The Age of Immortal Cultivation: I Have Mountains and Seas to Accompany Me

Chapter 87 Trial
The sunlight shines through the dense jungle, casting mottled shadows on the ground.

This place has been uninhabited for thousands of years and still retains its original appearance. The jungle is filled with moss mixed with the smell of rotten wood, and the ground is covered with layers of fallen leaves and tangled tree roots.

In the forest, four people in camouflage uniforms were struggling to move forward. They would sink into the thick rotten leaves at every step, and they had to be careful of the tree roots that were like tripwires. The most frightening thing was the flying objects that would occasionally pass by their feet... or beside their feet.

The four people were relatively young, about seventeen or eighteen years old, two men and two women. If it weren't for the fact that their camouflage uniforms were torn in many places and their nervous expressions, they would have looked like a group out for a picnic.

The boy walking in front held a machete in his hand, hacking a path through the vines and bushes, while the boy at the end held a stick slightly taller than him, looking vigilantly to both sides and checking his body from time to time. The two girls walking in the middle were relatively relaxed, each holding a machete in their hands.

"It seems that it will be difficult to find a new camping site before the sun sets."

Yu Bin, who was walking in front, stopped and said, "Hu Mei, you stay where you are and keep watch. I'm going to go to the hill over there to see if it's suitable for camping."

Yu Bin is the oldest among the four, so he naturally takes on the responsibility of the big brother.

"It's getting dark. We don't know how long it will take to go there and back. Let's go together." Hu Mei looked at the sky.

It took the four of them more than two hours to reach the hill... Although this road was safer than the first time they entered the prehistoric secret realm, it was still a difficult road for them, full of dangers and setbacks.

When they arrived at the hill, it was already dark. Hu Mei and the others had injuries on their arms, faces, and necks... They were injured by a kind of sawtooth vine in the jungle. This sawtooth vine has a particularly strong climbing ability, and its thorns are particularly sharp and slightly poisonous, so that their wounds are very painful... Yes, this slight poison will cause the pain to increase.

With the experience from the last adventure, they divided the work very well this time. The two men set up the tent and the two girls lit the bonfire, and they finished the task quickly.

"I'm so tired. I feel like my legs don't belong to me anymore." Hu Mei rubbed her legs.

"You're fine. You have fewer wounds on your face. My face is almost scratched and it hurts so much that it feels like I'm disfigured. I don't know if I will be able to get scars in the future." Huo Hongxia frowned and took out a small mirror to look at herself.

"What's the big deal about leaving some scars? As long as I can successfully become the master's disciple, no matter how hard or difficult it is, it doesn't matter!" Shao Jie looked fearless.

"You're the only one who looks like a warrior!"

Huo Hongxia glared at him: "It is a girl's nature to love beauty, do you understand?"

"Huo Hongxia, can you please behave like a lady?" Shao Jie didn't dare to provoke her and hid behind Yu Bin.

"Humph! Ladies are different for different people!"

"..."

"These two guys still have the strength to quarrel, and it seems that they are not tired enough." Hu Mei said to Bin quietly.

The latter nodded in agreement.

At night, we built a bonfire in front of the tent, and the firewood was the fallen dead branches on the ground around us... In this primeval forest, there are plenty of materials for starting a fire, so there is no need to worry!

Looking at the blazing flames, Hu Mei's thoughts flew back to the capital.

Children of their age are the so-called "second generation of military personnel". They are all very proud because this "kingdom" was built by their fathers. They refuse to be "second generation" and believe that the miracles of their fathers can be replicated in their hands!

The fact is, they are not the eldest daughters or sons who are the focus of family training. For a long time, they were as confused as their peers outside and just as eager for an opportunity to prove themselves.

The emergence of the prehistoric secret realm inspired Hu Mei and her childhood friends, who got along well with each other, to come up with a plan. They wanted to prove that they were not "second generation" through this expedition. However, the facts hit them mercilessly. Qiu Jianguo and Shi Yuanchao paid the price with their lives. In the midst of their crisis, a mysterious man suddenly descended from the sky and saved them from the water and fire.

After returning to Beijing, they found their savior and wanted to become her apprentice. The only condition the savior proposed was that they could walk to the island in the middle of the lake by themselves, and she also planned a new route for them. That's why they appeared in this primeval forest.

Although this road is easier to walk on than the last time, there are still many wolves, insects, tigers and leopards. In particular, the road is difficult to walk on, and everyone is covered in scars after walking along the way.

"Xiaomei."

Huo Hongxia came out of the tent and sat next to Hu Mei. "What are you thinking about?"

"Why are you running out instead of going to sleep?" Hu Mei answered the question irrelevantly.

"Can't sleep."

Huo Hongxia stared at the campfire with a dull look. "The closer we get to the end point on the map, the more I miss Jianguo and Yuanchao. If they were alive, would they be from the same sect as us?"

Hu Mei didn't say anything. She knew that Huo Hongxia didn't want to get any answers from her. She just missed her two friends and wanted to find someone to talk to.

"I heard that thing is called a snake, and the allusion to innuendo comes from this poisonous insect."

Huo Hongxia gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "When I have mastered my skills, I will definitely avenge Jianguo and Yuan Chao!"

In this way, Huo Hongxia kept chattering in her ear about their childhood... and she fell asleep at some point.

At midnight, Yu Bin came out to take over the shift. Seeing Huo Hongxia sleeping with her head against Hu Mei, he was speechless: "She won't catch a cold if she sleeps like this. Hu Mei, help her into the tent to sleep."

"Okay, Brother Bin, thank you for your hard work."

Hu Mei helped Huo Hongxia into the tent. This guy was still mumbling in his sleep...

Yu Bin watched the two girls enter the tent and sighed in his heart.

This was their trial journey. According to the requirements, they were not allowed to bring anything except cold weapons, maps, a jade talisman, and camping equipment. They had to rely on these things to get through the journey. Even the rations and drinking water were only enough for three days. If they encountered difficulties, they had to solve them with the cold weapons in their hands. If they encountered life-threatening dangers, they would crush the jade talisman... Of course, they would lose the qualification to become apprentices.

The first three days of the journey were not difficult. The desert had been cleared and there was no trouble. They were familiar with the road. There were a lot of people coming in and out of the Stone Forest stronghold, and they had already paved the way for them. Along the way, they could also meet the team patrolling the desert.

They had hunted wild game during their last operation in the desert. Although they did not bring guns this time, they had undergone three months of training. In addition to using knives and arrows, they were also taught how to hunt and set traps. The training proved to be effective. In the first few days, they became addicted to eating wild picnics. The method of finding water learned in the training also enabled them to safely walk out of the desert and successfully find water.

They were walking on a different route. Although they did not encounter those prehistoric beasts on this route, they did encounter some wild beasts and even magical beasts from time to time. So in the rest of the journey, they were acting out the script of a victorious escape almost every day.

Although the journey was full of thrills and dangers, these children were quite smart. During the journey, they combined and applied the training they had received in the past three months. It was not in vain... Well, by the way, it was Tong Zhenghong who trained them. However, a new problem soon emerged. The trees in the jungle became more and more dense, and the ground became more and more uneven, so it became increasingly difficult to find an ideal camping site. Fortunately, they cooperated with each other and overcame the difficulties together. It did not delay the journey, but everyone was injured, especially Yu Bin. Once he encountered a golden leopard that attacked and bit off a piece of meat on his upper arm. In order to save him, Huo Hongxia bravely pounced on the golden leopard. Although she was injured in the lower abdomen, she still fought and killed the leopard. Hu Mei and Shao Jie were less injured, but even in this situation, they still did not use the jade talisman.

"Sister, it's enough. They performed well. The beasts along the way are getting more and more ferocious. The beasts behind are probably far beyond their strength..." The beautiful girl couldn't bear it anymore.

"Then you will be responsible for clearing them along the way." Ye Muxue had been thinking about a group of gazelles these days, and was about to leave after giving the order.

"What should we do with their injuries?" the beautiful girl asked quickly.

"Once we reach Lake Heart Mountain, you will be responsible for the healing." When Ye Muxue finished this sentence, she had already disappeared without a trace.

The beautiful girl's cleaning is actually an expulsion. In the prehistoric secret realm, no matter whether it is a strange beast or a demon beast, its strength is very low, because this is the trial place prepared by Tianlong Temple for disciples, and it is also the place for cultivating spiritual medicines and spiritual minerals, but it was misappropriated by Bashiba.

In the next few days, although the road was still difficult to travel and it was even more difficult for the wounded to walk, there were no attacks from wild beasts until they reached the lake.

"Finally we're here!"

Hu Mei, Huo Hongxia and Shao Jie all cheered. Yu Bin was also happy, but soon a look of worry appeared on his face.

"What's wrong, Brother Bin? Are you still unhappy now that you're here?" Shao Jie asked in surprise when he saw the expression on Yu Bin's face.

"Look at this lake. It's at least dozens of miles to reach the mountain in the center of the lake." Yu Bin said, pointing at the mountain in the center of the lake.

"us……"

Shao Jie glanced at Hu Mei and Huo Hongxia who were still excited and said, "Can we make a raft?"

"What's the point of making a raft?"

Huo Hongxia asked casually, but she immediately realized that she had asked a stupid question: "It's not easy to make a raft to the center of the lake, right?"

Hu Mei also returned to normal at this time, frowning and said: "Let's look on the shore first to see if there is any tool to cross the river..."

Boom~
Before she finished her words, there was a sudden rumbling sound in the lake. They looked quickly and saw that the lake water was turbulent and a huge whirlpool had appeared, with the shadow of a giant beast faintly visible inside.

"What kind of monster is that?" Hu Mei was a little nervous, and several people subconsciously clenched their weapons.

"roar~"

With a roar, a "monster" rushed out of the whirlpool, and a stream of water spurted out of its mouth, soaking the four people like drowned rats.

"dragon!"

"No, it's a dragon!"

Hu Mei recognized it: "Stay away from the shore, I don't know if it will come ashore."

After Ye Muxue included this lake in his sphere of influence, this dragon automatically became the guardian 'spiritual beast' of the mountain in the center of the lake.

Without being modest, Ye Muxue saved its life. Otherwise, even if Gan An didn't catch it for research, future cultivators would not have let it go... Of course, Ye Muxue hadn't exposed it at this time, and only showed it in front of these future disciples.

This dragon was very psychic and was willing to be the outer guard of the mountain in the center of the lake. However, it was a little naughty and gave Hu Mei and the others a bath first. However, it could not speak, so after roaring twice briefly at the four people, it came to the shore and lowered its head and neck without moving.

"Are you going to take us up the mountain?" Hu Mei asked suddenly with an idea.

The huge dragon head nodded three times in a row.

Hu Mei looked back at her companions and finally gritted her teeth: "I'll go up and take a look first!"

"I'll go if anyone wants to go!"

Yu Bin was about to step forward, but was a step too late. Hu Mei had already climbed up by the horn... Although it was a bit slippery underfoot, the dragon's back was broad and relatively stable, and it showed no signs of being angry.

"Come up!" Hu Mei shouted from above.

Yu Bin and the other two looked at each other and stepped forward resolutely… The huge body slowly turned its head and then swam straight towards the mountain in the center of the lake. Hu Mei and the other three were terrified at first, as they were afraid that the dragon would go wild halfway through the journey and they were also worried about slipping off the dragon. However, the journey was unusually smooth and they soon covered the hundred-mile journey by water. When the four people stepped onto the mountain in the center of the lake, the spirit dragon nodded to them and its huge body slowly sank into the water.

"Let's go up."

Yu Bin glanced at the three people and walked up first, followed by the other three... They themselves did not realize that their seriously injured bodies had inexplicably improved.

After the four people climbed up the jade stairs, a beautiful girl revealed her figure at the place where they had just stopped, and immediately used light escape to shoot towards the top of the mountain... She had just come back with the four people and treated their injuries by the way, but Ye Muxue did not let her reveal her figure to keep it mysterious.

Although this jade staircase had lost its two major laws, its length and height were still there. When the four people climbed to the middle section, they finally found that their injuries seemed to have healed.

"Did you notice it?"

Hu Mei touched her injured part in amazement: "My injuries are all healed, otherwise I wouldn't be able to climb this flight of stairs!"

Not only her, the other three also found that their injuries were inexplicably healed. When Yu Bin discovered that a piece of flesh was missing from his arm, he thought the serious injury just now was an illusion.

"Let's push forward again, victory is just around the corner!"

Yu Bin said this and took the lead in climbing up, and the other three also shouted slogans and rushed up.

"Sister, why are these people acting like idiots? Are you sure you want to accept them as your apprentices?"

The beautiful girl who went up the mountain first looked at Ye Muxue in confusion.