Dual Element, Beginner Level

The end-of-term test arrived as scheduled.

There were both a magic theory test and a magic release test.

In the theory test, Jiang Yuan, for the first time ever, achieved full marks in all subjects and ranked first in his grade.

When it came time for the magic release test, Jiang Yuan simply didn't go to school. He called Xue Musheng from home, saying he was at the hospital and had skipped the test.

Mo Fan, just like in the original timeline, hadn't managed to control a single fire-type star, drawing ridicule from many.

The end-of-term test concluded, and the holidays began.

Jiang Yuan stayed home alone, meditating on the Undead element.

In this world, his identity was that of a native-born Bocheng local.

However, he had no relatives; he was an orphan.

Though an orphan, his parents had left behind a house in the old district and a deposit of several hundred thousand.

If he were just an ordinary student, this would have been enough for him to graduate smoothly.

But his parents clearly never imagined that Jiang Yuan would become a mage.

The holiday time still flew by.

In the blink of an eye, the day to start school arrived.

Inside the room.

There were still three days until school began.

Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged, eyes tightly shut.

In his mental space, the gray stardust was dazzling and magnificent, with seven stars arranged one by one.

One star, two stars, three stars, four stars...

Until the seventh star finally moved into its last position with difficulty.

Star trail complete!

Magic appears!

A gray radiance spread, and a white figure stepped forth.

It was a white skeleton soldier wielding a cleaver, with blue ghost fire silently burning in its eye sockets.

Jiang Yuan hadn't noticed this scene yet.

His consciousness was still immersed in the mental space.

The moment the star trail succeeded, he felt an Undead Space bind itself to him. This space was as large as a football field.

It was filled with the aura of death, dim and gloomy.

Jiang Yuan kept recalling knowledge about the Undead element. This magic element was originally considered dark arts and forbidden magic, only later incorporated into the magic system.

Even today, some countries still do not recognize the Undead element.

Because the Undead element requires signing contracts with undead. To make the Undead element stronger, one needs to sign contracts with more undead and make one's own undead more powerful.

Some Undead Mages kill living beings to create their own exclusive undead.

This implies certain dark and illegal activities.

From a certain perspective, the Undead element and the Summoning System share many similarities.

One can summon undead from the underworld to fight for them, and also sign contracts with undead to place them in one's own Undead Space.

However, there is a major difference between undead and summoned beasts: undead are very difficult to kill, one could even say they are immortal and indestructible.

In fact, some international magic institutions already believe that the Undead element should be incorporated into the Summoning System.

But since the source of the Undead element is the Dark Plane, completely different from the Summoning System, this view doesn't have much support.

"According to the books, the Undead Space is only supposed to open at the intermediate level. Why has it opened now?"

Jiang Yuan was utterly baffled. To contract undead, one must reach the intermediate level to have the Undead Contract magic.

Opening the Undead Space early was useless.

Jiang Yuan pondered, but after a long while, he found no answer in his mind.

Forget it, can't figure it out, so be it.

No big deal.

Jiang Yuan gave up thinking and opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was a snow-white skull staring straight at him.

"F**k!" Jiang Yuan cursed loudly, leaping backward abruptly.

The White Skeleton Soldier stood still, watching him without moving.

Only then did Jiang Yuan realize this was the undead summoned by his Undead magic. Judging by the gleaming cleaver in its hand, it was even a native undead.

He had actually been startled by the undead he himself had summoned, losing all face.

"Crack, crack..." The White Skeleton Soldier clacked its jaw, the sound almost like a sneer aimed at Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan was a bit speechless and waved his hand to send the White Skeleton Soldier back to the underworld.

Wolf Tribe Demons probably loved gnawing on bones.

Jiang Yuan declared that he absolutely was not doing this to erase that embarrassing piece of history!

The holiday ended, and the second semester began.

The entire morning today was dedicated to magic practice class.

Although Jiang Yuan was a day student, he still arrived at school early.

At the classroom door, a woman in a uniform approached, her skin fair and delicate, her figure tall and curvaceous. Many male students stared at her unblinkingly, their minds wandering to who knows what.

The two happened to meet at the doorway.

Jiang Yuan roughly guessed who this female teacher was.

The magic practice teacher for the second semester, the Totem Black Snake Guardian, Tang Yue.

"Teacher." Jiang Yuan stepped back, letting Tang Yue enter the classroom first.

Tang Yue looked at the polite male student in front of her, smiled, and said, "Are you a student from Class Eight? What's your name?"

Jiang Yuan nodded: "Yes, teacher. My name is Jiang Yuan."

"Then go ahead and enter the classroom first." Tang Yue smiled and walked in.

The students of Class Eight saw Jiang Yuan and Tang Yue enter the classroom one after the other, chatting and laughing, and their eyes went wide.

Was this beautiful teacher a new instructor?

How did this guy Jiang Yuan get so familiar with the pretty teacher?

"Damn it!" Zhang Xiaohou growled fiercely.

"What's wrong?" Mo Fan, who had just sneaked into the classroom from the back, hadn't seen Tang Yue yet. Following Zhang Xiaohou's gaze to the podium, his expression instantly froze.

How could there be such a good-looking teacher!

Jiang Yuan walked down from the podium to his seat, with Mo Fan sitting diagonally behind him.

Mo Fan leaned in and whispered, "Jiang Yuan, what's your relationship with this pretty teacher? Is she your sister or some relative?"

"Damn it, you bastard, having such a gorgeous sister and never telling us!" Zhang Xiaohou quietly condemned.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the two of them and said flatly, "Don't overthink it. Just pay attention in class."

The two couldn't focus at all and wanted to press further, but a bright voice from the podium caught their attention.

"Good morning, classmates. Your magic practice teacher is sick and hospitalized, so I'll be taking over this class. My name is Tang Yue, and I'm very happy to be your magic practice teacher!"

After a brief self-introduction, Tang Yue quickly got into the teaching groove.

Once the theoretical part was finished, she led the students to the school's practice field to demonstrate magic.

The magic she demonstrated was the Beginner level fire spell, Fire Seed.

The powerful fire magic drew gasps of amazement from the students, who were just beginning to learn magic.

Jiang Yuan's eyes flickered. He was already a dual-element Beginner and had experienced beginner magic before, but seeing the power of an exploding flame firsthand still made his heart tremble.

This was magic. This was the extraordinary.

After the demonstration, Tang Yue tallied the fire-element students in the class and announced that anyone who could connect seven stars could come to her for specialized guidance.

Jiang Yuan planned to tell Tang Yue at an appropriate time that he had already connected seven stars. He needed to ask her about some deeper magical knowledge.

Additionally, he had to keep working hard on meditation.

He aimed to secure first place in the Annual Assessment, as that was the only way to earn the right to use the Stardust Magic Tool.