Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2041

The array used was a basic one. If someone had any sensitivity to spiritual energy, stepping into it would cause certain illusions or visions to appear.

As long as the child could see even one of them, it would count as a successful test.

The boy obediently walked to the center of the array. Once he stood still and looked up, he saw faint illusions beginning to appear in the air around him, centered on where he stood.

They looked almost like mobile toys hanging above a baby's crib. His voice was soft and childlike, but steady as he clearly named each thing he saw, one by one.

"Eagle, lion, flowers, tree, fox…"

As the boy calmly listed each illusion he saw, the senior who had initially just been humoring him felt her expression slowly shift.

By the time he had named all eight of the manifested illusions, her eyes widened, and a spark of excitement lit up her face.

"This child is gifted!"

During all the tests conducted in the past two days, the most anyone had seen was seven. It was already considered excellent.

It was widely known that children were generally more spiritually attuned, which was why cultivation in the mystic arts usually began in childhood.

A smile crept across the senior's lips. She opened her mouth, just about to call the boy out of the array, but Kai, sharp-eyed as ever, noticed something.

While the child remained focused, counting the illusions, a flicker of red flame pulsed briefly at his feet, almost hidden beneath the formation lines.

Kai's expression instantly shifted. Without a word, he reached out and yanked the senior backward, dragon scales flaring to life across his body, forming a protective armor.

At the exact moment his dragon-scale shield expanded, a burst of red fire erupted beneath the boy's feet. A sharp, explosive boom rang out as the array detonated.

The small room was protected by an isolation array, so nothing outside was alerted—but within, Kai and the senior stood frozen in disbelief.

As the smoke and glowing embers faded, all that remained was the boy, completely unharmed, standing calmly in the center. The array beneath him had vanished.