The castle looked magnificent even from afar, but only up close did its fine details become visible.
Two Black Dragon statues stood at the entrance. Their teeth and scales were lifelike, and they lay humbly on the ground, as though welcoming guests.
The tails of the two Black Dragon statues coiled together to form an ascending staircase. Each step bore a particular rune, and these runes were precisely the frog-shaped script Li Ziran knew so well.
Clearly, the Elves had noticed the connection between this script and natural elements long ago.
At the archway ahead, four Elf statues were carved into the doorposts on either side. Like mighty titans, they held up the pale-white gates. Studs dotted the gates, their crude shapes arranged into a seven-pointed star.
The seven-pointed star had been the most popular symbol in primordial times, representing the most balanced state of the elements.
Elemental balance was the ultimate achievement in control for any Mage, a measure of their mastery.
Beyond the doorway lay diamond-shaped marble tiles. Exquisite runes were carved into each one, depicting none other than the various secondary elements formed through the fusion and transformation of natural elements over the years.
Ash, gloom, rock, embers, lightning, explosion.
These names instantly caught Li Ziran's attention. The floor tiles were practically an elemental encyclopedia, laying out in full the types and patterns of natural elements' evolution over the years.
Elemental legacies that Mages treasured above all else were used here as mere floor tiles.
The diamond-shaped tiles seemed endless, as though symbolizing the endless possibilities of elemental mutation. Just walking across them taught Li Ziran a great deal, giving him an almost complete understanding of the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary elements that natural elements had evolved into over the years.
This seemed to embody the essence