The Journey of Projection Upgrading
Chapter 270

Chapter 270 - Golden Core

"The times have changed."

Looking at the street in Yanbian, where cultivators were almost everywhere, Yang Ming couldn't help but sigh.

Of course, the High Priest next to him also felt the same. At this moment, he was gazing outside, looking a bit lost in thoughts.

Although the High Priest was not an old monster like Yang Ming, he had also stayed in the ancestral land of the Sun Moon Demon Sect for a long time and rarely ventured outside.

As a result, he was also not very familiar with the outside world.

This was the first time he had stepped out of that ancestral land.

He was also stunned by the sight in front of him, lost in thought and staring for a long time.

And the people around them were not surprised by their reactions.

This city was a famous large city nearby, attracting many cultivators.

Every day, there were many cultivators from other places coming to observe, and all kinds of people were there.

Compared to the various people, Yang Ming and the High Priest's reactions were considered quite normal, not strange at all.

"Let's go."

Yang Ming looked at the bustling pedestrians in front of him, unable to help but smile.

It's good to have more cultivators.

For cultivators in the demonic path, cultivators themselves were a rare resource.

Especially those powerful cultivators. In the eyes of cultivators like Yang Ming in the demonic path, each of them was like a rare worldly elixir, a walking treasure.

In the past, such treasures were rare. Even if one searched hard, it was difficult to find many.

But now they were everywhere.

Isn't this a good thing?

Yang Ming realized this and quickly smiled.

For him, this was also good news that was rare after leaving the ancestral land and recovering.

"When I gather treasures from the outside world to restore my cultivation, it will not be too late to reclaim the devil crystal from that person."

Yang Ming pondered for a moment, thoughts flashing through his mind. "By then, that devil body will also be mine."

Demonic cultivators also had a special method of controlling bodies.

For Yang Ming, Chen An's body was quite suitable for possession.

Because they practiced the same method, both obtained devil scriptures from devil crystals.

As for physique? They were also highly compatible. They both had devil bodies, only that the devil bloodline in Yang Ming's body was far less pure compared to Chen An's.

But even so, it did not change the fact that both had devil bloodlines.

For Yang Ming, Chen An's body was the best target for possession.

Originally, Yang Ming didn't think that way, after all, no matter whose body it was, it was ultimately not as good as having your own body.

But after seeing Chen An's devil body, he immediately changed his mind.

It's really good!

There's no choice.

People always have to weigh the pros and cons.

Yang Ming's own body was indeed good, with a strong devil bloodline, ranking at the top in normal times.

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If compared to the divine physique, it was far inferior, not to mention comparing, it was completely incomparable.

If there was a chance, Yang Ming would not mind taking Chen An down and directly claiming his devil body as his own.

If that happened, apart from other benefits, his cultivation would definitely have a completely new breakthrough, surpassing his previous realm, reaching a higher level.

Thinking like this, Yang Ming silently left with the High Priest.

And so, a faint breeze had already begun to blow inadvertently.

Time was slowly passing.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

Within the cultivation world in the Southern Region, a force called the Sacred Alliance emerged out of nowhere.

This force was quite low-key at the beginning, just around the Dan Tower area, but as time passed, it quickly grew and spread to many places in the Southern Region.

Many forces in the Southern Region, including the Dan Tower, which had always been neutral, had ambiguous attitudes towards this new Sacred Alliance, feeling quite strange about it.

Many insiders guessed that the Dan Tower and other forces must have a secret agreement with the Sacred Alliance, otherwise, it would not be like this.

But even so, they did not know what was behind the Sacred Alliance and why it was able to rise to such prominence in a short period.

In fact, the answer to the question was quite simple.

The rapid development of the Sacred Alliance was naturally due to the influence of the four major demonic sects.

Each of the four major demonic sects, when developed independently, was definitely one of the top forces in the world.

Because of this, after the establishment of the Sacred Alliance, they also provided strong support to the Sacred Alliance.

Many forces in the Southern Region, such as the Dan Tower, had been infiltrated by the four major demonic sects.

In particular, the Changjue sect and the Yaomo sect had directly arranged their own people in the Dan Tower, even some of the elders were influenced by them.

There was even a Dan Tower elder who had spent some time in the Yaomo sect and practiced the demonic scriptures.

Similar situations to the Dan Tower existed in many places in the Southern Region.

The combined strength of these forces provided a lot of assistance to the Sacred Alliance's development.

This was actually a given.

If you have so many favorable conditions but still can't develop, you might as well go home and sleep.

Just wash your face and go to bed.

However, under Chen An's control, although the Sacred Alliance was developing rapidly, it was not too fast.

The reason it wasn't so fast was that people couldn't keep up.

There was no way.

Other resources, whether resources or other stuff, Chen An could find a way to get them.

But when it came to talent, he really had no way.

Currently, the only people who could join the Sacred Alliance were those who possessed devil bloodlines.

Strictly speaking, they must have both devil bloodlines and spiritual roots.

This condition made it difficult to find people.

Despite Chen An's efforts, he had only recruited less than a hundred disciples.

Recruiting disciples was not enough, they also had to spend a lot of effort in training and teaching them so they could be used effectively.

In this situation, even if the Sacred Alliance wanted to expand, they simply didn't have the time and resources to do so.

The current size was already at its limit to some extent. If they continued to expand, they would not be able to manage it effectively.

General people couldn't be put in charge of managing cultivators, right?

That would be too troublesome.

It wasn't about loyalty, but the cost of maintaining them was too high.

Letting ordinary people manage cultivators, one mistake and they could be influenced, controlled in secret, and become puppets.

The Sacred Alliance was based on the demonic path, and such things were common. Even one mistake could be discovered.

Therefore, even if they were reluctant, they had to use cultivators.

So the current expansion speed was already at its limit.

Chen An felt that this was probably not enough, so he had been thinking of a solution recently.

He had gathered experts from the four major sects, such as Lin Qiu and others, to discuss with them and use the true meaning of the demonic scriptures contained in the devil crystal as a reference to modify and create a demonic scripture that ordinary cultivators could also practice, not just those with devil blood.

With the devil crystal in hand, the assistance of experts like Lin Qiu, who were at the peak of the Golden Core stage, and Chen An's own abilities, this task would definitely encounter many difficulties, but Chen An still had hope that he could solve it.

Now he was waiting for the results.

As long as this matter was successful, the disciples recruited by the Sacred Alliance would no longer be limited to those with devil bloodlines, but could be openly recruited from the outside world for training.

At that time, the speed at which the Sacred Alliance advanced would be greatly accelerated.

Chen An was waiting quietly.

Of course, besides this matter, he was also busy with other things.

For example, cultivation.

In the second year since the establishment of the Sacred Alliance, with each passing day of practice and accumulation, Chen An finally took a step forward to reach a higher level.

In the headquarters of the Sacred Alliance.

Compared to over a year ago, the place had undergone a major transformation.

In the past, this place had been abandoned for a long time and many areas looked very desolate, with many places losing their original function.

This was unavoidable.

Because in the past, although it was not completely unattended, it lacked manpower.

Although the High Priest's line would also maintain this ancestral land, their numbers were too few, and when it was needed, there were simply not enough.

In each generation of the High Priest's line, there were only about two or three people.

With such a small number of people, it was impossible to maintain such a large ancestral land.

Over time, the place naturally became dilapidated.

But with the establishment of the Sacred Alliance, the situation had naturally changed.

Although the new Sacred Alliance also had a limited number of people, they could mobilize manpower from the four major demonic sects to repair the place.

So, over the past year, this place had been bustling with activity, with construction work almost every day.

Under the leadership of various formation masters, the broken formations were repaired and restored to their original state.

Of course, during this process, Chen An himself did not hesitate to contribute.

Or should I say, he put in a lot of effort.

He was a formation master himself, and during this time, he had been leading the other formation masters in carrying out the work.

Within this ancestral land, there were many formations that had been left behind from the era of the Sun Moon Demon Sect thousands of years ago.

The remnants of these formations had many that did not belong to this era, and had long been lost with the split and collapse of the Sun Moon Demon Sect.

But by comprehending these remnants of formations, Chen An also gained a lot, and his own skills as a formation master had improved.

At this point, Chen An felt that he had made quite a lot of progress in the path of formation masters and could be considered a master.

This was good.

And on this day, in Chen An's private closed-room, an inexplicable aura emanated.

Inside the closed-room, Chen An sat upright, his eyes closed tightly, seemingly in a certain special state.

Behind him, Qi Rou sat silently, watching Chen An's state, feeling a bit nervous.

After a while, the aura around Chen An began to change.

A powerful energy was surging within him.

In his Second Purple Mansion, the divine power derived from the devil scriptures erupted, gathering like a torrent and rushing forward continuously.

Boom!

For a moment, a crisp sound of rushing rivers sounded from Chen An's body as a large amount of divine power washed over him.

The massive divine power flowed continuously, as if it was about to undergo some kind of dramatic change, some kind of transformation.

The divine power rotated nine times, and eventually returned to the Purple Mansion, expanding the boundaries of the purple mansion and making it much larger.

Some of the divinity slowly solidified, changing with the continuous squeezing and flow of the divine power.

This process continued for a long time, and finally, a qualitative change followed.

A small sun appeared in the Second Purple Mansion, shining through the entire mansion like a small sun.

A Golden Core had been born!

Yes, what Chen An was doing at this moment was not something else, but advancing to the Golden Core stage.

He was not unfamiliar with this level as he had ascended once before with the help of the devil crystal, reaching the peak of the Golden Core stage directly.

However, after the awakening of the devil body, Chen An's cultivation was suppressed by the devil crystal, directly cutting off his progress.

During that time, Chen An's experience was like gaining a Golden Core stage experience card, just experiencing a little time before it ended, and then he was reverted back to his original state.

But even a moment of experience was enough to have an impact on Chen An.

At least for the current Chen An, the previously not-so-difficult stage was no longer a challenge.

The Golden Core had been condensed and formed.

Boom!

A Golden Core sparkled in the Purple Mansion, shining brightly, emitting a fiery light.

This was the Golden Core.

After reaching the Golden Core stage, cultivators would condense a real Golden Core in their bodies.

However, when stepping into this level for the first time, the Golden Core that cultivators condensed was just a virtual core.

At this moment, although the Golden Core existed, it was more of a combination of divinity and divine power, just forming the initial body, not yet a real substance.

But as time passed, as the cultivator's cultivation gradually improved, the virtual core would gradually transform, eventually forming a real core.

At that time, the cultivator's Golden Core could not only be used but could even be taken out as a special prize, directly extracted.

Yes, it could be taken out.

The treasury of the Sacred Alliance contained many treasures, and Chen An had previously seen many cultivators' Golden Cores, left behind after the demise of powerful Golden Core cultivators in the past.

(End of chapter)

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