Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 182 They're all masters of feigning ignorance.

"Awooo! My minions, this dragon has arrived! Get out of the way!"

A dragon's roar pierced the sky and resounded throughout the inner courtyard. Before the shocked eyes of all the inner courtyard students, a golden dragon descended from the sky.

Xiao Bai stood atop the dragon's head, looking down at the scene below.

In the field of vision, a huge black tower was revealed in a recessed area, but this tower was quite strange.

From the ground, only a section of the spire and a completely black entrance gate can be seen; the tower itself is buried deep underground.

"Is this the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower?"

Counting the days, it has been more than a year since Xiao Bai came to Canaan Academy, and this is the first time he has truly seen this black tower!

"That's right! Brother Xiao Bai, look closely, doesn't the area around the tower look familiar?" Xun'er took his arm, smiled sweetly, and gestured towards the black tower.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai's gaze swept across the space surrounding the tower, noticing a subtle sense of distortion and wrinkles, just like in the "Library Pavilion."

"Space Lock!"

"That's not all! The spatial lock only prevents external enemies from entering. Inside, there's another spatial seal that only a Dou Zun could set up. This one faces inwards. I imagine the dean of Canaan Academy must have put in a lot of effort for this black tower back then!"

Xun'er narrowed her eyes into crescent moons and explained softly to Xiao Bai.

"This little girl knows quite a lot!" Xiao Bai looked at the pretty girl beside him with a smile in his eyes.

"Hehe. Xun'er has just read a lot of books, so she knows a little bit!" Xun'er looked at Xiao Bai's teasing expression, her eyes darting around, pretending to be stupid.

Xiao Bai didn't point it out, but shook his head and smiled, "Let's go! Let's go down!"

As he spoke, he wrapped his arms around the two women's slender waists, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and gracefully landed.

Standing on the ground, the black tower in front of me, though only consisting of one layer of the tower body and a section of the spire, is still enormous and gives people a sense of oppression.

Arriving before the spatial fold, Xiao Bai looked at the tightly closed, dark tower door and the constantly surging aura of strange fire within. He took a deep breath and said loudly:

"Xiao Bai requests an audience with the Grand Elder!"

The sound was like thunder, rolling and echoing throughout the area outside the tower.

"What is this demon up to? Doesn't he know that the Heavenly Refining Tower has been closed for several days, and no student is allowed to approach it?"

"Who knows! But he's a sixth-grade alchemist, a higher status than some elders, so he can't be treated as a student anymore!"

While some students were discussing among themselves, the elders in the tower heard this voice, exchanged surprised glances, and then looked at the somewhat disheveled, aged figure standing in the void above the energy shield.

He suddenly turned around, looked up into the void, as if he could pass through the tower and see the young man in black outside.

"Xiao Bai? Didn't he just cause such a commotion? Why isn't he using this time to meditate? What's he doing here?"

Su Qian frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then looked down at the Fallen Heart Flame that was still unwilling to retreat, feeling quite troubled.

Xiao Bai stood outside the tower, looking at the motionless black tower, his gaze calm, and spoke again in a loud voice:

"Xiao Bai requests an audience with the Grand Elder, hoping to have a discussion within the tower!"

"well"

A long, aged sigh rang out, and the voice seemed weary as it spoke:

"Come in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the spatial folds around the black tower glowed faintly and began to ripple outwards like water.

A moment later, the space in front of them distorted, and a portal that could only accommodate one person opened.

"Xun'er, Xian'er, I'm going in!" Xiao Bai turned around and whispered to the two women behind him.

"Okay! Brother Xiao Bai, be careful!" Xun'er stepped forward, hugged him, and rubbed her little head against his chest. She was quite reluctant to part with him again after only a short time together.

"Little Bai, once you're inside, don't be reckless. Don't forget we're still waiting for you at Canaan Academy!" After Xun'er let go, Little Fairy Doctor stepped forward, straightened his clothes, and said softly.

Xiao Bai nodded, his gaze shifting slightly to the little golden dragon.

"Shrink! You won't even be able to get through the tower gate like this!"

Xiao Bai was quite certain that it could shrink; this thing could transform into anything, so shrinking was no problem at all.

"What a lousy tower! It wasn't even designed to be bigger, it can't even contain my mighty body!" The little golden dragon looked at the huge body with reluctance and muttered to itself.

Golden lightning arcs flashed across the lithe and slender dragon's body, and after a burst of golden light, they darted into Xiao Bai's sleeve.

Xiao Bai glanced at the two women again, then turned and walked into the spatial portal. After he entered, the spatial portal slowly contracted and closed again, returning to its original state in an instant.

"Xun'er, are you really not going to tell him?" Little Fairy Doctor asked softly, looking at Xun'er who was staring blankly beside her.

"No! The later Brother Xiao Bai finds out, the less he'll worry!" Xun'er shook her head, looking at her with a hint of heartache in her eyes. She couldn't help but smile knowingly, took Little Fairy Doctor's hand, and said:

"Xian'er, don't let that bad guy fool you!"

"Brother Xiao Bai is very perceptive. He can usually sense even the slightest difference in our emotions, but you made it so obvious just now, yet he didn't even ask. Don't you think there's something wrong?"

"So he knows you're leaving?" Little Fairy Doctor was taken aback.

"Who knows! That scoundrel is getting more and more cunning now, I have no idea what he's thinking!" Xun'er pouted and waved her fist in dissatisfaction.

As the person who knows Xiao Bai best, she noticed that Xiao Bai had changed quite a bit this time, not only in appearance but also in his psychology.

Now, no matter how you look at Xiao Bai, he exudes an incredibly natural aura, which is very different from before.

"Then you..." Little Fairy Doctor was about to say something.

"Oh dear! Little Fairy, don't worry about it!" Xun'er pinched Little Fairy Doctor's pretty face and laughed, "As long as he's still my Xiao Bai brother, still your Xiao Bai, and doesn't go flirting with other women, that's enough!"

"It's good to be a little confused sometimes! Knowing too much is tiring!" Xun'er stretched and showed off her graceful curves before waving her hand dismissively.

"!" Little Fairy Doctor.

It was supposed to be a game for three, but she felt something was off. Turns out, the other two were masters of playing dumb!

"It seems there's quite a lot to learn!" Little Fairy Doctor's beautiful eyes seemed thoughtful.

On the other side, as soon as Xiao Bai stepped into the Black Tower, he felt a strange flame suddenly appear inside his body.

"Formless and colorless, manifesting through the heart, leaving no trace—this is the Fallen Heart Flame!"

Xiao Bai's lips curled up slightly. After scanning the flame with his mind, his five-colored battle qi passed through the flame and directly dispersed it.

"Too weak!"

Xiao Bai shook his head. This flame couldn't even withstand the impact of his internal fighting spirit, let alone temper it.

The fire element in his dantian seemed completely uninterested and didn't even bother to move.

This happened very quickly. Xiao Bai did not stop walking. As he walked, his eyes kept scanning the tower.

The hall was enormous, with cylindrical walls. At its very center was a huge black hole. The air above the black hole was slightly distorted, and an extremely hot aura was spreading outwards.

At the bottom level, the elders maintained the energy shield while keeping an eye on Xiao Bai's movements.

They all wanted to see how long this most outstanding student in the history of Canaan Academy could withstand the influence of the inner fire.

"This must be his first time entering the tower! He's completely unaffected by the Heart Flame, and even during the eruption of the Fallen Heart Flame?"

An elder from the outer courtyard looked at Xiao Bai's unwavering steps and exclaimed in disbelief.

It should be noted that a new student's potential can be assessed by undergoing the initial baptism of the Heart Fire upon entering the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

The longer one persists, the stronger one's resistance to the fire of the heart becomes, and the greater the benefits of cultivating in the tower. Although this is not absolutely accurate, it has never been wrong over the years.

But how do we calculate Xiao Bai's case?

Seeing his expressionless face, some elders suspected that the ever-present inner fire in the tower was treating him differently and had not entered Xiao Bai's body at all.

"He's a sixth-grade alchemist; he might have some way to dispel the inner fire!" another elder pondered for a moment and guessed.

As soon as he said this, many elders nodded in agreement. Only Elder Huo rolled his eyes and looked at these ignorant people with disdain.

Go find a sixth-grade alchemist without a special flame and see if they can do what Xiao Bai did!

"What is he going to do?" an elder asked, dumbfounded, after seeing Xiao Bai's actions.

"Is this guy planning to jump down from the black hole in the tower?"

As they were speaking, everyone saw a streak of multicolored light rapidly descending from above.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

"!" The elders exclaimed.

This novel way of descending the tower is something I've never seen before in my lifetime.

"Huh? They're all familiar faces!"

Xiao Bai landed lightly beside the energy shield, glanced around, and seeing familiar faces from the outer courtyard, couldn't help but smile and greet them:

"Elders! It's been a long time!"

"Haha, Master Xiao, long time no see! You're even more radiant than before!"

"Xiao Bai, you've changed quite a bit! All the girls in the academy are probably going to be completely smitten with you!"

"Xiao Bai."

After exchanging glances, the elders greeted Xiao Bai warmly.

"You...you are that big skeleton?" A clear, childlike voice, tinged with hesitation, caught Xiao Bai's attention.

Zi Yan stared at the person in front of her with her big, bright eyes, her little nose twitching slightly.

Although the aura was somewhat unfamiliar compared to before, one could still faintly smell the same scent as the large skeleton from before.

"Little Ziyan, what are you doing here?" Xiao Bai looked at the little girl in white in front of him, glanced around at the surroundings, and asked in surprise.

"This girl sneaked in by herself!" An elderly figure walked over and said helplessly.

Zi Yan's talent allows her to enter and exit restricted areas almost effortlessly and silently, making it impossible for the elders to detect her.

Elder Hao from the herbal medicine storage office had complained to him countless times about this, not only because the herbs were lost, but also because he was constantly threatened by this girl.

"Greetings, Elder!" Xiao Bai greeted the newcomer with a cupped hand.

"No need for formalities!" Su Qian looked at the young man in front of her with a complicated expression.

This kid just created a celestial phenomenon related to a Heavenly Rank combat technique, and then he rushed to the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower without stopping, even though it's likely he's not interested in the strange fire.

But he still had many doubts about why he came here.

"Speak! What brings you to this old man?"

Looking at the somewhat disheveled Su Qian, Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I want to go into the underground magma below. I hope the Grand Elder will make an exception!"

"Are you going down?" The elder's eyes flashed, and he asked with a frown.

Could this kid really be interested in strange fire?

"Elder, please rest assured, I have no interest in this Fallen Heart Flame!" Xiao Bai saw Su Qian's expression and knew what he was most wary of, so he hurriedly explained.

"You knew all along that there was a Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Refining Tower?" Su Qian asked, his eyes narrowing as he scrutinized Xiao Bai with a cryptic tone.

Judging from this kid's expression, he seems completely unsurprised that there is a strange fire called the Fallen Heart Flame here, and now he is asking to enter the magma below, which seems to indicate that he has other plans!

"The various miraculous manifestations of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower are not difficult to guess if one has any understanding of strange fire and has personally experienced them. Coincidentally, I am familiar with all of these things!"

Xiao Bai's words were reasonable and well-founded, but he did not answer whether he knew about the Fallen Heart Flame before coming to Canaan Academy.

"As an alchemist, aren't you even slightly tempted?" The Grand Elder ignored Xiao Bai's evasive answer, staring intently at him as he asked calmly.

"Haha." Xiao Bai laughed loudly, put his hands behind his back, and said with a disdainful expression:

"Elder, you underestimate me too much. Before I was even ten years old, I had the opportunity to obtain the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, which ranks eleventh. At fifteen, I personally obtained the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and used it to trade for some other things!"

"I say this not out of arrogance, but to tell the Grand Elder that I don't take the Fallen Heart Flame seriously!"

As he spoke, Xiao Bai unleashed his aura, and a powerful energy reverberated at the bottom of the Heavenly Refining Tower.

"Peak of the Battle King realm?!"

"I remember he was only at the Dou Ling level before, how come he broke through to the peak of Dou Wang in such a short time?"

"Damn it, comparing yourself to others is infuriating! Compared to him, we're practically wasting our time!"

"That's right! The key is that he's a sixth-grade alchemist. He must spend a lot of time researching alchemy techniques before he can cultivate. If he devoted all his time to cultivation, his current cultivation level would probably be..."

Upon hearing this, all the elders were terrified. Although they didn't finish their sentence, the thought of it was even more frightening.

In an instant, the elders were deeply shocked. As elders of Canaan Academy, they had once been prominent figures among the crowd, but they had never seen anyone break through so quickly.

"As expected of someone who could create such techniques and combat skills, he is truly a genius. From now on, the Northwest Continent will probably no longer be his stage; his destiny can only be a place like the Central Plains!"

Su Qian sighed inwardly. Although the doubts in her heart were not completely resolved, it no longer mattered.

Regardless of whether he has a relationship with the dean, he is a prodigy who needs to befriend Canaan Academy.

Moreover, according to him, he is a person with great opportunities. Otherwise, ordinary people would have to go through countless hardships to see such strange fires, but he has already seen several at such a young age.

Moreover, he could obtain them all, even get his hands on them, but judging from his appearance, he didn't seem to think much of them, including some strange flames that ranked above the Fallen Heart Flame.

"Alright! Since you insist on going in, I'll grant your request!" Su Qian pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

He didn't know what Xiao Bai was up to, or how confident he was in dealing with the invisible fire python below.

Su Qian believed that with Xiao Bai's soul power, he could definitely sense the aura below, but he still insisted on doing so, so she did not try to persuade him further.

To reach this level at such a young age, one must not be an arrogant and reckless person; one must have some means to deal with the Fallen Heart Flame.

Thinking of this, a hint of anticipation appeared in his cloudy eyes.

(End of this chapter)