Streams of water slowly rose from the pond, snaking up into the air and converging. Before long, a humanoid figure made of liquid appeared above the pool, curiously examining itself.
By the water's edge, Myza watched the spectacle with his mouth agape.
"Goodness, it actually ford…" he murmured. "And the magic concentration in this water elental… My gosh… Could it be that a thousand years of growth as a plant manifests in the transformation?"
That's right, the humanoid mass of water floating in the air was Liu Ji, who had transford into a water elental spirit.
At this mont, he was experiencing a sensation he had never felt before—a miraculous feeling of being spiritually connected to the world and being given a green light with everything related to water.
With just a thought, Liu Ji could manipulate the water molecules around him to do anything he could comprehend.
Well… That said, this comprehension seed to be related to the use of magic. Liu Ji was still too much of a newbie in this aspect—like a beginner programr who had learned coding for only two days, staring blankly at a supercomputer.
Currently, the only things he could do were condensing water and controlling water flow. However, he could perform these two tasks to perfection.
Liu Ji even felt that with a single thought, he could draw all the water from this area and condense it together.
However, he couldn't really do that; otherwise, all the plants in this underground space might wither.
After experiencing this strange sensation for so ti, he suddenly rembered that Myza was still waiting below. Thus, he looked down… though he didn't actually need to lower his head. In this state, he could sense all the information around him without using his eyes.
He could sense that Myza was looking up at him, waving his right hand sporadically as if testing whether Liu Ji could see him.
Liu Ji flew down to his side and, with a thought, reverted to human form.
"How does it feel?" Myza casually tossed Liu Ji's clothes to him.
"It feels amazing," Liu Ji said, putting on his clothes while describing the sensations he felt during the transformation.
"I see." Myza nodded while listening to Liu Ji's account. "This ability of yours is truly remarkable. In all my years, I've never seen anyone able to transform into an elental spirit."
"Really? Too bad I'm still a novice in magic. I can't do much even as an elental spirit." Liu Ji scratched his head. "But it should probably be useful for escaping, right?"
"Yes, indeed. If you dive into the water, no one will be able to find you," Myza agreed. "By the way, since you can eat a water elental spirit, you ought to be able to eat other elental spirits, right?"
"Well… I haven't tried." Liu Ji blinked several tis. "But what other elental spirits are there?"
"There are only four basic elental spirits: earth, fire, water, and wind. Others are derived from these," Myza said, stroking his chin. "But now that I think of it, the other three do seem a bit hard to consu."
"Aha. That's true. I can't exactly chew on stone." Liu Ji shrugged.
"Hmm… Not necessarily." Myza smiled slightly. "Co, follow . I want to show you sothing."
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On the surface.
Yaine raised her staff slowly. Following her movents, a stone city wall steadily rose from the ground. Within a few minutes, a wall nearly 10 ters high was completed.
Lowering her staff and looking at the perfect wall, Yaine let out a soft sigh.
"What's wrong, are you tired?" Osar placed his chubby paws on Yaine's shoulders, massaging them. "Do you want to rest for a bit?"
"No, I'm not tired," Yaine said, but then sighed again. "Do you think Liu Ji will stay here or co with us?"
"That…" Osar gave a wry smile. "Um, do you hope he cos with us?"
"No, I'm fine, really." Yaine shrugged. "We don't even speak the sa language, and coming with us, a bunch destined to wander the world, isn't really a good choice for anyone."
"But he might not stay here either," Osar said. "After all, this vast desert can get pretty boring after a while."
"Maybe…" Yaine said. "But there's nothing to worry about. He's never called 'teacher' before. Perhaps it was just my wishful thinking all along."
"No, I don't think so. I can tell he takes learning from you very seriously," Osar responded. "Didn't he co to find you right after talking with Mr. Myza that ti? If he didn't take you seriously, he would have forgotten about us as soon as he t soone who spoke his language."
"Tsk, I know, I know. I just don't want to get my hopes up too much…" Yaine shook her head. "Enough about this, let's continue. The sooner we finish rebuilding this city, the sooner we can leave. I hope the others are doing okay and haven't run into any danger…"
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BAAM!
Nox delivered his final straight punch.
The burly earthwalker clutched his crotch, whimpering as he collapsed to his knees, glaring at Nox with a face full of resentnt.
"Heheheh! Don't glare at like that. It's not like I intentionally aid for there," Nox said, raising an eyebrow. "I'm just this tall and that's all I can reach."
The burly earthwalker didn't make a sound, continuing to glare at Nox with tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Tsk, you guys are a pain," Nox said irritably, stepping around the incapacitated thug and approaching Chick, who was still inside the protective bubble. "I heard them calling you Chick?"
"Ah, yes, hello! I'm called Chick," Chick said, hastily bowing in gratitude. "Thank you so much for helping . B-but you should run; you hurt them and the boss will co after you. I'll hide and wait for the army to pick up, so don't worry about …"
"Hey, don't say that," Nox said, dispelling the bubble with a wave of his hand and extending a hand to Chick. "Who cares about this so-called boss? I can't stand these shady thugs… Oh, by the way, since he's the boss, does he have a lot of money?"
"Huh?" Chick was taken aback. "Well, he has oppressed us for years and has indeed amassed a lot of gems…"
"Gems?!" Nox's eyes lit up. "Quick, tell where he is, and I'll take care of these scumbags right away!"
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In the underground space beneath the desert city.
"Here, try this," Myza said, placing a plate of roasted at in front of Liu Ji.
"Ah? What's this? I'm not even hungry now." Liu Ji was taken by surprise.
"I'm not having you eat to fill your stomach," Myza said, smiling as he pointed to a small enclosure nearby. "This is at from those creatures."
Liu Ji's eyes imdiately followed where Myza was pointing.
It was a small pen, with a bunch of small armadillo-like creatures inside.
"These were once a special product of the desert. We call them burrowrats," Myza explained.
"These creatures have one remarkable characteristic: they can consu rock and sustain themselves on the magic within."
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