Chapter 70

The Black Tower is buried deep underground, with only a portion of its spire and a pitch-black entrance exposed.

Gu Fei's gaze landed on the space above the spire.

He could clearly see that the space surrounding the tower body was subtly trembling, with a sense of distortion and wrinkles in the space.

"It seems this Seal was placed by Senior Mang Qianchi when he left back then!"

Gu Fei murmured in his heart.

Although he knew that Mang Qianchi's cultivation level had likely reached Half-Saint by now.

But when Mang Qianchi placed this Seal back then, his cultivation should have only been an ordinary Dou Zun.

A Seal left behind by an ordinary Dou Zun, while seemingly indestructible at the time, had become very weak as time passed.

If this Seal had not weakened, in the original story, the Fallen Heart Flame would not have broken out of the tower a few years later.

With Gu Fei's current strength at the peak of Dou Zong, it is not difficult to break this Seal.

This sixth level is where students on the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking cultivate; these two are Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya, who rank high on the Strong Ranking.

That is because Han Feng's group does not even have a real Dou Zong.

They could only rely on the Gold and Silver Elders joining forces to block Su Qian, a Dou Zong, so the gap between the two sides was not large.

"Elder Su Qian, you should first evacuate the students cultivating in the tower, so they are not injured by the heart fire when I make my move later!"

As for someone with Gu Fei's peak Dou Zong strength, it is not something that can be defeated by numbers; how could these people from Jia Nan Academy dare to resist?

Knowing that everyone going up would be throwing their lives away, who would still have the will to fight to the death?

"All students, leave the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower immediately."

Not far from the cultivation room where he was, a dashing young man also wore a look of confusion on his face.

In the original story, Han Feng brought a group of experts from the Black-Corner Region here to seize the Exotic Fire, and Su Qian, Hu Qian, and others tried their best to stop them; although there was a bloody battle and heavy casualties, they ultimately stopped Han Feng's group.

On the sixth level of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, a young man with an upright posture walked out of a cultivation room; although this young man was only twenty-two years old, the determination on his face made him look very mature.

"Go out and see, and you will know!"

The Lion King retracted its wings, looking down from above, its human-like beast eyes staring at these so-called "heavenly pride" of the Northwest Continent, drawing exclamations for the Lion King and Gu Fei.

【Inner Academy student feels confused, Emotion Value +1】

Upon hearing this, although Su Qian was reluctant, he still pursed his lips and followed instructions.

"What's the situation?"

Many students were somewhat confused; clearly, many students were currently cultivating in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, so why did Great Elder Su Qian bring a stranger here?

【Inner Academy student feels shocked, Emotion Value +1】

The next moment, in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, many Inner Academy students who were closing their eyes and diligently refining Dou Qi with heart fire in their cultivation rooms heard Su Qian's urgent call almost simultaneously.

The shock was due to Gu Fei's excessively young face, the unusually respectful attitude of Great Elder Su Qian, and the massive Magical Beast behind him, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing walked together, quickly heading toward the outside of the tower.

Gu Fei spoke directly.

At this moment, because of Gu Fei's arrival, the surrounding students stood where they were, their eyes filled with shock, confusion, and bewilderment.

Gu Fei stood still as the wind, scanning the whispering Inner Academy students around him.

Arriving on the ground, the gazes of Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya landed on Gu Fei at the same time.

Gu Fei looked very young, a few years younger than both of them.

However, when Su Qian spoke to him, there was obvious respect in his eyes.

【Lin Xiuya feels curious, Emotion Value +20】

【Liu Qing feels curious, Emotion Value +20】

Both of them came from the Central Plains, and whether in talent or strength, they had always been the "heavenly pride" in the eyes of others, the absolute elite among the Inner Academy students.

Lin Xiuya remained calm and stood closer to the students beside him; upon hearing their discussion, the shock in his eyes could not be concealed.

"I heard he was brought here by the Great Elder himself to take the Exotic Fire!"

"How is that possible? How important is that thing to the Inner Academy? This person is so young, why would the Great Elder agree?"

"Didn't you see the flying Magical Beast behind him! I was lucky enough to see it at the entrance just now; this senior traveled through the air, and looking at the Great Elder's demeanor, his strength is likely far beyond the Great Elder's..."

【Liu Qing feels surprised, Emotion Value +10】

【Lin Xiuya feels shocked, Emotion Value +10】

The pupils of Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya shrank slightly.

Gu Fei looked so young, yet he already possessed at least the cultivation of the Dou Zong realm?

The Inner Academy Strong Ranking experts, who were always arrogant, all revealed expressions of surprise.

"This person absolutely cannot be as young as he appears; even the major powers of the Central Plains could not cultivate such a monster."

One person thought to himself, simply not believing that such a monster existed in the world.

Gu Fei's gaze slowly swept across these Inner Academy students and suddenly stopped on a little girl in white who only reached his waist.

The little girl seemed to be no more than twelve or thirteen years old, with long, pale purple hair reaching her waist; her cheeks were extremely fair and tender, and her appearance, like carved jade, was very cute.

At this time, the little girl who walked out of the tower also swept her pair of black, watery, intelligent eyes toward Gu Fei's side, looking very curious.

【Zi Yan feels curious, Emotion Value +100】

Through the Emotion Value notification.

Gu Fei's eyes paused, confirming that this white-clad girl was indeed Zi Yan.

"Elder Su Qian, your Inner Academy has such a young student, and her cultivation is quite good... she is not human, is she!"

Gu Fei said with a smile, clearly referring to Zi Yan.

【Su Qian feels surprised, Emotion Value +30】

Seeing that Gu Fei had identified Zi Yan's Magical Beast identity at a glance, Su Qian was even more surprised in his heart.

"She is indeed not a human!"

Su Qian nodded, but did not continue to say anything more.

"I observe her aura to be somewhat familiar, as if she belongs to that Magical Beast family; it is just that I do not know why a member of that Magical Beast family would end up drifting here to the Northwest Continent."

Gu Fei curled the corners of his mouth and spoke deliberately.

"Are you saying that you know her background?"

【Su Qian experiences surprise, Emotion Value +30】

Hearing this, Su Qian's eyes were filled with surprise, and he could not help but press for an answer.

"Mm!"

Gu Fei nodded.

"If that is the case, then that would be wonderful... This little one has always wanted to grow up and understand her own background!"

A faint smile appeared on Su Qian's face; he was genuinely thinking of Zi Yan, hoping that Zi Yan could understand her own background so that she could cultivate with a focused mind from then on.

"Let's talk about this after I have subdued the Fallen Heart Flame!"

Seeing that all the Inner Academy students in the tower had already come out, Gu Fei shook his head, then turned back to look at Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin: "You two wait here, I will be back shortly!"

Gu Fei had the two of them wait on the spot and cast a Seal around them for protection.

(End of this chapter)