The Fourth Element!

It appeared to have no color.

After careful examination, Mo Fan confirmed that this element truly had no color — in the most literal sense.

It was transparent.

You could see it, but only because you could distinctly sense, within the chaos of his Inner World, the faint outline of a cluster of Stardust. Yet it was nearly transparent, and if you absolutely had to assign it a color, the only hint was the occasional luminescence it gave off: a pale, moonlit gleam.

*What element is this??*

Mo Fan was completely at a loss.

"Are you done yet?" Outside the door, apprentice Xiao Mian pushed it open without waiting for permission, only to find that Mo Fan had finished his awakening long ago. She pouted in mild annoyance.

"If you're done, come out already — there's another Mage recommended by a Tribunal Agent coming for their awakening, so don't—" She froze. "Wait, why does your awakened element have no color…"

Xiao Mian stared at the Awakening Stone in wide-eyed surprise.

Across the room, Guo Liyu heard his apprentice's startled exclamation and immediately rose to his feet. He strode over and peered into the Awakening Chamber.

When he saw that the Awakening Stone bore no color whatsoever — only the occasional faint shimmer of moonlit luster — that perpetually tense face of his went slack with pure astonishment.

*This… this pampered little heir — what kind of dumb luck did he stumble into? He actually awakened—*

Summoning Element.

The vast majority of people awakened an Elemental type as their first element. If someone managed to awaken White Magic, Black Magic, or Dimensional Magic in their first awakening, they were considered heaven's favorites — because the first awakening determined one's primary element, and a primary element gave a Mage far more time to train and master it than a secondary or auxiliary element would.

Guo Liyu had honestly figured this kid would be over the moon just to get Lightning Element — that the family would send eight men with a sedan chair to carry him home in triumph. But then the kid had switched to Shadow Element guidance stones at the last minute; that hadn't come through, and now he'd emerged with Summoning Element instead.

By probability, an Elemental type was by far the most common first awakening, followed by Black Magic and White Magic, with Dimensional-class magic being the rarest of all.

A Mage who possessed Summoning ability from their very first awakening — as long as they were willing — would generally be treated as a precious gem by any major faction. The sheer value-to-investment ratio was genuinely extraordinary.

"That's Summoning Element… heh." Guo Liyu's mouth twitched. "Kid, your family's hundred thousand was money very well spent."

Mo Fan stood there gaping, staring at Guo Liyu in disbelief.

Summoning Element. *It was Summoning Element!!*

He would never forget the sight — Commander Zhankong's subordinates riding Celestial Eagles as they swept across the skies above Bo City, powerful and magnificent. That had been Summoning Element!

He'd always dreamed of the day he could ride some spectacular beast through the streets of a city. He hadn't expected to stumble a full step closer to that dream entirely by accident.

This happiness had arrived so suddenly. *If Tang Yue were here right now, he'd risk being silenced on the spot just to scoop her up and kiss her senseless.*

And come to think of it — if he told that old bastard Mu Zhuoyun that he'd awakened both Shadow Element and Summoning Element, would the man actually gift-wrap Mu Ningxue and deliver her to his doorstep?

*That seemed… entirely possible!!*

*Where else would you find a four-element son-in-law like that??*

"Alright, alright — now that you've awakened, go on. I'm busy." Guo Liyu, seasoned as he was, waved his hand and moved to show Mo Fan out.

"Right, right. Thank you." Mo Fan just wanted to find somewhere quiet to let his emotions settle.

"Awakening a rare element means nothing if you don't put in the work — you're still nothing. And at your age, you're already behind most people by more than I can count. There's nothing to get excited about." Guo Liyu said flatly.

Mo Fan left puzzling over that last part, unsure why Guo Liyu had made a comment about his age.

Tang Yue had told him that reaching Intermediate Level at his age was considered exceptional even by Shanghai's standards. Could Guo Liyu's bar simply be that much higher?

*Fine. Magic City is Magic City, after all — a city of extraordinary talent. Even being an Intermediate-Level Mage barely registers here…*

Mo Fan said nothing more and walked straight out.

The moment he stepped through the door, the qipao attendant from earlier was already leading someone else in — a man who wasn't particularly old but looked prematurely aged, heavyset and round.

Mo Fan paid him no attention, and walked off with a spring in his step.

The moment Guo Liyu laid eyes on the fat man, a warm smile spread across his face. He gestured in greeting and, without missing a beat, called to Xiao Mian to prepare tea.

"Ah, so you're the Intermediate-Level Mage Tang Yue referred… Mo Fan, was it?"

The fat man blinked, jabbed a finger at his own squashed nose, and said: "My name is Yang Dahai."

"The young man who just left — that was Mo Fan," the qipao attendant said quickly.

Both master Guo Liyu and apprentice Xiao Mian turned to stare at each other, mouths hanging open, their expressions defying simple description.

After a long silence, Xiao Mian finally found her voice, small and uncertain: "Master… did we… get the wrong person?"

Guo Liyu gave a rigid nod. "Looks that way."

"Then… then what he just awakened was actually his second element."

"They say the Tribunal always breeds prodigies — and now I'm a true believer." Guo Liyu exhaled a long breath. "A Mage that young already at Intermediate Level… and his second awakening produces Summoning Element. I, Guo Liyu, am thoroughly, completely, utterly outclassed."

The qipao attendant had no idea what was going on between the master and apprentice pair, so she quietly excused herself and retreated to the lobby.

Meanwhile, the fat man called Yang Dahai sat planted in his chair, completely at a loss as to what had just transpired.

"You're the one from the Yang family who wants to awaken Lightning Element, right?" Guo Liyu glanced at him and asked, voice flat.

"That's me." Yang Dahai gave his considerable bulk a small jiggle in confirmation.

"Xiao Mian, take him to the Awakening Chamber."

"But Master, didn't you just tell me to make tea?"

"Forget the tea. Don't you dare waste my good leaves." And with that, Guo Liyu tossed the words over his shoulder and went back to work.

Yang Dahai sat there completely dumbfounded.

*Why had this man been all warm smiles and hospitality a moment ago, and now wore the face of someone who owed five million yuan? Did his father not pay enough??*