Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 10
The ability to freeze the Awakening Stone during the awakening meant that the power of his Ice Element surpassed the average person. He was likely to be a very talented Ice Element apprentice, and his future was very promising!
“Next, Qiu Yueying!”
After the homeroom teacher said this, a girl with a somewhat confident look on her face came over.
“Alright, Earth Element. The power of your stardust isn’t bad at all. It seems like the effort you’ve put in is showing!”
“Next, Xu Qinglin!”
“Also Ice Element.”
At this moment, Mo Fan tiptoed to watch. He discovered that the person who also awakened the Ice Element, Xu Qinglin, caused a layer of faint frosty mist to emerge. It did not freeze the Awakening Stone though.
From this, one could tell that even if this was the Ice Element, Xu Qinglin’s talent and cultivation was much lower than Mu Bai.
“Next, Lu Xiaobing.”
“Hm, Water Element!”
“Ahhh, oh my god, how could I be Water Element? I should be a Fire Element!” suddenly, the classmate called ‘Lu Xiaobing’ called out in bewilderment. The people within the circ.u.mference of a hundred Mi heard this.
“Don’t be discouraged. No matter what Element you cultivate, as long as you can become an Intermediate-level Mage, you will obtain even more recognition.”
Lu Xiaobing had no other choice. He could only return to his own seat in low spirits.
In fact, the awakening in the beginning was very important. If it was a Fire Element, then one could possess a certain level of combat prowess as a Primary-level Magician. That allowed future cultivation to happen much more easily.
The Primary-level Water Element skill was ‘Water Shield,’ and its defensive power was not as strong as the Earth Element. If one was not proficient in it, then the effects were not very clear. At the very least, that’s how it worked among the Primary-rank Mages.
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Translator: Tofu
Editor: MindLitUp
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[1] Looking down on people who are far better than you are.
*[advantage]: by having their erection in contact with her
*[ cent bills]: China has cents in bills called jiao
*[Guoshu]: Guo here means country and shu means technique
*[ 190 centimeters]: Over 6ft tall
*[Lake Cui]: Cui Hu, also means Green Lake
*[hundred dyuan bills]: 100yuan is their biggest bill
*[Daoist Fierce Tiger]: The author of this novel
*[Noodles]: made of wheat
*[Rice Noodles]: made of rice
*[Zhang Tian Tian]: Tian means sweet
*[Bajiquan]: Also known as Eight Extremities Fist, but Bajiquan sounds nicer to me
*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes
*[12.47 to 13.07]: don't ask me about the tree sap
Chapter 5 - Innate Dual Elements (1)
“Next…”
“Next....”
“Next…..”
“Zhang Hou!”
Standing not too far from Mo Fan, the monkey-looking Zhang Hou turned his head around and gave Mo Fan a glance, “Brother Mo Fan, I’m going now.”
“Alright, good luck.”
“Hmph, I hope you will also get Water Element,” Zhao Kunsan immediately said in sarcasm.
Zhang Hou was just a skinny, monkey stick. As he put his hands on it, an odd wind vortex appeared on the Awakening Stone, causing the teacher’s clothes to move slightly.
“Very good. Wind Element. Your talent isn’t bad at all. Practice hard, and don’t be lazy!” Xue Musheng’s face also revealed a look of satisfaction.
The homeroom teacher, Xue Musheng, was feeling very happy. This was because he had only reached ten or so of them, and there were already two talented students who had appeared. If they were to cultivate well, then they would definitely be admitted into a good University.
Naturally, what made his face light up like a gem was student number 1, Mu Bai. An outstanding Ice Element talent coupled with the Ice Element Family behind him, his future capabilities would be of a great asset!
It seemed like the class 8 had an opportunity to become one of the top classes this year.
“Next…”
“Next….”
“Next…..”
“Pu~~~~~”
An orange colored fire suddenly lit up on top of the Awakening Stone.
This scene caused the entire class to widen their eyes.
“Fire… Fire Element!!!”
“Shit! It turned out to be a girl. What’s her name?”
For a moment, the girl who awakened the Fire Element became the focus of the class. This Element was the most amazing one among the Chemical Elements. This was also the Apprentice-level Mage’s first choice in awakening. If they were able to choose which Elements to get, then….
Unfortunately, the Fire Element was quite arrogant yet tender, and the probability of awakening it was quite low. In a class, there’d be at most three of them; that’s not even one every tenth students.
“Her name is Zhou Min. It seems like she’s the daughter of some teacher,” someone said in a whisper.
“She looks really good. We should get to know her better.”
“We should be cautious. This Zhou Min looks like she’s very quiet and obedient, but in reality, she’s very short-tempered and violent. How else could a girl awaken the Fire Element?”
“That makes sense.”
“Daughter is just like mother. If Mrs. Wenhua knows about this, then I’m sure she’ll be excited,” the homeroom teacher, Xue Musheng, said.
“Thank you teacher.”
“Next….. Wind Element.”
“Next….. Light Element.”
“Heavens, I’m going to the roof. Don’t stop me,” the Light Element student said.
“Next….Water Element.”
“Classmate with the Light Element, wait for me! I’m coming with you to the roof.”
“Next…..”
……
Finally when it seemed like the entire class had their Elements awakened, Mo Fan’s hand held the student number 48, as his heart madly skipped incessantly. Perhaps no one else was as nervous as Mo Fan. On one hand, his first interaction with magic was only three months ago, while on the other hand, he was really worried that he’d fail his Awakening!
“Number 48, Mo Fan!”
“It’s your turn!” Zhang Hou turned his head around and encouraged him.
“Sacrificing everything to get in here. Just don’t hold any kind of hope. If your luck is good, you could get Water Element. If you can’t reach the Intermediate-level Mage, then you’ll have wasted it. If your luck is bad, then your awakening will fail. Tsk tsk tsk... and by then you’ll be expelled,” Zhao Kunsan said with sarcasm.
“Would you shut your dog mouth?” Zhang Hou said with slight anger.
Zhang Hou saw Mo Fan as a big brother. Although his grades in Magic were bad, and he entered Magic High through the backdoor, Zhang Hou absolutely did not wish to see Mo Fan’s awakening be worse than others.
The nine year compulsory magic education actually served to build a foundation for the Awakening, as well as the theories for cultivation afterward. If they didn’t study well, then on one hand, the Awakening might fail, while on the other, the cultivation might not advance.
Mo Fan took large strides and passed through the crowds of people.
“It’s him. It seems like he entered through the backdoor.”
“Who is this? He looks pretty handsome,” a girl asked dreamily.
“A dreg of a student. I was originally from the class next to his,” another girl with a mushroom head and large mouth said.
“Is that so? Then his awakening might be bad.”
“Whether he will succeed his awakening is the real question.”
“Those of you who awakened Light or Water Element, don’t worry. Wait till you see this Mo Fan awaken... then you’ll feel much better. This guy’s exam score was at one digit, and his foundation is completely shit. His awakening is likely to fail,” at that moment Zhao Kunsan spat at Zhang Hou with a straightforward, loud voice that carried a sense of mocking.
As he said this, the Light and Water Element students eyes turned bright. If there really was a person that failed their awakening, then that would really make them feel… relieved.
“Stop making a racket!” Xue Musheng glared at Zhao Kunsan.
The corner of Mu Bai’s mouth slowly curled up. He wanted Mo Fan to be humiliated in front of everyone. _What qualifications did he have to approach Lady Mu Ningxue? He’s just a loser. Someone as handsome as me, with a good talent in magic and who makes great efforts, who is Mu Ningxue’s relation, should be very intimate with her._
“Dreg... I heard that your family sold the house so you could do the Awakening. If you really happen to fail the awakening, then you should just find a river and jump into it. That way your problems will be solved. Then you can also save your family from being humiliated,” Mu Bai said with a delicate whisper as Mo Fan passed by.
Mo Fan glanced at Mu Bai; he endured the impulse to curse at the idiot as he walked to the front of Xue Musheng.
“Mo Fan, put your hands here,” Xue Musheng said with a gentle tone.
As the homeroom teacher, Xue Musheng was very clear on the circ.u.mstances of the student in front of him.
His middle school exams were essentially at the bottom. He was only able to enter Tian Lan Magic High because of the higher ups pulling strings. From how Xue Musheng saw it, Mo Fan was from a normal family: no background, no talent, his grades were so bad that he didn’t even want to look at them. This kind of student being sent to his class was simply a headache; it was very easy for him to pull down the average of the class.
_Ah, there's nothing I can do about it. I’ll have to count myself unlucky. Hopefully this kid won’t actually fail his awakening, or else he’ll become the laughingstock for the entire year._
Mo Fan’s hands was constantly shaking. At the end of the day, he was still a little nervous.
“Smooth and steady, don’t shake,” Xue Musheng said as a reminder.
Mo Fan used his left hand to grab onto his right hand. In this way, he successfully put his right hand onto the Awakening Stone.
It’s cold. He didn’t know if it was because the last person had awakened the Ice Element, causing the entire Awakening Stone to be ice cold.
Eh? Something’s not right. Why is it beginning to feel numb and hot?
“Close your eyes and feel your Spiritual World!” Xue Musheng said.
What a troublesome student; he doesn’t even know the basics.
Mo Fan hastily closed his eyes as instructed.
This so-called Spiritual World could be seen when one closed their eyes, and within their head, a piece of void would emerge. A normal person would continually imagine in this void, and just like movie fragments, there would be those indistinct scenes. When one emptied their mind and stopped thinking, the mind became a void... just like a sky without a star.
Within the Spiritual World, there was nothing at all. However, when Mo Fan placed his hand on the Awakening Stone, he could feel the power of lightning…
This power was transmitted from his hand to his body. Following this, there was suddenly a miraculous power within his empty Spiritual World, which caused a purple colored arc to streak across the world; it was gorgeous, magnificent, and an experience that shocked his soul!
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Translator: Tofu
Editor: MindLitUp
*[advantage]: by having their erection in contact with her
*[ cent bills]: China has cents in bills called jiao
*[Guoshu]: Guo here means country and shu means technique
*[ 190 centimeters]: Over 6ft tall
*[Lake Cui]: Cui Hu, also means Green Lake
*[hundred dyuan bills]: 100yuan is their biggest bill
*[Daoist Fierce Tiger]: The author of this novel
*[Noodles]: made of wheat
*[Rice Noodles]: made of rice
*[Zhang Tian Tian]: Tian means sweet
*[Bajiquan]: Also known as Eight Extremities Fist, but Bajiquan sounds nicer to me
*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes
*[12.47 to 13.07]: don't ask me about the tree sap
Chapter 6 - Innate Dual Elements (2)
Within the empty Spiritual World was a little bit of light. Mo Fan carefully tried to focus his awareness on it. Suddenly, he noticed a tiny bit of stardust emerging from the void.
Mo Fan felt a burst of excitement.
This stardust was extremely important to Mages; it measured the Mage’s cultivation. The stardust existed within the Spiritual World of Mages, and the more that occupied the void, the stronger the power of the Mage!
Mo Fan already saw something illuminated within the stardust. It looked like a small, purple colored star cl.u.s.ter. Comparing it to the rest of the Spiritual World, the cl.u.s.ter did not look like dust. While at same time, this meant that his awakening had not failed. The book clearly stated that as long as there was a star cl.u.s.ter within the Spiritual World, no matter how weak and feeble it was, it meant that the awakening was successful!
_Hahahaha! Who said that this father, I, would fail the awakening?!_
_Didn’t I succeed the awakening?_
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_I really want to see the aghast faces of Zhao Kunsan and Mu Bai._
_Hm?_
_Hold on, what’s the color of the star cl.u.s.ter?_
_It’s not red... How unfortunate. I didn’t awaken the Fire Element._
_Red represents the Fire Element._
_Green represents the Wind Element._
_Brown represents the Earth Element._
_Blue represents the Water Element._
_Gold represents the Light Element._
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_Purple represents..._
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_Holy crap!!!_
Suddenly, Mo Fan was completely flabbergasted.
_Purple!!!_
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_He actually had the purple star cl.u.s.ter; the purple color!!!_
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“Heavens! Someone in the class next to us awakened the Lightning Element!”
On the training ground, a student suddenly cried out in surprise.
“What? Lightning Element appeared?? Shit, that’s a whole lifetime's worth of luck.”
“Where, where? Woah, what a dazzling and ruthless purple. The homeroom teacher of class 7 must’ve been quite surprised.”
“Uhhhhh, kill me already. Why am I Water Element? Why didn’t I get the Lightning Element? Don’t stop me. I’m going to the roof.”
“Don’t bother jumping; you won’t die. Beneath it lies the corpse of a Light Element user.”
“This Lightning Element student will cause an uproar throughout the entire school!”
After the Lightning Element appeared, everyone felt a shocking sensation.
If one said the Fire Element was the first choice of all the common Mages, then the Lightning Element was the beautiful grace bestowed from the Heavens. The Lightning power was more tyrannical than the Fire Element. It allowed Primary-rank Magicians to possess a combat prowess that exceeded others. According to statistics from the teachers, there was a 50% chance for students who awakened the Lightning Element to become Intermediate-level Magicians (unless they slacked off and did not study properly).
The Magic Middle School Exam basically eliminated roughly 60% of the students. The remaining 40% became students who were allowed to go through the Awakening.
Among the students who went through the awakening, there might be around 60% who were eliminated. This was because during their 3 years at the Magic High, there was a chance that they would not be able to release any magic at all.
There’s one thousand five hundred students in school, but only one student who awakened the Lightning Element. This went to show how rare the Lightning Element was!
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In that moment, all the teachers and students eyes flew toward the boy in class 7. This boy, coincidentally, wore purple clothes. This made the indistinct purple lightning arc from the awakening seem increasingly dazzling. In that moment, this seemingly confident, yet cold, boy became the focal point for a thousand people as he gave rise to a boiling excitement from the crowd.
“Woah, why is it so noisy?” Mo Fan slowly opened his eyes, his face was filled with joy.
However, as Mo Fan opened his eyes, he discovered the teacher who was watching over him was completely enchanted with the class next to them.
Mo Fan turned his head around and saw the students behind him also looking at the class next to them.
_What’s going on??_
_Where are you guys looking??_
Soon enough, Mo Fan finally found out what was going on.
Apparently, a person in the class next to his had awakened the Lightning Element. In the instant of Mo Fan awakening, the teachers and students gazes were directed toward the lad who awakened just before him!
Mo Fan’s face was filled with bitterness as he looked at the Awakening Stone, which was also leaping with a purple lightning arc. He really wished he could just slap the homeroom teacher across the face and tell him, “Why are you envying the shit in the class next to ours?! Look at me! I also possess the almighty Lightning Element!”
As Mo Fan was about to speak, a starry radiance suddenly lit up again on the Awakening Stone. It was as though blood vessels began forming on Mo Fan’s hands.
Mo Fan’s face filled with surprise!
_Wasn’t the awakening over? Why was this Awakening Stone starting up again?_
Mo Fan wanted to retract his arm, but the magic power had already been transmitted into his body from his palm.
Fiery hot.
A fiery hot power!
Mo Fan himself had no idea on what was happening. However, a small part of the power urged him to once again spread his awareness into his Spiritual World and perceive the second power’s invasion.
