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The Xuan Yang Sect did not implement a war mobilization plan.

All that remained were barriers that confined all the independent cultivators to certain places and halted all ostensible resource transactions.

The prices of magical artifacts, elixirs, and talismans on the market have increased several times over, and even if most people have spirit stones, they may not be able to buy these war resources.

Most independent cultivators, in order to protect themselves, had no choice but to empty their savings and pay even higher prices to buy some low-level talismans and pills.

As for the price of the ritual implements, it has been driven up to astronomical levels.

Those who foresaw the war made a fortune, while others, having offended powerful figures, were exposed and left to rot in the wilderness.

After several rounds of price surges, the sect controlled the price of war resources to about three times the normal level, condemned rogue cultivators for profiting from the war, and cracked down on many rogue cultivator forces that hoarded war materials.

Before the war even began, internal purges and conflicts of interest within Jin had already resulted in a bloodbath.

Those who have no background, no power, but possess resources live in constant fear of having their homes raided and their entire family wiped out.

Those with connections are searching for those without connections who possess a lot of resources. If the other party is willing to hand over their resources, things are fine; if not, then their entire family will be wiped out.

It experienced a long period of peace lasting thousands of years.

The independent cultivator forces within Jin have developed into a massive force, while numerous pseudo-noble families have also emerged and taken root throughout Jin.

Those at the top, in the process of reaping profits, obtained many unexpected and rare items.

In this process.

Chen An was also affected. A descendant of the Golden Core cultivator, who wished to remain anonymous, asked his family elders to take over the entire Demon Wolf Legion.

After that, a Golden Core elder approached the Yu family to discuss a mutually beneficial arrangement, including the purchase of the entire Demon Wolf Legion.

The Demon Wolf Legion has a total of 15,000 people, which seems like a lot, but most of them are just low-level cultivators who are not even at the peak of Qi Refining. To the big shots, their existence or non-existence is just a matter of a word.

One of the Yu family members, a Golden Core cultivator, was tempted by the conditions offered and was willing to sell the Demon Wolf Legion as a package. However, due to Yu Qingchen's influence, the Demon Wolf Legion was retained.

When Yu Lanhua told Chen An the news, it was already many days after the incident. Chen An was not surprised to hear the news.

Within sects, there is never a shortage of "big shots" who can easily deprive others of the fruits of their labor.

Just like how Foundation Establishment cultivators like Chen An can deprive the demon hunters in the demon hunting team of their fruits.

It's all a game of big fish eating little fish.

Small fish will eat smaller fish, smaller fish can eat shrimp, and shrimp can eat even smaller creatures.

To gain more autonomy, besides relying on others, you need to strive to become the biggest fish.

The hidden benefits of handing over the Soul-Nourishing Grass became apparent at this moment, and the Yu family gained a certain degree of recognition for the Demon Wolf Hunting Team.

Otherwise, these 15,000 people would have become cannon fodder in someone else's hands, losing their original value.

The reason Chen An was unwilling to personally manage the demon-hunting team was because the team could be taken over by others at any time.

To Chen An, there was no difference between outsiders and members of the Yu family.

The only people Chen An truly needed to interact with, besides the Foundation Establishment cultivators, were the various vice-captains and squad leaders.

Even those at the lowest rungs of society, including the elite demon-hunting team, would be abandoned by Chen An when necessary.

The Demon Wolf Legion didn't come into being because of the existence of lower-level cultivators; it was established because of the presence of higher-level administrators.

With Yan Gang, Liu Feng, and Zhu Zizai as vice-captains, they can raise a new Demon Wolf Legion wherever they go.

After all, there are too many independent cultivators in Jin State, and most of them are only at the Qi Refining stage. As long as you have resources and a sect background, you can immediately build a huge group by finding a few suitable managers.

For those at the top of the pyramid, the Monster Mountain Range is not only a resource for monsters, but also for the vast number of independent cultivators.

Chen An can see other people's favorability ratings, which helps him avoid most of the risks of betrayal. He only gets to know suitable partners.

The base of the Demon Wolf Legion.

Chen An, Yu Lanhua, Lu Nian and other Foundation Establishment cultivators, along with the four vice-captains and Yu Peiyao, would participate in a private exchange meeting every three days, where they could share their thoughts and information.

At the exchange meeting, they shared their views on war, discussed the dangers they might encounter after participating in war, and discussed emergency plans for various crises.

The exchange meeting was proposed and initiated by Yu Peiyao. After the exchange meeting, everyone received more information, and many ideas about the war could be put forward in advance.

Chen An never treated others like fools, and he didn't think he was more knowledgeable than others just because he was a time traveler.

He often humbly learns from others.

As the group talked, someone steered the conversation toward the history of the Jin Kingdom and discussed the situation of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Ye Hongyi had worked in the market of the Heavenly Demon Sect, so she had a lot of influence.

During the long period of peace, the State of Jin accumulated a large number of independent cultivators, and most of them were unaware of any potential crisis.

This includes the territory of the Heavenly Demon Sect. Although it is a demon sect of the Jin Kingdom, apart from the slightly crazy rogue cultivators within its territory, the Heavenly Demon Sect has no precedent for large-scale massacres. The sect does not prohibit rogue cultivators from coming and going, and they can come and go as they please.

In other countries, the Heavenly Demon Sect's actions could easily be renamed the Heavenly God Sect, making it a truly righteous sect in the cultivation world.

The Netherworld Cult, which created the Blood Refining Scripture, has disciples who are all demonic beings. They slaughter cities and exterminate entire families without any logic, treating it as a normal occurrence.

In the lands under the jurisdiction of the Netherworld Sect, mortals are all considered resources, nourishment used by the sect's disciples for cultivation.

The earliest version of the Blood Refining Scripture was cultivated using the blood of countless mortals.

The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls and the Banner of Ten Thousand Ghosts are standard equipment of the Netherworld Cult. Which Netherworld Cult disciple has not slaughtered a city or wiped out a family? They might even be ridiculed by other disciples of the cult.

When the topic of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner came up, everyone discussed strategies for dealing with similar magical artifacts that they would surely encounter on the battlefield in the future.

Chen An once possessed a Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which he seized from a Qi-refining disciple of the Netherworld Sect. It contained the souls of over 100,000 mortals.

If it weren't for the opponent's mental lapse in controlling the Myriad Souls Banner, Chen An would not have been a match for him.

The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls is unlike ordinary magical artifacts. Its main material is the condensation of countless souls of all living beings, while the other auxiliary materials are only for the purpose of stably absorbing more and stronger souls.

Chen An abandoned the Myriad Soul Banner not because it was a symbol of the demonic path, but because he could not nurture the soul within it.

Without a suitable place to nurture souls, and without the means to feed the living souls within the Myriad Soul Banner with blood sacrifice, the power of the Myriad Soul Banner will continuously weaken. It would be better to sell it to someone else when it is at its strongest and gain more profit.

In times of peace, it is difficult to maintain the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

But once the war begins, many people will surely take the opportunity to forge the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

If your cultivation levels are similar, and you encounter a demon wielding the Myriad Souls Banner, if you don't understand powerful lightning or fire magic, you should run for your life as soon as possible without hesitation.

Even if you rushed up with a magic weapon at this point, it wouldn't be enough to feed on the thousands of living souls.