"Bai Xuanyang is dead!"
The result of this battle was unexpected.
No one had anticipated that Bai Xuanyang would be killed by Lin Feng in this duel.
Everyone's shocked gazes turned to the young lad on the arena.
Lin Feng's rise was becoming unstoppable.
"Damn, damn, Xuanyang is dead too. This little beast must die, must die."
In a corner, a dozen people gathered, with the Outer Court Deacon Song Canghai among them, his eyes full of venomous rage.
Alongside Song Canghai, there were seven or eight young students; these were all descendants of the Bai family cultivating at Jialan Academy.
The rest were middle-aged individuals, serving as deacons at Jialan Academy.
"Lin Feng, I will tear him to pieces," a young nobleman said with a cold murderous intent in his eyes.
This person was thin, with a sinister and fierce demeanor.
The young nobleman's name was Bai Yilong, also a legitimate descendant of the Bai family, and his strength had already broken through to the "Martial Master Realm."
In the Jialan Academy's Inner Academy, he could rank among the top hundred figures.
"Alright, Yilong, you take action; there will be no problem," Song Canghai and others nodded.
"Junior Brother Lin, congratulations on your initial victory," Gongsun Changge and others approached.
"Senior Sister Xiao, Senior Brother Gongsun," Lin Feng clasped his fists.
"No need for formalities," Xiao Yafei nodded.
"Haha, Brother Gongsun, shouldn't you quickly introduce us?" Zhao Zixuan said with a smile.
Zhao Zixuan and others had a good relationship with Xiao Yafei and Gongsun Changge, which was why they came together to watch the match.
Although the Inner Academy was divided into the Four Major Divisions, many disciples had ties with each other.
"Haha, let's go celebrate Junior Brother Lin's victory. At the banquet, I'll properly introduce everyone," Gongsun Changge said with a smile.
Lin Feng would certainly not refuse; this was a chance to meet the top geniuses of Jialan Academy's Inner Academy.
It was not until late at night that Lin Feng returned to his quarters.
"Junior Brother, you finally returned. Haha, look, here are 15 million taels in silver notes,"
Zhang Qichu excitedly brought out a large stack of silver notes.
These were notes in denominations of ten thousand taels each, totaling fifteen hundred.
"We split it fifty-fifty," Lin Feng said with a smile.
"Haha, that's unnecessary. When I helped buy the stakes, I used all my savings, totaling two hundred thousand taels, and all bet on your victory. Now, I've made a fortune," Zhang Qichu laughed.
Hearing this, Lin Feng didn't insist further.
Pausing, Zhang Qichu said, "The organizers of the betting were just devastated. With such odds, they expected to earn ten million taels from your win, but we wagered 1.2 million taels on you, causing them to lose 18 million. Adding the others' bets, they lost over 20 million, even after deducting the chips they collected, they still suffered a loss of over 10 million."
Lin Feng said, "Gambling has its risks. Surely, they couldn't have imagined I would win this life-and-death duel."
Zhang Qichu said, "Junior Brother, now that we have so much Silver Tael, how about cultivating in the Cultivation Tower tomorrow?"
"Cultivation Tower?" Lin Feng asked, puzzled.
It was the first time he had heard of it.
"The Cultivation Tower was personally built by the first headmaster, using countless materials. The headmaster also spent three years drawing an array. The Cultivation Tower can absorb nature's spiritual energy, and it has twelve levels. From the bottom up, the higher you go, the more abundant the spiritual energy. The first level's energy is ten times that of the outside world, and it's said the twelfth level can reach sixty times."
Zhang Qichu explained.
"What? It can reach sixty times? Cultivating in the Cultivation Tower would be like divine assistance," Lin Feng marveled.
"Though that's true, it's not easy to enter the Cultivation Tower to cultivate because it charges a fee, and it's quite high. The first level charges 100,000 taels of silver per day, and the twelfth level costs a million taels a day," Zhang Qichu said.
Lin Feng clicked his tongue at the exorbitant fee.
Ordinary students couldn't afford such high costs.
Even Lin Feng in the past couldn't afford even one day's stay on the first level.
However, after returning from the Wilderness Jungle, Lin Feng obtained a million taels of silver from "Duanmu Feiyang" and the Yin Yang Cave Mansion.
And from betting on the life-and-death duel, this million taels turned into 15 million taels.
Enough for Lin Feng to cultivate in the Cultivation Tower for some time.
Having money felt good. Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh.
"Tomorrow, let's go," Lin Feng said.
"Okay," Zhang Qichu nodded.
The next day, Lin Feng and Zhang Qichu arrived at the Cultivation Tower.
Located deep within the Inner Academy, it was a massive, ancient-looking tower with many students coming and going.
Lin Feng and Zhang Qichu went to the registration area outside, where they needed to exchange points tokens.
The tokens would record how much funding was stored.
Lin Feng exchanged all 15 million taels of silver into points, then entered the Cultivation Tower with Zhang Qichu.
Upon entering, Lin Feng immediately felt abundant energy swirling around his body, almost forming into mist.
"Such dense spiritual energy," Lin Feng exclaimed.
The Cultivation Tower was indeed worthy of being a Cultivation Sacred Land.
"Junior Brother Feng, you see those stone rooms? Those are the places for cultivation. We use our points tokens to open an unoccupied stone room. When leaving, we open it again from inside the Cultivation Room, and the array on the walls will automatically deduct points," Zhang Qichu explained.
"Yes," Lin Feng nodded.
Many students were lingering in the first-floor hall, clearly waiting for someone to vacate a stone room.
Although the hall had abundant spiritual energy, no one cultivated there.
Because cultivating outside was easily disrupted, and any lapse could lead to going astray and becoming possessed.
"It's hard to find a room," Zhang Qichu exclaimed.
Lin Feng and Zhang Qichu continued upwards.
Zhang Qichu planned to wait on the fifth floor, where the fee was three hundred thousand taels per day, allowing him ten days of cultivation time in the fifth-level stone rooms. Yang Fan headed to the twelfth floor, where the Cultivation Room fee was a million taels a day, and Lin Feng's points would allow him fifteen days of cultivation.
The twelfth floor only had four Cultivation Rooms, the fewest on any level.
A million taels per day was called a sky-high price, but with sixty times the external spiritual energy, cultivation would surely progress rapidly.
Lin Feng waited three full hours before someone emerged from a Cultivation Room.
As that student left, Lin Feng headed towards the Cultivation Room.
He took out his points token to open the room's door, but at that moment, a cold voice called out, "Hold on."
Lin Feng paused, turned to look at the speaker, a young nobleman of about seventeen or eighteen, clad in black robes, with a detached expression.
"What's the matter?" Lin Feng asked.
"This Cultivation Room, I want it," Xu Zihao declared in an indisputable tone.
Lin Feng coldly replied, "I waited here for three hours for this room. If you want a Cultivation Room, you can wait here."
Hearing this, Xu Zihao's face darkened, and he said chillingly, "Boy, what do you think you are, daring to speak to me like this? Do you know who I am, daring to fight me for a Cultivation Room? Leave now, and I might spare you. If you don't heed my words, don't blame me for throwing you out of the Cultivation Tower like a dead dog."
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