Free and Unfettered Hall's Formidable Strength

Xiao Tian knocked on the door in front of him, and the door opened automatically. Xiao Tian went inside.

In front of a table, Xiao Tian saw Su Qian, the Grand Elder of the Inner Academy, sitting behind a desk handling Academy affairs.

"I wonder what business the Grand Elder has with me?"

Xiao Tian bowed to Su Qian in front of him.

"It's nothing major, I just wanted to chat. Please have a seat." Su Qian tidied up all the documents in front of her and looked at Xiao Tian with a smile.

Xiao Tian sat directly in the seat Su Qian pointed to. Su Qian waved her hand and a tea set appeared. After a seemingly slow but actually very elegant process, she poured Xiao Tian a cup of tea.

"This is the Cloud Mist Green Sprout, which can calm the mind, relieve fatigue, and increase energy absorption. Cultivating in this state can increase cultivation speed."

Xiao Tian picked up his teacup and took a sip. His mind cleared instantly, and he was even able to sense the free-flowing Heaven and Earth Energy more clearly.

"The Grand Elder brought out such fine items; surely it wasn't just for a simple chat with me?"

Su Qian was slightly taken aback by Xiao Tian's blunt words, then smiled and said, "Then I won't beat around the bush. Was the flame you showed earlier Heavenly Flames? But I couldn't tell what kind of Heavenly Flames it was."

"That's right, it is indeed Heavenly Flames, but it's not one listed on the Heavenly Flame Ranking."

Bright red flames continuously floated on Xiao Tian's palm.

"Your flame looks very strange. It appears to be Beast Fire, but I can clearly sense the aura of Heavenly Flames on it. It seems to be a newly formed Heavenly Flames."

Su Qian carefully observed Xiao Tian's Qilin Burning Sky Flame, but couldn't figure it out for a while. In the end, he could only say that the Great Thousand World is full of wonders.

"Young Friend Xiao Tian, the reason I've come to see you this time is actually to discuss something with you, or you could say to give it a try."

Grand Elder Su Qian stroked his beard and chuckled.

"I don't know what it is."

Xiao Tian guessed that it was about the Fallen Heart Flame, and did not rush to agree.

"Could we move over there? I'll tell you when we get there, and you can consider it then."

"Good."

Seeing that Xiao Tian had agreed, Su Qian stood up, grabbed his arm, and disappeared from the room, only to reappear in another place.

The entire space was pale red, and in the very center of the space was a huge, deep hole, above which was a massive, circular dome with mysterious patterns.

Many Elder from the Inner Academy of the Academy were sitting around, most of them at the Dou Wang level. After they stood up and bowed to Su Qian, they sat back down in their original positions and reinforced their Protective Barrier.

They were quite puzzled as to why the Grand Elder had brought Xiao Tian here, but they were all sensible enough not to ask any further questions.

Led by Su Qian, Xiao Tian arrived at the entrance of the deep cave. The closer they got to the entrance, the higher the temperature inside became.

Looking into the cave entrance, the entire entrance wasn't black, but red. Looking down, all you could see was hot, flowing lava.

Xiao Tian knew that the Fallen Heart Flame was inside this magma.

"Is this the aura of Heavenly Flames?"

Xiao Tian feigned surprise and confusion.

"That's right, this is our Academy's biggest secret, and the very core of the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower. Inside lies the Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking..."

Grand Elder Su Qian looked at the cave entrance below with a complicated expression; he both loved and hated this Heavenly Flames.

Its existence has enabled the Inner Academy to flourish, but it has also been a source of crisis, with occasional riots in recent years.

"I came here today hoping to use your questions to see if I could find out the current state of the Fallen Heart Flame. It would be even better if I could suppress it."

Su Qian then gave Xiao Tian a brief explanation of the origins of the Fallen Heart Flame and its situation over the past few years.

Xiao Tian didn't speak, but instead controlled the Heavenly Flames to appear in his hand. As Xiao Tian's Heavenly Flames appeared, the magma underground suddenly began to surge and churn.

A gigantic, semi-transparent Fire Python appeared below the cave entrance, its massive head looking upwards.

As if provoked, Xiao Tian's Qilin Burning Xiao Tian Qilin Burning Sky Flame flew out of his hand and formed a huge red Qilin on the Protective Barrier, roaring continuously downwards.

As the two locked eyes, the Fire Python suddenly retreated back into the magma. Xiao Tian caught a glimpse of fear in its eyes, though it was only for a brief moment.

As the Fire Python burrowed into the magma, the red Qilin transformed back into Heavenly Flames and returned to Xiao Tian's body.

"Grand Elder, this Heavenly Flames has already developed sentience. In this Magma World, its power will continue to increase. Given the strength of your Protective Barrier, it will probably be unable to contain it for about six months."

Hearing Xiao Tian's words, Su Qian sighed deeply. She was aware of the situation, especially in the past year, Fallen Heart Flame had been constantly attacking the Protective Barrier, each time with increasing intensity.

He had to come over from time to time to reinforce the Protective Barrier, but he was becoming increasingly powerless, and the Dou Qi he was expending was constantly increasing.

"Do you have a solution? Or can your Heavenly Flames forcibly suppress it?"

He looked at Xiao Tian with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, hoping that this monstrous genius could find a way to handle the situation.

Xiao Tian shook his head. With his last Dou Zong Experience Card and the strength of his Heavenly Flames, dealing with this Fallen Heart Flame shouldn't be too much of a problem.

But I don't know how to use fire myself, so I'll leave it to Xiao Yan.

"There is a solution. You can have the person who set up this Protective Barrier come and rearrange it, or add a few more. That way, it can last for at least a hundred years."

"I can sense that this Protective Barrier has been in place for a long time, and it's obviously worn out quite badly. I estimate that it has less than 30% of its peak power remaining."

Su Qian, standing to the side, also sighed silently. This Protective Barrier was naturally left behind by her irresponsible Dean, but she had no way of finding it.

He's usually elusive, rarely seen; I haven't seen him in decades.

"Sigh~ It's gone. If this Fallen Heart Flame were to erupt, the entire Inner Academy would probably turn into World of Flames."

Su Qian sighed, looking as if he had aged more than ten years. The entire Jia Nan Academy was the culmination of Su Qian's life's work.

"I have another way to solve this problem, but... the Inner Academy might be ruined from then on, but at least it can be Inner Academy. It all depends on what you're willing to give up."

Su Qian became very excited when she heard Xiao Tian's first words, but when she heard what Xiao Tian said next, she froze on the spot, her expression constantly changing.

Could you explain what the method is?

Su Qian stared intently at Xiao Tian.

"My solution is to release the Fallen Heart Flame while it's not at its strongest. I'll then have the people from the Free and Unfettered Hall come to assist us and completely resolve the Fallen Heart Flame problem."

Su Qian stared intently at Xiao Tian. He had made contact with the people from the Free and Unfettered Hall last time. Although there were only two people from the other side that time, they were both from the core of the Free and Unfettered Hall.

A woman claiming to be the Hall Master's Wife holds the final decision-making power in the Free and Unfettered Hall.

One was Grand Elder, whose terrifying power he sensed, and he knew he was no match for him.