The small house in the middle of the night was extremely small and hard to capture. The light in the window was also vague, like a swaying boat on the vast ocean, and there was no telling when it would be swallowed up by the black sea.

This night was dull and uneventful. Many female disciples were guessing the identities of the three people in the hut. They were asked to be quiet and not do anything else except practice. Apart from practice, other things were not important. As women in this world, they were miserable from birth, no matter what their background was. If they were not strong enough, they would still be dominated by men like many other women. This was their initial motivation to keep moving forward, and it also ran through their entire path of practice.

During the day, the disciples showed extraordinary firmness. A few jokes and suspicious words were the limit. They did not dare to break their meditation. But at night, when their emotions were the most vulnerable, they all looked at the ceiling, which was darker than the surroundings, and thought about all kinds of irrelevant things. Some of the weaker people even wanted to rely on the strong to no longer suffer. But in this world, most of those who are linked to the strong are men.

Not all the women who came to the Nine-story Senran Tower hated men. But the education here made them want to be on the same level as the emperor, to sit in the same room with the leaders of other forces like the tower master, and not to be underestimated by anyone. But this kind of thinking is like a demon in the heart and also like disobeying the gods in the secular world.

That night, many people were upset as usual. It was also that night that a black light shone from the fifth floor of the black tower in the center of the town, mysterious and cold. This light penetrated through the window and shone directly on the town and the sky, but everyone was asleep, and no one heard the hoarse scream. But tomorrow the disciples will find that Luo Jing is missing, and they will be shocked to know that she has reached the fifth floor of the black tower!

Sitting in the small room, Li Lunming muttered to himself:

"Is it really okay to use the academy's standards and strength to deal with disciples who are not as good as the academy?"

He felt that the disciples of the Nine-Storey Senran Tower were a bit arrogant, but after a long while he sighed:

"That's all. They are all strong people who are self-disciplined and forced to do so."

There are so many famous and powerful people in the world, who has reached such a height simply by relying on talent? The vice president, the pope, which one has not had an extremely self-disciplined life of practice?

Anyone who can be called a strong person, for a long or short time, has a period of time when, like Xia Xiao, Luo Jing and many others, they are like ascetics, wishing there were 48 hours in a day, wishing they could practice from morning to night. So, what is the difference between them? What is so strange about what they are doing at this time?

Among a hundred people, there will be one with decent talent. As for the one in a thousand, one in ten thousand, and one in a hundred thousand, the gold content will get higher and higher. But no matter how high it is, it is not higher than Xia Xiao in Li Lunming's eyes. Others are at most born with a silver spoon in their mouths, but he is gold himself!

Special people must experience special things. Although Xia Xiao has only experienced hardships now, and there are still many things he has not encountered, that day will definitely not be far away.

In the Five Elements Space, Xia Xiao stood under the Vitality Tree. This lush tree had a very wide shade, but his eyes were focused on the Heaven and Earth Furnace not far away. The furnace was incredibly large, and the temperature inside was extremely high, but there was no trace of steaming heat coming out, but the breath alone was enough to be terrifying.

Xia Xiao glanced at the gold element space, and didn't expect the gold spirit beast to be so hardworking. He curled his lips, thinking that the five elements really affect the whole body. Although the earth element has not yet awakened, the gold element is afraid of being restrained and has improved, and the water element is afraid that it can't restrain itself. The fire element has also changed. The former is still obvious, but Xiaoyu's side, the big movement keeps disappearing, which makes Xia Xiao turn around, with hesitation in his eyes.

Before going to the sea, Xia Xiao walked into the forest. Although the Wood element would be in trouble if the power of the Metal element increased, the Wood element had been developed to its limit and it was difficult to have a qualitative change, so it was as quiet as usual here, and Ju Mang also floated quietly in the forest, enjoying the leisure time.

Seeing Xia Xiao coming, Ju Mang said:

"You finally regained some energy, so stop running around and take a rest!"

Xia Xiao sat on the green grass in the forest, leaning against a tree, with a tired look on his face. He wanted to have a good sleep, sleep until the end of time, until he got tired of sleeping and then got up. But just as he fell asleep, he heard a complaint like a resentful woman, like a widow crying.

The voice was very light, but very long, and went straight into Xia Xiao's mind, making it difficult for him not to pay attention. Xia Xiao struggled to sit up and deal with it quickly, but his body sat there uncontrollably, and he couldn't open his eyelids. Xia Xiao began an extremely long tug-of-war. He didn't know how much time had passed, but he felt that he had to stand up because he vaguely felt that the voice came from the extremely distant abyss.

Deep under the sea, it was not easy to make such complaints, but no one responded, so the complaints became louder, and the crying and shouting were a bit chaotic. Finally, the evil spirits that pressed down Xia Xiao's limbs in the dream were freed by him. Xia Xiao sat up suddenly and ran straight out of the forest. Ju Mang followed him and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"There's movement there."

The noise this time should not be particularly loud, because Ju Mang had no sense of it, but Xia Xiao vaguely felt that he had to do it himself. Rushing out of the forest, running across the vast grassland, Xia Xiao plunged into the sea. Ju Mang stopped at the seaside, watching his figure swimming like a fish towards the distant and deep sea.

The sea and the land are two oppositely developed worlds, like two sides of a mirror, the former is hard to reach in the depths, the latter is hard to fly in the heights. In the abyss of the water space, Xia Xiao didn't know what was there, he just stood not far from the altar, looking at the unknown darkness of the abyss. Xia Xiao stood there for a long time, as if the sad whale sound was echoing in his mind, making his brain unusually clear and giving rise to compassion. But that sound was more ethereal than the whale sound, making him curious.

It took Xia Xiao a long time to understand the content of the cry, and he stood there like a statue. And those cries, no matter how many sentences, were roughly the same. The sea was repeatedly crying that no one would inherit its power. For example, its extremely powerful ability was very likely to be passed down because it could not find a successor, which was full of regrets.

Perhaps he couldn't bear to see no one inherit, or perhaps he was dissatisfied and complained about Xiaoyu, so Shenming called Xia Xiao like this, hoping that he would think of a solution. Although Xiaoyu was a water spirit beast, because of her personality and the power she possessed, Shenming gradually gave up on her choice. When Xia Xiao noticed Shenming's thoughts, he felt something was wrong and turned to find Xiaoyu.

The water on the altar was rippling, as if the dead waves had come alive. The fish were bigger, three meters tall, but their delicate and timid appearance had never changed.

"Xiao Yu, I have something to discuss with you."

Xia Xiao spoke gently, treating Xiaoyu like a giant baby, fearing that his tone would be too harsh and hurt her heart. Xiaoyu held her curled fishtail in her delicate hands, looking at Xia Xiao with gentle vertical pupils, as if signaling him to speak. In fact, Xiaoyu knew what Xia Xiao was going to say, and she had prepared her words, but at the critical moment, she always stammered nervously and couldn't speak.

"The power of the Deep Abyss is very strong. Do you really not want to accept it? You can try it!"

Xia Xiao's contact with Xiaoyu only made him feel Xiaoyu's timidity, and there were not many details, so he encouraged her. But Xiaoyu shook her head, as if getting that power was not a good thing.

"I don't want to try. I don't want to try."

Xiaoyu was like a sickly girl, her voice trembling, which made Xia Xiao hesitate to speak. As the saying goes, everyone has their own aspirations. Xiaoyu expressed her attitude, so Xia Xiao couldn't force it. Ju Mang took the initiative to change, so he swallowed the black gold growth leaf. Huo Dou also wanted to become stronger, so he absorbed a lot of the manic power of the broken meteorite, and he was very happy. If Xiaoyu wants to do this, then let it be!

Xia Xiao wanted to stop there, but he felt that he was too willful, so he gestured in a hurry, indicating that the power in the deep sea was very strong, and told Xiaoyu the benefits of having it. But before Xiaoyu finished listening, she shook her head like a rattle, and then buried herself in the big bed made of gray fish.

Seeing this, Xia Xiao stepped back repeatedly, thinking that he had frightened Xiaoyu, and said:

"It's okay, don't force yourself, if you don't want it, then don't have it."

Xiaoyu bit her red lips, raised her head and nodded, watching Xia Xiao leave. Xiaoyu looked at the deep sea that was deeper than here, and she was unwilling to accept it. But in her heart, she felt that she would definitely make it a part of herself, but she didn't know why. Xiaoyu certainly didn't expect that when she accepted it, it would be the moment of death. The sadness and helplessness made the deep sea stop crying, because it had already played the role of an ominous thing, so how could it have the right to cry?

After landing, Xia Xiao and Ju Mang walked into the forest together. On the way, Ju Mang asked:

"Xiaoyu probably didn't agree, right?"

"Yes! But it doesn't matter. If I force her to accept the power of the Deep Sea, it will probably harm her."

"Her personality is not suited to possessing such a strong power, and her body may not be able to withstand it."

After such a long time together, Ju Mang has come to understand Xiaoyu. The timidity in her character makes her afraid of many things. With such a character, it is difficult to control a strong force. The current power will change with the improvement of Xia Xiao's strength, which is very good. However, Xia Xiao has other ideas. When he told Ju Mang, he was rejected by the latter.

"If those three little fish can accept the power of the deep sea, it might be a good thing."

"I don't think so. They can stay in the water element space because Xiaoyu has not fully mastered the water element. But they are external objects after all. It may be dangerous if they absorb the power of the water element space. If it causes the space to collapse, it will not be worth the loss. The entire five elements will be in chaos. Moreover, the earth element has not yet awakened, so it may be difficult to maintain balance."

"I will discuss it with my seniors then, don't worry."

Xia Xiao would not take risks on such a matter. Ju Mang always trusted him, so he returned to the forest and took an afternoon nap in the fresh air and warm sunshine as he had done long ago. The breeze was warm and cozy!