Black Hole
Arriving at the Black Stone Platform in the center of the Cultivation Room, Lin Ming took out his crimson Fire Crystal Card inserted it into the groove on the black stone.
After Lin Ming inserted the Fire Crystal Card into the slot, the number on the Fire Crystal Card decreased slightly, and Lin Ming knew that this was a deduction of one day's Fire Energy.
The instant the Fire Energy on the Fire Crystal Card was deducted, a ball of blazing, transparent Heart Flame reappeared within Lin Ming's body. This ball of Heart Flame within Lin Ming's body was now much larger and hotter than the Lin Ming when he first entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
Upon realizing the state of his body, Lin Ming immediately sat down cross-legged and entered a meditative state. He circulated his Dou Qi Heart Flame within his body. Then, streams of Dou Qi, like long dragons, flowed through the Heart Flame.
The gathered Dou Qi, before passing through the Heart Flame, was as thick as a chopstick. However, after passing through the Heart Flame and being refined by it, it was only about the size of a toothpick, and its volume was visibly reduced.
After being refined by the Heart Flame, the Dou Qi shrank in size considerably, but the energy it contained was far greater than before.
Having once again experienced the effects of refining one's Dou Qi, and the increased energy contained within it after Dou Qi, Lin Ming circulated his Dou Qi even more diligently, directing it towards the Heart Flame within his body.
Cultivating in the Cultivation Room, as long as Fire Energy is supplied, the Heart Flame can be continuously generated until the time limit is reached, allowing the cultivator to continue cultivating.
While cultivating, Lin Ming continuously gathered the Dou Qi in his dantian towards the location of the Heart Flame in his body, purifying all of Dou Qi. At the same time, he also gathered the Dou Qi purified by the Heart Flame towards his dantian.
After the Dou Qi, refined by the Heart Flame, was about to gather in his dantian, Lin Ming did not directly gather Dou Qi there. Instead, he first directed it towards the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire. Only after the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire cleansed the Dou Qi was gathered into the Dou Crystal within his dantian.
Although the Dou Qi is purified and contains more energy after passing through the Heart Flame, the Fire Poison attached to the Heart Flame is also mixed into the Dou Qi during the purification Dou Qi.
If one's Dou Qi contains the Fire Poison of the Heart Flame, it will inevitably become a hidden danger. In the original work, Lin Yan was affected by the Fire Poison, which not only made his temper irritable but also affected his strength.
After Xiao Yan cleared Lin Yan's Fire Poison, Lin Yan's personality returned to normal, and he even won fourth place on the Strong Ranking in the Inner Academy Grand Competition.
Although this ranking is somewhat inflated, as two stronger individuals fought to the death in the battle to enter the top ten and were unable to participate in the subsequent Ranking Tournament, Lin Yan, who was previously ranked ninth on the Strong Ranking, has already made a significant improvement by defeating several people ahead of him this time.
If Lin Ming also possesses a Heavenly Flames Fire Poison protect him, then Lin Ming Fire Poison would not pose a threat to Lin Ming.
But now that Lin Ming doesn't have Heavenly Flames, there's nothing he can do but proceed cautiously and have his Dou Qi, which has been refined by the Heart Flame, baptized again by the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire. This way, Lin Ming won't have to Heart Flame poison until the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire becomes saturated.
Lin Ming estimated that it would take about five days for the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire to absorb the Fire Poison and reach saturation. Therefore, within these five days, Lin Ming was safe and did not need to Heart Flame poison.
Five days later, Lin Ming only needs to rest for a day or two outside the tower for the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire to absorb and process the Fire Poison. Then Lin Ming can enter the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower again to cultivate.
Time passed day by day. For the past five days, Lin Ming had been immersed in cultivation. If it weren't for the Fire Crystal Card deducting a little Fire Energy each day, Lin Ming would have forgotten the passage of time and only felt the improvement in his cultivation.
The increase in Dou Qi gained from these five days of cultivation is definitely greater than the increase from ten days of cultivation outside. If he continues to cultivate at this rate, Lin Ming will probably be able to raise his cultivation to the level of Three Star Dou Grandmaster in less than a month.
Lin Ming had only advanced to the Two Star Dou Grandmaster two days ago. After reaching the Da Dou Shi, Lin Ming estimated that it would take him at least three months to advance one star in cultivation.
Having cultivated in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower for five days, Lin Ming has already made a significant step forward in his cultivation as Two Star Dou Grandmaster. At this rate, Lin Ming is certain that he will reach the Three Star Dou Grandmaster within a month at most.
However, Lin Ming himself knew that the first time he entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, the effect of his cultivation was the best. The effect of cultivating in this Cultivation Room again would never be as good as the effect of these few days.
If Lin Ming wants to achieve the same training results as these past few days, he'll probably have to go to the second level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. Even then, he'll need to find one of the best Cultivation Room to achieve the same results.
Of course, even the most ordinary Cultivation Room in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower on the third floor can make Lin Ming's training effect no worse than in the past few days, but the required Fire Energy Points are three times that of the first floor.
After sensing that the Fire Poison within the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire was nearing saturation, Lin Ming ended his cultivation session inside the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
Lin Ming stood up and put away the Fire Crystal Card on the stone platform. The Fire Energy on the Fire Crystal Card had decreased by five points, which represented five days of Lin Ming's cultivation.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the Cultivation Room, Lin Ming activated the closed Restriction, and the Cultivation Room opened automatically.
Lin Ming walked out of the Cultivation Room and into the passageway, preparing to head towards the outside of the tower. He had only taken a couple of steps when a dark opening made Lin Ming stop in his tracks, as he was about to leave for the outside of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
Lin Ming arrived at the edge of the cave entrance, examining the pitch-black opening that resembled an abyss. This Black Hole was mentioned in the original story, but Lin Ming couldn't recall its purpose.
After examining the cave entrance, Lin Ming couldn't resist his curiosity and poked his head out to peer into the Black Hole.
All he could see was pitch blackness, a blackness like Black Hole, absorbing even light and leaving no escape. This Black Hole caused Lin Ming to feel a slight dizziness.
He shook his head, dispelling the dizziness. In the brief glance he had just taken at the Black Hole, it seemed to pierce through the entire Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. If it weren't for the tower's roof obscuring the view, the Black Hole would be clearly visible from above.
Furthermore, the temperature and fire-attribute energy are much higher here than around the Black Hole. Lin Ming guessed that these Heart Flame were probably transmitted from this Black Hole.
Now that his curiosity had been satisfied, Lin Ming had no reason to linger and strode towards the outside of the tower.
After leaving the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Lin Ming walked back the way he came, heading towards the Medicine Gang. Regarding his senior brother Xu Shilin's situation, Lin Ming guessed that he was probably still cultivating.
After arriving at the Inner Academy, Lin Ming learned more or less about his senior brother's deeds. Given his senior brother Xu Shilin's ranking on the Strong Ranking, his cultivation level couldn't be weak.
Based on Lin Ming's observations and combined with the deeds of his senior brother Xu Shilin, it is likely that his cultivation level has reached at least the high-level Dou Ling stage, and it is even possible that he has reached the Peak Dou Spirit.
After reaching this level of cultivation, their resistance to Fire Poison also increases significantly. Even if they cultivate for a month at a time, the Fire Poison has little effect on those with high-level Dou Ling cultivation.
Before Lin Ming entered the Cultivation Room, his senior brother Xu Shilin specifically told Lin Ming not to wait for him, presumably because Xu Shilin would be in seclusion for quite some time this time.
After traveling for about the same amount of time as before, Lin Ming saw the iconic building of the Medicine Gang. At that moment, a member of the Medicine Gang also saw Lin Ming, and Lin Ming saw someone running towards him at high speed.
"Lin Ming, come inside with me quickly, if you don't come back soon, our Medicine Gang might be destroyed." Seeing this person rushing to his side and saying such things, Lin Ming was completely confused.
The visitor saw Lin Ming looking puzzled and knew that if he didn't explain clearly, Lin Ming probably wouldn't understand the urgency of the matter. So he could only patiently recount what had happened to Lin Ming in a concise manner.
It turned out that Zi Yan had come to the Medicine Gang a day earlier to ask Lin Ming to refine Medicinal Pill. More than twenty days had passed since the last time he had refined Medicinal Pill with Zi Yan.
At that time, Lin Ming had to prepare for the competition and enter the Inner Academy, so he asked Zi Yan to refine more Medicinal Pill at once. He said he would probably have to wait until after she entered the Inner Academy to refine more for her.
More than twenty days have passed, and the Medicinal Pill Zi Yan made last time have probably been consumed long ago. For Zi Yan, now that she has delicious Medicinal Pill to eat, who would want to eat unprocessed, bitter, and astringent herbs?
Zi Yan finished her Medicinal Pill on the second day Lin Ming entered the Inner Academy, and it's been four or five days since she last had any delicious Medicinal Pill. How could the little glutton Zi Yan possibly resist?
It took a lot of effort for Zi Yan to resist asking Lin Ming refine Medicinal Pill as soon as he entered the Inner Academy, and instead wait a few days until Lin Ming had adapted to the Inner Academy before asking Lin Ming to refine Medicinal Pill.
But when Zi Yan came to the Medicine Gang to find Lin Ming, she was told that Lin Ming had gone to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to cultivate. Then Zi Yan asked these people when Lin Ming would return, but none of them knew. As a result, Zi Yan had been waiting here for a whole day.
This was especially frustrating for Zi Yan, who was already annoyed because she hadn't had any tasty Medicinal Pill for several days. After waiting all day without any news of Lin Ming's return, Zi Yan was now extremely angry.
The members of the Medicine Gang could see that Zi Yan, the King of Great Strength, was filled with anger, like a powder keg that had burned out and could explode at any moment.
If Zi Yan gets angry, even with Xu Shilin present, they might not be able to calm Zi Yan down. Moreover, Xu Shilin is currently cultivating inside the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, so the others are even less able to deal with Zi Yan.
The members of the Medicine Gang could only hope that Lin Ming could return before Zi Yan erupted, otherwise they feared the Medicine Gang would be destroyed by this Brute Force King.