Insufficient balance

  I feel the light elements around me starting to envelop me, my whole body is bathed in an ocean of light elements, what's going on? I withdraw my fingers and let Zhan Hu go to contemplate the mysteries of the light elements. I sit cross-legged opposite Zhan Hu, focusing my mind on the semi-transparent golden ball. The golden ball doesn't have any unusual reflections, quietly suspended at my brow point.

  I had just let out a breath of relief and was about to stand up when the light elements around me suddenly surged violently towards me, with every part of my body being penetrated by the light elements. The power was too overwhelming, I didn't dare resist, all I could do was relax my entire body and accept the baptism of the light elements. The light elements inside my body quickly gathered, and my whole body felt like a balloon inflating rapidly, I couldn't take it anymore. At this moment, the golden orb began to move, starting to run along my meridians, rapidly absorbing the excessive light elements, the swelling sensation gradually disappeared, the golden orb absorbed at a speed much faster than before, quickly reaching equilibrium with the violently surging light elements. I finally let out a breath of relief, continuing to maintain the state in front of me until no more light elements surged in.

  I took a deep breath, controlling the golden orb as it rotated inside me for a cycle before slowly returning to my brow. I was astonished to find that the golden orb had transformed from its original semi-transparency to complete transparency, emitting flashes of light. The small golden energy within me transmitted joyful emotions to me, clearly having benefited greatly from the massive influx of light elements earlier. I recalled Master Di saying it would take at least 4 or 5 years for me to fully transform the golden orb into a transparent state - what was going on here? I carefully reflected on my previous situation, wondering if the light elements had once again acknowledged me when I spoke with Tiger. This was too incredible! I couldn't contain the excitement in my heart; I had become the 11th magic master on the continent, at least in terms of magical power. With some time to hone my skills, I wouldn't be weaker than anyone else - this was amazing!

  I opened my eyes to find that War Tiger was already awake, staring at me intently. As soon as he saw I was conscious, he hastily asked: "Chang Gong, what happened to you? Just now your body was radiating a dazzling golden light, and I couldn't even get close to you. What's going on?"

  I excitedly said: "Big brother, I succeeded! When I was telling you about the light element, for some reason, I was baptized by the light element. Now, the source of my magical power - the golden orb inside me has become completely transparent."

  Zhan Hu listened with a puzzled expression, laughing and saying: "Speak slowly, don't rush, you're speaking so fast I can hardly understand what you're saying!"

  I gazed deeply into War Tiger's eyes and said word by word, "In other words, my magical power has now reached the level of a Magic Master."

  After hearing my words, War Tiger's mouth immediately became O-shaped and exclaimed in surprise: "Brother, you succeeded! You're not my opponent anymore, haha, that's great! I have a brother who is a magic master. Let's go have a drink and celebrate!"

  At the banquet I asked him how he felt about the light element, he said it was very comfortable, and I instructed him to meditate carefully according to the method I taught him.

  After I became a magic master, we continued to cultivate each other's ultimate skills. Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and I had already practiced the Rising Dragon Technique to a rough level. War Tiger was extremely surprised at my learning speed. I told him that my spiritual power is now very strong, so it can not only be used to control magic, but also has a great effect on controlling internal energy. My body is much stronger than before, and my weight increased by 5 kilograms due to eating a lot every day. Every day's exercise made me darker. I learned three sets of sword techniques from War Tiger. My internal energy was basically defined as assisting magic use.

  While War Tiger's progress is also quite large, he can already use some of the most basic light system magic. I mainly taught him some supporting magic because learning high-level light system attack magic isn't something that happens overnight. He infused his light system magic into his knight sword and combined it with his fighting energy, achieving a very good effect. When I used advanced magic to attack him, he could easily break through it now. Excitedly, he told me that he has already begun moving towards becoming a Paladin of Light and believes that he will definitely succeed soon. He also said that he won't let me lead alone and will definitely catch up with me.

  Two months of living together made us as close as brothers, to the point where we could talk about anything. I told him about the task that Teacher Di assigned to me, and he said that after I finish my training, I must come back to find him, and he wants to work with me to complete this arduous task. Of course, I was very happy, having his strong support will definitely be a huge help in completing the task. Brothers working together can achieve great things! Haha, unexpectedly Mark didn't come, but fortunately War Tiger accompanied me.

  It's time to go, and War Tiger saw me off all the way to the village entrance. He gave me a set of his old knight attire, which wasn't very luxurious, but I looked quite spirited when I put it on. Paired with the iron sword he gave me, I had a pretty majestic appearance. War Tiger said that this would make me more popular in Shuda and earn me more respect from everyone, making it much easier to enter and exit cities.

  Standing at the village entrance, I looked back at this small village like a peach garden and said with emotion: "Big brother, I really don't want to leave here."

  Zhan Hu wrapped his arms around my shoulders and said, "Brother, the banquet will disperse sooner or later. Take care on your journey and hurry back after completing your cultivation. I'll be waiting for you to go with me to retrieve the Holy Sword. Big Brother is looking forward to creating a new world with you soon."

  "Alright, big brother, don't worry, I will definitely come back as soon as possible."

  Zhan Hu said with some melancholy, "This time you go to Xuda, if there's a chance, drop by my home and take a look, but whatever you do, don't tell them about me, as long as they're safe and sound, I'll be at peace." It seems he still misses his family very much.

  "Why don't you go back then? It would be great if you came with me, we wouldn't have to part ways. Besides, Uncle is getting on in years too, even if he has high expectations of you, he wouldn't want you to leave him." I wanted to persuade him to come back with me.

  "It's no use, you don't understand, let's just wait until we retrieve the Holy Sword and then talk about it. You go now, hurry up and come back,"

  It seems that it's impossible to persuade him anymore. I bid farewell to the elder brother who had been with me for two months and set off in the direction of Xuda, leaving a trail of dust behind.