"Creak—"
A wooden door was slowly pushed open, and a ray of sunlight streamed through the crack, forming a slender line of light on the ground.
As the wooden door fully opened, the light rapidly expanded, and two figures walked in.
"Zi Yan, with your strength, you could have directly entered the Inner Court."
The people who came were Jiang Yun and Zi Yan. After completing the enrollment procedures with Hu Gan, Elder Su Qian returned to the Inner Court. Jiang Yun, under Zi Yan's suppression, chose to share a pavilion with Zi Yan.
As Zi Yan put it, "Living together, I can protect you!"
"Hmph—, wasn't I just worried that Xiao Yunzi would be bullied, you ungrateful fellow!" Zi Yan pouted, her small mouth puffed up like a steamed bun, and she glared at Jiang Yun angrily.
"Alright, I said the wrong thing. In the future, I'll still need Zi Yan to protect me!" He was clearly the younger one; whether in his previous life or this one, strictly speaking, Jiang Yun's age wasn't even a fraction of Zi Yan's.
However, Jiang Yun acted more like an older brother!
He raised his short little hand, found he couldn't reach the top of Zi Yan's head, and cleverly changed to patting Zi Yan's shoulder.
"Consider yourself smart!"
Looking at the 'apologetic' Jiang Yun, Zi Yan tossed her ponytail and strode confidently into the room.
The small-looking pavilion had two floors and appeared exceptionally clean. Zi Yan looked around for a moment, then nodded in satisfaction. She turned to Jiang Yun and said,
"From now on, I'll live upstairs, and you live downstairs!"
After allocating the rooms, the two returned to their respective rooms. After everything that happened that day, Jiang Yun was already exhausted.
Lying on the soft bed, Jiang Yun took a deep breath, feeling a strange emotion in his heart. From now on, he truly had a foothold on the Dou Qi Continent.
He would spend several years cultivating here.
At this moment, he began to organize the information he knew. Zi Yan had just been brought back to the academy by Su Qian. He wondered if this timing was much earlier, or if it just happened to be this exact point in time?
But one thing was certain: Xiao Yan, the Son of Destiny of this world, was roughly the same age as him at this time, which gave him ample time to develop.
Xiao Yan had cultivated on the Dou Qi Continent for about seventy or eighty years, and then cultivated in the Great Thousand World for a hundred years. There were still nearly two hundred years until the last Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array.
Enough time for him to grow!
Next, he needed to plan carefully and use his preconditions to grow rapidly on the Dou Qi Continent.
As he thought, Jiang Yun slowly closed his heavy eyes.
Night enveloped the land, and cool moonlight poured down, washing away the lingering heat from the earth.
In the room, Jiang Yun slept with his eyes closed. Streaks of moonlight streamed in through the window, illuminating Jiang Yun's body. Then a strange scene emerged: the cool moonlight rippled like water.
The tip of a pagoda, exposed on Jiang Yun's chest, was emitting a faint glow.
The next moment, Jiang Yun, who had been in a deep sleep, felt a dizzying sensation. When he groggily opened his eyes, he found himself in a pitch-black space.
There was no light here; it was silent and cold.
"Child, you've arrived!"
Before Jiang Yun could react, a phantom figure slowly appeared.
Looking at the figure, a strong ripple flashed in Jiang Yun's eyes, but he quickly composed himself and respectfully said, "You must be Senior Pagoda Spirit! Thank you for saving my life!"
"My name is Qing Ming Pagoda."
"Senior Qing Ming." Although the Qing Ming Pagoda was a weapon forged by Jiang Hong, an extension of his life, Jiang Yun would not have another grandfather. In his heart, Jiang Hong was his true grandfather.
"Child, what kind of person do you want to become in the future?" Qing Ming didn't care about Jiang Yun's attitude; instead, he quietly watched Jiang Yun, his deep gaze seemingly able to see through people's hearts.
"I want to fulfill my grandfather's dream. The Demonic Spirit Clan are not expendable cannon fodder!" Jiang Yun said with a firm expression and burning eyes.
A strange light flashed in Qing Ming's eyes, and he said gently, "That will be a path full of danger and hardship."
"I'm not afraid!" Jiang Yun looked at Qing Ming calmly, his tender face showing an unshakeable determination.
"Good, good indeed! It wasn't in vain that I brought you to this special continent." Qing Ming was now beaming, laughing as he spoke.
He wasn't afraid of a child unwilling to cultivate, only of a child without ambition!
In Qing Ming's view, Jiang Yun already possessed the initial qualifications to reach the peak of the Great Thousand World.
"Is there anything special about this continent?"
Jiang Yun wasn't excited by Qing Ming's praise. Instead, what the other party said about the special nature of the Dou Qi Continent caught Jiang Yun's attention. If there was one thing that left the deepest impression on the Dou Qi Continent, it was the various types of Heavenly Flames. Could there be something unknown to him about this continent?
"This continent is not simple!" Qing Ming looked into the distance with deep eyes, as if he could see some unknown place through the pagoda body.
Jiang Yun remained silent, quietly watching Qing Ming, awaiting his answer. It seemed his understanding, based on memory, wasn't the full picture of the Dou Qi Continent!
"The fire-attribute energy on this continent is somewhat special, giving birth to many strange flames. Can you guess why?" Saying this, Qing Ming asked Jiang Yun with interest.
Jiang Yun was momentarily speechless. At this moment, he deeply disliked riddlers.
After teasing Jiang Yun, Qing Ming seemed to be in a much better mood, and he said with a chuckle, "Actually, I don't know either!"
"…" Jiang Yun looked at Qing Ming with a bewildered expression. So, you were just messing with me?
"Don't look at me like that. I am, after all, just a weapon, and now I'm even in a semi-conscious state, half-asleep and half-awake. I merely instinctively brought you to this most extraordinary place to land." Qing Ming spread his hands, pointing to his somewhat ethereal body as he slowly spoke.
"How could this be? Is it the price for protecting me to come to the Dou Qi Continent?" Jiang Yun felt a bit guilty at this moment.
"Haha, don't worry, it's not your fault. Do you still remember that Holy Heavenly Demon Flame?" Qing Ming spoke, soothing Jiang Yun's dejected mood.
"Could it be…"
"Exactly. It is suppressed within my pagoda. When you break through to the Dou Zhe stage, you can come here and gradually absorb it. This is your growth resource."
Qing Ming's words made Jiang Yun's breathing quicken. This was the Holy Heavenly Demon Flame, the flame of the Heavenly Demon Emperor. Before Xiao Yan reached his peak, this was the number one flame in the Great Thousand World.
Although it was just a sub-flame, it was still a flame comparable to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Nihility Devouring Flame.
Perhaps even stronger!
"Whew—"
Forcibly suppressing the joy in his heart, Jiang Yun regained his composure and looked at Qing Ming seriously, asking, "Senior, please tell me about the special characteristics of the Dou Qi Continent!"