Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

A mystical immortal from the Ascension Pavilion appeared at the Golden Cauldron Tower and led Gao Yan to the Ascension Pavilion.

"Fellow Daoist Gao, we meet again!"

On a training ground, Gao Yan met Fu Tao again, accompanied by two other people: a middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing and a female Golden Immortal with black hair and black clothes!

Gao Yan subconsciously activated his Insight Eye and discovered that the middle-aged man was actually Shen Ye, one of the elders of the Floating Pagoda Hall, whose cultivation level had reached the fifth level of Taiyi Immortal.

As for that female Golden Immortal, her name is Chen Yuzhen, and her cultivation level is the fourth level of Golden Immortal!

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Fu!"

Gao Yan smiled at Fu Tao.

"Fellow Daoist Gao, your information has been reviewed, but there is one last hurdle: a test of your strength!" Fu Tao explained with a smile.

"Oh, how do we test it?" Gao Yan asked.

Fu Tao pointed at Chen Yuzhen and said, "This is Fellow Daoist Chen Yuzhen, also a fourth-level Golden Immortal like you. If you can defeat her, your promotion reward will double, and you can also freely choose where you serve. If you lose, you will have to obey the arrangements of the Floating Pagoda Palace!"

"Okay, I understand!"

Gao Yan nodded.

The next moment, Shen Ye waved his hand, and an array rose up on the empty training ground, along with an energy portal.

"Fellow Daoist Gao, we need to enter the formation to compete, since Golden Immortals have greater destructive power!"

Fu Tao pointed to the door and said.

Gao Yan had no objection to this and flashed into the formation, with Chen Yuzhen following closely behind!

The two sides stood several hundred meters apart.

Chen Yuzhen's gaze was completely calm. The next moment, she spoke: "Are you ready?"

"We can begin!"

Gao Yan nodded.

Chen Yuzhen stretched out her right hand, and a crimson spear appeared in her hand, which was transformed from a mid-grade immortal treasure.

"brush!"

A figure flashed by, and nine figures suddenly appeared around Gao Yan, attacking him simultaneously.

"brush!"

Gao Yan vanished from his spot, but at the same time, hundreds of bolts of lightning struck the area where he had just stood!

In an instant, the eight figures were blasted to pieces.

The last figure suddenly sprouted a set of black armor, withstood several lightning strikes, and then rushed out of the lightning zone!

But as she rushed out of that area, new lightning strikes occurred.

Meanwhile, Gao Yan was simultaneously casting the "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique" while using the Minor Teleportation Technique to constantly change his position, avoiding any direct contact with Chen Yuzhen.

For a moment, thunderous explosions echoed within the formation, and Chen Yuzhen could only dodge in a sorry state, unable to unleash her full strength.

Half an hour passed.

The armor on Chen Yuzhen's body, which had been struck multiple times, had become extremely dim. Her face showed frustration and helplessness, because she knew that if this continued, she would soon be defeated!

"Gao Yan, do you dare to fight me fair and square?"

"Fellow Daoist Chen is joking. Aren't we having a fair and square fight now?" Gao Yan replied with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuzhen really had no way to refute it.

After being struck by lightning twice more, she chose to give up.

Because her immortal armor was already on the verge of collapse, if she were to be struck by two more bolts of lightning, it would probably shatter completely.

"I'm sorry, Master, I've disappointed you!"

After stepping out of the formation, Chen Yuzhen looked at Shen Ye with a ashamed expression.

Indeed, she, like Fu Tao, is also one of Shen Ye's disciples.

"It's alright!"

Shen Ye waved his hand, not taking Chen Yuzhen's defeat to heart. Instead, he said to Gao Yan, who had just stepped out of the formation, "Gao Yan, your lightning manipulation technique is simply superb. Not bad, quite good!"

"You flatter me, sir!"

Gao Yan smiled modestly and said, "To be honest, I've been cultivating this 'Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique' with cultivation badges. Although I haven't reached the perfect level yet, I've reached the peak!"

Otherwise, Chen Yuzhen wouldn't have been forced into such a sorry state!

"I am Shen Ye, an elder of the Floating Pagoda Hall, with a cultivation level of the fifth level of Taiyi Immortal. Would you be willing to become my disciple?" Shen Ye looked at Gao Yan with a smile!

Upon hearing this, Gao Yan was slightly taken aback, not expecting Shen Ye to be so direct. He replied, "I'm sorry, Elder Shen, I have no intention of becoming an apprentice at the moment!"

Shen Ye was not surprised by Gao Yan's refusal. In fact, there was no competition in the registration of newly promoted Golden Immortals. The reason he made this arrangement was to keep Gao Yan in the Floating Pagoda Palace.

In his view, Gao Yan's cultivation level improved too quickly, and he was skilled in alchemy, so his combat strength should be his weakness.

Therefore, he recruited Chen Yuzhen, the most powerful Golden Immortal at the fourth level.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yan showed off his lightning strike technique, giving Chen Yuzhen no chance to perform at all.

"Don't rush to refuse!"

Shen Ye continued, "Although I am only an elder of the Floating Pagoda Hall, my elder brother is the hall master of the Floating Pagoda Hall. If you become my disciple, you can practically walk sideways in the Three Islands and Seven Domains. Secondly, I can also promise you that if you reach the ninth level of the Golden Immortal, I will ask my elder brother for a Seven-Turn Immortal Pill or a Sixth-Grade Breakthrough Pill for you, so that you can easily break through to the Taiyi Immortal."

Upon hearing this, Fu Tao and Chen Yuzhen both showed envy on their faces, especially Chen Yuzhen, who felt a little envious. Her master was being too good to Gao Yan.

At the same time, he secretly blamed himself for being useless. If he had defeated Gao Yan, his master wouldn't have needed to give him so many benefits!

Gao Yan sensed Shen Ye's sincerity from the conditions he proposed for accepting disciples.

However, he really didn't want to become an apprentice!

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