Chapter 434

Amidst the dense mountain forest, towering ancient trees stood in rows, blocking out the sky and sun; deep within the woods, the roars of spirit beasts rose and fell intermittently, making the area fraught with danger.

This place is located in the rear mountain of the Saint Profound Star Academy, having already entered the Great Kun Mountain Range.

Li Luo sprinted through the forest, constantly wiping the sweat from his forehead; yet no matter how he urged his Xiang Li to move at full speed, Instructor Xi Chan's figure remained unhurried, trailing tens of meters ahead, impossible to approach.

This mountain range had been quite lively recently, for as time drew closer to the Holy Grail Battle, all Purple Radiance Teams, led by their respective instructors, had entered the Great Kun Mountain Range to fight numerous spirit beasts here and temper themselves.

While thinking of these things, Li Luo saw Instructor Xi Chan's figure ahead suddenly stop, and he immediately hurried to follow.

At this moment, Instructor Xi Chan gazed down at the forest below, where two figures were being besieged by a group of spirit beasts; Xiang Li fluctuations erupted, and spirit beasts were continuously slain, emitting piercing howls.

Those two figures were very familiar to Li Luo; they were none other than Student Xin Fu and Bai Bai Mengmeng.

This forest area was the training zone arranged by Instructor Xi Chan for them, and during this period, the two had joined forces to withstand wave after wave of spirit beast attacks.

However, the effect was obviously quite significant.

Even from a certain distance, Li Luo could feel that the aura of Student Xin Fu and Bai Bai Mengmeng had become much more cold and sharp, and their Xiang Li had also gained considerable enhancement.

Everyone was seizing every moment to improve themselves.

"Am I training here too?" Li Luo looked at Instructor Xi Chan and asked.

"You do not need this kind of training; for you now, the most important thing is to elevate the realm of your Dual Xiang Li." Instructor Xi Chan continued forward; Li Luo followed her path with his gaze and then saw a distant volcano crater, from which white smoke constantly surged, the high heat causing the air to distort.

Instructor Xi Chan's figure moved, drifting out and descending toward the volcano crater, while Li Luo activated his Xiang Li, leaping through the trees, and after a short while also landed at the crater.

Standing there and looking down, one could see within the crater red magma churning, occasionally bubbling up into a huge magma bubble.

Li Luo swallowed hard and said cautiously, "Instructor, you wouldn't be asking me to jump down and train inside the magma, would you? My physical body is afraid it cannot withstand such temperature."

"How could that be?" Instructor Xi Chan seemed to smile.

Hearing this, Li Luo immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could fully exhale that breath, he saw Instructor Xi Chan suddenly extend her slender palm and clench it toward the churning magma.

Then Li Luo saw the magma begin to rise into the air, constantly gathering and solidifying in mid-air.

In a short moment, that magma actually solidified into a mottled black great cauldron.

Yet although the redness had faded, that great cauldron still emitted rolling smoke; high heat spread out, and even Li Luo, tens of zhang away, could faintly feel it.

"I need you to enter this great cauldron to train," Instructor Xi Chan pointed at the cauldron and said.

Li Luo's face turned green; that great cauldron, formed from magma and with a sealed space, was practically an oven; entering it to train would not mean getting roasted alive immediately?

"With your current Xiang Li strength, entering inside, you should be able to endure for ten minutes; after ten minutes, your Xiang Li will be exhausted and unable to protect your physical body, at which point you will face the situation of being roasted alive," Instructor Xi Chan said casually.

"To break the deadlock, you must shatter the cauldron within ten minutes, but the cauldron contains a trace of my Dual Xiang Li; although not strong, it will likely be difficult for you to break with brute force; your only chance is to use true Dual Xiang Li to dissolve the Dual Xiang Li..."

"As long as you can maintain your Dual Xiang Li at the He Yi Jing realm, you will be able to dissolve that trace of my Dual Xiang Li."

Li Luo showed a bitter expression; during this period he had been trying his utmost to comprehend the He Yi Jing, but he had always found it difficult to truly achieve it; the success during the Ticket Match before seemed merely a fleeting moment.

However, he did not resist the harsh training method crafted for him by Instructor Xi Chan, because he knew that such life-and-death cultivation was most capable of making oneself grasp that fleeting spark of inspiration and achieve a limit breakthrough.

"Li Luo, the cultivation of Dual Xiang Li is indeed arduous, because in the strict sense, this is power not accessible to someone at your Xiang Shi realm; Dual Xiang Li is the privilege of Marquis Realm experts, and being able to experience this power at this realm is a rare opportunity for anyone."

"Seize it, and you will be able to dominate among those of the same realm."

Instructor Xi Chan continued: "When stepping into the Marquis Realm, Marquis experts will naturally master Dual Xiang Li, and moreover, the third realm you dream of, the Cheng Ling Realm; but you are not at the Marquis Realm, so you cannot make the Xiang Li within your body fuse according to your will."

"You cannot tame a wild horse with brute force, so you must follow its flow."

"Simply put, you are not qualified to be forceful with the Xiang Li within your body, so you must be gentle."

"Calm your heart and comprehend the intent of the two Xiang natures; go with the flow and let them naturally fuse."

Upon hearing Instructor Xi Chan's last sentence, Li Luo's heart stirred slightly, and then he fell into thought.

"Li Luo, your comprehension is excellent; although Dual Xiang Li is like two untamable wild horses for you now, if you truly completely master them, you will naturally experience the wonders they bring you, and at the same time, this will be of great benefit to your future self."

"If you truly wish to stand out in the Holy Grail Battle and defeat the other three top contenders, then you must pass through this hurdle of the He Yi Jing."

"Li Luo, I believe you can do it."

Hearing Instructor Xi Chan's encouraging words, Li Luo's emotions could not help but surge; facing Instructor Xi Chan's expectant gaze, he nodded heavily.

"Instructor, rest assured; I will not disappoint you!"

Instructor Xi Chan nodded.

"Then let us begin."

Li Luo, full of passion, gritted his teeth, leaped out, traced an arc in mid-air, and finally landed steadily inside the hovering cauldron emitting white steam.

The next instant.

A piercing scream rang out, startling birds in the forest.

In the forest beneath the volcano crater.

Student Xin Fu and Bai Bai Mengmeng, having finally cleared the nearby spirit beasts, sat exhausted under a tree to rest.

Bai Bai Mengmeng gently wiped the sweat from her cheeks, then her expression changed, and she said, "Did you hear that sound? It sounds somewhat familiar."

Student Xin Fu leaned askew against the tree trunk, his body like rotten mud, too lazy to move a muscle; hearing Bai Bai Mengmeng's words, he lazily shook his head.

"No, but did you smell any fragrance? It smells so good; is some heartless thing cooking something nearby?"

"Truly immoral; don't they know to share a bit?"