Chapter 21: Into the Courtyard

In the middle of the day, in the middle of a dense forest, a waterfall flowed endlessly.

But the sun was shining, but there was a layer of frost hanging on the trees, and a layer of ice had formed on the surface of the river.

And the source of all this is because of the burning flame, the flame is red, and the crimson flame is surrounded by a layer of dark blue halo, and the entire flame has a dark and mysterious color.

The flame was held in a thin palm like white jade, and Liu Xi, the owner of the flame, also looked at the burning red flame in his hand with a surprised face, the power of this flame completely exceeded his expectations!

The flame was the native beast fire from the fifth-order demonic beast Red Flame Crazed Lion, which was purchased by Liu Xi for 100,000 gold coins through the connections of the Fire Elder after returning from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

A fifth-order demonic beast is already equivalent to a Douwan powerhouse among the human race, and hunting down a fifth-order demonic beast's martial fire at the top is not an easy task.

Only an old alchemist like Senior Fire can accumulate enough contacts to do so, and Liu Xi doesn't have such a big face right now.

So Liu Xi once again accepted a great favor from Elder Huo, and Liu Xi still remembered it after receiving the Red Flame of the Mad Lion. When he was very moved to express his gratitude to Elder Huo, Elder Huo laughed indifferently, and then patted him on the shoulder, telling him to carefully study alchemy in the inner courtyard in the future and not to slack off.

And that layer of faint blue halo that swirled outside the flame came from the Nine Phantom Flame Technique of the Earth Level Exercise that he cultivated.

Ever since Liu Xi had transformed all the battle qi from his original Xuan-level Heavenly Fire Martial Technique into the Nine Phantom Flame Techniques Dou Qi of Earth-level Martial Arts, the quality of his Dou Qi had taken a quantum leap, not only breaking through to the cultivation of a five-star Great Master Dou in one fell swoop, but a layer of dark blue halo had also been wrapped around his prismatic Dou Jing.

It was because of this faint blue halo that all the heat around the place where Liu Xi was currently located was plundered by his body and eventually flowed over to the fire attribute Dou Qi in his Dou Crystal to enhance the power of the Dou Qi.

Because of this, since the source of the spoils was Liu Xi himself, he naturally felt the heat on his body, but the temperature around him was extremely low, and the dominant effect of the earth-level exercises could be seen.

After Liu Xi obtained the natal beast flame of the Red Flame Mad Lion and used the Danhuo technique to completely subjugate it. When Liu Xi used the fighting energy of the Nine Phantom Flame Technique to summon the flame of the Red Flame Mad Lion, the crimson flame that appeared in Liu Xi's hand was a red flame with a dark blue halo.

The power of the red flame had greatly exceeded Liu Xi's prediction, and now the red flame is estimated at Liu Xi, and he already has the power of the natal flame of a sixth-order demonic beast.

The Red Flame first plundered all the heat around itself with extreme domineering, and then added it to its own flame, greatly increasing the power of the flames themselves.

What finally appeared before Liu Xi was such a scene. With the red flame in his hand as its source, the surface of the river directly froze into a layer of ice, and a layer of frost condensed all the way to the surface of the nearby trees where he stood.

Lu Xi felt the temperature of the red flame in his palm increase until it reached its limit, and said with a little disappointment in his heart: "It turns out there is still a limit!"

Lu Xi quickly came to his senses and said with self-deprecation: "I also take it for granted, this is just a fifth-order beast fire, and it is enough to have such power."

Then he used the Danhuo technique to transform the red flame in his hand into a lion, which was the fifth-order demonic beast Red Flame Wild Lion, Liu Xi felt that this form could use the power of the red flame to the extreme.

Liu Xi threw the palm-sized Red Flame Lion into the river, and the Red Flame Lion rose up against the storm, its body length instantly increasing to five meters, and its energy exploded after a low roar.

"Boom~"

The terrifying flaming energy exploded in a ring, and the ice in the river instantly cracked inch by inch, and the terrifying gas wave formed by the explosion splashed around.

When Liu Xi saw this scene, he also hurriedly used his martial spirit to protect himself, waiting for the first wave of qi to pass through. Liu Xi lowered his hand in front of him and looked at the center of the explosion.

The original ice shattered, and a large crater was formed at the center of the explosion, with smoke billowing above the crater.

Lu Xi quickly walked, stepped forward to the edge of the river, looked at the damage caused by the red flames, and said in surprise: "Hehe, this power has already caught up with the earth-level combat technique!" Now, even if I don't use illusions, I can defeat Wang Shan and them in a face-to-face duel."

"The vice dean said that tomorrow we will go to the inner courtyard, and with the Fallen Heart Flame, my cultivation speed can be greatly increased. In two years, you can consider planning another fire, the Falling Heart Flame~ Forget it, if those elders in the courtyard know that I dare to fight the idea of ​​the Falling Heart Flame, it is suggested that they can destroy me, or go to the Snakeman Desert to find the Qinglian Earth Heart Fire is more practical. Liu Xi thought to herself.

At this time, with the sound of running water, the water flowing downstream not only filled the hole that was broken, but also carried away the muddy water, and the river water became transparent again, just enough for Liu Xi to see herself from the water.

I saw a slender figure dressed in white standing by the river. Long black hair fluttered in the wind, sword eyebrows were starry, lips were red and teeth were white, and the appearance was already handsome, and after cultivating the Nine Phantom Flame Technique, it added a cold and elegant charm.

"He is so handsome, he is worthy of me!" Liu Xi looked at himself in the water, nodded with satisfaction, turned around and swam away. 

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When Liu Xi came to Hu Qian's office the next day, there were already many people standing outside the door, mostly standing together with people he knew well, forming several circles.

When Liu Xi walked up, most of the people cast respectful glances. Liu Xi was a rare four-grade alchemist in the outer courtyard, and this time he won the championship of the inner courtyard selection competition in one fell swoop, although not all of them won the opponent head-on, but the strange illusion was even more impressive.

Looking at him with respect, Liu Xi had already gotten used to it, and at this time, he also smiled and nodded to the others.

Originally, some people looked at Liu Xi and nodded with a smile, planning to step forward to say a few words, but when they felt the cold breath around Liu Xi, they couldn't help but stop with an expression of wanting to say something.

Lu Xi was also able to smoothly walk through the crowd and walked to the front of the clearing, where the remaining four people stood in the top five of the inner courtyard selection competition, and Liu Xi arrived last.

"You're walking so fast!" Liu Xi greeted.

And Wang Shan and the other four looked at Liu Xi whose breath had changed greatly, and they were also at a loss, originally Liu Xi was a fire attribute martial spirit, but before, it was a natural fire breath, but now he had fallen into the other extreme, a cold breath.

"Master Liu Xi's aura is really getting stronger and stronger!" The first to speak was Shui Rou'er, who was a woman, and I saw her looking at Liu Xi's beautiful eyes at this time, and she thought: "It's getting better and better, and there's an indescribable charm to it!"

"Hehe, just call me Liu Xi, Master sounds strange. This is a small breakthrough in cultivation, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning!" Liu Xi laughed softly and said to the four of them.

The four of them naturally didn't believe a single word of what Liu Xi said, what an aura changed, and a small breakthrough occurred! If they didn't know each other, they would still think that Liu Xi was cultivating Cold Ice Fighting Qi! I must have received something great when I was in the Scripture Pavilion, but I didn't ask for too much wisely.

Liu Xi and the others chatted for a few words, and after a while, Vice Dean Hu Qian walked out of the office with the three elders, and after looking at the crowd and seeing that everyone had arrived, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Dear students! First of all, I would like to congratulate you, your long labor has paid off, and today is the day you enter the Inner Courtyard. Although you may feel some discomfort when you first enter the Inner Courtyard, it is in the Inner Courtyard that your potential will be at its greatest. After you study in the Inner Courtyard for one or two years, there will definitely be a dramatic change." Hu Qian said to his classmates.

After listening to the vice president's speech, everyone's faces were naturally excited. The fifty people who can successfully stand out from the outside are all talented and hardworking, and naturally they all know that there is no power in vain in the world.

"The Inner Courtyard is the core of my Canaan Academy, and the students in the Outer Courtyard, including some instructors, don't know where it is, so we will personally send you there." Hu Qian saw that everyone was almost mentally prepared, and continued speaking after understanding. He then looked up at the sky, as if expecting something.

After a while, everyone understood, and ten huge griffins flew up and slowly landed on the clearing in front of them.

The strong wind and waves made some of the weaker students almost unable to stand on their feet, and when the griffins stood firmly, they saw that each griffin was being controlled by two people, and a special seat had been installed.

"Students, in a group of five, let's go up." After the griffin landed, Amber said with a smile.

Hearing the vice dean's words, the students rushed to jump on the griffin, but many of the weaker students were unsteady, no wonder they had to be seated in special seats.

The top five teams in the selection competition, like Liu Xi, jumped on the griffin as if they were standing on the ground, which was a stark contrast to the other students.

"Sit down, we're leaving!" Hu Qian looked at the students and said as they all sat on the griffin. Then the other three elders looked at each other, and together with the four of them, they unfurled four pairs of huge and magnificent martial qi wings behind them.

The four of them and the griffin jumped together, led by the strongest Hu Qian, and the four of them formed a diamond-shaped protector on all sides of the griffin.

Liu Xi and the others on the griffin watched the four of them fly in the sky with the wings of the martial spirit behind them, and they all looked envious and expectant.

After all, flying is one of the most cherished dreams of humans as land creatures!