At this, Elder Tan laughed, and the other Elders joined in.
Their laughter was so sinister that, at first listen, one might mistake it for the wailing of ghosts.
"By the way, that Fang Yun from the Celestial Cloud Sect has already refined a Spiritual Artifact to deal with Demons. I wonder if he’s made one to deal with us?"
"You don’t need to worry too much about that. Spiritual Artifacts aren’t that easy to refine. The Celestial Cloud Sect was just lucky to be able to refine a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact that deals with Demons." The one who spoke was the Artifact Refining Elder of the Black Ghost Cave.
Compared to Demons, Ghost Cultivators’ artifact refining techniques were far superior.
"Now that you’ve put it that way, Elder Lu, I feel much more at ease."
...
「Celestial Cloud Sect, Artifact Casting Peak.」
Inside the Artifact Refining Room of Fang Yun’s residence.
’I finally have enough Spiritual Materials.’
Fang Yun laid out all the Spiritual Materials required for Artifact Refining.
He was preparing to refine a Demon-slaying Sword with four Spirit Patterns.
It was now June. Three years and nine months had passed since his Artifact Refining Talent was upgraded to seven stars. Upon completing the upgrade, he had gained the ability to refine Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts specifically designed to counter Demons. However, he still had no experience refining an anti-Demon Spiritual Artifact of that level.
The reason was the difficulty in collecting the Spiritual Materials.
Take Bai Qinying, for example. He had told her the news early on and even provided her with a list of the Spiritual Materials needed to refine the corresponding Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact, but to this day, she still hadn’t finished collecting them and co to him for the Artifact Refining.
He had to gather the first complete set of Spiritual Materials for a Middle Grade anti-Demon Spiritual Artifact himself.
The only reason he had managed to collect them now was thanks to that late-stage Foundation Establishnt Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect.
He had found quite a few useful Spiritual Materials in that late-stage Foundation Establishnt Demon’s Storage Pouch.
He began the refining process.
With a single thought, Fang Yun’s Foundation Establishnt True Fla ignited in his hand.
Since this was his first ti refining an anti-Demon Spiritual Artifact of this level, he could only rely on the experience he had accumulated from refining Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts.
Therefore, to ensure a stable refinent of the Demon-slaying Sword, he could only inscribe four Spirit Patterns. If he tried to inscribe even one more, the success rate would drop below twenty percent.
Even with four Spirit Patterns, Fang Yun only had an eighty percent chance of success.
For him, refining a Middle Grade version of this type of Spiritual Artifact was many tis more difficult than refining a normal Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact.
The refining process took more than three days.
At this mont, Fang Yun was performing the final steps on the Demon-slaying Sword.
"It’s done!"
Elated, Fang Yun beckoned, and a brand-new Demon-slaying Sword flew into his hand.
’With this Demon-slaying Sword, I should be able to easily slay most Demons below the Core Formation Realm.’
Boosted by his five-star Combat Talent, this four-Spirit-Pattern Demon-slaying Sword would be far more effective against Demons than a seven-Spirit-Pattern Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact.
He put away the Demon-slaying Sword.
Next, Fang Yun planned to go to the Dan Cloud Pavilion on Dan Cloud Peak to accept an Alchemy mission.
Just as he left his residence, before he could start flying toward Dan Cloud Peak, he saw a figure flying toward him.
It was Huang ngzhu!
She was flying through the air, a clear sign that Huang ngzhu had successfully reached Foundation Establishnt.
Fang Yun rembered that Huang ngzhu had entered seclusion for Foundation Establishnt twenty days ago, aided by a Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
A Three Spirit Roots Cultivator using a Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill had about a sixty percent chance of success. If they used a Lower Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill, the probability dropped to less than thirty percent.
Aside from her master, Xu Qingxuan, he had also put in so effort to help her obtain that Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
Without him speaking up, it would have been sowhat difficult for Huang ngzhu to get that Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
At the ti, the sect had only two Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pills left. Now, there was only one.
A sixty percent chance of success was already very high. For a Qi Refining Cultivator, anything over fifty percent was considered high.
"ngzhu, congratulations on reaching Foundation Establishnt. You’ll be an Elder of the sect from now on," Fang Yun said with a smile as Huang ngzhu landed.
As Xu Qingxuan’s disciple, once Huang ngzhu beca an Elder, she would certainly take up duties on Smoke Cloud Peak.
"Hee hee, now, according to the sect’s rules, you and I are peers, Brother Fang Yun."
To successfully reach Foundation Establishnt in her early thirties was definitely considered fast among Three Spirit Roots Cultivators.
After succeeding, she bid her master farewell and ca straight to find Fang Yun.
It seed her luck wasn’t just good for her breakthrough; her timing was perfect, too. Fang Yun had just stepped out of his residence.
"Brother Fang Yun, co to the Smoke Cloud Pavilion in half a month. I’ll cook you a whole table of Spiritual Food."
Besides telling Fang Yun she had broken through to the Foundation Establishnt Stage, this was the main reason Huang ngzhu had co to see him.
Even at the Peak of Qi Refining, Huang ngzhu had been capable of preparing Second Tier Spiritual Food. Now that she had broken through to the Foundation Establishnt Stage, she planned for the entire table of Spiritual Food she’d make for Fang Yun to be Second Tier.
But she didn’t specify that now, wanting to give Fang Yun a surprise in half a month.
Cooking a al of Spiritual Food especially for Fang Yun was an unfulfilled wish from her childhood.
"Alright."
Fang Yun readily accepted Huang ngzhu’s invitation.
’Huang ngzhu was the one who broke through to Foundation Establishnt, but from the sound of it, the celebration was for .’
The two chatted for a while, and the conversation naturally turned to Huang ngyang.
Huang ngyang, who possessed an Abnormal Spirit Root, was now at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer. In another two or three years, he would also attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishnt Realm.
The remaining Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill in the sect was basically reserved for him.
In the sect, any disciple with an Abnormal Spirit Root was guaranteed to beco a Direct Disciple of an Elder once they reached the late stages of Qi Refining.
If an Elder’s disciple had an Abnormal Spirit Root, regardless of that Elder’s status in the sect, it would be very easy for them to obtain a Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill for their disciple.
Thus, Huang ngyang’s master, Han Fenglin, wouldn’t need any extra help from Fang Yun or Huang ngzhu to get a Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill for him.
Abnormal Spirit Root Cultivators were also the sect’s Core Formation Seeds.
The sect always hoped for such Cultivators to have a stable breakthrough during their Foundation Establishnt.
An Abnormal Spirit Root Cultivator using a Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill would find it very difficult to fail. If they used a Lower Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill, however, there was a ten percent chance of failure.
As Fang Yun chatted about Huang ngyang, his thoughts drifted to the matter of Foundation Establishnt Pills.
「After Huang ngzhu left.」
Fang Yun continued on to Dan Cloud Peak, and after accepting an Alchemy mission, he went to find Elder Bai Heyan.
Bai Heyan was in his residence and wasn’t busy with Alchemy or anything similar, so Fang Yun was able to see him quickly.
"Elder Bai."
"Ah, it’s Fang Yun. Is there sothing you need from at this hour?"
"Yes, there is." Fang Yun quickly stated his purpose for visiting Bai Heyan. "Elder Bai, I was hoping to find out... approximately when will I be able to start refining Foundation Establishnt Pills?"
"So, other Second Tier pills can no longer satisfy your refining needs."
Bai Heyan said with a smile, looking at Fang Yun.
He would never have said such a thing to any other Elder of Alchemy.
But in Fang Yun’s case, it was a genuine possibility.
Three months ago, Fang Yun’s best result from a single furnace was producing two Upper-grade Purple Essence Pills and one Lower-grade Purple Essence Pill.
Keep in mind, Fang Yun had refined, at most, fewer than twenty furnaces of Purple Essence Pills in total.
His Alchemy Talent was truly becoming more and more astonishing.
"That’s not it, I just wanted to get a general idea."
"You’ll be able to refine Foundation Establishnt Pills soon. In about two years, you should be able to refine your first furnace of them," Bai Heyan replied seriously.
Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pills are among the most difficult Second Tier pills to refine.
Bai Heyan believed that even on his first attempt, Fang Yun would succeed in refining at least one Lower Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
Pills that aided in breakthroughs, such as the Foundation Establishnt Pill, Cyan Clarity Pill, and Purple Essence Pill, were all very difficult to refine.
Currently, the refining of these types of pills for the sect was almost entirely handled by Fang Yun.
In two years, the sect would need a large number of Foundation Establishnt Pills refined. Bai Heyan had originally thought about refining a few furnaces of them himself.
But then he reconsidered. If he were to refine those few furnaces, the sect would miss out on several Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pills, and he would definitely regret it.
With Fang Yun’s alchemy experience and his Alchemy Talent, he might be able to refine Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pills after just a dozen or so furnaces.
For him, on the other hand, successfully refining an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill required not only exceptionally high-quality Spirit dicine but also a great deal of luck.
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