I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

During this process, Spiritual Power would automatically recover.

That was why Cultivators at the Core Formation Stage generally had strong combat endurance.

Right now, the Spiritual Power he used to control the Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Earth Yellow Sword, was less than what his Golden Core automatically recovered. If he were to devote a portion of his focus to speeding up the Golden Core’s rotation, his Spiritual Power would recover even faster.

From the Spiritual Power consumed by the avatar, he could now truly conclude that it benefited from his talent bonuses. As long as it had his talent bonuses, any Talent Points the avatar acquired would be equivalent to him acquiring them himself.

With the boost from his Combat Talent, the Carrier Avatar’s strength was also quite formidable.

However, due to the Carrier Avatar’s unique nature, it would revert into an unremarkable, pale red pearl if it traveled too far from him.

Therefore, sending the avatar out to fight directly was unrealistic.

The Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique had long since explained the approximate distance at which the Carrier Avatar would lose its connection to the main body.

At his current Early-stage Core Formation, the range, centered on his residence, could cover the entire Celestial Cloud Sect and half of Celestial Cloud City outside the sect.

For a normal Core Formation Cultivator, the unique nature of a Carrier Avatar—specifically the Spiritual Power it consumed in battle—would be a major problem.

Never mind fighting a Cultivator of the same tier; even if an Early-stage Core Formation Cultivator fought someone at the Peak of Foundation Establishment, as long as the latter could hold out for a while, they would eventually be able to destroy the carrier once its Spiritual Power was depleted. That would undoubtedly be a huge loss.

Fang Yun had no intention of using the Carrier Avatar for combat for the time being. Its main purpose was to help him acquire more Life Talent Points, and its current range was more than enough for that.

In fact, his range requirements were even lower. As long as it could cover the entire Celestial Cloud Sect, he could cultivate or perform Alchemy and Artifact Refining in his residence while the Carrier Avatar tended to the Spirit Medicine in the sect’s Spirit Fields.

’This feeling is quite manageable for me right now. Once I have the materials, I can refine another carrier and create a second avatar.’

According to the records in the Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique, the theoretical upper limit for the number of Carrier Avatars was nine.

The more avatars one had, the more chaotic it became for the main body’s mind to process everything, and the greater the consumption of mental energy.

For Cultivators capable of practicing the Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique, it was recommended to create a maximum of three Carrier Avatars. Five was something one could attempt, but there were no further instructions beyond that number.

This was because the creator of the cultivation technique had only managed to produce five Carrier Avatars.

Normal practitioners were advised to refine one Carrier Avatar at the Mid-stage Core Formation, one at the Late-stage Core Formation, and one at the Peak of Core Formation.

To refine five avatars, one would first need the ability to refine a Carrier Avatar in the Early-stage Core Formation, then one each in the middle and late stages, and finally attempt the last two at the Peak of Core Formation.

Fang Yun, still in the Early-stage Core Formation, already had a plan to refine two Carrier Avatars.

The theoretical limit for Carrier Avatars in the Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique was nine, and Fang Yun wanted to refine all nine for his own use.

’I’ll make further plans after I’ve refined the second Carrier Avatar.’

Fang Yun didn’t dwell on it. He didn’t yet know what it would actually feel like to have an additional Carrier Avatar.

He left the Artifact Refining Room.

The door to Song Qiaoqiao’s Cultivation Room was tightly shut, indicating she was in the middle of cultivating.

This was a normal cultivation session.

Fang Yun walked over and gently knocked on the stone door.

"My dear, how did refining your avatar go?" Song Qiaoqiao asked as she emerged from the Cultivation Room after the stone door opened.

She was naturally aware of the Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique that Fang Yun was practicing.

Whenever she asked Fang Yun about it, he would naturally explain it to her.

This was her first time witnessing the miraculous aspects of the Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique. In any case, there was no other special cultivation technique like it within the Celestial Cloud Sect.

Ordinary cultivation techniques involving avatar Secret Techniques were mostly used for combat. The avatars directly consumed the main body’s Spiritual Power and could only perform simple battle maneuvers.

If an avatar was dispersed, it was simply gone.

But the Carrier Avatar from the Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique could actually perform a high-difficulty task like assisting with Artifact Refining.

"Take a look."

With a wave of Fang Yun’s hand, his Carrier Avatar immediately appeared beside him.

Song Qiaoqiao sized up the Carrier Avatar while also sensing it.

"The aura is identical. If I only sense the aura, I can’t tell which is the avatar and which is the main body." Song Qiaoqiao closed her eyes, relying solely on her ability to sense auras.

Then, Song Qiaoqiao opened her eyes.

"But telling the avatar and the real you apart is too easy."

"The creator of this cultivation technique never intended for the Carrier Avatar to be used in combat," Fang Yun explained. "To make it truly indistinguishable from the real thing, you’d have to add many more Spiritual Materials when refining the carrier, which would cause the refining difficulty to skyrocket."

Fang Yun’s Carrier Avatar had his form but was generally translucent. The carrier at the center of the avatar was particularly conspicuous.

There are always trade-offs. To have it all would place an extremely high demand on the Cultivator.

If the difficulty of refining the carrier were any higher, the number of Artifact Refiners willing to practice this Core Formation Technique would be few and far between.

"My dear, here are the Spirit Medicines for refining the Qi Enhancement Pill and the Spirit Ascension Pill, one set of each."

"Just give them to him."

"Alright."

Fang Yun’s Carrier Avatar accepted the Spirit Medicine from Song Qiaoqiao.

Afterward, Fang Yun and Song Qiaoqiao shared an intimate moment and chatted for a bit before they both went their separate ways to attend to their own tasks.

Song Qiaoqiao went back to her cultivation.

Fang Yun also went to cultivate.

A new round of testing for the Carrier Avatar began.

This time, the Carrier Avatar had to first complete the refining of a Qi Enhancement Pill on its own.

As Fang Yun entered his Cultivation Room, the Carrier Avatar entered the Alchemy Room.

As Fang Yun sat down cross-legged, he could see the scene in the Alchemy Room through the Carrier Avatar. The avatar’s actions all consumed his mental energy.

Different types of actions consumed different amounts of mental energy.

"Time to start refining the Qi Enhancement Pill."

Fang Yun muttered this to himself. Meanwhile, his Carrier Avatar had already begun refining the Qi Enhancement Pill—a Tier One pill used to aid the cultivation of those in late-stage Qi Refining and at the Peak of Qi Refining.

His main body’s cultivation technique began to operate, and he entered a state of cultivation. At that moment, he ignored the images being transmitted from the Carrier Avatar.

From that moment on, the Carrier Avatar was refining the Qi Enhancement Pill more on its own instincts. These instincts were different from the ones Fang Yun relied on when facing refining difficulties.

Firstly, he could already perfectly refine the Qi Enhancement Pill, and the Carrier Avatar’s core had the ability to store his memories.

However, memories could only facilitate mechanical refining. Alchemy was not a simple matter. From the moment he began refining a pill to the end, even for a pill he could perfectly refine every time, the circumstances throughout the process were never identical.

Therefore, Fang Yun was even more eager to see the effect of his Alchemy Talent’s bonus on the Carrier Avatar.

Without the boost from his Alchemy Talent, his Carrier Avatar should have no problem refining a batch of Qi Enhancement Pills. However, it certainly wouldn’t achieve a perfect refining, and the Pill Formation Success Rate might even be less than fifty percent.

The core function of the Carrier Avatar technique was assistance.

In the same environment, a Carrier Avatar could provide excellent support when coordinating with the main body during Alchemy or Artifact Refining.

「Less than half a day later.」

Fang Yun exited his state of cultivation.

His cultivation over the past few hours had gone smoothly, completely unaffected by the Carrier Avatar.

The reason he stopped cultivating now was because the Carrier Avatar had finished refining the Qi Enhancement Pills.

’Perfectly refined Qi Enhancement Pills. Good.’

Fang Yun nodded lightly. It was time to increase the difficulty.

He would jump straight from the Qi Enhancement Pill to refining the Spirit Ascension Pill.

A pill that aided the cultivation of those in the Early-stage and Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, the Spirit Ascension Pill was also the Second Tier pill that Fang Yun had refined the most.

Following Fang Yun’s mental command, the Carrier Avatar placed the newly refined Qi Enhancement Pills into a small vial and quickly began refining the Spirit Ascension Pill.

As for Fang Yun himself, he naturally resumed his cultivation.

Just like before, he would not interfere with the Carrier Avatar’s process of refining the Spirit Ascension Pill.

For the Qi Enhancement Pill, Fang Yun was very confident the Carrier Avatar could achieve a perfect refining. But for the more difficult Spirit Ascension Pill, while he was confident it could be completed, he wasn’t entirely sure it could achieve the effect of a perfect refining.

Refining the Spirit Ascension Pill would take about a day. He would know the answer tomorrow.