"I was thinking about what price you should pay for this secret."
As he spoke, Jiang Yuan's gaze fell on the Azure Dragon Pendant on Mo Fan's chest.
It was not that he did not want to take the pendant, but he could not. It belonged to Mo Fan; no one could take it away.
If anyone else took it, it would be nothing more than an ordinary Little Loach pendant.
"Good brother, your name is, uh... Jiang Yuan, right?" Mo Fan still remembered enough to throw an arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders. With a chuckle, he said, "Brother Jiang Yuan, I awakened dual elements. Won't I be punching all kinds of demons and trampling the great clans underfoot from now on? As long as you don't reveal this secret, I, Mo Fan, guarantee that we'll enjoy the good life together in the future!"
"I can keep this secret for you. There's no need for any price," Jiang Yuan said with a smile.
Other than the Azure Dragon Pendant, Mo Fan had nothing worth coveting at the moment. Building goodwill with him was not a bad idea either.
Mo Fan would go through fire and water for those around him.
"As expected of my good brother!" Mo Fan was deeply moved. He immediately acknowledged Jiang Yuan as his sworn brother and insisted on dragging him out for a meal.
Jiang Yuan refused. He still had to go back and practice meditation, so he could connect the seven Star Particles into a Star Track as soon as possible and obtain Beginner-level magic.
Mo Fan did not press him and hurried home to practice meditation as well.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, three months had gone by.
The school's usual schedule was simple. After theoretical lessons, most of the day was set aside specifically for meditation.
Casting magic was divided into three steps.
Meditation.
Control.
Release.
As for Jiang Yuan, he had long since finished learning all the high school magic theory in the library, so he spent all day meditating.
For some reason, Jiang Yuan's meditation time was twice as long as what the books described.
He guessed that, like Mo Fan, his soul came from another world and had fused with this body. That was why his meditation time, like Mo Fan's, was doubled.
Even their Innate Dual Elements might have been caused by the fusion of two souls.
As for controlling Star Particles, the books clearly stated that the deeper one's understanding of magic theory, the faster one's progress would be.
In fact, the original story had mentioned the connection between magic theory and cultivation speed when Mo Fan first awakened.
There was no need to mention Jiang Yuan's understanding of magic theory. Unless they specialized in magic theory research, ordinary academy students could not possibly understand it as deeply as he did.
At this point, Jiang Yuan had reached the final Star Particle among the seven Water element Star Particles.
Within his spiritual space.
Six Star Particles in the blue stardust had already arranged themselves according to a certain pattern, waiting like obedient children for their final companion.
Jiang Yuan concentrated intensely and controlled the last Star Particle, moving it toward its designated position.
Yet this Star Particle seemed to possess a will of its own. It was incredibly stubborn, like an unruly child. One moment of carelessness could ruin all his previous efforts and cause the nearly completed Star Track to collapse.
He had been stuck on controlling the final Star Particle for many days.
He had a feeling that he would complete it today. He was just one step away!
Jiang Yuan immersed himself and focused on controlling the Star Particle's movement.
The seventh Star Particle sped through the stardust. Only under his control did it slow down, inching closer to where it was supposed to be.
Slowly, at a snail's pace...
Finally, the seventh Star Particle came to a stop.
Success!!
In an instant, the Star Track formed by the Star Particles radiated a brilliant blue light, surging like waves as the Star Particles danced like meteors.
At the same time the Star Track was completed, a stream of blue water condensed around Jiang Yuan.
"Water element Beginner-level magic, Water Guard!"
Jiang Yuan opened his eyes and felt the moisture brought by Water Guard.
This was magic!
This was the extraordinary power he had mastered!
Water Guard, the only defensive skill among Beginner-level magic.
The quietly flowing water guarded Jiang Yuan's side, blocking any attack that came his way.
It might only be a small stream now, but Jiang Yuan believed that one day, it would become monstrous waves sweeping across the sea!
"Three months to complete control of seven Star Particles." Jiang Yuan sighed with emotion. This was much faster than he had expected.
After all, Mo Fan had spent an entire semester controlling his Lightning element Star Particles. Jiang Yuan's understanding of magic was deeper, so finishing one or two months earlier was perfectly normal.
Jiang Yuan looked at his Water Guard magic in satisfaction. For some reason, he felt as though he could control its temperature as easily as moving his own arm.
The thought of lowering the temperature immediately came to his mind.
The moment that thought formed, the water of Water Guard truly began dropping in temperature at an incredible speed. In the time it took to breathe, piercing cold rushed toward him.
The flowing water had already turned into ice crystals!
Water Guard had become Ice Control!
"What is this?" Jiang Yuan's eyes were full of astonishment as he immediately tried to continue manipulating the temperature.
Inside the room, Water Guard shifted between a frigid ice-crystal form, a flowing water form, and a boiling gaseous form.
Solid, liquid, gas—the three states transformed into one another as easily as moving his limbs!
Jiang Yuan did not stop until all his magic energy had been exhausted.
The emptiness in his body and the fatigue in his mind did nothing to calm him. Instead, the excitement in his heart only grew stronger.
"My Water element actually has an Attached Effect!" Jiang Yuan was stunned.
When Mo Fan awakened the Earth element at the Super level, he gained an Attached Effect talent that made his Earth element more indestructible and more destructive.
Jiang Yuan's Water element likewise possessed an Attached Effect, allowing him to freely control the temperature of water and transform it between its three states!
An Attached Effect was also an Innate Talent!!
With this Attached Effect, Jiang Yuan could control the power of the Ice element and water vapor. Although boiling vapor could not match the high temperature of flames, it was still an extraordinary power!
Jiang Yuan was overjoyed. His chances of reaching the pinnacle of the world had increased once more.
Having completed control of the Water element Star Particles, he suddenly remembered something very important.
Every semester's End-of-Term Test required them to show each person's cultivation progress, and it would be difficult to evade.
He had now completed control of all the Water element Star Particles in only three months. It was simply shocking.
Even by the End-of-Term Test, only a little over four months would have passed. Such a short time would make it easy for people to suspect him of being part of the Black Vatican.
At this point, many people might not even have completed control of a single Star Particle.
If he took the test, there would definitely be no small amount of trouble.
And he could not possibly use the Undead element for the test.
Perhaps he should find a way to avoid this test. Then, when the once-a-year Annual Assessment came next semester, revealing seven Star Particles would not be such a problem.
For the time that followed, Jiang Yuan did not focus on further raising the level of his Beginner-level Water element.
While thinking about how to avoid the test, he began controlling the Undead element Star Particles.
Since he already had experience controlling Star Particles, his control of the Undead element Star Particles went much more smoothly.
At his current pace, a little over two months would be enough to control all seven Undead element Star Particles and obtain Beginner-level Undead element magic.
If nothing unexpected happened, Jiang Yuan would become a dual-element Beginner-level mage by next semester!
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