Origin Wind

The moment his thoughts returned, Bai Mo immediately saw the changes in himself.

In the dark, boundless Spiritual Universe, near the massive, dazzling silver nebula of the Space Element at the center...

In one unremarkable corner...

A cluster of Stardust, a whole size plumper than his current Summoning Element Stardust, floated and slowly rotated.

It looked light and nimble, radiating a soft cyan-white glow, with elegant stars dancing inside it.

Bai Mo moved his thoughts closer and sensed it carefully.

First was his cultivation. It was already close to the peak of the Elementary Level, roughly equivalent to one Zhao Qingying.

Then came the color of the Stardust: cyan-white.

This was the color of the Origin Wind from the Wind Spirit, and also the color of a Heaven Seed.

Logically speaking, a single cluster of Stardust should not have been able to withstand the enormous power of a Heaven Seed. In the original work, when Mo Fan reached the Advanced Level and absorbed the Soul Seed Tyrant Wasteland Thunder, he had nearly failed to suppress it, let alone a Heaven Seed.

But the detailed records on the Wind Spirit's Origin Wind in the Summoned Beast Compendium answered that question.

The Origin Wind came from the first wisp of wind that stirred when the Wind Spirit was born. There was nothing special about it, yet it could awaken the Wind Spirit's soul and make it truly become a living being.

Because of that, that wisp of wind became a part of the Wind Spirit.

And it gained the upper limit of a Heaven Seed, possessing the miraculous effect of guarding the mind.

To put it simply:

The Wind Spirit's Origin Wind was not a full Heaven Seed, but a Wind Seed that grew along with its own level.

At first, it had no power, only a slight effect of protecting the mind. But as long as the Wind Spirit continued to grow, the Origin Wind could also continue growing.

In the end, it would possess power comparable to a Spirit Seed, a Soul Seed, and then a Heaven Seed.

In short: right now, aside from giving his Wind Element a new skin, it only had the effect of an ordinary Concentration Magic Tool.

Speaking of which, his Stardust could also inherit the Wind Seed possessed by the Wind Spirit? He wondered if the Companion Wind could be inherited too. But Bai Mo guessed that was a little unlikely.

That was a genuine heavenly wind, after all.

And Bai Mo guessed that the main reason his Wind Element Stardust could share this Heaven Seed of the Wind Spirit was because the Origin Wind was the Wind Spirit's origin wind.

Bai Mo rubbed his chin, then began sensing the body of the Wind Element Stardust and tried meditating to cultivate for a while.

However, just as the book had said, it was useless. He could feel that the magic energy he absorbed was not being absorbed by the Wind Element Stardust.

Bai Mo opened his eyes and lightly reached out. A wisp of cyan-white wind aura wrapped around his fingertip.

This meant he could call upon the magic energy of the Wind Element Stardust.

Next was magic. Bai Mo went into the courtyard.

"Wind Track..."

The instant those two words appeared in his mind, his thoughts tried to guide the stars in the Wind Element Stardust to connect.

Yet nothing happened.

Bai Mo was stunned to discover that these stars did not listen to him.

After sensing carefully for a while, he realized that he had not established a connection with these stars.

In other words, if he wanted to use the Wind Element created by his Return to Origin talent, he still needed to control the stars first, just like an ordinary mage.

Withdrawing his pose of standing with both hands behind his back, Bai Mo silently walked back to his room and reentered a meditative state.

His thoughts probed into the Wind Element Stardust.

It was just a tiny bit of control. Shouldn't it be easy?

However, two hours later, Bai Mo gave up. Although the first star was already about to enter his embrace, he still had not managed it.

The Wind Element was not something he had naturally awakened, so naturally, he had no real talent for it either.

For the first time, he realized that controlling stars was actually this difficult for ordinary mages.

He, Bai Mo, was at least an Intermediate Level Space Element mage now.

If even he found controlling stars this strenuous, then how were those who had just awakened at the Elementary Level supposed to manage? Bai Mo was once again amazed by his own talent in Dimensional Element magic.

Still, after battling wits with the Wind Element Stardust for so long, it was not as if he had gained nothing.

At the very least, he had figured out the difference between his Wind Element and the Wind Elements that were naturally awakened.

It could be said that he was an investor, investing in a qualified project or company and becoming a shareholder.

As a result, he gained a portion of assets. Naturally, he could freely spend this portion of assets, and he could also point fingers at the company to some extent.

He could also benefit from the company's development, and if the company went bankrupt, he would suffer losses too.

Of course, he could continue investing money to support the company's development. But since the company had a boss, he could not directly interfere.

As for those who naturally awakened, they were starting their own businesses and had absolute control over the company.

So, his Wind Element Stardust was the shared property of him and the Wind Spirit, while the company he had invested in was the Summoning Element.

In short, for a Summoning Element summoned beast, the summoned beast was the boss. Only by properly supporting it could the extra Elements he gained because of the Summoning Element turn out well.

After thinking through all that, it was getting late, so Bai Mo began his daily cultivation.

Seriously, how could Second Brother of the Summoning Element let his cultivation be surpassed by a newly accepted underling? That would be way too embarrassing.

What, they were both Beginner, so it didn't count as being surpassed?

That still wouldn't do. The Summoned Beast he had just contracted was about to break through to Warrior Level. When the time came, if it got suppressed back down to Servant Level because his Summoning Element cultivation was still Beginner...

How stifling would that be?

Would he be looked down on by his Summoned Beast?

May Day holiday

5.1, clear

Today, it took me half a day just to master two stars. A little tired.

Went to find Ding Yumian to make pottery sculptures together.

That boring woman actually said the little figure I made was ugly?

It clearly looked just like her, okay!

It had arms and legs, and even breasts.

Absolutely useless!

5.2, cloudy turning clear

I told Patriarch Bai about how I found a Wind Spirit.

Asked him for a control Magic Tool.

He actually called me trash, saying I still needed a Magic Tool just to control Beginner Magic.

I think he just didn't have one! How dare he slander an unparalleled genius? He already has grounds to be taken—(crossed out)

He was right, but I still have to say it.

He has no talent for stock trading. He should go become a philanthropist.

5.3, overcast

Didn't go out to play today. Ding Yumian was cultivating, Mu Nujiao was cultivating, and even that Aitutu was cultivating.

I cultivated for a while too.

Then I went to play mahjong.

What was wrong with these adults? They even used magic to play mahjong.

Was the Earth Element meant for making mahjong tiles for you? Damn it!

Why did they get to use it!

5.4, clear

I mastered Wind Trail!

The first casting took a little not-short amount of time, but it was great.

It was just that there happened to be a tree blocking the way. Mighty as a god, I already kicked it down with one foot.

I believe next time there won't be any blind trees.

Bai Mo wrote the last word, rubbed his still-aching chest, closed the notebook, and put it into his drawer.

Writing notes was a habit. He did not have that habit.

It was just that these past few days had been the May Day holiday, and he had been so bored that he had picked up a pen.

Tomorrow was the last day of the short May Day holiday, and Bai Mo had only just finished today's daily cultivation.

Right now, he was thinking about where there might be a place to train Wind Trail.

Level 3 Wind Trail Phantom had more freedom of movement, but it was also faster.

The faster the speed, the easier it was for accidents to happen.

So, if he did not master Wind Trail Phantom skillfully, it was entirely possible that he would charge straight into an opponent's attack during battle.

But there was no hurry with this. At worst, he could make a trip to Doyaoguan.

But tomorrow would not work. Sister Leng Qing had said tomorrow was Lingling's birthday.

He still had to go help celebrate. The little girl was quite pitiful too.

Bai Mo took a set of practice questions from the middle drawer, thought about it, and decided it would be better not to use this as a gift.

Because when the time came, it was hard to say who would be the one getting hurt.

Then he took out a bracelet. This was one of the spatial items he had gotten from the extra pieces Master Huo Tuo had forged.

Both ordinary people without magic energy and mages with magic energy could use it.

He had stuffed it full of candy.

He figured this gift should be fine.

However, he could not stay there that evening. Mu Nujiao and Aitutu had asked him out for dinner.

They said it was to thank him for saving their lives from the wolf last time.

Speaking of which, why had they waited so long to express thanks? Bai Mo only spent one second on that question before he stopped thinking about it.