The Journey of Projection Upgrading
Chapter 212: Change

"Different prescriptions, precious medicinal books, as long as Junior Brother wants, Senior Brother can get them for you."

Looking at Chen An, Song Qing smiled and said, "It all depends on Junior Brother's intentions."

Hearing this, Chen An suddenly understood, "I just don't know how I can help Junior Brother."

"Not difficult."

Song Qing smiled, "I heard that Junior Brother is a rising star in the medicine hall, and many elders are very fond of you?"

"It's just others flattering me."

Chen An replied.

"What about the Little Yuan Dan and Qingxin Dan sold in the Qinfeng Pavilion, don't they have anything to do with Junior Brother?"

Song Qing suddenly asked.

This time, Chen An was really surprised.

His private sale of pills couldn't be completely kept secret, someone would always know.

After all, even if he could keep it secret, he couldn't ask the people of the Qinfeng Pavilion to do the same.

And many alchemists in the medicine hall also had some suspicions about Chen An's actions, some of them could guess a little bit.

All of this was normal.

But even so, it's unlikely that ordinary people would know these things.

Unless they specifically investigated.

Thinking of this inexplicable mission this time, Chen An frowned, thinking of many things, "This mission of mine, is it done by the people behind Senior Brother?"

"Yes."

Song Qing admitted frankly, "We always need to make more preparations for big things."

"Geniuses like Chen Junior Brother should be paid attention to early."

This was a lie.

In fact, they pay attention to Chen An, all because of Chen An's own words.

If that day he didn't boast in front of Wei Li, revealing his various relationships, Song Qing and the others wouldn't investigate a new Junior Brother who had just joined recently.

Do they have nothing better to do, everyone pays attention to him?

After the investigation, they discovered the anomalies and realized Chen An's value.

Chen An not only had valuable connections but also had excellent alchemy skills.

In less than half a year after joining, he could refine high-quality Qingxin Dan. If given more time to cultivate, wouldn't he become a great alchemist?

That's why they made such a move.

Song Qing treated Chen An so politely because of this.

After all, he was a rare talent and should be treated well.

Who knows, one day he might seek refuge in them.

"This is a gift I prepared for Junior Brother."

Song Qing placed a wooden box in front of Chen An, attracting Chen An's attention.

"Junior Brother might as well open it and take a look."

He said with a smile.

Chen An glanced at Song Qing, pondered for a moment, and finally opened it.

Upon opening the box, the contents immediately appeared.

It was not anything else, but two pieces of golden spirit stones.

Golden spirit stones.

When these two spirit stones appeared, Chen An immediately sensed the movement of the upgrading template.

The aura of the source power.

Chen An glanced deeply at Song Qing and finally accepted the gift, saying, "Very nice, I'm satisfied."

The other party's information gathering was quite comprehensive, knowing even about his liking for golden spirit stones.

Leaving aside everything else, just the ability to gather information like this was already quite strong.

"As long as Junior Brother likes it."

Song Qing smiled and said, "If Junior Brother is willing, I have more here, and I can send them to you as long as you want."

"What do I need to do?"

Chen An didn't say much, he asked directly.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, and Chen An was well aware of this.

Since Song Qing said so much and put in so much effort, there must be something that he needed Chen An to do.

"For Junior Brother, it's not too difficult."

Song Qing said and then stated his request.

His request was simple, he just hoped that Chen An would refine pills for them.

As long as the quantity of pills was sufficient, the spirit stones would not be a problem.

Especially for pills like Qingxin Dan, the more the better.

As a practitioner of the demonic path, they were prone to problems like demonic possession due to their cultivation methods.

Pills like Qingxin Dan were necessary for them.

The conditions he proposed were also quite favorable, three Qingxin Dan could be exchanged for one gold spirit stone.

The price was similar to that of the Qinfeng Pavilion, but the advantage was that they needed a larger quantity, basically as much as possible.

As for why Song Qing and the others didn't directly buy from the market but instead went through Chen An for purchases, this was easy to explain.

On one hand, buying directly from the market would be more expensive, it was more beneficial to exchange through Chen An.

On the other hand, they probably feared alerting others.

Pills like Qingxin Dan were generally not in high demand for regular practitioners, but were often needed by demonic path cultivators who were prone to demonic possession.

If someone was seen buying a large quantity of Qingxin Dan or similar pills in the market, it would be an obvious sign.

It would be too easy to raise suspicions.

Working directly with Chen An to help refine pills would not only avoid drawing attention but also be more cost-effective.

For Chen An, there were clear benefits in this as well.

At the very least, he could now obtain valuable information and recipes that he couldn't obtain through the medicine hall before through Song Qing and his backers.

This was definitely good news.

As for the other conditions, while they were also good, they weren't as important to Chen An.

After some thought, Chen An finally nodded, "Okay."

Song Qing smiled.

In the end, the two of them parted ways like this.

Both of them were satisfied with this cooperation.

Chen An didn't need to say much, as he now had a new channel to get valuable information that he couldn't obtain before.

Also, reaching an agreement with Song Qing and the others could prevent direct confrontation.

That was also a good thing.

Otherwise, it would have been troublesome.

Just as long as Song Qing was satisfied too.

In his eyes, as long as Chen An was willing to cooperate with them, he would eventually be theirs.

To put it bluntly, after cooperating with them, Chen An wouldn't be able to communicate with Haoshan Sect.

Communicate with them?

You've already sold pills to Song Qing and them, do you really expect Haoshan Sect to trust you?

In addition, if Chen An later obtained scriptures and prescriptions from Haoshan Sect through them, wouldn't he be afraid of Haoshan Sect seeking retribution?

Whichever way you look at it, once the cooperation is reached, Chen An won't be able to get off the thief's ship, and he won't be able to get off afterwards.

Of course, this was just Song Qing's wishful thinking.

In reality, if he knew what Chen An was thinking, he would probably be confused.

Chen An never intended to get involved in the grudges between them and Haoshan Sect.

Song Qing, demonic path cultivators, Haoshan Sect, they were all just passing through to Chen An.

From the beginning, he didn't plan to stay long in Haoshan Sect, he just saw this place as a suitable platform and springboard.

The goal was simple, to obtain the rich knowledge of cultivation within Haoshan Sect, and even various inheritances.

As long as he achieved this goal, everything else didn't matter.

And who he worked with didn't matter either.

In the end, he would leave anyway.

With the mindset of leaving eventually, Chen An had no psychological burden in cooperating with Song Qing.

Both parties agreed easily.

On the day Chen An returned to Haoshan Sect, Song Qing paid the deposit.

A full ten gold spirit stones.

This generous amount made Chen An's breath stop for a moment.

He gave too much.

There was no way around it, if it was just ordinary spirit stones, Chen An wouldn't care given his wealth.

After all, he was once rich and wouldn't be surprised by a few spirit stones.

But these were gold spirit stones, which were a source of power.

Chen An couldn't remain indifferent.

Especially after the expedition, Chen An's source power reserves were almost depleted, he had hardly any left.

Ten gold spirit stones, according to the conversion rate, was one hundred and fifty units of source power, which was already quite a lot.

Even just taking one boost and advancing one cultivation level would be enough for Chen An.

"Don't worry, the pills will be delivered soon."

Upon receiving the gold spirit stones, Chen An pledged on the spot that he would deliver the pills.

According to the previously agreed conditions, all the materials needed for pill refinement would be provided by Song Qing's backers.

Chen An just needed to be a tool and focus on refining pills.

This was a rare good thing.

With a full harvest, Chen An returned to Haoshan Sect.

As for the mission, it was very simple.

Before leaving, Chen An deliberately took a look around and then reported the situation.

Demonic cultivators?

Non-existent.

Where were the demonic cultivators, clearly they were all good citizens.

Especially Jiuan City Lord Song Qing, who worked diligently to make Jiuan City prosperous, should be greatly rewarded.

After this operation, it was like a free trip.

Surprisingly, the people of Haoshan Sect didn't say anything, not even a follow-up investigation.

This made the things Chen An prepared in advance completely useless.

But less trouble was better.

Chen An felt that this was also good.

After returning to Haoshan Sect, everything seemed to return to normal.

Although he had reached an agreement with Song Qing and the other demonic cultivators, Chen An's days seemed to have changed much from before.

He used to spend all day in the medicine hall refining pills, with each day spent either practicing or selling pills.

And now, it seemed more or less the same.

But the recipients of the pills had changed slightly, from the Qinfeng Pavilion to the people behind Song Qing.

Overall, there wasn't much change.

And due to the cooperation with Song Qing and the others, Chen An's treatment was slightly improved.

The pill recipes that Chen An had always wanted but couldn't obtain before, could now be obtained directly through Song Qing and the others.

The conditions were simple, he only needed to provide some pills.

And these things were definitely non-negotiable within Haoshan Sect.

(The end of this chapter).