Setting Out for the Inner Academy

Elder Huo very aware of the abnormality of his flames.

Elder Huo's Deep Red Flame were taken from Seventh Order Demonic Beast, and now, the moment his own flames emerged, he sensed that Lin Ming's flames showed fear.

Although it later stabilized, as a flame that had been refined into its own essence, this change could not be kept secret from Elder Huo.

"It seems that your Origin Fire Seed has undergone a transformation similar to Magical Beasts advancing in rank after absorbing the energy of the Earth Heart Fire Stone. Judging from the current flame comparison, it's no worse than my flame, which I obtained from Seventh Order Demonic Beast."

"Furthermore, Lin Ming, your Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire has absorbed the Violent Factor from the Earth Heart Fire Stone, and already possesses some characteristics of Heavenly Flames."

"If Lin Ming, you find a place with abundant energy suitable for your flame to settle and nurture, perhaps in a few hundred years, your Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire could evolve into a true Heavenly Flames."

The reason why Elder Huo could say this was because he had already deduced the conclusion from the changes in his own flames just now.

In the cultivation world, especially among Alchemist, there has always been a saying, "When Heavenly Flames appears, Wan Huo submit." The reason behind this is that Heavenly Flames are born from heaven and earth and all of them possess a special, Flame Berserk Factor.

It is precisely because of the existence of this special Flame Berserk Factor that the Heavenly Flames can dominate among other flames. Whether or not a flame carries this special Flame Berserk Factor is like the difference between a domestic dog and a wild wolf.

This special Flame Berserk Factor is the key to the Heavenly Flames. When facing other flames, Heavenly Flames with this special Flame Berserk Factor is like a battle-hardened wolf facing a domesticated dog.

Although the two species appear to be similar in size, domestic dogs lack the courage to challenge wolves, as their fighting abilities are not on the same level.

Now, through the instantaneous behavior of his flames, Elder Huo knew that Lin Ming had absorbed the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire Earth Heart Fire Stone, and had also absorbed the special Flame Berserk Factor carried within the Earth Heart Fire Stone into his own body. This was why Elder Huo's deep red flames showed unstable fluctuations when he summoned them.

It was only because Lin Ming's Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire carried a small amount of special Flame Berserk Factor that the Elder Huo's flames stabilized after fluctuating for a moment.

"Haha! Being comparable to your Seventh Order flame, Elder Huo, is more than enough for my current use. If its power were to increase further, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as easy to control. It's just right now."

"As for what you said about evolving into Heavenly Flames, once my cultivation level is higher and the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire is no longer of much use to me, I will find a place like the one you mentioned to nurture the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire. Then we'll see if, after a few hundred years, the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire can indeed become Heavenly Flames," Lin Ming replied to the Elder Huo.

In fact, Lin Ming himself had some sense of the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire. In Lin Ming's sense, the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire was indeed very different from the Flame Gold Flame. This was not just a matter of power, but probably mainly due to the Flame Berserk Factor.

After listening to Elder Huo's advice, Lin Ming genuinely had this thought. Lin Ming reasoned that if he were to obtain a Heavenly Flames in the future, the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire would be of almost no help to him.

Lin Ming then planned to nurture the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire in a place as Elder Huo had suggested, and Lin Ming even knew where that place was.

The magma beneath the Tagor Desert, capable of nurturing the true Green Lotus Core Flame, should certainly be used to cultivate the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire into a true Heavenly Flames.

"Haha, great! If you can really cultivate a Heavenly Flames, then Lin Ming, you will be famous throughout the continent."

"Alright, now that I know you're alright, I'll take my leave. It's getting late, Lin Ming, you can pack up and set off." Elder Huo said to Lin Ming with a smile before turning and leaving.

Watching Elder Huo leave, Lin Ming bowed to Elder Huo, then went back inside to wash and tidy up before leaving the courtyard and heading towards the gathering place in the Inner Academy.

Upon arriving at the gathering place, he found a considerable number of people already waiting in the open space. Although they were not familiar with Lin Ming, they still greeted Lin Ming.

Lin Ming politely responded to everyone who greeted him.

Afterwards, Lin Ming found a place and waited quietly for the group to depart.

After Lin Ming waited for about half an hour, Vice Dean Hu Gan and several elderly men came out from the door in front.

Upon the arrival of Vice Dean Hu Gan and several elders from the academy, the noisy scene quickly quieted down, and after a moment, the place was completely silent.

As Vice Dean Hu Gan Hu Gan's gaze swept across the scene, all the trainees whose eyes fell upon him straightened their backs and radiated energy.

After scanning the area and seeing that all fifty people who had entered the Inner Academy had arrived, Vice Dean Hu Gan nodded in satisfaction and then addressed the students present.

"Dear students, after rounds of selection, you have earned your places in the Inner Academy. Your hard work will begin to pay off from today onwards."

"After entering the Inner Academy, the cultivation methods there may not be suitable for many people. However, there is one thing I can say with certainty."

"That's where your potential can be maximized in the Inner Academy. If you can spend a year Inner Academy, and then look back at yourselves a year ago, you'll realize how weak you were back then."

"Some of you may know people in the Inner Academy, then you will know the transformative changes that have taken place in those who entered the Inner Academy when you meet them again after a year."

Hu Gan Vice Dean's words ignited the fighting spirit of the dozens of people present. Indeed, when those students who had only been in the Inner Academy for a year met him again, his cultivation level had skyrocketed as if by a rocket.

The fifty people present were all top performers selected through multiple rounds of screening; none of them felt inferior to the others. If those who had already entered the Inner Academy could accomplish something, they, too, would be able to do it now that they were about to the Inner Academy.

Looking at the spirited expressions of the people in the arena, Vice Dean Hu Gan spoke again with satisfaction, "The Inner Academy is the core area of the Jia Nan Academy, and it is different from the Outer Academy."

"Due to its confidentiality, most students in the Outer Academy, including their Instructor, do not know its exact location. And because of its confidentiality, we will take you to a certain place next. Once you get there, you will naturally know what to do."

After Hu Gan Vice Dean finished speaking, everyone present saw some small black dots approaching the scene from the distant sky.

Before long, these small black dots became clearer, revealing themselves to be the academy's Flying Magical Beast — Griffon Beast.

As ten Griffon Beast swept across the sky above the trainees, they seemed to obscure the sun. Some of the trainees lost their footing due to the wind and waves created by the Griffon Beast' massive wings.

After the Griffon Beast arrived above the students, Vice Dean Hu Gan waved to them and pointed in a direction. The Griffon Beast swooped down and landed on the open ground next to the students' area.

After seeing that the Griffon Beast had landed and come to a stop, Vice Dean Hu Gan's voice came out again.

"Students, now is the time for you to head to the Inner Academy. Your opportunity for advancement is right before you. Now, listen to my instructions: form groups of five, all of you mount your Griffon Beast, and let's go!"

After Hu Gan Vice Dean finished speaking, all the students turned around, formed groups of five, and quickly walked towards the Griffon Beast in front of them.

Upon reaching the Griffon Beast, some impatient students, like fleas, quickly climbed onto Griffon Beast broad back. Lin Ming then saw some students staggering on the Griffon Beast 'Griffon Beast back, almost slipping off.

The Griffon Beast's back feathers, smooth as iron plates, are not easy to stand on. Without skill and cultivation, it's impossible to stand independently without external force.

"Haha, you impatient kids, don't be reckless when you shouldn't be. To stand on the back of Griffon Beast, you need to be at least a Da Dou Shi. There are seats on the Griffon Beast, so sit down if you can't stand steadily, otherwise you'll be thrown off in mid-air, and then what will you do?" Vice Dean Hu Gan also saw the situation and spoke to the crowd.

Hu Gan Vice Dean Hu's words had an effect; after boarding the Griffon Beast, the students all took their seats.

"Lin Ming, you guys go up too, we'll be leaving soon." Vice Dean Hu Gan said to Lin Ming and the other four who were still on the ground.

After Vice Dean Hu Gan finished speaking, Lin Ming and the other four stepped onto the back of a Griffon Beast. Except for Xie Lei, who was a little unsteady on his feet, the other four stood motionless on the Griffon Beast's back.

After Lin Ming and his group of five boarded the Griffon Beast, Vice Dean Hu Gan surveyed the scene and, upon discovering that all fifty students who had entered the Inner Academy were on the backs of the Griffon Beast, nodded to the Griffon Beast piloting one of them. Then, those present saw a pair of dazzling Dou Qi Wings extend from behind Vice Dean Hu Gan.

With a gentle flap of his Dou Qi Wings, Vice Dean Hu Gan was lifted off the ground. Then, the other elders also summoned their Dou Qi Wings and flew into the sky.

The students on the Griffon Beast's back below, filled with envy, were also lifted off the ground by the flapping of the Griffon Beast's huge wings and flew towards the group flying ahead.