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

Yan Gang and Wang Kui's loyalty was exaggerated.

During the year that Chen An and Yu Peiyao were away, the Demon Wolf Legion underwent many changes.

The rogue cultivators of the Demon Wolf Legion have almost all been replaced.

The sect provided thirteen Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, everyone in the Demon Wolf Squad knows that the true owners of the Demon Wolf Squad are Chen An and Yu Peiyao.

Yan Gang and Wang Kui were merely acting managers.

Perhaps the two were simply afraid of being purged by Chen An and Yu Peiyao if they became those in power.

But their actions did save Chen An and Yu Peiyao from the process of suspicion.

It's a foregone conclusion that Yan Gang and Wang Kui will both reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the future. Even if their foundations are weak and they need two or three Foundation Establishment Pills, there won't be any problems.

In that single year, the resources that Yan Gang and Wang Kui earned for Chen An and Yu Peiyao amounted to an astronomical figure.

Excluding the resources allocated to independent cultivators, the net income is five million spirit stones.

Furthermore, the Demon Wolf Squad's points doubled, from 5,000 to 10,000, enough for Yu Peiyao to buy five more Foundation Establishment Pills.

With the cultivation resources of the Foundation Establishment stage, one can purchase one hundred high-grade pills for the early Foundation Establishment stage.

Of course, only Chen An and Yu Peiyao can use these 10,000 points to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills and high-grade pills. If they were used by other people, the price of Foundation Establishment Pills and high-grade pills would be doubled.

Ordinary disciples typically only choose to purchase inferior Foundation Establishment Pills and low-grade pills.

Life-threatening situations, erysipelas, and longer cultivation cycles are all normal occurrences for ordinary disciples.

After Yu Peiyao emerged from seclusion, she first went to see Zhu Fan and his sister Zhu Yuehan, took out the Foundation Establishment Pill that had been agreed upon earlier, and handed it to Zhu Fan.

Zhu Yuehan was very beautiful, dressed in a light blue dress, with a tall and slender figure, an elegant and calm temperament, and delicate features. If Chen An were to describe her, he would only use two words: "mature and sophisticated woman".

Zhu Yuehan's life as a wandering cultivator for many years has made her incredibly mature. Countless souls have died by her sword. She is a top cultivator in the Qi Refining stage, and her past achievements have forged her proud character.

Zhu Yuehan is the kind of ruthless person who dares to arm wrestle with some inexperienced Foundation Establishment cultivators while still in the Qi Refining stage.

All she lacks is a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Upon receiving the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhu Fan was extremely grateful and expressed his loyalty to Chen An and Yu Peiyao until his death.

Zhu Yuehan's eyes were filled with disbelief when she saw that her younger brother had obtained another Foundation Establishment Pill. The Demon Wolf Squad was actually willing to allocate resources to rogue cultivators.

"Thank you, senior." Zhu Yuehan was at the peak of Qi Refining, while Yu Peiyao was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so she naturally called her senior.

However, Zhu Fan did not call out "Shishu" (a term of respect for a martial arts master) indiscriminately like Lü Chunfeng did.

"Thank you, senior sister."

After Yu Peiyao left.

Zhu Yuehan pulled her younger brother along and carefully inquired about the Demon Wolf Legion.

Previously, she didn't believe that any sect cultivators would be willing to give up their resources to independent cultivators, thinking it was just a ploy to win people's hearts and minds, and that there was a bigger conspiracy.

Now that the Foundation Establishment Pill is right in front of them, the survival rate of Foundation Establishment cultivators is definitely higher than that of Qi Refining stage rogue cultivators. Even if they are used or there is a conspiracy, they will definitely live better than rogue cultivators.

If the suspicion is unfounded, then it means that the Demon Wolf Legion is not a legion that only works for sects, but a legion that gives independent cultivators the opportunity to rise.

When Zhu Yuehan learned that before Zhu Fan, there was another cultivator named Wang Jing who had successfully established his foundation in Qingyang Market and had been assigned to a safe area in the rear before the war, she was overjoyed.

It's common for sect cultivators to look down on independent cultivators in other battle groups.

Unaffiliated cultivators are waste materials, ungrateful wretches, vicious backstabbers, and undercover agents of the Netherworld Cult. All the vicious labels can be attached to unaffiliated cultivators.

There are indeed such people among independent cultivators.

As for independent cultivators, it's natural for them to be a mixed bag, which is perfectly normal.

However, sect cultivators, because of the sins of some rogue cultivators, regard all rogue cultivators as evil people. This makes it easy for rogue cultivators to be sent out to their deaths under the management of sect cultivators.

Sometimes, even the rogue cultivators suspected that the war in the Qian Kingdom was deliberately designed to deplete their manpower.

But there's no way to verify it.

The evil of the Netherworld Cult is witnessed by Heaven and Earth.

Once a sect's battle group leader obtains a Foundation Establishment Pill, their first instinct will undoubtedly be to hand it over to one of their trusted subordinates.

If a male cultivator is willing to become a suicide soldier, he may get the opportunity, but becoming a suicide soldier may also be a deception, and in the end he will get nothing.

A beautiful female cultivator might be able to exchange her body and a complete later life for a Foundation Establishment Pill, but in doing so, she would completely lose her freedom, and if she failed to establish her foundation, she might even face retaliation.

Zhu Yuehan asked, "Xiao Fan, what kind of person is this Senior Brother Chen you mentioned earlier?"

Zhu Fan curled his lips slightly, a half-smile playing on his lips, and said, "Sis, you've changed your mind? I knew it! Sis, if you just went with Senior Brother Chen, you wouldn't have to worry about resources for the rest of your life."

Zhu Yuehan tapped Zhu Fan's forehead with a finger and said, "Tell me, what kind of person is Senior Brother Chen? And do you really want to sell my sister off like that?"

Zhu Fan composed himself and said, "Senior Brother Chen is usually kind and gentle, and many people are willing to trust him and follow him. In fact, before this, there were quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators in the team who had a good relationship with Senior Brother Chen."

"They all died because of something."

"But not because of Senior Brother Chen."

"Senior Brother Liu Hao was a very good person. In order to reduce the number of casualties among the team members, he took the lead and was ambushed and killed on the battlefield."

"Senior Brother Zheng Ping was a man of few words. I often saw him staring at Senior Sister Ye and saying that she was not a good person and might harm Senior Brother Chen in the future. It's a pity that Senior Brother Zheng Ping died. He died protecting Senior Sister Yu who just arrived."

"And Senior Brother Zhang Yuan, his death was due to an emergency; all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the team went..."

Regarding the battle between Chen Ying, who was at the Golden Core stage, and the third-tier demonic beast, he didn't elaborate much due to the contract's restrictions, but he did mention that many Foundation Establishment cultivators from various sects died in this battle.

"We treated all cultivators, whether they were independent or from sects, equally. In the end, only the three of us survived: myself, Senior Brother Wang Rulong, and Senior Brother Wu Feng."

Zhu Fan spoke for a long time. He didn't describe what kind of person Chen An was, but he did describe how Chen An was perceived by other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Chen An is trustworthy; if you trust him, he will give you a chance.

There's also Wang Kui, who's at the Qi Refining stage. He's also a rogue cultivator, but he now practically controls the entire Demon Wolf Battle Group. All the Qi Refining disciples, and even Foundation Establishment cultivators, have to obey Wang Kui's orders.

After listening to Zhu Fan's explanation, Zhu Yuehan nodded and said, "If he were a hypocrite, those Foundation Establishment cultivators wouldn't have died for him."

"Even you, Xiao Fan, think that Senior Brother Chen is a reliable person, don't you?"

"If I reveal that I possess dual spiritual roots, do you think Senior Brother Chen would accept me as his Daoist partner?"

Zhu Fan shook his head and said, "I don't think that will work. Senior Brother Chen's power comes from the Yu family lineage, and Senior Brother Chen's Daoist partner will definitely be Senior Sister Yu."

Zhu Yuehan sighed and said, "Even dual spiritual roots won't work?"

Zhu Fan said, "Senior Brother Chen doesn't care about spiritual roots. I don't even lack Foundation Establishment Pills. To me, there's no difference between having two or three spiritual roots."

"Senior Sister Yu has four spiritual roots, and she has successfully established her foundation. Sister, I still think it would be best for you to become a concubine."

Zhu Fan was unaware that Ye Hongyi possessed a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

But this did not stop him from feeling that his sister, who had dual spiritual roots and was capable of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation, was not a good match for Chen An.

Zhu Yuehan has managed to survive in the rogue cultivator world with her younger brother until now, which clearly shows that she is no pushover. If it weren't for the lack of Foundation Establishment Pills, she would have already successfully established her foundation and made a name for herself in the Foundation Establishment realm.

Unfortunately, having dual spiritual roots is useless. In the Xuan Yang Sect, one is neither a sect disciple nor a family disciple, so one will never be qualified to establish a foundation in this lifetime.

Even if they choose a furnace or cauldron, the sect will choose a disciple they can trust more.

If someone has dual spiritual roots and cannot be sent to a sect in their childhood, they can only be a rogue cultivator for the rest of their life.

Unless one possesses an Ascension Token or a Heavenly Spiritual Root, the sect will not accept any adult rogue cultivators.

Independent cultivators are inherently distrusted.