Lan Chengyu sat on the long-distance bus to Xishuangbanna, looking at the spring city illuminated by the morning sun, and she looked quiet and beautiful in the golden sunlight. Thinking of the helplessness of being threatened by Shangguan Yuan in the hospital and in his dreams, he secretly made up his mind to cultivate, and he must become an outstanding cultivator and use his strength to suppress those who had threatened him.

When he arrived in Xishuangbanna a day in advance, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon when he drove to Jinghong City, and Lan Chengyu didn't understand why his mentor asked him to arrive at the station early in the morning.

He had no choice but to find a nearby hotel for the night, waiting only to meet his mentor tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Lan Chengyu packed his things and came to the gate of the station again, imagining in his mind what it would be like for his mentor to appear in the crowd of modern cities dressed in robes.

Just as he was thinking about it, Feng Lingyu suddenly shook. An image and the voice of Feng Lingyu Pei appeared in Lan Chengyu's mind.

"After receiving the message from the instructor Dao Ran, please follow the map navigation and walk 1800 meters to reach the destination. ”

Lan Chengyu saw a live map in the hologram in front of him, with a green route and a blue triangle marking the destination.

According to the navigation, Lan Chengyu walked towards the destination curiously, this is a slightly remote street, there are not many people, there are a few cars parked on the side of the road, but there is no Dao Ran.

The blue marker on the map was located in front of a black jeep wrangler, and Lan Chengyu wondered why he didn't see where the mentor was.

At this time, the window of the Wrangler was lowered, and it was the mentor Dao Ran sitting in the cab of the car, this time Lan Chengyu was stunned by this mentor again, and almost subverted all the images of the mentor in his mind.

Dao Ran is dressed casually at the moment, with a T-shirt on the top and jeans on the bottom, long hair tied behind his back, still a long beard, and a pair of sunglasses.

If the mentor first appeared in front of Lan Chengyu in this dress, Lan Chengyu must have thought that he was the lead singer of a rock band.

Lan Chengyu looked at the tutor's serious expression, wanting to laugh but couldn't.

"Get in the car," Dao Ran said.

Lan Chengyu opened the car door and got into the car.

"How about this dress, right?" asked Dao Ran, following closely.

"It's okay, why didn't you shave?" Lan Chengyu said.

"Hmm...... I can't shave my beard, I look too young and my age and experience don't match. Dao Ran said jokingly.

Lan Chengyu thought to himself, does the mentor also need to pretend to be deep? Dao Ran started the car, and his skilled driving skills surprised Lan Chengyu a lot, isn't he able to drive the clouds, why do you still need to drive?

"Can you drive?" Lan Chengyu asked.

"Is it weird that I can drive? Dao Ran smiled and stretched out his hand to hand Lan Chengyu a space spar.

Lan Chengyu could see that there was no trace of artificial cutting in this spare.

Dao Ran waved his hand lightly, and the spar actually showed a window in front of Lan Chengyu, through which you could see the scene inside, the size of this place was tens of thousands of square meters, not to mention tens of thousands of square meters.

There are nearly 100 cars parked inside, including classic cars, sports cars, big trucks, and even some bizarre vehicles. The most surprising thing was that there was a helicopter gunship and a stealth fighter in the distance.

"Can you fly a plane?" Lan Chengyu had to exclaim.

"It's okay, the driving skills are average, I can soar the clouds faster than that thing. Dao Ran smiled.

Lan Chengyu returned the space spar to Dao Ran, and unconsciously touched the space spar he had brought with him, this was the gap between the cultivator and him.

"Today we are rushing to the edge of the primeval forest, it is not too convenient to fly you around in the daylight, take a short rest tonight, and start your training tomorrow. Dao Ran said.

"Come here to train?" Lan Chengyu had some questions.

"Someone asked me to make sure you get a ranking in the new batch of cultivator competitions, it's not easy to do this, so I'll drop everything to train you, you can enjoy it." Dao Ran smiled a little maliciously.

"Who asked you to train me?" Lan Chengyu asked.

"I can't say now, if your performance satisfies him, he will naturally come to see you, if you don't perform well, there is no need for that, you have to fight for me. Dao Ran said.

"Well, you guys are always mysterious and elusive!" Lan Chengyu could only say with a sense of humor.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Lan Chengyu unconsciously thought of Shangguan Yufei again, her voice singing by the pear grove still vaguely echoed in her ears, sadness unconsciously occupied her heart, Lan Chengyu closed her eyes and sighed.

At noon, the car got off the national highway and entered the road and became rugged, and in the afternoon the car drove into a remote and rugged winding mountain road, surrounded by mountains and forests, and no people and cars passed for half a day, and the road became bumpy, and finally the car stopped near a village near the top of the mountain.

"It's time for the place, we're going to fix it here today. Dao Ran stopped and turned off the engine and said.

After Lan Chengyu got out of the car, Dao Ran put the car away, Lan Chengyu looked at the village from a distance, this village is not estimated to be more than 20 households, at this time the roofs of several houses are already smoking from the stove, and a few dogs barking are not far away.

The roads to this village are all dirt roads, and there are some weeds growing in the middle of several sections of the road, which shows how few cars in this village are.

"This village is the end of the road, and if it weren't for this village, we would have walked a few hours earlier. ”

"There are people living in such a remote place!" Lan Chengyu had to sigh, looking around, there were mountains, and the woods were so dense that there was no way to get here.

Dao Ran said, "Let's go, don't look at it, let's not disturb the villagers, come with me." ”

"What, then where are we staying tonight?" Lan Chengyu had a bad premonition in his heart, he didn't have the equipment to prepare for camping.

Dao Ran took Lan Chengyu and walked towards the mountains far away from the village, and the sky soon darkened. In the distance, the mountains turned from navy blue to black, a few stars shone in the sky, and the sounds of various insects filled the ears.

The two found a flat place to rest, and Dao Ran said to Lan Chengyu, "Rest here tonight, you go find some firewood." ”

Lan Chengyu set off to look for firewood around, but fortunately, the woods here are not too dense, and it is not very difficult to walk.

What made Lan Chengyu wonder was that they were going to spend this tonight, lying on the ground like this, or just sitting on the ground for the night, knowing that they should have prepared a set of camping equipment in the space crystal.

Half an hour later, Lan Chengyu picked up a pile of firewood and carried it back with a vine, Dao Ran was meditating with his eyes closed on a stone, it seemed that he had settled down, Lan Chengyu had a feeling that if he didn't disturb him, it was estimated that he would be able to sit like this all night.

Lan Chengyu put down the firewood, and got close to Dao Ran, and a breath suddenly made Lan Chengyu's body feel the true qi, this breath has a rich aura, and its source is Dao Ran, who is meditating.

Such a strong aura of cultivation had to surprise Lan Chengyu, and Lan Chengyu even thought in his heart, "If you follow Dao Ran's side to cultivate, that kind of aura aura will be twice the result with half the effort for your breathing method cultivation, and it will be much easier to gather qi by yourself." ”

But he just thought about it, if he could really do that, why didn't Dao Ran Zao take him with him? Lan Chengyu resisted the urge to meditate and cultivate immediately, and piled up the firewood to prepare for the fire, only to find that he didn't have the tools to light the fire.

He opened his space spar and found nothing, and he didn't dare to disturb Dao Ran's meditation and cultivation, so he had to sit aside and wait.

The temperature in the mountains and forests is very low after nightfall this season, Lan Chengyu gradually feels a little cold, plus he just ate some dry food for the road today, and now he is also hungry, he feels cold and hungry, it can be said that he is hungry and cold.

Looking at Dao Ran muttering in his heart, isn't this Dao Ran hungry?

Seeing that Dao Ran didn't mean to wake up at all, Lan Chengyu simply sat down and prepared to practice the breathing exercises, anyway, the aura around Dao Ran was not refined.

Lan Chengyu had just sat cross-legged, but Dao Ran opened his eyes, looked at Lan Chengyu and smiled a little meaningfully, "You came back so soon, and you came back before I finished running this breath." ”

Lan Chengyu was surprised in his heart, what are you kidding He has been here for at least half an hour, and Dao Ran actually said that he hasn't finished a breath yet, I don't know how high the cultivation of the master is.

"Mentor, the firewood is ready, but there are no matches or lighters. Lan Chengyu pointed to the pile of firewood.

Dao Ran smiled lightly, and his right hand turned into a sword and pointed at a flame of anger. I saw him fly to the pyre with a light wave of the flame, and when the flame met the pyre, it suddenly swelled into a raging fire, instantly crackling the pyre, and the flame was strung up for a meter, and the flame gradually calmed down after a while.

Seeing this, Lan Chengyu remembered that Dao Ran had this flame rising on his fingertips when they first met, and he didn't expect this flame to have such energy, and it was estimated that this was not the true strength of this flame.

The fire lit Lan Chengyu gradually felt that his body was warm, Dao Ran picked up a branch and threw it into the fire and said: "Hungry, there is just fire and time, I'll bake something to eat, I haven't done it for a long time." ”

Dao Ran took out a processed quick-frozen chicken from a space crystal, some spices, and two bottles of water.

"I'm very picky about eating, and I'm also very good at cooking, and the space spar can be used as a very good space preservation, you can see what you like to eat. Dao Ran handed the space spar to Lan Chengyu.

This is an ordinary man-made space spar, and it is estimated that there are only a dozen cubic meters in different spaces, but it is full of all kinds of ingredients, both raw and cooked, and there are many drinks and wine.

The spatial spar was opened by Dao Ran, and Lan Chengyu picked a steak and a few fruits.

"You're very good at choosing, this is the top Kuroge Wagyu steak I ordered, and my grilling skills are really good. Dao Ran smiled.

Dao Ran began to grill chicken and steak on the fire, and it was a real pleasure to see his skillful movements and sprinkling spices.

"Tomorrow you start your special training, you have a good rest tonight, the next month you have to complete the training task is not easy. Dao Ran said as he roasted something.

"Special training!" Lan Chengyu repeated.

"Yes, it's mainly for your physical training and breathing exercises to condense your true qi. Dao Ran said.

"Mentor, my breathing exercises and physical training are on the right track now, and according to the arrangement of the jade plate, I can complete the selection task before the selection date arrives. Lan Chengyu said with some puzzlement.

"Yes, it is very easy for you to complete the task according to the arrangement of the jade plate. But the purpose of this training is not only to make you pass the selection, but also to participate in this year's Cultivator Competition. Dao Ran handed the steak to Lan Chengyu.

Lan Chengyu took the steak, and a special aroma of roasting with fat and spices made people unconsciously secrete rich saliva under their tongues. First swallowed a mouthful of saliva, Lan Chengyu took a bite of it, it was really delicious and juicy, and it was medium-cooked and moderately burnt.

"Is there a martial arts competition after the selection?" Lan Chengyu asked.

"Of course, a group of cultivators are selected every ten years, and there is a martial arts competition every ten years, and when the time comes, the major and small sects in the fairy realms will come to participate and select disciples. Moreover, the top ten rewards can make the recipient's future cultivation several times faster than others. Dao Ran explained.

"Can I bow down to your door then?" asked Lan Chengyu.

"No, if you can behave well, someone will come and take you as a disciple, if not, then ...... Dao Ran paused for a while and said, "Then you can only do a casual cultivation, and I don't want to accept disciples for the time being." ”

What is the identity of this mentor, Lan Chengyu avoided answering several inquiries from him, especially the mysterious person in his mouth.

Sure enough, the road to cultivation was full of competition, and for the sake of cultivation resources and cultivation prospects, he was now preparing for his first martial arts competition!