Chapter 307: Refining Fire

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“Incredible.”

Qin Lang showed his astonishment involuntarily.

Even though he had witnessed the formidable Spirit Chefs like Star Hunters and Zhou Tianhao, being able to seal an active volcano using extraordinary power, overcoming the force of nature, still amazed him.

“However, Mr. Lu Dong, why would you disclose such a secret so easily?” Qin Lang was a little curious about this.

Was it really okay to tell him directly about things like sealing an active volcano under the Yan Mountain Training Ground?

“Secret? No no no.” Lu Dong laughed heartily and shook his head. “This is the merit of my Lu Family’s ancestors. I wish to tell everyone coming to the Yan Mountain Training Ground about this. It’s not a secret at all.”

Qin Lang was left speechless.

Thinking about it, it made sense.

As the descendent, Mr. Lu Dong must be very proud of his ancestors’ achievements, right?

“Even more important is…” Mr. Lu Dong paused, “Your test is related to this sealed active volcano, so you need to be aware of these things.”

When he finished speaking, his footsteps stopped.

Qin Lang, who had followed him closely, also stopped. While engrossed in the story recounted by Mr. Lu Dong, they had unknowingly arrived in the deepest part of the underground.

On the cliff…no, there were no cliffs here whatsoever.

Only Yan Yao Stones, integrated into the whole wall.

The stairs ended here, replaced by a vast expanse of open space.

This was a circular open area, like a huge Yan Yao Stone had been carved to form this place.

The entire opened area resembled three concentric circles. The outermost circle was exactly where Qin Lang was standing. In the center of the open area, there was a circular platform about ten meters in radius, making up the innermost circle.

And between the two concentric circles…

Twenty-two bridges made of Yan Yao stones connected the central platform with the outer area, with empty gaps between bridges.

Looking down from these empty spaces, he could clearly see the slow flow of dark red magma about fifty meters below!

That central platform and those bridges were hovering over the magma!

“As I mentioned before, Yan Yao Stones have the special property of actively absorbing heat.” Mr. Lu Dong stated this looking as calm as usual.

“Normal magma looks bright red, the reason it appears dark red here is due to Yan Yao Stones continuously extracting heat from the magma.”

“A small portion of this heat serves as the energy for daily training in the Yan Mountain Training Ground. The majority of the remainder is transported to thousands of households in Lanqiu City in various forms of energy.”

“And during this process, the activity of the volcano is continuously repressed, this is the so-called sealing.”

“Very impressive.” It took Qin Lang a while to regain his senses from the impressive scene in front of him, “So what is my test?”

“Look over there.” Lu Dong casually pointed to the four walls of the open area.

Only then did Qin Lang notice that there were twenty-one hollows on the Yan Yao Stone walls corresponding to the bridges, each just large enough for a person to sit cross-legged, the last one pointed towards where they entered from.

“This area is called the Refining Fire Hall,” Lu Dong began slowly, “Have you noticed that when you stepped inside, the temperature wasn’t as high as you expected?”

“Indeed,” Qin Lang nodded.

He reasoned that being so close to magma—even magma which had already had quite a bit of its heat absorbed—should be still too hot for humans to withstand.

But when he entered here, all he felt was some sweating, as if he was exposed under the scorching sun in the height of summer.

“That’s because the Refining Fire Hall has a special layout, which allows the heat to be conducted to specific locations, rendering the temperature of the rest of the area bearable for humans,” Lu Dong explained calmly, “But this also means that the temperature in those specific locations will be higher.”

“Is it those twenty-one hollows?” Qin Lang started to follow.

“They are called Refining Fire Altars,” Lu Dong nodded slightly, confirming Qin Lang’s guess. “Your test is simple — choose one of the twenty-one Refining Fire Altars and stay inside it for ten minutes.”

“When I say ‘stay for ten minutes,’ I mean y” >”When I say ‘stay for ten minutes,’ I mean

“What?” Qin Lang’s mouth twitched slightly .ou and your Food Spirit must both be within the Refining Fire Altar’s range, leaving means you fail.”

Lu Dong had just said that the temperature could be endured by humans here because the excess heat was transferred to the Refining Fire Altars.

Given the law of conservation of energy, one can imagine how high the temperature in the Refining Fire Altars is.

Wasn’t it said that the first Spiritual Controller’s Badge would lower the difficulty?!

Wiry did he feel that the difficulty of the normal exam wouldn’t be this high?!

“If this were a normal exam, you would go there.” Seeing Qin Lang’s confusion, Lu Dong pointed towards the circular platform in the center of the Refining Fire Hall. “That place is also a Refining Fire Altar, and it has the highest concentrated temperature.”

“The temperatures in the other twenty-one locations added together are approximately the same.”

“Seems like it did lower the difficulty,” Qin Lang wryly smiled.

“If you can’t bear it, you can call for help anytime. I will ensure your safety, but that means the test would be considered a failure.” Lu Dong crossed his arms, “Here is another hint for you: the prerequisite of this test.”

Prerequisite of the test?

Did it mean that one must have a Food Spirit with at least one flame-based Nature-based Combat Skill?

Qin Lang considered this and guessed there might be some special link between this Refining Fire Altar and flame-based Combat Skills that he did not know of.

Let’s do it!

Qin Lang glanced at Dan Bao and quickly made up his mind.

“Spicy, you should return to the Star Vein.”

Spicy looked around and her face showed concern.

She knew she probably wouldn’t be able to lend much help in this situation and might even become a burden.

“Crack!”

Be careful you guys!

She earnestly admonished Qin Lang and Dan Bao, then voluntarily entered into the Star Vein.

“Borrow the power of Tian Shu, Defend!”

Qin Lang and Dan Bao looked at each other, and began.

The Star Spirit Protection was instantly activated, the milky white halo enveloped him layer by layer.

This Spirit Master technique which added a protective layer to the Spirit Chef is able to resist temperatures that humans cannot stand.

Of course, to pass the test, just relying on the Star Spirit Protection wouldn’t be enough.

“Let’s go, I’m eager to see what’s so special about this Refining Fire Altar.” Qin Lang steeled himself and step by step he walked toward the nearest Refining Fire Altar with Dan Bao.

The moment they stepped in, the terrifying high temperature descended!

The light membrane formed by the Star Spirit Protection stirred and became unstable. In such a high temperature, it would probably collapse completely after sustaining for a minute at most.

This made Qin Lang slightly worried.

The effect of Star Spirit Protection was worse than he expected.

Then the only thing that could be relied on was…

“Dan Bao, Fire Spray!”

“Gululu!”

Dan Bao took a deep breath, endless flames churning inside its body.

Scorching flames gushed out toward the Refining Fire Altar.

Qin Lang’s eyes suddenly lit up.

He understood!

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