"Hmph."
After glancing at Luo Hou behind him, Elder Su turned his gaze back to Xiao Yao and the others, his expression softening. "As the victors of this Fire Energy Hunting Competition, each of the new students present will receive twenty days of Fire Energy. Xiao Xun Er, Qing Lin, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao will additionally receive a Green Fire Crystal Card and thirty days of Fire Energy. As for Xiao Yao, he will receive a Purple Fire Crystal Card."
"A Green Fire Crystal Card is already enough to make people green with envy. A Purple Fire Crystal Card, though? Doesn't that mean he can enter any floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower whenever he wants?"
As Elder Su's words fell, an uproar rose from the hillside. Envious gazes swept toward Xiao Yao and the other four.
Seeing the confusion on Xiao Yao and the others' faces, Elder Su smiled and explained, "Hehe, in the Inner Academy, Fire Crystal Cards are divided into five colors from lowest to highest: black, blue, green, red, and purple. The Black Crystal Cards in your hands are the lowest-grade cards. They only grant access to cultivate on the first and second floors of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. Blue Crystal Cards grant access to the third and fourth floors, and so on."
"If you wish to upgrade your Crystal Card, you must pay Fire Energy in the Inner Academy. Generally speaking, exchanging a Black Crystal Card for a Blue Crystal Card requires one hundred days of Fire Energy, while exchanging a Blue Crystal Card for a Green Crystal Card requires two hundred days of Fire Energy. The Purple Fire Crystal Card in Xiao Yao's hand, meanwhile, costs eight hundred days of Fire Energy."
Hearing that number, Xun Er and the