I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

"Junior Brother, I’ve finished collecting all the Spiritual Materials for my Lifebound Magical Treasure. When are you free?"

Inside Fang Yun’s cave residence, Bai Qinying had already found a seat.

She didn’t know if Fang Yun was currently refining an Upper-Grade Primordial Spirit Pill to aid his cultivation, or if he was just in his normal secluded cultivation.

If it was the former, Fang Yun likely wouldn’t have time to help her refine her Lifebound Magical Treasure today.

They had agreed long ago that once she finished collecting the Spiritual Materials for her Lifebound Magical Treasure, Fang Yun would assist her with the refining.

"Today is fine." This time, Fang Yun was in the middle of his routine secluded cultivation.

These days, he would typically spend three or four days each month in secluded cultivation, dedicating the rest of his training time to refining Upper-Grade Primordial Spirit Pills.

"Then let’s do it today."

Since Fang Yun was free, Bai Qinying made her decision on the spot. They would begin refining the Lifebound Magical Treasure right away. But first, she started by chatting with Fang Yun about some matters within the sect.

She began with a piece of good news.

"Junior Brother, did you know? At the beginning of this month, the sect recruited two disciples with Abnormal Spirit Roots."

"That’s great news." The beginning of the month was only five days ago, and Fang Yun hadn’t heard. "Ever since Mengyang, the sect hasn’t recruited any disciples with Abnormal Spirit Roots. To suddenly get two at once means that the Celestial Cloud Sect’s fortune is on the rise."

Two disciples with Abnormal Spirit Roots were two future Core Formation Seeds for the sect.

If the Celestial Cloud Sect wanted to become a powerful Core Formation Sect, it could not be short on Core Formation Level Cultivators.

"’The sect’s fortune is on the rise...’ Your phrasing is just like Elder Miao’s. At the Supreme Elder meeting two days ago, she used this incident to argue that now is the perfect time to move against the Celestial Demon Sect, and that our thousand-year-old grudge should be settled..."

As Bai Qinying recounted what happened at the Supreme Elder meeting, Fang Yun listened intently.

A meeting of the sect’s high-level members determined its future path.

"Junior Brother, what are your thoughts on this matter?"

"If the opportunity arises, we should certainly destroy the Celestial Demon Sect, but it’s not that simple. For one, the Demon Spirit Sect would never just stand by and watch us attack them. Moreover, if we become too powerful, it would be a bad thing from the Black Ghost Cave’s perspective..."

Annihilating a Core Formation Influence is no simple matter.

This is especially true given the overall situation in the Qionglin Domain, where orthodox cultivators of Spiritual Power are at a disadvantage.

The powers surrounding the Celestial Demon Sect, the Demon Spirit Sect, and the Black Ghost Cave would all have an influence on any move we make against the Celestial Demon Sect.

"You’re right, Junior Brother." Bai Qinying nodded in agreement with Fang Yun’s assessment.

"Did any of the other Supreme Elders agree with Elder Miao’s proposal?" Fang Yun then asked.

"All the other Supreme Elders expressed their opposition."

"That’s to be expected." The situation was just as Fang Yun had predicted. "And you, Senior Sister?"

"Me?" Bai Qinying pointed to herself. "I didn’t offer an opinion. Since all the other Supreme Elders were against it, my agreement would have been meaningless."

As Bai Qinying spoke, it was clear her own stance had become irrelevant.

It hadn’t been many years since she broke through to the Core Formation realm and became a Supreme Elder. In high-level meetings like this, she usually just listened.

Among all the Supreme Elders, her voice carried the least weight.

"But enough about that, Junior Brother. Help me refine my Lifebound Magical Treasure."

"Alright."

With that conversation over, Fang Yun led Bai Qinying into his Artifact Refining Room.

He was already experienced in assisting with the refining of Magical Treasures.

When he had helped Miao Qinghong refine her Lifebound Magical Treasure, he had no personal experience with refining Magical Treasures. Now, having refined three Magical Treasures himself, assisting Bai Qinying would be much easier.

He could also earn some Talent Points by helping refine a Lifebound Magical Treasure. The deeper his involvement and the more work he put in, the more Talent Points he would receive during the monthly settlement.

Inside the Artifact Refining Room, Fang Yun quickly began processing the Spiritual Materials.

This task had to be left to him. If Bai Qinying handled it herself, the loss of Spiritual Materials would be too great, possibly even making it impossible to finish refining the Magical Treasure.

As Fang Yun processed the Spiritual Materials with fluid, seamless movements, the material loss was nearly zero.

Fang Yun gave it his all, perfectly executing every task within his capabilities.

With his help, all that remained for Bai Qinying were the simple, core refining steps. As long as she was familiar with her Cultivation Technique, she would be able to complete them.

About seven days later, Fang Yun left the Artifact Refining Room, leaving Bai Qinying alone inside.

She needed to complete the final, solo parts of the refining process for her Lifebound Magical Treasure inside.

「Another ten days passed.」

Bai Qinying finally emerged from the Artifact Refining Room.

Sensing the fluctuations of Spiritual Power in the cave residence, she knew Fang Yun was currently in the Alchemy Room refining pills.

She decided not to wait for Fang Yun.

After leaving a simple message, she departed from Fang Yun’s cave residence and returned to her own on Cloud Summit.

Having just finished refining her Lifebound Magical Treasure, she needed to return and get used to it. Afterward, she would have to practice diligently to draw out its full power.

Inside the Alchemy Room.

Fang Yun was refining his fourth type of Third-Tier pill: the Three-Rib Rejuvenating Pill, which could rapidly restore Spiritual Power. Its main ingredient was the Third-Tier, Lower-Grade Three-Fluff Flower.

As he refined an increasing number of Third-Tier pills, his accumulated experience grew richer.

Now, even on his first attempt at refining the Three-Rib Rejuvenating Pill, he was able to achieve a very high Pill Formation Success Rate.

A single cauldron could yield a maximum of eight Three-Rib Rejuvenating Pills. From his very first attempt, Fang Yun produced six Lower-Grade pills and one Middle-Grade pill.

He was just short of producing a batch with no Wasted Pills on his very first attempt.