Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

Do you remember forgetting something?

"what?"

Li Youan was full of questions. After thinking for a long time, he still didn't know what Dongfang Jinghong was talking about.

"Bird, roast meat."

Upon hearing these two words, Li Youan immediately recalled what he had said earlier.

"No, Dongfang, with your vast wealth and power, you don't need a piece of my flesh."

Li Youan then realized that he had indeed forgotten about this matter. Just as he was about to say something more, he noticed that Dongfang Jinghong's aura had become even stronger.

"You broke through?!"

"What? You can break through, but I can't? It's just a minor Opening Yuan Realm."

Seeing the surprise on Li Youan's face, Dongfang Jinghong curled her lips.

"Young men from prominent families spend their time honing their physical abilities until they turn eighteen. Unless their bodies are fully developed ahead of time, they won't rush to break through to the next level."

"After breaking through in this way, the amount of vital energy in the body is several times that of an ordinary cultivator. However, ordinary cultivators do not have the time, energy, or resources to do this."

Hearing this, Li Youan nodded in his heart. So that's how it is. He had been wondering why so many scions of powerful families were not much behind him in terms of cultivation level, and some of them had even been surpassed by him. It turned out that they were accumulating strength for a future breakthrough.

"That's only a few times, while I'm already more than ten times what I was before."

However, it's best to keep this to yourself. Showing it off is just foolish. If anyone else knew Li Youan's thoughts, they would definitely criticize him for having extraordinary luck and not understanding the hardships of cultivation.

Thinking of this, Li Youan took the initiative to change the subject and did not dwell on it too much.

"I've collected a lot of Frostcracker meat. Now that we've finished eating it, I can share some more with you."

"I looked up some information yesterday. Although the meat of the Frost Crane doesn't significantly improve the cultivation of cultivators above the Kaiyuan Realm, it has a unique taste and not many people have eaten it."

"I'll prepare in a bit and discuss it with the captain. We can use this as a gift for our first meeting. It'll be a good opportunity to get together with everyone and get to know each other's personalities."

Hearing this, Dongfang Jinghong nodded. She had seen too many of these things before. Then she lifted Bai Ze, who was dozing on Li Youan's shoulder.

"Another reason is that I tried to lure Xiaobai with so many delicious foods before, but it wouldn't follow me. It always seemed like you must be a very good cook."

Hearing this, Li Youan finally understood why Dongfang Jinghong wanted to eat this meal so much.

"So you just want to verify your guess, that's why you insist on trying my food. That's outrageous. I think you're just trying to reminisce about the bitter past."

Ignoring Li Youan's speechless expression, Dongfang Jinghong stroked Bai Ze's soft fur as she asked.

"Tell me if I guessed right or wrong. I'm very smart." She then waved the Bai Ze in her hand. "Little Bai, do you think what I said is right?"

Bai Ze slightly opened his eyes a crack, looked at the two bored people, ignored either of them, and then closed his eyes again to continue sleeping.

After finishing their business, Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong chatted casually for a while before arriving at the meeting place they had gathered the day before.

By this time, there were already some people in the hall, including several unfamiliar faces who hadn't appeared yesterday.

Li Youan quickly counted in his mind and found that there were exactly thirteen people including himself and Dongfang Jinghong. Thinking about his room number, Li Youan realized that this was the entire Thirteenth Squad.

"Sorry, I overslept today."

Regardless of whether it was time to meet or not, Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong were always the last to arrive. Since Dongfang Jinghong didn't like to talk much in front of outsiders, Li Youan took the initiative to speak.

Zheng Xuan took the initiative to speak about the more outgoing senior from yesterday.

"It's only nine o'clock now, you're already early. We'll all be teammates from now on, so there's no need to be so polite. We just happened to all arrive here."

Li Youan glanced at the other team members again. Everyone's expression was normal. No one thought that the two of them were late. Moreover, judging from their expressions, they did not seem to be deliberately being polite, so he felt relieved.

"It seems that the team has a very harmonious atmosphere. Everyone has a good personality. So, we can live more comfortably at this outpost from now on, at least we won't have to spend too much energy on scheming and backstabbing."

However, Li Youan was not so sure that he could relax completely. After all, some people might be very good at pretending, so he still had to be careful, since it concerned his own life.

"These two are Fu Ming and Kang Ping, whom you didn't see yesterday. Please introduce yourselves."

At Luo Jingshan's signal, one of them stepped forward, and Li Youan could smell a distinct medicinal fragrance emanating from him.

Sure enough, his opening remarks were exactly as Li Youan had guessed.

"Fu Ming, an alchemist, is at the eighth level of the Kaiyuan Realm. From now on, the three of us will work together. Our team is one of the few outposts with a complete set of formation masters, alchemists, and treasure refiners."

Just as Fu Ming finished speaking with a smile, another person appeared directly in front of him, with a very sunny smile, but his words were somewhat inconsistent with that.

"Kang Ping, at the ninth level of the Kaiyuan Realm, is skilled in concealment and assassination. I am in charge of intelligence for our team."

Neither Li Youan nor Dongfang Jinghong expected that this seemingly cheerful senior was actually in charge of the assassination.

Just like yesterday, Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong introduced themselves again.

Of course, when Dongfang Jinghong mentioned that she was at the first level of the Kaiyuan Realm, the team members who knew her cultivation level yesterday all gave her a second look.

Seeing that everyone had gotten to know each other, Luo Jingshan clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Now, let me tell you about our team's recent missions."

"After you two went back to your rooms yesterday, you should have looked at the basic information about the outpost."

Seeing Luo Jingshan looking over, Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong both nodded.

Yesterday, when Li Youan checked the basic information of Outpost No. 1, he discovered that the outpost was divided into nine levels and three factions within it.

The military holds absolute leadership and controls the operation of the entire outpost.

The demon hunters who come to the outpost to earn spirit stones are mostly demon hunting teams composed of free cultivators.

And the third-party logistics personnel who acquire monster materials and sell pills and magical treasures.

"That's good. Our teachers and students from the Northern Frontier War Academy belong to the Imperial Army's patrol squads. When we need something, we go to those merchants to buy it and try to have as little contact with the demon-hunting squads as possible."

"Those demon hunters may not dare to do anything inside or near the outpost, but once you get far away from them, they're a bunch of desperate criminals who only care about spirit stones and nothing else."

Seeing that Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong didn't seem puzzled, Luo Jingshan suddenly had a whimsical idea and wanted to test the two of them.

Do you two know why this is?

Li Youan thought for a moment and then tentatively spoke.

"The existence of these demon-hunting teams is also to hone our skills. The enemy is not only the demon race, but also traitors within our ranks."

Seeing that Li Youan had given the answer he wanted, Luo Jingshan looked at Li Youan with admiration.

"Among these demon hunters, there are good and bad. The bad ones are your whetstones. Otherwise, it would be a huge waste for the military to give you so many benefits just to hunt demons."

Hearing Luo Jingshan's words, Li Youan nodded. He had already learned about this information through his terminal after returning to his room yesterday.

As a military patrol squad, you'll receive certain benefits, such as free housing, free use of the alchemy and treasure-refining rooms, and a certain amount of supplies.

However, you need to complete the basic points task every month, which is to hunt 10 monsters of the same cultivation level. Any extra points can be exchanged for military points or sold to merchants who buy monster materials. During the entire front-line base period, military points are a hard currency comparable to spirit stones.

"Our next patrol is in two days. In the next two days, everyone should prepare what they need. If it is something for the whole team, submit the purchase order to me and I will make the purchase in one go."

"If you're preparing it yourself, then just go buy it yourself. There might be unscrupulous merchants at the front-line base, but here, they won't last more than a few days."

Just as Luo Jingshan was about to dismiss everyone, Li Youan walked to the center of the field.

Seeing that everyone's attention had been drawn, Li An didn't say much. With a wave of his left hand, the team members first felt the temperature in the cave begin to drop, and then pieces of monster meat floated in mid-air.

Wei Xiao felt the change in temperature, looked at the meat, and recalled Li Youan's words from yesterday. Although his tone was somewhat doubtful, it was mostly affirmative.

"Is this the meat of a Frosty Snow Crane?"

Li Youan nodded. "I collected quite a bit of Frostcracker meat yesterday. Everyone can have a taste as a small gift."

At this moment, Luo Jingshan also walked to the side. Although these monster meats were of no help to him, who was already at the Spirit Sea Realm, they could only satisfy his appetite.

But seeing that none of the team members around him raised any objections, and were even somewhat tempted, Luo Jingshan, as a wise leader, also nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's find a place outside and make it our first team building activity after everyone in our thirteenth squad is here."