As long as the refining process is good enough, even without achieving perfection, it’s still possible to create an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
"My luck is pretty good this ti."
Fang Yun happily put away the Demon Core.
With the spoils divided and the area cleaned up, he continued to roam the inner regions of the Supre Profound Mountain Range.
He wanted to see if his luck would hold.
Apparently, killing the peak Second Tier Hundred-legged Rabbit and obtaining its Demon Core had used up all of Fang Yun’s luck.
For the rest of the day, he found nothing of value.
And so, he left the Supre Profound Mountain Range.
He returned to the Celestial Cloud Sect.
According to his original plan, upon returning from the Supre Profound Mountain Range, he was going to stop by the Dan Cloud Pavilion on Dan Cloud Peak to pick up so Alchemy tasks.
But now the plan had changed. Having obtained a Demon Core, he wanted to gather the supplentary Spirit dicines to refine a batch of Foundation Establishnt Pills.
Normally, when an Elder hunted a Demon Beast and obtained its Demon Core, they had two options.
First, they could exchange it directly for Contribution Points at the Dan Cloud Pavilion. Second, they could try to gather the remaining supplentary Spirit dicines themselves and then find an Elder of Alchemy to refine a Foundation Establishnt Pill.
The latter option offered a chance to get a Foundation Establishnt Pill of their own.
The Elders of Alchemy rarely went out to hunt Demon Beasts.
Elders like Fang Yun were a rare exception.
If an Elder of Alchemy happened to obtain a Demon Core, they would, more often than not, choose to gather the supplentary Spirit dicines themselves and refine a Foundation Establishnt Pill.
If the supplentary Spirit dicines were difficult to gather within the sect, they could still try to collect them from affiliated Foundation Establishnt Influences.
But compared to regular Elders and even ordinary Elders of Alchemy, Fang Yun didn’t have to go through all that trouble.
It was worth ntioning.
Three years ago, news had spread that he could refine Foundation Establishnt Pills, a skill that could influence the future number of Sect Elders.
After that, his influence within the sect had begun to rise once more.
Over two years ago, his influence in the sect had already climbed to seventy percent. As of now, his influence remained at that sa level.
Fang Yun knew that for his influence to rise like this without a breakthrough in his Realm ant that the later increases held even greater weight.
There was a massive difference between having seventy percent influence at the early stage of Foundation Establishnt versus having that sa seventy percent at the Peak of Foundation Establishnt.
With his current influence in the sect, obtaining a set of supplentary Spirit dicines for refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill using Contribution Points was a simple matter.
However, since he wasn’t an Elder of Dan Cloud Peak, he still needed to ask an Elder from that peak for help.
In Fang Yun’s mind, he already had soone in mind—a candidate so obvious he didn’t even have to think about it.
Fang Yun arrived at Dan Cloud Peak.
He headed directly for Song Qiaoqiao’s residence.
His luck was good; Song Qiaoqiao wasn’t in seclusion for Alchemy.
"Fang Yun, you’re here! Co in, quickly."
Song Qiaoqiao was long accustod to Fang Yun’s visits.
He was the one who visited her most often. Nine tis out of ten, whenever she opened her door, it was Fang Yun standing outside.
At first, Fang Yun didn’t ntion anything about refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill.
Only after they had chatted for a long while did he finally bring it up.
"Qiaoqiao, could you help gather a set of supplentary Spirit dicines for a Foundation Establishnt Pill?"
The mont she heard this, Song Qiaoqiao reacted. "You got a Demon Core?"
"That’s right." Fang Yun nodded.
Song Qiaoqiao was well aware that Fang Yun went to the Supre Profound Mountain Range a few tis every year. Given his strength, she never worried about him running into trouble there.
"No problem. Leave it to ."
Song Qiaoqiao had no intention of delaying and got right to helping Fang Yun.
Soon, the two of them set to work.
With Song Qiaoqiao’s status and influence, combined with Fang Yun’s own considerable sway, the process of acquiring the supplentary Spirit dicines for the Foundation Establishnt Pill went smoothly, without a single hitch.
On the surface, the rules actually forbade this.
But by now, Fang Yun had beco one of the unspoken exceptions to the rules.
It was just like how a Supre Elder could easily obtain these Spirit dicines from Dan Cloud Peak if they needed them; the official rules only applied to ordinary Elders and disciples.
The Spirit dicines were ready.
Back in his own residence, Fang Yun quickly began the refining process.
Refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill with a Demon Core as the main ingredient was different in many details from refining one with the three main Spirit dicines like the Blood Dew Flower.
One thing remained the sa, however: both Pill Formulas for both types of Foundation Establishnt Pill involved forty-nine major steps.
Still, the refining experience shared so common ground.
Inside the Alchemy Room, Fang Yun had already laid out the Demon Core and the eighteen supplentary Spirit dicines.
Since it was known that Fang Yun required these supplentary Spirit dicines, fifteen of the eighteen that were exchanged were of superior quality, with only three being of a lesser grade due to temporary unavailability.
’With these Spirit dicines and the Demon Core from a peak mid-stage Second Tier Demon Beast, refining a Middle-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill is easy for . But as for refining an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill... my confidence is less than twenty percent.’
Naturally, Fang Yun hoped to refine an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
Not only was it more valuable, but it would also yield more Talent Points at the end of the month.
He first reviewed all his past experiences refining Foundation Establishnt Pills, then adjusted his own condition to its peak.
Once all that was done, Fang Yun began refining the other type of Foundation Establishnt Pill.
The process of refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill using a Demon Core as the main ingredient would take over four days.
Once he entered the zone, Fang Yun felt the ti spent refining the pill fly by.
As a rich dicinal fragrance wafted from the Alchemy Room, the batch of Foundation Establishnt Pills was officially complete.
"Success!"
It was a dark blue pill, its surface marked with faint patterns.
These faint patterns were the mark of an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
He had managed to refine an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill with less than a twenty percent chance of success. At this mont, Fang Yun was in an excellent mood.
This Foundation Establishnt Pill was his own private creation; it belonged to him. Of course, he could also exchange this Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill for Spirit Stones or Contribution Points.
As it stood, he was not lacking in either Spirit Stones or Contribution Points.
He decided to hold onto this Foundation Establishnt Pill for now. If he ever took on a disciple in the future, gifting them an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill would befit his status within the sect.
By the ti he finished refining the Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill, it was already the end of the tenth month.
By his calculations, the start of the eleventh month was less than ten hours away.
In the remaining ti, Fang Yun planned to finish reading the book on Artifact Refining. Then it would be ti for the monthly tally of Talent Points and the talent draw.
He didn’t open the book just yet.
Instead, Fang Yun first checked his Combat Talent interface.
His three Combat Talents weren’t far from being upgraded to six stars.
His Sword Type Talent required the fewest fragnts to upgrade, needing only two hundred sixty-one more.
With about eight hundred thousand Talent Points, all three Combat Talents should be ready for an upgrade.
At that mont, Fang Yun made a quick ntal calculation.
’Killing a mid-stage Second Tier Demon Beast gives one hundred twenty thousand base Talent Points. Refining an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill gives eighteen thousand. That’s a total of one hundred thirty-eight thousand base Talent Points. After bonuses, that’s around six hundred seventy thousand Talent Points. Adding in everything else, getting over seven hundred thirty thousand shouldn’t be a problem...’
’...So I won’t be able to upgrade my Combat Talents at the start of next month. I’ll have to wait another month.’
His mind made up, Fang Yun began to read the book on Artifact Refining.
「The beginning of the month arrived.」
Having read and understood most of it, Fang Yun closed the book and opened the glowing interface once more.
It was just as he had calculated: the tallied Talent Points were just over seven hundred thirty thousand.
Navigating to the Combat Talent interface, Fang Yun focused his mind and quickly perford seven hundred thirty-one talent draws.
Sword Type Talent Fragnts: 262
Shield Talent Fragnts: 240
Shoe Talent Fragnts: 229
The mont the Combat Talent fragnt draw finished, Fang Yun was caught completely off guard.
He hadn’t expected to draw more than two hundred sixty-one Sword Type Talent fragnts.
This result was enough to upgrade his Sword Type Talent to six stars.
Before Fang Yun could prepare himself, the wonderful sensation vanished, replaced by an intense, searing heat. It felt as if countless ants were crawling all over his body.
Being caught ntally unprepared made the sensation even more unbearable.
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