The registered disciples of the Fire Academy, except for the new disciples, were all old men who had been with Zhang Wei at the beginning, and they had bullied Chen Mengsheng at that time. However, now, they admire Chen Mengsheng so much.

Not long after he first came, he was mixed with Zhang Wei, and finally replaced Zhang Wei's position, and now he is mixed with the fat steward, will he replace the position of the fat steward in the future?

They really admired Chen Mengsheng, not to mention anything else, at least everyone's pockets were bulging, all of this was brought to them by the people they hated at the beginning, but now they are following Chen Mengsheng with all their hearts.

Chen Mengsheng sometimes sighed, it was really impossible to predict the next step, those disciples who had contradictions with him at the beginning, now follow him all day long and shout five and six, this life is really a drama. He also sometimes wondered if he had shown his cultivation early and became a full-fledged disciple, then what would be the situation?

No one knew that he had reached the third layer of enlightenment, or even unknowingly reached the fourth layer of enlightenment.

After reaching the fourth layer of enlightenment, he rarely led other registered disciples to the mountains and forests to look for elixirs, and devoted himself to cultivation. Without the promotion of a formal disciple, there would be no additional spirit stone cultivation, and his progress slowed down. Fortunately, there is green liquor, more and more green liquor has been collected in recent years, most of which has been used by him for cultivation, and a small part has been saved by him, nearly full of a porcelain bottle, he found a place to bury the porcelain bottle, and it has been prepared for emergencies.

A mouthful of white mist came out of his mouth, and Chen Mengsheng ended this cultivation. He pondered for a moment, a decisive look in his eyes, and got up and went to the fat steward.

"Senior brother, thanks to your care in the past two years, I have the cultivation I have now. ”

"Senior Brother Chen, where is this, without you, my life would not be so nourishing. ”

"Senior brother, I have one thing to ask for. ”

"Say, I'll help you within my purview. ”

"I decided to retreat for a while. ”

"Huh?"

"Now that I have been in the Huoliu Sect for nine years, I have cultivated to the second level of enlightenment, and next year will be the tenth year, which happens to be the sect's once-in-a-decade sect competition, and I heard that at this time, the registered disciples also have the opportunity to be promoted to official disciples. ”

"It's been nine years, time is really fast, I remember when you first came and slept all day, and I beat you hard, do you still hate me?".

"Senior brother, thanks to your beating, I can wake up and cultivate diligently, otherwise with my qualifications, I don't know that I can open my soul in the Year of the Monkey. ”

"Senior Brother Chen, I really didn't expect you to think like this, God rewards hard work, and you must work hard to cultivate in the future. ”

Chen Mengsheng nodded.

"Senior Brother Chen, you can pay attention to the sect's once-in-a-decade big competition, and you also want to become a formal disciple, it seems that Senior Brother is a person with dreams. Recently, I also feel that the bottleneck that has not moved for many years has been loosened, and it seems that there is also hope for promotion to the third layer of enlightenment. ”

"Congratulations, senior brother. ”

"Well, don't congratulate me. Senior Brother Chen, you are still young, and you still have the hope of cultivating, but I am so old, and besides, I am used to this position, and I can't bear it if I am asked to be a formal disciple and live a hard cultivation career. Being able to reach the third layer of enlightenment, I think it is already the greatest creation in my life. ”

"Cultivating immortals not only depends on talent, but also depends on resources and luck, all kinds of differences. It took you nine years to cultivate from an ordinary person to the second level of enlightenment, which is very slow compared to those talented disciples, but some disciples who have not been able to enlighten for more than ten years are also very envious of you. Senior Brother Chen, now that you have this idea, Senior Brother is very supportive. But keep in mind that this path is far from being as beautiful as in the eyes of mortals, and the slightest carelessness will end up in death, so you must be prepared. ”

Chen Mengsheng was silent, in nine years, he had grown from a fat boy to a young man, and he had also seen the cruelty of cultivating immortals. Sometimes, he felt that monks were not as nourishing as ordinary people. But he has already embarked on this road, which is a point of no return.

Coming out of the fat middle-aged man, Chen Mengsheng carried more than a dozen spirit stones in his arms and a set of flags.

He exchanged all the spirit runes in his hand with spirit stones, a total of eight, the fat middle-aged man was very generous this time, and gave Chen Mengsheng five more spirit stones for him to retreat and rush to the realm. This made Chen Mengsheng very moved, and insisted on not to, the fat middle-aged man only said that he would let him cultivate with peace of mind, and return these spirit stones after becoming an official disciple, and he accepted them gratefully.

That set of flags was also an extra gift from the fat middle-aged, and he told Chen Mengsheng that that set of flags was a set of magic circles, and after the formation was formed, an enchantment could be generated to block people or spirit beasts from the outside world from entering, but it was also limited to monks below the fourth level of the spirit or first-order pre-spirit beasts. Chen Mengsheng is going into retreat, and this set of flags can keep him safe from the outside world. This made him even more moved, and he thought that he would definitely repay the fat middle-aged man in the future.

Everything was ready, Chen Mengsheng took the spirit stone and took the flag and plunged into the mountains and forests around the Huoliu Sect.

He carefully went into the deep mountains, found a place with relatively strong aura, and with his fingers and knives, he simply repaired a cave into a cave. In front of the cave, he set up the flag according to the formula of the set of flags, and poured the aura into the middle of the formation formed by the flag, and with the infusion of the aura, a bright light slowly rose from the formation and surrounded the cave. Then the light dissipated, and nothing changed in the surroundings.

Curious, he took two steps outside, and Duang was knocked back, as if an invisible wall was blocking him. He was overjoyed that the formation had worked, so that he could retreat with peace of mind.

He entered the cave, a big stone blocked the entrance of the cave, and his divine consciousness radiated from the inside and outside the cave, and it was difficult to see that this was a cave from the outside, and he retracted his divine consciousness with confidence.

The whole cave was darkened, and his eyes were bright in the dark. Sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, he began to cultivate.

Ever since Chen Mengsheng came out of the fat middle-aged place, the disciples of the Fire Academy had never seen him again. In the end, they learned from the fat steward that Chen Mengsheng had gone into retreat and was going to impact the realm of the third layer of enlightenment. The disciples of the Fire Courtyard are not surprised, the once every ten years disciple competition is coming, and the entire Fire Flow Sect, whether it is a registered disciple or a formal disciple, is full of efforts to cultivate.

The registered disciples expect to jump the dragon gate on the big competition and become official disciples. Formal disciples hope to perform well and be rewarded by the sect. In the big competition once every ten years, the rewards of the sect are very rich, not only the spirit stone rewards, but also all kinds of pills and magic weapons, of course, you have to work hard to get it.

And if there is a registered disciple who is promoted through Dabi, he will also get an additional reward, after all, the registered disciple is known to be difficult to cultivate, and being able to become a formal disciple in this situation not only shows that the disciple's combat power is extremely strong, but also shows that he is a person with an extremely strong mind, and this kind of mind is sometimes more important than talent.

It was from Zhang Wei's mouth that Chen Mengsheng heard this and decided to retreat. Although he showed his cultivation and would immediately become an official disciple, he still chose to wait another year, also for those additional rewards. And he is very cautious, he would rather cultivate extremely slowly in the eyes of others than let people notice him, he has a stone on his body, and he must be extremely careful. That's why he asked for retreat, and when he showed the cultivation of the third level of enlightenment a year later, no one would notice him.

He had many spirit stones on his body, and he had the confidence to cultivate to the fifth level of enlightenment. But this year, he didn't decide to continue cultivating aura, and now that he has reached the fourth layer of enlightenment, he can hide into the realm of the third layer, which is enough. If he cultivated to the fifth level of enlightenment, if there was a mistake in the hidden cultivation technique, let the foundation building elder of the sect see it, and he would be finished.

This year, he decided to consolidate what he had learned, and cultivate those spells and divine senses again, so that when the disciples were bigger, he would have a greater chance of fighting against other named disciples.

With a plan, he began a year-long retreat.

In the cave where Chen Mengsheng was, one spirit beast after another walked around, but he didn't find any clues. A few spirit beasts accidentally touched the formation enchantment and were bounced back. Some of them don't believe in evil, they bounce back many times, they stare at the place where there is nothing, and finally walk away in confusion.

After the formation is opened, it can operate autonomously, absorb the aura of heaven and earth all the time, and maintain the operation of the formation, which is also the uniqueness of the formation.

The snow was falling, and the white snow covered the barrier of the formation, looking like a big snowball. The snow became heavier and heavier, accumulating a thick layer, and finally the ball was gone, and a snow mound merged with the surroundings, and no one knew that Chen Mengsheng was in retreat below.

The temperature gradually rose, the snow in the snow hills slowly melted, and when the grass grew and the warbler flew, only to hear a bang, a boulder flew into the sky.

With a long roar, Chen Mengsheng appeared outside the cave. After a year, Chen Mengsheng finally ended his retreat. His eyes shone brightly, and the whole person seemed to have an ethereal spirit, if there was a mortal here, he would definitely be regarded as a real immortal.

With that long roar, his eyes returned to normal, and the momentum on his whole body also converged. He stepped forward, a hand reaching forward.

A ripple like a ripple of water lit up, and an enchantment appeared, and his entire handprint was put on, and the light slowly dissipated. He picked up the flag from the ground, put it in his arms, and left the place.

Back in the Huoliu Sect, Chen Mengsheng found the fat steward and gratefully returned the set of flags.

The fat steward looked at Chen Mengsheng in surprise, "Senior Brother Chen, you have really cultivated to the third level of enlightenment!"

"Thanks to Senior Brother, if Senior Brother hadn't given me a few more spirit stones, I wouldn't have reached this realm. ”

"Hehe, then I'll congratulate Senior Brother Chen here, and after you become an official disciple, you must not forget Senior Brother. ”

"Where, but senior brother, that disciple Dabi?"

Chen Mengsheng clearly felt the cultivation of the fat middle-aged and the realm of the three layers of enlightenment.

"Well, I'm not participating, I'm fine here. ”

Chen Mengsheng didn't want to say anything, he thanked him again and left, he still had a lot of things to prepare, and the once-in-a-decade sect competition was about to begin.