I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 308 - 261: Selecting a Target

Fang Yun had more than enough Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills for his cultivation.

Most months, he had to refine six batches of Spirit Ascension Pills.

As long as the quality of the Spirit Medicine for these six batches met the standard, he would receive a reward of eighteen Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills.

During the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he consumed about ten Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills per month. Now that he was in the middle stage, his monthly consumption needed to increase to thirteen or fourteen pills.

There might be some months where the Spirit Medicine quality fell short, and over a year, his rewards might not be enough. However, he still had a stockpile of Spirit Ascension Pills from his time in the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Fang Yun calculated silently in his mind.

Normally, he was unlikely to use up all the Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills he had prepared during the early stage of Foundation Establishment by the time he reached the peak of the middle stage.

If he did run out, he had the simplest, most direct method: buying Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills directly.

Currently, the Dan Cloud Pavilion on Dan Cloud Peak still had a large stock of Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills.

Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills were very expensive. Not every Elder in the sect was wealthy in Spirit Stones and Sect Contribution Points. Cultivators with Dual Spirit Roots and ordinary backgrounds rarely used Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills. They were more inclined to use Middle-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills to aid their cultivation, as it was more cost-effective in terms of time and expense.

Even without using supplementary pills for cultivation, as long as their breakthroughs went smoothly, a Cultivator with Dual Spirit Roots would have no problem reaching the true Peak of Foundation Establishment before the age of two hundred.

Therefore, some Elders with Dual Spirit Roots preferred to spend their Spirit Stones and Contribution Points on pills that aided in breaking through bottlenecks.

Leaving the Cultivation Room, Fang Yun sat down on a stone stool and unfolded a rough map of the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory.

Ever since the Foundation Establishment Xiao Family was wiped out, the Celestial Demon Sect’s Demons had been making constant moves.

Fortunately, the other Foundation Establishment Influences were better prepared, and their defenses were solid. So far, none of them had met the same fate as the Xiao Family.

As Fang Yun studied the map, all the information he had on the Foundation Establishment Influences affiliated with the Celestial Demon Sect surfaced in his mind.

’Vortex Cave seems like the best target.’

Vortex Cave was one of the Foundation Establishment Influences affiliated with the Celestial Demon Sect.

Their faction had a total of five Foundation Establishment Demons, and their Cave Master was a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon.

To the current Fang Yun, there was little difference between killing a Late-stage and a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Demon. He could kill either with a single strike.

Back when he was still in the early stage of Foundation Establishment and his Combat Talent hadn’t even been upgraded to six stars, he had already easily killed a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon. Now, it was even more of a given—he wouldn’t even need a second strike.

Fang Yun chose the Demon Foundation Establishment Influence, Vortex Cave, as his target partly due to its geographical location.

Vortex Cave was near the Black Ghost Cave, which was an advantageous position for his operation.

As for the Celestial Demon Sect’s affiliated Foundation Establishment Influences near the Demon Spirit Sect or the Dragon Demon Palace, their locations would be a disadvantage if he wanted to eliminate them.

This was especially true for the Demon Foundation Establishment Influences near the Dragon Demon Palace.

If the Celestial Cloud Sect was on the Celestial Demon Sect’s front line, then these affiliated Foundation Establishment Influences were all located to its rear.

As for Iron Tiger Manor, which was close to the Celestial Cloud Sect’s own territory...

That wasn’t a good choice either.

The Celestial Demon Sect’s defenses there must be exceptionally strong right now. After all, of the factions near the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory, the Stone Demon Sect now existed in name only, and the Demon Feng Family had been completely annihilated.

The Celestial Demon Sect was definitely keeping a close watch on the last remaining affiliated Foundation Establishment Influence, Iron Tiger Manor.

All things considered, Vortex Cave was an excellent choice.

After Fang Yun finalized his target, his next step was to gather more information about Vortex Cave to facilitate his future actions.

When it came to information, the Evil Extermination Hall had the most.

He needed to find Yang Yingjie, an Elder of the Evil Extermination Hall.

Putting away the map, Fang Yun quickly left his cave residence and headed for Yang Yingjie’s abode.

If he couldn’t find Yang Yingjie at his residence, he was most likely at the Evil Extermination Hall.

If Yang Yingjie had left the sect, there would be a notification at his cave residence.

Fang Yun moved quickly.

Before long, he arrived at the stone gate of Yang Yingjie’s residence.

Shortly after he knocked, the stone gate of the cave residence slowly swung open.

"Senior Brother Fang, come have a seat."

Seeing that his visitor was Fang Yun, Yang Yingjie immediately welcomed him.

Yang Yingjie knew very well that when Fang Yun came looking for him, it was almost always for information about Demons.

This time, however, Yang Yingjie quickly noticed something different about Fang Yun.

His aura was no longer the same as it had been during their last meeting.

"Senior Brother, you’re already in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment! When did you break through?"

"Not long ago," Fang Yun replied.

"As I recall, you’re not even forty-five yet, are you, Senior Brother?"

"That’s right."

It was only March; he wouldn’t turn forty-five until after May of this year.

"Not many with Dual Spirit Roots break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment at this age," Yang Yingjie couldn’t help but remark.

He didn’t know that Fang Yun used only Upper-Grade Spirit Ascension Pills for his cultivation. He had never specifically inquired about Fang Yun’s Alchemy or the rewards he could obtain from it.

However, given Fang Yun’s talent in Alchemy and Artifact Refining, combined with his special constitution and exceptional strength, an Elder like him—even with Five Spirit Roots—would surely require a vast amount of resources for cultivation each year.

If his resources weren’t abundant, it would have been impossible for Fang Yun to break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment in such a short time.

The two chatted for a while.

Fang Yun then brought up the main reason for his visit.