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The moment Xiao Lin stepped out of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Grand Elder Su Qian was there to personally receive him!
After learning about the current state of the Fallen Heart Flame from Xiao Lin's mouth, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"It is a stroke of luck that Jia Nan Academy was not destroyed in my hands. This way, I will have something to say to the Headmaster in the future."
Grand Elder Su Qian couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Rest easy, Grand Elder. A portion of the Fallen Heart Flame's core flame was devoured by me; it won't be able to grow back to its previous scale for at least ten or twenty years."
"Moreover, with me around, even if its core flame does return to that level, it likely wouldn't dare to trigger another riot."
Seeing this, Xiao Lin offered a word of comfort to Grand Elder Su Qian. His expression was indifferent; clearly, he no longer held the Fallen Heart Flame in any high regard.
Grand Elder Su Qian merely pondered for a moment before nodding his head. However, a different question soon occurred to Grand Elder Su Qian.
"But, if that's the case, the next riot of the Fallen Heart Flame will likely be as terrifying as the heavens collapsing and the earth rending!"
Grand Elder Su Qian was worrying about the future.
"Why consider so much? Future matters will naturally be solved by future people. Us worrying about the sky falling here is not a good choice."
Xiao Lin felt a wave of speechlessness regarding Grand Elder Su Qian's tendency to worry about this and that.
Should he say it? Is this the sense of responsibility that comes with being the Grand Elder of Jia Nan Academy?
At this thought, Xiao Lin couldn't help but wonder: if he were to take over the position of the Xiao Clan's Clan Leader one day, would he also become like the current Grand Elder Su Qian?
Shaking his head, Xiao Lin decided not to consider this matter for the time being!
"Ai, Old Lin, you don't understand how heavy the burden the Headmaster left on my shoulders before he departed."
As he spoke, Grand Elder Su Qian gave Xiao Lin a side-eye.
As for the "future person" Xiao Lin mentioned, Grand Elder Su Qian automatically assumed he meant Headmaster Mang Tianchi. But in reality, what Xiao Lin was referring to was his own future "good grandson"!
A Fallen Heart Flame that, due to the influence of the Spirit Gathering Formation, would become even more powerful than in the original story—Xiao Lin wondered if his future grandson would be able to handle this gift?
Xiao Lin was looking forward to it!
After confirming the status of the Fallen Heart Flame with Xiao Lin, Grand Elder Su Qian departed. As for Xiao Lin, he returned to his old nest in Jia Nan Academy, which was the pavilion at the very center of the Trial Ground.
There were roughly three months left until his son Xiao Zhan's coming-of-age ceremony. Xiao Lin planned to return to the Xiao Clan after finishing up his business at Jia Nan Academy.
For the Elder class of personnel, Jia Nan Academy basically imposed no restrictions.
One only had to look at the Headmaster of the Outer Academy in the original story—a character who went out to travel and never showed his face from beginning to end.
Therefore, for a Dou Zun Elder like Xiao Lin, as long as he didn't actively resign, the Academy wouldn't care how long he went home or out to travel.
One must know that within Jia Nan Academy, there were actually many Elders who were only such in name but had left the Academy a long time ago. Most of them graduated from Jia Nan Academy, stayed until they were promoted to Elder, and then departed.
If anything, someone like Xiao Lin, who had already reached the Dou Zun level of cultivation and still chose to join Jia Nan Academy, was part of the minority!
So, when Xiao Lin proposed to Grand Elder Su Qian that he wanted to leave Jia Nan Academy for a while, although the old man was very reluctant, he still offered Xiao Lin his blessings.
After all, once Xiao Lin left the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Grand Elder Su Qian already knew that Xiao Lin's cultivation had broken through to Dou Zun.
On one hand, this made Grand Elder Su Qian feel envious, but on the other, he had already guessed that Xiao Lin might be leaving.
With a Dou Zun realm cultivation, unless one intended to just lie down and do nothing, staying in Jia Nan Academy further would basically result in no improvement to one's strength.
The world outside held a much wider sky!
Grand Elder Su Qian naturally understood these things.
However, Xiao Lin did not leave immediately.
As an Elder of Jia Nan Academy and the guardian of the Trial Ground, there were things he needed to settle before his departure. So, in the following two months, Xiao Lin began to lavishly spend the Fire Energy he had almost never touched.
Having served as an Elder in Jia Nan Academy for so long, Xiao Lin naturally had a massive amount of Fire Energy in his hands.
The items Xiao Lin purchased with Fire Energy were all various Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques. Clearly, these Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques were prepared for the Xiao Clan.
The lowest of these were at the Low-Level Xuan Grade, and there were several Mid-Level and High-Level Xuan Grade ones as well. Among them, there was even a special Xuan Grade High-level Flying Dou Technique—Wind Soaring Wings!
As for Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques above that at the Earth Grade, to be honest, Xiao Lin really wasn't lacking any right now!
Don't forget, when Xiao Lin killed the Black Prison Alliance Leader Kuang Feiyu, he had already fished Earth Grade Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques from the man's hands.
Later, during his trip to the Sky Serpent Empire, he obtained ten Earth Grade Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques in one go.
How could Xiao Lin still be lacking in these things?
Of course, if he could obtain more Earth Grade Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques, the members of the Xiao Clan would have more choices. Therefore, after spending most of his Fire Energy, Xiao Lin made another trip to the Black-Corner Region.
In a large-scale auction held in the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Lin paid a great price to purchase a Low-Level Earth Grade attribute-less Cultivation Technique—The Myriad Manifestations Technique!
Attribute-less Cultivation Techniques like this were actually the ones that met the requirements for most people to practice.
Although practicing an attribute-less method of the same rank wasn't as good as practicing one of one's own specific attribute, an attribute-less method could be chosen by everyone!
Especially for a faction, this kind of attribute-less Cultivation Technique actually offered higher cost-effectiveness. After successfully bidding for such an Earth Grade attribute-less Cultivation Technique, even Xiao Lin was happy for a long time.
Because this Myriad Manifestations Technique was fully capable of serving as the foundation for the current Xiao Clan's rising status.
As for the remaining Earth Grade methods in Xiao Lin's possession that required specific attributes to practice, they would naturally be provided to those in the Xiao Clan with special requirements.
Additionally, the Cultivation Technique Xiao Lin prepared for his son, Xiao Zhan, had already been chosen.
Xiao Zhan's Dou Qi attribute was Wind!
Naturally, regarding the methods he could practice, Xiao Lin currently had the Gale Wind Technique and the Misty Cloud Sword Technique to choose from.
The latter required sword talent plus Wind attribute Dou Qi, while the former only required Wind attribute Dou Qi. As for whether practicing these two methods would attract the attention of the Yun Lan Sect?
Apologies, but since these methods were now in his hands, they were his, and had nothing to do with the Yun Lan Sect!
At this point, the Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques Xiao Lin prepared for his son Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan were all ready.
Before Xiao Lin left Jia Nan Academy, there was one last thing to do.
That was regarding the Trial Ground.
In these final two months, Xiao Lin was not only frantically buying various Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques but was also seeking out Formation Diagrams everywhere!
Furthermore, as an Elder of Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Lin even issued such a mission to the Academy students, and he personally searched through the Black-Corner Region.
As a result, in those two months, Xiao Lin harvested about ten different types of Formation Diagrams. Although most of these were Formation Diagrams below Rank 3, Xiao Lin accepted them all without exception!
By studying these diagrams, he could deduce high-rank formations himself.
After Xiao Lin harvested these diagrams, he set up all these formations, large and small, within the Trial Ground. By now, the area near the pavilion where Xiao Lin lived was covered in nearly 20 different kinds of formations!
The Trial Ground could finally be considered worthy of its name!
This could be counted as the final contribution Xiao Lin left behind before leaving Jia Nan Academy.
Furthermore, what made Xiao Lin even more pleasantly surprised was that during this final period at Jia Nan Academy, he successfully broke through to the realm of a Rank 5 Spiritual Array Master!
The successive breakthroughs in Dou Qi cultivation, soul realm, and Spiritual Array Master Rank could truly be considered a triple blessing!
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