Strange Star Dust (Seeking Collection and Comments)

The fist-sized Space Magic Crystal worked well. After just one night, Bai Mo felt that the Magic Energy he had exhausted during his last failed attempt had already recovered, and he had even accumulated a foundation that was hard to suppress. The unrest in his Stardust had long since settled.

He slept until late morning, then returned to his room after eating. Holding back a breath of frustration, Bai Mo swore to himself that he would break through to the Intermediate Level of the Space Element.

He immediately entered deep meditation, his consciousness skillfully taking command of the silver Stardust steadily orbiting within his Mental World.

Bai Mo once again mobilized the Space Element Stardust that had been waiting at the ready. Facing the invisible restraint wrapped around his forehead, he crashed into it without hesitation.

"Crack~~~!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out in his mind.

Bai Mo only felt a sharp pain in his forehead. Then, it felt as though he had entered a surging river from a narrow stream, like a butterfly breaking free of its cocoon and spreading its wings.

Joy, excitement, happiness, and all sorts of emotions flowed through the silver nebula that had expanded into something brilliant and dazzling, reaching his mind.

Bai Mo looked at the nebula. It was magnificent, radiant, and vast, countless times larger than the tiny cluster of Stardust from before.

The seven familiar star particles within the original Stardust had also gained forty-two unfamiliar brothers and sisters.

"HAHAHAHAHA!"

Bai Mo burst into laughter and opened his eyes.

Then he felt something strange. The surrounding space gave him an unprecedented sense of intimacy.

Closing his eyes again, Bai Mo saw that the silver star particles within the silver nebula seemed somewhat different.

Bai Mo caught hold of one star particle and inspected it closely. It was a size larger than the original ones, and a faint ring of mysterious patterns covered its surface.

He felt that he could command them at will.

Opening his eyes, Bai Mo drew a line through the air with his hand.

A flash of silver light passed by, and a translucent helmet appeared in the air, floating silently.

This was a transformed application of Air Shield.

Was this... the control ability of the Advanced Level?

It seemed even stronger somehow. Yet those star particles also resembled the mutated star particle talent of the Space Element.

Bai Mo walked to the window, and starlight flashed around him once more.

"Mind Control—Phantom Sword!"

A three-foot-long translucent illusory sword abruptly appeared, moving with a thought from him.

In the blink of an eye, it flew out the window and sliced off half of a Rockery in the courtyard. Bai Mo narrowed his eyes and looked over, seeing that the cut was perfectly smooth.

Sure enough, it was Level 4 Mind Control! But wasn't there no such thing as star particle enhancement for Dimensional Magic? It could only be nurtured with Mental Power, so where had this Level 4 Phantom Sword come from?

Bai Mo thought about it and decided it was probably related to the changes in the star particles. He would just treat it as a variant skill of Mind Control.

"HAHAHAHAHA!"

Arrogant laughter came from his mouth again as Bai Mo swaggered into the living room.

His eyes swept around the place, and he spotted Bai Hanxing in the pavilion in the courtyard.

Ignoring Patriarch Bai, who was looking at him with an inquisitive gaze, he crossed the distance in a few steps and said to Bai Hanxing, "Heh, Hanxing, I'm Intermediate Level now. Impressive, right? So? Aren't I way more awesome than you were back then? Jealous? Envious? I barely even cultivated, and I'm already progressing faster than you did when you were grinding yourself to death. How about you call me big brother? Big brother can teach you how to cultivate!"

Bai Mo rattled on like a machine gun, leaving Bai Hanxing utterly stunned. The more he listened, the darker his face became. Finally, he put down the latest news from Middle Town that a colleague had given him.

In one step, he arrived beside Bai Mo. "You've reached the Intermediate Level, have you? Let me help you loosen up."

As he spoke, he reached out and directly lifted Bai Mo up.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? You can't argue back, so you're resorting to violence?"

"Yeah. What are you going to do about it?"

Bai Mo was helpless. Catching sight of Patriarch Bai standing at the doorway from the corner of his eye, he immediately shouted, "Patriarch Bai, your genius son is about to get beaten to death! Can you really bear to watch?"

"Hanxing, put him down first."

Bai Yuanzhi spoke to his eldest son. After seeing him release Bai Mo, he turned to this youngest son who had given him so many surprises and said, "When did you break through?"

"Just now."

"Not bad." Bai Yuanzhi nodded. "Bai Mo, your talent is very strong, especially in the Space Element. I don't require you to cultivate tirelessly day and night like Hanxing did, but you should still put in more effort. Otherwise, you'll be wasting too much of your talent."

"Got it, got it. Raising my resources is what really matters." Bai Mo waved a hand, indicating that he had heard him.

"Mm... Since you've broken through, have Hanxing take you to awaken. What element do you want to awaken? My suggestion is the Lightning Element. You still have too few offensive methods."

"Oh my, Patriarch Bai's fatherly love is overflowing today. You even know how to show concern for me. I'm touched!" Bai Mo clutched his chest dramatically, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

"Hanxing, keep beating him."

Bai Mo immediately made a stopping gesture. "Patriarch Bai is right, I agree! Let's go, let's go."

"..."

Bai Yuanzhi and Bai Hanxing were both rather speechless. They each let out a sigh.

Mingzhu Mage Tower, Guo Liyu's Awakening Room.

"I've personally placed the Lightning Element Guidance Stone on the Awakening Array. Young Master Bai, your younger brother can go in and awaken now."

Guo Liyu walked over to Bai Mo and Bai Hanxing, who were seated in the waiting area.

At that, Bai Mo rose to his feet and entered the dark Awakening Chamber under Apprentice Xiaomian's guidance.

The tranquil environment quickly calmed him. He closed his eyes, sank his mind into his Mental World, and called out to a new Element.

Outside, the purple Lightning Element Guidance Stone began to glow softly.

In the darkness, Bai Mo's consciousness moved away from the silver Space Element nebula and searched aimlessly through the void.

As his consciousness swept onward, a moon-white glow entered his sight from the corner of his vision.

The moment he saw it, Bai Mo knew what it was.

"Summoning Element!" Bai Mo was somewhat surprised. "Another type of dimensional magic."

He drew close to the weak Stardust. Its translucent form occasionally flashed with moonlight, like a gaze from another world.

"Huh?!"

Bai Mo let out a startled cry as he looked at a star particle he had bound. The Summoning Element's star particles were also transparent, with moon-white light occasionally flickering through them.

What surprised Bai Mo was the strange pattern within that transparent star particle.

Bai Mo did not know how to describe the pattern. Every time he observed it, its shape was different.

Black and white intertwined, five colors mingled together; neither bright nor dark, it seemed like a patch of chaos, impossible to describe.

"What is this?"

Bai Mo muttered to himself, though he was not alarmed. Brief Observation of Star Particles Changes had mentioned it:

If a mage's star particles or Stardust showed abnormalities after awakening, there was only one possibility—an Innate Talent.

This should be an Innate Talent of the Summoning Element, but what exactly was it? Bai Mo did not know. More detailed knowledge was recorded in specialized books.

It was beyond the scope of common knowledge.

"Bai Mo, are you done awakening?"

Bai Hanxing's question roused Bai Mo from his thoughts. He stopped thinking and walked out of the Awakening Chamber.

The moment he emerged, he heard Guo Liyu ask proudly and confidently:

"Young Master Bai, how was it? You awakened the Lightning Element, didn't you? Let me tell you, among the awakening masters at Mingzhu Mage Tower, Old Guo is number one!"

As he spoke, he raised a thumb.

Bai Mo shook his head and mercilessly crushed his hopes. "No, I didn't awaken the Lightning Element."

Facing their stunned expressions, he raised his hand. A hazy moon-white radiance swept across it.

"It was the Summoning Element."

"The Summoning Element!!"

Guo Liyu and Bai Hanxing were both somewhat surprised.

Then Bai Hanxing looked at his younger brother with a complicated expression.

He could not understand it. They had the same parents, so how could the difference be so great?

But verbally, he still mocked him. "You're really going all the way down the path of a Dimensional Mage. The family won't be able to support you now. Do you know how much money the Summoning Element costs?"

"Making money is easy for a Space Mage like me."

"You? Do you even know how to forge magic equipment?"

"I'll hunt Demon Beasts. My space is huge, so I won't have to worry about not being able to carry them all."

"You have that kind of ability?"

Faced with Bai Hanxing's merciless ridicule, Bai Mo shot back, "Just wait. Three years east of the river..."

Before he could finish, Bai Hanxing cut him off. "I know. Three years east of the river, three years west of the river—never look down on a poor young man."

After speaking, he paused. "By then, you'll be in your twenties. You really won't be a young man anymore, so no one can look down on you for that."

Bai Mo turned and walked straight out, but his voice drifted back.

"You're just jealous! Just wait, sooner or later I'll hang you up and beat you!"