Chapter 458 - 336: Planting Arrangement
Celestial Demon Sect.
The cultivation abode of Supreme Elder Lu Yaoling.
"Come in."
At Lu Yaoling’s words, the Spirit Destruction Hall Master waiting outside immediately stepped into the cave residence.
"Greetings, Supreme Elder."
"Hall Master Xue, what is it?"
"Reporting to the Supreme Elder, I have some very bad news. It has already been verified."
"What more bad news could there be now? Go on, tell me," Lu Yaoling said nonchalantly. After failing to conquer the Celestial Cloud Sect last time, most news had become meaningless to him.
’In any case, it’s unlikely I’ll live to see the Celestial Cloud Sect’s demise.’
’A few years ago, another Celestial Cloud Sect Elder achieved Core Formation. They now have seven high-level Core Formation cultivators. This undoubtedly makes destroying the Celestial Cloud Sect even more difficult.’
"Yes, Supreme Elder." The Spirit Destruction Hall Master paused before slowly delivering the bombshell. "Fang Yun of the Celestial Cloud Sect has broken through to the Core Formation Stage."
"What? Fang Yun broke through to the Core Formation Stage?! How did someone with Five Spirit Roots manage to reach the Core Formation Stage? That luck is just..."
Lu Yaoling was utterly astonished to hear that Fang Yun had achieved Core Formation.
’It’s true that with the full support of the Celestial Cloud Sect, it was possible for Fang Yun, with his Five Spirit Roots, to achieve Core Formation, but the chances should have been minuscule.’
’Fang Yun’s successful Core Formation means that luck is on the Celestial Cloud Sect’s side. No wonder my attack on them failed.’
After his shock subsided, Lu Yaoling found a reason to console himself.
"By the way, are you certain this information is true?"
"It has been verified. It is absolutely certain," the Spirit Destruction Hall Master repeated.
’If this news hadn’t been verified, I wouldn’t have dared to run over and report it to the Supreme Elder.’
’Information known by all Celestial Cloud Sect disciples isn’t hard for us to find out. The truly difficult information to obtain is that which is only known by the sect’s upper echelons.’
"A Core Formation Stage Fang Yun... who knows how many Spiritual Artifacts specifically designed to counter us Demons he will refine in the future." Supreme Elder Lu Yaoling first mentioned one of the threats Fang Yun posed to them.
’After achieving Core Formation, Fang Yun will have a much longer Life Span, and the number of Spiritual Artifacts he refines will surely increase.’
’Moreover, Fang Yun also has an astonishing talent for alchemy.’
’The increase in the number of Foundation Establishment Elders in the Celestial Cloud Sect is directly related to him.’
"Alright, I understand." As these thoughts ran through his mind, Lu Yaoling gestured for the Spirit Destruction Hall Master to withdraw.
The last attack on the Celestial Cloud Sect had failed. They had gained nothing and even had to give up a number of things to the Demon Spirit Sect. As a result, Lu Yaoling now had few thoughts left regarding the Celestial Cloud Sect.
One could say that as the Supreme Elder of his generation, his fighting spirit to destroy the Celestial Cloud Sect was now completely gone.
He wasn’t entirely unable to accept Fang Yun’s successful Core Formation.
’Whether the Celestial Cloud Sect begins to decline in a hundred years or three hundred years has nothing to do with me.’
’I have less than fifty years of Life Span remaining.’
’The grand plan to destroy the Celestial Cloud Sect can only be left to future generations.’
"Supreme Elder, shouldn’t we do something?"
"Hall Master Xue, what do you want to do?" Lu Yaoling asked, looking at the Spirit Destruction Hall Master.
"I..."
The Spirit Destruction Hall Master did have ideas, but these things needed to be ordered by the Supreme Elder. It meant little for him to say them himself.
"If there’s nothing else, you may leave."
’It’s true that my authority in the Celestial Demon Sect is the greatest, but that doesn’t mean I have the final say in everything. The failure of the last operation has already caused some dissatisfaction among the other high-ranking members of the sect.’
’If I try to do anything else, I’ll likely face opposition from them.’
This was one of the reasons he was acting this way now.
"Yes."
Seeing Supreme Elder Lu Yaoling’s demeanor, the Spirit Destruction Hall Master could only slowly withdraw.
’Among all the Supreme Elders, Lu Yaoling was the most aggressive. Now that even he has no more designs on the Celestial Cloud Sect, there’s no way I, the Spirit Destruction Hall Master, can approach the other Supreme Elders.’
’Throughout history, the Celestial Cloud Sect has never taken the initiative to attack us.’
The Spirit Destruction Hall Master’s only worry was that the current Celestial Cloud Sect might be different.
’I hope what I’m worried about doesn’t come to pass.’
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Celestial Cloud Sect.
「Cloud Summit.」
At this very moment, Fang Yun’s vessel avatar had completed the refining of the Spirit Ascension Pill.
Seeing the result, a smile appeared on Fang Yun’s face.
’I can even perfectly refine the Spirit Ascension Pill!’
’The blessing of my eight-star Alchemy Talent truly hasn’t disappointed me.’
’Not only that, but perfectly refining the Spirit Ascension Pill isn’t even the limit. With the experience from the vessel avatar’s two alchemy attempts, I estimate that it’s capable of perfectly refining a Primordial Spirit Pill even without my intervention.’
Of course, this was just his estimation.
’To know for sure, I’ll still have to run an actual experiment.’
’The Spirit Medicine for refining the Primordial Spirit Pill won’t be available until next month, so I’ll just have to wait.’
Right now, he still had three sets of Spirit Medicine for refining the Purple Essence Pill.
’Among Second Tier pills, the Purple Essence Pill is very difficult to refine.’
’Having the vessel avatar perfectly refine a Purple Essence Pill without my intervention would be, in all likelihood, too difficult.’
’However, if I intervene, it might be a different story.’
Deciding not to continue cultivating, Fang Yun casually deactivated the Gathering Spirit Array in his Cultivation Room.
For the past day or so, the only thing aiding his cultivation had been the Gathering Spirit Array, which increased the concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to boost his cultivation speed.
With his Spirit Root Talent now somewhere between Three Spirit Roots and Dual Spirit Roots, his cultivation speed was quite acceptable.
’If I still had the talent level of someone with Five Spirit Roots, my cultivation speed could only be described as a snail’s pace.’
’There aren’t many Third Tier pills in the sect to begin with. In the past, every time I finished refining a batch of Five Qi Chao Ling Pills, they would be divided up among the sect’s upper echelons.’