be the highest!”

“Oh, that’s the daughter of Mistress Qin Dongmei, right?”

“What about the mysterious son of Master Long Huangdi?”

“Hmph, him!? That cowardly Long Huangdi and his wife Long Nuhuang have hidden their son from the world. I bet they’re ashamed of his obvious lack of talent. He probably has the most pathetic of mortal bodies! A di mortal physique!”

No, that wasn’t a venereal disease that ravaged the body. Allow me to explain.

In this world, everyone had something known as a physique. Most people, and by people I mean humans, had what was known as a mortal-grade physique.

Mortal-grade physiques were the weakest of all and were usually in possession of a bronze destiny or worse.

Though one couldn’t be sure of another’s destiny unless one reached a certain cultivation level or possessed a device for that specific use, one could infer the physique based on the faint amount of spiritual energy that naturally entered the bo

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