Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

Hearing Lingyun's confident description, Duan Xuan narrowed his eyes and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

Although Zhou Ran is courting death, I won't give up. If I can save people and also get some precious treasures, that would be killing two birds with one stone.

……

Meanwhile, the secret realm had descended into complete chaos.

Beneath the rolling mountains, a small river meanders by. More than twenty cultivators have gathered on the riverbank, divided into two groups, facing each other from a distance with hostility. However, despite the tense atmosphere, they have not yet made a move.

Instead, they huddled together, pointing and whispering as they looked ahead.

In the arena, two cultivators were locked in combat. One was an old Taoist priest with white beard and eyebrows, and the other was a middle-aged man in his fifties, dressed in gorgeous clothes and tall in stature.

They are cultivators from the White Stone Gate and the Riding Wind Pavilion, respectively.

These two sects are of medium size in the Azure Sky Immortal Cultivation World, and they have a certain relationship with each other. However, coincidentally, they both found a very precious spiritual herb at almost the same time.

Faced with the temptation of rare and precious materials, one naturally forgets about personal relationships.

However, since the two sides were evenly matched and neither wanted to end up with a mutually destructive outcome, they decided to have a duel. The strongest person from each side would fight, and the winner would have the right to take away the coveted treasure of heaven and earth.

At this moment, the two sides had been fighting for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, and it was still impossible to determine a winner.

Just as the disciples on both sides were whispering among themselves and cheering for their senior brother, a faint wisp of black mist quietly approached.

"what……"

Without any warning, a piercing scream reached their ears, startling the cultivators who had been watching the battle, who all turned around at the sound.

Then they saw a man in his twenties suddenly clutching his head in pain. His features were contorted, and his skin was visibly being stained with a layer of dark demonic energy.

"It's Senior Brother Chu!"

"Senior brother, what's wrong?"

The people around him looked at each other, both surprised and anxious.

But soon, the questioning stopped abruptly. The man possessed by the Demon of Resentment raised his head, opened his mouth to reveal his gleaming white teeth, and then viciously lunged at them.

Screams erupted from the crowd, one after another, like tigers among sheep, without any suspense. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the sounds subsided again, leaving only a pile of mutilated corpses by the river.

And this... is not an isolated case!

……

On the hillside, a group of monks were resting.

Judging from their attire, they were cultivators from the same faction, chatting and laughing as they spoke, their faces beaming with smiles, clearly indicating that they had made good progress.

However, at that moment, some of them suddenly twisted their faces, as if they had been corrupted by some strange force, lost their minds and gone mad, howling as they lunged at their fellow disciples.

Screams, curses, and the sounds of fighting quickly mingled together.

……

Jiang Yun is a sophomore at Lingneng Auto Repair College.

The reason I became a junior college student was because I barely passed the spiritual root test and had to cultivate immortality. However, with such a score, I couldn't get into a good university, so I could only go to the Spirit Energy Auto Repair Academy.

Jiang Yun was a down-to-earth guy. At first, he really didn't want to cultivate immortality, but since he had already boarded the pirate ship, he abandoned his distracting thoughts and hoped to form a golden core.

Through hard work, Jiang Yun was pleasantly surprised to find that although his spiritual root was average, he had talent in other areas. After more than a year of study, his cultivation had reached the late stage of Qi Refining.

The teacher told him not to rush into Foundation Establishment and arranged for him to participate in social practice in the Azure Sky Immortal Cultivation World. He said that if he performed well and earned enough contribution points, the teacher could recommend him for a bachelor's degree program.

Upgrading from a junior college to a bachelor's degree program—wouldn't that be a shortcut to success?

Jiang Yun was overjoyed and put in all his effort, preparing to achieve good results in this trip to the Azure Sky Realm.

And just now, he received a message.

From the Nano-Spiritual Energy Numerical Detector.

They were told to go to a certain place and that a vengeful demon had appeared there. If they killed it, they could get a lot of contribution points, which would not only ensure their transfer to a four-year university, but also allow them to be transferred to a top-tier university.

Jiang Yun was stunned.

My first reaction was that it was impossible.

The second was ecstasy.

Is there really such a good thing?

You should know that he had put in a tremendous amount of effort to qualify for the bachelor's degree program, and a top-tier university was something he wouldn't even dare to dream of. If he could really get into a top university, his chances of condensing his golden core in the future would increase significantly.

It's practically a done deal!

He wouldn't pass up such an opportunity, and immediately flew over according to the coordinates.

However, at that moment, a wisp of black smoke silently drifted closer.

"what?"

Jiang Yun, who was flying, suddenly stopped.

He studied at the Psionic Automotive Repair Academy, where psychic mechanical malfunctions are often accompanied by explosions, rampages of psionic energy, shooting out of fragments, and even energy backlash.

In practical classes, he simulates these high-risk scenarios every day. As a top student, he has long since developed an instinctive sense of danger.

He had just sensed a danger warning.

Jiang Yunyou looked around but found nothing amiss. He frowned slightly, released his divine sense, and activated the nano-spiritual energy value detector.

Overclocking, full load operation mode!

With the aid of his divine sense, he quickly located the faint black aura.

At this moment, the other party was only three zhang away from him.

As it lunged forward, a ferocious and terrifying face could be faintly seen on the surface of the black mist.

"This is……"

Jiang Yun was a very clever fellow. A thought flashed through his mind: "Could this be the Vengeful Demon of Resentment that was just mentioned?"

His tracks were exposed, and the wisp of black energy roared as it pounced on him.

Jiang Yun remained calm and composed, raising his hands and forming a series of extremely complex hand seals. In the void, two uniquely shaped treasures appeared.

There is a wrench on the left and a hammer on the right.

These are all top-grade magical artifacts!

At the same time, he took out several talismans from his pocket, ignited them with his magic power, and those talismans transformed into huge tire phantoms, forming a shield that layered on top of each other to block him from behind.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Jiang Yun put away the electromagnetic pulse weapon in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, he had used all his skills and various treasures of cultivation and technology to finally kill the Vengeful Demon.

The process was not easy; it was like dancing on a knife's edge.

This made him hesitate slightly, wondering whether he should still go to that coordinate. If even a mere vengeful demon was so difficult to deal with, he might face an even greater crisis if he actually got there.

Jiang Yun hesitated for about two minutes.

He gritted his teeth!

Fortune favors the bold!

Given the current situation, I am not 100% certain that I will be able to successfully transfer from junior college to university. However, if I participate in this mission, I will not only be able to transfer to university, but I will also be exceptionally admitted to a key undergraduate program of a top-tier university.

I'm taking the gamble!

Cultivating immortality is inherently defying the heavens; how can one give up the unparalleled chance to enter a top-tier university just because of danger?