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"Ah? I broke through just like that?"
Xiao Lin, who was completely unprepared, stood in the courtyard of his pavilion with a look of utter confusion on his face. Although this was only a breakthrough from One-Star Dou Zong to Two-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Lin still found it somewhat incredible.
Originally, he had planned to rest for a night and wait for his mental fatigue to vanish before attempting a breakthrough in two days by utilizing the double BUFF of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and a Spirit Gathering Formation.
He hadn't expected that simply setting up over a hundred small Spirit Gathering Formations in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower would lead to such a natural breakthrough. To be honest, this was not part of Xiao Lin's plan.
However, thinking about it carefully, it was quite reasonable. It had been nearly a year since Xiao Lin broke through to the Dou Zong realm. During this time, he had mainly focused on creating Dou Techniques and increasing his level as a Spiritual Array Master.
But whether it was creating techniques or leveling up as a Formation Master, he ultimately had to use Dou Qi. Therefore, even though Xiao Lin hadn't focused solely on cultivating his Dou Qi over the past year, it had still received a certain degree of tempering.
Next was the task of arranging those hundred-plus small Spirit Gathering Formations in the tower. For Xiao Lin, that was yet another form of training!
Consequently, this breakthrough was a matter of water flowing where a channel is formed.
At the same time, with his cultivation breaking through to Two-Star Dou Zong, even without considering his rank as a Spiritual Array Master or his Heaven Realm soul, he had already surpassed Grand Elder Su Qian.
He had become the strongest practitioner in Jia Nan Academy in terms of surface-level Dou Qi cultivation!
At this moment, within the entire Jia Nan Academy, only the two Elder Qian and Elder Bai—who never managed affairs and whose existence was unknown to most students and teachers—might be slightly stronger than Xiao Lin in Dou Qi cultivation.
But if they really started fighting, Xiao Lin could kick the two of them around like balls!
Of course, everyone was on the same side now, so there was no need for that. Furthermore, although Xiao Lin hadn't met Elder Qian and Elder Bai yet, Grand Elder Su Qian had likely reported his joining of Jia Nan Academy to them long ago.
After all, Xiao Lin was a Dou Zong powerhouse and a Formation Master; it was impossible for the two elders to ignore such a significant event. In fact, if nothing unexpected had happened, those two old men might have already snuck into the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to cultivate!
Don't forget, in the original story, when Xiao Yan entered Jia Nan Academy, those two were only at the peak of the Dou Zong class. Right now, there were still about thirty years before the original plot began.
At this point in time, those two old men were, at most, mid-level Dou Zongs. As for the current seventh, eighth, and ninth floors of the tower, Xiao Lin had set up Rank 3 Spirit Gathering Formations.
In the past, the tower provided almost no benefit to a Dou Zong powerhouse. But now, these three floors were beneficial even to the cultivation of a Dou Zong. There was no way those two old men wouldn't be tempted.
However, if this trend continued, it would only be a matter of time before Xiao Lin's pure Dou Qi cultivation surpassed that of Elder Qian and Elder Bai in the near future. Although this breakthrough was a bit unexpected, the result still made Xiao Lin very happy.
"I'll sleep first and enter the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to cultivate tomorrow!"
His mental fatigue ultimately outweighed the joy brought by his cultivation breakthrough. Since awakening his past life's memories, Xiao Lin had mostly used cultivation to replace sleep.
But this time, the moment he returned to his bedroom, he truly lay down and fell asleep. Well, Xiao Lin slept quite peacefully this time. It wasn't until a day and night had passed that he finally woke up.
Creak.
Stretching his joints, Xiao Lin suddenly felt refreshed all over!
"It's been a long time since I've had such a pure sleep," Xiao Lin lamented after washing up.
The truth was that after awakening his memories, Xiao Lin felt a constant sense of urgency every day.
Naturally, he had given up normal sleep in favor of cultivation. Since it was already night when he last went to sleep and a full day and night had passed, it was, of course, night again when he woke up!
However, for Xiao Lin, there was no difference between morning and night. No, actually, because of the uniqueness of the Starry Canon he practiced, his cultivation speed was even faster at night when the power of the stars was more concentrated!
"Time to cultivate. Let me experience the double cultivation BUFF brought by the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and the Rank 3 Spirit Gathering Formation!"
After a low murmur, Xiao Lin left his independent pavilion and headed toward the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. Since it was already night, there were naturally few people on the road. Normally, Jia Nan Academy had a curfew for students.
However, when the campus patrol members saw the person walking on the road wearing the moon-white Elder's robes, they all tactfully nodded slightly to Xiao Lin and went on their way.
Thus, Xiao Lin swaggered into the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and headed straight for the bottom floors. The tower-guarding Dou Huang Elder, seeing it was Xiao Lin, simply nodded to him without offering any hindrance or requesting Fire Energy; he just let him in.
This was one of the promises Grand Elder Su Qian had made to Xiao Lin!
As long as Xiao Lin could arrange Spirit Gathering Formations for the tower, his future cultivation within it would be entirely free!
This was good news for Xiao Lin.
After all, cultivating in the tower required spending quite a bit of Fire Energy. Fire Energy was essentially the currency issued by Jia Nan Academy. Usually, it could be obtained by completing various tasks assigned by the academy.
Of course, students could also obtain it through the Strong Ranking challenges, relying on their rank. As for the teachers and Elders of Jia Nan Academy, they received a fixed amount of Fire Energy as a salary.
On ordinary days, they could also earn it by taking students out on missions. Besides being used for cultivation in the tower, this Fire Energy could be exchanged for various precious Mantra, Dou Techniques, medicinal herbs, weapons, and more within the academy.
It could be said that Fire Energy was a necessity for everyone in Jia Nan Academy!
The fact that Xiao Lin could now enter the tower without it would definitely make many people green with envy. However, given Xiao Lin's contribution to the academy, they would at most be envious rather than jealous.
After all, they couldn't do what Xiao Lin had done for the academy!
Being a Formation Master was a thankless job that "even dogs wouldn't do," yet in many instances, people desperately needed one. This was why Xiao Lin enjoyed such a high status the moment he joined Jia Nan Academy.
Soon after entering the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Lin went straight to the ninth floor!
Although the seventh floor was enough for his cultivation, who told him that he didn't need to spend Fire Energy to cultivate here? He was just that willful!
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