I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 297 - 255: New Improvement

At this, Elder Tan laughed, and the other Elders joined in.

Their laughter was so sinister that, at first listen, one might mistake it for the wailing of ghosts.

"By the way, that Fang Yun from the Celestial Cloud Sect has already refined a Spiritual Artifact to deal with Demons. I wonder if he’s made one to deal with us?"

"You don’t need to worry too much about that. Spiritual Artifacts aren’t that easy to refine. The Celestial Cloud Sect was just lucky to be able to refine a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact that deals with Demons." The one who spoke was the Artifact Refining Elder of the Black Ghost Cave.

Compared to Demons, Ghost Cultivators’ artifact refining techniques were far superior.

"Now that you’ve put it that way, Elder Lu, I feel much more at ease."

...

「Celestial Cloud Sect, Artifact Casting Peak.」

Inside the Artifact Refining Room of Fang Yun’s residence.

’I finally have enough Spiritual Materials.’

Fang Yun laid out all the Spiritual Materials required for Artifact Refining.

He was preparing to refine a Demon-slaying Sword with four Spirit Patterns.

It was now June. Three years and nine months had passed since his Artifact Refining Talent was upgraded to seven stars. Upon completing the upgrade, he had gained the ability to refine Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts specifically designed to counter Demons. However, he still had no experience refining an anti-Demon Spiritual Artifact of that level.

The reason was the difficulty in collecting the Spiritual Materials.

Take Bai Qinying, for example. He had told her the news early on and even provided her with a list of the Spiritual Materials needed to refine the corresponding Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact, but to this day, she still hadn’t finished collecting them and come to him for the Artifact Refining.

He had to gather the first complete set of Spiritual Materials for a Middle Grade anti-Demon Spiritual Artifact himself.

The only reason he had managed to collect them now was thanks to that late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect.

He had found quite a few useful Spiritual Materials in that late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon’s Storage Pouch.

He began the refining process.

With a single thought, Fang Yun’s Foundation Establishment True Flame ignited in his hand.

Since this was his first time refining an anti-Demon Spiritual Artifact of this level, he could only rely on the experience he had accumulated from refining Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

Therefore, to ensure a stable refinement of the Demon-slaying Sword, he could only inscribe four Spirit Patterns. If he tried to inscribe even one more, the success rate would drop below twenty percent.

Even with four Spirit Patterns, Fang Yun only had an eighty percent chance of success.

For him, refining a Middle Grade version of this type of Spiritual Artifact was many times more difficult than refining a normal Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact.

The refining process took more than three days.

At this moment, Fang Yun was performing the final steps on the Demon-slaying Sword.

"It’s done!"

Elated, Fang Yun beckoned, and a brand-new Demon-slaying Sword flew into his hand.

’With this Demon-slaying Sword, I should be able to easily slay most Demons below the Core Formation Realm.’

Boosted by his five-star Combat Talent, this four-Spirit-Pattern Demon-slaying Sword would be far more effective against Demons than a seven-Spirit-Pattern Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact.

He put away the Demon-slaying Sword.

Next, Fang Yun planned to go to the Dan Cloud Pavilion on Dan Cloud Peak to accept an Alchemy mission.

Just as he left his residence, before he could start flying toward Dan Cloud Peak, he saw a figure flying toward him.

It was Huang Mengzhu!

She was flying through the air, a clear sign that Huang Mengzhu had successfully reached Foundation Establishment.

Fang Yun remembered that Huang Mengzhu had entered seclusion for Foundation Establishment twenty days ago, aided by a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

A Three Spirit Roots Cultivator using a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill had about a sixty percent chance of success. If they used a Lower Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, the probability dropped to less than thirty percent.

Aside from her master, Xu Qingxuan, he had also put in some effort to help her obtain that Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

Without him speaking up, it would have been somewhat difficult for Huang Mengzhu to get that Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

At the time, the sect had only two Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pills left. Now, there was only one.

A sixty percent chance of success was already very high. For a Qi Refining Cultivator, anything over fifty percent was considered high.

"Mengzhu, congratulations on reaching Foundation Establishment. You’ll be an Elder of the sect from now on," Fang Yun said with a smile as Huang Mengzhu landed.

As Xu Qingxuan’s disciple, once Huang Mengzhu became an Elder, she would certainly take up duties on Smoke Cloud Peak.

"Hee hee, now, according to the sect’s rules, you and I are peers, Brother Fang Yun."

To successfully reach Foundation Establishment in her early thirties was definitely considered fast among Three Spirit Roots Cultivators.

After succeeding, she bid her master farewell and came straight to find Fang Yun.

It seemed her luck wasn’t just good for her breakthrough; her timing was perfect, too. Fang Yun had just stepped out of his residence.

"Brother Fang Yun, come to the Smoke Cloud Pavilion in half a month. I’ll cook you a whole table of Spiritual Food."

Besides telling Fang Yun she had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, this was the main reason Huang Mengzhu had come to see him.

Even at the Peak of Qi Refining, Huang Mengzhu had been capable of preparing Second Tier Spiritual Food. Now that she had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, she planned for the entire table of Spiritual Food she’d make for Fang Yun to be Second Tier.

But she didn’t specify that now, wanting to give Fang Yun a surprise in half a month.

Cooking a meal of Spiritual Food especially for Fang Yun was an unfulfilled wish from her childhood.

"Alright."

Fang Yun readily accepted Huang Mengzhu’s invitation.

’Huang Mengzhu was the one who broke through to Foundation Establishment, but from the sound of it, the celebration was for me.’

The two chatted for a while, and the conversation naturally turned to Huang Mengyang.

Huang Mengyang, who possessed an Abnormal Spirit Root, was now at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer. In another two or three years, he would also attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The remaining Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill in the sect was basically reserved for him.

In the sect, any disciple with an Abnormal Spirit Root was guaranteed to become a Direct Disciple of an Elder once they reached the late stages of Qi Refining.

If an Elder’s disciple had an Abnormal Spirit Root, regardless of that Elder’s status in the sect, it would be very easy for them to obtain a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill for their disciple.

Thus, Huang Mengyang’s master, Han Fenglin, wouldn’t need any extra help from Fang Yun or Huang Mengzhu to get a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill for him.

Abnormal Spirit Root Cultivators were also the sect’s Core Formation Seeds.

The sect always hoped for such Cultivators to have a stable breakthrough during their Foundation Establishment.

An Abnormal Spirit Root Cultivator using a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill would find it very difficult to fail. If they used a Lower Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, however, there was a ten percent chance of failure.

As Fang Yun chatted about Huang Mengyang, his thoughts drifted to the matter of Foundation Establishment Pills.

「After Huang Mengzhu left.」

Fang Yun continued on to Dan Cloud Peak, and after accepting an Alchemy mission, he went to find Elder Bai Heyan.

Bai Heyan was in his residence and wasn’t busy with Alchemy or anything similar, so Fang Yun was able to see him quickly.

"Elder Bai."

"Ah, it’s Fang Yun. Is there something you need from me at this hour?"

"Yes, there is." Fang Yun quickly stated his purpose for visiting Bai Heyan. "Elder Bai, I was hoping to find out... approximately when will I be able to start refining Foundation Establishment Pills?"

"So, other Second Tier pills can no longer satisfy your refining needs."

Bai Heyan said with a smile, looking at Fang Yun.

He would never have said such a thing to any other Elder of Alchemy.

But in Fang Yun’s case, it was a genuine possibility.

Three months ago, Fang Yun’s best result from a single furnace was producing two Upper-grade Purple Essence Pills and one Lower-grade Purple Essence Pill.

Keep in mind, Fang Yun had refined, at most, fewer than twenty furnaces of Purple Essence Pills in total.

His Alchemy Talent was truly becoming more and more astonishing.

"That’s not it, I just wanted to get a general idea."

"You’ll be able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills soon. In about two years, you should be able to refine your first furnace of them," Bai Heyan replied seriously.

Upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pills are among the most difficult Second Tier pills to refine.

Bai Heyan believed that even on his first attempt, Fang Yun would succeed in refining at least one Lower Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

Pills that aided in breakthroughs, such as the Foundation Establishment Pill, Cyan Clarity Pill, and Purple Essence Pill, were all very difficult to refine.

Currently, the refining of these types of pills for the sect was almost entirely handled by Fang Yun.

In two years, the sect would need a large number of Foundation Establishment Pills refined. Bai Heyan had originally thought about refining a few furnaces of them himself.

But then he reconsidered. If he were to refine those few furnaces, the sect would miss out on several Upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, and he would definitely regret it.

With Fang Yun’s alchemy experience and his Alchemy Talent, he might be able to refine Upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pills after just a dozen or so furnaces.

For him, on the other hand, successfully refining an Upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pill required not only exceptionally high-quality Spirit Medicine but also a great deal of luck.