Training Room, Huo Wu and Siblings

The next morning, Wang Qi arrived early at the central square of Blazing Fire City, standing before a building that resembled a medieval cathedral.

This was one of Blazing Fire City's defining features—the Fire Attribute Mimic Environment Training Room!

Standing before the mimic training room, Wang Qi felt the heightened activity of his Soul Power and could not help but sigh.

"Worthy of being one of Blazing Fire City's special features. Just standing outside, I can already feel my Soul Power circulating much faster. It's at least no worse than cultivating in the Blacksmith Shop."

"If I'd come directly to Blazing Fire City after leaving home, I could have reached level ten at least half a year earlier."

Yesterday, Wang Qi had spoken at length with Fire Dragon about Blazing Fire City. As for the fire-attribute herbs Wang Qi cared about most on this trip, they were directly ruled out. Nearly eighty percent of the Soul Masters in Blazing Fire City possessed fire attributes, and any fire-attribute medicinal herbs that appeared on the market would vanish almost instantly. As an outsider, Wang Qi would have a hard time buying such herbs in Blazing Fire City.

Of course, even without medicinal herbs that could aid the cultivation of fire-attribute Soul Masters, he could still increase his cultivation quickly.

In order to attract fire-attribute Soul Masters to settle down, Blazing Fire City had specially built a mimic environment training room in the central square.

The mimic environment training rooms were divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The beginner level was for Soul Masters and Soul Grandmasters; the intermediate level was for Soul Grandmasters, Soul Elders, and Soul Ancestors; while the advanced level was for Soul Kings and stronger experts.

Since he could not obtain medicinal herbs that would aid a fire-attribute Soul Master's cultivation for now, trying out the mimic environment training room was not a bad idea either.

"Hello, would you like to rent a training room? What is your Soul Master rank? Which level of training room would you like to rent?"

A curvaceous woman in red leather clothing called out to Wang Qi as he entered through the doors.

"A level thirteen Soul Master. This is my first time in Blazing Fire City. Please introduce the differences between these training rooms."

"Your first time here? Xiao Meng, go take care of something else. I'll receive this little brother myself." A tall woman draped in a pale red gauze shawl emerged from behind the counter.

"Young brother, you don't seem very old. Did you come to Blazing Fire City to enroll in school or to cultivate?"

"Do you need that information to cultivate in the mimic environment training room?" Wang Qi frowned at the beautiful woman who had approached him, a faint displeasure on his face.

"Of course not. But aside from being the owner of the mimic environment training room, I'm also the admissions director of Blazing Fire Academy. Fine, if you aren't interested in that, forget it. Xiao Meng, come explain the fees and precautions to this little brother."

Seeing that Wang Qi had no interest in what she said and even seemed somewhat resistant, the tall woman did not press the matter and returned to the counter to paint her nails.

Wang Qi had loved this sort of slacking work attitude in his previous life.

The three levels of training rooms cost one Silver Soul Coin per day and one Gold Soul Coin per day respectively. As for cultivating in an advanced training room, one had to join Blazing Fire City.

After taking a plaque marked with the number 188 from the wall and handing it to Wang Qi, Xiao Meng went to receive other guests.

Holding the number plaque, Wang Qi arrived at the corresponding training room. The moment he pushed open the door, an extremely dense wave of fire-attribute energy rushed toward him. Feeling the active Soul Power within his body, Wang Qi knew that this money had been very well spent.

The training room was not large, less than five square meters. Apart from a meditation cushion, the only things inside were the rubies embedded in the walls, floor, and ceiling.

Xiao Meng had introduced these rubies. They were an exceedingly precious, reusable resource. Once the energy within them was depleted, sunlight could restore their fire-attribute energy.

Unwilling to waste time, Wang Qi immediately sat on the meditation cushion and began cultivating. A place with such dense fire-attribute energy offered enormous benefits to fire-attribute Soul Masters.

He could practically see his Soul Power growing. Wang Qi even felt that if he continued cultivating here, he could break through to level twenty and become a Soul Grandmaster by the age of eleven at the latest.

What Wang Qi did not know, however, was that other fire-attribute Soul Masters cultivating in this environment could not achieve anything close to his cultivation speed.

Even if their aptitudes were identical, the difference in their cultivation speed would be at least fifty percent.

And so, as it was his first time cultivating in an environment with such dense fire-attribute energy, Wang Qi unknowingly entered a state of deep meditation.

Just as Wang Qi entered deep meditation, a young man and woman whose appearances were sixty percent alike, both dressed in Blazing Fire Academy uniforms, entered the mimic environment training room.

"Auntie, Huo Wu and I recently went to Blazing Fire Canyon to obtain our Second Soul Rings. By the way, have you found any promising talents here lately? Our Blazing Fire Academy Team's prospects for this All Continent Elite Soul Master Competition don't look too good."

The newcomers were none other than the captain and vice-captain of the next All Continent Elite Soul Master Competition: the siblings Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu.

"Promising talents? Where am I supposed to find so many promising talents? Do you think everyone is like you two, able to break through to Soul Grandmaster at the age of ten?" The tall woman did not even raise her head as she worked on her nails, inwardly grumbling that she had not seen any promising talent, though she had encountered one irritating little brat.

The moment she recalled Wang Qi's wary gaze, the tall woman could not help feeling annoyed.

"None, then? Fine, forget it. Blazing Fire Academy has no real hope in this All Continent Elite Soul Master Competition. Everything will depend on Huo Wu and me in the next one. By then, once we've broken through to Soul Ancestor, we'll take the fusion route and should be able to achieve decent results."

Huo Wushuang sounded somewhat helpless as he took two plaques from the counter, preparing to go upstairs to cultivate. At that moment, the tall woman called out to the siblings.

"The next one? If that's your goal, someone suitable did come here today. His talent may not compare to yours, but if he cultivates at Blazing Fire Academy for the next eight years, his strength should at least reach the level of an advanced Soul Elder."

"As for whether you can persuade him to join Blazing Fire Academy, that will depend on your abilities. Let me warn you beforehand: that little brat has a terrible temper. Still, the best way to deal with someone like him is to beat him into submission—"

"This crazy girl." Seeing Huo Wu prepare to head for the training rooms to drag the person out the moment she heard the words "beat him into submission," the sexy woman watched as Huo Wushuang hurriedly grabbed her.

"My ancestor, will you only be satisfied after offending him beyond repair? Don't you know that being disturbed during meditation is the biggest taboo?"

"Auntie, please keep an eye on that person for me. We're still short a few teammates who can help Huo Wu and me in our competition. If possible, I'd like to speak with him face-to-face."

"Come on, Huo Wu. We should go upstairs and cultivate. Don't forget our plan: to break through to Soul Elder before the age of thirteen and obtain our Third Soul Rings."

"If you fall behind me by then, don't come crying."