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When Xiao Lin's figure appeared on the first floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Heart Flame instantly ignited within his body.
Because it was his first time experiencing the sensation of Heart Flame tempering his Dou Qi, Xiao Lin stood in a daze for a moment before recovering.
"So this is the Heart Flame born from the Fallen Heart Flame? As long as one is within the range of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, this Heart Flame will ceaselessly calcine the Dou Qi inside the body, achieving the goal of keeping a person in a constant state of cultivation!"
In a single instant, Xiao Lin saw through the essence of the Fallen Heart Flame's ability to increase a person's cultivation speed.
It was precisely because of the Fallen Heart Flame's existence that Jia Nan Academy was hailed as a cultivation holy land in the Northwestern Region!
It was no exaggeration to say that cultivating inside the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, compared to the outside world, increased cultivation speed by more than just two or three times. This was merely the effect of the outermost areas of the first floor.
One must know that the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was divided into nine floors!
The further down one went toward the position of the Fallen Heart Flame, the better the cultivation efficiency became. Even within the same floor, the effects varied depending on the location.
For instance, on this first floor, the cultivation speed in the periphery was far inferior to that of the central area. However, with Xiao Lin's Dou Zong cultivation, this first floor of the tower provided almost no cultivation speed bonus to him at all.
But even in that brief moment, he could feel that the first floor was most effective for those at the Da Dou Shi realm and below.
"Time to start setting up the Spirit Gathering Formations!"
After silently observing the surroundings once more, Xiao Lin began his work.
The Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was divided into nine floors, each containing twelve independent training rooms and one public cultivation area. Naturally, the efficiency of those twelve training rooms was significantly higher than that of the public area.
These rooms were numbered from 1 to 12. Room 1 offered the best cultivation effect, while Room 12 was the least effective, though both were far superior to the public zone. What Xiao Lin needed to do now was set up thirteen Spirit Gathering Formations per floor based on the area divisions!
That's right. Xiao Lin's plan for the tower wasn't to set up one massive Spirit Gathering Formation to cover the entire structure, but rather to arrange dozens, or even over a hundred, small-scale Spirit Gathering Formations inside.
Actually, when Xiao Lin and Su Qian first discussed this, they had considered just placing one large formation. That would have saved Xiao Lin a lot of time and effort. However, the proposal was ultimately rejected.
According to Grand Elder Su Qian, the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower suffered from occasional riots. Whenever a riot occurred, many areas within the tower would become temporarily unusable for cultivation.
He couldn't guarantee that if Xiao Lin placed a single massive formation, the effects wouldn't be completely neutralized during the next riot. Therefore, just to be safe, it was better for Xiao Lin to enter the tower and set up multiple small Spirit Gathering Formations.
It would be much more secure!
Those were the Grand Elder's exact words.
Because so many small formations were required, it had taken a full month for even a power as wealthy as Jia Nan Academy to gather all the necessary materials. This was also why Xiao Lin felt that using ordinary methods to set up these formations would be quite mentally taxing.
After all, with thirteen formations per floor across nine floors, he was looking at over a hundred formations in total. How could that not be exhausting? Even as a Dou Zong powerhouse, he was starting to feel the strain.
But since he had promised Grand Elder Su Qian, Xiao Lin would naturally see it through. He placed great importance on his commitments. So, Xiao Lin began at the first floor of the tower and gradually worked his way down.
Since the Fallen Heart Flame was located deep underground, the ninth floor of the tower was naturally at the very bottom!
With thirteen formations per floor, even with Xiao Lin's skills as a Spiritual Array Master, it would take him an entire day to finish everything. Furthermore, upholding the philosophy of elite education, Xiao Lin and Su Qian had agreed on another detail during their discussion:
The intensity of the formations would vary by floor!
For example, on floors one through three, Xiao Lin set up Rank 1 Spirit Gathering Formations. On floors four through six, he arranged Rank 2 formations.
As for floors seven through nine, he naturally set up Rank 3 Spirit Gathering Formations. It wasn't that Xiao Lin didn't want to use higher-rank formations; it was simply that he was currently only a Rank 3 Spiritual Array Master and couldn't produce anything higher!
Once his rank improved, he could come back and upgrade them if given the chance.
But that wasn't happening today.
Xiao Lin had stepped into the tower just as the sun rose, and it wasn't until after the sun had set that he emerged, looking completely drained. Setting up over a hundred formations in a single day was more than anyone could handle!
Originally, Xiao Lin had wanted to try cultivating inside once the job was done. But the sheer mental fatigue eventually made him abandon the idea. Cultivating in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was great in almost every way, but there was one thing Xiao Lin disliked.
Unlike normal cultivation, which felt like taking a nap, cultivating here caused a gradual buildup of mental exhaustion. After all, the Heart Flame was constantly tempering your Dou Qi, which meant you were essentially using Dou Qi every single second.
How could that not be tiring? This was the reason why no one in Jia Nan Academy—from the students to the elders—ever stayed inside the tower for long periods.
They would all come out at regular intervals.
The fatigue from long-term cultivation in the tower was very difficult to offset. Xiao Lin had already pushed himself by setting up over a hundred formations; if he stayed inside to cultivate now, he was afraid he'd go mad!
In any case, he had finished all the Spirit Gathering Formations. According to their agreement, he could enter the tower to cultivate whenever he wanted without having to pay "Fire Energy."
Since that was the case, why the rush?
"Whew... finally finished all the Spirit Gathering Formations."
Stepping out of the tower, Xiao Lin couldn't help but take a deep breath of the fresh outside air. Now that he had finished the task, anyone who entered the tower would essentially have two layers of cultivation buffs stacked on them!
Surely, in the near future, the overall strength of Jia Nan Academy would reach a soaring new height!
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