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

Watching Zhou Ran's performance, Fairy Yaoguang was speechless for a moment.

A question mark slowly floated out of his head... Is this idiot starving?!

Doesn't he know this is a completely virtual illusion?

I already said this is a survival challenge training. The demonic wolf in front of us is just a stream of data. Is this guy so hungry that he wants to roast it and eat it?

As expected of someone with a goofy spiritual root, their bizarre thought process is truly admirable.

On the other side, Zhou Ran happily placed the demon wolf on the barbecue grill.

However, the moment it touched the flames, the wolf's enormous body turned into ashes, leaving only a series of data streams appearing in mid-air before disappearing completely.

"this……"

Zhou Ran was dumbfounded, and then couldn't help but jump up and start cursing.

"Damn it, even in games you get loot drops. I didn't even have breakfast, and I finally managed to kill a boss, but you're stingy with even a piece of wolf meat. This survival training is just too unfair."

Zhou Ran was filled with bitterness and complained bitterly. However, the next moment, his eyebrows twitched, as if he sensed something, and he suddenly turned his head to the left.

At this moment, he had arrived at the edge of the Gobi Desert when a blue figure suddenly darted out from the dense forest to his side.

The other person moved extremely fast, but Zhou Ran still managed to catch a glimpse of their face.

She was a slender demon girl with her blue hair tied into a neat ponytail, small dimples on her cheeks, and demonic power at the seventh level of Qi cultivation surrounding her, exuding a lively aura.

"What a beautiful demon girl!"

Zhou Ran clicked his tongue in amazement, then sighed, "It's a pity it's just a string of virtual data. Sigh, if Shenji Xuanou could make an identical one, it wouldn't be bad to buy it to serve this young master."

Fairy Yaoguang's face immediately darkened.

This kid is really courting death!

"You're quite the chatterbox!"

The girl's voice was crisp and pleasant to hear, yet it also carried a hint of nonchalant, mischievous humor.

Before she finished speaking, the girl moved gracefully, and somehow closed the distance by more than ten feet. Her fair fist, covered with cyan demonic power, slammed down on Zhou Ran's face with lightning speed.

The attack was as fast as lightning, catching Zhou Ran completely off guard. He only had time to turn his head slightly to the left. However, this seemingly swift strike was actually just a feint.

Snapped!

With a sharp crack, he received a hard slap on the other cheek.

"It hurts!"

Zhou Ran felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and saw stars everywhere.

Jiang Yaoguang let out a soft "giggle" and tripped him with her foot.

Zhou Ran lost his balance and fell flat on his face, almost getting buried in the mud.

He was both shocked and furious. He hadn't expected that this seemingly frail demon girl would be so troublesome. If he were to die by accident, wouldn't he lose his qualification to go to the Azure Sky Immortal Cultivation World?

The thought crossed his mind. Although Zhou Ran was wincing in pain, he raised his hand to release a spell to counterattack. However, Jiang Yaoguang was a Golden Core cultivator. In terms of insight and experience, how could he, a newcomer to the path of immortality, compare?

Although this was just an avatar, and although the spiritual power she could mobilize at the moment was limited to the seventh level of Qi Refining, Jiang Yaoguang used all the cards in her hand with consummate skill.

And then, crackling and popping...

Next, poor Zhou Ran was simply taking the beating.

Despite his best efforts and his remarkable courage, he continued to fight back desperately in dire straits.

However, it was no use; in the end, he was still beaten black and blue.

Zhou Ran was in despair. Was he, a genius, going to be eliminated?

"Please stop hitting me, okay? I'll call you 'sister'!"

Zhou Ran curled up in a ball, clutching his head, his voice weak and listless: "This is too unfair! You're only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, how come you have such terrifying combat power? Could there be something wrong with the data?"

"snort!"

Jiang Yaoguang, however, was refreshed and in high spirits. Hearing this, she smiled slightly, stood up, dusted off her hands, and disappeared into the distant dense forest.

The demonic energy fluctuations also disappeared.

It was as if she had never been here.

After a while, Zhou Ran finally crawled out of the mud pit in a disheveled state. His face was bruised and swollen, his lips were cut, and his hair was messy and covered in dust. All his arrogance from before was gone.

Zhou Ran covered her swollen cheek, staring in the direction where the other person had disappeared, her eyes filled with confusion.

Something's not right with this demon girl. According to the rules of the survival training, the program she was programmed with should be to kill herself. Why is she just beating me up?

Zhou Ran moved his body. Although he was in pain all over, and even his buttocks were numb from being kicked, his spiritual energy flowed smoothly without any hindrance. He had only suffered superficial injuries...

It's obvious that the other side showed mercy!

The more Zhou Ran thought about it, the more illogical it seemed.

"Could it be... that she likes me?"

"Pah, the other party is just a virtual program. My wild imagination is a bit too far-fetched."

"But that's hard to say. After all, I'm quite handsome. Maybe my attraction to computer programs is like a computer virus." While uttering incoherent words, Zhou Ran felt a strange sense of familiarity from the other person.

But I can't say for sure if it's just my imagination.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Let's get out of this mess!"

……

The whole process was complicated, but Instructor Zheng Lei could see it clearly through the real-time projection, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Zheng Lei was just wondering what Fairy Yaoguang wanted to do when she went in.

Could it be some important mission?

As it turned out, the other party's purpose in going in was simply to beat Zhou Ran up.

Ah this...

Is it really necessary for a dignified Golden Core Ancestor to do this?

Facing a mere Qi Refining stage cultivator like Xiao Kalami, it shouldn't have been an easy task to teach him a lesson, yet this Fairy Yaoguang deliberately kept a low profile.

This is truly perplexing and astonishing.

However, Zheng Lei did not delve into the details. These three guys from Shuiyun Daoyun Academy were obviously extraordinary. Who knew what level of old monsters were behind them?

As a mere Golden Core cultivator, he shouldn't make a fool of himself. He should just pretend he knows nothing and obediently complete the tasks assigned to him.

……

boom!

A loud bang.

The fireball released by Duan Xuan blasted away the giant wolf that pounced on him. The scorching air wave made the wisps of hair on Duan Xuan's forehead fly up, and his whole body was covered in dust.

Clearly, he had just been through a fierce battle.

Duan Xuan's eyes were extremely tired, and his clothes were somewhat tattered, with faint traces of blood still visible on them...

At that moment, Lingyun's complaining voice reached her ears: "Host, I asked you to act, not to reveal your strength, but you're acting way too hard. I didn't ask you to actually hurt yourself."