Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 73
Thinking this over, Mo Fan could only think of one reason. His meditation effect had increased by roughly fifty percent compared to before he was an Intermediate Mage!
Because he had to carefully look after the Nebula level Fire and Lightning Elements, it made it much easier for him to look after the Stardust level Shadow and Summoning Elements.
This kind of feeling was just like being a father who had already raised his two children to the age of ten or so years. Dealing with the third and fourth child would be like a casual pinch, his management over them would be neat and tidy, making them docile and obedient.
The Shadow Stardust and Summoning Stardust has already reached the level where he could cast their spells. Only then did Mo Fan begin to connect the Shadow Stars.
Similarly, the Star Path was something Mo Fan was very proficient in. Even though the Shadow Stardust and Summoning Stardust were something that required him to start from the very beginning again, he used swindling as his method to once more make the arrogant Stars obey him.
Cultivating the Shadow and Summoning Elements was much smoother compared to the Lightning and Fire Elements. He wouldn’t make any detours, nor would he lose confidence if he failed.
Control was something Mo Fan had practiced first. Normally, those who had connected seven Stars would impatiently attempt to cast spells, and put the majority of their time towards completely utilizing that spell. Considering the limited amount of time, Mo Fan had to suppress his urge to do the same thing. Instead, he put most of his time into consolidating his foundations.
When he got to the University, he would have all the time and grounds to practice at. In this desolate place with mountains around, there weren’t any pretty ladies with good figures for him to sneakily peek at and distract him...
Chapter 141 - Taking Exams with Summoning Element
Time quickly passed by. When you’re busy, time normally goes by in a flash.
From Mo Fan’s perspective, he felt as though he had cultivated for several decades. This kind of dry and dull cultivation only made the time feel even longer, not faster!
Everything in Wuxia novels that spoke of cultivating for several years passing in the blink of an eye was a complete lie. He had now personally experienced this and was bored to death. There were many times where he just wanted to go out and let loose, but he ultimately stopped himself from doing so.
Closing his eyes this time allowed Mo Fan to fully experience the vast sea of learning, and Magic without boundaries. Either way, they were both part of the long and slow road of cultivation.
If you don’t have the willpower, then you won’t be able to do anything!
Either way, Mo Fan had bitterly cultivated throughout this year.
“Come here and have a drumstick. Tomorrow is the great opportunity for you to retake the test! You have to get accepted into a good Magic University… However, I reckon there’ll be many famous universities who will want to recruit you due to your Innate Dual Element,” Mo Jiaxing said as he made a couple of incredible dishes.
“I don’t plan on telling them about my Innate Dual Element,” Mo Fan told his father.
After careful deliberation, Mo Fan decided that he wanted to lay low.
The way the four people of Dongfang Family died so easily was still fresh in Mo Fan’s mind. It made Mo Fan realize that having a good foundation does not mean you are in an invincible position, having a couple of trump cards could never go wrong.
Furthermore, the current Fire and Lightning Elements cultivation basically required him to put effort into drawing their Star Atlas inside himself. The schools weren’t necessarily able to help him.
“Then what do you plan on using for the exams?” Mo Jiaxing said, confused now.
“The Summoning Element.”
“When did you Awaken the Summoning Element?” Mo Jiaxing asked, dumbstruck. Xinxia was looking at Mo Fan while blinking in astonishment.
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Mo Fan planned on taking the exams for the Pearl Institute. However, he was only going to use one of the Elements, and he chose the Summoning Element.
If Mo Fan remembered correctly, being able to raise your Stardust to the third level would make you quite outstanding. Mu Zhuoyun even specifically set up a huge feast for that b*tch Yu Ang.
Although he had actually never used a spell from the Summoning Element, he had looked out for information about Pearl Institute. If he told the examiner that the Summoning Element was his first, and display that he had genuinely reached the third level of it, then they would make an exception to recruit him!
More frankly, it would be his grades as well as him being one of the minority Elements that would get him recruited.
The possibility of Awakening a Summoning element on their first Awakening was much lower than the Lightning Element. That’s why they were a minority, such people were nearly non-existent.
There would be one Lightning Element among a thousand people, but there were hundreds of thousands of students taking the exams in this country. With the reputation and popularity of the Pearl Institute being the best university in the country, the Lightning Element was just so-so per their standards… In the whole country, they may just choose one among a thousand, or ten thousand.
The Pearl Institute gave more attention to specific Elements, namely Black Magic’s Curse Element, Dimensional Magic’s Void Element, and the Summoning Element.
Originally, Mo Fan planned on using the Shadow Element, which he was more proficient in, to take the exams. However, the standard of the Pearl Institute was far too high. Even if he did reach the third level of Shadow Element’s Primary Spell, Evading Shadow, he still wouldn’t be guaranteed a spot.
The Magic High Exams were like a huge billowing wave. The entire nation had numerous incredible talents, those with a solid background, and diligent Magicians. Displaying your cultivation and spells were only the very fundamental point of the exams. The most important part was to show an extraordinary skill of yours to impress the examiners.
Mo Fan was not lacking in extraordinary skills, so why did he choose to use Summoning Element for the exams out of all of the skills he had?
First, it was so he could show off on the vast and bright stage called University. Secondly, was the reply he had given to Mo Jiaxing and Xinxia, which was, “Since the Summoning Element would award me more attention at the Pearl Institute, then why would I go through more hard work to take the exams in a different way?”
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For other people, the Magic High Exams were the main events of their lives. For Mo Fan, they were only a stepping stone.
Mo Fan didn’t walk the regular examination way. Instead, he chose to take the interview exam instead. This was something that also existed in his former world.
The interview was inside of Pearl Institute. Mo Fan had already displayed the abilities of his Summoning Element. After five of the examiners had asked a couple of in-depth questions regarding Magic Knowledge, they allowed Mo Fan to take the test to see the power of his Stardust.
“SSS, this is considered the lowest criteria for our direct recruitment. However, up until today, you have never used a Summoning spell. This makes our decision somewhat difficult. Although the Summoning Element is said to be one that does not need practicing, the difficult part about it is control of the Summoned Beast.” The Magic Professor with thick glasses carefully sized Mo Fan up.
There were relatively few numbers of Summoning Element users. The biggest question for them was whether they would or would not accept this student.
Although his foundation was solid, he did not have any other outstanding areas. There was no way for him to break through to the Intermediate level in a short period of time.
However, there were quite a decent number of Summoning students applying to their Pearl Institute. They didn’t want to make it look like they weren’t able to fill a dormitory!
“Director Lu, they have their eyes on an outstanding Earth Elemental Magician. His usage of the Earth Ripple shows a great creativity, it was able to create an effect similar to quicksand as it entrapped a test beast,” the male examiner with a tie said.
“In that case, we can only accept one out of the two?” the old professor with glasses said.
“Yes.”
“In that case. Student Mo Fan, since you are able to control the seven stars of the Summoning Element, then we will take a look at your first Summoning. We will base who we choose on what kind of creature you Summon.”
Mo Fan thought about it, and he felt like it was only fair.
It just that he had never actually tried the Primary spell of the Summoning Element, Dimensional Summoning.
“We will give you one week to prepare. One week from now, you will come to the training grounds, we will invite the professor of the Summoning Element to evaluate you… Oh right, since it’ll be your first time Summoning, we recommend you use some tools to help you with it. This way, the creature you Summon will be somewhat stronger. We don’t mind if you use any tools to assist you,” the old professor kindly reminded him.
“Okay, thank you teachers.”
After leaving the interview hall, there was a strange expression on Mo Fan’s face.
To be honest, the matter concerning tools for the Summoning Element was something he had never tried to understand. For the past one year, he had put all of his focus into the fundamentals of his cultivation.
If the old professor didn’t remind him that it’d be best if he was to use some tools for his first Summoning, then he would most likely have carelessly done a Summon.
Mo Fan had seen some rough introductions to the process.
The primary spell of the Summoning Element, “Dimensional Summoning”, was the most fluctuating spell amongst all the spells. Furthermore, it mostly relied on one’s luck.
If your luck was good, then you could Summon an incredibly strong creature. Its combat prowess would be even stronger than the Lightning Element.
If your luck was bad, then you could end up Summoning a retarded creature… it wouldn’t even be as intimidating as a dog you had raised yourself!
It just happened that his Summoning this time was his examination for university. Mo Fan was really looking forward to it.
Furthermore, he would definitely have to go find tools to assist him.
Within the Dongfang Oriental Pearl Tower there were Magicians from all across the country with different Elements, there should be someone selling this kind of thing there...
Chapter 142 - Dimensional Summoning
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_Briiiiiing, briiiiiing…_
“Ms Tangyue~~!”
“What?!”
“Do you know anything about the Summoning Element?”
“I know a bit...”
“That’s great! I plan on using the Summoning Element to enter the Pearl Institute. Coincidentally, the books regarding Dimensional Magic on the market are quite few in number, and so, I decided to ask my most beloved Ms Tangyue,” Mo Fan said with a smile.
For some reason, Tangyue felt like Mo Fan’s tone exhibited some malicious intent.
However, this wasn’t the important part. Tangyue was more flabbergasted about the fact Mo Fan had Awakened the Summoning Element.
“Where are you?” Tangyue directly asked.
“I am… forget it, I’ll go find you instead, how’s that?” Mo Fan said very directly as well.
“Alright, come to Xihu.”
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He lived relatively close to the train station, and so Mo Fan quickly stepped on board as he once again charged toward Hangzhou.
However, as he was sitting on the train toward Xihu, Mo Fan couldn’t help but to think for himself. If he was able to successfully summon a proper Summoned Beast, and was able to control it, then wouldn’t that mean he’d have a free limousine?
So what if a man’s most beloved thing was a BMW, Audi, or a Land Rover? Even if you were to drive a Benz, it still wouldn’t be able to measure up to the unrestrained freedom of a Summoned Beast brimming with power.
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Mo Fan finally arrived at the location Tangyue gave him. This was a place where in the top grade apartments you’d be able to see the whole of Xihu from your own window.
An apartment like this with its surrounding filled with bright, flourishing flowers… comparing that to his own deserted area… Sigh, being poor is a problem that gets worse by day. Once I get into University, I ought to find a job!
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Within a room, Tangyue was looking into the mirror. She was pondering over whether to use the bright colored red lipstick, or the lipstick that seemed tender like water...
Putting on some light make-up was a normal thing. However, the thought of her sitting in the taxi and giving him a breathtaking kiss suddenly appeared within her head. This made her purse her lips as a blush appeared on her face.
_What am I doing, I thought I already decided to never meet this guy again!_
Although the matter of that was actually a year ago, meeting Mo Fan again made her cheeks really blush.
_Forget it, when other people meet their previous boyfriends, they’d be magnanimous. For an a.d.u.l.t like me, this kind of thing should just be a small matter..._
It just happened that she had been locked in her apartment, cultivating for a long period of time. _Having someone take a stroll with me in Xihu wouldn’t be a bad thing._
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Mo Fan was patiently waiting downstairs, and finally saw Ms Tangyue walking toward him with her exquisite figure. Her unconcealed beauty once more caused a ripple in his heart. He hadn’t seen her for a year, but she was still that beautiful.
_Tsk tsk, if those classmates of mine in High School knew that Ms Tangyue and I are this close with each other, then they’d definitely die from jealousy..._
“Let’s take a walk. The matters concerning the Summoning Element are rather complicated, I’ll slowly explain them to you,” Tangyue said with a shallow smile.
Mo Fan realized that Tangyue’s mood was rather good, although he didn’t know why.
M.a.t.u.r.e women have good taste, it was like they were experts. If the girls were too innocent, then it’d be boring.
“Alright, it just happens that I’ve never taken a look around Hangzhou,” Mo Fan agreed quickly.
Mo Fan was a child from a poor family. Before the age of eighteen, he actually hadn’t gone anywhere.
They walked along the river of Xihu. There were lots of of people from all walks of life out taking a stroll around here. Due to it being summer vacation, there were many who took their children out on their trips.
The weeping willow on the other shore was reflected on the river, the scenery looked as beautiful as a drawing. Ms Tangyue’s steps were like a lotus, her figure like a delicate willow. The beautiful girls touring the famous Broken Bridge seemed to be even more beautiful than the location. They looked at the scenery happily, but little did they know that they were actually the best part of the view!
Ms Tangyue’s figure was particularly outstanding. A large number of people were turning their heads around to see her, making Mo Fan feel relatively pleased with himself. It was not because everyone was just people… It was because their admiration and jealousy made him feel extremely superior.
The two didn’t immediately discuss the most important topic. They talked a little about the recent state of matters, and after discussing a couple of other matters, they finally began to get into the topic of the Summoning Element.
“The Summoning Element is most likely the most unstable Element within all of the various Magicks. If you are able to properly use it, then you will be an invincible existence in your area. If you can’t use it, then you’re just like a commoner who is taking their dog out for a walk,” Ms Tangyue told him.
Mo Fan nodded, this was similar to what the old professor had said before.
Thinking about it, it sounded just about right. In terms of combat prowess, between a Primary Magician and a Minion level Magical Beast, it was natural that a Minion level Magical Beast would be stronger. A Primary Magician would need to form a squad to kill a Magical Beast of that level.
As for Summoners, if they were able to summon a creature whose combat prowess was equal to that of Magical Beasts, then that would mean they would have achieved a combat prowess equal to a squad of Primary Magicians. This was surely more monstrous than the Lightning Element.
“Dimensional Summon is a spell that is full of unknown factors. Once you’ve used Dimensional Summon, your intent will enter a plane that does not belong to our world, called the Summoned Beast Plane. In that place, your intent will quickly wander around within the Summoned Beast Plane. Furthermore, it will search for the closest creature…” Ms Tangyue continued explaining.
“Enter a different plane?” Mo Fan felt flabbergasted by this.
“There is more than one plane in this world. I’ve even heard from some old Space Element Magicians that there are many mysterious planes that are parallel to our plane. At a certain time, these planes would align... Telling you this is useless. The most important thing is, the Summoning Beast Plane is a plane which we humans are more familiar with. More accurately speaking, the Summoned Plane is attached to our world.” Tangyue continued to explain this topic to Mo Fan.
However, Mo Fan’s head was in chaos. After all, he was considered to be someone from a different plane!
“While your intent is wandering within the Summoning Plane, the summoned creatures you encounter will be completely different… and this is also why the Summoning Element is the most unstable Element. When you do your first Summoning, there’s no way to know what kind of Summon you’ll make,” Ms Tangyue said.
“I see, so the Dimensional Summon is similar to going to the zoo blindfolded as you randomly grab something. So grabbing a rat that ends up being a lion is also possible?” Mo Fan asked.
