The Journey of Projection Upgrading
Chapter 179: Eat People

Chen An was feeling bitter.

Of course he was feeling bitter.

Look at this time, he fought outside for his life, finally managed to get some spoils of war.

But in the end, a pure spirit flower ended up with nothing, before it had even warmed up, it was all gone.

He didn't get anything for himself.

Indeed, if you want to be rich, have fewer children and plant more trees.

Children are like gold-swallowing beasts.

This one hasn't even been born yet, and it has already swallowed Chen An's share of the pure spirit flower.

At this moment, Chen An couldn't help but start to reflect.

In his past life, he had heard a lot of opinions about not getting married or having children.

Back then, he didn't take it seriously.

But after changing to a different world, he suddenly felt that there was some truth in those words.

Without getting married and starting a family, one person can eat their fill and the whole family is not worried.

Unlike now, when you get something good, you have to consider your wife and children first.

This is truly heartbreaking and tear-jerking.

"What are you thinking about?"

In front of him, Bai Zhilan suddenly opened her eyes and glanced at Chen An.

"It's nothing, it's nothing."

Chen An immediately put on a smile.

Bai Zhilan then closed her eyes again.

Seeing Bai Zhilan's actions, Chen An silently shook his head.

Well, actually this time he didn't come back empty-handed.

The petals of the pure spirit flower were indeed gone.

But the other parts were still there.

A flower is not just made of petals, there are other things.

Roots, stems, leaves, and even seeds, these are all good things.

If used, they also have some effects, just not as good as the effects of petals.

But without a doubt, these are top-grade natural treasures, if taken out for exchange, there would definitely be a bunch of people eager to have them.

Especially the seeds of the pure spirit flower.

Chen An pondered whether these seeds would be useful.

Perhaps in the future, if he found a suitable environment, he could use these seeds to cultivate more pure spirit flowers?

This world probably doesn't have a place like that anymore, but there is another realm, right?

If that realm, as Liang Yao said, is a place rich in spiritual energy, a place of cultivation, there might be many places suitable for planting pure spirit flowers.

When the time comes to find a suitable place, it might not be impossible to cultivate a few pure spirit flowers.

Of course, it's obvious that this matter would be very difficult.

According to ancient records, even during the peak of cultivation, it's very difficult to nurture and birth a pure spirit flower, it's an extremely rare treasure.

If it was easy to nurture, it wouldn't be so valuable.

But no matter how difficult it is, it's still a hope.

You can still dream.

The next day, several elders from the Bai family came to visit.

In the past, it was usually Chen An who took the initiative to visit these elders, and they would receive him.

But this time the situation was reversed, and it was these elders who came to visit Chen An.

Chen An just had to receive them.

If he wanted, he could even refuse to see them a few times before meeting them.

These elders could only wait outside helplessly, not daring to complain.

Of course, Chen An didn't have that kind of taste, so he greeted them.

In the spacious hall, Chen An looked at the elders in front of him and smiled.

"You don't have to be restrained, hah."

Chen An raised his tea cup and said with a smile, "You are all elders, coming here is like being guests, no need to be nervous."

The elders looked at each other and didn't speak.

But they didn't dare not to listen to what Chen An said.

So on the surface, they quickly relaxed, at least no longer showing much restraint in their expressions.

Chen An watched this scene and nodded inwardly.

This is how it should be.

We are all family, why be so serious.

Even if you say something wrong, he won't blame you.

At the most, he would just kill you and that's it, why be so afraid?

"What are your thoughts?"

After a while, Chen An finally accepted this reality.

Alright, just do it.

It's better than killing good people.

But then, he finally understood why Ning Ming's strength was so weak.

He had been wondering before, how come someone ranked on the Heavenly List had such weak strength?

Was it really that he had extraordinary luck and everyone he picked on was a soft persimmon?

Now it seems that it's not that he had good luck, but that the Heavenly List itself is weak!

If all it takes is being a congenital to be on the Heavenly List, then there's a mix of good and bad, while there are definitely powerful figures, there are also goods like Ning Ming.

But no matter how mediocre he was, he was still congenital.

If he hadn't encountered Chen An, with Ning Ming's mediocre combat power within the congenital realm, he would still have been able to sweep through the entire Bai family.

In a fit of rage, even if he wiped out the entire Upper Element County, there wouldn't have been much of a problem.

Thinking about it, Chen An sighed.

"What about the captured Qi? How are the interrogations going?"

He continued to ask.

"They have all confessed truthfully."

The four elders replied, "In addition to the people from the Cao and Liu families, there are also people from the Song family and some outsiders."

"Ask them if they are willing to join the Bai family and pledge allegiance to me?"

Chen An smiled, "As long as they are willing, I will accept them as named disciples, they will be guest elders of the Bai family, mostly serving me."

As soon as these words came out, the elders immediately noticed that something was wrong.

Accept them as named disciples, mostly serving you.

You're trying to take control of everything yourself.

Just by thinking about it, the elders understood that these Qi will definitely form their own faction within the Bai family in the future. Even though they are part of the Bai family's forces, they will likely only listen to Chen An's orders.

After all, these people were not on good terms with the Bai family, they were part of the attack on the Bai family.

If they were to regain their freedom, even if they joined the Bai family, what would the other members of the Bai family think?

"I know how to proceed, so proceed accordingly."

After a moment of silence, Chen An finally spoke.

Although he was somewhat resistant to this way of using them, since this was the situation here, he acquiesced.

But when he eats those elixirs in the future, he will probably feel a bit disgusted.

The elders looked at each other, their eyes showing signs of approval.

Ning Ming's body is now lying in the main hall, preserved with mysterious ice.

For the current Bai family, a body of a Heavenly-ranked Qi is a huge treasure.

But this was Chen An's spoils of war. Without Chen An's approval, no one dared to dispose of it arbitrarily.

Now with Chen An's permission, they could finally act.

The scene was quite exciting to think about.

After that, they talked about other matters.

"Ning Ming is a Heavenly-ranked individual, is it okay to dispose of his body like this?"

Chen An asked, with a hint of doubt in his expression.

Regardless of the fact that Ning Ming was a Heavenly-ranked individual, according to what he said, he probably still had many friends in the world.

Just killing someone is one thing, disposing of their body and using it like this, isn't it afraid that his friends will come seeking revenge?

"That."

The elders looked at each other, not knowing how to explain.

In the end, it was the fourth elder who stepped forward, facing Chen An's gaze, to explain to him.

Ning Ming was ranked on the Heavenly List, that much was true.

But that doesn't represent much.

He got on the Heavenly List, not because he was powerful, but simply because of his innate talent.

Like all congenital beings, even if they are old and weak, and their combat power is at the bottom of the congenital level, they can still be on the Heavenly List and be considered a Heavenly-ranked individual.

That's how Ning Ming got on the list.

Although he was on the list, he didn't have a strong background. He was just a lone cultivator, he didn't have many friends.

Even though he claimed to know many people on the Heavenly List, that wasn't an issue. After all, they were all congenital beings, and it wasn't a big deal to meet each other occasionally over the years.

But how deep their relationships were was questionable.

According to the information the elders had, Ning Ming seemed to have few friends, and because of his unique way of doing things, he had made enemies with many people.

This time he fell at Chen An's hands, and as for revenge, it wasn't certain if anyone would come, but secretly cheering for his death, that was most likely going to happen.

Shouldn't it be considered doing heaven's work, helping get rid of bad people?

Chen An's face looked strange, it took him a while to accept this reality.

Alright, doing heaven's work it is.

It's surely better than killing good people.

But saying that, he finally understood why Ning Ming's strength was so weak.

He had been wondering before, how come someone ranked on the Heavenly List had such weak strength?

Was it really that he had extraordinary luck and everyone he picked on was a soft persimmon?

Now it seems that it's not that he had good luck, but that the Heavenly List itself is weak!

If all it takes is being a congenital to be on the Heavenly List, then there's a mix of good and bad, while there are definitely powerful figures, there are also goods like Ning Ming.

But even if he is mediocre, he is still a congenital.

If he hadn't encountered Chen An, with Ning Ming's mediocre combat power within the congenital realm, he would still have been able to sweep through the entire Bai family.

In a fit of rage, even if he wiped out the entire Upper Element County, there wouldn't have been much of a problem.

Thinking about it, Chen An sighed.

"What about the captured Qi? How are the interrogations going?"

He continued to ask.

"They have all confessed truthfully."

The four elders replied, "In addition to the people from the Cao and Liu families, there are also people from the Song family and some outsiders."

"Ask them if they are willing to join the Bai family and pledge allegiance to me?"

Chen An smiled, "As long as they are willing, I will accept them as named disciples, they will be guest elders of the Bai family, mostly serving me."

As soon as these words came out, the elders immediately noticed that something was wrong.

Accept them as named disciples, mostly serving you.

You're trying to take control of everything yourself.

Just by thinking about it, the elders understood that these Qi will definitely form their own faction within the Bai family in the future. Even though they are part of the Bai family's forces, they will likely only listen to Chen An's orders.

After all, these people were not on good terms with the Bai family, they were part of the attack on the Bai family.

If they were to regain their freedom, even if they joined the Bai family, what would the other members of the Bai family think?

"I know how to proceed, so proceed accordingly."

After a moment of silence, Chen An finally spoke.

Although he was somewhat resistant to this way of using them, since this was the situation here, he acquiesced.

But when he eats those elixirs in the future, he will probably feel a bit disgusted.

The elders looked at each other, their eyes showing signs of approval.

The four elders were the first to agree, immediately expressing their consent.

Of course, they agreed.

Chen An was the son-in-law of their lineage.

The larger the power under Chen An, the larger the power of their lineage.

In this situation, not taking a loss.

Under these circumstances, even if Chen An just wanted to absorb those Qi, or wanted to step directly into the position of the head of the Bai family, he would also wholeheartedly support it.

What, you say Chen An's surname is Chen, not Bai?

Who said that someone with the surname Chen can't become the head of the Bai family?

Furthermore, isn't there still Bai Zhilan here?

Even if Chen An doesn't take that position himself, supporting Bai Zhilan to become the head of the Bai family is still the same.

And for the lineage of the four elders, this is completely without loss.

"If you want to recruit them, that's not a problem."

With a slight hesitation, the third elder spoke, "But what if they only pledge allegiance on the surface and then try to escape later?"

"Rest assured, I have my ways."

Chen An's reply was also very direct.

During his many years in the Great China World, he had almost emptied out their arsenal, so his accumulation was considerable.

Among them, there were many methods similar to life and death symbols.

Planting these methods on those people, he had no doubt that they would obey obediently.

Thinking about this, Chen An glanced at the elders in front of him.

Actually, if he wanted to make things easier, directly placing these methods on the elders and controlling them directly would be a good choice.

At that time, the entire Bai family would easily fall into his hands, and no one would dare to have any other thoughts.

But thinking about it carefully, he decided not to do it.

Although the Bai family elders had some minor conflicts with him before, overall they got along quite well.

In this situation, controlling them all together and bringing up their past wrongdoings seemed a bit unnecessary.

Moreover, he wasn't planning to stay here for long.

He was preparing to go to a different area later.

For the Bai family here, it was enough to make some preparations, there was no need for anything else.

Soon, Chen An went to see the captured Qi.

No surprises, the attitudes of these Qi towards Chen An were exceptionally good.

They had to be.

They had all witnessed the big battle between Chen An and Ning Ming before.

Chen An looked ordinary on the surface, but in reality, he was a congenital who could easily wipe out the entire family behind them.

Facing such a fierce deity, how could they not be polite?

Another reason was that they probably could guess why Chen An was here now.

They cooperated extremely well with all of Chen An's demands, which even surprised Chen An.

He had initially planned to find a chicken to kill, to show his skills.

But with their cooperation, he had no place to pick on.

Fortunately, in the end, there was finally a tough nut to crack.

"Hmph! Just kill me, no need for more words!"

An elder from the Liu family snorted and spoke.

Chen An's eyes lit up.

This is what I've been waiting for.

Without saying a word, he directly used his methods.

Soon, a gruesome scene began.

Half a day later, the body of the elder from the Liu family began to decay.

Even though he was alive, numerous corpse marks appeared on his body, and various parts of his body began to rot, emitting a putrid smell.

From that day on, the intense screams never stopped.

Until five days later, the man finally breathed his last breath, looking extremely miserable.

When Chen An stopped, he looked at the ugly faces of the people around him, nodding with satisfaction, even with a hint of hope in his eyes.

He was waiting to see if anyone else would dare to step forward and let him try again.

Then he could continue with another set of methods.

Unfortunately, it seemed that the demonstration was effective, and until the end, no one else dared to step forward.

Faced with Chen An's conditions, they all chose to agree.

At this point, the entire Bai family forces increased significantly on the surface.

Because overnight, the Bai family gained five new Qi, doubling their original strength.

If you add Chen An, a congenital, the increase in strength for the Bai family in these two days was even greater than before.

The only regret was that these five Qi and a congenital were not here for nothing.

Within the Bai family, they were named as part of the Bai family, but in reality, they formed their own faction, and their power was even stronger than the original Bai family's forces.

After all, in the Bai family, the original head of the Bai family, Bai Chi, was about to be retired, and the other four elders were already elderly and wouldn't be able to support it much longer.

(End of this chapter)