Chapter 472 - 343: Lifebound Magical Treasure
’The first Middle-grade Golden Core Pill was successfully refined.’
The temperature of the Alchemy Furnace lowered, and Fang Yun now held a Middle-grade Golden Core Pill.
He had used high-quality Spirit Medicine, so throughout the refining process, he knew there was no chance he would end up with a Lower-grade pill.
After reaching Core Formation, he had already noticed a distinct change when he was refining the Third Tier Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.
This change was even more obvious when refining the Golden Core Pill.
The experience he gained from refining this batch of Golden Core Pills significantly improved his skill.
’A Middle-grade Golden Core Pill is still worth five hundred thousand Talent Points to me now.’
A Middle-grade Golden Core Pill provides 62,500 base Talent Points, which comes out to a total of 500,000 after bonuses.
Currently, for most months of the year, Fang Yun earned around five hundred thousand Talent Points. However, in months when he refined Third Tier pills or Magical Treasures, his earnings would basically reach seven figures.
Last year, he had acquired just over eight million Talent Points, which averaged out to about six hundred and sixty thousand per month.
After finishing the batch of Golden Core Pills, Fang Yun didn’t immediately start on the next one.
Even though he now had the ability to do so, he had other arrangements.
「Over a month went by.」
Five days ago, Fang Yun had already finished refining all the Golden Core Pills.
The news had already reached Star Moon Valley.
If all went as expected, someone from Star Moon Valley would arrive to collect the pills today.
The refining of the last two batches of Golden Core Pills went just as Fang Yun had thought: one batch yielded a Middle-grade Golden Core Pill, while the other produced a Low-grade Golden Core Pill.
Fang Yun felt fortunate when he was refining the final batch of Golden Core Pills.
’It’s a good thing I have the experience from refining the previous two batches.’ He had estimated from firsthand experience that if he had attempted to refine this batch first, his chances of even succeeding with a Low-grade Golden Core Pill would have been only seventy percent.
For Fang Yun, those were low odds.
The final result was two Middle-grade Golden Core Pills and one Low-grade Golden Core Pill. However, they would only be giving Star Moon Valley one Middle-grade and two Low-grade Golden Core Pills.
They had already swapped one of the newly refined Middle-grade Golden Core Pills with a Low-grade one from their own stock.
The number of Golden Core Pills in the sect’s treasury remained the same, but the overall quality had improved. This would naturally help more of their disciples reach the Core Formation stage in the future.
The Vice Valley Master visiting from Star Moon Valley was once again Shi Yaoyang, but the one receiving him from the Celestial Cloud Sect was not Song Qiaoqiao this time, but Sect Leader Duan Qingyun himself.
Had Shi Yaoyang arrived a few days later, the high-ranking member from the Celestial Cloud Sect receiving him would have changed yet again.
"Sect Leader Duan, is it true? You really refined a Middle-grade Golden Core Pill?"
Filled with excitement, Shi Yaoyang couldn’t help but ask.
He had already received the news. The message from the Celestial Cloud Sect had mentioned "one middle-grade," indicating that one of the refined pills was indeed of Middle Grade.
"Indeed, we did," Duan Qingyun confirmed.
"That’s wonderful!"
As soon as Shi Yaoyang’s words fell, three small jade vials flew out from Duan Qingyun’s sleeve and landed in front of Shi Yaoyang.
"Fellow Daoist Shi, please have a look."
Of course, he had to inspect them.
After checking them repeatedly, Shi Yaoyang was certain he hadn’t made a mistake. One of the three Golden Core Pills was indeed Middle Grade.
According to his previous conversation with Song Qiaoqiao, the chances of Fang Yun producing a Middle-grade Golden Core Pill from these three sets of Spirit Medicine were low.
There were some things Shi Yaoyang hadn’t said at the time.
In his opinion, the chances of Fang Yun succeeding even with the best set of Spirit Medicine were extremely low, practically nonexistent.
The part about an extra reward was brought up, but it was purely theoretical.
But as it turned out, Fang Yun really succeeded!
And that wasn’t even the most important part.
The most important point was, despite the low probability of refining a Middle-grade Golden Core Pill, the Celestial Cloud Sect actually gave it to them.
’If I were one of the Celestial Cloud Sect’s leaders, I would never have done such a thing.’
’Wouldn’t it be better to swap this Middle-grade Golden Core Pill for a Low-grade one and give them that instead?’
Shi Yaoyang thought this to himself, but of course, he didn’t voice any of it.
"Sect Leader Duan, this is the payment for refining the Golden Core Pills. Please count it and check if anything is missing."
Shi Yaoyang, in a great mood, waved his hand grandly and presented the full payment.
With everything agreed upon in advance, the transaction went very smoothly, and both parties were in particularly high spirits.
The main reason for Shi Yaoyang’s delight was that the Celestial Cloud Sect hadn’t kept the best pill for themselves. Their conduct was far better than that of the Purple Mist Sect.
As for Sect Leader Duan Qingyun of the Celestial Cloud Sect, he was pleased because the transaction had not only upgraded one of the sect’s Low-grade Golden Core Pills to a Middle-grade one, but also allowed Supreme Elder Fang Yun to acquire the Spiritual Materials he desired.
Based on what he’d recently learned, with the Spiritual Materials from this transaction, Fang Yun had now gathered everything he needed to refine his Lifebound Magical Treasure.
The two of them conversed for roughly two hours.
Then Shi Yaoyang left.
After leaving, Shi Yaoyang rushed back to Star Moon Valley.
「In Star Moon Valley.」
Not long after he met with the Valley Master, the Valley Master summoned the sect’s Elder of Alchemy to look at the three Golden Core Pills obtained from the Celestial Cloud Sect.
"Elder Zhou, have you figured it out?" the Star Moon Valley Master asked.
"Valley Master, from these three Golden Core Pills, I can tell that this Low-grade one and the Middle-grade one were refined within the last year. As for the other Low-grade Golden Core Pill, it has been preserved very well and there’s no issue with its medicinal efficacy. However, this pill was refined at least fifty years ago, and likely no more than a hundred."