New Power

"To upgrade your Fire Energy Card in the Inner Academy, you need to pay Fire Energy. Generally, upgrading from a Black Fire Energy Card to an Azure Fire Energy Card requires a payment of one hundred days' worth of Fire Energy, while upgrading from an Azure Fire Energy Card to a Crimson Fire Energy Card requires two hundred days' worth. Upgrading to a Purple Fire Energy Card requires three hundred."

"Now that you've received the Azure Fire Energy Card as a reward, it's equivalent to saving three hundred days' worth of Fire Energy. That's no small amount. Among the older students here in the Inner Academy, apart from Luo Hou, who upgraded his Azure Crystal Card to an Azure Fire Crystal Card just a week ago, most are still using Azure Crystal Cards." Elder Su explained with a smile, noticing Xiao Yan and the others' confusion.

"Three hundred days' worth of Fire Energy?!" Hearing this number, Xiao Yan and the others finally understood why the surrounding gazes were filled with envy. He had plundered the old students and the Black White Twin Fiends Team in the forest, and even with this reward, he only had three thousand. This showed that obtaining "Fire Energy" in the Inner Academy was quite difficult.

Moreover, Xiao Yan had to share it with Xun Er and Xiao Yu for their cultivation, so he didn't actually have much for himself.

Xiao Yan frowned. According to Elder Su's words, if Xiao Yan wanted to get close to the Fallen Heart Flame, he would have to go to the lowest level, which meant having a Purple Card.

After explaining, Elder Su flicked his hand, and six Azure Crystal Cards appeared in his palm. With a flick of his fingers, the Crystal Cards shot towards Xiao Yan and the other five, hovering in front of them.

"The rewards are already inside. Transfer the Fire Energy from your Black Fire Energy Cards to these, and then return the Black Fire Energy Cards to me."

Hearing this, Wu Hao and the others quickly complied. After a moment, they handed over the now-empty Black Fire Energy Cards to Elder Su.

Xiao Yan walked up to Elder Su, put his arm around Elder Su, and said, "Elder Su, isn't my reward a bit small?"

Elder Su glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "You know how precious an Azure Fire Energy Card is, and you're still saying it's not enough?"

"Besides, you snatched nearly three thousand Fire Energy. You're still not satisfied? Do you know how huge of a sum three thousand Fire Energy is in the Inner Academy!"

Elder Su was so angry that his beard stood on end. I advise you, kid, not to be too greedy.

Xiao Yan immediately put on a distressed face and said, "Elder Su, you see, I'm already a Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit). Since Luo Hou needs to exchange for an Azure Fire Energy Card, it means that a Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) needs to enter the fifth or sixth level to be effective, right?"

"It's not that I'm bragging, but the level that this Azure Card can reach, I estimate it's not even my limit," Xiao Yan said in a sincere tone.

And the truth was indeed as Xiao Yan said. The first level of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower was basically for Inner Academy students below the Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) level, the second level was for low-level Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master). The third and fourth levels were for intermediate to Nine-Star Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) to cultivate, and the fifth and sixth levels were for One-Star Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) to Six-Star Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit).

Seven-Star to Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) Peak only needed to cultivate on the seventh and eighth levels.

Even those monstrous geniuses in the top ten of the Strong Ranking List didn't need a Purple Fire Energy Card; a Crimson Fire Energy Card to enter the eighth level was their limit.

Generally, Purple Fire Energy Cards were for elders.

But people's physiques couldn't be generalized. Xiao Yan possessed a Strange Flame (Yihuo/Heavenly Flame). With the protection of the Strange Flame (Yihuo/Heavenly Flame), Xiao Yan could get closer to the Fallen Heart Flame (Yunluo Xinyan/Fallen Heart Flame), which meant Xiao Yan could enter further down and accelerate his cultivation.

A normal Two-Star Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) was enough with an Azure Fire Energy Card, but Xiao Yan estimated that he could go further down.

Elder Su frowned. He also knew that Xiao Yan possessed a Strange Flame (Yihuo/Heavenly Flame). As an elder, he also knew that there was a Fallen Heart Flame (Yunluo Xinyan/Fallen Heart Flame) beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower. The accelerated cultivation of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower was due to the birth of a wisp of Heart Flame (Xinhuo/Heart Fire) in the body, which helped accelerate the purification of Dou Qi (Douqi/Dou Qi).

Ordinary people naturally couldn't withstand the high-intensity Heart Flame (Xinhuo/Heart Fire) burning to accelerate cultivation, so the school divided the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower into levels. But Xiao Yan possessed a Strange Flame (Yihuo/Heavenly Flame), so he definitely couldn't be considered an ordinary person.

With a whoosh, Elder Su flipped his hand, and a Crimson Fire Energy Card appeared in his hand, saying, "Although Canaan Academy doesn't have such rules, you defeated the captain of the Black White Twin Fiends Team with overwhelming strength. An Azure Fire Energy Card is indeed not enough. I've decided to give you a higher-level Crimson Fire Energy Card."

Xiao Yan was indeed unprecedented. There had been new students who broke through the Black White Twin Fiends Team and walked out of the forest before. But those were all using tricks. Some had new students deliberately create disturbances to lure the enemy away; some used pills as bribes; and some even relied on connections.

But Xiao Yan, who directly crushed them with strength, was the first.

Xiao Yan grinned and accepted the Crimson Fire Energy Card, transferring the points over before laughing, "Thank you, Elder."

Xiao Yan laughed inwardly. It's a good thing I didn't rob the elders, or this card would have been gone.

"Don't try to divert my attention. You have to return that Azure Fire Energy Card to me," Elder Su said, holding out his hand.

Xiao Yan pouted. This trick to divert attention had failed.

Xiao Yan reluctantly returned the Azure Fire Energy Card to Elder Su. Elder Su nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Alright, now that you've all passed the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, come with me into the Inner Academy."

After speaking, the two elders turned around first and walked slowly towards a stone staircase leading up the hillside.

"Finally, I can enter the Inner Academy. I must obtain the Fallen Heart Flame (Yunluo Xinyan/Fallen Heart Flame)," Xiao Yan vowed secretly in his heart, watching Elder Su's back.

He was ready to go into the Inner Academy to find an opportunity to refine the Fallen Heart Flame (Yunluo Xinyan/Fallen Heart Flame). This Fallen Heart Flame (Yunluo Xinyan/Fallen Heart Flame) was very important to Xiao Yan. Whether or not the BurningSecret (Fenjue) could reach Heaven Rank (Tianjie/Heaven Rank) depended on the Fallen Heart Flame (Yunluo Xinyan/Fallen Heart Flame).

"Let's go."

Waving to Xun Er and the others, Xiao Yan took the lead and, under the gazes of everyone, followed behind Elder Su and climbed up a staircase outside the forest.

This stone staircase wasn't very high. In just a minute or two, Xiao Yan and the others reached the last step. Then, with a lift of their bodies, they stood on the hillside. The scene that appeared in their vision made them slowly inhale a slightly cool breath.

"This is the Inner Academy?" A murmured whisper came from the mouths of the new students on the hillside.

Behind the hillside was an extremely large sunken basin. Looking at the shape of the basin, it was as if a huge meteorite had fallen from the sky and smashed it out.

Within the basin, towering buildings stood in rows. Looking down from above, one could see black shadows like fleas constantly flashing and jumping on the buildings. As the line of sight stretched forward, it was discovered that the area of this basin was surprisingly large. Even when the line of sight reached the end, one could only see towering buildings and lush greenery.

It's hard to imagine that hidden within the endless mountains behind Canaan Academy is such a unique place! "Haha, little ones, welcome to the core location of Canaan Academy: the Inner Academy!" Elder Su said with a smile, looking at the shock on the faces of the new students, clapping his hands.

"There are so many strong people here." Wu Hao's face flushed with excitement as he whispered, longing to fight powerful opponents.

Of course, excluding someone as overpowered as Xiao Yan.

"Alright, now that the Fire Energy Hunting Competition is over, all the new students will follow me back to the Inner Academy. We'll get you settled in first, and then you'll truly become members of the Inner Academy. Believe me, as long as you can persevere here, when you leave, you'll feel that all your efforts were worthwhile." Elder Su's gaze lingered on Xiao Yan and the others as he spoke slowly.

All the new students nodded slightly. From the older students, they could already see how much benefit there would be from cultivating in this Inner Academy! Only Bai Shan, the pitiful one, was long gone from his former pride. Like Xiao Yan's Xiao Clan, many members of their Bai family had entered Canaan Academy.

Besides Bai Feng, he also had an even stronger cousin, Bai Cheng, whose strength had reached Six-Star Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit). But Bai Shan no longer dared to be an enemy of Xiao Yan, having already been traumatized.

He was already afraid of Xiao Yan. If even Bai Cheng couldn't beat Xiao Yan, then he would really be finished.

"Let's go! Everyone, follow me!"

With a wave of his hand, Elder Su's figure transformed into a blurry shadow, rushing towards the huge basin. Following behind, all the new students immediately moved, swooping down from the hillside like locusts, their excited howls echoing in the sky for a long time.

Seeing the buildings in the new student accommodation area, Xiao Yan was speechless and said to Elder Su, who had brought them there, "Elder Su, isn't this a bit small? How many people can even live here?"

Each accommodation area had small villas similar to dormitories, but these small residences were nothing compared to the luxurious buildings left to the Xiao Clan on Yunlan Sect, and even Xiao Yan's room in the Xiao Clan of Wutan City was almost bigger than this.

Elder Su said unhappily, "The Inner Academy arranges for five people to a building, and the other five are on the other side."

Xiao Yan frowned and asked, "Elder Su, isn't there anything bigger? There are nine of us here."

Including Hu Jia and Wu Hao, Xiao Yan's group totaled nine people.

Elder Su spread his hands and said, "There's no way. The free accommodation arranged by the academy is already the best. The others are even worse. If you want a larger courtyard, you can use Fire Energy to rent land from the academy and build your own."

"Some of the more populous first-rate forces in the Inner Academy rent land and build their own strongholds."

Hearing Elder Su's words, Xiao Yan asked, "Can you form forces in the Inner Academy? Does the academy allow it?"

"Of course, the mission hall in the Inner Academy has many missions that can only be completed by teams, so the academy naturally encourages students to organize closely together."

Seeing Xiao Yan stroking his chin in thought, Hu Jia asked, "Do you want to form a force?"

At this moment, Xiao Yan thought of the promotion relationship between the Soul Clan and the Soul Palace. If one could be promoted to Venerable Elder in the Soul Palace, they could obtain a Soul Token and join the Soul Clan.

This way, they could constantly introduce fresh blood and potential powerhouses into the Soul Clan.

"Well, the students in the Inner Academy of Canaan Academy can't be called weak in terms of talent. As the Young Clan Leader of the Xiao Clan, it's normal to want such talents." Xiao Yan didn't hide anything and directly stated his inner thoughts.

Elder Su laughed and said, "Hahaha, countless forces outside the academy think the same way as you. Just like that Bai Shan who offended you, his family has a force called 'Bai Gang' in the Inner Academy."

"The graduation period in the Inner Academy is five years. After graduating, many Inner Academy students join the families of their Inner Academy organizations. After all, only a few people form their own forces."

"This kind of competitiveness is what our Inner Academy needs. If you don't want to be bullied, then you can only work hard to improve your strength. Otherwise, everything is out of the question. The strong are always respected, and that's always the main theme of this world. We don't want the Inner Academy to become a carefree ivory tower, because such an environment can't produce real powerhouses." Elder Su said indifferently.

Elder Su wasn't surprised, after all, this was the role of the academy, to cultivate talents, and talents were often highly sought after.

Xiao Yu asked, "Xiao Yan, do you want to form a force here and then introduce talents to Wutan City?"

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you."

Xiao Yu blinked her beautiful eyes and asked with a puzzled expression, "Tell us what?"

"Our family has moved to Yunlan Sect now, living on Yunlan Sect." Xiao Yan smiled and said casually.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the five Xiao Clan members, including Xiao Yu, widened! They had entered Canaan Academy early, so they couldn't possibly know what had happened recently.

"Ah? Why did our Xiao Clan join Yunlan Sect? Is it because of Nalan Yanran?" Xiao Yu suddenly remembered that Xiao Yan had a fiancée who was also the Young Sect Master of Yunlan Sect! Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Something happened, but now our Xiao Clan, Yunlan Sect, the Jia Ma Royal Family, and the Snake-People Empire have jointly formed a Flame Alliance, so my father and the others have moved to Yunlan Sect to live."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not to mention Xiao Yu, even Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Elder Su were stunned. Because even in Canaan Academy, they had heard of the latter three forming an alliance, which made sense, but how did the Xiao Clan suddenly get involved? What kind of sacred existence was this Xiao Clan?

"Is your family very strong?" Wu Hao asked.

"Just a small family in a remote city, not strong at all." Xiao Yan shrugged and explained.

As members of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yu and the others knew their family's strength even better. Xiao Yan's words were like a fairy tale. What on earth had happened that led to their family in that remote little city forming an alliance with those giants?!

Elder Su said, "If you want to form a force, it will cost a lot of Fire Energy. I advise you to save your Fire Energy. Although you did snatch a lot of Fire Energy, there are no teaching courses in the Inner Academy. As long as you have enough Fire Energy, you can enter the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower, where cultivating is more effective than any course."

"In addition, there are also places like the 'Dou Technique Hall', 'Cultivation Method Pavilion', 'Mission Hall', and 'Pill Refining Room' in the Inner Academy. If you want to obtain Cultivation Methods or Dou Techniques, seek Pill Refining assistance, etc., you can go there to take a look. Of course, this must be done with enough Fire Energy in exchange. Compared to the Outer Academy, the Inner Academy is actually more free."

"If you feel you don't have enough Fire Energy and your hands are itching, you can go to the arena to earn Fire Energy. Of course, the prerequisite is that you must have enough strength, otherwise, you can only lose everything."

"So in the Inner Academy, Fire Energy is never enough."

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yan transferred two thousand Fire Energy from his Fire Energy Card to Xun Er and said, "Xun Er, distribute this Fire Energy. Later, you and Xiao Yu will purchase a base with Elder Su. I want to establish a force in the Inner Academy, and this Fire Energy should be enough for now."

Xun Er nodded and asked, "What should we name our force in the Inner Academy?"

Xiao Yan thought for a moment, as if he had an idea, and said, "Let's call it Xiao Hall."

"Xiao Hall??"

...

Early the next morning, Xiao Yan woke up in the dormitory room arranged by the academy. Xun Er had already rented a large piece of land from the academy yesterday, and they were expected to move in a few days.

After washing up, Xiao Yan came downstairs and saw two figures flashing and crisscrossing in the open space outside the door. Vigorous Dou Qi surged from their bodies, rippling in the hall.

On a chair in the hall, Xun Er was watching the two figures with a smile. Hearing footsteps, she suddenly turned her head, looked at Xiao Yan walking down the stairs, and hurriedly greeted him with a soft smile, "Xiao Yan-gege, you're awake?"

"Yeah." Xiao Yan nodded with a smile and said to the two fighting, "What are these two guys doing again?"

"Perhaps it's because of this 'Hunting Competition'. Wu Hao and Sister Hu Jia both advanced to Six-Star Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) one after another last night while cultivating. When they got up in the morning, they wanted to spar, so they started fighting." Xun Er covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Oh? Advanced?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows, then shook his head in amazement. These two guys were indeed the best in the Canaan Outer Academy, and their talent far surpassed ordinary people.

"Xiao Yan-gege, are you going to the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower today?" Xun Er asked.

"Yeah, I'll go take a look."

Hearing that Xiao Yan was going to the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower, Wu Hao stopped fighting and said, "Let's go together, I also want to see what kind of magical place the legendary Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower is."

Xiao Yan nodded. As soon as the two of them walked out the door together, they suddenly noticed a dozen people walking from a distance.

Xiao Yan had a good memory and remembered that these people were all the top fifty freshmen this year.

Seeing Xiao Yan come out, the dozen or so freshmen seemed to have seen a savior. Their eyes were filled with tears as they surrounded Xiao Yan, and some even knelt down and hugged Xiao Yan's thigh.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? My sexual orientation is normal!" Xiao Yan kicked away the man who hugged his thigh.

"Senior Xiao Yan, Big Brother! My name is A Tai, and I'm a freshman. You must help us freshmen this time." The man named A Tai, who hugged Xiao Yan's thigh, cried out.

"Tell me what's going on first," Xiao Yan said.

"The old students in this Inner Academy are really too qiren taishen (This is too much). They asked us to pay protection fees yesterday, two Fire Energy per person per day. We also knew that it was not necessary to be too jianrui (Sharp) when we first arrived, so we endured it and didn't say anything, so we all paid the Fire Energy to them. But today they came again, saying that we passed the competition and got twenty days of Fire Energy, and asked us to pay even more." The young man named A Tai gritted his teeth and said indignantly.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes, smiled, and said, "I can help you, but why should I help you?"

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