1 year later

Wang Yu slashed the last wolf with his own sword, killing it instantly.

"Great move little Wang." Said Ah Du who had reached the silver tier a month ago, he has been stuck at the peak of the bronze tier for a long time, as for Lu Fu, he had also reached the middle stage of bronze tier.

Because of that their fighting power increased greatly with four silver tier fighters and two middle stage bronze tier and with experience they gained during the last year, they also started to move faster and hunt deeper, still they have never gone beyond the boundary of the sect's formation which isolated the demons from the rest of the world, leaving only some little beasts within the periphery for the hunters.

Right now their squad could be considered at the middle in terms of strength within the hunters of the sect's servant district which allowed them to hunt more, and gain more sect coins. Unfortunately immortal elixirs are extremely expensive, even so they estimate that it won't be long before they purchase them, at most four years. The only issue is if they are gonna live for that day, during the last year they have encountered a lot of difficult situations where they were one step from losing one of their members.

After finishing the hunt of the wolves, Wang Yu started to skin them, after the intense training his strength has increased way more, he was no more that young boy who could barely fend off against small beast, now he can kill beasts at the middle stage off the bronze tier and even protect himself against those at the late stage.

As a sort of training, he was now responsible for skinning all the animals they hunt.

"Little Wang, you have become very good at skinning, it was a good idea ." Said Ah Shu.

"Wang Yu has really become ruthless, from a boy who felt fear after killing animals to someone capable of killing without the least of pity." Ah Shu sighed after remembering how frail Wang Yu was the first day they met. At that time, the only thing he felt was pity towards him for being dragged into their own mess. But now he was no more that weak boy, his body was solid and strong. The only thing that didn't change about him is his immature face.

"Yes, Wang Yu and Lu Fu have really progressed quickly especially Wang Yu who started late, it really makes me envious. Training within the sect is way faster than in the outside world. At their age I was struggling at the beginning of the bronze tier." Lu Min added.

Because of the abundance of Qi energy within the sect, the resources they bought from the sect such as the medicines and the incredible training of life and death which is the weekly hunt, Wang Yu and Lu Fu increased their strength rapidly way faster than Ah Shu and the company when they were at their age.

"Having a great teacher as myself, everything is possible" Joked Qu Shi.

"Hahaha, that's true let's return to the sect. We have hunted enough for today."

After hearing what Ah Shu had said the group headed toward the sect.

...…

32 miles away from Wang Yu's group. A man was running at top speed, his face was pale, his clothes ragged and his breathing was incredibly fast which showed that he has been running for a long time.

"To think that we will meet that kind of monster here. What bad luck I must inform the sect…" The man was running as fast as possible when suddenly a shadow suddenly appeared before him. The man didn't even have the chance to do anything. He had died on the spot.

...…

After returning to the sect, Wang Yu's group headed toward the hunting association to sell the pelts that they had acquired in this hunt.

After hunting for nearly a year the group had amassed a good number of sect coins

Originally the group wanted to save sect coins as much as possible to finally buy some elixirs which will help them start cultivating, by then they would be able to become outer sect disciples. But after some deliberation the group decided that slowly accumulating sect coins would be incredibly slow, so they decided to focus on increasing their own strength by buying some medicines that were cheaper since they weren't immortals nonetheless they have spent a great deal of sect coins. They also bought some weapons and other auxiliary things.

After returning from the hunting association they went toward the restaurant. This time they brought along Wang Yu who has become a training maniac, spending most of the time training. At the beginning it was hard for him to concentrate without feeling tired and uncomfortable. But after spending months on the training regime he started to get used to it, he even started to enjoy it. That's why people say that getting stronger is an addicting feeling the more strength someone wields the more he desires.

"Brother Ah Shu, you have come fast this time. Was the hunting good." Asked a young man who unlike the hunters didn't have any scar on his face, his body wasn't that strong either, you can tell from a single glance that he is absolutely not a hunter. In fact those chosen to become hunters each year aren't that high in number compared to the other profession.

"Brother Bu, yes this time we found a pack of wolves the moment we set foot in the forest so after killing enough wolves we directly returned.

"You're lucky brother, do you remember Yun Wuji and his group? They still haven't returned till now." The young man sighed. He knew that no one is crazy enough to stay for more than three days in the forest, that's a taboo, something only done by the craziest people. And knowing that Yun Wuji isn't that type means that he is probably dead.

"They Haven't returned yet?" Wang Yu and the company shivered.

Since starting they have also met a lot of dangerous situations where they nearly died accumulating many injuries but at least they kept themselves alive.

"Not yet, so a lot of people think that they are probably dead, anyway nothing is for sure they haven't found any clue that tells them that they are dead."

After sighing Ah Shu said "Anyway, becoming a hunter means danger that's our destiny. Nothing can change,

After that the group changed the subject and started eating while enjoying the dance and music within the restaurant. After spending a year hunting, the group members are no longer sensitive to information about the death of another hunter.

Returning from the restaurant, Wang Yu undressed himself and took shower before putting on some simple clothes. He then took a canvas which depicted a huge bear with an arrow on its right eye running toward him, the bear's wrath was clearly shown in the painting, Wang Yu then continued the painting. About two months ago, they have encountered this bear while venturing inside the forest. It was the strongest opponent they have faced till today, while it's weaker than the monkey they met last time, it wasn't by much. In that day, they felt helplessness and nearly died, but eventually they prevailed and killed him.

An hour later Wang Yu removed the clothes from his upper body. Looking at him one could see the muscle on him, it's no more the body of someone who had never trained even though he didn't focus on training the body specifically, it got stronger.

After that, he started training with his sword, a real sword unlike before. Each move of his showed grace and precision, his moves are more headed toward speed than toward strength.

When he become very tired he took shower, wore clean clothes and went to sleep, this was his new routine. He doesn't want to feel helpless anymore, he wants to be strong enough to protect his companion and himself, he has decided not to be a burden anymore.