Generation Z Mainland

Chapter 14 The Secret of the Five Elements

"Zuo Qihan? Hello~" Chen Tianrun put the phone in the dazed Zuo Qihan's hand, then turned around to look for Zhang Zeyu.

Yu Junxi on the side poked him and whispered in his ear: "Brother, the senior is talking to you!"

Zuo Qihan finally came back to his senses and mechanically said to the phone, "Ah? Oh! Hello, senior."

He turned around and looked at his phone in a daze. Zuo Hang was touched by his cuteness and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hello, I always hear Yu Yuhan mention you. When I see you today, I find that you are indeed a very handsome young man!" Zuo Hang praised.

"That's right! Our Chi Yan..." Yu Yuhan approached Zuo Qihan and smiled proudly. Before he finished speaking, a look from Zuo Hang on the other end of the phone made him change his words immediately: "Little Zuo Qihan is so awesome!" After speaking, he touched Zuo Qihan's arm with his elbow, turned around and glanced at Zuo Hang's eyes, put down his hand, ran to Yao Yuchen dejectedly, lowered his head and leaned on his shoulder, pretending to be sad.

Zuo Hang coughed twice: "Ahem, sorry, he just likes to joke around, please don't mind it."

Zuo Qihan quickly shook his head: "No! No! It's okay! I know Senior Yu doesn't mean any harm. Whether it was in the forest or in the castle, I could sense that he was testing me and didn't mean to hurt us. But it was different with that woman just now."

Zuo Hang looked at his actions and his cute tone and couldn't help but smile again. "That's good. By the way, you must be extra careful of the woman who came to trouble you today. Her abilities should not be underestimated. With your current qualifications, you are no match for her."

Zuo Hang held the phone in one hand and supported his head with the other. Looking at Zuo Qihan's nervous expression, he was really touched by his cuteness.

In fact, when Zuo Hang's new classmate Huang Shuo just transferred to the school, he had noticed his younger brother Zuo Qihan. He could always be seen jogging on the playground every morning, practicing his dance moves in the dance studio even after class, and asking to stay after vocal class to practice repeatedly. The sounds of drums, piano, and guitar practice from the instrument club could be heard regularly in the music classroom every day.

Even after they came to this world, he has been taking care of the entire team and considering everyone. As the head of the five elements, his team cohesion and sense of responsibility are fully reflected in this college student who has just become an adult.

"Senior? Is there anything else I can help you with?"

Zuo Hang's thoughts were interrupted by Zuo Qihan's voice. He came back to his senses, lowered his hand that was supporting his head, and said with a smile, "Okay, it's nothing. I just want you to be more careful with that woman. If there is anything, let Zhaoxue notify us. As long as we can help you, we will help you."

Zuo Qihan nodded: "Oh ~ OK, thank you, senior." As soon as the voice fell, Zuo Hang called out to Chen Tianrun. Chen Tianrun took two steps at a time and walked over to Zuo Qihan. Just as he was about to take out his phone, a figure suddenly appeared behind Zuo Hang, making Yu Junxi shout out: "Brother! Brother Nuo!"

The other person leaned closer to the phone with a suspicious look on his face, looked at the screen and said to Zuo Hang, "What are you looking at again? You junior? I thought I heard a familiar voice just now."

"Brother! Niu Yinuo! It's me! Yu Junxi!" Yu Junxi shouted even more excitedly as he looked at Niu Yinuo who was leaning close to the screen. Zuo Qihan was just about to hand the phone to Chen Tianrun when he was startled by Yu Junxi's sudden move. The moment the phone was put into Chen Tianrun's palm, he had to take it back and smiled awkwardly at Chen Tianrun. Chen Tianrun smiled and waved his hand, retracted his hand that was about to take the phone, and gestured for them to continue.

Zuo Hang smiled and turned to Niu Yinuo and said, "Yes, this boy is your junior, right?"

Niu Yinuo made a correct gesture and said, "Yes, he is my brother, Yu Junxi. He studied at your academy for a while."

Zuo Hang nodded in understanding and stood up to make room for Niu Yinuo. Niu Yinuo quickly waved his hand: "It's okay, I'll just say a few words. Xixi~"

"Brother~"

At this moment, Zuo Qihan suddenly remembered something. After handing the phone to Yu Junxi, he walked towards Zhang Guiyuan and Yang Jiahao: "Haohao! Are you okay?"

Zhang Guiyuan was helping Yang Jiahao rest on the side. Seeing Zuo Qihan running over, he said in a somewhat reproachful tone, "What were you talking about! Why did you suddenly run away just now? Jiahao is still weak!"

Zuo Qihan looked apologetic, hugged Yang Jiahao and gently stroked his back: "I'm sorry, Haohao, it was really a conditioned reflex just now..."

Zhang Guiyuan was a little confused: "Conditioned reflex?"

Yang Jiahao shook his head and smiled at his brother: "I'm fine, I really am! Zhang Guiyuan is exaggerating!"

Zuo Qihan looked at Yang Jiahao in his arms, who was still breathing heavily, and frowned distressedly: "If there is anything in the future, you must tell me, I will face it with you!"

"Good~"

"Hey, hey, hey, brother! Why are you with my brother Zuo and other seniors? Didn't you go out to do some business?" Yu Junxi blinked his eyes and asked Niu Yinuo with curiosity on his face.

Zuo Hang looked behind Yu Junxi and saw Zuo Qihan trying to comfort his brother, with a smile in his eyes that he couldn't hide.

Niu Yinuo paused, cleared his throat, and said seriously, "Why bother with so much? Just do your own thing."

Yu Junxi was a little disappointed: "Okay, but brother, when will you come back after finishing your work? I miss you so much~"

Niu Yinuo smiled and said, "Well, it depends on your progress~"

"Ah?" Yu Junxi was stunned. The next second, Niu Yinuo said "bye" to him and hung up. Yu Junxi reluctantly returned the phone to Chen Tianrun.

"Hey, my brother Nuo is really something. What does he mean by checking our progress? What does he mean? He's so weird. Senior Chen Tianrun, thank you!"

"It's okay~" Chen Tianrun smiled as he took the phone, looked at the message, and turned to the other three brothers and said, "It's about time for us to go back."

Zhang Zeyu walked slowly towards Ling Zhaoxue and said, "Wait a minute, something happened."

Yu Yuhan looked at Zhang Zeyu's back in confusion, then turned to ask Yao Yuchen, "What happened to him?"

Yao Yuchen spread his hands, gave a helpless smile, and said nothing. Chen Tianrun was texting someone on his phone.

Zhang Zeyu walked up to Ling Zhaoxue with a serious face. The girl smiled sweetly at him, but he still looked at her with a cold face.

"Why didn't you tell me you came out with them?"

Ling Zhaoxue's smile slowly faded. He lowered his head, remained silent for a moment, and murmured, "I'm telling you, can I still get out?"

Although Ling Zhaoxue said this in a low voice, Zhang Zeyu still heard it. He pursed his lips tightly, widened his eyes, and laughed in anger: "Ling Zhaoxue! Do you really have to do that?"

The sound was so loud that it attracted the attention of everyone present. Zuo Qihan, who had just appeased Yang Jiahao, hurried over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Hanrui glanced at him without saying anything. Siyin beside him said, "Senior and Zhaoxue are arguing. I don't know what's going on."

Zuo Qihan raised his eyebrows slightly, walked towards Ling Zhaoxue, put a hand on her shoulder, and asked gently, "What's wrong?"

Ling Zhaoxue looked at the man in front of her, then glanced at the people around her, as well as Zuo Qihan beside her. Her lips were tightly lined, and she couldn't help revealing an angry expression on her face: "Yes! I am going! This is the mission destined since I was born! You can't control it or stop it!" Her eyes were bright with anger, like washed jade.

Zhang Zeyu clenched his fists tightly at his sides. After a long silence, he finally uttered a trembling voice, "Well, if you want to go, then go ahead! Don't come back to me crying when the time comes!"

Ling Zhaoxue stared at him, watching him turn away angrily. She chuckled softly, revealing a hint of disapproval. "Who would come crying to you? I have so many friends! You're not a big deal!"

Zhang Zeyu slowly stopped and paused after hearing this, then walked forward angrily again. Yao Yuchen hurriedly chased after him, and Yu Yuhan also chased after him, not forgetting to look back at Zuo Qihan halfway: "Chi Yan! Zuo Qihan! Come on!"

Zuo Qihan patted Ling Zhaoxue's shoulder, and just as he was about to go find Zhang Guiyuan to say something, he heard Yu Yuhan calling him. He turned to look in his direction, smiled and nodded.

Chen Tianrun finally replied to the message. After putting away his phone, he took something out of his bag and threw it to Zuo Qihan. Zuo Qihan caught it and looked down. It was a black box.

Before Zuo Qihan could ask what it was, Chen Tianrun spoke first: "This is a signal booster. Take it. With it, your cell phones will have a signal."

Zhang Guiyuan came over to take a look, then smiled and said to Chen Tianrun, "Thank you so much, senior!"

Zuo Qihan glanced at him, shook his head helplessly, smiled, looked at Chen Tianrun and said, "Thank you, senior."

Chen Tianrun added: "By the way, if you run into that woman again, or encounter any trouble, you can contact us."

Zhang Guiyuan's eyes suddenly lit up: "Well, senior."

"Ok?"

"Can I add your contact information? Then it will be convenient for us to notify you when the time comes?"

"Then let your captain join me."

After Chen Tianrun said this, everyone looked at Zuo Qihan at the same time. Zuo Qihan was embarrassed and said, "Is Guan Junchen not good? He is the eldest brother?"

Guan Junchen put his arm around Yang Jiahao and quickly waved his hand to decline, "You should come. We all believe you can do it!"

Zuo Qihan was speechless and had no choice but to add Chen Tianrun’s contact information.

Chen Tianrun smiled, put away his phone, waved to everyone, and added, "By the way, if the signal equipment fails unexpectedly, you can also use other methods to inform us."

After saying that, he left in the direction of the other three brothers. "Other ways?" Fu Ziming thought for a while, holding his chin. Li Yunchenrui said leisurely, "Senior, you mean using supernatural powers, right?"

Zhang Zhongyu agreed, "That's right, Brother Zuo Qihan and the others should be able to use their supernatural powers to sense things, right?"

Chen Junming sighed, "Oh, I really want to have superpowers! I envy Yang Jiahao. We're both in the younger brother group, so why is there such a big difference?"

Wei Zichen glanced at him and said, "Superpowers also mean a lot of dangers. Jiahao even suffered backlash because of his superpowers. Having powerful superpowers is not always a good thing!"

Ling Zhaoxue was still staring at the direction Zhang Zeyu had left, and Siyin walked over and hugged her: "Xue'er baby, what's wrong with you?"

Ling Zhaoxue finally came back to his senses, took Siyin's hand and smiled: "It's okay. By the way, since there is nothing to do now, let me tell you about the five elements!" Then he looked at Haohao who was flipping through an ancient book.

"Okay! There's a small wooden house over there. Let's go over there and talk." Wang Junxi pointed to a wooden house in the northwest direction.

Wang Hao clapped his hands and nodded in agreement: "Let's go!"

Guan Junchen supported Yang Jiahao and followed behind the others. Zuo Qihan looked at them worriedly and asked, "Haohao, how do you feel now?"

Yang Jiahao forced a smile and replied, "Much better. They treated me well. Enhan and Hanrui also used butterflies to heal my wounds."

Zuo Qihan's eyes were filled with heartache, and he and Guan Junchen took him to catch up with the main force.

When we arrived at the cabin, we found that the furnishings inside were simple and rustic, clean and tidy. Everyone gathered around a small wooden table. Because there were not enough stools, the older brother group took the initiative to sit on the ground, while the younger brother group and the two girls sat on the stools.

He tactfully returned the ancient book to Ling Zhaoxue. Ling Zhaoxue took the book, flipped through it, then cleared her throat and said, "First, let's take a look at the first of the five elements, the fire element."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Qihan's eyes were fixed on the ancient book in Ling Zhaoxue's hand. Zhang Hanrui also sat upright. He really wanted to know who Zuo Qihan was and why so many people wanted to take him away?

"Blazing flames descend from the sky, scorching the heavens."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. These were exactly the same words on the beam of light that Senior Yu Yuhan had shown them in the forest before. While listening to Ling Zhaoxue, they all looked at Zuo Qihan at the same time. Zuo Qihan was staring at the ancient book with a frown, not noticing the gazes of others.

"The main fire attack spells are Blazing Flame and Fiery Phoenix Dance. The former attacks a single enemy, while the latter attacks all enemies. They are extremely powerful."

Ling Zhaoxue continued, "Before this attribute awakens, the oracle bone script symbols of the five elements will appear on the palm of the awakener's hand or anywhere on the body. The closer to the awakening moment, the clearer it becomes."

Zhang Yiran looked at Li Jiasen. Li Jiasen was silent for a long time. He looked at his wrist and saw a golden oracle bone symbol looming. Zhang Yiran smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Jiasen quickly pulled up his sleeves, raised his head and pretended nothing had happened: "No, nothing."

Zhang Yiran smiled without saying anything. He poked him with his finger and whispered, "You can hide it from them, but you can't hide it from me."

Li Jiasen looked at him in surprise, quickly covered his mouth and whispered, "Alright, shut up! If you faint again, Zhang Guiyuan and I won't hide it for you!"

Zhang Yiran pushed his hand away: "Okay, okay, okay."

He watched Ling Zhaoxue's chatter carefully: "Hey, why do I feel like my job has been taken away?"

Zhi Enhan glanced at him and smiled, "Be more confident and get rid of the feeling."

I gave Zhienhan a cold look: "Tsk, coward~"

Ji Eun-han: “You!”

Ling Zhaoxue heard the two brothers arguing, chuckled, and continued, "The gathering of the five elements is an important factor in maintaining peace and stability in the entire alien world. If one element is missing, the world will be affected and destroyed by the outside world."

Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Zuo Qihan again. This time, Zhang Yiran looked at Li Jiasen, and everyone was puzzled.

Zhang Hanrui said, "Zhang Yiran, you don't know something, do you? Could it be that the Star Spirit Clan's gold element isn't his sister's, but his?"

Zhang Yiran glanced over, and Zhang Hanrui read something in his eyes and smiled knowingly: "Oh ~ I understand ~"

Zhang Guiyuan leaned over curiously and asked, "What is it?"

Zhang Hanrui didn't look at him: "I won't tell you~"

Zhang Guiyuan gave up asking Zhang Hanrui and looked at Zhang Yiran. This guy must have used his ability to read Li Jiasen's hidden thoughts. Could it be that this prince of the Star Spirit tribe is really the gold element?

He looked at Ling Zhaoxue carefully and asked, "Sister, what else does the book say? Are there any clues to other elements?"

Ling Zhaoxue looked at him and lowered her head to flip through the book: "Let me take a look. Besides the formation and presentation of the five elements and basic spells I just talked about, um, there's also, yeah, there's a map!"

Everyone gathered around. Siyin was sitting next to Ling Zhaoxue. Seeing a large group of boys suddenly surrounding her, she coughed twice, and all the boys sat back in their original places obediently.

Ling Zhaoxue took out a map and showed it to everyone, saying, "This map should be a map of another world. It shows the origins of the five elements and the nearby towns and villages. Currently, we know that Zuo Qihan is a fire element, and I am a water element. It shows our elemental bases. His is the Flame Temple in the southwest, and mine is the waterfall area in the northwest."

Haohao held his chin with one hand and thought for a while before saying, "Now that you know it, I know!"

Ling Zhaoxue turned to look at him, a look of surprise on her face: "What?"

He lowered his hand and said seriously, "I know these places. The Flame Temple is a key military area for the Fire Tribe, where the Holy Spirit Fire can exert great power. And that waterfall is a place full of vitality and energy. Its water flow creates a powerful force field, and the Overlord can use that power for powerful attacks and defenses."

Zuo Qihan asked, "Well, then, do you know the locations of the other three elements? If we go there, can we find elemental masters like Zhao Xue and I?"

After thinking it over carefully, he said, "Well, as I recall, the domain of the gold element is in the Protoss' territory. After the great war five hundred years ago, the gold element disappeared, and the five elements were scattered everywhere. The wood and earth elements were originally connected, but they were separated because of the war."

Yang Hanbo looked at them, shook his head, and asked Haohao: "So, how do we find the other three elements now?"

Haohao replied seriously: "Jin Xi, then we can only go to the ruins of the Protoss Kingdom to take a look. I wonder what it looks like now?" As he said that, he looked at Li Jiasen and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Jiasen suddenly stood up: "No! We can't go there!"

Seeing this, Zuo Qihan also stood up and pulled him: "What are you doing? We must find a way to gather the five elements to maintain the stability of the other world! Otherwise, evil forces like that woman will become stronger and stronger! What will we use to fight them then!"

Li Jiasen was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and then said: "No need to go."

Everyone was stunned, only to hear Li Jiasen continue: "I am the gold element."

Haohao looked at Li Jiasen and smiled even more. Yu Junxi turned his head to look at Haohao and asked, "Haohao, why didn't you tell us if you knew something?"

Haohao looked at Yu Junxi blankly: "Ah? Then you didn't ask me?"

Yu Junxi: “Uh…”

Zhang Yiran also stood up and patted Li Jiasen on the shoulder, saying with a smile: "Oh~ Finally I don't have to help you hide this secret~"

Zhang Guiyuan looked at Li Jiasen and clapped his hands: "It's really you! Then you can rest assured now! At least it's not your sister, she is safe!" Li Jiasen looked at him with a smile and nodded.

Zuo Qihan and Li Jiasen stood face to face. Zuo Qihan put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Can I see your mark?"

Li Jiasen looked up at him, murmured "hmm", and rolled up his sleeves. The golden mark on his wrist shone with a slightly dazzling light. Everyone was surprised and exclaimed in disbelief.

Just when everyone was resting comfortably in the wooden house, laughing and playing happily, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the wooden house: "Bang~" After the sound, a figure ran quickly in front of the blurry window, scaring the timid boys to move towards their brother.

Wei Zichen was so frightened that he leaned closer to Yang Hanbo: "Oh my god! What is that?"

Li Jiasen held Zuo Qihan's hand tightly. Zuo Qihan patted his hand and whispered comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, it's okay."

Zhi Enhan was so scared that she flew into Zhang Hanrui's flute and said with a smile: "Coward~"

Everyone held their breath and waited for the outside to calm down. When it finally calmed down, a voice came from outside: "Everything is fine outside."

——To be continued——

(End of this chapter)