At dusk, the afterglow passes through the dense tree crown and sprinkles patchy shadows.

  Under the leadership of the crimson stallion, dozens of demonic horses marched in unison and galloped swiftly towards Qingfeng Mountain.

  Shen Yi landed last, quietly looking at the figure in armor standing in front of him.

  Although he hadn't thought of handing over the Jia Dan, it was still somewhat astonishing that it had been taken in so easily.

  Logically speaking, this Demon-Slaying General had also put in some effort into beheading the Jiao Demon...

  It's a lot of effort.

  Shen Yi felt a bit helpless, thinking back to when he was still in the initial stage of perfection, facing the young Jiao and River Demon who were both injured at the time, although they were not particularly difficult to kill.

  Relying on various perfect elixirs and superior martial arts, as well as the endless supply of vital energy that consumes one's lifespan.

  But when faced with the condensed dan boundary demon, these martial arts gradually became somewhat powerless.

  The old Jiaolong was cut off by the Hun Tie Da Ji, and more than half of its life was gone. Its body still had severe old wounds. In this state, it actually managed to forcibly swallow a nearly hour-long Tian Gua Xue Sha.

  Finally, Greedy Wolf exterminated the evil and captured Dragon Subduing together.

  This is almost all of Shen Yi's background.

  If I were to encounter a Condensation Demon in its prime state again next time, I wouldn't even be able to defeat it, let alone escape with my life.

  Fortunately, this trip was very rewarding.

  Jade Liquid Boundary Dragon Beast Yuan, Condensed Dan Boundary Jiao Long Inner Dan, adding the previous 800 years, totaling over 3,000 years of demon lifespan.

  I don't know... can it help me successfully condense the elixir?

  Shen Yi was somewhat at a loss.

  "Shen brothers, you have a lot of guts!"

  Hong Lei pulled on the reins to come closer, seeing his thoughts were complicated, and lowered his voice: "Fortunately, Old Man Chen's realm has made progress again. If he was trapped by that sword array, you would have returned alone to chase after the Jiao Long. Who knows what might happen if you encountered danger? You're still young, with a bright future ahead of you, why risk your life for achievements?"

  He smiled wryly and said, "However, you really did win the bet. From being a second lieutenant to becoming a trusted general, I spent decades struggling to achieve what you've accomplished in just a few days."

  Look at Shen Yi's age, the other party has been in the Demon Suppression Division for no more than ten years.

  Qin Sui's position in the yamen is already quite high, and above him are only those demon-catching people, the twelve Demon-Suppressing Generals, and the Commander-in-Chief.

  As long as they are in Qingzhou, even a top-notch force has to give face to General Chen and be polite.

  However, Hong Yue was just amazed and didn't feel jealous at all.

  It's not something an ordinary person can do, just look at the wounds on Shen Yi's shoulders and the way the dragon was beheaded.

  It must have been a thrilling battle for both sides!

  At this point, Hong E was unable to help but feel a sense of longing: "Hey! That old demon must have also been defeated by Shen brother's strength before it died, let the water clan in the river see the splendor of our Tianxia Town Demon-Slaying Department!"

  “……”

  Shen Yi slightly nodded and skirted around the topic: "What's the benefit of becoming a personal attendant to a general?"

  He didn't forget his purpose for coming to the Demon Slaying Department.

  "What benefits?" Hong Yue withdrew his attention, stretched out his palm: "Let's just say it like this, whether in a sect or a noble family, for someone as skilled as you who has reached the Yu Ye realm, unless they are a direct descendant of the bloodline or have signed some kind of blood contract, if they want to obtain the art of condensing elixirs, they would at least need to do tasks for them for several decades before gaining their trust."

  Upon hearing this, Shen Yi also recalled the Golden Gate that Zhang Tuhou had mentioned earlier. Not to mention the Condensing Elixir Technique, even a slightly inferior technique like the Condensing Elixir Body Refining Cultivation would require reciting scriptures for 50 years and lecturing on the teachings for another 50 years.

  He was puzzled: "Even if the jade liquid is full, the lifespan will not exceed 300 years. Wasting time on this useless thing, even if you get the Condensed Elixir Method, what's the use?"

  Hong Lei's expression slightly changed, and he smiled bitterly: "Shen brothers, to them, you are an outsider. The Jingdan method is the foundation, as long as this method still exists, a first-rate force will always be a first-rate force. But if you take the method to the Town Demon Court... You should know that they won't even let in the Town Demon Court's school lieutenant, not to mention the yamen's errand runners, which is enough to show their resistance to the imperial court."

  "Of course, there are faster ways too. Have you seen Qingfeng Mountain? Other aristocratic families also have similar things like the ancestral sword. As long as you're willing to sign a blood contract and become a laborer's son to protect the family and offer sacrifices, with your abilities, no family will be stingy."

  "But you've become a personal attendant, for at most ten years... no, five years..."

  Hong Lei looked at Shen Yi's slightly furrowed brow, clicked his tongue and changed his tone: "If luck is good, making great contributions, three years isn't impossible. The imperial court's collected Jingdan method isn't lacking in top-grade ones, and can be chosen at will according to your needs, no worse than those sects."

  "Can't you go any faster?"

  Upon hearing this, Hong Lei's expression suddenly changed slightly. He looked around and found that Old Man Chen's bright red horse had already disappeared from view.

  He reached out to press down on Shen Yi's hand that was holding the reins, using the Transmission Sound Secret Method: "Brother, you saved Old Hong's life, this matter must never be heard by anyone else, otherwise you'll never have another chance in this lifetime."

  "For three years you refused to wait, who would dare to vouch for you to the imperial court, who would believe that after condensing the elixir you will stay and guard Qingzhou instead of leaving or even joining a powerful family or demonic sect?"

  At these words, Shen Yi's eyes slightly drooped.

  He suddenly reacted and realized that although he had never intentionally shown anything, in the eyes of outsiders, he had already subtly revealed his anxious appearance.

  In ordinary people's thinking, a martial art must be cultivated for more than a decade or even several decades, and the progress of its realm is slow, relying only on elixirs to pile up.

  But he himself was in a hurry to finish his training with the Demon Suppression Division and leave, not seeming to be genuinely learning martial arts, but rather like he came to steal them.

  We should be more careful from now on.

  "I know the temperament of you geniuses, who can't wait to soar to the sky in one day. Lin Baimei is like this, Bai Ziming is also like this, but now one is practicing boxing at the General's mansion, another has become a demon catcher, and another is working as a doctor in a medical hall."

  Hong Lei sighed, then smiled and said: "First do things, then eat. This is the rule of the Demon-Slaying Department... Now looking at General Chen's attitude, Jianchi has been trained, you have the greatest chance, those three probably can't surpass you."

  "Jianchi washing practice?" Shen Yi felt slightly puzzled.

  Hong Lei only then reacted, the other party had long since run away and was not in the scene: "The old master sacrificed his dark spirit, first beheading Zhang Shi's ancestor, then beheading Qingfeng's leader, swinging his halberd to shatter the ancestral sword. The Sword Pool became ownerless, temporarily managed by Old Man Chen, although it can no longer give birth, but enough to be used a few more times, just once, it can top your half-life of swallowing medicine and bitter cultivation!"

  Homeless?

  Shen Yi turned her head and noticed that there was a hint in his words: "What about Qingfeng Gate?"

  "So they say the older the spookier."

  General Chen Qiankun was not present, and Hong Yue spoke more boldly: "The general had long known that Qingfeng's sect leader was born with a deficiency, so he deliberately surrounded but did not attack, keeping all the disciples, personally letting them experience the ferocity of the ancestral sword, causing discord and division, then destroying it. The remaining disciples were handed over to the demon-catching officers for investigation, and those who were found to be abnormal were taken in by the Demon-Suppressing Department."

  "Dying of laughter, General Chen's command suddenly had two more condensed dan realm colonels."

  Although with the strength of those two great elders, they can quickly rise up, it is also an interesting story.

  "Right, you're not looking for the Cong Dan martial arts, are you? The general himself demonstrated it to you once. As long as you can grasp the tail that the aristocratic families' doorways haven't hidden well and have enough strength, you can completely replicate the Qingfeng Mountain incident. On the way back with many martial arts books, copying two more is no big deal."

  Hong Lei said as he suddenly discovered that the young man's eyes had a hint of unusual light.

  He opened his mouth, wondering if he had said something wrong.