At the pavilion, everyone watched Yang Chen go away, their eyes full of reluctance. Situ Mingyang grabbed Yang Ao's hand and said worriedly: "Husband, can Chen'er really take care of himself? He has never lived alone outside!"

"Don't worry, madam. This is a necessary journey for everyone to grow up. Didn't we all go through this back then? Besides, with Zhu Lao by his side, nothing will happen to him."

"Yes, sister-in-law, don't worry. With that old man with you, it's okay." Ye Changkong interrupted. Despite this, Situ Mingyang's eyes were still full of worry. Perhaps this is what is called a mother's worry when her son is thousands of miles away.

"Xiao Ao, now that Chen'er's affairs are dealt with, we can also implement the plan wholeheartedly." Nie Yang said.

"Yes, it's urgent. We don't have much time. It's time to start the plan," Yang Ao sighed...

During the rapid space shuttle, Zhu Lao used his mysterious power to set up a barrier around Yang Chen to prevent Yang Chen from being hurt by the power generated by the rapid speed.

"When can we come back, Grandpa Zhu?" Yang Chen looked up and asked.

Zhu Lao replied without reply: "Wait until your experience results reach my standard."

"I will definitely work hard to practice and strive to come back as soon as possible," Yang Chen said firmly.

"You are wrong. It's not hard work, but desperately." Zhu Lao corrected.

Hearing this, Yang Chen always felt a bad premonition. Forget it, I will know when the time comes. It's useless to think about it now. Yang Chen secretly thought.

After the space shuttled rapidly for about six hours, Yang Chen finally landed on the ground.

"Follow me, we need to go into the city to rest for a night today. Your experience will officially start tomorrow. Cherish this last time." The old man walked forward.

Yang Chen hurriedly trotted after him. After walking for a while, a bustling city came into view. It was covered by a huge magic array, emitting thousands of golden lights. The majestic city walls gave people a spiritual shock.

Zhu Lao saw Yang Chen's surprise, and regardless of whether Yang Chen listened or not, he explained: "This city is called Yantie City. Most of the people in the city are disciples of aristocratic families or sects who go out to train. Of course, there are also some adventurers and casual cultivators."

"Because this place is located on the edge of the monster territory, it is inevitable to be invaded by monsters, so it is covered by magic arrays all year round to protect the safety of people in the city." As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the city gate.

"One hundred top-grade spirit stones per person," said the guard.

Zhu Lao casually threw two spirit crystals to the guard and took Yang Chen into the city gate. "Do you need spirit stones to enter the city?" Yang Chen asked.

"This city defense formation consumes a lot of spirit stones every day. It is difficult to support it by just one person or one sect. Therefore, it is set that everyone who enters the city must pay 100 top-grade spirit stones before entering the city," Zhu Lao answered every question, but there was no facial expression. He always looked serious, which made Yang Chen very stressed.

When they arrived in the city, there were restaurants, inns, auction houses, teahouses, etc. The city was bustling with people.

Yang Chen followed Zhu Lao and stopped at the door of an inn: "We will rest in this inn tonight and set off tomorrow morning." He took Yang Chen into the inn. "Prepare a room," Zhu Lao called to the waiter next to him.

"Okay, please follow me." The waiter came up with a smile and led the two to the room: "This is the room for all the adults. If you need anything, just tell me. I'll take my leave." He said and slowly retreated.

The room was full of spiritual energy, even as strong as the Smoky Cloud Valley where spiritual veins intersect. "This is a spiritual gathering array. It can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth together, which is conducive to cultivation." Zhu Lao explained like a good teacher.

After a while, spiritual food was served. After eating, Yang Chen went to bed early at Zhu Lao's request. Zhu Lao did not need to eat, and he meditated in the room for a night.

The next morning, Yang Chen got up early and had breakfast, then followed Zhu Lao out of the city and came to a forest about hundreds of miles away from Yantie City.

When he came to the forest, Yang Chen actually felt a little scared in his heart. The forest was really too big. According to Zhu Lao, this forest was called the Blood Haze Forest. The entire forest was millions of kilometers in radius. The forest was basically full of towering ancient trees that were tens of meters or hundreds of meters high. The forest was gray and the huge branches and leaves blocked all the sunlight. Only occasionally could a trace of light be seen through the branches and leaves.

These are nothing. What scares Yang Chen the most is the deafening roars of all kinds of wolves, tigers and leopards in the forest. All kinds of monsters can be seen everywhere. Those monsters with bloody red and green colors stare at Yang Chen closely from a distance, which makes Yang Chen feel scared.

Yang Chen is sure that if Zhu Lao is not beside him, those monsters will rush over like a flood and tear him into pieces. Yang Chen moves closer to Zhu Lao.

"Are you scared? This is just the edge of the Blood Haze Forest. From today on, this is your training place. You have to live here alone for a year. I will come to find you after a year. If you die, you can't blame anyone. If you survive by chance, I will arrange your future training." Zhu Lao looked at Yang Chen seriously and said.

"You don't care about me?" Yang Chen's scalp tingled as he looked at those monsters drooling in the distance.

"Who cares about you? Everyone has to walk their own path. No one can protect you for a lifetime. You don't even have this awareness. What's the point of practicing? The path of practicing is to fight against the sky and fate. It has always been bloody. You don't even have this preparation. What's the point of becoming stronger?" Zhu Lao said sternly.

"If you are afraid. It's not too late now. I will send you back now," Zhu Lao's eyes were full of disappointment.

Yang Chen blushed at his words, "I want to stay. I can survive without relying on you." Yang Chen looked at Zhu Lao's determination. He was right. Everyone has to walk their own path. Others can't always protect themselves, just like last time. If I was strong enough, Xiao Yi wouldn't have been so seriously injured.

"Zhu Lao's expression eased a little, and said: "Since you are ready, now turn in everything in your space ring except the necessary Xuanji Xuanbing and clothes!"

"Do you have to turn in food too? "Yang Chen said.

"Hmm"...

Yang Chen was dumbfounded.

"Where's the pill?"

"Hand it over."

"What if I get hurt? I'll die here if there's no pill in this place." Yang Chen said.

"If you're in a desperate situation and have nothing on you, what should you do? You can only rely on yourself. You don't know the survival rules of this world at all. The strong survive and the weak are eliminated. I really regret bringing you here. If it weren't for your daddy's face, I wouldn't even bother to look at someone like you," said Old Zhu angrily.

Looking at Old Zhu's ferocious look, Yang Chen felt a little guilty: "Then hand it over, so he handed it over honestly.

After Yang Chen handed in all his things, Old Zhu still took his space ring and checked it. He returned it to Yang Chen after confirming that Yang Chen didn't hide anything.

"Now let me tell you about the survival rules here. You must remember my words carefully. Otherwise, you may not survive for a year or even a day."

Yang Chen pricked up his ears. This was a matter of life and death. Yang Chen dared not be careless.

"Remember, the most dangerous thing here is not these monsters, but people. There is no trust and affection here. No one can be trusted, because they will kill you when you are unprepared, and then take away the valuable things on you. You should not have extra emotions, let alone meddle in other people's business. All you have to do is think about how to survive here."

"Is it so cruel?" Compared with those green eyes in the distance, Yang Chen still felt that the latter was a little more terrifying after listening to what Zhu Lao said.

"I have finished talking. It is up to you to do it," he wished good luck, and then turned into a mysterious light and flew into the sky.

"This... leaving now?" Yang Chen wanted to cry.

Without Zhu Lao's deterrence, the monsters around him began to slowly approach Yang Chen.

"A good man never suffers a loss in front of him. Run away," Yang Chen moved his footsteps as fast as the wind, shuttling through the forest. The monsters behind him were chasing him closely, but Yang Chen's body movement was too fast. Seeing that they could not catch up, the monsters stopped chasing him.

Yang Chen ran all the way, and when he felt that there were no monsters chasing him, he stopped under a tree and lay down, panting heavily: "I am so tired, thanks to this Swift Wind Step, otherwise I would be miserable."

Before Yang Chen came out to train, Yang Ao gave this body movement to Yang Chen and asked him to practice it. "It seems that my father has wanted me to come out to train for a long time, so he asked me to learn this Swift Wind Step," Yang Chen was full of emotion.

Roar... Roar.....

Just when Yang Chen thought he was safe, a loud roar came from the bushes behind him, and Yang Chen was so scared that he quickly pulled away more than ten meters away and was on guard.

Suddenly!

A tiger-like monster with a red body and two fangs at the corners of its mouth jumped out from the bushes. Its eyes were red, and it stared at the prey in front of it.

The giant-toothed red-flame tiger, Yang Chen had seen this monster in a book called "Commentary on the Ten Thousand Beasts Sutra". This monster had a red body and two fangs at the corners of its mouth. It was afraid of the ability to spit fire and was extremely ferocious. This was a monster that had reached the middle stage of the Tongqiao realm. The lines on its forehead were obviously much darker than the color of the early stage.

Yang Chen was a little happy to see this. He finally met a lone monster. He could finally try out the results of more than a month of hard training. He released the war emperor's aura to wrap his whole body, and his speed suddenly increased. He waved his fist, which was not much bigger than a goose egg, and smashed it towards the giant-toothed red-flame tiger...