The two stood frozen like puppets in the middle of the pitch-black doorway. When the crowd behind them saw them stop, they were about to bark at them, only to see white mist billowing from their bodies, accompanied by a sizzling sound like meat roasting.
The surrounding crowd immediately burst into laughter at their misfortune. "Haha, these must be two freshmen who just entered the Inner Academy. Their first time in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, and they didn't take a single precaution. Serves them right..."
Some people saw their condition and went straight off to fetch an elder. After all, without an elder intervening, these two novices would probably be burned alive into charcoal by the Heart Fire, from the inside out.
Neither of them had any attention to spare for the chatter around them now.
Xiao Fan studied the invisible flame that had abruptly appeared inside his body, examining it curiously. Is this the Fallen Heart Flame?
He controlled the Dou Qi within his body, slowly passing it through the invisible flame. Xiao Fan noticed that although his Dou Qi had become somewhat more concentrated, the effect fell short of the twofold improvement described in the original story.
So it really was exaggerated!
Xiao Fan shook his head, but continued directing his Dou Qi toward the invisible flame. After all, refining his Dou Qi could still bring a substantial improvement to his strength, however much or little it helped.
No, that's not right! A sudden realization flashed through Xiao Fan's mind. The flame's effect on me hasn't weakened. It's because the cultivation method I'm practicing has already reached high Earth Tier, and the Dou Qi it produces is already highly concentrated. That's why the results are less impressive.
For people practicing lower-grade cultivation methods, the improvement brought