Chapter 195: Mysterious Substitute

Chen An's feeling was still okay.Maybe distance makes beauty, before entering the Haoshan Sect, Chen An subconsciously imagined the horror of the Haoshan Sect.

But after actually contacting and understanding many details, he found that he had imagined the Haoshan Sect too well before.

The cultivators in this world seem quite intimidating on the surface, and in rumors, they seem to be able to do anything, omnipotent.

And that's true.

According to what Chen An knows, there are indeed some cultivators within the Haoshan Sect who can do this.

But most of them are elder level, even within the Haoshan Sect, they are still a minority.

As for the vast majority of other cultivators, they are not much different from martial artists.

Of course, this is in terms of combat power, in terms of actual performance, there are still many differences.

From Chen An's perception, martial artists tend to focus on themselves, their cultivation is mainly focused on their bodies and rarely pay attention to external objects.

But cultivators are different.

Alchemy, artifact refining, need I say more.

As for focusing on external objects, there are also many cultivators who are dedicated to it.

Overall, martial artists' styles are mostly uniform, while cultivators' styles vary, each with their own characteristics.

This is quite interesting.

Walking out of the main hall, a few figures dressed in grey robes passed by, causing Chen An to pay slight attention for a moment.

Compared to ordinary people, these people dressed in grey robes, wearing exclusive clothing of the Haoshan Sect, all seemed to be members of the Haoshan Sect.

But unlike those people Chen An had seen before, these people had indifferent expressions, with eyes devoid of any emotions, looking like emotionless tools.

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Chen An hasn't wasted the past three months.

In addition to cultivation, he has also connected with several cultivators within the Haoshan Sect through the Liu family's relationship.

How should I put it.

For Chen An's visits, the majority of these people expressed welcome, but their attitude was mostly lukewarm, not as enthusiastic as he had imagined.

Chen An was not surprised by this, just continuing his visits as usual.

Over time, he also learned some information.

Such as the origins of these people in front of him.

These are all miscellaneous disciples.

The so-called miscellaneous disciples within this sect are basically means tool disciples.

Most of the fairy seedlings with mediocre qualifications sent to the sect will basically become miscellaneous disciples.

As miscellaneous disciple disciples, their future is already destined, constantly using the limited divine power within their bodies to do all kinds of labor.

Specifically, they are responsible for breeding, artifact refining, and even setting up large arrays and other trivial matters.

The divine power of cultivators is a good power, with a wide range of uses.

The seeds of spirit medicine need divine power to germinate, and the materials for refining artifacts also need divine power for refinement to become more excellent.

Theoretically, even just a piece of ordinary iron, as long as it can receive a continuous supply of divine power, will eventually transform into divine iron.

This is why these tools are needed.

Although everyone is a fairy seedling, the treatment between fairy seedlings is different.

Those fairy seedlings with mediocre qualifications are probably destined to be kept in the sect for their entire lives, working for the Haoshan Sect for a lifetime.

And it's a bit of an exploitative kind, ensuring that the daily tasks make full use of the divine power in their bodies, leaving none behind.

Capitalists would cry when they see this.

Chen An understood this.

Before entering the Haoshan Sect, he thought that the Haoshan Sect would be somewhat surprising.

But after entering, he found that this place was not much different from the Three Rivers Gang where he had been before.

If the Haoshan Sect is considered as a company, then the miscellaneous disciples composed of many lower-ranked fairy seedlings are like unpaid 007 employees, the fairy seedlings who can actually open up the Purple Mansion are the technical management staff, and the elders and managers are the backbone.

As for places like Jilin City, they are a source and supply of fresh blood.

It is not surprising that the Haoshan Sect basically does not refuse any fairy seedlings, even if they have mediocre qualifications.

They are all free labor, what is there to dislike?

The operation of the entire Haoshan Sect is mainly maintained through the exploitation of the subordinate territories and miscellaneous disciples.

In essence, it is no different from places like the Three Rivers Gang.

As for strength, in Chen An's view, it doesn't seem to matter much.

After more than three months of understanding, he is no longer a novice, and he now has a bit of understanding of the bottom line of cultivators.

The mainstream cultivators in this world can generally be divided into three levels.

Sensing the Yuan energy, absorbing the spirit, and opening the Purple Mansion is the Qi Refinement stage.

Qi Refinement is divided into nine layers, roughly equivalent to the stage between Body Tempering and Internal Energy in martial arts.

After Qi Refinement is Spiritual Transformation.

Spiritual Transformation cultivators nurture the Purple Mansion, give birth to original divine power, cultivate spiritual sense, and their level is roughly equivalent to the Qi Condensation in martial arts.

As for after Spiritual Transformation, it is the Golden Core stage.

It's not clear to Chen An what kind of wonders this stage has, but based on his speculation, the level should be roughly equivalent to the Innate stage in martial arts.

These are the three stages of cultivation.

Of course, cultivators certainly have more than just these three levels, there are higher levels of cultivation after that.

But with Chen An's current status, the information he can know is only this.

And specifically, according to Chen An's perception, although there are many cultivators within the Haoshan Sect, the official disciples and miscellaneous disciples together number tens of thousands, but the vast majority are miscellaneous disciples, and only a few thousand can open up the Purple Mansion.

Cultivation above the sixth level of Qi Refinement is already considered elite.

At the peak of Qi Refinement, one is already capable of being a manager, or even being sent out to guard a place.

As for Spiritual Transformation?

This is a cultivation that only elders can have.

Golden Core? Officially only the Sect Master of the Haoshan Sect has this cultivation.

And the battle strength of the Golden Core stage is only equivalent to the Innate stage.

In other words, even the strongest in the Haoshan Sect is only equivalent to Chen An alone.

Chen An felt relieved on the spot.

It's better to be weaker.

If the sect's strength is weaker, it would be more convenient for him to move around unnoticed. If anything really happened later on, he could escape at the first time.

Of course, escaping is for the future.

At least for now, Chen An still needs to use the platform of the Haoshan Sect to do some things.

Such as gathering information, and absorbing various knowledge of cultivators.

"Your simulation has ended."

"You have gained eight points of source power."

Familiar words appeared in front of him.

Chen An looked at the empty energy bar once again, couldn't help but sigh silently.

It's really difficult.

Since he came to this place, he has only been able to accumulate that bit of energy he gets every day on his own with the upgrade template, accumulating a few points of source power per month.

In the past, this speed was actually not bad, but for the current Chen An, accumulating this source power day by day felt like crawling like a snail, which was starting to become unbearable.

After all, at his current level, each promotion probably consumes hundreds of points.

Relying on the monthly increase of only a few points of source power, it would probably take decades to use it.

He doesn't have that long a life span, and he probably can't wait that long.

The more crucial issue is that this world is hostile to martial arts. In the future, if he wants to improve his martial arts cultivation, he probably can only rely on the upgrade template to forcefully increase it, and even his own cultivation will be useless.

This really hurts the heart to see.

Chen An couldn't help but sigh, not knowing what to say.

Name: Chen An

Attributes: Strength (11.2), Body (11.7), Spirit (3.8)

Source Power: 1428

Inheritance: Ice Seals the World (Initial Completion), Profound Ice Force (First Stage of Innate), Haoshan Scripture (First Stage)

Projection: Charging

The familiar upgrade template appeared in front of Chen An.

Compared to the past, the data above hasn't changed much.

But some less important options are now selectively ignored by Chen An, to avoid obstructing his observation.

After all, at this point, those miscellaneous inheritances are of no use to him.

The Haoshan Scripture, this scripture is naturally what the Haoshan Sect has been teaching during this period, and Chen An has already grasped the basics, and it seems that he is about to open up the Purple Mansion.

The other data is actually good, except for the source power section, which now rarely sees major changes.

Of course, with only an increase of a few points of source power each month, it would be strange if there were any major changes.

For Chen An, this is a bit sad.

Fortunately, after this period of exploration, he already has some clues about new sources of source power.

Now it all depends on how to prepare for the future.

Thinking of this, Chen An's steps unconsciously quickened, walking more quickly towards his destination.

He was going fast, and before he realized it, he had arrived at a marketplace.

When eating mangosteen, he accidentally injured his thumb with a thorn, it is inconvenient to type now, so this is all for today.

(End of Chapter)