No Profit, No Early Rising! (Seeking Follow-ups, Seeking Collections)

Now, there was only one day left before the seven-day usage period of the Three-Step Tower expired.

Lan Yu did not rest on his laurels after breaking through to the High Level; instead, he continued to immerse himself in cultivation.

He spent half a day polishing his Summoning Element cultivation, then dedicated the remaining two days to his Light Element.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye; Lan Yu wished he could take root inside the Three-Step Tower.

Unfortunately, the academy's regulations strictly limited the time to seven days, not a minute or second more.

Moreover, every activation of the Three-Step Tower consumed a massive amount of energy, a factor the academy monitored with extreme rigor.

Stepping out of the Three-Step Tower, Lan Yu felt refreshed and invigorated.

This time, he had not only broken through to the High Level in the Light Element, but his Summoning Element had also reached the second tier of the Intermediate Level.

Beyond that, by utilizing the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, he had forged an Indestructible Vajra Body, and the defensive capabilities of his Light Element magic had been greatly enhanced.

Although this Indestructible Vajra Body might have been slightly exaggerated, when combined with his magic equipment and other defensive measures, he was now comparable to an unkillable cockroach.

Time to go for the High-Level awakening.

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 guided Lan Yu up from the main lobby.

"The younger generation is truly formidable. To be a High-Level mage at such a young age—when I was your age, I was still hovering at the second tier of the Intermediate Level."

Guo Liyu's tone was filled with emotion, a mix of admiration and envy toward Lan Yu.

"Talent alone isn't enough without hard work," Lan Yu replied.

In reality, he was just cheating, but there was no need to make a fuss about basic operations.

Guo Liyu chuckled at this, "Regardless, a High-Level mage as young as you is a rare sight. Which magic element do you intend to awaken? Do you need a guidance stone? I can give you a discount."

Lan Yu thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go with a Chaos Element guidance stone."

"This..." Guo Liyu froze for a moment.

"What's wrong? Do you not have one?"

"I certainly have one, but it is extremely precious. Using it once will cost you 500,000 RMB. You see..." Guo Liyu rubbed his fingers together, the implication clear.

Why wasn't it 500,000 Marks?

Lan Yu felt a slight pang of disappointment.

"Five hundred thousand it is."

For someone with Lan Yu's net worth of hundreds of millions, a mere 500,000 was just pocket change.

Guo Liyu immediately beamed, even handling the setup of the awakening ritual himself.

"Please, we won't disturb you during the awakening process." Guo Liyu ushered Lan Yu into the awakening room and closed the door softly behind him.

The entire awakening room was illuminated by luminescent stones. As Lan Yu walked toward the awakening stone, he noticed many small, gray beads placed around it.

These small beads radiated a strange power, and the surrounding space seemed to distort because of them.

Closing his eyes, Lan Yu placed his palm gently onto the cold awakening stone.

The moment his hand touched it, the entire awakening stone reacted instantly, and the gray beads surrounding it began to glow with a hazy, ash-colored light.

Lan Yu could clearly feel a strange energy flowing from his palm through his body, then flashing into his spiritual universe.

Somewhere within the chaotic spiritual universe, it felt as if a small life was being conceived; they were altering this spiritual space, slowly carving out a territory of their own.

They were as fine as dust, and in an instant, a fiery vitality and restlessness appeared, followed by the cold, biting chill of ice water.

What the hell?!

Seeing the distinct, separated star dust that looked exactly like an Ice and Fire Mandarin Duck Pot, Lan Yu couldn't help but explode:

Damn it!!!

Where is my Chaos Element!!!

Spit it out, you bastard!!!

Are you telling me I wasted 500,000 for nothing?!

Do you believe I'll blow you up?!

Ice and Fire elements: ...

Seemingly sensing Lan Yu's rage, the awakening stone and the gray beads exerted their power once more.

After the Ice and Fire star dust stabilized, a new star dust burst into existence—

Gray, mottled, and twisted in irregularity!

That unique light of chaos calmed Lan Yu's restless heart.

Seven gray-white stars floated above that star dust, circulating with a faint light that was disordered yet governed by order.

Heh heh heh, it's the Chaos Element! Lan Yu was overjoyed.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Lan Yu turned his gaze back to the Ice and Fire star dust.

The stardust resembled a yin-yang fish, with seven stars—a mix of blue and red—swimming vivaciously within the ice-fire stardust.

Ice and fire coexisting? It seems there is also the power of water...

This situation reminded Lan Yu of Bei Jiang, who possessed both Shadow and Chaos elements that coexisted, sharing the same stardust, nebula, and galaxy for both types of magic.

Lan Yu's ice and fire elements were exactly the same.

That's fine, it gives me another means, Lan Yu thought. Beneath the Mandarin Duck Pot lie the remains of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings. When the time comes, I'll dive down to find their bones, and if my martial soul can also manifest as the Water and Fire Dragon Kings, that would be quite excellent.

Leaving the Pearl Mage Tower, Lan Yu stopped by to buy a few boxes of cherries.

Just as he was planning to head back to his apartment, Zhao Manyan's call came through.

"Old Lan, something huge happened!"

"What kind of huge thing? Did your grandma give birth?"

"Screw you!" Zhao Manyan retorted, then continued, "Dean Xiao sold us out! He wants us to go to the Imperial Capital Academy to be exchange students for a while!"

"Going to kick down their doors? That sounds interesting."

On the other end of the line, Zhao Manyan couldn't help but roll his eyes. "You aren't wrong to put it that way, but that's the Imperial Capital Academy, the number one ranked institution in the country. Freaks and monsters are a dime a dozen there..."

"I'm sure it's more like those with backgrounds and influence are a dime a dozen," Lan Yu interrupted Zhao Manyan.

"Uh... you're not wrong about that either. But Dean Xiao specifically named you. I still have to call that guy Mo Fan, so I'm hanging up."

Lan Yu shoved his phone back into his pocket, intending to head to the school first.

Finding Dean Xiao, Lan Yu immediately began to complain bitterly, "Dean, my strength is so weak; how could you bear to send me to the Imperial Capital Academy to embarrass myself?"

Your strength is weak?

Dean Xiao smiled speechlessly. "You brat, you're the type who won't get out of bed unless there's profit to be made... Here, pick any one of these magic tools."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and several magic tools appeared on his desk.

"Sigh~ Since Dean Xiao has conquered me with such sentiment, it would truly be ungrateful of me to act coy..."

Lan Yu rubbed his hands together and picked the footwear magic tool.

"This footwear magic tool was crafted from the exotic hide of a Gale Magic Wolf. When running, its speed is equivalent to Wind Track Shadow," Dean Xiao introduced briefly.

"It only makes me run fast?" Lan Yu asked casually.

"You brat, were you expecting to split mountains and shatter rocks while wearing Gale Boots?"

"Heh~"

"Alright, alright. You've taken the item, so when you head to the Imperial Capital Academy this time, make sure not to lose face for our Pearl."