Magic Association

Bocheng's Magic Association branch.

Since Bocheng was only a small city, the Magic Association was not particularly large either—a building about six stories tall, situated in the bustling heart of the downtown area.

Figures of some standing came and went, and at a glance, they were all rare mages in ordinary society.

Ever since stepping into the circle of mages, it seemed everyone around him was a mage.

A car pulled up in front of the association.

Jiang Yuan stepped out. He had taken a day off today to come to the Magic Association for his magical awakening.

No one knew yet that he had already reached the Intermediate level.

Jiang Yuan was looking forward to what surprises today's awakening might bring.

Thinking back to his first awakening, his mind instinctively began to dwell on Innate Dual Elements, and the Dimensional Magic he had longed for.

The Magic Association was open to everyone, with both a regular passage and a mage passage. Jiang Yuan entered the association hall through the regular passage closest to him.

As soon as he stepped inside, he spotted a Lobby Lady in a Flowing Cloud White Robe not far away and walked over to ask:

"Excuse me, where does the magical awakening take place?"

The Lobby Lady looked him up and down.

Another rich kid from who knows where, not awakening at school but spending money to do it at the association.

She took him for a student undergoing his first awakening.

Too young—who would have guessed Jiang Yuan was already an Intermediate level mage?

His speed was like riding a rocket.

"Magical awakening, right? Follow me," the Lobby Lady replied flatly. She always treated ordinary people this way.

If she had seen Jiang Yuan come through the mage passage, her attitude would have been completely different.

But no one was born obligated to greet others with a smile. Jiang Yuan understood this clearly, so he followed behind the Lobby Lady without saying much.

In truth, the Lobby Lady was just service staff, not even a mage herself.

After Jiang Yuan paid the awakening fee of over a hundred thousand, the Lobby Lady led him into a dimly lit room.

In the center of the room sat an Awakening Stone.

"Are you sure you don't want a Guidance Stone?" the Lobby Lady asked.

"No need," Jiang Yuan shook his head.

"Alright, awaken here. When you're done, come to the lobby and let me know. I hope you get a satisfactory magic element." After her instructions, the Lobby Lady still offered a polite word as usual before leaving.

When the room was empty except for him, Jiang Yuan approached the Awakening Stone.

Closing his eyes, he slowly placed his hand on the smooth, cool Awakening Stone, silently repeating Dimensional Magic in his mind.

The smooth, cool Awakening Stone reacted the moment it touched his palm. Light gradually spread from the very center of the stone, like starlight flickering in the dim room.

The starlight formed veins that climbed up Jiang Yuan's arm, feeling very similar to his first awakening. He clearly sensed a surge of energy flowing within him.

Little by little, the energy unearthed another strange force from deep inside him. Then, in a flash, it poured into his mental space.

In the chaotic black expanse of his mental space, a blue nebula and a small cluster of star dust slowly revolved.

Suddenly, as if something was being conceived, the mental space pulsed once.

A bolt of purple lightning streaked across, and a cluster of purple star dust was born, carving out its own territory in the vast, boundless mental space.

Purple.

It was the Lightning element!

A flash of lightning struck Jiang Yuan's mind.

This awakening result was also excellent.

The Lightning element's dominance persisted from the early stages all the way to the end without fading, though compared to Black Magic and Dimensional Magic, it had fewer variations.

But there was a reason Lightning was hailed as the foremost among elements.

He wondered how his Lightning would stack up against Mo Fan's in the future.

The moment he obtained Lightning, Jiang Yuan began planning his future development.

A Heavenly Seed was essential.

He also needed to get his hands on the Divine Seal Ode.

Speaking of Mo Fan, since he had already awakened Lightning, did that mean there was no second magic element?

Just as he thought this, his mental space pulsed again.

The Awakening Stone lit up once more.

A dazzling radiance bloomed, and a strange cluster of star dust rapidly took shape in his mental space.

This was!?

Jiang Yuan froze, repeatedly confirming the characteristics of the star dust.

The whole thing was transparent, but if you looked closely, you could see a faint, barely perceptible hint of purple within the stardust.

This was the Mind element, one of the white magic types!!!

It was real, actually real!

He really had the same Innate Dual Elements as Mo Fan!

Jiang Yuan didn't even have time to savor the surprise of awakening the Mind element; he was completely immersed in the joy of having Innate Dual Elements.

This joy came and went quickly, and Jiang Yuan couldn't help but calm down.

No, it was more like extreme rationality.

Jiang Yuan's thoughts were unusually sharp at that moment, and he immediately realized what the Mind element had brought him.

"Could it be another Innate Talent?"

He had to think that way.

An ordinary mage with one Innate Talent was already a favored child of heaven, destined to stand out in the magical world.

Counting them one by one.

Innate Dual Elements, Water Temperature Control, Undead Soul Gathering and Fusion—that was already three.

If the Mind element had one too, that would be four.

No, Double Meditation also counted as an Innate Talent.

That made five Innate Talents in total.

Given that each element seemed to have an Innate Talent, he even suspected the Lightning element had one too, just not revealed yet.

The more he thought about it, the more his heart raced.

But Jiang Yuan's extreme state kept his emotions from stirring even a ripple—true composure in the face of change.

He closed his eyes, trying to find the answer from the Mind stardust, to confirm whether he had a new Innate Talent.

"Are you done?" A voice came from outside the door. The Lobby Lady pushed it open without permission and, seeing Jiang Yuan with his eyes closed, assumed he hadn't started the awakening yet.

She immediately urged, "Hurry up, someone else is here to awaken!"

"Sorry, I've already finished awakening. Let him in." Jiang Yuan opened his eyes and left the room.

He had just confirmed that his Mind element had an Innate Talent, but before he could figure out what it was, he was interrupted.

For now, he only knew he could actively turn this rational state on and off.

Now that Jiang Yuan had turned it off, he immediately felt annoyed at the Lobby Lady for opening the door without permission.

Though this level of disruption had no effect on the awakening, the action itself was very off-putting.

Jiang Yuan went to the hall, found a complaint form, and wrote a long string of words, ending with the name of the City Demon Hunting Squad.

After doing that, he rushed home without stopping.

He needed to go back and continue sensing his Innate Talents.

Including the Lightning element.

"He Yan, come see what's written on this complaint form yourself. Couldn't you tell he was a distinguished mage?"

"I've told you before not to treat people differently. Just do your own job well. With such a bad attitude, how can I let you keep working here?"

That evening, the hall manager harshly scolded the Lobby Lady He Yan, who had received Jiang Yuan, while holding the complaint form.

"I-I-he-how could he be a member of the City Demon Hunting Squad?" He Yan looked at the complaint form and was so frightened her face went pale.

"Enough. Starting tomorrow, go back where you came from. Don't come back." The hall manager said flatly.

"But I—" He Yan tried to struggle, but her superior gave her no chance, glaring and saying:

"Say another word, and you won't be leaving on your own!"