Immortality and cultivation begin at age forty, starting with Foundation Establishment.

For experienced demon hunters, the life of a demon hunter is not too dangerous.

Veteran demon hunters who have been hunting demons for years have their own survival experience. As long as they don't insist on obtaining higher-level materials, they won't encounter too much danger.

With five Foundation Establishment cultivators in the team, it was already a top-tier demon-hunting team configuration in Qingyang Market. Very few demon-hunting teams had more than five Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After Wang Qian arrived at the Monster Mountain Range, she had access to the freshest monster blood to refine.

With Chen An by her side, she felt at ease.

It also allows for more focused practice of the Blood Refining Scripture.

Deputy Captain Yan Gang reported to Chen An about Yu Peiyao's situation.

During the month Chen An was away, Yu Peiyao ventured deep into the Monster Mountain Range multiple times, risking injury along the way, but her combat experience steadily improved.

Yu Lanhua was aware of Yu Peiyao's situation, and the fact that she did not stop her meant that she intended to give her a trial.

Chen An could understand Yu Peiyao's eagerness to become stronger in order to prepare for future wars.

In fact, facing wild beasts may be the safest thing to do; the real danger is facing cultivators on the battlefield.

People are complex, and no one knows what kind of trump card a Qi Refining disciple will unleash when pushed to the brink.

The world of cultivation is never short of opportunities.

In a real battle, even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator kills a Qi Refining cultivator, it must be taken seriously.

In the cultivation world, there are many examples of high-level cultivators being injured or killed in battles against low-level cultivators due to carelessness.

Poison, talismans, Gu worms, magical treasures—you never know if your seemingly weak enemy will pull out something far beyond their current level the next moment.

Yu Peiyao's willingness to take risks is a way of training herself to prepare for unforeseen events in the future.

If you're fully equipped, and even monsters dare not kill you or confront you directly, then you truly deserve to die in the future.

This indirectly suggests that the future war will be very dangerous.

Even a smart person like Yu Peiyao had to stop cultivating and earning resources to train her combat skills with her life.

After Chen An returned.

Ye Hongyi always deliberately avoided Chen An.

It was only after asking the deputy captain, Zhu Zizai, that they learned that Ye Hongyi had publicly declared herself to be Chen An's concubine.

It seems to be Yu Lanhua who once asked Ye Hongyi if she had a Daoist partner she admired.

Under pressure, Ye Hongyi uttered the words of a concubine.

Back in the market of the Heavenly Demon Sect, it was rumored that her Daoist partner was a Golden Core demon who had once wielded the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and slaughtered tens of thousands of people in a city.

It's no wonder Yu Lanhua was so talkative. There are very few women in the cultivation world. Most of them are stuck at the Qi Refining stage. Those who can reach the Foundation Establishment stage are either family members or sect cultivators with good talent.

Or perhaps, they are women similar to the Hehuan Sect, who practice dual cultivation.

In the cultivation world, women are inherently disadvantaged. They are mostly not good at killing, are emotionally rich, easily deceived, and easily led to extremes.

Yu Lanhua's inquiry about Ye Hongyi's Daoist partner was probably just for Ye Hongyi's own good, to find her a place to settle down and make a living. After all, that's how it is in the cultivation world. It's just an inquiry; it doesn't matter if she doesn't agree. It's just that in terms of resources, she certainly won't receive as much as if she had agreed.

The family's resources will not be given to an outsider unless someone like Chen An has certain connections and abilities, in which case he will be valued and promoted.

As a rogue cultivator, Ye Hongyi had experienced being hunted down ten years ago and then being deceived by the Heavenly Demon Sect, making it difficult for her to trust anyone.

Chen An is one of the few exceptions, because Chen An really doesn't want anything from her.

After understanding the situation, Chen An ignored Ye Hongyi.

If you want more cultivation resources, the only way besides risking your life is to rely on this path.

As a man, Chen An is dependent on the Yu family. At most, he can find a woman from the Yu family, which is not a loss for him.

As a woman, if Ye Hongyi wanted to rely on the Yu family, she couldn't escape the matters between men and women; it would be the same no matter which power she joined.

Ye Hongyi's choice was to fight to the death.

The story of blood staining the Lonely River wasn't entirely fabricated. It didn't happen during her Qi Refining stage, but during her Foundation Establishment stage. On that day, she killed over three hundred Qi Refining disciples, and her clothes were soaked in blood.

"Blood-Clad Demon" is how the surviving Qi Refining disciples described Ye Hongyi.

Ye Hongyi felt that she was born with a heavenly spiritual root, so why should others make choices for her? She didn't want to be defined by others, nor did she want to be anyone's appendage. She just wanted to be herself.

Even if she finds a mortal as her Daoist partner in the future, it will be her own choice, not a decision forced upon her by the prevailing trend.

After joining the demon-hunting team, she was the most diligent among all the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

She is also the one who dares to challenge herself the most.

Her feat of single-handedly killing a second-tier demon beast in the early stages of Foundation Establishment made her a fearsome figure in the eyes of all the male and female disciples in the entire team.

The words "Blood-Clad Demon" once again spread through the ranks.

When facing Chen An, she could be the carefree cultivator she once was, but when facing others, her bone-chilling coldness made all the Qi Refining disciples afraid to look Ye Hongyi in the eye.

late at night.

Wang Qian said half-jokingly, "Senior Brother Chen, do you think that girl in red might actually like you?"

Chen An replied, "Whether she likes it or not is not important. It's just that her life will be particularly difficult. The image of a woman in the public eye is not easy."

Wang Qian nodded and said, "I don't know what she's thinking. As a rogue cultivator, if she doesn't have anyone to rely on, she'll definitely be sent out to her death in the future sect wars."

Even if she wins every battle, it's not certain that anyone will remember her record.

"The credit goes to the sect's disciples, and the sect doesn't need an outsider to help it save face."

"Once she comes to her senses, she'll still want to join a sect and find a man."

War records in the cultivation world document the fall of rogue cultivators, while a few who shine brightly join a powerful sect.

Chen An made no judgment. He admired such people, but he would not become such a person. Those who go against the tide, even if they win, will suffer terribly.

It's difficult to be the protagonist of your own world.

Wang Qian suggested, "Senior brother, how about I wear a red dress too, like that Ye Hongyi?"

Chen An coughed for a moment.

Since their first time cultivating together, Wang Qian has changed. She always likes to tease Chen An from various angles and watch him get embarrassed.

Inside the simple bamboo house, clothes were scattered all over the floor.

Wang Qian said, "Senior Brother Chen, I haven't been out for a long time. I'd like to go with the demon-hunting team tomorrow."

Chen An agreed, saying there was no problem. He had no enemies, and no one would want to harm Wang Qian. With the protection of the demon-hunting team, she would be safe.

Wang Qian is different from Yu Peiyao. Without Chen An's permission, Wang Qian will not do anything dangerous or risk getting hurt.

Just as she herself said, she just wanted to follow the demon-hunting team.

If this request was made by Shi Ying, Chen An would need to think carefully about what kind of trouble Shi Ying might cause by going out.

Because Shi Ying really does cause trouble.