Now, there was still one full day until the seven-day usage period at the Three-Step Tower ended.
Lan Yu didn't let his breakthrough to the high tier go to his head. Instead, he threw himself right back into cultivation.
He spent half a day pushing his Summoning Element cultivation along, then devoted the remaining two days to the Light Element.
Two days was a very short time. Lan Yu wished he could put down roots in the Three-Step Tower.
Unfortunately, the school only allowed seven days. Not a minute or a second more.
Besides, every time the Three-Step Tower was opened, it consumed an enormous amount of energy, so the school kept a tight rein on its use.
When Lan Yu stepped out of the Three-Step Tower, he felt refreshed from head to toe.
This time, he had not only broken through to the high tier in the Light Element, but had also reached Intermediate Level Two in the Summoning Element.
That wasn't all. With the help of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, he had cultivated the Indestructible Vajra Body, and the defensive power of his Light Element magic had also improved enormously.
His Indestructible Vajra Body might have been a little short of the real thing, but with magic tools and other defenses backing him up, he'd be as hard to kill as a cockroach.
I should go awaken a high-tier Element.
Having made up his mind, Lan Yu left Pearl Academy and headed straight for the Pearl Mage Tower.
With Dean Xiao's introduction, Guo Liyu personally brought Lan Yu up from the main hall.
"Young people are truly formidable. You're already a high-tier mage at such a young age. When I was your age, I was still stuck at Intermediate Level Two."
Guo Liyu's voice was full of feeling, both admiration for Lan Yu and envy.
"Talent alone isn't enough. You have to work hard, too," Lan Yu said.
In truth, he'd simply been cheating. Just the usual—nothing to make a fuss about.
Guo Liyu smiled at that. "High-tier mages as young as you are rare. What Element are you planning to awaken? Need a Guiding Stone? I'll give you a discount."
Lan Yu thought it over, then said, "Then I'll take a Chaos Element Guiding Stone."
"This..." Guo Liyu was momentarily stunned.
"What's wrong? You don't have one?"
"Of course we have one, but it's precious. Each use costs 500,000 RMB. So, what do you say..." Guo Liyu rubbed his fingers together, making his meaning clear.
Why not 500,000 marks, then?
Lan Yu felt a little disappointed.
"Fine. 500,000 it is."
But to Lan Yu, who was worth tens of millions, a mere 500,000 was nothing. A drop in the bucket.
Guo Liyu immediately broke into a smile. He even personally set up the awakening ritual.
"Please. We won't disturb you during the awakening." Guo Liyu escorted Lan Yu into the Awakening Room, then carefully closed the door behind him.
The entire Awakening Room was lit by luminous stones. Lan Yu walked over to the Awakening Stone and saw many small, gray beads scattered around it.
The beads gave off a strange energy, and the space around them seemed to warp.
Closing his eyes, Lan Yu gently placed his palm on the cold Awakening Stone.
The moment his hand touched it, the Awakening Stone responded at once, while the gray beads around it began to glow with a hazy light.
Lan Yu could clearly feel a strange energy flowing from his palm through his body, then vanishing in a flash as it poured into his Spiritual Universe.
Somewhere in his chaotic Spiritual Universe, it was as if tiny lives were being born. They changed that mental space, slowly carving out a territory of their own.
They were as small as specks of dust, yet in an instant, a flame-like vitality and restlessness appeared, along with the cool, sharp chill of ice water.
What the heck?!
When he saw the Star Dust, divided as distinctly as an Ice and Fire Mandarin Duck Pot, Lan Yu couldn't help but curse:
Damn it!!!
Where the hell is my Chaos Element?!
Give it back!!!
Did you make me waste 500,000 for nothing?!
Do you think I won't blow this place up?!
Ice and Fire Elements: ...
Perhaps sensing Lan Yu's fury, the Awakening Stone and the gray beads unleashed another surge of power.
After the Ice and Fire Star Dust stabilized, a new Star Dust burst into being—
Mottled gray and white, twisted and formless!
The special light of Chaos calmed Lan Yu's agitated heart.
Seven gray-white stars floated above that Star Dust, their faint light revolving in a disorder that somehow held order in its grasp.
Heh heh heh, it's the Chaos Element! Lan Yu was overjoyed.
Suppressing his excitement, Lan Yu turned his gaze back to the Ice and Fire Star Dust.
It was like a yin-yang fish, with seven blue-and-red stars merrily swimming through it.
Ice and Fire sharing an Element? There seems to be the power of water, too...
This reminded Lan Yu of Bei Jiang. That man had both the Shadow and Chaos Elements, sharing Star Dust, Star Clouds, and Star Rivers between the two types of magic.
The same was true of Lan Yu's Ice and Fire Elements.
That works, too. It gives me another set of tricks, Lan Yu thought. The Water and Fire Dragon Kings' bodies are beneath the Mandarin Duck Pot. When the time comes, I'll dive down and find their bones, then get a Water and Fire Dragon Kings Martial Soul. That'd be pretty great.
After leaving the Pearl Mage Tower, Lan Yu stopped to buy a few boxes of cherries.
Just as he was about to head back to his apartment, Zhao Manyan called:
"Lan, something big has happened!"
"What big thing? Did your grandma give birth?"
"Screw you!" Zhao Manyan shot back, then continued, "Dean Xiao sold us out. He wants us to go to the Imperial Capital as exchange students for a while!"
"Going there to kick their door in? Sounds fun."
Zhao Manyan rolled his eyes on the other end of the call. "You're not wrong, but that's the Imperial Capital Academy, the top-ranked academy in the country. It's crawling with freaks and monsters..."
"You mean it's crawling with people who have connections and influence," Lan Yu interrupted.
"Uh... You're not wrong about that, either. But Dean Xiao specifically named you as one of the people who has to go. I still need to call that guy Mo Fan, so I'll hang up now."
Lan Yu slipped his phone back into his pocket and decided to stop by the school first.
When he found Dean Xiao, Lan Yu immediately poured out his grievances. "Dean, my strength is so weak. Can you really bear to send me to the Imperial Capital Academy to embarrass myself?"
You're weak?
Dean Xiao laughed helplessly. "You brat, you never get up early unless there's something in it for you... Here, pick one of these magic tools."
As he spoke, he waved a hand, and several magic tools appeared on his desk.
"Sigh~ Since Dean Xiao has won me over with heartfelt sincerity, it'd be rude of me to keep pretending to be reluctant..."
Lan Yu rubbed his hands together and picked the Footwear Magic Tool.
"This Footwear Magic Tool was made from the unusual hide on a Gale Magic Wolf's legs. When you run in it, you'll be as fast as Wind Track Shadow," Dean Xiao briefly explained.
"It only makes you run fast?" Lan Yu asked casually.
"Were you hoping to split mountains and shatter rocks while wearing the Gale Boots?"
"Heh~"
"All right, all right. You've got your magic tool, so make sure you don't bring shame on Pearl Academy during this trip to the Imperial Capital Academy."
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