After spending a few days in the Imperial Capital, Dongfang Chen and Ye Xin Xia returned to Bocheng.
Over the past few days, Mu Ningxue's aloofness and Ye Xin Xia's warmth had let Dongfang Chen enjoy both sides of the coin.
If not for the Crab Force, Dongfang Chen would have gotten to experience what it was like to be a ruler who never bothered to attend court.
But the day the Crab Force wore off was not far away. As soon as he graduated from high school and turned eighteen, Dongfang Chen planned to devour the little White Rabbit that was Ye Xin Xia, along with the Ice Block that was Mu Ningxue.
After returning to Bocheng.
Mofan came to see Dongfang Chen.
With Dongfang Chen's interference, Mofan and Ye Xin Xia had not interacted much.
The main reason Mofan knew Dongfang Chen was Butler Sai.
As Dongfang Chen and Ye Xin Xia grew closer,
Butler Sai had taken the initiative to rent a place of his own so he wouldn't be a third wheel.
As it happened, the place he rented was right next door to Mofan's home.
So, little by little, Dongfang Chen and Mofan had gotten to know each other.
"What do you need?"
Dongfang Chen looked at Mofan.
"Cough, cough... Brother Chen..." Mofan hesitated, unusually bashful for someone who was normally so carefree.
"If you need something, just say it."
"Brother Chen, you know it'll be hard for someone with my grades to get into high school... Well..."
Hearing Mofan's words, Dongfang Chen immediately understood.
So this guy wanted him to pull some strings and get him into high school?
It seemed Mofan's father hadn't yet gone to Mu He to ask him to pull some strings.
"That's easy. Just wait for your acceptance letter when the school year starts."
Dongfang Chen agreed to help him.
Getting Mofan into high school was as simple as saying the word.
Mofan had exceptional talent for magic, so befriending him couldn't hurt.
Besides, this would keep the Mu Family from clashing with Mofan. The Mu Family was his future wife's family, after all, so he ought to look out for them for Mu Ningxue's sake.
Before long, the day came for Tianlan Magic High School's Awakening Ceremony.
Dongfang Chen was going to take Ye Xin Xia along to attend the ceremony.
With Dongfang Chen's wealth, he didn't need to join the crowd. He could simply buy an Awakening Stone and awaken his magic on his own.
But the system, which had been quiet for a while, had started acting up again.
[Beep! Detected that the Original Work's plot is about to unfold. A Plot Mission will now be issued.] [Plot Mission: Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony] [Please go to the Xiao Family in Wutan City to attend the Coming-of-Age Ceremony (Xiao Family coordinates...)] [Mission Reward: Mysterious Tier Intermediate Flying Dou Technique, Purple Cloud Wings]
At first, Dongfang Chen was baffled when he saw the mission titled "Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony." But after checking the coordinates provided by the system, he realized something.
Weren't the Xiao Family's coordinates the same as Tianlan High School's?
Given how erratically the system behaved, this so-called Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony was most likely the high school's Awakening Ceremony.
So Dongfang Chen decided to take Ye Xin Xia to Tianlan High School for the Magic Awakening.
Besides, the Flying Dou Technique offered as a reward was very tempting.
The ability to fly was precious in both the Dou Qi Continent and the Full-Time Magician World.
Normally, one had to reach the Dou Wang level and gain the ability to use Dou Qi Transformation Wings before unlocking flight.
In the Full-Time Magician World, one needed to reach at least the High Level Mage rank—and even then, only a High Level Mage with the Wind Element could fly. The other option was to buy the incredibly expensive Wing Magic Equipment.
With his current wealth, Dongfang Chen could easily afford Wing Magic Equipment. But in terms of both speed and endurance, it couldn't compare to a Flying Dou Technique.
So when he saw that the mission rewarded a Flying Dou Technique, Dongfang Chen accepted it without hesitation.
The Magic Awakening Ceremony at Tianlan Magic High School.
Just like in the Original Work, Mofan awakened two Magic Elements.
And just as before, no one discovered his secret of being Innate Dual Element.
That was because the teachers and students had all been distracted by something else.
This time, it wasn't Xu Zhaoting, who had awakened the Lightning Element, drawing everyone's attention. Instead, it was Ye Xin Xia and Dongfang Chen.
Because of Dongfang Chen, Ye Xin Xia hadn't gone to Inscription Girls Middle School as she had in the Original Work. Instead, she had come to Tianlan Magic High School with him.
She had awakened the Healing Element.
The Healing Element didn't have much combat ability, but it was rare in the early stages—rarer even than the Lightning Element.
But Ye Xin Xia wasn't the most eye-catching one. That was Dongfang Chen.
If Mofan was Innate Dual Element and awakened two elements each time,
then Dongfang Chen was Innate All Element!
Normally, people awakened Elemental Magic at the Initial Level. They might awaken Dark Magic and Light Magic at the Intermediate Level, while Dimension Magic was only awakened at the High Level Mage rank.
Of course, there were exceptions, but they were rare.
Yet Dongfang Chen had awakened everything: Elemental Magic, Dark Magic, Light Magic, and Dimension Magic!
He guessed it might be because his Soul Power was stronger than ordinary people's, or perhaps it was related to the All Attribute Dou Qi the system had given him.
In any case, as someone Innate All Element, Dongfang Chen immediately drew the attention of the entire school.
Even Mofan, who had been quietly pleased about awakening two elements, reined in his pride when he saw Dongfang Chen's results.
After all, Innate Dual Element was nothing compared to Innate All Element.
After the Awakening Ceremony, Dongfang Chen also received the Flying Dou Technique from the system.
The days that followed were simple enough.
Dongfang Chen cultivated Dou Qi and Dou Techniques while also making time to study magic.
When he got tired of cultivating Dou Qi, he practiced Meditation Cultivation. When he got tired of that, he refined pills. And when pill refining wore him out, he took Xin Xia out for a stroll and snuck a feel or two along the way.
Magic cultivation took a lot of resources. Put another way, with enough resources, even someone with mediocre talent could cultivate quickly.
And Dongfang Chen's talent was monstrous to begin with.
Thanks to his powerful Soul Power, he could focus during Meditation Cultivation several times faster than the average person—perhaps even ten times faster.
So even though Dongfang Chen cultivated both Dou Qi and magic, his progress wasn't held back.
After all, he had made quite a fortune from pills over the years.
He and Ye Xin Xia each had a Star Dust Magic Equipment of the Spirit grade, not to mention all the other resources that aided cultivation.
Dongfang Chen had even put pills that nourished Mental Power to use.
These pills had a remarkable effect on magic cultivation through Meditation.
Mental elixirs also accounted for a large share of the Eastern family's elixir sales.
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