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Lu Chen stayed in the cultivation room for twenty days. During these twenty days, he constantly repeated the process of him failing to refine pills before refining, not paying any attention to the passage of time at all. As Lu Chen continued to practice, his skills in alchemy became more and more proficient. Previously, when he was in the Aurous Core stage, his skills in alchemy could only be described as proficient. Now that his cultivation was only at the 9th level of the Refinement Stage, it greatly improved her skills in alchemy and her ability to control flames.

"Although they are all Tier 1 pills, they are still the best of the Tier 1 pills." Lu Chen said in satisfaction as he looked at the bottle of Qi Gathering Powder in his hand. " I wonder how many days I've been in seclusion to catch up to this trial. " Lu Chen muttered to himself.

Lu Chen placed the Qi Gathering Powder into his storage ring and cleaned up the cultivation room before leaving. Looking at the dazzling sunlight outside, he felt a little uncomfortable standing at the door for a long time before he recovered.

"It's been so long since I last saw the sun that I'm really not used to it. I wonder what would happen if I were to go into seclusion for ten to twenty years? " Lu Chen said with a faint smile.

"Aooo." Yue Hua, who was in the room, sensed that Lu Chen had already come out of seclusion and happily ran over to hug him.

"You've been bored to death these past few days. Here you go." Lu Chen took out a Rank 5 Demonic Beast and handed it to Yue Hua.

Yue Hua happily ate the beast core.

"I don't know how long I've been in closed door cultivation so I might as well go out to visit senior apprentice brother Mo." Saying that, Lu Chen carried Yue Hua out to the Sky No. 41 Room where Mo Lin was. Maureen had come to talk to him for a while after the allocation of the lodgings, and he had only talked to him about Maureen's lodgings at that time.

Lu Chen arrived at the entrance of Maureen's residence and saw that no one knocked on the door, so he asked, "Did Senior Brother Mo go out or did he go into closed-door cultivation like me?" Lu Chen waited at the door for a long time, but no one came. Thus, Mo Lin decided to go back.

"You must be junior brother Lu." On the way back, Lu Chen heard a hesitant voice.

"I'm Lu Chen. May I ask Senior Brother who you are?" Lu Chen looked at the man in front of him. They had only met once before, but they had not spoken to this man since they had entered the Heavenly Court together. Therefore, he was very curious as to why the man in front of him had stopped him.

"I am Ge Tao. I am the same as you, junior brother Lu, this year's newly advanced Sky Courtyard." Ge Tao laughed.

"Oh, it's Brother Ge. I wonder what business do you have with me?" Lu Chen asked.

"It's like this … Isn't it about time for the survival training? I want to invite Junior Martial Brother Lu to come with me. Shall we enter the Wu Mountain Range together?" Ge Tao asked.

"This one." Lu Chen hesitated. In fact, he suspected that Ge Tian's goal was to find someone to be his companion. He could have found those people with higher cultivation realms, but Ge Tao had actually found him. This made him feel very strange.

"Senior brother Ge, why didn't you find another senior brother?" "After all, my cultivation is only at the ninth level of the Refinement Stage." Lu Chen asked.

"This is because those senior brothers don't want to go with me. They usually go alone." Ge Tian and Tao said unnaturally.

"So it's like that. Then I agree." Lu Chen said. He knew it might be a trick, but he wanted to know who was trying to kill him.

"Alright, then junior brother Lu, prepare to set off today." Ge Tao said anxiously.

"Then let's set off now." Lu Chen saw the anxiety in Ge Tian's voice.

"Okay. Junior brother Lu, come with me." After saying that, Ge Tao brought Lu Chen and flew in the direction of the Wu Mountain Range.

After flying for about four hours, Lu Chen and Ge Tao saw a mountain range called Wu Shan Mountain Range. They could also hear the occasional roars of demon beasts coming from the mountain range.

"Junior brother Lu, the Wu Mountain Range is just ahead. This is the trial area for our Lingyun Sect's disciples." Ge Tao pointed at the Wu Mountain Range.

"Senior Brother Ge, do you know which stage the highest cultivation level demon beasts in Wu Mountain Range are?" Lu Chen asked.

"I heard that the ones with the highest cultivation in the Wu Mountain Range are only Rank 6 Demonic Beasts. Moreover, the Rank 6 Demonic Beasts are all in the depths of the mountain range. These Demonic Beasts were specially caught by the sect for the trial of disciples." Ge Tao explained.

"Brother Ge understands this as well." Lu Chen said with a smile.

"I have come here twice, so I know a bit about it." Ge Tian and Tao said.

"We're here. This is the Wushan Mountains." Lu Chen and Ge Tian Luo said at the foot of the Wu Mountain Range.

"We'll mainly stay on the periphery. Junior brother Lu, come with me." As Ge Tao spoke, he led Lu Chen out of the mountain range.

The doubt in Lu Chen's heart became even more intense when he heard Ge Tao's words. This caused Lu Chen to wonder if his suspicions were wrong. In fact, Ge Tao only wanted to seek him out for training.

After walking for a while, Lu Chen and Ge Tao saw Ge Tao suddenly stop in the dense forest in front of them.

"Is there something wrong with Brother Ge?" Lu Chen asked.

"His goal is for you to attract him, so of course we don't need to delve any deeper." Kong Xiang walked out from behind a tree and said.

Lu Chen looked at Kong Xiang, who was still dressed in white like a young master with a fan.

"It's senior brother Kong, why are you here?" Lu Chen knew that this should be the reason why Ge Tao lured him here.

"Lu Chen in the Martial Competition Courtyard caused me to lose so much face. Today, I'm going to take it all back with you." Kong Xiang said with a cold expression.

"Brother Ge, what is your relationship with Brother Kong?" Lu Chen turned around and asked.

"Kong Xiang is my cousin. Today, we will make sure that you stay in Wu Mountain." Ge Tao walked over and stood beside Kong Xiang as he coldly looked at Lu Chen. He no longer had that gentle appearance from before.

"Just the two of you. Kong Xiang, don't forget that you were defeated by me in one move. Now with Ge Tao, are you that confident that you can make me stay?" Lu Chen said in disdain. Although his cultivation was only at the 9th level of the Refinement Stage, his physical strength and spiritual sense were both genuine Aurous Core stage. Adding on to that, the moonlight in his embrace was already a Rank 6 Spirit Beast equivalent to a human cultivator's Aurous Core stage. He thought that Ge Tao would have some sort of trap.

"We are only in the eleventh level of the Refinement Stage and the peak of the twelfth level of the Refinement Stage. How can we not take care of you?" Kong Xiang coldly said.

Cousin told him that we should kill him. When we go back, tell him that he was killed by Wu Shan's spirit beast. I heard that he had a high-grade magic tool." Ge Tao said with a greedy look in his eyes. Even though he was also from a cultivation family, his family could be considered a small cultivation family. His family only had the highest cultivation level at the Foundation Establishment stage, so he only used a mid-grade magic tool.

"Hai." Lu Chen sighed.

"What are you sighing about?" Kong Xiang asked.

"I'm sighing. You really don't even know how to write 'death'." With that, Lu Chen's expression changed, "Clear Sky Slash." Before Kong Xiang and Ge Tao could react, Lu Chen swung his sword at Kong Xiang. Because Kong Xiang's cultivation was at the 11th level of the Refinement Stage, he was easier to deal with than Ge Tao. Therefore, Lu Chen decided to first deal with Kong Xiang and then deal with Ge Tao.

"Bang!" Kong Xiang did not expect Lu Chen to dare to make the first move. He hastily used his high-grade magic tool, the Landscape Fan, to block the attack. Although he had blocked part of Lu Chen's attack, a portion of it still landed on him.

"You're really cunning." Kong Xiang forcefully spat out the blood he was about to spit out.

"You lured me here to take my life, if I don't resist now, won't I be slaughtered by you?" "" Lu Chen said coldly. "Flame Dragon appears." Lu Chen had used the Flame Dragon Technique. He knew that the faster he fought with Kong Xiang and Zhao Ya, the better. If it took too long, the nearby spirit beasts would be attracted as well.

"Tornado Cut!" Ge Tao knew the power of Lu Chen's move. He had also seen Kong Xiang's injuries that day, so he did not dare to carelessly use his strongest move to block it.

Lu Chen's Flame Dragon collided with the tempest formed by Ge Tao's Raging Wind Slash for a long time.

"Slash!" Ge Tao saw that his [Tornado Slash] did not manage to cut down Lu Chen's Flame Dragon and infuse some spiritual energy into it.

"Roar!" The Flame Dragon let out a painful howl.

"Explode!" Lu Chen said as he looked at Yan Long, unable to hold on any longer. This was when he was concocting pills. He used the explosion from the furnace to think about the effects his Fire Dragon would have if it were to explode unexpectedly. That was because the Flame Dragon Technique was very tyrannical right now. However, if there was someone stronger than him that could easily break through the Flame Dragon Technique, it would be similar to the time when Jin Yun had fought against Jin Yun. In the beginning, there was only a rudiment in his mind. Now that he saw the Flame Dragon and the Windstorm Slash at the same time, he wanted to see if his thoughts were correct.

BOOM! A huge explosion resounded near Wushan.

"Strange, why do I hear sounds of explosions?" Jin Yun was originally training in the middle of the Wu Mountain Range. Originally, he did not want to participate in the trial here, but seeing how diligent Lu Chen was, he decided to learn from Lu Chen and come to the Wu Mountain Range to train. Forget it, I think it's better if I go and take a look. If something happens to someone from the sect, I can help too. " Jin Yun stored the beast core he just obtained into his storage ring and flew towards the location of the explosion.

"Pfft." Lu Chen watched as he detonated the Flame Dragon, causing all the trees nearby to disappear. Although he had also been injured by the aftermath of the explosion, his face was now filled with excitement. He had not expected the Flame Dragon's explosion to be even more powerful than the self-detonation of his high-grade magic tool.

"Cough! Cough!" When the smoke dispersed, Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh when he saw Kong Xiang and Ge Tao's expressions. Kong Xiang's current graceful appearance was no longer in his hair that was completely disordered. Even his clothes had been burnt in some places. As for Ge Tao, he had suffered the most shockwaves from the explosion and his Tornado Strike was also damaged, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood and suffer a considerable amount of internal injuries.

"Lu Chen, you despicable scumbag, don't think that you're the only one that would cause an explosion." Kong Xiang angrily took out the Sky Tremor Bomb and threw it towards Lu Chen. This Sky Tremor Bomb was something that he and his father had come here for a long time. They had not expected it to be used on Lu Chen.

"Sky Tremor Bomb?" Lu Chen exclaimed. He knew the power of the Sky Tremor Bombs. Back then, he had used a Sky Tremor Bomb to make the black-clothed man suffer a great loss.

"Aooo." A white light flashed from Yue Hua's body, turning her into a tall person, blocking in front of Lu Chen.

BOOM! The Sky Tremor Bombs exploded in front of Yue Hua, blocking all of the attacks.

"Yuehua, are you alright?" Lu Chen asked worriedly.

"Aooo." Yue Hua shook her head like a wolf cub again. The physical body of a spirit beast was much stronger than that of a cultivator. Furthermore, he was a Rank 6 Spirit Beast, Heaven Shaking Lightning.

"What are you doing?" When Jin Yun got closer, he heard the sound of an explosion and hurriedly sped up. When he arrived, he saw that the tree where Lu Chen and the rest were in had collapsed and there was a huge crater on the ground.

"Junior Master Jin, quickly save us! We came together with Lu Chen to participate in this survival training! I didn't think that Lu Chen would sneak attack us on the way back. Quickly, kill him." Kong Xiang's eyes lit up when he saw Jin Yun.

"Really?" Jin Yun asked.

"Martial Uncle Lu is the real Lu Chen who wants to snatch our magic tools." Ge Tao said. At the same time, he glared viciously at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen looked at the two of them with a funny smile and said to Jin Yun, "Jin Yun, you'll be responsible for keeping the two of them under watch. I'll do the rest."

"Martial Uncle Jin, Lu Chen is actually disrespectful to you." Kong Xiang added on.

"Martial Uncle Lu, don't worry. They won't be able to escape." Jin Yun completely ignored Kong Xiang and Ge Tao as he spoke to Lu Chen.

"Martial Uncle Lu." Kong Xiang and Ge Tao were stunned when they heard this. The first thing Kong Xiang did was to point at Lu Chen and say, "You, you're an Aurous Core stage cultivator?"

"You got it right, but you deserve to die even worse." Lu Chen said with a smile as he used the Ghost Steps to move in front of Kong Xiang and killed him with one slash of the Cyan Cloud Sword.

"Lu Chen, no, I don't know anything about Martial Ancestor Lu. Adding on that I was bewitched by Kong Xiang to return it to you, please let me go." Ge Tao hurriedly said when he saw that Kong Xiang had died. Although the Sky Tremor Bomb's explosion wasn't directed at him, he was still affected by the aftermath of the explosion, causing his injuries to increase. Right now, he basically had no strength to fight back.

"I'm sorry, you must die. Clear Sky Slash." Lu Chen's sword slashed towards Ge Tao.

Before he died, Ge Tao's last thought was "Am I dead?"

Seeing that Lu Chen had dealt with Kong Xiang and Ge Tao, he asked, "Martial Uncle Lu, what are you up to now?"

"It's not my fault. It was like this." Thus, Lu Chen told him how Ge Tao had lured him here and how Kong Xiang had planned to kill him.

"Is that so? They actually wanted to kill you. They really overestimated themselves. Letting them die like this would be letting them off easy." Jin Yun said with a gloomy expression after hearing Lu Chen's words.

"Since I have nothing better to do, go ahead and say that the two corpses that were found in the middle of Wu Mountain were killed by the spirit beasts." Lu Chen said.

"Yes, disciple understands. Martial Uncle Lu, are you going back? " Jin Yun asked.

"Since I'm here, of course I have to take the trial. Plus, I'm in need of beast cores." Lu Chen said.

"So it's like that. Martial Uncle Lu, why don't you come with me?" Jin Yun said.

"No, I want to test my ability. If you do that, I will become dependent on you. Go and busy yourself first." Lu Chen said.

"But …" Jin Yun wanted to say something.

"Don't worry, I still have Yue Hua. He is a Rank 6 Demonic Beast." Lu Chen said.

"Since you insist, then I'll leave first. However, Martial Uncle Lu, you must not go too deep." Jin Yun left with another instruction.

"Yue Hua, let's go take a look as well. I'll prepare some snacks for you." Lu Chen walked in with Yue Hua in his arms.