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

When the Song family elders arrived at Demon Mountain, Chen An and Chen Ying had already made ample preparations, concealing the specific strength of the beast fire and beast blood in advance.

Only Zhu Fan, Wang Rulong, and Wu Feng knew the true strength of the beast blood and beast fire. They had received benefits from Chen An and would also help cover for him.

The corpse of the third-tier demon beast was given to Yu Peiyao in advance, so that she could find a way to process the blood inside and use the demon beast's blood vessels to seal the blood inside little by little.

The hidden beast blood and beast fire will play a very important role on the battlefield in the future.

The four elders of the Song family expressed their gratitude to Chen An and presented him with a number of high-grade pills for those in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

Upon seeing Yu Peiyao, he gritted his teeth and took out two Foundation Establishment Pills, hoping that Yu Peiyao would speak well of the Yu family and not make a big fuss about today's events.

Finally, the four elders of the Song family came before Chen Ying. They didn't dare to put on any airs of elders and knelt down on the ground, begging for Chen Ying's forgiveness.

Chen Ying didn't listen to the Song family elders, so whose fault was it? It could only be the Song family elders' fault. Golden Core cultivators couldn't be at fault; the one at fault must be the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

This incident has already been reported to the important figures in the Song family, the four elders of the Song family, who hope that Chen Ying can speak on their behalf and prevent them from being punished too severely.

Originally, the four elders were supposed to be doing a great job by following Chen Ying, but now they have messed it up themselves and almost lost their lives.

The four elders of the Song family are about to face purges from the other elders of the Song family, so they have no time to investigate the issue of the demonic beast.

Chen Ying felt a surge of secret pleasure when she saw the four people kneeling on the ground.

Although the four elders of the Song family had previously acted humbly in front of Chen Ying, they had always restricted Chen Ying's scope of activities and even her control over her subordinates and the overall battle situation. Therefore, Chen Ying had long harbored resentment towards the four of them.

The previous attack on the Demon Wolf Legion wasn't aimed at Chen An, but rather at setting a trap for these four Song family elders. After all, the Yu family's Golden Core cultivators hadn't approached him, but instead had contacted another Golden Core cultivator from the Song family, who was a member of the same lineage as these four Song family elders.

If either Yu Peiyao or Chen Ying is dissatisfied, they should report the incident to higher authorities, explaining the danger of this third-tier demon beast incident. In that case, the four Song family elders will definitely be punished.

The four elders of the Song family aspired to form their cores in the future. However, after this experience of being punished, they will have no hope of even forming a demon core, let alone a core.

Chen Ying is Song Qi's furnace cauldron, and Song Qi is the future Nascent Soul seed. The entire Song family now revolves around Song Qi.

They almost ruined the path of a future Nascent Soul cultivator, so it's estimated that even the four Golden Core cultivators from the Song family's lineage wouldn't step in to protect them.

If a problem arises, even the Golden Core cultivator himself may not be able to protect himself.

The Song family elder knelt and kowtowed without hiding from people. Some Qi Refining disciples who saw this scene immediately closed their eyes, turned around and ran away. It was not their place to watch a Foundation Establishment cultivator being punished; they would die if they watched even once more.

Before being assigned to the four battle groups, all the independent cultivators followed the four elders of the Song family. They were very clear about the character of the Song family elders.

Killing someone to cover it up is not a big deal.

Chen Ying accepted the four men's kneeling obeisance, but did not immediately agree to the four Song family elders' request. Instead, she said some ambiguous things, waiting for the four Song family elders to show her their respect.

This third-tier canine beast is a treasure trove; its demon blood, demon core, demon skin, demon flesh, demon bones, and even its nails and teeth can all be refined into magical artifacts.

Moreover, these are magical artifacts containing potent poison, and at the very least, they are mid-grade magical artifacts. If we find some top-tier artifact refiners to combine these materials with some rare minerals, we might be able to create new top-grade magical artifacts.

Yu Peiyao is a weapon refiner, but the most powerful magic weapon she can refine can only reach the high-grade level. If she wants to refine a more powerful magic weapon, she needs to use her clan's connections.

Third-tier canine beasts cannot be exposed to the light. If a weapon refiner were to analyze the beast's bones and flesh and discover its demonic blood and demonic fire, it would be troublesome.

Therefore, all these materials must be refined by Yu Peiyao.

Chen Ying also agreed to the plan.

The key component is demon blood, which is sealed in the blood vessels of demon beasts and used to fight enemies at crucial moments.

To prevent the energy in the beast blood from dissipating, Yu Peiyao went to refine and preserve the beast blood after the beast fire transfer ceremony.

There was no other weapon refiner in the entire team, so it could only be her.

half a month later.

The refining of beast blood is finally complete.

Since the Demon Wolf Legion had already mastered the distribution of Beast Fire and Beast Blood, Chen An and Yu Peiyao received 20% less, only 30%, while Chen Ying received 70%.

Chen An had a considerable amount of beast blood in his possession, which was about 30%.

There are a total of thirty-three blood vessels, each storing a portion of the beast's blood. On the outside of the blood vessels, there is a glass-like material that fits perfectly.

To use the beast's blood, simply break this glass-like material, and the blood will splatter out.

When fighting an enemy, if you use the beast's blood at a crucial moment and the opponent cannot dodge, they will definitely die if they do not have strong defensive measures. Even a Golden Core cultivator is no exception.

The fact that the top-grade magical artifacts were corroded by beast blood proves this point.

Inside the cave on Demon Mountain, Yu Peiyao squatted in front of the earth fire, using her spiritual power to control the fire to smelt demon beast materials. She was so focused on the process that she didn't even notice someone coming in.

Her hair was loose and messy, with a smear of charcoal black sticking to her temples, and the ends of her hair were charred black from being burned by the spirit fire.

The Yu Peiyao who refines weapons is completely different from the Yu Peiyao we usually see.

It's unimaginable that a young lady from a prominent family would be so disheveled, squatting in front of the earth fire to refine magical artifacts.

If Yu Peiyao hadn't been protected by a mid-grade magic weapon, she would have been burned by the earth fire.

Chen watched quietly, without disturbing her.

Yu Peiyao possessed four spiritual roots and had extremely poor talent. Logically, her divine sense shouldn't be too strong, but Chen An saw a divine sense far exceeding that of an ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivator moving back and forth on the magic weapon she was refining.

Yu Peiyao's control over her divine sense is no weaker than that of some ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"This is the Yu family's Spirit Refining Method."

Generally speaking, families that practice alchemy or weapon crafting will have inherited techniques for cultivating spiritual sense. For example, the Yu family's Spirit Refining Technique can make spiritual sense stronger and more refined, allowing Yu Peiyao to more accurately control the state of weapon crafting.

Six months ago, Yu Peiyao told Chen An about the cultivation method of the Refining Spirit Technique, but Chen An did not choose to cultivate it.

Compared to cultivating his divine sense, Chen An wanted to improve his realm, because if his realm improved, his divine sense would also improve.

It has been almost two years since Chen An broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm. Whenever he has time, he will take the high-grade pills he obtained from the Yu family to cultivate.

Medium and low-grade pills could no longer meet Chen An's needs.

It's not just a problem of erysipelas.

Long-term consumption of low-grade pills will only prolong the cultivation cycle for practitioners. Those who don't even have mid-grade pills, or whose aptitude is slightly worse, will never be able to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment.

Yu Peiyao, who possessed four spiritual roots, was able to quickly break through to the peak of Qi Refining in the Yu family, probably because she had been consuming high-grade pills.

There are even things rarer than top-grade pills for the Qi Refining stage.

Chen An stood there for half an hour.

Yu Peiyao swallowed pills to replenish her spiritual power and divine sense, and only then did she notice Chen An's presence behind her.

Ignoring her disheveled appearance, she casually said, "Senior Brother Chen, what brings you here?"

Chen An asked, "Junior Sister, how many Foundation Establishment Pills do you think you need to reach the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Yu Peiyao already possessed seven Foundation Establishment Pills, and she had indeed considered the issue of Foundation Establishment.

Are seven enough?

The answer is no, she needs at least ten to be on the safe side.

Yu Peiyao said, "I need four more."

Chen An said, "It's too late. News from the Song family says the war at the front is even more dangerous, and Golden Core cultivators have already begun to fall."

"You never know when demonic cultivators might come here and carry out a massacre."

Yu Peiyao asked, "What should I do?"

Chen An said, "Borrow, find someone to borrow. You must break through to the Foundation Establishment stage within a year, otherwise there won't be a second Zheng Ping to save your life in the future."

"Junior Sister Yu, we are business partners. I hope you can live a long life."