Chapter 495 - 354: Fifty Million Points
The news came from Battle Peak.
With Fang Yun’s current status in the sect, most Elders would carry out his orders without hesitation, especially those who had successfully reached Foundation Establishment in recent decades.
"I believe that after the loss they just took, the Celestial Demon Sect won’t be so quick to try sending another Core Formation Demon to attack our subsidiary Foundation Establishment Influences," said Sect Leader Duan Qingyun, voicing his speculation.
He was fully confident in any conjecture he put forward.
"If the Core Formation Demons won’t come to us, then we can just go to them."
"Elder Miao, you..." Duan Qingyun paused to think. He had originally intended to reason with her, but then decided it would be useless to reason with Miao Qinghong. He continued, "...Just stick to the original plan from Elder Fang Taishang and proceed steadily. You can’t act recklessly."
Miao Qinghong nodded, indicating that she understood.
It had already been decided. She wouldn’t act on her own.
Time flew by.
「Seven days later.」
The beginning of the twelfth month was fast approaching.
Fang Yun finally had some free time.
He began to sort through the Storage Pouch he had obtained from the Early-stage Core Formation Demon of the Celestial Demon Sect.
He opened the Storage Pouch and scanned its contents.
The first thing he saw was a pile of Demon Stones, which could later be exchanged for Spirit Stones at the sect.
There were quite a few Second Tier Spiritual Materials inside, most of which could be used as materials for refining Spiritual Artifacts specifically designed to counter Demons.
’This Early-stage Core Formation Demon really had a lot of stuff in his Storage Pouch. There are even two types of Third Tier Spiritual Materials.’
Fang Yun had no use for these Third Tier Spiritual Materials for the time being.
Perhaps these two Third Tier Spiritual Materials used by Demons could be used to refine a Magical Treasure effective against them in the future, but he didn’t have that ability yet.
According to the pattern of talent upgrades, he would only have a chance to refine a Magical Treasure specifically for dealing with Demons after raising his Artifact Refining Talent to Nine-star.
’What’s in here?’
Inside the Storage Pouch, there was also a specially made jade box.
After some effort, Fang Yun opened the special jade box. Inside was blood that contained a dense energy.
’This should be the essence blood of some Tier Three Demon Beast.’
Fang Yun could only make a rough judgment; he had no idea which specific Tier Three Demon Beast the essence blood came from.
’I’ll find Mengyang and have him take a look when I have time.’
He didn’t dwell on it for long and quickly placed the Tier Three Demon Beast essence blood back into the special jade box.
Next, he would cultivate for a while and wait for the beginning of the twelfth month.
In the past, at times like this, he would have read through books. But now, he had already finished all the books on Planting, Alchemy, and Artifact Refining that were beneficial to him, including the ones he had obtained from the Purple Mist Sect.
「Some time later.」
The time officially arrived: the beginning of the twelfth month.
Fang Yun, having finished his cultivation, felt a small sense of anticipation.
Considering the difference in base Talent Points gained between killing a Peak of Qi Refining Demon and an early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon, he hoped the base Talent Points from killing an Early-stage Core Formation Demon would not disappoint him.
He opened the light screen.
Fang Yun felt a wave of satisfaction.
The base Talent Points gained from killing the Early-stage Core Formation Demon did not disappoint him.
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Killed 1 Early-stage Core Formation Demon. Talent Points +7,000,000
...
Sect Influence: 95%
Talent Point Bonus: 700%
Settlement: Talent Points +56,532,800
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Killing one Early-stage Core Formation Demon yielded seven million base Talent Points. That might not seem like a lot, but these were just the base points. With the bonus, the total came to over fifty-six million Talent Points.
That was over fifty million points!
With this month’s early settlement, his record for the highest amount of Talent Points gained was broken once again.
Besides the fifty-six million Talent Points from combat, the Talent Points he gained from his life skills this month were very stable, exceeding 530,000.
Recently, the Life Talent Points he gained each month had basically never fallen below 500,000.
The view switched to the Life Talent interface.
Fang Yun quickly began the Life Talent draw—a draw of over 560,000 times.
Alchemy Talent Fragment*189133
Artifact Refining Talent Fragment*188956
Planting Talent Fragment*187239
The numbers on the Life Talent interface saw a significant increase.
The changes were as follows:
Alchemy Talent ★★★★★★★★ (1,094,778/3,628,800)
Planting Talent ★★★★★★★★ (1,091,579/3,628,800)
Artifact Refining Talent ★★★★★★★★ (1,088,899/3,628,800)
Currently, Alchemy Talent still had the most fragments, followed by Planting Talent, and finally Artifact Refining Talent.
The maximum difference in fragments obtained among the various talents was currently less than six-tenths of a percent.
Fang Yun closed the interface, completely satisfied.
After this month, he was now close to five percent of the way toward his goal for the Nine-star Life Talents.
The vast majority of this progress came from killing the Early-stage Core Formation Demon. By this calculation, if he killed about twenty more Early-stage Core Formation Demons, gathering the 1.1 billion Talent Points he needed seemed like it would be quite fast with his current bonus.
’The difference in base Talent Points between killing a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Demon and an early-stage one is more than double. Following that logic, if I could kill a mid-stage Core Formation Demon, the base Talent Points alone would be in the tens of millions. After the bonus, it would be over a hundred million...’
Fang Yun mused to himself.
Right now, he truly wished that every single Core Formation Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect would fall to his sword.
He calmed himself down a bit.
He told himself not to be hasty. ’Take it slow,’ he thought, ’the Celestial Demon Sect will be finished sooner or later.’
’It’s a shame. The Celestial Demon Sect most likely won’t try a similar move again.’
If the Celestial Demon Sect continued to act this way after suffering such a loss, they probably would have been wiped out long ago.
If the Celestial Demon Sect significantly adjusted its strategy after this incident, then he would also need to change his subsequent plans.
...
「In the two major Cultivator Marketplaces outside the Celestial Cloud Sect.」
These were one of the main gathering places for Loose Cultivators within the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Earth Realm.
The Loose Cultivators living here all hoped that their descendants could one day become a part of the Celestial Cloud Sect.
Huang Datong and Zhang Chuzhen were prime examples; their descendants had long since become mid-level members of the Celestial Cloud Sect.
In a simple, small house.
A young boy’s excited shout rang out.
"Dad! Mom! I successfully sensed a Spirit Vein!"
The boy’s name was Sun Hongchang. His Spirit Root Talent had been tested long ago, revealing he possessed the worst kind: Five Spirit Roots.
With no immediate family in the Celestial Cloud Sect, it was nearly impossible for him to become a disciple with such a talent.
Less than a year after his Spirit Root was tested, a piece of news spread through the marketplace.
The Celestial Cloud Sect had lowered its standards for accepting disciples. Even a cultivator with Five Spirit Roots like him had a chance to be accepted as a disciple, as long as they showed some talent in the Hundred Skills of Cultivation.
When they first heard the news, they thought it was fake. But after making inquiries, they learned it was true. Even a Steward from the Celestial Cloud Sect confirmed it.
How could such news be false?
Sure enough, before a few months had passed, the criteria for Four Spirit Roots and Five Spirit Roots cultivators to become Outer Sect disciples of the Celestial Cloud Sect were announced.
Regarding the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, the requirements for cultivators with different Spirit Root Talents were laid out. Needless to say, there were no extra requirements for those with Three Spirit Roots or better. Those whose Spirit Root Talent reached the level of a True Spirit Root could become Celestial Cloud Sect disciples even without any other talents.
If they weren’t skilled in the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, they could still fight and kill enemies, right?
"Hong Chang, are you sure you sensed the Spirit Vein?"
His parents, who had rushed over, confirmed Sun Hongchang’s situation again.
"I’m positive! I’ve sensed it!"
"Good! Very good!"
At this moment, Sun Hongchang’s parents were overcome with excitement.
According to the standards set by the Celestial Cloud Sect, for a Five Spirit Roots cultivator to become a disciple via the Spirit Vein Master talent within the Hundred Skills of Cultivation:
A cultivator living here, under the age of twenty-five, who could sense the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Third Tier Spirit Vein within three years of learning the entry-level Earth Vein Celestial Sensing Technique, could become a disciple of the Celestial Cloud Sect.
’So I have such great talent as a Spirit Vein Master!’
Sun Hongchang’s face was flushed. He himself had never expected to be able to sense the existence of the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Third Tier Spirit Vein after studying the Earth Vein Celestial Sensing Technique for less than a year.
Verifying his talent hadn’t been an overnight process.
Before learning the Earth Vein Celestial Sensing Technique, he had tried his hand at Planting and Talisman Making from the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, but it turned out he had no talent for either.