The Journey of Projection Upgrading
Chapter 198: Immortal and Martial Arts Are Not Compatible!

"Wait."

The more Chen An Yue listened, the more he felt something was off, and he quickly asked, "Aren't cultivators only able to cultivate up to the Body Refining stage at most? How can there be martial artists who are so powerful that even the immortals can't deal with them?"

In this world, cultivators are mainly suppressed by the rules of the Immortal Emperor's Dao, unable to cultivate their internal energy and can only cultivate at the Body Refining level. How could they possibly be able to compete with the cultivators in the immortal sects?

Unless, these martial artists are not from this world.

"That's the problem."

Hao Fa clapped his hands and smiled, "According to various speculations, these martial artists mostly come from the Martial Domain, sneaking in without knowing their true purpose."

"Their strength is not weak at all, even though they are few in number. It is said that each of them is on par with the elders of my Hao Mountain Sect, with the leader even comparable to a Golden Core cultivator."

"So strong."

Chen An felt even more uneasy, "And then?"

"It's like this now."

Hao Fa smiled and said, "In my estimation, the people from the Yue Sect originally wanted to take them down on their own, but found out that they were no match on their own. That's why they had to come to contact our immortal sect."

"I see."

Chen An nodded, then asked, puzzled, "But what benefit does this have for us?"

Suddenly appearing, sneaking in, and with considerable strength. The strongest among them is equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator...Chen An now can be sure that this group is probably the same group who teleported with him, whether the leader is Master Iron or Master Nen.

Moreover, the attitude of these immortal sect members also puzzled him.

They just sneaked in a few martial artists, why have such an attitude, as if they wanted to capture them all in one go?

The strength of those people is quite strong, definitely a tough nut to crack. Why rush to attack them like this?

Chen An was puzzled.

"Junior brother, you don't know about this."

Hao Fa smiled, not feeling strange about Chen An's doubts, "The reason why the Yue Sect is so concerned is naturally for their own benefit."

"Junior brother, do you know that martial artists, due to their physical training, the more they cultivate, the more valuable their physical body becomes. At the level of Martial Dao innate, this is even more so."

"Under Martial Dao innate, their flesh and blood can be used as a great elixir, one of the materials for longevity pills, which is extremely precious."

He patiently explained, "Just imagine, if we can capture these martial artists alive, drain their blood every day and night, how much profit could we gain from it?"

Capturing alive, draining blood every day and night...

Chen An's gaze gradually changed.

Wow, it turns out that's your plan! It's like a version of a cultivator's blood slave, right?

Chen An was speechless, not knowing what to say.

And there was even more shocking information to come.

"In addition, since the two domains have been at war, the Sacred Land has issued a bounty. Anyone who can kill someone from the Martial Domain will be rewarded by the Sacred Land."

Hao Fa laughed and said, "Immortal and Martial Arts are not compatible, this is a rule that most cultivators know, and junior brother will understand it in the future."

What, Immortal and Martial Arts are not compatible?

Chen An was shocked.

There's more to this?

At this moment, he realized that something was wrong.

It seems that not only is the world itself not very friendly to martial artists, even the masters of this world are also not very friendly towards martial artists.

The war between the two domains, the Sacred Land's bounty...there must be a story behind all of this!

Chen An has already sensed that something is not right.

So he continued to inquire.

The results were not very good.

It turned out that this world had once been mortal enemies with another world in a distant past, warring against each other for many years, and even continuing to fight to this day.

In the borders of the two domains, there are still cultivators and martial artists fighting each other.

Because of this, the two sides have become mortal enemies, and cultivators and martial artists can no longer coexist.

Not only do the cultivators in this world reject martial artists, but the martial artists from the other world also reject cultivators.

The mutual animosity between the two sides is particularly fierce.

Chen An suddenly felt fortunate.

Fortunately, he was cautious enough by nature, and there weren't many people around him, so he had long since disguised himself as an ordinary person and moved around freely, without revealing his identity as a martial artist with innate talent.

Otherwise, he would probably have been hunted down, and he wouldn't be able to sit here peacefully and chat with Hao Fa, a fellow cultivator, without any reaction.

That was truly fortunate.

Sitting in place, he chatted with Hao Fa, while remaining cautious.

In the future, he would not actively reveal his martial cultivation unless necessary.

But now with Master Nan Jue and Master Tie, he would probably be next.

"No, that's not secure enough!"

Chen An thought to himself.

Although he was cautious enough, he did not hide his appearance.

If he were to be recognized by others, that would be a problem.

Thinking of the current situation of Master Nan Jue and Master Tie, Chen An felt that he should be more low-key and try not to leave Hao Mountain Sect as much as possible.

At least until those two were done, he should keep a low profile and stay close to Hao Mountain Sect.

Otherwise, it would be a big deal if he was recognized.

On the other hand, Hao Fa seemed unaware of Chen An's active thoughts and continued to introduce recent events with great enthusiasm.

Seeing his happy appearance, he must have been holding back for a long time.

After all, Hao Mountain Sect was not a big place, and most of the fellow disciples around were either busy or in seclusion. It was probably difficult to find someone to socialize with.

Now that he finally had a junior brother who liked gossip, he couldn't help but hold onto him.

"If we can capture this group of people this time, we will likely gain a considerable reward later on."

Hao Fa said with interest, then couldn't help but be a little regretful, "Unfortunately, I won't be able to witness it."

"Why?"

Chen An asked unconsciously.

"Brother, I have been staying in the sect for long enough. I have to go out and do something."

Hao Fa said with some helplessness, "I estimate that I will have to go out on assignment in less than half a year to guard a certain area."

Only then did Chen An realize.

A cultivator like Hao Fa also needed to work within the sect.

There was no way around it, as Hao Mountain Sect was not a charity organization and couldn't afford to support idle people.

If you wanted to enjoy the privileges, you had to work. But if you weren't the disciple or offspring of an elder, sorry.

So cultivators like Hao Fa also needed to work.

Based on his cultivation level, he would probably be sent out to help guard a certain area and maintain stability and control in that region on behalf of Hao Mountain Sect.

Likewise, if nothing unexpected happened, Chen An would probably end up doing the same.

This process was completely mandatory, as you couldn't just refuse.

After all, if you didn't work, how would Hao Mountain Sect recover the resources spent on you?

That would be unacceptable.

Therefore, for the prosperity of the sect, they had to go out and work, and work hard.

Hao Fa was in such a situation now.

After chatting for half an hour, they discussed many things.

Through Hao Fa, Chen An learned a lot of the latest news.

Although they were in an immortal sect, there were still plenty of gossip and interesting tasks inside.

All sorts of rumors, some lucrative tasks, and rumors about someone striking it rich by obtaining a treasure outside.

In Hao Fa's words, it seemed that what he said was no different from what others said.

Chen An listened quietly, mostly hearing complaints from the others.

If it were someone else, they would probably have been influenced by the abundance of negative energy and become impatient.

But Chen An was a good listener, smiling silently and listening attentively, giving Hao Fa a great experience.

Time passed slowly.

Unknowingly, two more months had passed.

In these two months, Chen An's life continued to move forward.

He established his Purple Mansion, so he skipped the menial tasks and became an official disciple.

In the midst of all the new disciples, his speed was considered very fast, even leaving others in the dust.

But he didn't attract much attention, not even a ripple.

Because there was still a Liu Roujun in front of him.

Unlike Chen An's low-key nature, Liu Roujun was competitive wherever she went, always striving to be the best.

She had only been here for a short time and had already caused some commotion due to some minor quarrels. Her story afterwards was even more exciting, causing quite a stir.

The eyes of the people around were naturally drawn to her.

No one paid much attention to Chen An, and he was fine with that.

After all, following Hao Fa's introduction earlier, he just wanted to keep a low profile, focusing on studying or improving himself every day.

He was absorbing all kinds of knowledge from the cultivators, and studying hard.

For Chen An, this was quite important.

He could directly increase his cultivation level and other attributes through the upgrade template, but knowledge was something he had to work hard for.

Even if he could directly elevate himself using the template, he still had to fully grasp the contents of the inheritance, didn't he?

The lack of knowledge in the cultivation world was currently a weakness for Chen An, which he seemed only able to fill through diligent study.

In the martial arts world, he had once had this flaw.

But he had already made up for this over the two hundred years in the Great Huaxia World.

However, he still had this problem in the world of cultivation.

So he had to work hard.

At Chen An's effort, he quickly made up for his shortcomings in various aspects.

"Very well, that's it."

In a spacious hall, there were intricate arrays everywhere.

In the center of the hall was a large alchemy furnace.

Chen An was busy in front of the furnace.

His method of practice was quite ordinary, he continued to refine pills without stopping.

"Finally, I succeeded."

After a long time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and presented his results of hard work.

There were over a dozen pills of varying sizes, all molded into a round shape, resembling small pellets, with a unique delicate feeling.

Chen An packed these pills and took them to the alchemist nearby for identification.

As expected, most of them were good, although not top-grade, they could be considered qualified.

"In just two months, you've really made progress?"

The alchemist responsible for the test was quite shocked.

Chen An had only come to apprentice two months ago.

Of course, this behavior itself was not unusual.

After all, the Hao Mountain Sect offered alchemy courses, so there were always some people coming to practice.

The quality of the cultivators in other places was unknown, but the cultivators inside Hao Mountain Sect were generally versatile. They all had some skills and could cultivate some basic skills in alchemy.

Cultivation skills couldn't be neglected, and even the low-ranking disciples had to learn some basic alchemy.

Such things were quite common, and it was said that they had done it many times over the years.

There was also a special pharmacy in the Hao Mountain Sect, responsible for supplying pills to the cultivators within the sect, as well as teaching alchemy.

However, the teachings were not very profound, just some basic theories to barely get you started.

If you really wanted to become an alchemist, you needed careful cultivation.

This rough method of training could not cultivate any good talents.

However, even with this rough method, someone had somehow completed the practical training in just two months and produced finished pills?

Although these pills were not of high quality and were most likely just the small elemental pills used by the menial disciples in daily practice.

But it was still quite rare.

After all, Chen An had managed to learn in just two months.

"You are very good."

The alchemist praised Chen An's talent, unable to stop talking about it. "I have seen many talented young people in my workshop, but compared to you, they are nothing."

"You are praising me too much."

Chen An remained humble as usual. "I just happen to be good at this."

"Haha, don't be too modest."

The alchemist, Huang, smiled and looked at Chen An. "Are you interested in working under me in the future?"

"I can pass on all my knowledge to you."

Is this a good thing too?

Chen An was surprised, feeling somewhat skeptical.

Was he running into a good samaritan today?

"However, my lessons are not free."

Huang chuckled and said, making a gesture. "Three spirit stones per month, I will give you ten lessons, and you can assist me in my work when you're free, or watch me do alchemy on the side."

"Of course, in your spare time, you can also use this alchemy furnace. What do you think?"

Ah, it's a paid job.

That made sense.

Chen An was relieved and immediately agreed.

Huang's terms were quite good. Although there was some suspicion of selling courses and using free labor, the benefits were also good.

Huang was a legitimate alchemist, and for three spirit stones, to get ten lessons from him was definitely worth it.

As for assisting him and watching him work, it could be seen as free labor, but it was also an opportunity to gain practical experience while observing.

Moreover, getting to use the alchemy furnace for free in his spare time was the most important condition for Chen An right now.

He still had some spirit stones on him, so he could barely afford some basic alchemy materials.

But when it came to buying an alchemy furnace, that was truly out of his budget.

There was no way, this thing was just too expensive, the prices made Chen An want to turn away at just a glance, afraid that his heart couldn't handle it.

Even the cheapest one cost over a thousand spirit stones.

Being able to use the alchemy furnace for free now was naturally the best.

"It seems like I'm on the right track with this."

Watching Huang's figure move away, Chen An pondered.

He had only come to learn alchemy before to acquire another skill.

Of course, deep down, he was more interested in learning about formations, as he would have to set up formations to return to the Great Huaxia World in the future.

But that was not possible.

Hao Mountain Sect had an advantage in alchemy, so they had established specialized alchemy courses.

But when it came to formations, Hao Mountain Sect had no advantage, so they didn't have any related courses at all.

Chen An had nowhere to go to learn them.

Given no choice, he had to learn alchemy.

But as he studied, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have a bit of talent in alchemy.

The most direct evidence was that even without cheating, he still ranked first among his classmates, far surpassing the others.

Of course, while his talent was sufficient, his ability to reach the level of operating an alchemy furnace within just two months was mostly thanks to cheating.

Through the calculation function of the upgrade template, he greatly accelerated his learning progress by forcefully memorizing the teachings of several alchemists and successfully replicating them.

But the reason he cheated was mainly to achieve a spectacular effect to gain benefits.

For example, now, Huang was impressed by Chen An and was preparing to invest in him.

That was exactly the effect Chen An wanted.

On his way back, Chen An also pondered if the path of alchemy could be further developed, which seemed like a good idea?

He was in need of money, and if he could improve his alchemy skills, it would be a good way to fill his wallet.

Purchasing spirit stones was too expensive.

Furthermore, if he could master a skill, even if he left Hao Mountain Sect in the future, he wouldn't live a bad life, right?

That was Chen An's current thinking, and he couldn't help but be straight to the point as usual.

In the following days, he studied under Huang.

His learning progress was rapid, partly due to his good comprehension, and also because he could quickly understand and absorb difficult concepts by cheating, allowing him to assimilate them into his mind. With this dual approach, his progress couldn't be anything but fast.

(End of this Chapter)

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