God of Elements: Controls all things

As the first faint glimmer of dawn appeared on the horizon, the morning mist was thin, and the gentle morning light shone on Element Village. A few rooster crows awakened the sleeping village.

Wang Yijie quickly packed his clothes and headed straight for his home in the village. There were few villagers along the way; occasionally, an early riser would greet him, to which he would nod slightly in response, without stopping.

Before long, he arrived at the village chief's house and gently knocked on the door.

A moment later, the door opened, and the gray-haired village chief was somewhat surprised to see him:

"Yijie, what brings you here so early?"

Wang Yijie bowed slightly, his tone calm yet carrying a hint of solemnity:

"Village chief, I've come to say goodbye."

The village chief was taken aback: "Saying goodbye? Where are you going?"

"I'm leaving the village to cultivate outside."

He didn't mention spatial elements or elemental temples, only briefly touching on them.

"Thank you for taking care of me all these years, Village Chief. I...I'm leaving now."

"Yijie, you've awakened your elemental powers, haven't you?"

"Village chief, how...how did you know?" Wang Yijie showed a hint of surprise, then quickly concealed it and returned to calm.

"Alright, considering your state of mind and what you've been saying since yesterday, there might be something you're having trouble saying. I won't ask any further. Yijie, wait a moment, I'll get you something."

The village chief gently pulled Wang Yijie into the house and closed the door behind him.

The interior was simply furnished but clean, with a wooden table, a few bamboo chairs, and piles of old grains in the corner, and a faint aroma of wheat in the air.

The village chief turned and went into the inner room. His steps were a little slow, and he soon came out carrying a simple wooden box.

He gently placed the wooden box on the table and slowly opened it. Inside lay a small, translucent white dagger, engraved with fine patterns. It was less than a foot long and exuded a faint, cool aura.

"This is?"

"Yijie, this was left behind by an eighth-tier elementalist who was cultivating in the village many years ago. This sword is called Ice Glass Blade. It was forged by a peak elementalist who incorporated ice elemental energy."

"Village chief, what's this?"

Seeing Wang Yijie's surprised expression, the village chief's eyes softened with a gentle smile:

"Such a treasure is of no use to an old man like me. Now that you have awakened your elemental powers and are going out to train, it is perfect for you to use it for protection. When you encounter danger, it will give you more strength."

The village chief added, "If you find it inconvenient to reveal your elemental properties in the future, you can use this sword to cast ice-type spells. Others will just think you are an ice-type elementalist and won't suspect anything else."

Wang Yijie took the Ice Glass Blade. The moment his fingertips touched it, a chilling coldness spread from his palm, but it did not hurt anyone. Instead, it exuded a pure ice-type aura.

He gripped the dagger tightly, his heart filled with both shock and trepidation. He quickly bowed deeply to the village chief, saying, "Such a generous gift... I will remember this kindness."

The village chief quickly helped him up and waved his hand:

"The outside world is not like the village. People are complicated, and monsters roam freely. Be careful in everything you do."

Wang Yijie nodded emphatically, carefully placing the ice-cold blade into his bosom. The chill against his chest brought him a sense of peace.

He bowed deeply to the village chief again, said nothing more, turned and pushed open the wooden door to leave.

The morning mist outside the door had mostly dissipated, and the east was tinged with a golden-red hue; the sun was about to rise.

He took one last look at the small village he had grown up in, took a deep breath, resolutely turned around, and walked towards the main road at the village entrance.

Under the old locust tree at the village entrance, two figures had been waiting for a long time.

Lin Mengyan's bright orange dress stood out in the morning light. When she saw him approaching, a gentle smile appeared on her face.

Shen Hanzhou, standing beside him, remained expressionless, his hands behind his back, his aura restrained, looking no different from an ordinary passerby. Only his eyes were sharp as lightning, sweeping lightly over Wang Yijie, as if to confirm that there was nothing unusual about him.

"It seems you're ready," Lin Mengyan said softly.

"let's go."

Wang Yijie nodded slightly, saying nothing, his gaze fixed on the winding road in the distance, a road leading to an unknown future...

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Hanzhou took the lead and walked towards the main road. His steps were steady and his pace was neither too fast nor too slow, just right for Wang Yijie to keep up.

Lin Mengyan stepped aside to signal him to walk alongside Wang Yijie. She didn't urge him too much or ask him about his farewell to the village chief; she simply walked with him in silence.

After walking for two or three hours, the mountain path became steeper, and the surrounding forests became increasingly dense.

Suddenly, Wang Yijie felt a stirring in his heart. The Ice Blade in his arms spontaneously emitted a pure and gentle ice elemental power, which seeped through his clothes and slowly entered his limbs and meridians.

The ice element and the spatial element hidden within his body did not repel each other but instead attracted each other and merged together, gradually forming a strange energy vortex in his dantian.

An unprecedented feeling of comfort instantly swept through my body, my previously stagnant meridians suddenly opened up, and my internal strength rose steadily.

An unprecedented feeling of comfort instantly swept through his body, his previously chaotic and stagnant meridians suddenly opened up, and his internal strength rose steadily.

Wang Yijie was suddenly startled, feeling the elemental fluctuations around him suddenly condense, and his aura surged violently—

It was under this resonance that he naturally broke through and officially entered the ranks of first-tier elementalists.

A faint, transparent halo emanated from his body, causing the space to distort almost imperceptibly for a moment before being quickly covered by the icy aura emanating from the Ice Blade, leaving only the refreshing and stable aura of a first-tier elementalist.

Lin Mengyan and Shen Hanzhou turned their heads at the same time, stopped in their tracks, and a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes.

"You broke through? How did you do that?" Lin Mengyan asked softly.

Wang Yijie calmed the surging emotions within him, raised his hand and gently pressed it against his chest, feeling the still-warm chill of the icy blade, and replied calmly:

"It was the Ice Blade in my arms that spontaneously emitted ice elements, which resonated with the elements awakened within me, allowing me to break through the bottleneck."

Wang Yijie did not hide the existence of the Ice Glass Blade. Firstly, he had already roughly discerned the nature of the two people and they had no ill intentions. Secondly, with the keen senses of the two sixth-level elementalists, they would eventually detect the aura of a weapon of this caliber. Deliberately concealing it would only seem distant, so it was better to tell them frankly.

Lin Mengyan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then her gaze gently fell on his chest. After a moment of careful sensing, she indeed detected a wisp of extremely pure ice-type artifact energy.

"It's actually a weapon containing the essence of ice. No wonder it can resonate with your own element."

She nodded slightly, a hint of understanding in her eyes. "To have such an opportunity before your departure is truly your good fortune."

Shen Hanzhou, standing to the side, merely glanced at it indifferently, asking no further questions. Clearly, he had no interest in coveting the weapons of others. He simply said in a deep voice:

"Now that we've reached the first level, we should pay close attention to the journey ahead and familiarize ourselves with our own power as soon as possible."