Douluo Dragon King: I, the wielder of the Holy Sword, will vanquish all evil.

Chapter 33 The Secrets of the Elements
Gu Yue grabbed Su Qiu's wrist, her fingertips feeling slightly cool. "Come on, come on, after we're done looking around, I'll teach you all the elemental control techniques we just learned. I even have a lot of tips on how to conserve soul power."

How to conserve soul power.
Su Qiu admitted that she was momentarily tempted.

With her wrist gripped, Su Qiu looked at the jubilant figure in front of her and suddenly found it amusing.

Just now on stage, he exuded an aura of dominance, like a king who controlled the entire audience.

At this moment, she resembles a little girl holding candy, asking her friend to play with her.

Su Qiu smiled helplessly, but followed her lead with her steps: "Okay, then you'd better keep your word."

"rest assured!"

Gu Yue called out without turning her head, pulling him out of the academy and heading straight for a snack street near Donghai Academy.

Just inside the street entrance.

Gu Yue pointed to the small shop with warm yellow lanterns hanging on the storefront.

"Let's start with this newly opened 'handmade candy shop'. Their candies are the best on this street, and they also have molds of all shapes and sizes."

Upon entering the shop, the proprietress was simmering syrup in a small pot, filling the air with the sweet aroma of caramel and fruit.

Gu Yue approached the counter, stood on tiptoe, and pointed to the candies in the glass jar: "I want the water ripple-shaped ones, and the strawberry-flavored star candies."

As she spoke, she took out some change from her pocket, adding, "Please pack me a couple more mint peppers, so I can eat some sweet cake later to cut through the richness."

Carrying the candy jar out of the store, Gu Yue unwrapped a mint and popped it into her mouth, then handed another to Su Qiu: "Try this, it's cool and refreshing, so you won't feel too sweet when you eat the cake later."

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and skipped along, pulling Su Qiu towards the street: "There's 'Sweet Wave Shop' up ahead. Their freshly baked sweet cakes take ten minutes to arrive, so I'll go tell them first. We can use this time to check out the handmade shops next door."

"Gu Yue, you didn't just visit every dessert shop on this whole street, did you?" Su Qiu asked tentatively, seeing Gu Yue's familiarity with the place.

"That's about right."

Gu Yue seemed to be in a good mood.

The shop counter was filled with various dessert-themed trinkets, and Gu Yue immediately spotted two small ceramic spoons.

The spoon handles are decorated with round, sweet cake patterns.

She picked up the spoon, compared it to the spoon, and turned to ask, "How about this? We'll use it for the sweet cake later."

Before Su Qiu could answer, she had already paid and picked out a spoonful, stuffing it into his hand. "Take this. Use this to scoop out the food later. The spoon the other shop gave us isn't as handy as this one."

Pulled along by the excited Gu Yue the whole time, Su Qiu suddenly realized that Gu Yue's invitation to come along was just a side effect.

Even if he doesn't agree to come, the other person might still come here alone for a stroll.

When we arrived at "Sweet Wave Shop", the owner was just serving up freshly baked sweet cakes. The golden crust looked appetizing, and the sweet aroma wafted into our noses.

Gu Yue pulled Su Qiu to sit by the window. She noticed that Su Qiu always liked to sit by the window, whether in the elementary academy or in the current class.

He eagerly scooped up a large spoonful and stuffed it into his mouth. It was so hot that he was panting, but he couldn't bear to spit it out. At the same time, he mumbled, "You should try it too, it's delicious."

The two of them took turns scooping out the food with a spoon.

Finally, we ordered two more glasses of juice.

It seemed like she had a feeling it was about right. Gu Yue suddenly asked, "Su Qiu, what do you think elements are?"

"Or rather, how do you view the various elements in nature?"

With a slight frown, Su Qiu pondered for a moment and asked in confusion, "That's a kind of magical power. What do you mean by asking that?"

Just like martial spirit, soul power, and soul skills. In Su Qiu's view, elemental power is similar.

"To make good use of the power of the elements, you must first understand them." Gu Yue entered teaching mode, just like a teacher patiently instructing students.

How many elements do you think exist in this world?

"There are several elements," Su Qiu listed them carefully: "Feng, water, fire, earth, ice, light, darkness, and space."

There are too many. There are even some powers that he doesn't know if he can classify as elements.

"These can be considered elemental as well," Gu Yue chuckled softly. "Actually, there are only four types that can truly be considered elemental power."

"Four?"

If anyone else had said that, Su Qiu would have scoffed at it.

But at this moment, he was being taught by the Silver Dragon King.

The only thing to do is to believe, and then learn word by word.

“That’s earth, wind, water, and fire.” Gu Yue’s words were startling, and he was more serious than ever before: “Those things like light and dark spaces might be very powerful.”

"But on the path of the elements, it's all just like that."

"If one chooses to pursue either light, darkness, or space, reaching the ultimate path can indeed lead to a great path."

Gu Yue lightly touched the inside of the juice glass, causing a layer of frost to form and a wisp of cold air to emanate from it.

"However, if we want to make achievements in the vast elemental system, we must focus our efforts on the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire."

"These four are the paths to heaven among the elements!"

Earth, Wind, Water, Fire
Su Qiu held the small spoon in her hand, looking at the frost that had condensed on the cup.

Gu Yue's words did indeed change his understanding of many elements.

In the existing knowledge of Soul Masters, there are too many elemental classifications, with light, darkness, space, and so on being regarded as rare and powerful existences.

But when Gu Yue spoke of it, the earth, wind, water, and fire actually became the true "path to heaven".

"Why these four?" He put down his spoon and leaned forward. "Isn't ice a variant of water?"

Gu Yue's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she reached out and touched the frost on the side of the cup.

With a gentle pinch of her fingertips, the tiny frost melted into water droplets in her palm, then instantly turned into mist and dispersed.

She smiled and withdrew her hand, a bit of cream from the sweet cake still on the corner of her mouth. "Ice is a form of water. In fact, earth, wind, water, and fire already encompass all things. Those light and dark spaces are either derivatives of the four elements or forces independent of the elemental system. They can't be considered elemental forces at all."

She scooped up a spoonful of sweet cake, but didn't eat it immediately. Instead, she placed it in front of Su Qiu: "Just like this sweet cake, it can be summarized by the four elements. Actually, I have a guess."

"The end of the path of the four elements can create all things."

"Create everything." Su Qiu was truly dumbfounded.

"Haha, just a guess, don't take it seriously." Suddenly realizing she'd overstated things, Gu Yue chuckled, "It's just a spontaneous thought; these are just my usual fantasies."

Gu Yue truly admired Su Qiu's talent in the elements.

Especially after these past few months of contact.

The elemental power that Su Qiu occasionally used made Gu Yue see his potential.

Even from the Silver Dragon King's perspective, that martial spirit was simply too amazing.

If what I expected is correct.

Gu Yue guessed that the new element Su Qiu would master after breaking through to the fourth level of Soul Master would be the earth element.

The first four rings precisely pinpointed the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire, directly addressing the essence and leaving Su Qiu with no possibility of wasting time on other elements. This is what Gu Yue felt was truly extraordinary about Su Qiu.

The more you understand Su Qiu.

Gu Yue wanted to subdue him even more.

If such capable generals were to assist us in the future, what would be the worry of reviving the Soul Beasts?
　After seeing some comments, I'd like to add that I haven't watched Douluo Continent IV. I really couldn't stand watching it back then. If there's any conflict between this and the setting of Douluo Continent IV, please let me know, and I'll try to avoid mentioning it later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)