Elemental Domain

"It's almost ten years, right? Another ten years of suffering? How many more years can I wait? Has it not appeared yet? When will it appear?"

A series of questions came from the darkness and then slowly disappeared.

"Eh, something's wrong. Let me take a look again. Oh right, it's him! This corporeity finally appears! I find it! I finally find it!" The excited murmur slowly spread through the silent dark space.

The wind blew, and the yellow earth was covered by the terrifying sandstorm.

"Ca", there was a slight sound from the desert, but it was insignificant compared to the sound of the storm. A figure was looming in the sandstorm.

No one could explain why someone would appear in such a hostile and lifeless place.

Suddenly, this man made a series of hand gestures towards the void, and an altar slowly rose from the ground.

"I finally found it," The figure slowly raised his head and muttered to himself, "Take this as a gift for Kong'er."

Boom, boom, boom! A loud noise burst out from below the altar. A huge rock monster instantly appeared on the altar. "Who dares to disturb me?" The huge rock monster said.

Looking at the huge rock monster, the human said calmly without the slightest fear, "I have no intention of disturbing you. I just came here to borrow something from you."

"Then let's see if you can have it," the rock monster looked at the white-robed middle-aged man and snapped.

Boom, boom, boom! Loud noises came from the altar. After a while, the white-robed middle-aged man slowly walked away with an earthen-yellow armor in his hand.

"Ai, Tianyuan, have you really decided to let Kong'er enter into the world for training? But he's still so young," A white-robed middle-aged man sighed in a solemn palace hall.

"Elder brother, don't try to persuade me. You also know that they are very powerful. Even the Li Family Castle can't be the safest place. If I can become a powerful mage, I will tell him everything. Right now, I just want him to live safely," an azure-robed man replied.

"Those people are very troublesome," The white-robed man sighed with emotion. Then, he took out a red box and slowly opened it. There was an earthen-yellow armor in it.

"This is the gift I prepared for Kong'er."

Looking at this armor, Li Tianyuan fell into deep thought. Finally, he calmly said, "With the armor, I can be at ease with Kong'er's safety."

"Elder brother, I'll leave Kong'er to you. Don't let him know his identity. I will do what I want to do right now," the azure-robed man closed the box and said to the white-robed man.

"Are you still not letting it go?" Looking at his face, young but was full of vicissitudes, the white-robed man asked with pain.

Li Tianyuan replied, "It is hard to let go. I should put it to an end."

"What's the success rate?"

"Fifty-fifty."

"Ai, don't give yourself too much pressure. Do your best. Now that the riot has started again, you have to be more careful."

"Yes, don't worry, elder brother."

"I will send Kong'er to Yangzhou City. Although it is a chaotic place, it is indeed not eye-catching."

"Yes, thank you, elder brother."

Since ancient times, it had been countless years since people discovered elements and used them. It was everyone's dream to become a mage who could own an element and use it.

However, not everyone had the talent to control the elements. Even if they had the elements, they could not use the elements well.

As a result, there was a huge gap between people's abilities.

With the evolution of human society, more and more technology was produced. According to the characteristics of the animals walking on the ground, flying in the sky or swimming in the water, scientists had invented many corresponding technologies.

However, the mage was still the highest fighting force in the war, which could not be replaced by science and technology.

The benefits drove many of the mage to come together. As a result, many powerful mage alliances appeared, but only the two great empires, two great families, and an alliance remained standing.

They were Yu Kingdom who ruled the east, Mio Family and the Snow family who jointly managed the west, Reza Empire who ruled the north, and many oceans in the south were ruled by Regional Sea Alliance, which was united by many islands.

Yangzhou City was located at the border of Yu Kingdom, mixed with the good and the bad, so it was inevitable for conflicts and fighting.

In addition to the dark beasts that occasionally appeared, it was more difficult to manage the city.

The chaotic environment of Yangzhou City has only improved due to the state's emphasis on border control in recent years. But conflicts still occur occasionally, and this was impossible to be completely eradicated by the military government.

The idea of becoming a mage is stronger here than anywhere else, because becoming a mage means you could leave for a bigger, safer city.

But for some reason, there were very few people who could become mages. In the entire Yangzhou City, there were only a few mages who could be counted with one hand, and they went to farther parts of the world.

Right now, the few mage in this small town were still Second Grade mage who couldn't survive in some big cities. He came here to find a position to enjoy a good life.

The scorching sun would not pity the people here. It would only recklessly vent its anger on the people here.

The people here seemed to have adapted to the scorching sun and had their own ways of beating the heat.

Today, Yangzhou City was particularly restless. The magic examiner of military government would come here to look for talented kids, and they would also help children who were not more than fifteen to detect the affinity with the surrounding elements.

Only when the affinity with the surrounding elements reached more than fifty percent could one become a mage, and the higher the affinity, the better the talent.

Yang Zhou Square, the landmark of Yangzhou City, was the venue for this test. Thus, there was particularly lively, and people's high spirits were higher than the heat of the sun.

"Li Kong." A loud shout woke up a young man who was in a daze. Li Kong hurriedly replied and then quickly walked to the temporarily built high platform.

"Put your hand on this Sensor Stone and close your eyes, focus on your perception." The examiner sitting on the high platform said. His voice was gentle but carried a bit of arrogance.

"Oh, okay." Li Kong nodded vigorously and proceeded according to the instructions.

Half a minute later, nothing happened to the white Sensor Stone. The examiner shook his head in disappointment: it had been nearly six hours since this morning, and no one had been born with a fifty percent affinity.

He was full of disappointment with the small town.

"Alright, you can open your eyes now."

"Uncle, can I become a mage?" The young Li Kong asked nervously as soon as he opened his eyes. The innocence on his face did not change because of nervousness.

Looking at the young man whose face was red but his eyes were bright, the examiner did not know how to answer this innocent kid.

He slowly stood up from his seat and touch the hair of Li Kong, "How old are you now?"

"Twelve years old."

"Well, you are still young and have many years to prepare for the test. So as long as you work hard, you can definitely become a powerful mage." The examiner said softly. He really could not bear to break this boy's dream, so he could only comfort him.

"I know, I didn't pass." Li Kong's excited expression instantly became depressed. Although he just came to have a try, but who didn't have the dream of becoming a hero?

It was inevitable that he would feel a little disappointed.

"Alright, kid, we will come again next year. Maybe next year you can become an excellent mage." The examiner rubbed Li Kong's head again and said.

"Yes, I believe." Li Kong nodded heavily and quickly went down the steps. He was wondering whether if anyone would become mage today.

"Hey, Li Kong? Why are you here?" A young man of the same age stood behind Li Kong and asked with a sarcastic voice.

"It's none of your business." Li Kong did not even look back as he spoke in a flat tone.

"I don't know who just walked down with a woeful look." said the boy ruthlessly.

"Feng Qisun." The voice of the examiner came out again.

"Here." The young man who had just mocked Li Kong shouted loudly and immediately ran up.

After a while, a loud shout caused the entire square to boil.

"Congratulations. Fifty percent affinity with the surrounding elements. Feng Qisun, you can become a mage."

"This child is amazing. He is the first mage today. He is really a genius."

"I really envy them. His family can walk out of this chaotic place now."

Li Kong, on the other hand, found it hard to believe that his long-time nemesis could actually become mage.

This made it hard for him to accept for a while, but after thinking about it again, he felt that there was nothing more to go into - Feng Qisun's family background was there.

Feng Qisun's father was the only Senior-level Second Grade mage of Yangzhou City, so it was reasonable for Feng Qisun to become a mage.

Li Kong silently turned around and left. He no longer had the interest to watch. Although he thought through, but there was still some uncomfortable inside.

"Where's that boy Li Kong?" Feng Qisun found that Li Kong was not there. He felt very angry.

However, when he thought about how he would soon become a mage, he raised his face proudly.

How can a child of an ordinary family compare to me, a mage? Li Kong was no longer worthy of comparison with me. The only people who can compare with me were the geniuses in the big cities.

Compared to the hot and spicy daytime, the dusk here was extremely moving, but people who lived here rarely enjoyed such beautiful scenery, because everyone was busy.

Back mountain, this was the collective name of the people here for this mountain that was not too high.

At dusk, the people who went to the mountain to play also rushed down the mountain, because Yangzhou City occasionally had fierce dark beasts at night, especially in this mountain, people naturally did not want to stay more.

"Grandpa, why are you still there alone? It's so late. Aren't you afraid of the fierce dark beasts?" Li Kong asked curiously.

Every time he came to the Back Mountain to relax, he would meet this stooped old man. So they had got to know each other.

"Aren't you running up the mountain alone? I don't think you're afraid." The old man rubbed his face and smiled.

"I... I was in a bad mood, so I came here to relax." Li Kong argued with a red face.

"Yo, you're blushing, hahaha." The old man pointed at Li Kong's flushed face and smiled.

"Little fellow, come, come, tell me what happened."

Li Kong, who was worried that how to pour out his grievances, sat down and told the old man what had happened today.

The moon slowly replaced the position of the sun, and the night gradually enveloped Yangzhou City.

"I thought it was something important. Now I see." The old man smiled.

His expression suddenly became serious, "Kid, do you want to become a mage?"

Li Kong was stunned by the old man's sudden question. After a while, he nodded and said, "Of course."

"Even if you have to suffer countless hardships?" The old man asked again.

"Yes, I'm sure. As long as I can become a mage, I'm willing to do anything!"

The old man heard the incomparably firm voice.

"Well, meet me in this place tomorrow evening."

"Fine." The youth got up and went down the mountain in a pleasant mood.

"Hm, Li Kong, you, a piece of trash who can't even become a mage, dare to go against me. If not for you escaped quickly, I would definitely kick your ass." Feng Qisun, who had just returned from the square, kicked away a stone on the road with a fierce expression on his tender face.

Just as Feng Qisun was pulling a long face, he suddenly saw a young man with a face full of excitement walking happily in the near distance.

"Li Kong, I was just wondering where to find you. I didn't expect that you would actually come on to me. Get ready to get your ass kicked." Feng Qisun licked his lips cruelly and clenched his fists tightly.

After the test in the square just now, the examiner took a fancy to his talent and would take him to Magic High School in the big city tomorrow.

That's why he's so proud - He was the only one in this small city who could go to other big cities to learn magic. His future must be limitless. The only thing that made him uncomfortable was this Li Kong, such an abject thing.

Now that the opportunity was right in front of his eyes, he decided to teach this Li Kong a lesson.

However, just as Feng Qisun was about to beat up Li Kong, an old figure slowly appeared in front of him and stopped him from rushing forward. The old voice reached Feng Qisun's ears.

"Little friend, why are you so angry? You should calm down, calm down."

"Damn old man, who are you? How dare you stop me? Do you want to die?" Looking at the old man blocking his way, Feng Qisun was furious. He looked at the old man angrily. However, the old man just stood there like a piece of wood without moving.

"If you don't move away, I will make my move. I am a mage. Don't blame me for accidentally breaking your old bones."

Looking at the old man who still did not move, Feng Qisun regardless slammed on the ground, and his thin figure rushed out. At the same time, his right hand clenched into a fist and smashed at the old man.

"Boom!" A terrifying aura was emitted from the old man. Feng Qisun's figure immediately frozen, stiffly stopping in midair.

A pair of small fists stopped in front of the old man's forehead, unable to move at all.

Then, an even more terrifying pressure emerged from the old man's body. Feng Qisun, who had stopped moving, suddenly began to tremble. He could not even stand steadily so he collapsed to the ground. Soon, a clear yellow liquid slowly soaked the ground.

Feng Qisun wanted to resist, but his heart was filled with fear. Then, he could no longer endure the pressure and fainted.

However, Li Kong did not feel anything wrong. He continued to recall the old man's words happily. He kept repeating, "I am going to become a mage, I am going to become a mage."

The miserable Feng Qisun fainted on the street for no apparent reason. It was not until the next day when he was discovered with awful stink. Feng Qisun's father was extremely angry and said that he would find the perpetrator and cut him into pieces. Of course, this was only the latter part of the story.

In the dark and empty street, an old man with a hunched back was walking slowly.

"Ai, come out, following me from the back of the mountain to here, are you intending to do anything to me?" The old man raised his head and looked at the empty darkness with a pair of bright eyes.

Ripples spread through in the darkness, and then a white-robed man appeared out of thin air.

"The old man doesn't want to fight. You should tell me why you are here, saving unnecessary fights," the old man stood calmly. He was not surprised by the person who appeared out of thin air.

"Who are you? Why are you following that young man? What are your intentions?" The white-robed man asked sternly.

"Oh, why are you so concerned about this young man? What's the relationship between you and him?" The old man asked back.

Since the old man did not answer his question, the white-robed man gently waved his hands, condensing the light-white elements in his palms.

"You are so impulsive, always tempting to solve problems using force. Ai, I just feel pity for my aging body," the old man shook his head and sighed.

"Save your magic. With your Eleventh Grade strength, you can't do anything to me. Although you have mastered the space element magic, it can't cause me any harm."

The old man looked at the white-robed man again. A terrifying force gushed out from his body, and the air around him instantly froze.

The white-robed man was stunned, and a white light screen formed around him to block the terrifying charging force.

"Well, your spatial energy is very solid. However, it will be better for you to train for two more years before combating with me. I'm not in the mood right now," the old man took back his terrifying force, and the space returned to calmness.

The white-robed man clenched his fists. Even though he knew that he couldn't compete against the mysterious old man, he was concerned about the safety of Kong'er. Without knowing the old man's intention, he would not let go of his guard.

"He is one of the members of Li Family. If you have any evil intentions towards him, you need to make sure that your own strength can fight against the entire Li Family," the white-robed man bowed to the old man and said slowly.

Although he could not compete against the old man in front of him, Li Tianxing believed that with the whole family, they could confront the old man. After all, after developing for thousands of years, the strength of the Li Family could not be trifled with.

"The Li Family in Jian'an? It seems that this kid's status is very high?" The old man put away his vigilance and stroked his beard with a smile.

"He is the next heir to the family," Li Tianxing said directly. He intended to frighten the old man, then he would not attack Li Kong.

"Save your aura. I mean no harm to him," the old man looked at the white-robed man who was still nervous.

"Did Li Family use a lot of methods, but still fail to stimulate the elements in his body?"

"How do you know?" Li Tianxing was stunned by the old man's question.

"I sensed a lot of energy in his body that has yet to dissipate. Coupled with his special corporeity, no matter what method you use, it won't work," the old man turned around and continued walking forward without looking at the white-robed man.

Hearing the old man's words, Li Tianxing seemed to grasp something. "Sir, please wait a moment. I hope you can tell me the method. If Li Kong's elements could be stimulated, Li Family would repay you generously."

"You don't have to be so polite. The reason I am here is also because of this kid. You can rest assured that I don't have any bad intentions towards him. Such a good disciple is not so easy to find," the old man waved his hand and said calmly.

Hearing the old man's words, Li Tianxing was overjoyed and quickly followed the old man.

"Why did you send him to this place?"

"Sir, there is something you don't know. My younger brother had a grudge with Shadow Killing Pavilion, so they threaten to kill the direct descendants of the Li Family. And Kong'er is the only descendant of the Li Family. In order to protect him, I had no choice but to send him to this place," Li Tianxing smiled helplessly.

"Shadow Killing Pavilion? I have heard before. This decision is good, but it has been hard on this child," the old man sighed and felt worried.

"But don't worry, this child is very outstanding. He will be my disciple, and I will teach him what I have learned in my life."

"Li Family is not able to repay your great kindness. If there is anything I can help you with, please tell me. I will do my best to help you," Li Tianxing once again cupped his fists and thanked the old man, his voice full of gratitude.

"You don't have to be so polite with me," the old man said casually.

"Old Mister, Kong'er's father asked me to pass this to Kong'er. Since Old Mister wants to take Kong'er as a disciple, I will give it to you."

After saying that, Li Tianxing stretched out his hand into the void. A long spear with sparkling silver light appeared, and the void was distorted because of the aura emitted by the long spear.

The old man reached out and took it. He felt it in his hand and said, "Yes, it's a good spear. I will pass it to him."

The old man waved his hand and the silver spear disappeared. The turbulent space returned to peace.

Li Tianxing was shocked. He did not expect that the old man in front of him was also a space element mage. He respected the old man even more.

"Alright, I've finished what I need to say. It's time for you to leave. If you stay here for too long and Shadow Killing Pavilion's people notice you, then you will be bringing trouble to Brat Kong for no reason," after saying that, the old man disappeared in a flash.

"Thank you for your concern," Li Tianxing bowed deeply towards the void, and his figure gradually fainted. Soon, the quiet street was empty.

Only the ripples that continuously spread into the distance proved that space element mages were here just now...

The space behind Yangzhou City stirred gently, and the old man returned to the place where he met Li Kong at dusk.

He extended his hand into the night sky and continuously slapped it, stirring the surrounding space. A transparent vortex slowly appeared in front of the old man, and the old man stepped into it. After the old man entered into it, the transparent vortex slowly disappeared.

Ordinary people would never have imagined that there would be such a scene on the back mountain that they had played for so many years.

"Master, senior apprentice brothers, the endless void has begun to shake again. Even the seals of the other forbidden lands have begun to loosen. Perhaps in a few years, the darkness will sweep over this beautiful land. In the past, there were you all, but now you have all become part of this land, leaving me alone. I am so lonely.

I wonder if humanity will be able to survive this calamity," the old man looked at the endless void and muttered to himself. His eyes were filled with loneliness.

"Master, no matter how powerful you were back then, you still couldn't wipe out all of the dark beasts. I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the people nowadays to defend."

"But fortunately, a corporeity like yours has appeared. I will definitely do my best to nurture him into an expert that can resolve this calamity." As he said this, the old man's lonely eyes glowed once more.

"Ai, I almost forget. I have to quickly prepare the items for Brat Kong's cultivation. He is twelve years old, and the First Grade magic cultivation should start."

Then, the old man turned around and entered the small wooden house, starting to get busy.

The moonlight shone on the stooped figure of the old man, making him look even older. However, the explosive power that this old man had just shown made even a powerful Eleventh Grade mage feel fear.

"Tianyuan, don't worry and do what you want to do. Kong'er is doing very well now, and he has been chosen by a mage expert to be his disciple," said the white-robed man excitedly to the azure-robed man beside him in the solemn hall.

"That is a Twelfth Grade space element mage."

"This is also good. I can also feel more at ease and charge into the barrier of the Eleventh Grade. As long as I can breakthrough, I will go and rescue her. She has been waiting in that dark place for twelve years," the green-robed man smiled bitterly. His tone was extremely firm.

The white-robed man gently patted Li Tianyuan. For a moment, he did not know what to say.