Inside the Card Shop, Guo Jiahao was rendered speechless by Lu Chenxing's words. He then lowered his head to make cards, feeling dejected, and his card-making speed noticeably slowed.
Seeing him like this, Lu Chenxing couldn't help but scratch his head. He hadn't started the conversation; Guo Jiahao had asked the question. Yet, it felt as if he had bullied Little Fatty.
After a moment of thought, Lu Chenxing said, "Although I can't take you as a disciple, we can be friends! I'm almost Tier 3 and plan to form my own guild. I'd like to invite you; are you interested?"
"Really?" Guo Jiahao looked up, casting a suspicious gaze at him. "You're not tricking me this time?"
"No, when have I ever tricked you?" Lu Chenxing said, feeling speechless.
Guo Jiahao's expression froze. He thought back carefully; Lu Chenxing had indeed never said he would be his master. It was just that yesterday, when his mother called, she told him she had mentioned the idea of him becoming a disciple to Boss Lu, but it had been rejected, and Boss Lu had only agreed to let him be a shop assistant.
That's why he felt a bit unbalanced, especially after learning that Boss Lu had taken Guan Yang as a disciple. His heart became even more unbalanced!
You take a believer as a disciple but refuse to teach me? What do you mean by that?
But after Lu Chenxing's explanation, he somewhat understood Lu Chenxing's meaning, so he didn't want to force it, but he still felt a bit deceived.
"Then... then you be my Big Brother!" Guo Jiahao thought for a moment and brought up the old topic again. "Otherwise, I won't join your guild! And I won't help you buy things anymore!"
Although Lu Chenxing didn't know why Guo Jiahao insisted on him being his Big Brother, or what obsession he had with being a Big Brother, he thought about how he would still need Guo Jiahao to help him buy some things through special channels in the future, so Lu Chenxing still nodded and agreed.
"Alright!"
Watching Guo Jiahao visibly cheer up instantly, Lu Chenxing couldn't help but ask, "Why do you insist on me being your Big Brother? Is there some reason?"
"Hehe, I once read a novel about Card Makers where the protagonist and others, including his powerful Big Brother and a Third Sister, went through life and death together and eventually became famous throughout the world! I think it's really cool!" Guo Jiahao said, a little embarrassed.
Lu Chenxing was somewhat speechless upon hearing this, but he still accepted the explanation. After all, fifteen or sixteen was the age of chuunibyou, and he understood that quite well.
When he was fifteen or sixteen in his previous life, his classmates were still thinking about how to transmigrate to another world or a cultivation world to reach the pinnacle of life and seek immortality.
But he never expected that it wouldn't be those classmates who transmigrated, but himself, who wasn't particularly interested in such things.
Just then, four excited people burst into the Card Shop. It was Xiao Guo and her three friends, who had returned from the secret realm. All four of them were smiling, their faces flushed with excitement, clearly having reaped considerable rewards!
"Why are you four here? It looks like you had a good harvest?" Lu Chenxing saw the expressions on their faces and knew they had gained a lot, but he still asked.
Who knew that at this moment, Xiao Lian stepped forward, solemnly clasped Lu Chenxing's hand, and said, "We came specifically to thank Boss Lu. If it weren't for Boss Lu's guidance before, we wouldn't have today's harvest!"
As she spoke, she took out a small bag of Tier 2 crystal cores and put them into Lu Chenxing's hand. "We won't let Boss Lu teach us for free; this is our tuition!"
Lu Chenxing was a bit surprised, but then he smiled and said, "No need, you are my regular customers. I just gave some casual pointers, no need to thank me."
"No! If Boss Lu hadn't taught us about hydrogen, we really might have been blown up by our own spells if we were caught off guard!" Xiao Guo spoke solemnly in gratitude, then recounted everything that had happened in the secret realm.
"So you filled the Cave with a mixture of explosive gases?" Lu Chenxing felt somewhat incredible, and at the same time, his scalp tingled. This Xiao Lian was simply a madwoman!
"I don't know if it counts as completely filled, but I just kept striking it with lightning until it exploded!" Xiao Lian nodded confidently.
She didn't seize opportunities, but she knew that if she just kept striking, it would eventually explode.
Lu Chenxing, who didn't know what to say, finally gave a thumbs up. "Amazing, but be careful."
"As for the bag of crystal cores you brought..." Lu Chenxing looked at the four people's eager gazes, then smiled, "Then I'll accept it. Thank you."
"Not at all! We should be thanking Boss Lu!" The four of them were immediately happy when Lu Chenxing accepted it.
From this small bag, they had given about one-fifth of the total amount. Clearly, when they divided the spoils, they had set aside Lu Chenxing's share. Knowing how to repay kindness, Xiao Guo's three friends were truly good.
As he watched the three leave, Lu Chenxing immediately felt a resentful gaze from behind him.
He turned around and saw Guo Jiahao staring fixedly at him, saying, "It's fine that you teach Guan Yang, but you even teach your customers and still won't teach me? Are you still my Big Brother?"
"...How do you want me to teach you?" Lu Chenxing asked, somewhat speechless. "I don't even know what affinity your talent is. How can I teach you?"
Ever since Guo Jiahao awakened, Lu Chenxing had never asked about his talent, as such things were quite taboo, just like Bai Yuntian never asked him.
Upon hearing this, Guo Jiahao's eyes immediately lit up. "Big Brother! I'm a Light and Fire dual-element user, considered a specialized type. Do you have anything you want to teach me?"
"Light and Fire?" Lu Chenxing's brows immediately furrowed into a knot after hearing this, because light and fire simply couldn't have any physical or chemical reactions! How was he supposed to teach this?
And looking at Little Fatty's stance, it seemed like he wouldn't be able to get away without teaching him something today!
"What is your energy form like? Are the fire and light separate, or are they fused together?" Lu Chenxing asked while thinking.
Hearing this, Guo Jiahao held up a finger, and a golden-red flame appeared at his fingertip. "See, it's like this. The teacher also tried, but they can't be separated. All my light and fire magic is released in this energy form."
Lu Chenxing stared intently for a while, using his magic power to sense this peculiar flame. Because of the "Dominance" attribute brought by his all-element effect, he wouldn't be burned.
"Burning light? No, glowing fire? That's not right either..."
A moment later, Lu Chenxing told Guo Jiahao to disperse it, and he roughly had an idea in his mind. He could only say that this Little Fatty was truly a genius!
If he hadn't seen wrong, Little Fatty's talent should be related to the sun! Light and fire were combined and inseparable. It was impossible to distinguish whether the light brought heat and ignited the fire, or if the flame emitted light when burning.
Generally speaking, when these two elements are together, one is always weaker or stronger, but Little Fatty's two elements seemed to be progressing side by side!