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The ancient castle where the stellar population resides is dominated by a tower that rises to twenty-one levels, known as the Tower of Cultivation, connecting to the earth's veins of qi.

In the Tianyi Academy, there are four such cultivation towers: one for the noble lineage, one for the assassination lineage, and another located on the academy's martial arts field, which is also the tallest.

"Lin Feng, in the days you were away, the first command the academy's teachers gave us was to cultivate in the cultivation tower for three months."

At this moment, Lin Feng and the others stood at the base of the cultivation tower, looking up at this magnificent structure. Yuan Shan said, "It is said that beneath this cultivation tower lies an area of primordial qi, possessing an extremely abundant and unending flow of heaven and earth qi, known as the earth's veins of qi. This cultivation tower is situated atop these earth's veins, and each cultivation room inside the tower has been enhanced by an array, containing much denser heaven and earth qi than the outside world, making it very suitable for cultivation."

"Controlling four different areas with earth's veins of qi, the Tianyi Academy has built four cultivation towers, quite a grand gesture."

Lin Feng, standing on the ground beside the cultivation tower, could feel the surging waves of heaven and earth qi, murmuring softly.

"Indeed, aside from the royal palace, the Tianyi Academy possesses the most earth's veins of qi. Even the Snow Moon Holy Institution, established by the heavens, only has two earth's veins of qi, forcibly occupied. As for other places outside the imperial city, it is rare to find earth's veins of qi, even among the major sects. Because of the abundance of earth's veins of qi, many strong cultivators gather in the imperial city."

Lin Feng nodded slightly. Earth's veins of qi were a dream location for martial artists. Even the Cloud Sea Sect, in its prime, did not have a single earth's vein of qi.

"It seems that the Tianyi Academy is more formidable than imagined."

Lin Feng thought to himself. The Tianyi Academy, though not well-known, was not lacking in strength, especially due to its method of recruiting disciples and the types of individuals it nurtured.

Only those with recommendation letters could enter the academy, which was a significant restriction. Furthermore, the academy trained three types of individuals who might eventually enter the battlefield, become nobles, or become assassins, remaining unknown to the outside world.

The group entered the cultivation tower, finding the first level relatively spacious, with an open area in the middle and eight closed cultivation rooms on all sides, each occupied by someone practicing cultivation.

Standing on the ground of the cultivation tower, Lin Feng could clearly feel the terrifying wave of heaven and earth qi beneath his feet.

"Let's go up. The first ten levels of the cultivation tower are definitely not for us. We need to at least reach the eleventh level or higher."

Yuan Shan said to Lin Feng. The cultivation tower was not about going higher but going lower. The closer to the bottom, the closer to the earth's veins of qi, and naturally, the denser the heaven and earth qi. Conversely, the higher one went, the thinner the heaven and earth qi became.

Lin Feng's gaze flickered, then nodded, heading towards the higher levels of the cultivation tower via the central staircase.

As they ascended, not only did the heaven and earth qi become thinner, but the space also became increasingly narrow. The ground was small, and the area of the stone chambers was also small.

When they reached the tenth level, Lin Feng noticed that each of the eight cultivation rooms was only large enough to accommodate two people, making movement quite inconvenient. Even the central area could only accommodate about twenty people, a stark contrast to the spaciousness of the first level.

Moreover, on this already cramped ground, there was a young man in black sitting there, his eyes tightly closed.

"What is he doing?"

Lin Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt. Clearly, one of the cultivation rooms on the tenth level was vacant, yet this person chose not to enter and instead sat outside.

Yuan Shan's eyes flickered, then he snorted and said quietly, "To cultivate in a cultivation room, one needs elemental stones. However, many people either do not have elemental stones or are unwilling to use their own, preferring to use others'."

Hearing Yuan Shan's somewhat displeased tone, Lin Feng's gaze slightly condensed. Use others'?

"Once someone uses an elemental stone to open a cultivation room, they will try to seize it for themselves."

Yuan Shan said coldly. The young man in black who had been sitting there with his eyes closed suddenly opened them, a cold light flashing as he scanned Yuan Shan.

"Since you know, why bother saying these nonsense? There is a cultivation room over there. If you dare to use it, use it; if not, get lost!"

The black-clad man spoke coldly, his tone extremely impolite.

Lin Feng and the others were slightly taken aback. Standing beside him, Jing Yun asked, "Yuan Shan, does the academy not intervene in such matters?"

The black-clad young man looked at Jing Yun with a foolish look. Does the academy intervene? That's ridiculous.

"Jing Yun, does the sect intervene in the disputes of the Wind and Cloud Gorge?"

Lin Feng said, and Jing Yun nodded slightly. Both the academy and the sect aimed to make their disciples stronger, and some conflicts and contradictions were the driving force behind their improvement. In this world of survival of the fittest, who would bother with so many rules?

"Do you leave or not? Don't disturb my cultivation."

The black-clad young man said impatiently, a disdainful look in his eyes. These people clearly didn't understand the rules; they were obviously new to the academy.

"Lin Feng, he dares to wait for others to enter the cultivation tower on the tenth level. His strength should be at least in the third stage of the Spiritual Martial Realm. Let's go up."

Yuan Shan said to Lin Feng. Since Meng Qing did not follow, Yuan Shan did not believe that they, as a group, had the strength to compete with the other party. If their strength was inferior, then they should go up.

However, Lin Feng's body remained motionless, his gaze flickering.

"The third stage of the Spiritual Martial Realm, huh!"

Coincidentally, his strength was also in the third stage of the Spiritual Martial Realm.

"Since there is a cultivation room here, why not use it first? What's the point of going up?"

Lin Feng said lightly, causing the gazes of the others to slightly condense, especially the young man in black, who revealed an interesting expression in his eyes.

"Newcomers are just newcomers, ignorant of the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth, thinking that entering the Tianyi Academy makes them powerful!"

The black-clad man thought to himself, his eyes showing a hint of anticipation. Entering the cultivation room on the tenth level was not cheap; it required three low-grade elemental stones per day. If one wanted to cultivate for a month, it would require nearly one hundred low-grade elemental stones, which was not a small number and required participating in a crazy battle in the arena to obtain. He was not willing to go to that ghost place too many times.

"Lin

 Feng, don't be impulsive."

Yuan Shan said in a low voice. They had to cultivate in the cultivation tower for three months. Three months would require two to three hundred low-grade elemental stones, which was a large number. He couldn't even afford it now, so he could only go to the higher-level cultivation rooms, and he still couldn't cultivate for three months at once.

"It's okay!"

A cold light flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. Since the other party wanted to openly seize a cultivation room, let's see if he had the strength.

Lifting his foot, Lin Feng walked to the side of a cultivation room, looking at the dim elemental stone slot.

"Do I just need to insert the elemental stone here?"

Lin Feng asked Yuan Shan.

Yuan Shan nodded slightly, saying, "Yes, each cultivation room is equipped with an array. As long as you place the elemental stone into the slot, the array will be activated, triggering the heaven and earth qi in the earth's veins at the smallest cost, making the heaven and earth qi in the cultivation room extremely dense, suitable for cultivation."

A very peculiar method. Lin Feng nodded slightly and asked Yuan Shan, "How many elemental stones are needed to maintain this array for three months?"

"The cultivation rooms from the fourth to the tenth level of the cultivation tower each require three low-grade elemental stones per day."

Three hundred low-grade elemental stones.

Lin Feng smiled bitterly. Cultivation indeed burned money, and elemental stones were precious, only used by those in the Spiritual Martial Realm. It was not easy to come up with so many elemental stones.

Lin Feng reached into his bosom, then took out his hand. Immediately, a rich heaven and earth qi floated out from Lin Feng's hand, causing Yuan Shan's eyes to slightly condense.

"Middle-grade elemental stones."

Lin Feng actually had middle-grade elemental stones.

"Three middle-grade elemental stones should be enough, right?"

Lin Feng asked.

"Of course, one middle-grade elemental stone is equivalent to one hundred low-grade elemental stones and is purer, able to activate the qi array to a greater extent." Yuan Shan nodded.

The black-clad young man beside him, his eyes gleaming with greed, revealed a trace of interesting expression.

"This newcomer can easily produce middle-grade elemental stones. Is it too much to snatch a cultivation room from him?"