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

After exiting the high-speed rail station, you quickly arrive at the bustling metropolitan area.

Zhou Ran took a breath of fresh air, a look of ecstasy on his face: "To be honest, although the cultivation life in university wasn't as miserable as I imagined, I still prefer the freedom to slack off when I was a mortal."

As Zhou Ran spoke, he glanced around and quickly spotted a shop not far ahead: "Would you like some milk tea? Come on, it's on me."

"..."

Duan Xuan and Fairy Yaoguang exchanged a glance, speechless for a moment. This guy really treated this mission like a shopping trip.

"Why don't you pick up a girl while you're drinking milk tea?"

Duan Xuan reached out and tapped his friend on the head: "You unfilial son, don't forget why we came here."

Then, he turned his gaze to Fairy Yaoguang: "What should we do next? You once said there was a meeting place."

"Okay." Jiang Yaoguang nodded: "Don't worry, there will be a private car to pick you up."

As Fairy Yaoguang finished speaking, she swiped to turn on her phone, quickly typed a short message, and sent it out.

Duan Xuan's gaze swept over it, and he saw that the text message was a string of garbled characters composed of numbers and letters that had no meaning. It was actually an encrypted message!

"Okay, we can wait here."

A smile appeared on Jiang Yaoguang's face, then she turned to look at Zhou Ran: "Hey, didn't you just say you'd treat me to milk tea? You'd better keep your word."

"What are you standing there for? Go buy it! Oh, and I want the green grape flavor."

This time, Zhou Ran was completely bewildered... Had she said something wrong?

Duan Xuan also gave him a push from behind with a smile, urging this idiot to hurry up and buy milk tea.

About 10 minutes later, as the three of them were drinking milk tea and looking around at the crowd and buildings, a futuristic-looking hovercar stopped in front of them.

The car doors slowly opened. There was no one in the driver's seat, but a pleasant voice came through: "Excuse me, are you Jiang Yaoguang from Shuiyun Daoyun Academy? Please enter the verification code."

Jiang Yaoguang took out her phone and, sure enough, received a verification message. She entered the verification code, and then the three of them got into the car.

The car started and sped off at an absurdly high speed, only slightly slower than the Starry Sky Expressway from before. Soon, it had traversed most of the city.

Outside the car window, the bustling sci-fi cityscape gradually thinned out, replaced by vast forests and grasslands, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, and all sorts of other scenery...

After another half hour, the vehicle shook and passed through an invisible energy barrier. The scenery before us changed once again. A cluster of alloy domed buildings came into view, and the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly became richer. Just breathing it made us feel very comfortable and at ease.

Occasionally, pale purple runes can be seen flowing across the sky.

Clearly, they had now entered a secret base shrouded in a large array.

However, laser cannons and radars still stand here.

Duan Xuan sighed. The immortal path and technology in this world are truly perfectly integrated.

Soon, the hovercar they were riding in automatically landed, the door opened, and the three of them got out.

What came into view were several robotic guards, but these guards were not all humanoid. There were robotic dogs, robotic wolves, and robotic spiders. The only thing they had in common was that, although the guards were different in form, they all carried energy weapons.

A look of vigilance immediately appeared in Duan Xuan's eyes.

Zhou Ran didn't dare to act so silly. He was only at the Qi Refining stage, and being targeted by laser guns and energy grenades would be no laughing matter.

Of the three, Jiang Yaoguang was the calmest.

After all, her true cultivation level was at the Golden Core stage. At this moment, she was merely pretending to be a novice. She was very skilled at handling such a small situation, so how could she have the slightest fear?

She ignored the robotic guards and stepped onto the smart gate. With a soft "ding," a layer of light blue spiritual energy detection light swept across Jiang Yaoguang's body.

A synthesized voice then announced: "Jiang Yaoguang, a freshman of the 3049th class of Shuiyun Daoyun Academy, late stage of Qi Refining, Grade A aptitude, meets the entry standards."

"Hurry up, what are you two standing there for?"

Jiang Yaoguang turned around and waved to the two of them.

Duan Xuan and Zhou Ran did not hesitate any longer and also stepped onto the smart gate.

Upon inspection, the heavy alloy door slid open to both sides, allowing the three people to enter the building.

It's a hidden paradise.

From the outside, it appears to be a highly technological building, including the guards, who are all unmanned machines equipped with energy weapons.

Inside the building, however, it was as if a different world had been created. The plaza paved with bluestone slabs stretched into the distance, and mysterious ancient inscriptions were carved on the columns. Even the air seemed to be filled with the fragrance of grass and trees.

Duan Xuan and Zhou Ran were completely dumbfounded, while Jiang Yaoguang also showed a hint of surprise at just the right moment. Of course, the girl was just pretending.

"Oh, this..."

Just then, a beautiful young woman walked over gracefully: "You're new here, that's good. Come with me to change your clothes."

Zhou Ran was overjoyed, his face beaming with lecherous delight: "Okay, I'll go with you."

However, the girl ignored him completely, instead turning around and gesturing to Jiang Yaoguang: "Classmate, come with me, this way."

"Haha, it's just a magical puppet, why are you making such a fuss?"

Jiang Yaoguang, her face full of disdain, followed the girl away.

Zhou Ran was flustered and embarrassed. Just then, another pleasant voice entered his ears: "You two are Zhou Ran and Duan Xuan from Shuiyun Daoyun Academy, right? Please come with me to change your clothes."

The sound was crisp and pleasant, and Zhou Ran turned around with great joy.

But when he saw what was happening in front of him, his face fell.

Standing before him was not the beautiful Shenji Xuan'ou, but a robot.

Okay, robots aren't necessarily a bad thing, but this one doesn't even have bionic skin, just a metal skeleton, making it look like a Terminator.

What should we do?

Zhou Ran immediately lowered his head, feeling utterly bored.

Faced with such a friend, Duan Xuan was at a loss for words, so he simply patted him on the shoulder and followed the robot forward.

The other party led them to a private room and handed them brand new clothes.

"A long blue robe, it's ancient costume, and they even have a wig?"

Zhou Ran was a little confused, but Duan Xuan seemed very calm. He had already heard Ling Yun talk about these details.

To go to the hostile interface for trials, although the targets and locations of the trials have been carefully selected by the Immortal Alliance, as the saying goes, details determine success or failure.

Of course, they had to disguise themselves before going there; they couldn't be foolish enough to leave everything unchanged, otherwise their identities would be exposed to the enemy as soon as they arrived.

That would be a big problem.

It's not about grinding monsters and crushing weaker opponents; it's about preparing to be ganged up on.

Such a situation should certainly be avoided.