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Grey walked closer to Blake with a calm expression. He knew he didn't have anything to worry about so he wasn't worried.
"So, were you able to break through to the Collection Plane?" Blake asked with little hope, although still slightly expectant. Being just at the Collection Plane, the elements won't be fully active in the body of the Elementalist, so although everyone present was already in a high plane, they wouldn't know without inspecting personally.
Grey smiled and said, "Yes". When they all heard his answer, they were all astounded. They never thought he would have been able to do it. "I was also able to break through another layer" Grey added unhurriedly.
The instructors were all visibly surprised when they heard his first reply. But on hearing the second part of his words, they were stupefied.
'How's this possible' This was the only word resounding through their minds.
"Grey, this is not a joke. Are you certain of what you just said?" Blake had to be sure. He thought Grey was saying this without any seriousness.
"Of course" Grey affirmed. He didn't know why they took it this way. 'You were the one who asked me, why would I be joking with you' Grey thought, feeling wronged. The inaugural upload of this chapter took place via N0v3l-B1n.
"Give me your hand" Blake stretched out his hand. Grey placed his hand on the outstretched hand of Blake. When his hand was placed on Blake's palm, he felt a mysterious energy going into his body.
It was a strange feeling, as this was something he had never felt before. 'This must be what they call Spiritual energy' Grey thought will feeling expectant. He thought of how it would feel like when he would also be able to use Spiritual energy.
After some time, Blake's expression changed drastically. "Impossible, this...this" He stuttered with a voice filled with surprise. The other instructors looked at him with interest. Grey was also surprised by the sudden outburst from Blake.
With this, he wouldn't have an issue with closing up the gap with his peers. Although not everyone his age is at the Arcane Plane, those with Purple or Blue talent were already in the Arcane Plane. Except for the ones who weren't hardworking.
"Well with this, you wouldn't be far behind your peers. And you might have hope in participating in the yearly tournament at the Academy" Blake said with a smile. He had already gotten over the initial shock and with what happened when he lost himself looking at Delia, he wanted to talk as much as possible, hoping to take everyone's mind of it.
"What's the tournament all about?" Grey inquired.
"Students from each Hall will get together and have a little combat with each other to determine how far they had grown. This is done every year, although not compulsory," Blake calmly explained. The Academy always has an end of year tournament to see who the best student is for each class, although not all students participate.
When Grey heard the tournament was not mandatory and he could skip it, he was glad since he didn't have any interest in battling and currently wanted to fully focus on increasing his Plane. He planned on going into the forest to train with magical beasts when he got to the Arcane Plane.
Only after reaching the Arcane Plane before the Academy would allow any of the students to go out to train. The class three students rarely participates in the tournament.
Since Grey was already checked by Blake and it was already confirmed he was in the Collection Plane, he didn't have any reason staying at the office any longer and opted to leave. When he got out of the office, he could hear Delia calling Blake a pervert.
'What's up with those two anyway?' Grey asked himself as he walked out of the hall heading back to his house. On his way, he couldn't help but think of the reason why he had large amounts of Lightning and Earth elemental essence in his body.
'It must definitely be back at the Lightning mountain, but how come my body was able to store it even though I haven't started cultivating?' Grey was puzzled by everything, but he didn't dwell in it for too long. Since he couldn't find the reason for now, he'll just stop thinking about it.
Besides, it wasn't like it was something bad.
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