Hearing Ye Ran's affirmative answer,

Zhang Dehua looked again at the golden-red flames churning inside the furnace.

He swallowed.

"What? You're scared now?" Ye Ran asked.

Hearing Ye Ran's question,

Zhang Dehua hurriedly shook his head:

“Teacher Ye, even if you made me lie down in front of you right now and dissect me like Wang Dachun did, I wouldn’t even blink.”

Then, he pointed to the furnace and said with difficulty:

"But the temperature of this furnace is so high that if I jumped in, not even ashes would remain..."

What progress can we talk about when people are gone?

Standing beside him, Li Xuezong smiled and said to Ye Ran:

"Alright, Teacher Ye, stop scaring the child. Show us your real method now."

Ye Ran then turned to look at Li Xuezong:

"That's the real solution."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuezong was stunned, staring at Ye Ran in disbelief:

"Are you sure your plan is to have students jump into the furnace?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"But....."

Before Li Xuezong could finish,

Huang Dongdong has already come out of the locker room.

He frowned as he looked at Zhang Dehua, who hadn't changed his clothes yet.

"Why haven't you changed your clothes yet? I'm not waiting for you."

After saying that,

Huang Dongdong bypassed Zhang Dehua directly.

With a "whoosh!!"

He leaped cleanly and swiftly into the churning furnace.

Without making a ripple,

If this were at a certain Games, he would definitely win another gold medal.

At this moment,

The entire room was completely silent.

Li Xuezong, including his students,

For a moment, they stared at each other, their eyes practically bulging out.

"What just happened...?"

"She just... jumped in like that, all fresh and clean???"

"Holy crap! Call a doctor right now!!"

Apart from Zhang Dehua, who was still staring blankly at the churning furnace,

Wang Ping and the others had lost their composure.

Li Xuezong, in particular, hurriedly went to Ye Ran's side:

"Teacher Ye, please contact the principal immediately and stop this furnace!"

Unlike Li Xuezong's anxiety, Ye Ran remained calm and composed.

He calmly asked:

Why did we stop?

"What?!" Li Xuezong clearly hadn't expected Ye Ran to answer like that.

He said anxiously,

"Don't joke around when the people are at stake. If this doesn't stop soon, Huang Dongdong might not even be found, let alone his body!"

Ye Ran shook his head, then patted Li Xuezong on the shoulder: "Teacher Li, relax, Dongdong is doing just fine."

I don't know if it was because I was influenced by Ye Ran's calm tone,

Li Xuezong, who had been anxious, unconsciously relaxed.

However, he still frowned as he looked at Ye Ran:

"You promise?"

Ye Ran smiled but did not respond to Li Xuezong.

Instead, they walked towards the furnace.

On the way, he encountered the dazed Zhang Dehua and whispered something in his ear:

"Your so-called ruthlessness is just self-imposed limitation. If you really want to surpass these prodigies... it's not enough."

As soon as Ye Ran finished speaking...

The entire furnace began to churn violently.

At the center of that furnace,

Gradually, a giant golden-red bubble formed, growing larger and larger.

"Bang!!"

After a loud bang,

The giant bubble burst with a snap.

Ye Ran instantly waved one hand.

It blocked the scattering of golden-red flames.

moment,

Huang Dongdong's figure hovered above the furnace.

Countless flames

Like chains,

It spiraled towards Huang Dongdong's body.

More and more, thicker and thicker,

The flames slowly formed a golden-red armor on Huang Dongdong's body.

Huang Dongdong at this moment,

Her eyes were slightly closed.

The person's skin began to change towards a golden-red hue.

The Samadhi True Fire Golden Body was activated by the high temperature.

When the Samadhi True Fire Golden Body is fully formed,

The surrounding fire elements were violently surging.

It began to circle around Huang Dongdong in a mysterious, regular pattern.

Each time it goes around,

The surrounding fire-elemental energy intensified.

The cycle repeats itself, escalating ever more.

At this moment, Li Zongze's men, who had been in a state of panic, were no longer panicked.

They stared blankly at the scene before them.

"This...this is already the beginning of enlightenment??" Li Xuezong stared incredulously at Huang Dongdong, who was enveloped in fire element.

"Is it... really that simple?"

It's obvious to everyone that Huang Dongdong has reached the edge of enlightenment.

There's always a chance to attain enlightenment at Platinum...

"To reach Dongdong's level, you're basically just one step away. If you give him a strong push, it's easy to take that step. It's just that the method is a bit extreme, and you wouldn't dare to think about it."

Ye Ran responded to Li Xuezong, then glanced at Zhang Dehua:

"the same as you."

"But...the difference in talent between me and Huang Dongdong is there. He managed to come out alive, but if I went in..." Zhang Dehua's face turned red, and he tried to justify his actions with another sentence.

Ye Ran interrupted him directly:

How do you know I don't have the means to let you get out alive?

"Don't ask me why I'm telling you this in advance. If you don't have the courage to face death and always expect others to protect you, you'll never break through your own limits in this lifetime."

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