I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

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「Two years later.」

The Celestial Cloud Sect’s Spirit Vein had officially been upgraded to Tier Three Top-Grade.

By now, even the Sect Disciples could feel the change in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. The change was especially pronounced in their own residences.

With the increased concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the overall cultivation speed of the sect’s Cultivators improved.

When the sect was founded, its Spirit Vein was merely Tier Three Lower-Grade. It was later upgraded to Tier Three Middle-Grade, and now it had reached Tier Three Top-Grade.

After Tier Three Top-Grade came Tier Four.

Most of the sect’s upper echelons had never even considered this possibility.

The only one who had entertained such thoughts was Fang Yun.

It wasn’t that he possessed greater foresight. Rather, he hoped to advance further on his own path and wanted to lead the sect to greater heights as well.

Fang Yun had been planning to travel to the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory again in a few days, but a piece of good news caused him to change his plans.

’The Profound Jade Cong Gold has finally been collected.’

This was the good news from the Task Hall.

Once he had the Tier Three Spiritual Material, the Profound Jade Cong Gold, in hand, he could begin refining a Sword-Type Lifebound Magical Treasure.

According to the theory behind his Cultivation Technique, the Skillful Heaven-Stealing Technique, there was no upper limit to the number of Lifebound Magical Treasures he could refine. As long as he had enough Spiritual Materials, he could refine them continuously. The only subsequent requirements were having the energy to control them and the resources to upgrade them.

For the time being, Fang Yun didn’t need that many Lifebound Magical Treasures.

At his current stage, it was enough to assemble a set of Sword-Type, shield-type, and boot-type Lifebound Magical Treasures.

He already possessed the boot-type Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots. Now that he had collected the Profound Jade Cong Gold, he would soon be able to refine his Sword-Type Lifebound Magical Treasure.

A Sword-Type Lifebound Magical Treasure.

This time, Fang Yun planned to name it the Profound Jade Sword.

He followed his usual naming convention, basing it on the main Spiritual Material used in its refining: the Profound Jade Cong Gold.

After obtaining the Profound Jade Cong Gold, Fang Yun returned to the Artifact Refining Room in his cave residence and immediately began refining his second Lifebound Magical Treasure.

Compared to when he refined his first Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots, his Artifact Refining skill had improved considerably.

During this time, he had helped Supreme Elder Zheng Wuji refine a Magical Treasure with One Prohibition of exceptionally high quality. In some aspects, its power could even match a Magical Treasure with two Prohibitions.

It was the refining of this particular Magical Treasure that had improved his Artifact Refining skill the most and given him the most accumulated experience.

Time always flies when one is focused on a single task.

Before he knew it, Fang Yun had completed the refining of his second Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Profound Jade Sword.

The Profound Jade Sword had a faint golden hue and gave off a sense of extraordinary sharpness.

"Mm, not bad, not bad at all."

Fang Yun nodded in satisfaction after a simple test.

’Compared to the Earth Yellow Sword, the Profound Jade Sword is a comprehensive, across-the-board improvement.’

Compared to ordinary Magical Treasures, a Lifebound Magical Treasure could be controlled with even greater ease, and deploying it was an instantaneous affair.

After reaching the Core Formation Stage, many Cultivators only needed ordinary Magical Treasures for supportive roles. For instance, the Magical Treasure that Supreme Elder Zheng Wuji had needed him to refine served an almost purely auxiliary function.

Zheng Wuji’s own Lifebound Magical Treasure was a weapon with considerable killing power.

WITHDRAW!

With a thought from Fang Yun, the Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Profound Jade Sword, appeared inside his Qi Sea.

Unlike the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots, which hovered motionlessly above his Golden Core, the Profound Jade Sword circled it continuously.

The behavior of a Lifebound Magical Treasure within the Qi Sea could also reflect some of its characteristics.

The stone door to the Artifact Refining Room opened.

The first thing Fang Yun saw were two women.

Song Qiaoqiao was there, of course, and the other was Miao Qinghong.

This was the first time Miao Qinghong had ever appeared in his cave residence.

"Elder Fang Taishang, you’re finally out." Miao Qinghong had clearly been waiting for some time.

"Is there something you need, Elder Miao?"

Fang Yun walked over and sat down directly beside Song Qiaoqiao, across from Miao Qinghong.

Though he asked the question, Fang Yun already had a rough guess as to why Miao Qinghong was here.

’Given Miao Qinghong’s personality, it wasn’t hard to guess what she wanted.’

"I want to know when I can take action in the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory." Miao Qinghong never beat around the bush; she asked directly for what she wanted to know.

Currently, among all the Core Formation higher-ups, only Fang Yun could operate in the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory.

Because only Fang Yun’s actions could go undetected.

Right now, the Celestial Demon Sect still believed that the mysterious Spirit Refiner was not yet a Core Formation Cultivator.

"When you, Elder Miao, are able to go into the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory, that will be the time for our all-out assault on the Celestial Demon Sect."

’At that time, we must annihilate the Celestial Demon Sect.’

’If we fail to destroy the Celestial Demon Sect, who knows when the next opportunity will arise.’

Fang Yun’s greatest worry was that when they were about to destroy the Celestial Demon Sect, the Demon Nascent Soul Influence, the Black Dragon Hall, would interfere, just as the Purple Mist Sect had interfered before, preventing the Celestial Demon Sect from annihilating their Celestial Cloud Sect.

However, compared to the likelihood of the Purple Mist Sect interfering, the chances of the Black Dragon Hall getting involved were actually much smaller.

"Specifically, how long do I have to wait?"

"Elder Miao, you can’t be impatient about this. Right now, you should focus on your cultivation. It would be best if you could break through to the middle stage of Core Formation before the final assault begins. That would give us a greater chance of destroying the Celestial Demon Sect."

’Now is not the time for Miao Qinghong to act.’

’She should calm her mind and cultivate properly.’

’If the plan continues to proceed smoothly, she will have plenty of opportunities to act in the future.’

"The middle stage of Core Formation... it’s not far off."

It had been some eighty years since Miao Qinghong achieved Core Formation, and her cultivation speed had since increased with the aid of the Tier Three Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.

In ten years at most, she would be able to reach the peak of the early stage of Core Formation.

This was much earlier than she had anticipated when she first entered the Core Formation Stage, all thanks to the supplemental cultivation provided by the Upper-Grade and Middle-Grade Five Qi Chao Ling Pills.

"That’s good." Fang Yun nodded, then added, "There will be plenty of opportunities for you to act in the future."

Miao Qinghong was somewhat placated by Fang Yun’s addendum.

If you were to ask her what the most satisfactory outcome would be, it would be to take action right now, of course.

Watching Fang Yun constantly in action all these years had been agonizing for her.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t be like Fang Yun, who could go to the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory and silently eliminate Demons. If she were to go there and make a move, the commotion she’d cause would be anything but small.

Before she left, Miao Qinghong also wanted to know about Fang Yun’s subsequent plans.

"In the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory, there are still two of their vassal Foundation Establishment Influences that need to be dealt with. Within the next five years, those two vassals will meet their demise."

Fang Yun had not yet been to the territories of these two vassal influences.

After dealing with these two vassal Foundation Establishment Influences of the Celestial Demon Sect, the only ones left would be newly established.

These Foundation Establishment Influences were very weak and had little to no accumulated resources to speak of.

With the sect taking action, the remaining Foundation Establishment Influences would also be destroyed quickly.

Subsequently, within its own territory, the Celestial Demon Sect would gradually become a general without an army.

"Within five years... Fine."

Miao Qinghong thought for a moment. ’The time for me to act isn’t far off, then.’

Having learned of Fang Yun’s subsequent plans, she left.

Song Qiaoqiao had been listening quietly throughout their conversation. Only after Miao Qinghong left did she speak up and ask:

"Husband, now that you’ve finished refining your second Lifebound Magical Treasure, when do you plan to make your move?"

"I’ll handle some matters within the sect first, and then I can get started."

He had quite a few things to take care of. He had already been delayed by the process of refining his Lifebound Magical Treasure, so his next move would have to wait for the next opportune moment in his plan.

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「The Celestial Demon Sect’s headquarters.」

All of the Celestial Demon Sect’s upper echelons were once again gathered in the meeting hall.

In recent years, these high-level meetings had become more and more frequent, which was clearly not a good sign.

The meeting began with a summary of recent intelligence.

Their counterattacks against the Celestial Cloud Sect had not been very effective.

When their Sect Elders operated in the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory, it was far, far more dangerous than before.

It wasn’t just the Celestial Cloud Sect that had grown stronger, but their vassal Foundation Establishment Influences as well.