I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 298 - 256: Upper Grade Produced

「Two years later.」

This time, when Fang Yun went to the Dan Cloud Pavilion to accept an Alchemy mission, he received one for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

’It’s finally time to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.’

Upon seeing the Alchemy mission, Fang Yun immediately began to inspect the Spirit Medicines provided for the refining.

Among Second Tier pills, the Foundation Establishment Pill required the most primary Spirit Medicines—three in total.

These three primary Spirit Medicines were all Upper-grade Second Tier: Blood Dew Flower, Three Spirits Fruit, and Mingqing Xuan Grass.

The medicinal effects of the three primary Spirit Medicines corresponded to the Physical Body Barrier, the Spiritual Power Barrier, and the Divine Sense Barrier, respectively.

In addition to the primary Spirit Medicines, refining a Foundation Establishment Pill also required eighteen supplementary Spirit Medicines. This was a large number for a Second Tier pill. For comparison, the Spirit Ascension Pill only needed eleven supplementary Spirit Medicines. The Cyan Clarity Pill, also used for breakthroughs, required twelve.

The high number of both primary and supplementary Spirit Medicines indicated that the process of refining a Foundation Establishment Pill was complex.

’The Blood Dew Flower, Three Spirits Fruit, and Mingqing Xuan Grass are all of superior quality. It seems Elder Bai is very hopeful that I’ll succeed in refining a Foundation Establishment Pill on my first attempt.’

Since the primary Spirit Medicines were of such high quality, he didn’t bother inspecting the supplementary ones individually.

Bai Heyan hoped he would produce a Foundation Establishment Pill on his very first attempt, and Fang Yun had no intention of disappointing him.

As early as seven years ago, he had already familiarized himself with all the Foundation Establishment Pill Formulas within the Celestial Cloud Sect.

The Foundation Establishment Pill refined from the three primary Spirit Medicines, including the Blood Dew Flower, was the most important source of these pills for the Celestial Cloud Sect.

Therefore, of all the Foundation Establishment Pill Formulas, Fang Yun was most familiar with this particular one.

He returned from Dan Cloud Peak to Artifact Casting Peak.

Once back in his cavern estate, Fang Yun quickly entered a state of secluded Alchemy.

’Refining a Foundation Establishment Pill requires a total of forty-nine major steps...’

Before beginning to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, Fang Yun once again reviewed the Pill Formula he had seen.

Among Second Tier pills, forty-nine major steps was the highest number, thirteen more than were required for refining a Purple Essence Pill.

The extra steps also meant that refining a Foundation Establishment Pill would take more time.

Under normal circumstances, refining one batch of Foundation Establishment Pills took at least four days, and each batch yielded only a single pill.

Even with a guaranteed one hundred percent Pill Formation Success Rate, it was difficult to refine even seven Foundation Establishment Pills in a month.

The refining began!

A typical Second Tier pill had only three or four critical steps in its refining process, whereas the Foundation Establishment Pill had a full seven.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

For his first time refining a Foundation Establishment Pill, the entire process went quite smoothly for Fang Yun.

He had already accumulated a great deal of experience refining Second Tier pills. Combined with his seven-star Alchemy Talent, if he were to struggle on his first attempt at a Foundation Establishment Pill, all that experience and his upgraded talent would have been for naught.

Immersed in refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, Fang Yun seemed to lose all track of time.

"Finished!"

The moment the pill’s refining was complete, he immediately retrieved the piping hot Foundation Establishment Pill.

It was not a Wasted Pill, but a complete, Lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

Judging by its quality, it was hard to believe this Lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill was the result of an Alchemy Master’s first successful attempt.

Even among pills of the same grade, there were subtle differences in quality—discrepancies that any Alchemy Master capable of refining Second Tier pills could notice.

’If I had handled the refining process a little better, this might have been a Middle-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.’

After putting away the Lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, Fang Yun began to review the entire refining process, summarizing and absorbing the experience so that he could refine an even better Foundation Establishment Pill next time.

Achieving such a result on this attempt had a great deal to do with the quality of the Spirit Medicines.

Having summarized his experience, Fang Yun prepared to go turn in his Foundation Establishment Pill refining mission.

Unlike missions for other Second Tier pills, the mission for the Foundation Establishment Pill provided only one set of Spirit Medicines for refining. Furthermore, the mission’s rewards were divided into only three tiers. Simply refining a Lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill was enough to earn the second-tier reward.

Five hundred Contribution Points, plus three hundred Lower-grade Spirit Stones.

As soon as the stone gate of his cavern estate opened, Fang Yun saw two people standing outside.

Bai Heyan and Song Qiaoqiao.

Before Fang Yun could speak, Bai Heyan asked, "Fang Yun, how did the first batch of Foundation Establishment Pills turn out?"

Bai Heyan felt that, given Fang Yun’s skill and the quality of the Spirit Medicines for the Foundation Establishment Pill, it was unlikely he would have produced a Wasted Pill.

But that was just his own thought; he had come to confirm the result right away so he could set his mind at ease.

"It’s a Lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill."

As he spoke, Fang Yun took out the Lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill he had just refined.

"Excellent!"

Bai Heyan carefully examined the result of Fang Yun’s first batch. The Lower-grade Foundation Establishment Pill showed faint signs of having nearly become a Middle-grade one.

This was even better than he had expected.

Perhaps when Fang Yun eventually refined an Upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, it would consume fewer Spirit Medicines than he had anticipated.

"I just knew you would succeed, Fang Yun!"

Song Qiaoqiao spoke up as well. Her expectations for Fang Yun were even higher than Bai Heyan’s.

She truly believed Fang Yun would succeed on his first try—a feat she felt Bai Heyan had probably only considered ninety percent likely.

Her purpose for being here was much the same as Bai Heyan’s.

Refining the Foundation Establishment Pill was crucial to the entire sect. Every set of Spirit Medicines for it, from planting to harvest, required an arduous cultivation process. Ideally, every single set of Spirit Medicines would be successfully converted into a Foundation Establishment Pill.

After exchanging a few more words, the two of them followed Fang Yun to the Dan Cloud Pavilion to submit the mission.

As Fang Yun completed the mission for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, a new one was placed in his hands.