Chapter 29 Sky Burning Qi Refining TowerTime passed by minute by minute.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the sound of an ancient bell resounded throughout the area. As the bell rang, the noisy open space, which was originally as noisy as a vegetable market, suddenly became quiet.
"Open the tower!"
The bell rang, and an old voice came from the tower. The dark door that was previously tightly closed slowly opened with a creaking sound. Even though he was far away, Xiao Yun could feel a hot breath coming from the tower, and even the temperature around him rose a little.
Xiao Yun stood on the tree branch and waited for two or three minutes. Seeing that the crowd was no longer so crowded, he flashed down from above and followed the flow of people into the black tower.
Standing at the door of the black tower, fiery red fighting spirit surged out of his body, churning and wrapping Xiao Yun's entire body. After fully arming himself with fighting spirit, Xiao Yun took a step forward and stepped into the tower door.
Just as his feet stepped onto the ground inside the tower, his originally normal face instantly turned like burning charcoal, and a faint white mist seeped out of his body.
"Is this Fallen Heart Flame so powerful? A mere spark of fire can break through my Dou Qi defense." Xiao Yun stood motionless, his mind sinking into his body, looking at the cluster of strange flames that suddenly appeared in his body.
This cluster of flames was invisible and shapeless, but the high temperature emanating from it began to burn Xiao Yun's meridians, bones, muscles, etc., and his organs began to feel a slight tingling sensation.
Xiao Yun knew that if he allowed the flames to continue burning, the meridians in his body would soon lose their function. His meridians would be useless, and he would no longer be able to circulate his fighting spirit, becoming like a useless person.
With a thought, a large amount of fiery red fighting spirit suddenly surged out of the cyclone in his lower abdomen. Then, purple crystal lion fire also surged out from the soul-gathering space. Under Xiao Yun's command, the fighting spirit, carrying the purple fire, passed through countless meridians and headed towards the invisible flame with great momentum.
Although this is the fourteenth-ranked Fallen Heart Flame, it is after all just a tiny fire that cannot be any smaller. With the help of Xiao Yun's fighting spirit, the Amethyst Lion Fire rushed forward and quickly devoured the invisible flame.
"Isn't this fire too little? It feels like there's no change after swallowing it."
Xiao Yun carefully felt the changes in the Amethyst Lion Fire, but found that apart from the color becoming lighter, there was no improvement at all. Even a slight increase in temperature would be enough!
In the softly lit ancient tower, a large group of people gathered around Xiao Yun, who had his eyes closed, and low laughter could be heard from time to time.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Elder Liu is coming!"
Just as Xiao Yun regained his composure, he heard a scolding. He opened his eyes and saw a large group of people surrounding him. In the middle, the crowd made way for a path, and an old man in plain clothes slowly walked towards him.
"It's you, little guy. You ran to the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower as soon as you entered the inner courtyard. You are so impatient." The old man was Elder Liu from yesterday's Fire Energy Hunting Competition. Xiao Yun's outstanding performance in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition had made him remember the face of this monster a long time ago.
"Hello, Elder Liu. I am a little anxious and I am sorry to bother you." Xiao Yun bowed and saluted.
"It's just my duty. Besides, you didn't need me to help you, and you broke free from the Heart Fire Tempering on your own. It really opened my eyes." Elder Liu said with a smile. Suddenly, his face changed. He glanced around and shouted in a deep voice: "Why, you guys don't want to practice? Do you want me to treat you?"
Hearing Elder Liu's rebuke, the students around him shook their heads and quickly moved towards the ancient pagoda, fearing that if they were slow they would be noted down in Elder Liu's little notebook.
"These bastards just like to watch the fun. If you don't treat them harshly, they will just ignore you." After dispersing the crowd around, Elder Liu smiled at Xiao Yun again.
"..." Looking at the old man in front of him whose expression changed as quickly as turning over a book, Xiao Yun didn't know how to start talking for a moment and had to remain silent. The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
"Since this is your first time at the Tianfen Refining Tower, I will introduce you to this place so you don't have to ask around." Elder Liu seemed to have noticed the difference in the atmosphere and quickly changed the subject, beginning to lead Xiao Yun on a tour of the Tianfen Refining Tower. ...
Xiao Yun was somewhat shocked by the size of the space inside the ancient tower. As he walked around with Elder Liu, he was surprised to find that the space inside the first floor of the tower alone was enough for 500 people to practice at the same time.
In the circular space inside the tower, there are training rooms of different sizes. Above the doors of these rooms are hung some small red signs with words representing the three levels: advanced, intermediate, and low.
"In the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower, the right to use these training rooms is generally fought for based on the students' strength. If you are strong, you can have better training conditions. If you are weak, you can only practice in the outermost low-level training rooms." Elder Liu said with a smile, pointing to the small red signs on these training rooms.
"When practicing in the same tower, regardless of the level of the training room, the required fees are the same, so this is why they are fighting for it."
"In the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower, as long as you have enough fire energy, you can practice for as long as you want. However, due to the fire poison, generally no one can do it. Most people practice here for a week and then leave."
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Unconsciously, they had walked around the ancient tower and returned to the dark gate. Elder Liu stopped and said with a smile:
"Okay, this is the general situation here. Which floor do you want to go to for training now?"
"I'm a new student here. I wonder if the elders have any recommendations?" Seeing that Elder Liu was so easy to talk to, Xiao Yun bowed, hoping that he could open a back door for him.
"Well, with your strength as a seven-star master, you should have gone to the second or third floor for the best results, but you can only practice on the first floor now."
Seeing the confusion on Xiao Yun's face, Elder Liu changed his previous smile and said seriously: "According to the rules of the inner courtyard, freshmen must practice on the first floor for a full week before they can enter the next few floors. Because of the burning heart fire, no matter how strong you are, there will always be a trace of fire poison in your fighting spirit."
"This is no joke. Over the years, there have been many people in the inner courtyard who have suffered irreparable damage to their cultivation due to the accumulation of fire poison."
"Secondly, although this heart fire burning can speed up your cultivation, it also takes time to adapt. With each level you descend, the heat of the heart fire will increase exponentially. If you go down rashly, you will end up in the same situation you saw at the door just now."
After hearing Elder Liu's long string of words, Xiao Yun suddenly felt a little dizzy. He didn't want to make things difficult for Elder Liu, so he had to shake his head helplessly, "Okay, then I will practice on the first floor for seven days."
"Well, that's good. In that case, follow me." Elder Liu led Xiao Yun into the ancient tower and soon arrived at a medium-sized training room.
"This is where I usually meditate. Although it is an intermediate training room, the effect inside is no worse than that of an advanced training room. There are no extra advanced training rooms for you to use now, so you can practice here first." Elder Liu patted Xiao Yun's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Here, let me use your training room. Then where are you going, Elder?" Xiao Yun didn't expect Elder Liu to be so polite that he actually gave him the place where he usually stayed.
"Hahaha, your teacher, Old Man Huo, and I are good friends. This little thing doesn't matter. Besides, I'm already a Dou Wang. The Heart Fire effect here has no effect on me. It's the same wherever I go."
"Thank you very much, Elder." Xiao Yun bowed. He didn't expect that his teacher had such a wide network of contacts. He could even benefit from them in the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower.
"Well, that's good. Let's go in and practice. Don't waste time." Elder Liu smiled and waved his hand.
Xiao Yun nodded, turned and entered the training room and closed the door.
Looking at the closed door, Elder Liu couldn't help but shook his head and whispered, "He is so talented and humble. I really envy Old Man Huo for having such a good disciple..."
(End of this chapter)
