Personal Valor Still Mattered Most
After an unknown amount of time, the Blood Burning Paste smeared on Xiao Yan's body had long been exhausted, but the endless Energy Tide did not stop; instead, it intensified.
The reason is that Xiao Yan thought of the Peerless Prison Body —once mastered, with a thought, the World Energy within a hundred miles would surge into his body as if boiling.
Although Xiao Yan has not yet reached the Great Perfection stage and will be overwhelmed by the mottled World Energy, the fire attribute energy here is significantly greater than that of other attribute energies. In addition, with the tempering of the Green Lotus Platform and the Fallen Heart Flame, it can be directly used to improve his cultivation.
Therefore, Xiao Yan activated the Peerless Prison Body, using its ability to gather the World Energy to cultivate. Its effects were far superior to those of the Fourth Grade Pill, Blood Burning Paste.
Just as Xiao Yan was immersed in the joy of becoming stronger, the Green Lotus Sea Heart Flame suddenly erupted.
The spark in the heart, like a cat sensing impending danger, suddenly bristles.
The Indigo Flame instantly devoured all the invisible flames within Xiao Yan's body, forcibly terminating the Peerless Prison Body and interrupting the Energy Tide.
A surge of anger welled up in Xiao Yan's Xiao Yan, causing him to roar, "Go back!"
Blue-indigo trembled slightly under Xiao Yan's reprimand, then shrank back into its heart with a wronged look, like a child who had been wronged.
Disturbed by the Green Lotus Sea Heart Flame, Xiao Yan lost interest in continuing his cultivation.
"I was already at the Five-Star Dou Wang Peak, and I was about to break through to the Six-Star Dou Wang. But you messed it up and it's all gone."
Xiao Yan cursed as he put away the Lotus Platform, pulled out the Green Fire Crystal Card, and the number on it had changed from 1,094 to 770.
"Hmm? I've been cultivating for almost two months?"
"No, it's already very fast for Two-Star Dou Wang to break through to a five- Dou Wang."
"Am I affected by the Fire Toxin?"
Xiao Yan suddenly realized what was happening and quickly swallowed a Calm Heart Pill.
After swallowing the Fifth Grade Pill, a cool sensation spread, and Xiao Yan's anxious mood calmed down considerably.
"I misunderstood you. I'll go out and feed you a Beast Flame." Xiao Yan said softly, pressing his chest.
The Green Lotus Sea Heart Flame leaped excitedly, and the flames swelled slightly.
Xiao Yan put away the Green Lotus, put on his clothes, and left the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.
Back in his dormitory, Xiao Yan was shocked to find that the area had become the territory of a group called the "Gu Family".
"Xiao Yan, it's been a long time!"
Before Xiao Yan dazed, could figure out what was going on, a slightly tired-looking pretty face appeared in front of him.
"It's Gu Xun'er... This Gu Family is a power founded by you and Hu Jia?"
"Well, this year's freshmen have risen to fame thanks to the top five of us, and the pressure from the other upperclassmen is excessive. So I simply created a faction, hoping it can be like a big family, where all the freshmen can stick together for warmth."
Although Xiao Yan was still a little confused, he realized at this moment that Gu Xun'er wanted to invite him to join the Gu Family.
"Is the Gu Family facing difficulties now?" Xiao Yan asked.
As Gu Xun'er led Xiao Yan into the Gu Family, she nodded and said, "I took into account your operating methods in the Jia Ma Empire and assigned positions to all the new students, using Fire Energy as a reward to support the operation of the entire Gu Family."
"But in just one month, I used up nearly five hundred Fire Energy. In order to continue to support the Gu Family, I started to refine Pills and had them sell them."
"As a result, they were ostracized by the Medicine Gang Clan, an Alchemist faction within the Inner Courtyard. Their stall was smashed, and several freshmen responsible for selling the products were injured."
"If things continue like this, I'm afraid the Gu Family won't be able to hold on any longer—I want to break the deadlock in the Inner Courtyard, but I don't know where to start."
Xiao Yan paused for a while before he reacted. "Are you sure you referenced my operating methods in the Jia Ma Empire?"
"... Isn't it about uniting everyone by looking to the future and promoting everyone's progress with real money?" Gu Xun'er asked.
"That's not the point." Before they knew it, the two had reached the hall. Xiao Yan pulled up a chair and sat down, asking:
"What is your purpose in creating the Gu Family? Is it because you feel guilty and want to protect the new students, or is it to break the situation where senior students in the Inner Courtyard bully the new students?"
Gu Xun'er also sat to the side, lost in thought.
After a moment, Gu Xun'er frowned and said, "At first, I just wanted to give them some shelter, but later I began to yearn to rebuild this place."
Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Your purpose is changing, which makes your actions very contradictory—protecting newborns naturally means taking care of them; if you want to rebuild this place, relying on them is not as good as you working hard on your own, at least no one will hold you back."
"After all, strength is paramount here. If you have the strength, you can subdue those senior students, then win them over through alchemy, and use their power to create a force similar to 'law enforcers,' protecting and accepting new students every year, thus forming a new situation."
Gu Xun'er thought for a moment and had to admit that Xiao Yan was right, "That's right. You almost ignored the Mu Family in the Jia Ma Empire. As one of the three major families in the Jia Ma Empire, the Mu Family is the only one that has no relation to the Dou Emperor. They can't be considered top-level and can't influence the situation, so you didn't care about them?"
"..." Xiao Yan was speechless for a moment. Was that what he had thought back then? Also, which family is the Mu Family?
"Ahem, there's one more point, and it's the most crucial one. Using real money to promote progress is fine, but you must first meet your own consumption and development needs. Only after that can you share resources that you can't digest in a short time with others."
"The core of this force is you, not them. As long as you can keep getting stronger, you can lead them to continue to get stronger, instead of you wasting your time and energy to make them stronger."
"If you can break the Inner Courtyard's structure, this force will naturally be responsible for its subsequent maintenance; conversely, if you expect them to work hard on their own, even with your protection, they won't be able to keep up."
Seeing that Gu Xun'er had begun to think, Xiao Yan knew that he had successfully changed the subject, and then began to recall what the Mu Family was all about.
"Young Master, you've emerged from seclusion?"
Just as the two were pondering, a timid call woke Xiao Yan, making him realize, "Why am I thinking about that Mu Family? What does it have to do with me?"
So Xiao Yan smiled at Gu Xun'er and said, "Actually, all methods are meaningless. The key is who uses them. For example, if you just announce that I have joined the Gu Family and become a Sixth Grade Alchemist, the Gu Family will become the strongest force in the Inner Courtyard. Of course, it would be the same if you revealed your true strength."
After saying that, Xiao Yan walked towards Qing Lin and said, "You've already reached the Four-Star Dou Ling. Your breakthrough speed is pretty fast!"
"Hehe, Sister Xiao Yi Xian's breakthrough is much faster than mine! She's already broken through to the Peak Dou Wang and taken first place on the Power Ranking!" Qing Lin pulled the somewhat dazed Xiao Yan back. "Young Master, you're finally back! Sister Xiao Yi Xian has been waiting for you for so long!"
My eyes keep twitching, and writing this is making my head spin.