The Journey of Projection Upgrading
Chapter 272

Chapter 272 - Old Acquaintances

After some twists and turns, Chen An finally figured out the basic situation.

It was probably that one night before, a group of demons came to Changyue Sect and launched an attack under the cover of night, directly resolving many cultivators within Changyue Sect.

The purpose of these people was very clear, they were targeting cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage.

All cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage were targeted.

Faced with such a demonic disaster, almost half of the strength within Changyue Sect was wiped out.

Of course, because these people were very targeted and left quickly, there were still quite a few people alive within Changyue Sect.

For example, those Qi Refining cultivators, as well as some surviving cultivators, were able to survive.

Changyue Sect still existed in name.

However, at this time, a former elder who had gone out suddenly returned and forcibly occupied the ancestral land of Changyue Sect.

After a struggle, both sides chose to compromise.

Changyue Sect chose to leave the ancestral land and seek another sect in the outside world, while the elder who returned forcibly occupied the ancestral land and established the current Five Elements Sect.

However, no matter what, Changyue Sect was still the master of this place.

In the face of the threat from the Five Elements Sect, they also made many compromises.

For example, they allowed the original cultivators of Changyue Sect to safely leave, and also allowed them to relocate some of the protective mountain formations.

That's the reason for the outside appearance.

Chen An and Qi Rou exchanged a glance, both seeing seriousness in each other's eyes.

"Sun Moon Demon Sect."

Chen An pondered, and said the name of the Sun Moon Demon Sect.

The Sun Moon Demon Sect, which includes the four major demon sects including the Yao Mo Sect, is the origin of them all.

But with Chen An establishing the Holy Alliance, at this moment within this elemental realm, a force acting under the name of the Sun Moon Demon Sect and possessing such strength seems to be the only one left.

"It looks like it's probably the work of that Demon Lord."

Chen An frowned and said, "He slaughtered the entire Changyue Sect, most likely for the essence of these cultivators."

The essence of a cultivator's body is a unique resource.

For suitable people, even cultivators themselves can be used.

Especially for devil cultivators, this is even more so.

As the former last demon lord, Yang Ming, in order to break through and restore his former cultivation, the process would certainly not be easy.

The essence of the body of many cultivators would be of great help to him.

"In the demonic scriptures, there is a secret technique that can plunder the essence of others' bodies, thus filling in one's own shortcomings."

Standing still, after a while, Qi Rou spoke, "But this secret technique is quite strict, requiring the essence of bodies at a high level, at least requiring cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage."

"That seems right?"

Chen An and Qi Rou glanced at each other, confirming their thoughts from each other's eyes.

It seems likely.

Above the Nascent Soul stage, such details seem to match the self-proclaimed Sun Moon Demon Sect.

Most likely, it was that Demon Lord who did it.

As for why he did it?

The reason seemed easy to explain.

Although not many people knew about Chen An's background, with the abilities of Yang Ming and the High Priest, they could probably find out if they investigated carefully.

So, deliberately coming to Changyue Sect, perhaps it was to show off to Chen An.

Of course, while at it, they could also harvest a wave of essence of cultivators to fill in their own deficiencies.

All of these were possible.

Of course, there must have been problems within Changyue Sect itself.

At least when Yang Ming attacked, it was very likely that the protective mountain formations of Changyue Sect had not been activated.

This could be seen from the remnants left behind.

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The elder who left early but returned at a critical moment had a strong suspicion.

After all, what are the odds of that?

When the demons came to attack, you weren't there, but as soon as they left, you immediately returned.

Not early, not late, it was just so coincidental.

Do you believe it?

Chen An wasn't sure what others thought, but he definitely didn't believe it.

He estimated that when Yang Ming started investigating Changyue Sect, he probably didn't intend to attack Changyue Sect immediately.

After all, no matter what, Changyue Sect was considered a dominant force, although not at the top of the Southern Region, it was still powerful.

Rashly attacking, with Yang Ming's current strength, he might not be able to take down easily.

After the investigation, he probably found that there was also chaos within Changyue Sect, so he directly cooperated with some of them, and they reached an agreement.

Then came the current situation.

After staying in place for a while, Chen An walked with Qi Rou to the front.

There, what used to belong to Changyue Sect was now the territory of the Five Elements Sect.

However, because it hadn't been long, the changes here were not significant.

At least as Chen An walked through, he felt a familiar feeling everywhere.

He walked around casually and then formally visited the Five Elements Sect.

What he used was none other than the identity of the Lord of the Holy Alliance.

Away from home, the Lord of the Holy Alliance was Chen An's identity.

In fact, apart from internal members like Qi Rou, most people probably didn't know much about the internal strength of the Holy Alliance, except for the name that had been quite famous and popular in recent years, who would have thought it was a demonic force?

Coming to meet as the Lord of the Holy Alliance, Chen An immediately received full attention.

To show respect for Chen An, the Lord of the Five Elements Sect, the former elder of Changyue Sect, personally came out to greet Chen An.

However, when the two sides met, the situation immediately became awkward.

"The Fourth Elder, long time no see."

In a quiet room, Chen An looked at the person in front of him, with a smile that didn't really reach his eyes, looking a bit strange.

In front of him, a middle-aged man sat there, looking very majestic.

He was tall, with a dignified appearance, even sitting there, he exuded a threatening aura that made people glance sideways.

This was the head of the Five Elements Sect.

For Chen An, he was quite familiar.

As mentioned before, Chen An had spent several years in Changyue Sect.

During that time, because of his outstanding talent and extraordinary alchemy skills, he received a considerable amount of attention.

Due to long-term contact, some of the elders within Changyue Sect were quite familiar with him.

Some even had a good relationship.

The Fourth Elder in front of him was one of them.

Because of constantly asking for pills in the past, the Fourth Elder had spent a long time with Chen An.

But at that time, the relationship between them was quite normal.

Chen An's relationship with the Fourth Elder was relatively pure.

Well, a pure mutual benefit relationship.

This situation was quite normal.

After all, they were all cultivators, and they were both old monsters, so they naturally valued benefits more than young people did.

Chen An had this kind of relationship with several elders of Changyue Sect before.

Strictly speaking, the Fourth Elder in front of him was considered good among those elders.

At least he was efficient in his work and generous when giving things, unlike others who were dragging when giving things, and some even wanting to freeload.

Unexpectedly, when they met again, both their identities had changed.

Chen An had become the so-called Lord of the Holy Alliance, while the Fourth Elder in front of him had changed from a former elder of Changyue Sect to the current Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect.

One could only say, fate is unpredictable.

Chen An and the Fourth Elder both had this feeling at this moment.

"Your cultivation..."

After taking some time to accept Chen An's current identity, the Fourth Elder's expression changed slightly.

At this moment, he had already sensed the aura emanating from Chen An.

It was the aura of the Golden Core stage, and it was quite powerful.

Suddenly, he was a bit stunned.

Although the strength of Changyue Sect was quite good, cultivators at the Golden Core stage were still very rare within Changyue Sect.

In general, a Golden Core cultivator, even within Changyue Sect, would qualify to serve as an elder or a steward.

Of course, elders like the Fourth Elder, who had a ranking and a group of subordinates, had much stronger cultivation levels.

His cultivation level was also quite powerful in the Golden Core stage, probably reaching the late Golden Core stage, far exceeding a normal Golden Core cultivator.

Under normal circumstances, facing an ordinary Golden Core cultivator, he wouldn't feel anything.

But Chen An's situation was obviously different.

In his perception, at this moment, the aura emanating from Chen An was so deep and powerful, that thick spiritual power and surging aura almost made him feel suffocated, his whole body tensing up.

Apparently, the aura emanating from Chen An at this moment had made him feel threatened.

But how could this be possible?

Chen An had just recently advanced to the Golden Core stage.

How could his aura be so strong?

The Fourth Elder was puzzled and didn't understand the reason behind it.

This was the benefit of the Second Purple Mansion.

Although the Second Purple Mansion consumed resources and was a resource sink, it was powerful enough in terms of combat capabilities.

At least for Chen An, even though he had just advanced to the Golden Core stage, his accumulated spiritual power was enough to threaten the Fourth Elder.

That's the difference.

The Fourth Elder, after being initially shocked by Chen An's performance, gradually became more accepting.

He remembered Chen An's past performance.

In the past, Chen An was like this, he would learn everything quickly and could understand things at the fastest speed, even surpassing his teachers.

Some things that didn't make sense when they happened to others didn't seem abnormal when they happened to Chen An.

This was just an impression.

After accepting Chen An's identity, the two sides began to chat.

Chen An was also inquiring about information.

He didn't show much hostility towards the Fourth Elder, just patiently asking questions.

"Liu He, Song Qi?"

Soon, Chen An brought up these two names.

When the Fourth Elder heard these two names from Chen An, he was visibly taken aback, and it took him a while to recall.

This was quite normal.

After all, he was one of the core members of Changyue Sect in the past. As for Liu He and Song Qi, although they were named as direct disciples, their actual status was just like that.

If it weren't for cultivators having good memories and being able to remember even things from a long time ago, the Fourth Elder might not have remembered these two.

"They're both fine."

After thinking for a moment, the Fourth Elder then said, "Liu He has left and followed the former Sect Master of Changyue Sect to the southern region, as for Song Qi, she is nearby."

"Really?"

Hearing this news, Chen An perked up a bit.

He didn't have many friends in Changyue Sect, and the closest ones were Liu He and Song Qi.

But now, hearing from the Fourth Elder that these two seemed to be fine?

It seemed that they were lucky, and with their status being protected, they had managed to survive the chaos.

After all, during the previous attack by Yang Ming and his men, the main targets were cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage.

Although Liu He and Song Qi were true disciples, they hadn't reached the Nascent Soul stage yet, so they wouldn't be targeted by devil cultivators.

In this situation, with their identities, as long as they were lucky, they would generally be fine.

However, the choices of Liu He and Song Qi were completely different.

Liu He had chosen to follow the former Sect Master of Changyue Sect and move to the south.

As for Song Qi, she stayed in the Five Elements Sect.

Chen An asked to meet with Song Qi, and the Fourth Elder did not refuse, but kindly reminded him that Song Qi's situation was not very good at the moment, so he should be mentally prepared.

That day, Chen An met with Song Qi.

"You are... Junior An?"

In a hall, Song Qi, dressed in a white robe, looked at Chen An in front of her, showing a pleasant surprise.

At this moment, Song Qi's appearance had changed a lot from the past.

She was still wearing a white robe, her figure was still the same, but her complexion was much paler, her face lacking any trace of color, making people feel sorry for her.

There was a kind of weakness emanating from her whole body, and she looked rather miserable.

"Senior Sister, you..."

Chen An looked at Song Qi in front of him, feeling puzzled, "Your Purple Mansion?"

"Yes."

Song Qi forced a smile, showing a somewhat pale smile, "During the previous demonic disaster, when the demonic cultivators attacked, I and a few senior brothers fought together against the enemy and accidentally shattered my Purple Mansion. Now I'm just lucky to be alive."

Shattered Purple Mansion

The room fell silent.

This was no small matter.

The Purple Mansion was crucial for cultivators, and once something happened, it would affect the foundation of the cultivator, leading to a chain of problems.

In general, when a cultivator's Purple Mansion had an accident, it was difficult for them to continue their cultivation, let alone survive.

But hearing this, Chen An was just surprised.

Then, under Song Qi's astonished gaze, he took out a special pill from his chest.

The pill was pure white, looking very pure and clean, with fine patterns on it that looked exquisite and delicate.

A faint fragrance emanated from it, spreading to the room, making one feel impulsive to swallow the pill whole.

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