Body Refinement for Longevity: From Health Cultivation Exercises to Overcoming All Techniques

"Oh, is that so?"

Shen Yue nodded thoughtfully.

"You don't need to think too much. At that time, we two rookies in the Ming Jin realm will just be helping out from behind. We probably won't even see any strange beasts, so there won't be any danger."

Newbie?

Shen Yue's lips twitched. Although she was used to this beautiful senior's frivolousness, she was still sometimes speechless at her words.

"That's all I have to say. I hope you'll be very careful; the number of people who went there will be the same number who return."

At this point, after the elder finished speaking, the leaders of each team set off in a grand procession.

For this beast hunt, the family mobilized more than two hundred people, including five martial artists: three elders leading the hunt and two of their personal disciples; the rest were all martial arts practitioners.

The clan chief would lead a small group of clansmen to guard the city to prevent any accidents.

There are three teams in total. Two of them are frontline combat personnel, whose minimum strength level is dark energy. The third team consists of martial artists with obvious strength, such as Shen Yue and Chen Huaiyu, as well as strong and healthy ordinary people.

The lineup for this hunt was truly magnificent; Black Lion City would probably not see such a spectacle for decades.

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As night fell, the group finally reached their destination and set up camp.

This is the edge of a wilderness where strange beasts often appear, but they are rarely seen. Although there are houses around, they have long been deserted.

Looking around, there was no sign of human habitation; it was utterly desolate.

At that moment, in the shadows not far away, two figures watched the busy figures of the Chen family members, smiles appearing on their lips.

"They finally couldn't hold back anymore."

One of them spoke, his voice hoarse and aged, his hands wrinkled yet powerful, like eagle claws; he was none other than Xue Yinzi of the Black Mountain Gang.

"Hmph, of course. With me secretly coordinating with the city's powerful figures to control martial arts training resources, isn't the Chen family just a plaything in my hands?"

The person who responded had a powerful voice, exuding authority without anger.

"Oh dear, it's so good to be rich and powerful. I'm even envious of it."

"Hmph, you martial artists are all brawn and no brains. When it comes to scheming and controlling the powerful, you still have to rely on us scholars."

Yin Xuezi chuckled obsequiously, "That's right, that's right."

He couldn't help but glance back out of the corner of his eye. There were several martial arts masters in the hidden spot, among whom three martial artists whose origins were unclear stood out.

"By the way, did you find the person you wanted to contact for the favor you asked me to do last time? There aren't many people you can ask for help from."

Xue Yinzi sighed, "That kid is no simpleton. He's very meticulous. Even now, I haven't even seen his face yet."

The middle-aged man smiled meaningfully and spoke again, "After we swallow the Chen family, how will we divide the spoils?"

Xueyinzi's expression changed. "Then it's naturally a 50/50 split..."

The latter's expression darkened, his eyes sharpening as he said, "Fifty-fifty? You're overestimating the abilities of your ragtag bunch..."

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The next day, at dawn, the Chen family's first hunt began.

One team entered the outskirts of the wilderness, while the other team and the logistics team stayed behind.

Compared to before, the number of strange beasts has decreased significantly, and the group searched for a long time without much success.

It wasn't until the afternoon that a herd of black-horned sheep was spotted. These animals are fast and have tremendous impact force; if one doesn't react in time, they will be pierced through on the spot.

Everyone was cautious and dared not be careless in the slightest, silently surrounding the beast horde layer by layer.

The day passed quickly. Although the Chen family had wiped out the entire herd of beasts, the day's harvest was still unsatisfactory.

They overestimated the number of strange beasts in the wilderness.

That night, the three elders discussed and changed the action plan. In the end, instead of one team hunting beasts a day and two teams taking turns, they changed it to one team hunting in the morning and one team hunting in the evening, two hunts a day.

Everyone knew the situation was not optimistic, so they didn't complain too much.

The other team set off that evening.

Although the hunting trip was not very successful, fortunately, not many people were lost.

The hunt was uneventful and not particularly dangerous; before they knew it, it was the fifth day of the hunt.

On this day, Chenjia Camp operated as usual, with one team staying behind and another hunting, their actions proceeding in an orderly manner.

At that moment, dozens of miles away in the deep mountains, a blood-red spider swallowed a bear cub whole.

Beside it, a brown bear as tall as a house was fighting with several other red spiders. It was covered in wounds and poisoned, but it was still fierce. Its paw, which was bigger than a pot, could kill a red spider with a single blow.

This is a strange beast comparable to a human martial artist, fierce, brutal, and extremely violent.

However, the red spiders are numerous and will occasionally crawl up behind it to bite and attack, injecting venom.

At this time, the brown bear would often roar and then slam its back heavily against the mountainside, repeating this several times until its furry back was covered in blood and gore.

Then, seeing its cubs being swallowed whole as food, it became even more ferocious, its roar deafening.

But as time went on, the toxins took effect, and its movements gradually slowed down. More and more red spiders crawled onto its body, eventually engulfing its enormous form.

"These beasts are really cunning."

The group of people watching from afar couldn't help but spit on the ground and curse.

"Stop talking nonsense, that bear won't last long, hurry up and put down the bait and leave."

Upon hearing this, the man no longer hesitated, opened the jar, reached into the black jar he carried with him, and took out a rotten entrails infested with maggots.

He was so disgusted that he threw it on the ground.

This is the rotten entrails of a strange beast, the favorite food of the red spider.

Sure enough, some of the red spiders had already moved toward this side.

Upon seeing this, the group ran faster than anyone else, heading straight for Chen Family Camp.

At this moment, the people in the camp were completely unaware of this.

Even if a few people were secretly keeping watch around, they had already become cold corpses.

At that moment, in a mountain cave, Chen Han had just finished refining the third beast heart he had eaten and came out for some fresh air.

Tai Chi Health Preservation Exercise (Proficient) 155/500

【Mountain-Breaking Fist (Mastery) 300/500】

After the health preservation stage of Tai Chi health preservation exercises, there are no more distinctions in realm. This stage of building strong bones and muscles is also the last stage. After completing this stage, the health preservation exercises will come to an end.

Chen Han didn't know if there was a second volume to this skill, but he assumed there was. If you asked him how he knew, it was naturally because there was a brief introduction at the beginning.

The last sentence of the introduction is that when one reaches the peak of cultivation, one can move mountains and fill seas, be immune to all poisons, and be impervious to swords and spears. Going up mountains of knives and down into seas of fire is nothing more than a matter of smiling.

When Chen Han first saw this passage, he thought the author was talking nonsense. It was just a health-preserving exercise; how could it be so powerful?

He's immune to all poisons and impervious to swords and spears—even martial arts masters wouldn't dare make such a boast, otherwise he'd be unparalleled for all time.

But as these health-preserving exercises brought him one surprise after another, he had to re-examine the authenticity of this statement.

"If I have the chance in the future, I must get my hands on the next volume of this manual."