"This is the best cultivation treasure land of our Blazing Fire Academy."
"For Fire attribute soul masters, cultivating here for one hour equals cultivating outside for a whole day."
This was the reason why the Blazing Fire Academy could become a famous Fire attribute soul master academy on the Douluo Continent.
"However..."
"According to academy regulations, only Soul Elders above level thirty can enter the Blazing Fire Tower to cultivate, and each session absolutely cannot exceed one hour."
"Of course!"
"Reaching Soul Elder is just the prerequisite for entering the Blazing Fire Tower. To qualify for entry, one must become one of the most excellent students in the academy."
This was the Blazing Fire Academy's hardest rule.
Even she, the Dean's daughter, was not allowed to violate it.
The reason she brought Yang Fan here today was because she felt this guy was qualified to enter the Blazing Fire Tower.
Even if he wasn't qualified now, he certainly would be in the future!
"Why can we only cultivate for one hour?"
It was too short!
For a macho man like him, he might not even be satisfied before having to come out.
"This is because the Blazing Fire Stones inside the tower are very special. Once a soul master stays inside for too long, it will affect their mind."
"Lightly, it will backlash the body; heavily, it will cause qi deviation!"
Only then did Yang Fan realize that the stones under his feet were called Blazing Fire Stones. Looking at Huo Wu's expression that couldn't hide secrets, there had been precedents of qi deviation inside this Blazing Fire Tower before.
"There's still enough time!"
"Let me take you to feel the charm of the Blazing Fire Tower."
Huo Wu sat cross-legged on the ground, her Fire Martial Soul had been silently summoned by her.
This was the most common cultivation method for soul masters on the Douluo Continent!
Adding a Simulation Training Environment on top of this cultivation method would achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Huo Wu entered the cultivation state, but Yang Fan did not.
He was observing!
As the saying goes: There's no smoke without fire!
If a cultivation treasure land suddenly appeared in the wilderness, there must be a reason for it.
Just like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
The reason was because the corpses of the Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King sank into the Sunset Forest, forming this place after thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
At this moment, Yang Fan had started prying at the Blazing Fire Stones on the ground.
Strangely, these stones looked like they were paved flat on the ground like pebbles, yet they were ridiculously solid, seeming to have fused with the ground long ago.
No matter how much force he used, he couldn't move them in the slightest.
...
Night.
Because of Dugu Bo's visit, Yang Fan now had no roommate.
Meiyou, zero, nada!
Except for him, no one was willing to sleep in a place where a Titled Douluo full of poison had stayed.
This was good too!
It gave Yang Fan more private space, and even Yao Lao could enjoy some campus time when the night was quiet.
"Master."
"What exactly was up with that Blazing Fire Tower today?"
Yang Fan had studied inside for half an hour.
No clue!
Except for feeling explosive Fire attribute energy inside the Blazing Fire Tower, he hadn't discovered anything else.
"The entire Blazing Fire Tower and those red stones underground are man-made."
When Yao Lao first entered the Blazing Fire Tower, he also thought there was something underneath, but after probing with spiritual power, he negated this conclusion.
"Man-made?"
Yang Fan was even more confused.
"Those stones embedded under the tower do not belong here."
"If I guess correctly, these stones should have been transported from somewhere by the Blazing Fire Academy or the Huo family."
"These stones are not simple!"
"I can feel a very obvious hostility on them."
Once Yao Lao said this... it was true!
He had only stayed in the Blazing Fire Tower for about half an hour and already felt some fluctuations in his emotions. Huo Wu was even like she was on her period.
No wonder Huo Wu said staying inside for too long would cause qi deviation.
"Master."
"Do you know this kind of stone?"
Yao Lao shook his head.
With his experience, he couldn't make a judgment on this strange blood-colored stone either.
"You just said these stones were transported from elsewhere, so the source of these stones..."
Yao Lao smiled!
How could he not guess his beloved disciple's truest inner thought.
"Let's not talk about what the source of these stones is first."
"Do you think the Blazing Fire Academy will tell us?"
Before they didn't know, but now saying the Blazing Fire Tower is the academy's founding cornerstone would not be an exaggeration, it could even be said to be the Huo family's foundation.
"Uh... that's true."
Yao Lao smiled instead: "But if you little guy use your charm, maybe you can really get that Huo family girl to confess voluntarily."
"..."
Yang Fan's eyebrows knitted together with this strategy.
It was too rotten!
He didn't think he had the charm to make Huo Wu betray her family.
Taking a step back...
Huo Wu was just a little girl now. At this age, she absolutely couldn't master the family's core secrets.
This wasn't a good thing for the family or for Huo Wu.
Jokes aside!
Yao Lao still gave his own analysis and insights on the blood-colored strange stones under the Blazing Fire Tower.
Evil, Slaughter!
This was Yao Lao's evaluation of the Blazing Fire Stones.
The Blazing Fire Stones under the tower made Yao Lao feel not only violent Fire attributes, but also corpses everywhere.
In Yao Lao's words: These stones seemed like they were dug out of a mass grave.
However...
Yao Lao also said that if they could really know where the Blazing Fire Academy transported so many strange stones from, maybe they could really pick up a bargain.
Pick up a bargain?
Easier said than done!
Just like Yao Lao said, the Blazing Fire Tower was the entire Huo family's lifeblood.
If he wanted to pull out someone's lifeblood, it would be a ghost if the Huo family agreed.
...
On the other side.
"Dugu Yan, why are you here?"
Blazing Fire and Heaven Dou Imperial Academy had been struggling openly and secretly for many years. It wasn't just one or two days that the academies couldn't stand each other.
"Is it any of your business?"
Huo Wu was strong, Dugu Yan was no softie either.
As the granddaughter of a Titled Douluo, she had never known what hardship was since childhood.
Moreover... she really hated Fire attribute soul masters!
"I advise you to watch yourself, this is the Blazing Fire Academy."
The gunpowder smell between the two reached a peak in an instant. Just as both sides were preparing to compete, Huo Wushuang hurriedly arrived and told his sister the reason why Dugu Yan was here.
Dean Huo Bao knew what his daughter's temper was like. To avoid unnecessary conflict, when he knew the siblings returned, he had already planned to tell Huo Wu.
But unfortunately!
After receiving his summons, only Huo Wushuang appeared in the Dean's office.
"What?"
"Yang Fan?"
Huo Wu couldn't understand why these two would know each other, but her straightforward personality made her ask the doubt in her heart.
"Are you two dating?"
Dugu Yan's expression was surprised first, then what appeared on her brow was unrestrained resistance: "Don't impose your tastes on others."
Huo Wushuang saw that his sister was very dissatisfied with Dugu Yan's last sentence.
But to avoid unnecessary conflict, he could only drag his sister Huo Wu away from the crime scene first.
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