The Academy's Back Mountain.
Wisps of black smoke rose from a patch of barren ground.
Feng Xu stepped out of the classroom to investigate and found Yun Tian and his two companions, who had been standing outside for quite some time.
"Why didn't you come in? What are you standing out here for?"
"You were teaching, Master. How could we interrupt?"
Yun Tian smiled as he spoke.
Beside him, Sifu glanced into the classroom and patted his backside, indicating that there was nowhere he could sit.
Feng Xu looked at the burly, three-meter-tall man and shook his head helplessly.
Looking toward the distant site of the explosion, Yun Tian urged him on.
"The Academy is a place of peace and quiet. How could there be an explosion? We should hurry over and take a look."
"It's fine. The New Energy Group probably had another failed experiment. It happens all the time. No need to worry."
Feng Xu waved a hand and led them to the Study.
This so-called new energy referred to destructive power.
Over the past few centuries, Feng Xu had put two energy sources to use in advancing the Human Race. One was spirit ore, used to produce various dharma artifacts. The other was electricity, which was used only for mundane devices because so little was available.
Yet the energy contained within destructive power surpassed imagination. If it could be harnessed as an energy source, the Human Race would undergo an epoch-making transformation.
Thus, Feng Xu had extracted a wisp of destructive power almost invisible to the naked eye, sealed it in a container, and given it to the research group for experiments.
An explosion could still seriously injure an Innate Realm cultivator, so the researchers all wore armor while conducting their experiments.
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