Elemental Bubbles

The meeting concluded.

On the way home, Gubo was preoccupied.

Inside the small white building, the lights were bright. Gubo opened the wooden door, and a fragrant aroma wafted from the kitchen, bringing him a sliver of comfort.

Lianyi emerged from the kitchen. Seeing Gubo's somber expression, she said gently, "Did work not go well?"

Then, Lianyi called upstairs, "Darling, Reilo, come down for dinner!"

Gubo sat down in silence. Laughter echoed from upstairs. Bailing, carrying Jiahei, descended the stairs and sat at the dining table as if it were natural. Reilo followed, looking at Gubo and respectfully saying, "Greetings, Mentor."

Gubo grunted, not looking up at Reilo, and said, "Can you adapt to the curriculum of Class Eleven?"

Unexpectedly, his mentor was actively showing concern, Reilo quickly replied, "Teacher Jenny's adventure stories are vivid and interesting. Many students are inspired by Teacher Jenny. It's a shame I didn't get to meet the top two students on the elite list."

"Hmm, that girl was indeed a restless soul in her youth, traveling many places. But for scholars researching the Profound Meaning of Evolution, experience is equivalent to study time. She has achieved some accomplishments."

After affirming Teacher Jenny, Gubo continued, "Regarding teaching, she encourages students to explore externally and discover their potential. This teaching method is indeed more effective in motivating outstanding students to go further. However, for students with less aptitude, this method can also lead to confusion."

Clearly, Gubo was thoroughly familiar with the resumes and teaching methods of the mentors in his various classes.

"Since you've chosen Class Eleven, in the future, if necessary, you can learn about that spirit communicator, Hell, and his Metamorphic Spirit-Communication Technique."

Metamorphic Spirit-Communication Technique?

Bailing, standing nearby, interjected with a smile, "Little junior brother, you don't know yet, do you? The mentor who researched Heteromorphic Spirit-Communication Studies is one of the biggest competitors for Father's position as Vice Principal of the academy. And her disciple is the first student in your first year to be given a title – the spirit communicator, Hell!"

Because her father served as the Director of Studies for the first year, Bailing paid attention to news about the first-year students and provided an explanation for Reilo.

Reilo was slightly taken aback and immediately thought of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders!

He was already an unexpected burden to his mentor. If he were to further implicate his mentor's promotion to Vice Principal, he feared he would never find peace in his heart, consumed by endless guilt and self-blame!

His expression sharpened, and Reilo secretly glanced at his mentor. Seeing Gubo's preoccupied and serious face, as if empathizing, Reilo couldn't help but feel nervous.

He had originally just hoped to gain his mentor's approval through competing for better grades, but he never imagined he would directly affect his mentor's status and achievements within the academy.

If his previous ambition had filled Reilo with fighting spirit, then the responsibility he now faced made him feel immense pressure. He had lost all room for retreat!

After Lianyi served the five dinner plates and sat down after removing her apron, they all picked up their forks and knives and began to enjoy their meal.

Gubo glanced at the carefree Bailing, then picked up his fork and knife to cut his bread, saying casually as if without thought, "Weren't you always clamoring to personally teach our little junior brother before?"

"Ah?"

Bailing realized something and her eyes widened with excitement. She looked at Gubo in disbelief, her voice filled with fervent emotion, "You agree to let me teach little junior brother?"

Reilo and Lianyi also looked at Gubo. Only Jiahei was still looking down, focused on eating dried fish.

Gubo calmly stated, "Since you have the intention, then teach him to master the first basic academic skill as soon as possible and get his paper submitted. Ensure his name is on the elite list for the first quarter. Some mentors in the academy have already started paying attention to this matter. From now on, he'll have to rely on himself."

"Hahahaha! Leave it to me! I'll definitely help junior brother master the basic academic skill quickly and get his name on the elite list for the first quarter!" Bailing eagerly agreed.

Hearing this, Reilo's eyes were also filled with anticipation. He was finally going to master the legendary 'magic'!

After dinner.

Sitting at his desk in his second-floor bedroom, Reilo quietly reviewed his notes on the Energy Magnetic Field, while also 'meditating' to absorb and strengthen his Energy Magnetic Field.

"Little junior brother!"

Bailing suddenly burst into Reilo's room. Seeing Reilo startled by her arrival, she giggled and placed the glass container she was holding on Reilo's makeshift experiment table.

Then, Bailing looked at Reilo's experiment table and frowned.

"Junior brother, your experiment table is too crude!"

Bailing was referring to the experimental platform Reilo had set up using a simple wooden table.

"It's good enough, hehe."

Reilo recovered from the shock of his senior sister's abrupt entrance. Seeing the glass container Bailing had placed on his experiment table, which contained something resembling soap bubbles floating in the center, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior sister, what is this?"

Bailing wandered around Reilo's room, admiring it, and said proudly, "Did you forget? When I left the academy to go to the Demon Eagle Forest before, I promised to bring you back a research specimen as a gift. It's this! An elemental bubble!"

With pride, Bailing asked, "Isn't it cute?"

"Wow!"

Reilo looked at the elemental bubble in amazement. The bubble in the container was about the size of a head, transparent, and seemed to have been anesthetized by Bailing, breathing evenly, constantly contracting and expanding.

After a tour of Reilo's room, which only contained the most basic experimental specimens, Bailing found nothing else of interest and stopped paying attention.

"Elemental creatures are already rare in the human kingdoms, and low-level elemental creatures like this are even rarer. They were on the verge of extinction thousands of years ago. I was incredibly lucky to catch one this time, hehe!"

The glass box contained what looked like a soap bubble, seemingly ready to burst with a single touch.

"This is my first time seeing an elemental creature, it's so magical!"

After his exclamation, Reilo suddenly asked, "By the way, what does it eat?"

"It's an elemental creature, so it absorbs natural energy directly! Just like we absorb natural energy every day to strengthen our Energy Magnetic Field, you can think of it as a special form of photosynthesis."

Bailing explained. Her initial thought of studying and observing the elemental bubble here was abandoned due to Reilo's rudimentary facilities. She said dismissively, "Your experiment table is too crude. Come with me!"

Without a word, Bailing took Reilo out of the room and into Gubo's laboratory.

Instructor Gubo's small white building had three floors. The first floor contained the living room, kitchen, dining room, and storage rooms. The second floor housed Reilo and Bailing's bedrooms, a library, and a laboratory. The third floor contained Gubo and Lianyi's bedrooms, a specimen collection room, and a specimen cultivation room. The rooftop had a small observatory and a small garden.

Reilo stood before the laboratory, hesitating. "This is Instructor's laboratory. It's not right to use it without his permission, is it?"

Bailing rolled her eyes and playfully flicked Reilo on the head.

"Ouch!" Reilo looked at Bailing innocently.

"Why are you so afraid of him! I've been using it for years. It's just his laboratory, nothing will be lost. Come in with me!"

Bailing pulled Reilo into the laboratory.

The laboratory's all-around lighting created a shadowless effect. A massive stone workbench stood in the center, densely packed with various advanced research and observation instruments. Hundreds of glass test tubes gleamed under the lights, some containing colorful, mysterious liquids. In a corner of the workbench, several human-sized experimental devices were arranged, connected by various tubes. Within glass chambers, one could faintly see terrifying cellular structures slowly wriggling.

Bailing placed the glass container holding the elemental bubble on the workbench.

"Since the old man asked me to teach you basic academics quickly, I've already decided. Your first academic will start with this elemental bubble!"

"Bubble?"

Reilo scratched his head. "But it just looks like it can blow bubbles. What's there to learn? Does it have any other abilities?"

"You're so stupid!"

Bailing pouted. "This is exactly what we want! This bubble-blowing ability!"

With a proud expression, Bailing continued, "I've already thought of it. This elemental bubble's bubble-blowing, which is the Bubble Technique, has negligible attack power. But if the Bubble Technique can be filled with some poison, wouldn't it become a poison gas bomb? This means we've easily achieved academic evolution, giving a level zero basic academic a higher-level application!"

Bailing's suggestion made Reilo's eyes light up. He suddenly understood and exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Sister, you're amazing!"

Poison again?

At the same time, Reilo couldn't help but think of the requirements for completing the first stage of Self-Control, which also involved refining poisons and antidotes. He was still in the initial stages of research and learning.

With a smug look, Bailing said, "Of course!"

Then, Bailing opened the glass container.

The elemental bubble had already been paralyzed by Bailing with a strong anesthetic. After opening the container, the elemental bubble slowly floated in mid-air. Bailing grabbed it like a balloon and, as if kneading dough, shaped it into various forms in her hands, playing with it gleefully.

Reilo watched, trembling, afraid that Senior Sister Bailing would squeeze too hard and pop the bubble!

"Don't worry, don't think of elemental life as too fragile. Its resilience is beyond your imagination."

Reilo looked surprised and couldn't help but try to poke the bubble with his finger. However, no matter how he poked it, the seemingly fragile bubble showed no signs of damage.

"Senior Sister, what happens if I pop it with a needle?"

Bailing, unlike Reilo's cautiousness, giggled upon hearing his question. She actually took a needle from the workbench and, to Reilo's gasp, poked the bubble.

"Ah!"

The explosion Reilo imagined did not occur.

The bubble merely released a small amount of gas with a faint, fishy smell. The small hole poked by the needle then healed.

"Hehe, one of the characteristics of elemental life is its healing ability, far surpassing that of flesh and blood creatures, even for this lowest-level elemental creature."

Bailing smiled with satisfaction, holding up the needle.