Heart Flame
"Junior brother, let's go in." Senior brother Xu Shilin said.
Lin Ming nodded and followed his senior brother Xu Shilin toward the gate of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
As Lin Ming approached the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, he could feel the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire within his body becoming more active, and a sense of fear also emanated from it.
Fortunately, just as the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire was emitting its fear, Lin Ming used his Soul Power to soothe it, and soon the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire returned to calm.
Upon arriving at the gate of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Lin Ming could clearly feel that the temperature had risen considerably.
At this moment, Senior Brother Xu Shilin spoke up again to remind Lin Ming that when he entered the tower and sensed a flame in his body, he should not panic. He should simply circulate his Dou Qi and pass through the flame to consume it completely, and he would also gain a trace of Dou Qi and pure Dou Qi.
Faced with his senior brother's reminder, Lin Ming nodded and replied, "Don't worry, senior brother. After I enter the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, I will handle things as you instructed."
"Alright, let's go in then!" Senior Brother Xu Shilin nodded and walked towards the gate of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. After a few steps, he entered the tower.
Lin Ming followed his senior brother toward the gate of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
Upon arriving at the gate, Lin Ming only needed to take one step to enter the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and use the unique Heart Flame of the Fallen Heart Flame to accelerate his cultivation.
Having been on the Dou Qi Continent for over sixteen years, I began cultivating Dou Qi at the age of four or five, and have been doing so for over a decade now.
More than ten years have passed, taking up most of Lin Ming's time since arriving on the Dou Qi Continent. Cultivation is a monotonous process, and although Lin Ming has persevered year after year, it doesn't mean Lin Ming doesn't want a cultivation method that allows him to be lazy.
In Lin Ming's understanding, the Fallen Heart Flame was something that could accelerate cultivation, so much so that from the moment Lin Ming began cultivating, he was preoccupied with the effect of the Fallen Heart Flame in accelerating cultivation.
Now, Lin Ming has finally arrived at the entrance of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. He only needs to lift his foot lightly to enter the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and use the Heart Flame of the Fallen Heart Flame to improve his cultivation.
"Hoo~" Exhaling a breath of stale air, Lin Ming took a step and stepped into the tower.
The moment Lin Ming stepped into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Lin Ming body seemed to freeze instantly, unable to move.
Lin Ming's immobility blocked the others who wanted to enter the tower to cultivate, thus delaying their progress. As a result, the people behind Lin Ming were about to question Lin Ming.
However, at this moment, Xu Shilin stood next to Lin Ming, his indifferent gaze fixed on the person behind Lin Ming who wanted to greet Lin Ming.
The person behind Lin Ming, under Xu Shilin's gaze, felt as if he were in the dead of winter, even standing beside the scorching Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. The words he had intended to say to Lin Ming were instantly forgotten the moment Xu Shilin's gaze fell upon him.
Xu Shilin is a low-key person in the Inner Academy, but being low-key does not mean he is not strong. In the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking list, Xu Shilin ranks fifth.
To rank fifth amidst such fierce competition from the Inner Academy's strongest students speaks volumes about Xu Shilin's strength. Furthermore, if one were to rank the students within the Inner Academy the least daring to provoke, Zi Yan would undoubtedly be number one.
Even among Dou Wang cultivators, Zi Yan's combat strength is considered top-tier. Among the Dou Ling cultivators in the Inner Academy, it's a complete dimensional reduction attack.
Aside from Zi Yan, the person you absolutely shouldn't mess with is Xu Shilin.
As the leader of the Medicine Gang, offending Xu Shilin means becoming an enemy of the Medicine Gang. Being an enemy of the Medicine Gang means having virtually no connection with elixirs within the Inner Academy.
Secondly, there is Xu Shilin's own strength. To this day, almost no one has figured out the true extent of Xu Shilin's strength.
Xu Shilin, ranked fifth on the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking, was previously ranked fifth on the Strong Ranking. He thought the Medicine Gang was just a group of alchemists who possessed a lot of Fire Energy but lacked combat power.
So much so that the person who was ranked fifth on the previous Strong Ranking came up with an excuse, saying that there was something wrong with the pills sold by the Medicine Gang, and wanted to extort a sum of Fire Energy from them.
At this moment, Xu Shilin made his move. Within a few short moves, the man who was ranked fifth on the previous Strong Ranking was defeated, and his fifth-place ranking was transferred to Xu Shilin, the leader of the Medicine Gang Strong Ranking.
Since then, no one has bothered the Medicine Gang again, and those ranked above Xu Shilin are extremely wary of Xu Shilin, the leader of the Medicine Gang, who can defeat someone of similar strength in just a few moves.
Fortunately, after that, Xu Shilin returned to his usual routine of cultivation and alchemy, without challenging the top five on the Strong Ranking. This relieved the other three on the Strong Ranking, who were only ranked first, Zi Yan.
This person, whom even the top-ranked individuals on the Strong List greatly feared, was now looking at him, someone who hadn't even made it onto the Strong Ranking, with such eyes. No wonder the person ranked behind Lin Ming was terrified by Xu Shilin's single glance, feeling as if they had fallen into the dead of winter.
After glancing at the person behind Lin Ming and seeing that he made no unusual move, Xu Shilin turned around to check on Lin Ming's condition.
In Xu Shilin's eyes, Lin Ming's originally delicate and fair face was now as red as a shrimp thrown into boiling water, as if it had been cooked.
In addition, a series of sizzling sounds, like meat being grilled on a rack and sizzling until it produces oil, rang out, accompanied by white smoke rising from Lin Ming's body.
Seeing what was happening to Lin Ming, Xu Shilin, as his senior brother, was not only shocked but also a little disappointed. If these phenomena had occurred to other freshmen entering the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower for the first time, Xu Shilin would have thought it was normal. But with Lin Ming, Xu Shilin took it that way.
Xu Shilin explained the situation inside the tower to Lin Ming twice, telling Lin Ming the solution. However, despite Lin Ming Shilin's reminders, Lin Ming still experienced the same changes as those unprepared newcomers, which made Xu Shilin Lin Ming a little disappointed in him.
Given Lin Ming's current cultivation level and Soul Strength, Xu Shilin believed that Lin Ming could easily consume the Heart Flame reflected by the Fallen Heart Flame, instead of experiencing the reaction of being Heart Flame all over his body as if he were being boiled.
Although somewhat disappointed, Lin Ming was, after all, his junior brother, so Xu Shilin spoke to the person beside him, asking them to notify the elders to come and resolve the problem of the Heart Flame in Lin Ming's body.
How to draw Heart Flame from another person's body is a secret of the academy, known only to those who have reached the rank of elder. Therefore, even if Xu Shilin wanted to solve it himself, he had no way to do so.
"I've felt enough, it's time to finish you off." With that thought, Lin Ming's mind stirred, and his Dou Qi enveloped the Heart Flame that had been rampaging inside his body. Then, a surge of Dou Qi passed through the Heart Flame.
After this Dou Qi passed through the Heart Flame, the ball of Dou Qi that was originally the size of a fist has now shrunk to the size of a duck egg.
Although the volume of the Dou Qi had decreased, Lin Ming could sense that the energy contained within Dou Qi had clearly increased.
This feeling is similar to the original Dou Qi. Although it was large in size, it was like grains of sand. After passing through the Heart Flame, the Dou Qi, which was like grains of sand, was solidified into stone. Although its size decreased, its power to hit the target increased.
The Heart Flame within Lin Ming's body was completely consumed and ceased to exist after refining the fist-sized ball of Dou Qi.
The Heart Flame reflected by the Fallen Heart Flame is like a rootless duckweed, and it will dissipate on its own before long. Furthermore, when this Heart Flame is mixed with pure Dou Qi, its own energy is also carried away by the Dou Qi, which is one of the reasons why the Fallen Heart Flame can accelerate the improvement of cultivation.
Having experienced the benefits of the Heart Flame for cultivation, Lin Ming was truly reluctant to let it disappear. As for the pain he had felt from being burned by the Heart Flame, Lin Ming certainly remembered it, and it was something Lin Ming had deliberately inflicted.
The moment the Heart Flame was born into Lin Ming's body, Lin Ming could envelop it with his Dou Qi and then use it to refine his Dou Qi. For Lin Ming, whose Soul Power had reached the level of Dou Emperor, who could fully sense any abnormality in his body and perfectly control his body, this was effortless.
The reason why the Heart Flame that appeared in Lin Ming's body could burn inside Lin Ming was because Lin Ming wanted to feel that the Heart Flame could reach a burning level.
This Heart Flame is merely a tiny, insignificant flame reflected from the Fallen Heart Flame. If Lin Ming cannot withstand such burning, then he will be unable to achieve the top ten in the Strong Ranking Grand Competition three years later and obtain the opportunity to Fallen Heart Flame Sub-flame.
The temperature of the Fallen Heart Flame Sub-flame then was incomparable to the tiny sparks reflected from the Fallen Heart Flame now.
Now that he has this opportunity to experience the Heart Sub-flame, which is like a tiny spark compared to the Fallen Heart Flame Heart Flame, Lin Ming is willing to give it a try.
Having the memories of the original story, Lin Ming also knew that beneath this magma, there existed a Fallen Heart Flame. This gave Lin Ming the idea of refining the mature Fallen Heart Flame currently active above.
Of course, Lin Ming is only thinking about it now, but putting it into action and succeeding is not something that can be accomplished with his current cultivation level as a Da Dou Shi.
Knowing the plot of the original novel, Lin Ming knew that before the Fallen Heart Flame could break through the academy's seal, it would have to wait until Xiao Yan arrived at the Inner Academy, which was about ten years ago.
These ten years will be the time for Lin Ming to improve his cultivation and prepare. Let him experience the burning sensation of the Heart Flame entering his body now; consider it preliminary groundwork for refining the Fallen Heart Flame in the future!