I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 321 - 267: Different Rewards

’In any case, a batch of Third Tier pills ought to be worth more than Second Tier ones.’

After leaving his cave residence, Fang Yun quickly headed to Dan Cloud Peak to turn in his mission, then immediately went to find Elder Bai Heyan.

"Elder Bai."

Seeing Fang Yun enter, Bai Heyan immediately guessed the reason for his visit.

Fang Yun rarely sought him out on his own initiative, so his appearance now was almost certainly about that one matter.

"Elder Fang, how did the refining go for your last two batches of Primordial Spirit Pills?"

"The latest batch produced seven Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Pills."

’That’s a nearly perfect refinement.’ As the one who assigned the alchemy missions, Bai Heyan was well aware of the quality of the Spirit Medicine Fang Yun had used for the last two batches of Primordial Spirit Pills.

"Mm."

"Then next, you’ll refine the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill." Bai Heyan had been saving the Spirit Medicine for refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill for a long time.

Ever since he realized Fang Yun would one day be capable of refining Third Tier pills, Bai Heyan had canceled his original plan to ask the Purple Mist Sect’s Elder of Alchemy to refine them.

He had saved these Spirit Medicines specifically for Fang Yun to refine, which would also allow him to gain experience in refining Third Tier pills.

"By the way, Fang Yun, after you finish refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pills, do you still plan on refining Primordial Spirit Pills in the next few years?"

Hearing this, Fang Yun shook his head. "Elder Bai, I’m afraid that won’t be possible for the next few years, perhaps not even for the next decade. I still need to accumulate a sufficient quantity of Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills."

Before he could switch to refining Primordial Spirit Pills, he needed enough Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills on hand to support his cultivation to the peak of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

"I see." Bai Heyan nodded in understanding. "You’ve been the one refining the Primordial Spirit Pills for over two years now. Once you stop, those old geezers will definitely come and pester me."

He recalled an Elder at the late stage of Foundation Establishment happily telling him last year that he had managed to buy two Upper Grade and three Middle Grade Primordial Spirit Pills from the Dan Cloud Pavilion.

Previously, you could almost never find Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Pills in the Dan Cloud Pavilion.

Speaking of refining Primordial Spirit Pills, he, Bai Heyan, had refined hundreds of batches himself. But at his skill level, it was difficult to reliably produce even a single Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Pill.

Currently, his own batches mostly yielded Middle Grade Primordial Spirit Pills.

"Elder Bai, I’ll try to resume refining Primordial Spirit Pills as quickly as I can," Fang Yun said, looking at the somewhat helpless Bai Heyan.

He understood the impact he had on the sect’s pill supply, but he only had so much energy to spare.

Refining a single batch of Second Tier pills took at least two days. Even for the simplest Spirit Ascension Pills, he could only refine fifteen batches a month if he did absolutely nothing else.

His current strategy was to ensure his cultivation progressed steadily while accumulating as many Talent Points as possible.

"Don’t take what I said to heart. Just proceed at your own pace."

The two of them chatted for a little while longer.

Bai Heyan then took out the Spirit Medicine he had prepared for refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.

The Celestial Cloud Sect had no official procedure for Third Tier pill refining missions. This was because they were typically outsourced to the Purple Mist Sect’s Core Formation Stage Elder of Alchemy.

Compared to Second Tier pills, Third Tier pills were even rarer.

Caring for Third Tier Spirit Plants was a huge test for the sect’s Spirit Plant Master Elders, not to mention their long growth cycles.

For a Spirit Plant to reach the Third Tier, its growth cycle was at least a century.

The main ingredient for the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill was the Spirit-towarding Root, a Third Tier, Lower Grade Spirit Plant. Its growth cycle was considered short among Third Tier Spirit Plants, requiring only one hundred and eight years before it could be harvested.

Over the years, in addition to Alchemy and Artifact Refining, Fang Yun had never stopped reading and studying books about the art of planting.

The fact that the Third Tier, Lower Grade Spirit-towarding Root only took one hundred and eight years from planting to harvest was the result of generations of cultivation and improvement by many outstanding Spirit Plant Masters.

Fang Yun had read in old records that the original Spirit-towarding Root required at least one hundred and thirty years to mature for harvest.

Every year shaved off the growth period meant a definite long-term increase in the number of Spirit Plants that could be grown.

"Here are ten sets of the Spirit Medicine required to refine the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill. Refine them as you see fit. Once you’re done with all of them, just hand the finished pills over to me."

Fang Yun nodded in understanding.

Afterward, Bai Heyan explained the rewards for refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.

Unlike the missions from the Dan Cloud Pavilion, there was no base reward for refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill, and no guaranteed payout.

With Fang Yun’s current Alchemy standards, Bai Heyan felt a minimum reward was unnecessary anyway.

The reward for refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill was based entirely on the final product. Just one Lower Grade Five Qi Chao Ling Pill would earn a reward of five hundred Sect Contribution Points.

A Middle Grade pill was worth one thousand two hundred Contribution Points, and an Upper Grade pill was worth three thousand Contribution Points.

These rewards were set quite high.

For Fang Yun, the Sect Contribution Points from refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill weren’t his main concern. What he valued most was the settlement of Talent Points at the beginning of the month.

Therefore, even without the sect’s reward, he would have been happy to refine the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill. It was a chance to increase his alchemy experience and improve his skills.

Saying goodbye to Bai Heyan, Fang Yun returned to the Alchemy Room in his cave residence and began preparing to refine his first batch of the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.

He planned to refine one batch of the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill and then focus on his cultivation.

He would spend the rest of the month on raising his cultivation; otherwise, his progress would slow down.

That was an outcome he wished to avoid.

’I have a minimum monthly requirement for my cultivation progress, and I have to keep up.’

Since this was his first time refining a Third Tier pill, Fang Yun took a relatively long time to prepare himself.

He was currently only at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. When it came to refining a Third Tier pill, his Realm was a definite disadvantage.

A normal middle-stage Foundation Establishment Alchemy Master would have a hard time even processing the main ingredient for the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill, let alone refining the pill itself.

Although there was only one main ingredient for refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill, there were a total of twenty-two supplementary ingredients.

Among them, eight of the twenty-two supplementary ingredients were Second Tier, and two of those were even Upper Grade.

All of this undoubtedly increased the difficulty of refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill. Of course, the most difficult parts of the process were still the steps involving the main ingredient.

The entire process of refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill was divided into a total of fifty-two major steps, of which the main ingredient was involved in seven.

These seven major steps were evenly distributed throughout the entire fifty-two-step process.

The refining of the Purple Essence Pill only had thirty-six major steps, while the Primordial Spirit Pill, also a cultivation-aiding Spirit Medicine, only had twenty-eight.

The complexity of the procedure further highlighted the difficulty of refining Third Tier pills, even for one like the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill, which was considered one of the easier ones.

Refining a single batch of a Third Tier pill would be impossible to finish in under five days.

Having adjusted his condition to its absolute peak, Fang Yun began refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.

One batch of Five Qi Chao Ling Pills could produce six pills at most.

Since this was his first time refining a Third Tier pill, Fang Yun couldn’t predict how his first batch of Five Qi Chao Ling Pills would turn out.

’With the help of my seven-star Alchemy Talent, I should be able to produce at least one Lower Grade Five Qi Chao Ling Pill from this first batch. If they’re all Wasted Pills, it would be a huge blow.’

By the time he reached the sixth major step of the refinement, the main ingredient, the Spirit-towarding Root, had already been introduced.

At that moment, Fang Yun felt the true difficulty of refining a Third Tier pill. The previous five major steps had been manageable for him.

While processing the Third Tier, Lower Grade Spirit Plant, Fang Yun could clearly feel that the current strength of his Divine Sense was insufficient to properly assist the refinement. When he encountered difficult points or needed to handle fine details, he chose to follow his intuition.

This was one of the advantages brought by his talent.

It was also the key to him being able to refine a Third Tier pill despite his disadvantages in other areas.

Five days and sixteen hours had passed since he began refining the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.

He had now reached the final major step of the refinement.

Solidifying the Pill!

Six scorching hot pills flowed out from the Pill Output Port.

Four of the pills were gray, while the other two were a faint white.

"Two Lower Grade Five Qi Chao Ling Pills!"