The Journey of Projection Upgrading
Chapter 197: Other's Messages

"It does look pretty good."

Looking at the two spirit stones in his hand, Chen An nodded involuntarily.

Purely from the appearance, the two golden spirit stones were almost flawless, obviously high-quality gemstones.

If placed in the mundane world, it would probably easily attract the attention of a large number of people.

It could be considered a precious treasure.

However, for cultivators, the most precious thing about these things is their utility value.

Although some cultivators may care about appearance, it is relatively weaker compared to practicality.

Of course, from another perspective, it can also be considered that these things are not beautiful enough, at least not qualified to be called beautiful in the eyes of cultivators.

Various thoughts flashed through Chen An's mind.

But he didn't think too much, and quickly took action.

His hand reached out and touched the spirit stone directly, slowly absorbing the energy within.

And that familiar feeling began to emerge.

Got it!

Chen An felt happy.

He was already familiar with this feeling, but it had been a long time since he had experienced it.

There was no way.

Since leaving the Da Hua world, he had not come into contact with anything that could directly increase spiritual power.

Carefully calculating, it had been about a year or two.

Chen An thought randomly.

But the number of spiritual power in front of his eyes was jumping, very clear.

Chen An stared at it carefully.

Soon, one gold spirit stone was completely absorbed by him.

"Fifteen points."

Chen An nodded, and then picked up the next one, repeating the previous action.

So soon, the other spirit stone was also completely absorbed by him.

These two spirit stones that he absorbed did not disappear, they still remained there, but now they had become empty shells, like glass, showing a transparent appearance.

This was the appearance of a spirit stone after it had consumed all its energy, showing the appearance of a pure spirit stone.

It can also be called an empty shell spirit stone.

It is said that if these empty shell spirit stones are placed in a spiritual vein and absorb enough energy, these empty shell spirit stones will recover.

This is something that has been proven.

Spirit stones are not disposable consumables, but can be reused.

Of course, it is estimated that no one would do this.

Because the downside of doing this is that it takes too long, sometimes thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

What's the point of doing something for so long, why bother focusing on a few spirit stones?

Isn't it faster to do something else that doesn't bring in money?

Furthermore, if one really has such a long lifespan, then they probably don't need those few spirit stones.

So the regeneration of spirit stones is only theoretical, and no one actually does it.

But that doesn't mean that these empty shell spirit stones are useless.

In fact, they are still somewhat useful.

It's just that their use is more limited.

After careful thought, Chen An thought of a few possible uses.

Maybe they can be used in alchemy as cornerstones?

Or as fuel for spiritual fire?

Anyway, they are worthless things.

But Chen An still kept them.

Although he was a rich man now, every little bit counts, so it's better not to waste anything.

After putting away the things, he began to observe the upgrade template in front of him.

The first spirit stone added fifteen points of spiritual power to him, and the second one added sixteen points.

It seems that even spirit stones of the same size and quality may contain slightly different amounts of energy. There are minor discrepancies.

But that's not surprising, it's within expectations.

Roughly calculated, a spirit stone like this golden spirit stone can provide him with fifteen points of spiritual power.

It's almost this number.

Incidentally, the price of purchasing one golden spirit stone is also fifteen spirit stones.

From this perspective, it's almost like one spirit stone is equivalent to one point of spiritual power.

Chen An couldn't help but ponder.

Coming from the Great Liang World, he had quite a few things on him.

But excluding a bunch of unquantifiable worthless scraps, the actual currency spirit stones were probably only three hundred, plus twenty high-quality spirit stones.

Converted, it looked like seven hundred spirit stones, equivalent to seven hundred points of spiritual power.

Seems okay?

The numbers look okay, but in reality, it's not that simple.

After all, Chen An couldn't invest all his spirit stones in purchasing spiritual power, he had to save some for his own cultivation.

Otherwise, he couldn't just wait like other people, eagerly waiting for the Haoshan Sect to allocate resources to him.

When will he have to wait for that?

"It's better to find a way to increase revenue."

In his room, Chen An murmured to himself.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the many miscellaneous disciples he had seen before.

Many miscellaneous disciples were mixing in the Haoshan Sect, working for the Haoshan Sect nine hundred and ninety-six times a day, just for the meager supplies and spirit stones provided by the Haoshan Sect each year.

Even the elite disciples within the Haoshan Sect, besides being excellent themselves, also need to constantly work for the sect, either going out for exploration or guarding certain areas.

In other words, it is impossible to rely on the Haoshan Sect to support you.

Unless you are an elder or a descendant of an elder, otherwise, for the Haoshan Sect, you are the exploited one, not the provided one.

Of course, if you have the ability, you can join the disciples of those elders, and enjoy the resources provided by those elders, which seems like a good path.

However, Chen An knew that this path was not easy to walk.

On the one hand, it is difficult to join the disciples under the elders, and on the other hand, even if you join the disciples under the elders, you have to work hard.

After all, the elders are unlikely to have only one disciple, and in a situation where you and others come, how much you can get in the end will be a competition.

And Chen An was also quite confident, and did not want to take this restrictive path.

After all, the elders of the Haoshan Sect were just like that to him.

"I wonder how the guards of the Haoshan Sect are?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen An suddenly had this idea.

Yes, he was thinking of robbing.

This was also his subconscious reaction.

Chen An, a young man from modern society, was slowly being corrupted by this world.

Based on his experience from multiple worlds, when you are poor and have a weapon, robbery is always the fastest way to get rich.

After all, compared to other ways, this path is a quick way to make money.

However, while making money quickly, the disadvantages are also great.

Especially in a situation where he is unfamiliar with the people, it is not easy to rob.

Not to mention, finding someone to rob is a problem.

After thinking for a moment, Chen An finally decided not to think about it, and instead focused his gaze on what was in front of him.

He looked at the Haoshan Sect column and was contemplating whether he should advance the Haoshan Sect first.

He had already entered the Haoshan Sect, and only needed to advance one more level to reach the level of opening the Purple Mansion.

At that point, even if he officially entered, he could skip the level of the miscellaneous disciples and become an official disciple.

But after thinking about it, he decided to give up.

Let's save a bit.

After all, it was just the beginning, he could completely rely on himself, there was no need to rely on cheats.

Thinking like this, he continued to diligently cultivate for a month.

In the early morning, all things began to revive.

As the sun shone on the earth, in a hall full of abundant spiritual energy, Chen An began to attempt to breakthrough.

After months of cultivation, the spiritual energy in his body was already very full, showing signs of further transformation.

This was the sign of a successful completion of the Nascent Soul cultivation, indicating that his cultivation had reached a higher level and could achieve even greater heights.

And Chen An was prepared for this.

The hall let out a loud roar, and drop by drop of spiritual energy vibrated, emanating from it.

Taking this opportunity, Chen An also exerted his strength.

As the Haoshan Sect operated, the spiritual energy in his body continuously gathered towards the center, eventually forming a point.

Once this step was reached, the next thing was the outbreak.

As the spiritual energy brewed, the Haoshan Sect's techniques seemed to produce some kind of unknown change.

A small area was opened up, located at the center of the body.

As this area was opened up, a strange feeling emerged, as if another organ had been added to the body, very unique and novel.

After this area was opened up, the originally boiling spiritual energy in the body, not knowing where to go, seemed to have found a home, beginning to gather here and settle in this area.

Only then did Chen An relax.

For a martial artist to give birth to internal energy, they need to open up meridians to accommodate internal energy. Similarly, for a cultivator to give birth to divine power, they also need to open up the Purple Mansion.

This Purple Mansion is the place where divine power is housed, and all a cultivator's divine power originates from here.

In other words, this is the foundation of cultivation, the basis of everything.

Only cultivators who have opened up the Purple Mansion can be truly called cultivators.

And Chen An had already taken this step.

This step took Chen An four months from start to finish.

This did not include the time he spent cultivating outside before.

If included, it would probably be more than half a year.

But even at this speed, it was already quite remarkable.

After all, among those miscellaneous disciples, some people couldn't even open up the Purple Mansion after more than a decade of trying.

There was no way, the gap in aptitude was there, no matter how hard you tried, it was difficult to cross.

This was quite frustrating.

After opening up the Purple Mansion, Chen An silently stood up, beginning to sense the changes in his body.

After a period of sensing, he had a novel experience.

He was an innate martial artist, his body was already filled with powerful innate astral energy.

But the divine power he was birthing at this moment was different from astral energy.

The nature of astral energy is extremely fierce and useful for combat.

The nature of divine power, on the other hand, was much gentler.

And it seemed that there was no significant difference between the divine powers cultivated from different scriptures for cultivators.

No matter if you cultivate in the Haoshan Sect or other scriptures, the divine power cultivated has no significant difference, only the differences in the cultivation process and the differences in your Purple Mansion.

On the other hand, for martial arts scriptures, the astral energy cultivated is different, often carrying the unique characteristics of different martial arts legacies.

This difference was significant and worth remembering.

Of course, due to the different body constitutions of individuals, even if they cultivate in the same scriptures, the divine powers of different people may have subtle differences.

It was said that if a person cultivated to a high level, due to the different body constitutions of individuals, their divine powers would also carry different characteristics.

There were many legendary people with spiritual bodies who would have different divine powers due to their different spiritual bodies.

Regarding this, Chen An was very interested and even wanted to research it a bit.

Unfortunately, people with spiritual bodies were very rare and highly valued, so according to rumors, even in those top fairy sects, they were quite rare, let alone in third-rate minor forces like the Haoshan Sect.

So in the short term, this was something he couldn't think about.

He could only see if there was an opportunity in the future.

Thinking in his heart, Chen An then walked out.

Just as he walked to the doorway, someone came to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Chen, on successfully opening up the Purple Mansion."

Haofa stood outside the main gate, bowing to Chen An and congratulating him, with a smile on his face.

Haofa was a disciple recruited by the Haoshan Sect from the outside world. Because he had no parents, he was just an orphan, so he took Haofa as his surname.

During this time, he purposely made friends with Chen An and helped Chen An with some small favors.

The two were quite familiar.

"Thanks for your help, Brother Haofa."

Chen An smiled, "But my speed is already considered slow. Miss Liu had already opened the Purple Mansion half a month ago and is now trying to break through the second level."

Liu Roujun had already successfully opened up the Purple Mansion half a month ago.

This was not surprising.

Her aptitude was better than Chen An's, and she was the daughter of the Nine Liang City Lord, with a good upbringing and excellent training since childhood.

The speed at which she advanced was quite normal.

This was just the beginning, and as time went on, the speed of their cultivation would continue to diverge, and the gap would only widen in the future, growing larger as time went on.

The difference at this moment may seem insignificant, but it may not be in the future.

However, Chen An remained calm, just smiling faintly.

"In any case, opening up the Purple Mansion is a good thing. Today, as a brother, let me treat you to a drink, shall we?"

Haofa smiled and made this proposal.

Chen An readily agreed.

They went out for a stroll for a while and ended up not until several hours later.

As they were about to leave, Chen An looked up to the outside world.

"What's happening outside?"

Sitting in the high-rise building, Chen An looked towards the outside, somewhat surprised, "Why is it so lively today?"

"Oh, something happened."

Haofa seemed not surprised, but casually explained to Chen An, "The Yue Sect sent an invitation, asking several elders of our Haoshan Sect to go out and kill a Martial Master."

"Martial Master?"

Chen An was taken aback.

"So-called Martial Master, that means..."

Sure enough, the next moment, Haofa continued to explain.

"Seems that not too long ago, there were traces of a teleportation array in the south, a group of martial domain warriors crossed the array and sneaked in, only to be caught by the Yue Sect disciples."

"It seems that the group of warriors is quite powerful. After a fierce battle, the Yue Sect people didn't gain much advantage and had to ask for help from our immortal sect."

(End of this chapter)