Dean Justin was dumbfounded.
He held the fallen hair in his trembling hands and clearly heard the sound of his own heart breaking.
He used to have hair on his head, but now he was completely bald without a single hair left!
Dean Justin picked up the mirror and looked at himself in a trembling manner. Seeing his bald head, he felt a bit desperate and angry. Then after looking at himself in the mirror, he soon felt relieved.
Forget it, a bald head was fine too.
He looked younger bald and Princess Silin had good intentions.
Silin and Brady looked at each other. They couldn’t help feeling guilty when seeing Dean Justin completely bald.
However, just as the two of them were about to apologize, they suddenly heard Keai Duoyuoduo cry out.
“It’s growing!”
The two of them paused at the same time. Dean Justin, who had already given up on himself, was also shocked.
What happened? What was growing?
Could it be…
Dean Justin picked up the mirror with some doubt and disbelief. Then he saw…
Under the effect of the halo of the wood growth technique, small particles like stubble appeared on his originally smooth and shiny head.
Dean Justin’s hunched back straightened up again.
His eyes widened and he stared at his reflection in the mirror.
Once the wood-type player stopped due to his magic power being exhausted, he quickly took out a whole box of high-level magic recovery potions from the drawer, almost pouring them into the player’s mouth himself.
Fortunately, the player acted quickly and stuffed the box of high-level potions directly into the backpack as a reward for this attack.
Then he continued to perform the growth technique.
In the green light full of vitality, Dean Justin felt his scalp becoming more and more itchy. He resisted the urge to scratch it and just stared into the mirror.
Slowly, under the nervous gazes of several people, the tiny stubble broke through the skin one by one like sprouting seedlings.
Almost every time they blinked, they could see these hairs growing a bit longer, becoming finer and dense with a healthy luster.
Dean Justin’s eyes turned red. He held his breath and didn’t dare to disturb the wood-type brave from casting the spell.
Finally, once the wood-type player stopped due to running out of magic power, the hair on Dean Justin’s head had grown nearly two centimeters longer.
The originally gray and dense hair had all fallen out, and the ones that had grown back were brown-red.
He looked messy and had no hairstyle, but in the eyes of Dean Justin, he had never been in such a good state.
In the words of the braves, he was—handsome!
“Your Highness, look. My hair has really grown!” Dean Justin said with a sob.
“Congratulations, Teacher. I seem to see your past self again.”
Silin smiled slightly, very happy.
She also graduated from the Elementalist Academy and Dean Justin had taught her.
The wood-type player took out a high-level magic potion and asked hesitantly, “Do you want to continue?”
If he didn’t continue, he could keep the potion.
Such a precious medicine must be cherished. Whether he used it himself or sold it at auction, it was better than wasting it.
Dean Justin was certainly not satisfied. He hoped that his hair could grow to his shoulders so he could have long flowing hair again. This was something he had never dared to dream of.
Now that he had the chance to do so, he didn’t want to wait for his hair to grow longer.
The wood-type player reluctantly continued.
Bathed in the light of the wood technique, Dean Justin’s mood completely relaxed. As a master of elemental studies, he also started to think about it.
Why could the wood-related growth technique work on the human body?
He felt and observed carefully. Thanks to his mind no longer being unsettled, he soon discovered the small details he had overlooked before.
In the past, he had used his mental strength to carefully observe the top of his head, trying to find a way to solve the problem of baldness.
At that time, he found that his hair follicles were severely atrophied and diseased. This was the reason why this hair didn’t grow after he was promoted to a higher star level even though his lifespan was extended.
Now, probably thanks to the light and water healing techniques, his hair follicles had recovered and were in great shape.
The reason why no hair grew in the beginning was probably because light and water healing could only restore the body to a healthy state but couldn’t promote growth.
Meanwhile, the wood-related growth technique didn’t only work on plants as he previously believed.
This magic could actually generate extremely powerful vitality, which could stimulate and promote plant growth. In other words, it could accelerate cell metabolism.
Therefore, the growth technique acted on his head, increasing the metabolic rate of scalp cells and making his hair grow quickly.
In fact, even without the wood-related growth technique, his hair would still be able to grow on its own given time.
Growth magic simply sped up the process, producing a more stunning effect.
Dean Justin couldn’t help feeling a bit emotional after coming to this conclusion.
Sure enough, the mysteries of the elements were endless. He and the teachers at the academy needed to invest more energy to understand the elements better and more deeply.
It was only by constantly updating one’s knowledge that one could maintain the status of an elementalist.
Dean Justin actually felt a strong sense of crisis recently.
His Majesty had been introducing alien technology and even established the Roland Imperial Research Institute, where most of the research was done on alien technology.
There might be Teacher Aina, who worked on projects that combined technology and alchemy, but overall, the research institute was still dominated by foreign high-tech.
These technologies were increasingly being used in people’s lives.
No matter whether it was newly built transportation networks, communication facilities, or daily necessities needed in people’s lives, more and more things were being introduced from outer space.
He had no doubt that when technology matured, alien high tech forces such as mechas and warships would definitely be used on a large scale.
Indeed, the emperor’s wisdom meant he would definitely not give up on the foundation of elementalists. However, as alien technology became more and more convenient and powerful, the living space of elementalists would definitely be squeezed.
For example, in terms of construction, there were now large machines that ordinary people could use. Its construction speed wasn’t much slower than that of the elementalist engineering team.
Moreover, the new types of buildings constructed had a better performance in all aspects. Of course, the materials and labor required were also more expensive.
But the Roland Empire would undoubtedly become richer and richer. Maybe one day, people would no longer consider the cost issue?
Therefore, elementalists also needed to constantly innovate and develop new skills in order to create unique value and consolidate their position.
As the dean of the Elementalist Academy, he had an obligation to do so!
Now the new application directions of water healing, light healing and wood growth therapy had undoubtedly given him great inspiration.
His Majesty attached great importance to the upcoming group of alien tourists. If this beauty and hair growth project was successfully developed, it would create a large number of jobs.
Dean Justin looked at his slowly growing hair, and his mind became active. If this beauty and hair growth project was successfully developed, it would create a large number of jobs.
The braves were also elementalists, but they were outsiders after all. It was impossible to rely on them constantly.
That night, Xu Sili received information from Wen Jishan and Dean Justin respectively and was also surprised.
However, the results shown by Silin, Brady and Dean Justin in front of him meant he had no doubts about this project at all.
He was even confident that the Roland Empire might gain more popularity with this project!
There was less than a week left before the tour group arrived. So at Xu Sili’s suggestion, Wen Jishan worked overtime to discuss a preliminary plan with Dean Justin and tried a pilot test in the Food City.
The Elemental Beauty Salon didn’t cause much of a response among ordinary people. For the ordinary Rolanders, food was more tempting.
However, the research institute and those returning personnel were full of praise for the Elemental Beauty Salon.
Most of those people hadn’t awakened their elemental talents and their lifespans hadn’t increased. Even for those who had awakened their talent, those who weren’t in the three element systems of water, wood or light showed great interest in this beauty salon.
After all, who wouldn’t want to look more beautiful and younger or to have healthy and flowing hair? It was just that the fees were too expensive and ordinary people couldn’t afford it.
For the most common package, the operator was a local one or two star elemental technician who charged 10,000 Escher coins or 20,000 cosmic coins for a course of treatment.
It often took five courses of treatment to achieve optimal results.
As for the braves, the charges would be even higher. It was almost several times higher.
It was because the braves package was very fast. A whole course of treatment could be completed in around half a day, and the effect was significant. Meanwhile, the ordinary package took a week.
Therefore, some people even chose to join the Roland Empire because they could get a 10% discount with a Roland residency.
As for the players, they could get dozens to a hundred Escher coins for completing a beauty task. Occasionally, they got extra rewards from customers.
Originally, Wen Jishan was going to give one or two thousand. After all, the magic recovery potions weren’t expensive and the cost of the beauty salon wasn’t much, but the profit was high.
However, Xu Sili approved of all his plans except for rewarding the braves. He simply waved his hand and reduced the amount of Escher coins to less than 100.
He also enacted the strictest laws, strictly prohibiting braves from taking jobs privately.
Wen Jishan felt that this way of eating was a bit ugly, and there might not be many braves who would accept this mission.
Yet when he posted the beauty salon recruitment task on the mercenary platform, it was snatched up by the braves in the blink of an eye. Those who failed to grab one sighed and some even fought.
Wen Jishan was greatly confused.
As for the players…
NPCs gave them high-level potions to help increase their proficiency and upgrade their skills, and they even received money for it?
F*k, this mission was so awesome!
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