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

The war in Qian State lasted for five years.

The amount invested by individual cultivators exceeded two million.

All the sects and empires surrounding the Qian Kingdom are sending a steady stream of independent cultivators to it.

In the past two years, due to the large number of independent cultivators, some have already obtained Foundation Establishment Pills through their merits and have begun to successfully establish their foundations, bringing hope to those struggling at the bottom.

Those who successfully established their foundations proved that foundation building is not a pipe dream; as long as they participated in the war, they would definitely have the opportunity to establish their foundations.

The Demon Wolf Hunting Team initially consisted of 5,000 people, and has now grown to 8,000, but don't be fooled by the fact that it has only increased by 3,000 people.

One thousand of them were native cultivators of the Qian Kingdom's demonic path, and more than half of them had killed more than three Qian Kingdom demonic path cultivators.

There are also two thousand people, who are prisoners of the Qian Kingdom's demonic path, divided into ten squads, each with two hundred people.

The higher the ranking of the squad, the more trustworthy it is. The top-ranked squads each have members who have killed at least ten Netherworld Cult disciples, and each of them possesses considerable combat power.

Among them, two cultivators broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage without using Foundation Establishment Pills.

The first one was called Blood Butcher. It wasn't that he had better aptitude; it was just that his cultivation method was special, and the probability of breaking through was only one in a thousand. After a certain battle, he obtained some life-saving Demonic Sect Blood Pills, which increased his chances of breaking through and he luckily became a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

After Blood Slaughter reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he did not choose to escape, but instead chose to fully join the Demon Wolf Battle Group. The Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Demon Wolf Battle Group also placed more restrictions on him.

The second one to achieve foundation building was named Erhuang, a humble name given to him by his parents, who firmly believed that those with humble names lived longer.

The success of Blood Slaughter inspired many demonic cultivators, who all resorted to desperate measures to try and break through their cultivation levels.

Erhuang was also in the same batch, and about eighty people died before Erhuang succeeded.

With the help of Foundation Establishment Pills, at least fifty of these eighty-odd people could achieve Foundation Establishment with some time.

However, without Foundation Establishment Pills, forcibly breaking through to Foundation Establishment would result in the death of eighty-three people for only one person to successfully establish their foundation.

Erhuang also chose to stay with the Demon Wolf Legion and remain on the righteous path.

If given a choice, most demonic cultivators would actually be unwilling to join the demonic path, but living on this land, if they want to become stronger and immortal, they must integrate into the demonic community.

Killing is inevitable.

Among the captives and local cultivators, only the two of them successfully established their foundation.

In addition to the twenty-three Foundation Establishment cultivators sent by the sect to their deaths, Yu Peiyao has also trained thirteen independent Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Demon Wolf Battle Group over the years.

This includes Zhu Yuehan, who, having just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, has already demonstrated remarkable combat prowess.

Apart from Chen An and Ye Hongyi, the entire Demon Wolf Battle Group had an astonishing number of Foundation Establishment cultivators: forty-one.

This number is comparable to the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators trained by some powerful Golden Core families.

Moreover, Zhu Fan, Wang Rulong, and Wu Feng have also improved their combat skills considerably, and each of them has at least two high-grade magic weapons.

Having more than ten second-tier lightning beads ensures that one can fight even against a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

As for encountering cultivators at the peak of Foundation Establishment, Wu Feng, with the Myriad Soul Banner in his hands and the beast fire on Zhu Fan's arm, is also very confident of defeating them.

However, both the Myriad Soul Banner in Wu Feng's hand and the Beast Fire on Zhu Fan's arm require a huge price to be paid, so they are not usually used.

With the increase in the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, it's rare for the three of them to have a chance to make a move.

War is a constant process of weeding out the strong.

The weak have already died on the battlefield.

Those who survived all had some kind of tricks up their sleeves.

For example, in the Demon Wolf Band, there are many who can defeat Blood Butcher and Erhuang, but almost none who can kill them. In fact, in a one-on-one situation, Blood Butcher and Erhuang can kill their opponents almost 100%.

After becoming an apprentice, Chen An gained the status of a direct disciple of a Golden Core cultivator, which further enhanced his prestige within the Demon Wolf Battle Group.

Yan Gang and Wang Kui were still Qi Refining cultivators.

It's not that they can't improve, but that they're too busy. The entire Demon Wolf Legion needs two people to manage it, and if either of them goes into seclusion, it will affect the Demon Wolf Legion.

The reason cannot be blamed on the two, because Chen An only selected Yan Gang and Wang Kui at the time. The other two deputy captains, Liu Feng and Shangguan Changqing, were not capable of shouldering this heavy responsibility.

Yu Peiyao has been training new managers, but unfortunately, the results have not been ideal. With Yan Gang and Wang Kui as role models, everyone else seems rather slow-witted.

Of course, if someone has to take their place, it's not impossible, but they certainly won't be as good or as loyal as Yan Gang and Wang Kui.

Chen An's master, Yu Mochou, did not leave the battle group. Instead, she decided to stay for a period of time to guide Chen An's cultivation and pass on her skills.

Chen An wanted to learn something very simple: not some kind of divine sense technique, nor a powerful offensive method; he only wanted to learn how to escape.

As long as you run fast, no matter how strong the enemy is, it won't matter.

When one's spiritual realm is high enough, one's divine sense will naturally become stronger.

Although the Yu family's spiritual cultivation techniques are renowned throughout the cultivation world, the cultivation cycle is too long, making them unsuitable for Chen An.

However, without a strong divine sense, it wouldn't work. So Chen An had already sent Ye Hongyi to cultivate. Anyway, her talent was better, and she should be able to master a divine sense-based secret technique very quickly.

Seeing that Chen An had his own ideas, Yu Mochou nodded and said, "Disciple, you are very good. You have your own way of cultivating."

"Most of those who join my Yu family want to learn my family's spiritual secret techniques, but you, on the contrary, directly pass on the secret techniques to your own concubine."

"But what Pei Yao has is only a divine sense technique cultivated during the Qi Refining stage. A divine sense technique cultivated during the Foundation Establishment stage is much more powerful. When cultivated to its peak, it can be used to spy on Golden Core cultivators."

"Don't you want to learn?"

Chen An said, "Master, I know that my aptitude is low and I cannot do two things at once. Therefore, I hope to focus all my efforts on breaking through my cultivation level. If possible, I hope to pass on the Foundation Establishment stage divine sense technique to Hongyi. If we are one, then if she controls it, I will control it too."

Yu Mochou was taken aback. Instead of answering Chen An's question, she asked, "Do you know why, even though Ye Hongyi has a Heavenly Spiritual Root, no one in the Yu family is willing to take her as a disciple?"

Chen An could guess, so he didn't hide anything and said directly, "This disciple and the red-clothed one are bound together. We are two cultivators with the potential to reach the Golden Core stage. If it were an ordinary Golden Core family, they would be eager to take us all in, slowly raise us, or send us out to earn resources like cattle."

"But the Yu family is a top-tier Golden Core family. The family has no shortage of geniuses. In fact, every Golden Core cultivator in the Yu family is doing their best to cultivate the geniuses of their lineage so that they will have the hope of condensing their Golden Core in the future."

"She in red will definitely become a Golden Core cultivator in the future, so those Golden Core cultivators will definitely have to provide her with some Golden Core resources."

"The red-clothed one is the disciple's Daoist partner. If we raise the red-clothed one but cannot place any restrictions on her, we will lose the advantage of the family's development."

"It's better to train disciples than to train red-clad warriors. The Demon Wolf Legion's success today is partly due to the disciples' good fortune, as they have reaped a considerable amount of resources."

Yu Mochou said, "You're not stupid, kid. It's just that the Yu family doesn't need that many non-family members who have achieved Golden Core. If you all became Golden Core cultivators, I'm afraid the old guys in the family wouldn't be able to sleep at night."

"I'm different from them. I'm actually happy to see two non-family members grow into Golden Core cultivators. I'll provide half of your Golden Core formation resources in the future."

"I will provide one-quarter of Ye Hongyi's Core Formation resources."

"I'm giving you the Divine Sense Secret Technique. Whether you pass it on to Ye Hongyi is entirely up to you. But this technique must not be passed on to anyone else, or I won't let you off the hook."

Chen An cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Master."

Yu Mochou said, "Don't be discouraged, kid. This war in Qian Kingdom is the cradle for your and Ye Hongyi's growth. I will protect you and Ye Hongyi for the next six months. You two should fight your way on the battlefield and let me see your strength."

"As for the movement techniques you wish to learn, I will have my family send them over."