His Essence of Life was not yet full, so he could only bother the locals for care and understanding.
The Fire Element was thrilled, expressing its loyalty, willing to care for and understand, pinning the other three elements in place, waiting for their tentacles to be scooped up in one go.
Fire Element represents desire, and Wayne suspected that his recent forgetfulness was mainly due to absorbing too much of it. Although the Fire Element inside him was unusually calm and had never been on record for committing any crimes, the truths in the books wouldn’t lie, and the blame had to be placed on the Fire Element.
"If it weren’t for you making such a racket, a beacon of ignorance, someone as mature and steady as myself would never have gotten carried away."
Wayne found a scapegoat and immediately berated the Fire Element. The Fire Element cried foul, and to win back Wayne’s favor, it pressed down harder on the Earth, Water, and Wind Elements.
Three Elements: We have a traitor among us!
Wayne took a satisfying breath, reflecting on how the basement of a wealthy family was different, even having a greater reserve of the Four Elements than other places.
If it had been in the sewer, he would have already cleaned out and moved on to trouble the next neighbor by now, yet he had only absorbed ninety percent, and there were still continual streams of the Four Elements to fill the void.
Wayne was surprised to find that the mansion’s air-raid shelter had a peculiar force field that automatically converged the Four Elements. It might not keep up with his rampant plundering, but the situation of automatic replenishment was vastly different from that of the sewer.
In the sewers, after the Four Elements were plundered, it would take several nights to refill, much akin to draining the pond to get all the fish.
But it was different in the mansion, where one could sustainably drain the pond to get all the fish.
Because it was the teacher’s residence, Wayne guessed there must be a Magic Array here, beckoning the Four Elements from all directions to come and visit.
"Why didn’t you say so sooner? If I’d known, I would have moved in earlier, why bother risking stepping in crap in the sewers and wander aimlessly."
Wayne complained a bit. His teacher was good at everything, just enjoyed tricking students.
Education is important, isn’t this a place to simply mess around?
I’ll forgive you this time, but not again!
Wayne’s meditation had reached the point of being 24/7, and it was a self-activating meditation. Even when he was asleep, he would instinctively prey on the surrounding Four Elements.
With such a sanctum for cultivation, Wayne decisively decided to stay and not leave. He moved pillows and bedsheets from the guest bedroom and lay on the couch to catch up on sleep, while his invisible tentacles started to move on their own, locking any Four Elements that strayed into this land in a dark room.
That night, with his sleep schedule completely reversed, Wayne received a call from Hefei, very pleased with his new residence, assuring he wouldn’t leave the house and cause Hefei any trouble.
This was the best news Hefei had heard all day, and he heaped praise on his student before hanging up.
Wayne, with nothing better to do, released the Owl and the white dove for feeding. The two messenger birds got along harmoniously, possibly due to different species and a lack of competitiveness, or maybe because Snowy Owl was too large, and the white dove thought twice about getting rough.
In any case, they did not fight, and as long as there were enough mice, Ah Xue did not perceive the white dove as prey.
"I warn you, kid, if you dare to eat it, I’ll strangle you and make a big plate of chicken out of you."
Wayne dropped his fierce words and picked out a few literary classics from the study, planning to take them to the shelter to pass the time.
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The white dove was terrified, cooing once without moving, as if dead.
Well, at least in front of Wayne, they seemed to get along just fine.
Meanwhile, several figures took advantage of the night to approach the mansion.
"This is the place..."
"This kid is quite vigilant, knowing that we’re after him."
"So what if he knows? He’s just a Mage apprentice, does he really think he can resist?"
"You’re right, the world of Mages is brutal. Tonight we’ll teach him what magic really is!"