Fury

The room was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was tense. There were about a dozen people sitting or standing in the room, and their faces were filled with anger.

"Boss, that Xiao Yuan is really too ungrateful. He actually dared to beat Fu Ao and the brothers like this. If we don't get revenge, how will our White Gang be able to maintain its standing in the Inner Academy in the future?"

Inside the room, a man couldn't help but slam his hand on the table and shout angrily.

"Yeah, boss, we can't let everyone get beaten up for nothing."

As soon as the man finished speaking, the rest of the people in the room echoed his words.

At the head of the room, a man leaned back in his chair, his chin resting on his hand. His appearance bore a slight resemblance to Bai Shan, though he looked more mature and sinister. Presumably, he was White Gang,"Bai Cheng Bai Shan's cousin, and the powerful figure ranked thirty-fourth on the " Strong Ranking."

Bai Cheng ignored the excited crowd in the room and fixed his gaze on a figure on his left. The figure was wrapped in gauze, looking so pitiful that it evoked sympathy.

"Fu Ao, how are your injuries?" Seeing Fu Ao's disheveled appearance, Bai Cheng couldn't help but frown and asked.

As soon as he spoke, the noise in the room quieted down considerably, and all eyes were on Fu Ao.

"I didn't suffer any major internal injuries, but I'll need at least another four or five days to recover." A slightly distorted voice came from Fu Ao, who was wrapped up like a big rice dumpling.

"How strong is that Xiao Yuan?" Bai Cheng nodded slightly, his eyes narrowed, his calm voice tinged with a hint of coldness.

"His own strength is only around a five or six-star Da Dou Shi, but he seems to be able to use a secret technique to forcibly raise his strength to the Dou Ling level. In addition, the flames he unleashes are extremely domineering and powerful. Even with the combined use of Dou Technique and Dou Qi Condensation, my strength was completely neutralized by his domineering flames. Moreover, the Dou Technique and cultivation methods he cultivates are of a very high level, probably even among the Mystic High-Rank Dou Technique!"

A hint of resentment flashed in Fu Ao's eyes, and his voice was filled with anger.

"Boss, I only suffered this time because I didn't know their strengths and weaknesses and was careless. If we fight again next time, I will definitely not lose!" Fu Ao with great resentment.

"Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough?" With a dark expression, Bai Cheng slammed his hand on the table, the loud sound startling everyone in the room into silence.

"If someone had single-handedly wiped out half of our forces, and I had waited even a few days longer to emerge from seclusion, would the White Gang have been disbanded?"

Bai Cheng shouted angrily.

"Alright, you guys stay here to heal your wounds. The rest of you who can move, come with me. I want to see just who this Xiao Yuan is, that he can beat half of my White Gang like this all by himself!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Ao felt a surge of excitement, but the pain from his wounds prevented him from getting too excited. He could only express his joy with a slight tremor in his body.

Upon hearing this, the rest of the White Gang immediately agreed and followed Bai Cheng toward the new student gathering area.

Boom! A powerful aura erupted from Xiao Yuan's body, with five colors of Dou Qi —blue, red, yellow, white, and black—swirling around his body. Although black was the darkest, it was slightly weaker than the other Dou Qi.

This is because the Black Water Qi Gathering Palaces has not yet been strengthened, and its Dou Qi lacks some characteristics compared to the Dou Qi of the other Qi Mansion that have been strengthened.

However, the aura at the Dou Ling level was enough to prove that Xiao Yuan's strength had finally made another breakthrough.

According to his calculations, if he were to fully utilize the two secret techniques to enhance his strength, his own level would probably be enough to reach the level of a six- Dou Ling. In a real fight, even if he was not a match for the top ten on the Strong Ranking, the White Gang, whose highest level was only six- Dou Ling, and the Medicine Gang, whose combat power was average, would no longer give him any fear.

"Call!"

Xiao Yuan exhaled a breath of turbid air, and then stopped cultivating. He took out the Fire Crystal Card from the stone platform and prepared to leave.

Next time he comes to the Qi Refining Tower, he should go to the fourth floor. The third floor is not enough for him now!

However, when he opened the door to the training room, he froze on the spot.

An elderly man dressed in a dark elder's robe, exuding an unfathomable aura, was waiting outside the door. When he saw him come out, he smiled kindly.

"Greetings, Great Elder!"

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yuan realized what was going on and bowed.

"Good eye."

Su Qian's brows twitched slightly upon hearing this, then she smiled and said.

"Your strength seems to be more than what you usually show!"

Immediately afterwards, Su Qian said something with a deeper meaning.

"Yes, Great Elder, we've been holding back some of our strength. After all, it's not safe to travel in the Black-Corner Region without having some trump cards, so we've gotten used to it."

Xiao Yuan wasn't embarrassed and gave the reason he had prepared beforehand.

"Hmm, you're quite shrewd. If I hadn't sensed your advancement just now, even I wouldn't have been able to discern any signs of you hiding your strength."

Upon hearing this, the Great Elder led the way while smiling and saying this.

"Yes, the student has some special opportunities."

Xiao Yuan nodded, giving a vague response.

"Yes, cultivate diligently. The Inner Academy may need your help in the future."

Upon hearing this, Su Qian nodded slightly, and then her figure became fainter and fainter until she disappeared completely.

Looking at the elusive Su Qian, Xiao Yuan shook his head helplessly. He really couldn't hide in front of a true expert! However, this Great Elder seemed to have high hopes for him.

Was it because of the Heavenly Flames? Or... Xiao Yuan touched his brow, and a black lightning bolt flickered in and out of sight.

In any case, it's all good for me!

After sighing to himself, Xiao Yuan felt something was amiss. Looking around, he realized that he had unknowingly arrived at the first floor after only exchanging a few words.

Is this the strength of Dou Zong expert? Xiao Yuan was somewhat surprised and dazed for a moment before walking out of the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda.

Stepping out of the tower, the warm sunlight streamed down, making Xiao Yuan, who had been inside for five days, feel an urge to lie down and not move. Covering his face with his hands, Xiao Yuan peered through his fingers at the azure sky and took a deep breath of fresh air. While cultivating inside the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda could certainly grant one extremely fast speed, the gloomy atmosphere was simply too oppressive.

Although the Inner Academy had also considered this point, and therefore made the light inside the tower extremely soft, no matter what, a tower is still a tower. No matter how bright the light inside is, for a person, it is still a place like a cage. Only outside, looking at the vast sky, can one feel a sense of openness.

"No wonder the Inner Academy goes to great lengths to prevent students from staying in the tower for too long; it turns out that staying there for too long really can cause psychological distortions."

After muttering to himself, Xiao Yuan started walking slowly along the road towards the area where the Lion Heart Society was located.

"I haven't been out for five days. I wonder how they are doing. I hope nothing bad has happened to them." Thinking this to himself, Xiao Yuan quickened his pace involuntarily.

Half an hour later, the new students' accommodation area came into view. After a quick glance and finding nothing amiss, Xiao Yuan put down the heavy stone he had been carrying on his chest and slowed his pace.

As Xiao Yuan strolled leisurely into the accommodation area, he suddenly stopped, his brows furrowing as he looked at the four students standing at the entrance. His eyes quickly scanned their chests and spotted a matching badge, a dark red one with a roaring lion engraved on it.

"Have you already got the faction badges? That's efficient!"

Looking at the lion emblem and the somewhat familiar face, Xiao Yuan turned around, nodded slightly, and then strode over.

At this moment, the four students at the entrance also saw Xiao Yuan. They were stunned for a moment, then the four of them rushed towards him excitedly, calling out:

"President, you're finally back!"

"Hmm, no one's come looking for trouble these days, has anyone?"

Xiao Yuan smiled and asked upon hearing this.

"No, many senior students know that you are the president of our Lion Heart Society, so they are all much more polite to us!"

A young man said with a smile.

"Heh, this is quite interesting. What's going on here?"

Xiao Yuan nodded, then asked.

"It was Senior Xiao Yan who set the rules. Now our Lion Heart Society also has its own guard team. Every day, four people take turns guarding the living quarters. There are also ten members on standby inside at all times, ready to deal with any emergencies. The other members are sent out to act freely and familiarize themselves with the situation in the Inner Academy as soon as possible."

The young man gestured for the other three to continue guarding the entrance, while he led the way, recounting the changes that had taken place at the Lion Heart Society in the past four or five days.

Xiao Yuan listened quietly to his story, but couldn't help but admire him. Xiao Yan had really grown up and was now in charge of things. No, this was probably Xun'er's doing! When the two reached the small pavilion, the young man stopped and then said with a smile, "Hehe, Guild Master, you can go in by yourself. I have to go back to stand guard. Senior Sister Xiao Yu and Xun'er Sister Xun'er said that as long as you stand guard for three days without any accidents, you can get a day's worth of Fire Energy. Now, all the other brothers are scrambling to do this job, haha."

Looking at his face, which showed a hint of eagerness and pride, Xiao Yuan smiled and nodded, but felt a sense of pressure in his heart.

Although we had previously stolen some Fire Energy from the White Gang, the Medicine Gang, and Green Mountain, it was obvious that Fire Energy it like this, it wouldn't be enough!

In addition, Xiao Yuan's own Fire Energy was not enough.

Based on his cultivation speed and level, the amount of Fire Energy he has isn't even enough for two months of cultivation in the tower. He's really going to be broke! "Alright, go ahead and do your thing."

Smiling and waving to signal the young man to return to his post, Xiao Yuan then pushed open the door and entered the attic.

Xiao Yu, dressed in a red dress, was sitting at the table, writing something.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan smiled, then walked over and covered Xiao Yu's eyes from behind.

"You Little Demoness, can you please stop fooling around!"

Xiao Yu had just finished scolding when he felt that the hand seemed even bigger than Hu Jia's. He then realized what it was and said happily, "Xiao Yuan? You're back?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan smiled and came to Xiao Yu's side, saying with a faint smile, "It seems that your relationship with Hu Jia has improved quite a bit in the past few days."

"The three of us sisters have a very good relationship, okay! You're quite something, sending us to the tower to cultivate, saying you'd handle the power-building stuff. But when we came back, all you did was come up with a name; you didn't do anything else, and you've disappeared. If Hu Jia hadn't asked the elder, I would have gone into the tower to look for you!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu rolled her eyes at Xiao Yuan with a hint of helplessness and complained.

"Hehe, this is a small matter. Just leave it to A Tai and the others. Trusting your subordinates' abilities is also a way of managing them."

Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

"Hmph, then why don't you write down a detailed set of rules for this meeting?"

Xiao Yu pointed to the rules listed on the white paper, raised her chin slightly, and said.

"Hmm, I think you did a pretty good job."

Xiao Yuan stroked his chin, looked at it carefully, and felt there was nothing to add.

"Cut!"

Xiao Yu pursed her lips upon hearing this.

"Pop".

"Hey, what are you doing!"

Xiao Yu covered her cheek and glared at him, demanding an explanation.

"Xiao Yu, you've worked hard, here's a reward for you!"

Xiao Yuan smiled.

"??? Are you sure you're not rewarding yourself?"

Xiao Yu looked at the hands-off manager in front of her with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

"Is that not allowed?"

Xiao Yuan did not deny it, nodded seriously, and asked with a straight face.

"No way!" Xiao Yu shook her head, then a mischievous smile appeared on her lips. She leaned closer to Xiao Yuan and whispered, "If it's a reward, I have to do it!" — (The passionate kiss between Xiao Yu and Xiao Yuan is omitted here; please use your imagination.) — "I wasn't paying attention just now. Luckily, Xiao Yan and the others weren't around."

Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu said softly, "Xiao Yan and Xun'er went to buy Medicinal Herbs. Hu Jia went to the Inner Academy's Dou Techniques Pavilion, saying she wanted to see if there were any high-level Dou Technique suitable for her. As for Wu Hao, he went to the arena and hasn't returned for two days. But don't worry, there are people from our Lion Heart Society there. Someone will come back to report if anything happens."

"Knock knock knock!"

A knocking sound suddenly rang out.

"Enter."

Xiao Yuan frowned, straightened his and Xiao Yu's clothes, and said in a low voice.

As the door was pushed open, the voice of the young man who had led the way earlier rang out. "Chairman, the White Gang is here!"