âEhh?â When Alex Rockefeller saw Uncle Drake, who seemed to be going mad, he quickly shook his
head. âI donât know. I havenât seen any. It was like this when I came in. I was wondering why there
werenât any thundering flames inside. Looks like theyâve all escaped!â Alex said.
Alex was afraid of saying that his golden core had absorbed all the thundering flames inside. If he did
that, the old man would surely not let him off the hook. Besides, Alex couldnât expose the incident
related to the twelve rune symbols of the ancient forbidden spell. Not only did he have to keep it a
secret from these people before him, but he had to also hide it from his dearest wife and children.
The ancient forbidden spell was intolerable in the universe. Anyone who knew about this would be in
danger in some way.
If someone greedy found out about this, the consequences were unthinkable.
Soon, Uncle Drake ascended floor by floor. There werenât any thundering flames on any of the floors,
and when he made it up to the ninth, it was still empty.
As for the chains that sealed Neela previously, Alex had kept them inside his storage bag. There wasnât
anything unusual up there.
âNothing!â
âItâs really gone⦠The thundering flames have disappeared. Whatâs the use of this Soul Refining Tower
now?â Alex didnât see how downtrodden Uncle Drake looked.
Alex kept walking down the stairs. He saw Fairy Doctor at the second floorâs entrance.
When Fairy Doctor saw Alex coming down, she immediately rushed over and hugged him. âAlex, youâre
fine! You made it. Youâre really awesome! Jade managed to make it through back then, but it took her
an entire day and night. I didnât expect you to complete it within an hourâ¦â
Fairy Doctor was extremely excited. She hugged him, pressed her mature body against him, and even
kissed him forcefully on the lips. The kiss lasted for three minutes.
Only when Fairy Doctor heard Uncle Drake coughing behind her did she let go of Alex in an
embarrassed manner. âUncle Drake, why do you seem so uncomfortable?â
Could Uncle Drake not have an awful expression?
âThe thundering flames in here have disappeared. Without the thundering flames, the Soul Refining
Tower canât be used to refine demon souls. This is practically an empty setup!â Uncle Drake bellowed
while pointing at Alex. âHence, this kid managed to get onto the ninth floor not with his own capabilities,
but mere luck,â Uncle Drake added.
Fairy Doctor rolled her eyes. âUncle Drake, luck is also a capability of sorts! Regardless of how it
happened, Alex made it to the ninth floor. Hasnât he passed the challenge? I think we should still issue
him a graduation certificate and the points in accordance with the rules.â
Uncle Drake rolled his eyes oddly. âMs. Dawn, are you forsaking your principles for your lover?â
Fairy Doctor continued to argue with reason. âUncle Drake, you canât say that. Frankly, this is what I
think. Although there were no thundering flames in the Soul Refining Tower, and Alex did take
advantage of it, itâs a good thing for the academy. Thatâs because we found out in advance that there
werenât actually thundering flames in Soul Refining Tower. Otherwise, weâd have
locked some souls from the demon tribe in this place. In the end, we wouldâve realized that it wasnât
effective at all. On the other hand, weâd have given them time to recover. Once we open the doors,
theyâd rush out of the Soul Refining Tower. The outcome will be unimaginable. Hence, I think the
academy should still give Alex some reward. How about this? Weâll give him 300,000 points.â
Uncle Drakeâs eyes flew wide open.
â300,000? You might as well just say 300 million points,â he said.
âIf that works, Iâm fine with it,â replied Fairy Doctor.
âHmph⦠Honestly, woman, youâre siding with outsiders now! Fine. A graduation certificate and 30,000
points. Kid, youâve got it easy!â Uncle Drake said.
With that, Uncle Drake took out a token and tossed it over to Fairy Doctor.
Overjoyed, Fairy Doctor tugged at Alex to leave. She wanted to avoid Uncle Drake changing his mind.
Alex suddenly thought of an idea. âUncle Drake, Iâve done quite a lot of research on spell formations.
This Soul Refining Tower has a spell formation at the top. It might be related to the thundering flames in
this place! Thundering flames are bound to be consumed as the number of soul refinement increases.
As long as we lure heavenly thunder into this place, I think the thundering flames in the tower would
probably be replenished again,â Alex said.
After saying that, Alex pulled Fairy Doctor along and left.
Uncle Drakeâs eyes lit up. âThis makes sense. This makes a lot of sense!â
***
By then, the sky had already turned dark.
Fairy Doctor and Alex held each otherâs hands while they walked through the academy, not afraid of
being too showy. However, when Fairy Doctor thought about how Alex would be leaving the academy
right away, she couldnât help but feel a little sad about his departure.
âAlex, to avoid Uncle Drakeâs change of mind, weâll head over to the academyâs administrative office
right now to sort out your graduation certificate and points,â she said.
âAlright!â