Chapter 108: Entering the Inner Academy

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"Zi Yan, let's go."

Back in his room, Lin Feng spoke to Zi Yan, who was sitting on a chair, boredly swinging her short legs.

"Took you long enough—wait, you brought Xiao Cai too?"

Having waited impatiently, Zi Yan leapt down from the chair. But when she sensed that familiar aura, her tone turned slightly surprised.

"Yeah, she insisted on coming, I couldn't stop her."

Lin Feng nodded and replied.

"Fine, as long as she doesn't run around causing trouble."

Zi Yan blinked her purple eyes, then a playful smile surfaced on her lips as she spoke generously.

"Alright then, let's head out."

Lin Feng, unaware of her hidden thoughts, urged them onward since everything was ready.

"Follow me."

With that, Zi Yan shot into the sky, taking the lead.

Lin Feng unfolded his crimson wings and followed closely behind.

Deep within the mountains behind Jia Nan Academy, above a boundless sea of trees, two figures sped toward a certain mountain valley.

Moments later, Lin Feng stopped alongside Zi Yan above an unfathomably deep ravine.

The surroundings were still a sea of lush greenery.

To the unknowing, this would appear to be just another ordinary forest.

However, with his powerful soul perception, Lin Feng could faintly sense a peculiar spatial distortion up ahead.

Staring at the familiar portal he'd visited often, Zi Yan turned to him and said, "Lin Feng, hold me tight. I'll take you in."

"Uh, okay."

Momentarily stunned by her words, Lin Feng quickly came to his senses.

He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Zi Yan's petite body.

Once she felt him holding tight, Zi Yan suddenly shot forward.

At the same time, she activated her innate talent.

Lin Feng felt as if his body passed through some invisible barrier.

As they crossed, a ripple of silver energy spread out and slowly vanished.

His vision blurred momentarily, then cleared to reveal a forest scene much like the one before.

"We're inside the Inner Academy now."

Zi Yan's crisp voice came from his arms.

Hearing this, Lin Feng released her and looked around with curiosity.

"Follow me. We need to get through this forest to reach the Inner Academy. I'll take you to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower—cultivating there can greatly boost your training speed."

As she spoke, Zi Yan's wings faded, and she landed on the ground. Pouting a little, she added, "Flying around with you in the academy draws too much attention. Let's walk the rest of the way."

"Alright."

Lin Feng had no objections and followed her down to the ground.

The two of them then swiftly made their way through the forest.

At the very moment they entered the Inner Academy, deep within one of its central buildings, Su Qian suddenly looked up toward their direction.

But upon thinking of that little brat Zi Yan, he didn't dwell too much on someone entering the Inner Academy and returned to reviewing the documents in his hand.

After running through the forest for a while, Lin Feng finally climbed over a slope—and the true face of the Inner Academy appeared before his eyes.

Beyond the slope lay a massive sunken basin.

The terrain looked as if a giant meteor had crashed from the heavens, forcibly creating this enormous crater.

Within the basin stood countless towering buildings.

From his elevated vantage point, Lin Feng could see numerous small black shadows leaping across rooftops like fleas.

His gaze stretched further ahead and still found no end—only more tall structures and lush greenery.

Leading Lin Feng northward, Zi Yan explained, "To the north lies the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. It helps cultivators train faster. I often go there myself, though I don't like those cramped little rooms. Once I run out of flame points, I stop going."

As she finished, she pulled out a purple card from her chest and handed it to him. "This is a Purple Flame Crystal Card. It stores flame points. Flame points are the currency within the Inner Academy—kind of like the merit points in your Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

Training inside the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower consumes flame points. My private Room No.1, for example, costs thirty flame points per day."

Lin Feng nodded. He already knew about these things and wasn't particularly surprised.

Taking the card, he glanced at the number on it—twenty. Clearly, Zi Yan had nearly used up her monthly allocation.

"As for flame points, that's your own problem to figure out. You saw my card—there's not even a single flame point left on it."

Zi Yan shrugged as she spoke casually.

"Uh… then how do I get flame points now?"

Although Lin Feng remembered from the original story that items could be exchanged for flame points, he wasn't sure where to do that. So he turned to Zi Yan for help.

"Oh right! I almost forgot."

Zi Yan gently patted her little head, then pointed to the side. "Later, you can go to the eastern part of the Inner Academy. That's the trading zone. Many students sell things they find in the deep mountains there. With your alchemy skills, just selling a few pills will earn you a pile of flame points. But for now, let me take you to look around the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower first."

As she spoke, Zi Yan began walking toward the north.

Half an hour later, the two of them arrived at the top of a sunken depression.

Looking ahead, what appeared before Lin Feng's eyes was a vast, sunken terrain.

At the center of the depression, a massive black tower was deeply buried underground, with only the tip of its spire and a pitch-black entrance visible above the surface.

"That's the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, huh... A Dou Zun's methods are truly terrifying."

Gazing at the tower, Lin Feng softly murmured as he noticed the surrounding space around the tower faintly distorted and wrinkled.

Moreover, as soon as he arrived here, he felt a faint scorching heat continuously seeping out from the entrance at the tip of the black tower, raising the temperature of the area slightly.

"Let's go."

Seeing the curiosity in Lin Feng's expression, Zi Yan's eyes spun a few times before she revealed two tiny tiger fangs and said with a smile.

With that, she took the lead and walked forward.

Lin Feng quickly followed.

After a few flickers of movement, the two arrived before the massive black tower.

Halting his steps a few meters from the tower, Lin Feng stood beside it, carefully examining this ancient-looking black structure.

The material of the tower was unknown, but even under the roasting of the Fallen Heart Flame—ranked 14th on the Heavenly Flame Ranking—it still exuded a sense of heaviness and coldness.

Such two completely opposite effects coexisting in one place usually meant the structure was used to suppress something.

However, Lin Feng knew that even though the tower was built with such powerful material meant for suppression…

The Fallen Heart Flame would still break out of the tower a year later.

After observing for a while, Lin Feng's figure flickered again as he entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

As the light before him suddenly dimmed, a moment later, his feet stepped onto a hard stone floor.

However, the moment he entered the tower, a strange flame suddenly appeared within his body.

This flame was formless and invisible, but since Lin Feng had already anticipated this…

And coupled with his Dou Wang-level strength, within mere seconds, the flame projection within his heart was suppressed using his Dou Qi and beast fire.

"Formless and colorless, emerging from the heart, leaving no trace… With such abilities, no wonder the Fallen Heart Flame ranks 14th."

He muttered to himself, then continued deeper into the tower.

Of course, aside from those abilities previously mentioned, what he valued more were the Fallen Heart Flame's unique capabilities—tempering Dou Qi and refining souls.

The former needed no elaboration—once the Fallen Heart Flame was successfully refined, it would continuously produce Heart Flame within his body.

This Heart Flame would, without the need for conscious control, temper his Dou Qi every hour of every day, nonstop.

In this near-constant state of tempering, it was as if the body remained in a perpetual cultivation state.

And not just that—the cultivation effect was even better than usual, which was why the Fallen Heart Flame was often called a cheat artifact!

If the Dou Qi tempering ability was a dream come true for those seeking strength…

Then its soul-refining ability would drive alchemists absolutely mad!

Because it could forcibly refine the souls of others into soul essence, allowing the user to absorb and enhance their own soul power!

The soul is the root of all living beings. All things under heaven and earth possess souls.

And deep within every soul lies a trace of soul essence.

This essence is the very foundation from which a soul is born—it is also considered one of the purest and most mysterious forms of energy in existence.

If someone were to absorb this essence, their soul power would increase.

With enough collected, one could directly achieve the "Imperial Realm" of soul power through soul essence alone.

Furthermore, since soul essence is considered the purest form of energy in the world, there were practically no side effects.

One can imagine how enticing this was for alchemists!

Of course, this only applied to those alchemists who understood the concept of soul realms.

"Huh? You already took care of that strange formless flame so quickly?"

Seeing Lin Feng deal with the flame in just a few moments—the same flame that had once made even her rather embarrassed—Zi Yan looked on in disbelief.

She had deliberately kept quiet, hoping to see Lin Feng panic from the heart flame projection. But unexpectedly, it hadn't affected him at all.

Since Lin Feng had been so focused on the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower earlier…

Only now did he remember that this little girl hadn't reminded him to be cautious of the Heart Flame projection at all.

Turning his eyes sideways toward the mischievous girl beside him, he spoke with a slightly annoyed tone, "Don't you have something to explain?"

"Hehe, I just accidentally forgot to warn you earlier. My bad, my bad... Let's hurry to the lower levels, I'll show you around."

As she spoke, Zi Yan quickly ran ahead.

"This girl…"

Shaking his head helplessly, Lin Feng also walked forward with her.

Since the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was buried deep underground, only the spire was visible from outside.

But after entering, Lin Feng discovered the number of students inside was quite overwhelming—so many that it was practically packed solid.

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly understood why.

On the Dou Qi Continent, the strong prey on the weak. Strength reigns supreme.

A place that could accelerate cultivation speed would naturally be coveted by all.

Therefore, a crowded Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was perfectly normal.

Otherwise, he'd be wondering whether the students of Jia Nan Academy were all out of their minds.

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