Trash, the Whole Lot of You

A calm yet subtly sharp and domineering voice rang out, belonging to a tall young man dressed in a cloth shirt.

The man exuded a sharp and domineering aura.

"Brother Liu Qing, I... I just offended someone I shouldn't have."

Yao Sheng looked at the man walking towards him, lowered his head, and said shyly.

The newcomer was none other than Liu Qing, the fourth-ranked Tyrant Spear on the Strong Ranking.

Who is it?

Liu Qing frowned slightly as he stood before Yao Sheng Yao Sheng, feeling a powerful pressure emanating from him.

"Demon King Xiao Tian!"

How did you offend him?

"It's my fault for having a foul mouth."

Liu Qing's expression didn't change when he heard Yao Sheng's words, as if it were expected. He knew Yao Sheng's personality well; he was a troublemaker who loved to show off.

Liu Qing reached out to break the oppressive aura that Xiao Tian had left on Yao Sheng. He charged up and attacked, but was knocked back several steps by the energy rebounding from the attack.

Those around were astonished, their mouths agape as they saw Liu Qing being repelled.

"Liu Qing was forced back several steps simply by attacking the Demon King's remaining pressure. Just what is his strength?! It's terrifying!"

Liu Qing's expression also turned gloomy and solemn. He had previously thought that Xiao Tian had just broken through to the Dou Wang, but just now he felt an incredibly powerful strength from above.

He mustered his strength and swung his fist again to attack the oppressive force left by Xiao Tian, but something unexpected happened.

The imposing aura that Xiao Tian had left on Yao Sheng inexplicably vanished.

Liu Qing couldn't retract the punch he had thrown, Liu Qing could only change the direction of his punch.

Finally Liu Qing's fist, as big as a sandbag, slammed into Yao Sheng's shoulder, sending Yao Sheng flying and rolling several times on the ground.

The cause of the past has led to the effect of today, and it's already manifesting itself; it's truly over.

If he hadn't quickly switched his Dou Qi to defend himself, his shoulder would have been broken from Liu Qing's punch.

Liu Qing stood there with a complicated expression, seemingly lost in thought, "You should tone down your behavior in the future. The Inner Academy is getting increasingly complicated. You'd be better off using that time to cultivate."

Liu Qing didn't look at Yao Sheng again, but left a message and walked towards the Cultivation Room.

As Xiao Tian and Zi Yan headed towards the Number One Cultivation Room, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Xiao Tian, why are you smiling so mischievously?"

Seeing Xiao Tian's crooked-mouthed, Dragon King -like appearance, Zi Yan couldn't help but ask him in confusion.

"No, I just thought of some interesting things."

The two continued onward and arrived at a Cultivation Room that looked spacious but unremarkable.

"The materials used in this Cultivation Room are specially made to prevent the powerful energy inside from leaking out and affecting other areas."

Seeing Xiao Tian's gaze sweeping over the Cultivation Room, Zi Yan began to explain to him.

Xiao Tian shifted his gaze from the Cultivation Room to a dark iron door at the end of the corridor, thinking, "Is this where the Fallen Heart Flame is located?"

You can't go near there. Even if I do, I'll be locked up.

Xiao Tian nodded. The Fallen Heart Flame was useless to him, so he'd let Xiao Yan deal with it himself. However, he could do Su Qian a favor later.

"Then you go in and cultivate. I'm going out to play too. Cultivating here for a day requires thirty Fire Energy. Do you have enough Fire Energy?"

Just as Zi Yan was about to leave, she turned to Xiao Tian and gave him some instructions.

"Hmm, I don't need that for the time being."

Xiao Tian also knew that Zi Yan was someone who Fire Energy, and that she could only rely on the rewards from the Strong Ranking to cultivate.

"That's good. I'm leaving now. Be careful not to get infected by the Fire Poison."

Zi Yan skipped and hopped away from the Qi Refining Tower, popping a pill into her mouth along the way.

Xiao Tian pushed open the door to the Cultivation Room and went inside.

Upon entering, one can feel the powerful energy, which has condensed into a pale red mist.

"Excellent, excellent. Cultivating here is twice as effective with half the effort."

Xiao Tian inserted the Fire Crystal Card directly into the groove, then crossed his legs and formed hand seals to circulate his cultivation technique.

A large ball of Heart Flame rose gently from his heart. Xiao Tian controlled his Dou Qi to continuously pass through the Heart Flame, making the Dou Qi incomparably pure and solid.

With continued cultivation, Xiao Tian's breakthrough to the Dou Emperor became increasingly solid and stable.

Time flies when you're fully focused on something.

On this day, Xiao Tian, who was practicing hand seals, opened his eyes, and a flash of lightning appeared in them.

"Although I've only been cultivating for four days, the gains have been quite good."

At this time, Xiao Tian's cultivation level had reached the mid-to-late stage of One-Star Dou Emperor. What pleased him most was that cultivating here could actually increase the condensation of Spirit Thunder.

"Could it be because Thunder Flame have similarities, as people often say, that Thunder Flame coexist?"

Now, the amount of Guishui Thunder within Xiao Tian's body has increased by half a wisp again.

Of course, Xiao Tian didn't cultivate all the time during this period. Instead, he combined work and rest, cultivating his Dou Qi during the day and going into the Free and Unfettered World to train his physical fitness at night.

The Fire Poison posed no threat to Xiao Tian, because he possessed Spirit Thunder and Heavenly Flames, which directly extinguished the Fire Poison.

During Xiao Tian's cultivation, Zi Yan came to visit Xiao Tianyi, but seeing that he was still cultivating, she chose not to disturb him and left directly.

As she left, her eyes were filled with resentment, and she took a big bite of the medicinal herbs in her hand.

Xiao Tian put away the Fire Crystal Card from the slot, stood up, opened the door, and walked out.

"This is really effective. No wonder everyone is trying to climb higher on the Strong Ranking. Although the Fire Energy collected is high, the returns outweigh the costs."

He left the Cultivation Room and headed in the direction of the exit from the Qi Refining Tower.

On the way, I saw that most of the other Cultivation Room were occupied by people practicing.

News of Xiao Tian's previous lesson to Yao Sheng in the Qi Refining Tower had spread, and everyone remembered Xiao Tian's appearance to avoid provoking him.

After all, he had been kneeling there for so long, with so many people watching. If he were to do that one day, he would be utterly humiliated.

There's even a saying circulating in the Inner Academy: "If you don't know who the Demon King Xiao Tian is, just remember not to offend anyone handsome."

Xiao Tian was unaware that the atmosphere in the Inner Academy had become somewhat distorted due to his actions, turning into a matter of judging people by their appearance.

Stepping out of the other room, Xiao Tian took a deep breath of the outside air. The air inside was scorching hot; after breathing it for four days, he felt his senses becoming stagnant.

"Greetings Sect Master!!"

"Hello, comrades!!"

Xiao Tianyi a leisurely pace, relaxing his mind. Along the way, Xiao Tian saw many people wearing the badges of the Pan Gate.

Xiao Tian sighed with relief, realizing that Xun'er and the others had managed the Pan Gate very well, allowing him to relinquish control completely.

They greeted Xiao Tian respectfully, and Xiao Tian responded with a smile. They saw their Sect Master as so gentle, completely unlike the tyrant others described.

For a moment, everyone felt that their choice to join Pan Gate was the right one.

"Damn it, someone is definitely slandering the Sect Master. It's obviously malicious."

In a pavilion within the Jia Nan Academy Inner Courtyard, the entire pavilion was filled with the fragrance of elixirs, and many people dressed in Alchemist robes sat in the hall.

Most of them were second or third-grade Alchemist, while the person sitting in the head seat was a young man with Fourth Grade Alchemist badge on his chest.

The young man was none other than Han Xian, the leader of the Medicine Gang, the largest drug-selling organization in the inner courtyard.

The atmosphere in the entire hall was extremely somber, and the second and third-grade Alchemist inside felt like they were sitting on pins and needles, not daring to breathe loudly.

"Are you just going to sit here doing nothing? I'm asking you, how are you going to resolve the Pan Gate issue now?"

Han Xian looked at the people below with a gloomy expression and asked in a cold voice.

"Gang Leader, the pills from Pan Gate are just too perfect for the Inner Academy's environment. Unless we can also produce pills that can rival them."

A Third Grade Alchemist stood up, shook his head, and sighed.

"Bang!"

"What a bunch of useless trash! So many of you, all Alchemist, and you can't do anything about a newly established gang? What use are you to me?"

"They're truly useless, a bunch of good-for-nothings."

Han Xian couldn't help but slam his hand on the table and shout in a fit of temper.

(Just kidding, only a handful of people are reading this book, but at least some people are reading it and that keeps me writing. Many people are worried that I might abandon it or stop updating, but don't worry, I will definitely finish this book. I said it before, and I promise again: no matter what the outcome, even if no one reads it, I will continue to update it. It will be at least a million words long and I will not abandon it.)

Many people have said that my data is not as good as just writing a book, and that writing it down is a waste of time, but I still plan to continue.

This is my first book, and I didn't expect to make any money from it. It's really bad, I admit that, and I accept the criticism, haha.