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

In just three days, the reform policy of the demon-hunting team was successfully implemented.

Yu Peiyao's name first appeared among the higher-ups of the Black Wolf Demon Hunting Team, and no one dared to underestimate this Qi Refining stage disciple who had little strength.

In particular, Zheng Ping and Ye Hongyi, two Foundation Establishment cultivators who were unfamiliar with Yu Peiyao, as well as the vice captain besides Yan Gang, all had doubts about Yu Peiyao's abilities.

Unlike the lower-level cultivators, they had other options. The reason they joined the demon-hunting team was because of their trust in Chen An.

Most of the vice-captains already knew about the war and were filled with uncertainty about the future.

Those chosen by Chen An are all quite capable and have a chance to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the future.

However, they cannot continue to improve their strength in the short term. If they cannot stand in the right position, they will definitely become cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Within the demon-hunting team, Yu Peiyao remained an invisible figure, known only to a few. Most demon hunters only recognized the various squad leaders, deputy leaders, and Foundation Establishment cultivators like Chen An.

Yu Peiyao left Yan Gang's team and joined Zhu Zizai's team.

Yan Gang was promoted to the core demon-hunting team, where he was responsible for selecting, managing, and training the team's members.

Yan Gang's progress is evident to all, and his success is also due to his ability to seize every opportunity.

That evening.

Wang Qian returned with the demon-hunting team.

The team's gains were not plentiful, and Wang Qian would not easily put herself in danger; she would definitely use her life for something worthwhile.

After days of travel, Wang Qian looked a little tired. She took out the black stone and handed it to Chen An, explaining it to him in a low voice.

Wang Qian was a very cautious person. She found a suitable opportunity to test the Black Stone 300 miles away from the base.

To prevent any accidents, she not only set up a small five-element concealment formation in advance and took various precautions, but also lit the beast-attracting incense.

Wang Qian made preparations in advance. If an accident occurred during the testing of the black stone, the beast-attracting incense would attract demonic beasts, causing chaos and reducing Wang Qian's role in the situation. At the same time, she would detonate three lightning beads to annihilate all traces, including herself. She would not leave her life to be searched by others.

Fortunately, the black stone was fine. Wang Qian extinguished the beast-attracting incense, which only attracted some weak first-tier demonic beasts.

Wang Qian once saw a surge of soul power emerge from the black stone and disappear into the depths of the demon beast forest.

She had considered that Blackstone might have other problems.

Therefore, Wang Qian once tried to get the other demon hunters in the team to step into the space inside the Black Stone and conduct various experiments.

The team hunted monsters without any casualties, but three monster hunters died because of Wang Qian's experiment.

They all died in the proper way.

Wang Qian made the arrangements, and the squad leader carried them out. This was the unspoken rule in the Monster Mountain Range: the absolute control of the higher-ups over the lower-ups.

There's not much logic to killing; the squad leader doesn't think much about it.

As for why they killed her, was it because Wang Qian was a pervert? Or because the three people glanced at her? Or was it Chen An's arrangement? None of that matters.

The squad leader only knew that being assigned this task by someone close to Chen An meant his chance for promotion had arrived. If he could seize the opportunity, he would be the next Yan Gang.

Wang Qian led Chen An into the Black Stone Cave.

The boundless, mysterious space was awe-inspiring, and it broadened Chen An's mind.

In just a moment, he thought of many uses for the space.

The fact that the black stone remained undiscovered in Zhou Wen's possession for so many years indicates that it possesses a concealment effect, making it undetectable by simple divine sense or array detection.

Chen An can hide many things through the Black Stone.

On a cliff, Chen An sensed the fluctuations of the Spirit Gathering Array, his eyes gleaming with a strange light. He casually took out a handful of spirit stones and threw them into the array, and the surrounding spiritual energy immediately became more concentrated.

Chen An had seen spirit-gathering arrays before, but he had never seen one as special as this one. The conversion rate of spirit stones and spiritual energy was too high and too fast, and the spiritual energy released was extremely pure.

Although it's impossible to improve a cultivator's strength in a short time, cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight. There probably isn't a single formation in the entire Xuan Yang Sect that can purify spiritual energy.

It is foreseeable that Chen An, Wang Qian, and others, cultivating in such pure spiritual energy, will have their future potential increased.

"Qian'er, you've suffered so much."

All Chen An could offer Wang Qian was a hug.

Another sleepless night.

The sound of their heartbeats was like the notes dancing on a pipa, playing a beautiful love song.

Wang Qian has gone into seclusion.

She couldn't stop cultivating the Blood Refining Scripture; she had to reach the peak of Qi Refining as soon as possible, or she would really grow old.

The negative effects of the Yin Refining Manual still affect her.

Chen An also noticed this change and could only try to find a elixir to prolong his life.

Neither Yu Lanhua nor Lu Nian possessed such a treasure. Longevity-promoting medicines were far too precious, and even if they were to acquire one within the sect, it was unlikely that anyone would be willing to sell it, even at ten times the price.

Only in the Monster Mountain Range is it possible to find new longevity-extending elixirs.

After Wang Qian went into seclusion, Chen An went to venture into the mountains to hunt demons.

Having spent more than five months in the Foundation Establishment stage, my cultivation has become stable, and I can fight with peace of mind.

This demon hunt was for training purposes. Chen An led two Foundation Establishment cultivators, Ye Hongyi and Zheng Ping, along with Yan Gang's newly selected elite demon hunting team, totaling one hundred people.

These 100 elites are in a period of adjustment, and they need to constantly participate in dangerous missions, recruit more new people, and eliminate some unsuitable team members.

Yan Gang has already reserved a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Zheng Ping has become a guest of the Yu family, and the Foundation Establishment Pill he applied for from the Yu family is already on its way. This Foundation Establishment Pill will return to Yu Peiyao's hands.

Barring any major unforeseen circumstances, Yan Gang will also be able to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill in the future.

However, Yan Gang is unlikely to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the short term, and the Foundation Establishment Pill will not be given to him. Instead, this Foundation Establishment Pill will become bait to keep him working hard.

Yan Gang's role is not based on strength; even if he reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, he will only receive more resources.

They swept away the first-tier monsters along the way.

The group quickly arrived at the territory of the second-tier red tiger beast.

Chen An led his men and stormed inside.

Yan Gang gave careful instructions, preparing for the upcoming major battle.

Whether elites are truly elite and deserve the resources they are given will be determined in this battle.

Without much probing, the group of Qi Refining disciples, under the arrangement of Yan Gang and several other veteran demon hunters, formed an encirclement formation and advanced into the territory of the Crimson Tiger Beast.

Chen An, Zheng Ping, and Ye Hongyi followed behind the group, waiting for the right opportunity.

Fighting against second-tier demonic beasts is something only the most elite demon-hunting teams in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range can accomplish.

This is the moment to test whether the 100 selected from 1,500 people can reach the true elite level of the Monster Mountain Range.

Those who die in the charge will receive compensation.

Anyone who dares to escape will face the executioner's blade of Chen An and his men.