Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 74 : . Fallen Heart Flame

Hun Jin led Xiao Han all the way down, directly to the sixth floor.

Along the way, some senior students who knew Hun Jin stopped to greet her. They were all surprised that the usually solitary Hun Jin was accompanied by a junior sister, and even bringing this unfamiliar junior to the sixth floor. Later, when they inquired, they learned that this person was the top student among the new students this year and also the founder of the Gate of Transmigration. Upon learning of Xiao Han's seven-star Dou Spirit strength, those who originally wanted to lecture Xiao Han about the rules of the Inner Court and warn her not to be too ostentatious all closed their mouths.

Xiao Han followed Hun Jin towards the advanced training room area on the sixth floor of the tower. After nearly a few minutes of winding paths, the two stopped outside a rather old training room.

Because there were few high-level Dou Spirit students in the academy, the deeper they went, the fewer people there were. Especially on the sixth floor, large areas of training rooms were empty, so there was no need to compete for them.

Hun Jin pushed open the door and entered first. Xiao Han didn't hesitate and followed closely behind.

As their feet stepped into the room, a faint chill from the stone slabs climbed up from where their soles touched the ground.

In the room, the soft light was neither glaring nor dim. The room wasn't large, only able to accommodate about five people. In the center was a spacious platform built up with black rocks, about two inches high from the ground.

"The central black rock platform is the place for cultivation," Hun Jin said.

Hun Jin walked to the edge of the black stone platform, bent down, and pointed to the clearly defined lines on it, saying, "Each person has enough space for cultivation. There's a protruding slot here. Just insert your fire crystal card, then circulate your technique, and an endless stream of heart fire will appear in your body. Then, you can use this to refine your Dou Qi, strengthen your meridians and bones, and increase your strength."

Hearing this, Xiao Han scanned the area and saw different cultivation territories outlined on the black platform with unknown dyes. Moreover, on these cultivation territories, there was a stone platform slot about an inch high.

"Let's not waste time," Hun Jin said, choosing a position and sitting cross-legged. "Let's start cultivating."

Although the heart fire here was of no use to her, Xiao Han still wanted to try and see what the heart fire refinement felt like.

Thinking this, she also randomly chose a position, sat cross-legged, took out her green fire crystal card, and slowly inserted it into the slot in front of her. There was a faint clicking sound, and a dim light burst forth from the slot.

With the appearance of the light, Xiao Han clearly saw that the number 148 on the green fire crystal card immediately decreased by one, obviously deducting the fee for one day of cultivation, which was one fire energy.

Shortly after the fire energy was deducted, Xiao Han slowly closed her eyes, formed her hands into a cultivation seal, and her body became as still as an old monk in meditation.

Circulating the Nine Heavens Thunder Technique, Xiao Han slowly took a breath. Suddenly, a low, subtle sound rang out, and then, a seemingly invisible flame with an unusual fluctuation unexpectedly appeared not far from Xiao Han's heart position. A scorching temperature gradually spread out, dozens of times higher than the heart fire on the first floor.

No wonder only those above high-level Dou Spirit could come to this sixth floor. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The moment the heart fire appeared, the Tribulation Lightning coiled in her dantian surged up with lightning speed, enveloping the heart fire layer by layer. The heart fire was extremely high in temperature, but with Xiao Han's terrifyingly strong meridians, this level of temperature couldn't harm her at all.

Sensing the aura of heaven and earth laws contained in the Tribulation Lightning, that small heart fire instantly shrank, completely losing its arrogant appearance when it first entered her body.

Using the pressure of the Tribulation Lightning, Xiao Han quickly decomposed and absorbed that cluster of heart fire, but the effect was minimal, about the same as her casual daily meditation.

It seems that this heart fire refinement is indeed not suitable for me, Xiao Han thought as she opened her eyes.

But then again, she was already a Dou Venerate, and her meridians had been tempered a thousand times. In terms of meridian strength, Xiao Han could confidently believe that no one in this world could compare to her. Since the main purpose of heart fire was to refine meridians, it was of no use to her.

Well, cultivating is cultivating no matter where it's done, and the fire energy has already been paid. Should she just get up after sitting down?

With this thought, Xiao Han closed her eyes again and continued to cultivate. However, this time she wrapped the aura of Tribulation Lightning around her body, preventing the heart fire from randomly invading her body. After all, decomposing heart fire also took time, and she might as well use that time to cultivate directly.

Time passed minute by second. In the advanced training room, the only two people sat cross-legged, eyes tightly closed, seriously cultivating. A layer of tranquility enveloped the entire training room.

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Xiao Han exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly opened her eyes. In her pupils, a streak of silver flashed by.

"This Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower... indeed has no use for me," Xiao Han stood up, stretched her body, listening to the "crackling" sounds of her bones, and spoke softly.

[That's because the Tribulation Lightning in the host's body is too strong,] the system said. [Even the Empress Flame, ranked first on the Heterogeneous Flame list, is far inferior to Tribulation Lightning, let alone this Fallen Heart Flame.]

Glancing at Hun Jin, who was still immersed in cultivation, Xiao Han thought for a moment but decided not to wake her. Instead, she silently walked towards the door, wanting to take a good look at this Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower first.

Out of the door, Xiao Han judged the direction and walked in the opposite way from which they came. There were hardly any people on the sixth floor, it was quiet. All along the way, most of the training rooms were open and empty.

Xiao Han picked one or two rooms to look into and found that they were not much different from the advanced training room Hun Jin had brought her to.

Shaking her head slightly, Xiao Han continued to walk inward. Soon, she arrived at the center of the tower.

The center of the tower was a huge black hole that seemed to devour light. Looking into it, even Xiao Han couldn't see anything. This black hole seemed to run through the entire Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower. If not for the cover of the tower's tip, this pitch-black deep hole might have been visible from the sky at a glance.

In this pitch-black deep hole, if one sensed carefully, one might detect that the air here was much hotter than in other places. That feeling... was as if there was something at the bottom of the deep hole continuously releasing heat that supplied the entire Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

"Fallen Heart Flame......"

Xiao Han narrowed her eyes slightly, and the Tribulation Lightning inside her body silently began to circulate, surging towards her eyes. Her originally deep black eyes quietly turned silver, a silver that was very transparent, as if containing all things.

Under the gaze of those silver eyes, the endless darkness suddenly began to distort slightly, and then, these distorted spaces, like invisible pythons, crawled towards the entrance of the hole at a terrifyingly fast speed.

The surrounding temperature rose sharply, and then, an extremely sharp "hissing" sound spread out from the deep hole.

The unusual sound spread and echoed in the pitch-black deep hole like flashing lightning. In an instant, the somewhat dim environment suddenly brightened, and the temperature in the air also rose rapidly. An extremely terrifying and ancient aura slowly emerged from the black hole, finally bursting out of that seemingly endless deep darkness like lightning tearing through the night.

At this moment, the space about two meters above the entrance of the hole had almost fallen into an extremely distorted state. However, although the space was extremely distorted, nothing could be seen with the naked eye. Except for those distorted spaces and the continuous "hissing" sounds, the entire area appeared somewhat eerie due to this scene.

Xiao Han's cold eyes flashed, and the Tribulation Lightning inside her body roared out without reservation, sweeping towards that distorted space under Xiao Han's command!

Sensing the aura of Tribulation Lightning, the distorted space instantly froze. Xiao Han could feel that the invisible Fallen Heart Flame shrank in fear.

The blood-red Tribulation Lightning and the invisible Fallen Heart Flame collided fiercely. In an instant, an invisible violent fluctuation suddenly spread, causing the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower to shake violently!

After being hit hard by the Tribulation Lightning, the Fallen Heart Flame quickly retreated back, staying quietly in the depths of the black hole.

[Host is mighty!]

Having witnessed how Xiao Han directly confronted the famous Fallen Heart Flame on the Heterogeneous Flame list, the system hurriedly began to shower her with praise.

Withdrawing the Tribulation Lightning, Xiao Han slowly exhaled, her eyes cold.

This Fallen Heart Flame, indeed worthy of its high ranking on the Heterogeneous Flame list, the power contained in its true form was truly strong and bizarre. If it weren't for the Tribulation Lightning specifically countering all heavenly and earthly supernatural abilities, in that collision just now, she might have been the one at a disadvantage.

Her strength was still not enough...

Just then, Hun Jin's voice suddenly came from behind: "Junior Sister Xiao Han!"

Xiao Han turned her head to see Hun Jin's somewhat solemn expression.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Han asked.

Hun Jin sighed and said, "Why did you suddenly come out?"

Xiao Han replied, "I came out to get some air."

Hun Jin nodded and didn't inquire further. Instead, she said, "Due to the anomaly in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower just now, the elders have notified that the area needs to be cleared. Now, all those still cultivating in the tower must leave immediately. Let's hurry out too."

The anomaly of the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower... Recalling the energy fluctuation produced when the Tribulation Lightning collided with the Fallen Heart Flame earlier, Xiao Han couldn't help but cough lightly, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Without saying anything more, Xiao Han followed Hun Jin upwards.

Just as they reached the tower entrance, Xiao Han saw Gu Xun'er and the others waiting not far away. Upon seeing Xiao Han and Hun Jin, they visibly relaxed.

"What exactly happened? Why did the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower suddenly have an incident?" Xiao Mei looked somewhat worried.

Unexpectedly, Hu Jia, who was usually talkative and lively, rarely didn't speak. Instead, she had an embarrassed expression, seemingly lost in thought.

Hun Jin patted Xiao Mei's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, the elders will handle it properly. Once there's no problem, the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower will open again."

The Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower was the foundation of the Inner Court. Jia Nan Academy would naturally not take this incident lightly and would certainly conduct a thorough investigation to ensure the safety of the refining tower.

Gu Xun'er nodded and said, "If that's the case, let's go back. Staying here is just wasting time."

Hearing this, everyone agreed. The students who had been cleared out from the surrounding area just complained a bit before leaving in small groups.

Hu Jia still seemed lost in thought. Xiao Mei found it strange and waved her hand in front of her face: "Wake up."

Only then did Hu Jia suddenly come back to her senses, looking at everyone with a bewildered expression: "Huh?"

Gu Xun'er asked puzzledly, "Did something happen? Why do you look so absent-minded?"

Hearing this, Hu Jia suddenly blushed and stammered, "What... what could have happened?"

Seeing the sudden blush, everyone expressed doubt.

Hu Jia coughed lightly, as if to cover her embarrassment, and said in a deliberately casual manner, "Let's go, let's go back. Why waste time here?"

As she spoke, she walked forward, her figure carrying a hint of fleeing in panic.

Xiao Han, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly called out to her: "Hu Jia."

Hearing this clear voice, Hu Jia's body suddenly stiffened: "What... what is it?"

"You're going in the wrong direction."

Hu Jia: "......"