The first floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower had low-, mid-, and high-grade training rooms.
All three grades cost one point of Fire Energy per day.
But the higher the grade, the better the Heart Fire tempered one's Dou Qi.
For the same price, who wouldn't want a better training room near the center of the tower?
That gave the students something to compete for, just as the Inner Academy intended.
The Inner Academy wanted to raise true powerhouses, not flowers sheltered in a greenhouse.
On their first visit to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Yan and the other two found a mid-grade room on the first floor.
The room could accommodate fifty people training together.
It was spacious, with black stone platforms nearly ten feet wide rising two and a half inches above the floor.
The platforms stood about ten feet apart, so the people seated on them had plenty of space.
Once the middle-aged instructor finished explaining the rules, Wu Hao and Bai Shan eagerly slid their Fire Crystal Cards into the platforms' slots and began training.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on a black stone platform, took out his Azure Fire Crystal Card, and carefully inserted it into the slot.
With a click, a faint white light appeared above the slot. The card's Fire Energy balance dropped from 252 days to 251.
Xiao Yan slowly closed his eyes and formed a training hand seal. He sat as still as a monk in meditation.
A moment later, as he entered a training state, he sensed the rich fire-attributed energy in the air.
The Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was especially effective for Dou Zhe who practiced fire-attributed techniques.
As Xiao Yan set his Technique Qi Vortex spinning, a wisp of Fallen Heart Flame appeared near