The Journey of Projection Upgrading
Chapter 158: Elder

Bai Changming couldn't understand how things had evolved into the current situation.

It had only been half a year since the initial battle, why had Chen An in front of him become so terrifying?

If he remembered correctly, Chen An initially had only reached the level of internal energy completion, with a long way to go before reaching his internal energy perfection.

But now, in just half a year, the other party had completed a counterattack, skipping the stage of internal energy perfection and becoming a Gang-Qi warrior?

Realizing this, Bai Changming was filled with disbelief.

To go from internal energy completion to Gang-Qi in just half a year, how could there be such a terrifying person in the world?

Approaching thirty years old with his internal energy perfection, he was already the number one talent in the Bai family.

What did the current Chen An count as?

Poor Bai Changming did not know that in this world, besides geniuses, there was also a special existence called hanging force.

"No matter how arrogant you are, I will suppress you."

With a thud, Bai Changming fell weakly, passing out cleanly.

The whole process was extremely easy.

Of course it was easy.

This was not a match of equal levels, but a Gang-Qi warrior attacking an internal energy warrior with a shameful sneak attack.

If there were still problems with this, it would be strange.

"Young people should be modest, why did you faint so easily."

Looking at Bai Changming who had fallen at his feet, Chen An couldn't help but smile.

In fact, he didn't need to knock out Bai Changming, he just needed to subdue him.

But Chen An had a good memory.

He still remembered the defeat in the previous Bai family competition.

So why not make up for it now that he had the chance?

So he had to inconvenience Bai Changming.

But Bai Changming probably wouldn't mind.

Of course, even if he did, it wouldn't matter, after all, he had fainted, could he still get up?

"Mr. An"

In front of him, Song Lao watched the scene in front of him, a little dumbfounded.

The scene just happened so quickly that he hadn't even reacted to what had happened, Bai Changming just fell down.

And now this scene.

According to his duties, Song Lao should have stepped forward to stop Chen An.

But after realizing what Chen An was going to do, he had no intention of stepping forward to stop him, instead feeling joy in his heart.

"Mr. An, let's take the young lady and leave immediately."

He approached Chen An, looked around cautiously, and said in a low voice, "While the elders haven't reacted yet, we may still have time."

"Go?"

Chen An looked puzzled, "Why do we need to leave?"

"Huh?"

Now it was Song Lao's turn to be stunned.

Didn't you knock out Bai Changming to rescue Miss Bai?

"Of course Miss Qin should be rescued."

Seeing Song Lao's confusion, Chen An shook his head and said, "Yes, we should rescue her, but we don't need to leave."

"Ah?"

Now it was Song Lao's turn to be confused.

You knocked out Bai Changming to rescue Miss Bai; isn't that the plan?

"Miss Qin should be rescued but there's no need to leave."

Talk about it.

He still had a wife in the Bai family.

If he ran away, leaving Bai Zilan alone, what would happen?

Even with the care of Bai Mingli, she would be fine, but it would be embarrassing.

Her husband betrayed the family for another woman and ran away with her, what a mess.

Chen An had no intention of running away.

"But…"

Song Lao was immediately confused.

What do you mean by that?

Out of nowhere, a burst of invisible energy emerged.

From outside the courtyard, a thin but still majestic old man walked out and came to the courtyard.

"Third Elder."

Song Lao's face changed.

The old man in front of him was dignified, the pillar of the third branch of the Bai family, and the background of Bai Qing in the past.

But that was in the past.

After the previous events, the third elder had completely given up on Bai Qing.

And now, he was the most eager to send Bai Qing away.

On the other side, a seemingly ordinary old man in a gray robe came out as well.

This was the fourth elder, Bai Zilan's great-grandfather and Bai Mingli's father.

"An, your cultivation has reached this level?"

Compared to the expected life-and-death battle, the fourth elder's emotions seemed quite calm, showing no anger towards Chen An's unauthorized actions.

This was natural.

Because Chen An was one of them.

Chen An had married Bai Zilan and had received personal teachings from the fourth elder, making him a member of their branch.

In this era, this was pure kinship.

Even if one made a mistake, they were still one of them and must be protected.

And Chen An only knocked out Bai Changming and attempted to free Bai Qing, it wasn't a big deal.

The fourth elder, more concerned about Chen An's cultivation than his attempts to free Bai Qing.

To knock out Bai Changming, the number one talent of the Bai family, even with a sneak attack, his cultivation must have reached the level of internal energy completion, right?

This was truly a pleasant surprise.

"What do you want to do?"

In contrast to the fourth elder, the third elder seemed a bit annoyed, "Qing's marriage is a decision made by the family, you can't stop it."

"This is a misunderstanding."

The fourth elder spoke up, "An and Qing have a very good relationship, he just wanted to come and visit, what's wrong with that?"

"You just came to visit, and you knocked out Changming?"

The third elder argued.

"It's hot weather, who knows, Changming might have fainted because he couldn't endure the heat."

The fourth elder smiled, "Who hasn't been sick before?"

Well, well.

A formidable warrior in internal energy actually fainted from heatstroke, who would believe that?

People around silently mocked, not knowing what to say at the moment.

But no one dared to say anything.

Because the one who said it was the honorable fourth elder of the Bai family.

With the status and strength of the fourth elder, if he said Bai Changming fainted from heatstroke, then he did, and no one dared to say otherwise.

"Alright, let's disperse."

The fourth elder waved his hand and smiled at Chen An, "An, next time you want to visit Qing, there's no need to be sneaky, I'll give you a token, so you can come directly."

Could you show more favoritism!

The third elder was speechless.

He intrudes here breaking the family rules, knocks out the guard, shouldn't he be punished or killed for rebellion?

But now he was allowed to visit freely in the future.

What was the point of Bai family rules?

Well, in front of these Bai family elders, the so-called Bai family rules weren't worth mentioning.

There was no way around it; they were the biggest in the Bai family.

What should have been the end of the situation for the day.

Even the most discerning eye could see that with the fourth elder protecting him, Chen An would get away with it.

Bai Changming was knocked out cold.

But just when things seemed to end here, something unexpected happened.

A faint chill emerged in front of them.

Water droplets instantly turned into ice crystals, freezing in an instant.

Pure ice Gang-Qi burst out, spreading from Chen An's body, covering the entire courtyard in an instant.

Both the third and fourth elders were left stunned.

(End of the chapter)