Chapter 453: Have You Gone Stupid from Being Cooped Up?

As a Genius in the Alchemy world, Lu Yueshan naturally did not choose to Cultivate the Fire-Attribute Cultivation Technique provided here.

She had shown amazing attainments in the Dao of Alchemy since childhood, becoming Ling Luo's True Disciple at the age of five, and now, at twenty-three, she had become a 3rd Grade Alchemist.

She could be said to have made a name for herself overnight.

Naturally, she did not lack high-level Fire-Attribute Cultivation Techniques either.

Inside the arena, except for a few individuals, most of the others began to Cultivate the Cultivation Techniques provided within this Black Tower.

Especially for the Loose Cultivators, this was a great Opportunity for them.

Just then, a Pill Furnace appeared out of thin air in front of Xiao Fan and the others. It was as tall as a person, ancient and heavy, with mysterious runes engraved on its exterior…

"You may use your own Fire-Attribute Cultivation Technique to heat and refine this furnace… prepare your own Medicinal Herbs."

The ethereal voice rang out once more.

Its meaning was clear: if you wanted to perform Alchemy and learn Fire Control, then you had to heat the furnace yourself…

Improving a Fire-Attribute Cultivation Technique was only one aspect; to control fire flexibly, one still needed to do so during Alchemy to master the more subtle and detailed nuances…

Immediately, someone started, activating the Pill Furnace in front of them.

Each added Medicinal Herbs inside to refine…

Ji Bofeng, not far from Xiao Fan, did the same.

Activating the Ji Family's Azure Flame Art, he himself was like a furnace, constantly emitting high temperatures…

This overbearing Fire-Attribute Cultivation Technique drew the gazes of many people around him.

There was envy, there was jealousy…

Xiao Fan let out a breath and looked around, touching the Pill Furnace in front of him.

"Not bad, but…"

However, compared to the bronze alchemy furnace inside his star chart, it was still far inferior.

Xiao Fan sat cross-legged; this stage of the Assessment didn't mean much to him.

His Divine Soul entered the star chart…

After entering the star chart, Xiao Fan thought for a moment and decided to first study some ancient Medical Classics and ancient books from the Formation Branch.

The rest of his time would be spent on cultivation.

His current Fire Control strength was already very high, and it wasn't that he didn't want to continue practicing Fire Control.

Rather, he didn't have the remaining parts of the Azure Flame Art…

The Cultivation Technique he had obtained from Ji Bofeng back then was incomplete; he had only just scratched the surface.

Xiao Fan let out a breath and began to study…

…

Days passed by.

Everyone inside the Black Tower, except for Xiao Fan, was very serious.

Those who could remain here and enter the second stage of the Assessment were considered decent geniuses among the younger generation of the Alchemy world.

Ji Bofeng was naturally among them; he had been very interested in Alchemy since childhood.

Coupled with his clan's Azure Flame Art, it made him even more powerful in the field of Alchemy.

And among them, the one who felt the strangest was Xiao Fan…

This guy had previously closed his eyes for three days and stayed awake for one…

But now, he simply closed his eyes for seven days and stayed awake for half a day.

No one could figure out what this guy was trying to do.

After all, inside this Black Tower, one couldn't practice Breathing Exercises; what could sitting cross-legged with closed eyes achieve?

His actions were naturally noticed by Lu Yueshan.

It left the latter very confused, unable to understand what Xiao Fan's plans were…

Her talent for Alchemy was extremely strong, and her mastery of Fire Control had reached perfection, attaining the Peak of a 3rd Grade Alchemist, only a hair's breadth away from the 4th Grade.

But even so, she was exceptionally hardworking here…

As a result, this guy was actually so nonchalant that when she saw him, an inexplicable anger rose in her heart.

She believed Xiao Fan was desecrating the Dao of Alchemy.

Finally, she could no longer endure it and curiously walked toward Xiao Fan…

At this moment, Xiao Fan's Divine Soul was cultivating inside the star chart…

Suddenly, a woman's sharp and cold voice reached his ears.

"Why do you always keep your eyes closed? Do you plan to give up on this second stage of the Assessment?"

The voice was very unfamiliar, giving Xiao Fan a start…

He was certain he hadn't heard this voice before. He let out a breath, his Divine Soul left the star chart, and his Physical Body outside slowly opened its eyes…

The woman in front of him had a tall and slender figure with well-defined curves and exquisite facial features… She was a meter away from him.

Lu Yueshan…

Xiao Fan was stunned. What was this woman doing coming up to him?

The two of them didn't even know each other.

"What are you doing here?"

Xiao Fan was puzzled and looked at her suspiciously. "What does my meditation have to do with you?"

He couldn't make heads or tails of it; he didn't know her, so why did she care what he did?

"Me?!" Lu Yueshan was stunned…

Then she became furious. As a favored daughter of heaven, she was respected wherever she went. Who in the younger generation dared to speak to her like this?

"I… I…"

Lu Yueshan's face flushed red. Xiao Fan's irritating response left her momentarily unsure of how to reply…

"I find you an eyesore! You're so young, yet you don't practice Fire Control properly. Why are you closing your eyes and being lazy?!" Finally, Lu Yueshan found a reason that wasn't much of a reason.

"…"

Xiao Fan looked at her as if she were an idiot. After a long while, he choked out a sentence that almost made Lu Yueshan flip out and attack him on the spot…

"Have you… gone stupid from being cooped up in here?"

"I!!!" Lu Yueshan was fuming with rage; she felt this young man was doing it on purpose…

Deliberately provoking her, making her angry.

"'I' what? What does what I do have to do with you?" Xiao Fan said disdainfully, muttering under his breath, "She's sick…"

Although the voice was very small, it still reached Lu Yueshan's ears…

"Ahhh!"

Lu Yueshan flew into a rage and was about to attack immediately, ready to risk her life against Xiao Fan.

Her Aura surged…