Chapter 541 - 377: 9-Star Talent (2)
Chapter 541: Chapter 377: 9-Star Talent (2)
As the three of them chatted,
Suddenly, Gao Tianxing received a message.
As an Elder, Gao Tianxing was mainly responsible for external affairs.
Seeing this, Lin Ke immediately asked with curiosity:
"Senior Brother Gao, what’s the news?"
Gao Tianxing looked at Lin Ke and replied with a smile, "Junior Sister Lin, this news is related to what you were just telling us... The Black Dragon Hall’s recent movements are unusual."
"It seems the Black Dragon Hall really thinks we helped the Celestial Cloud Sect destroy the Celestial Demon Sect."
"Hahaha, it’s perfectly normal for them to think so."
"Our Purple Mist Sect’s operation was so covert, yet the Celestial Demon Sect didn’t notice a thing," Cai Qingyan said sarcastically.
"The Black Dragon Hall has no direct evidence that we helped the Celestial Cloud Sect. Even if they make a move, it probably won’t be a major one," Gao Tianxing speculated.
Just then, Lin Ke said,
"When I have the chance, I’ll go to the Celestial Cloud Sect and ask Fang Yun if he has any plans to take over other Evil Sects."
"Junior Sister Lin, it seems you enjoy a volatile situation."
"Senior Sister Cai, you’re mistaken. To be precise, I like seeing the situation in the Qionglin Domain change for the better."
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「The former site of the Celestial Demon Sect.」
Nearly half a month had passed since the Celestial Cloud Sect had destroyed the Celestial Demon Sect.
The night was deep.
Fang Yun was currently cultivating while waiting for the beginning of the next month, when his tallies would be settled.
He had achieved astonishing results in killing Demons this month, which made him look forward to the next.
The place where he was cultivating was one of the areas with the most concentrated Spiritual Qi, left behind after the Demon Vein was removed from the Celestial Demon Sect’s grounds.
Even without the help of a Gathering Spirit Array, the Spiritual Qi concentration here was sufficient for a Core Formation Cultivator’s normal cultivation.
To cultivate faster, a Gathering Spirit Array was still necessary.
They had only recently occupied the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory, and there was much to be done. The sect’s Array Masters were extremely busy, so setting up a Gathering Spirit Array here would have to be postponed for a few years.
In his spare time, Fang Yun’s two carrier bodies hadn’t stopped working.
He had already considered this situation when they attacked the Celestial Demon Sect.
Therefore, while standing guard here, he had already prepared the materials. One of his two carrier bodies was performing Alchemy, while the other was Artifact Refining.
The difficulty of both the Alchemy and Artifact Refining was not high, so the carrier bodies could handle the Refining process normally without his direct control.
This way, even if Evil Dao Core Formation cultivators came to attack the Celestial Cloud Sect, he could deal with them directly without interrupting his carrier bodies’ Refining.
Life Talent Points had to be accumulated anytime, anywhere.
He hadn’t brought many materials with him. For future Refining, an Elder from the Celestial Cloud Sect would have to make a trip to bring him the materials.
Naturally, he wasn’t the only Core Formation Guardian stationed here.
There were also Duan Qingyun, Miao Qinghong, and Bai Qinying.
Song Qiaoqiao had returned to the Celestial Cloud Sect nearly half a month ago.
They had been guarding the place until now, and nothing had happened.
The Dragon Demon Palace, the Black Ghost Cave, and the Demon Spirit Sect had all been quiet.
During this period of nearly half a month, something else had occurred.
The Celestial Cloud Sect’s influence in the Qionglin Domain had increased by a full 2%, now reaching 5%.
Fang Yun knew this was the result of the news spreading after they destroyed the Celestial Demon Sect.
The higher the influence, the harder it was to increase. 5% wasn’t much yet.
Through the influence metric, Fang Yun could also judge something else: whether the Black Dragon Hall was planning to target the Celestial Cloud Sect.
If they were, it would mean the Black Dragon Hall considered the Celestial Cloud Sect a significant threat. In that case, the Celestial Cloud Sect’s influence in the Qionglin Domain would reach at least ten percent.
After all, drawing the attention of a Nascent Soul Influence was a significant event.
"The start of the month."
As soon as the time came, Fang Yun stopped cultivating.
’The Talent Point settlement for last month should exceed one billion.’
’Whether or not it exceeds a billion depends on the Talent Points gained from killing the mid-stage and late-stage Core Formation Demons.’
With this in mind, Fang Yun opened the holographic screen.
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Killed 1 Late-stage Core Formation Demon, +38,000,000 Talent Points
Killed 3 Mid-stage Core Formation Demons, +45,000,000 Talent Points
Killed 3 Early-stage Core Formation Demons, +21,000,000 Talent Points
...
Sect Influence: 100%
Qionglin Domain Influence: 5%
Talent Point Bonus: 1000%
Settlement: +1,490,850,000 Talent Points
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Looking at this month’s Talent Point settlement, two words involuntarily escaped Fang Yun’s lips:
"Very nice."
The Talent Points from the mid-stage and late-stage Core Formation Demons were incredible. The former provided a base of fifteen million Talent Points, while the latter provided a base of thirty-eight million.
The Talent Point bonus was crucial.
A ten-fold bonus, plus the base amount, equaled eleven times the original Talent Points.
With such a bonus, his Talent Point settlement for the month almost broke one and a half billion.
’I remember when my Life Talents first reached Eight Stars. The number of Talent Points needed to get to Nine-star seemed completely unattainable. Back then, excluding Combat Talent Points, I was averaging less than two hundred thousand Talent Points a month.’
’The Talent Points I gained this month alone are enough to upgrade an Eight-star Life Talent to Nine-star.’
’Of course, to get this many Talent Points, killing Core Formation Evil Cultivators was essential. I had to kill a total of seven Core Formation Demons—including the ones from the fall of the Celestial Demon Sect and the two from the Demon Spirit Sect—to reach this number.’
’I initially estimated it would take at least four hundred years. Now, even including the time to upgrade my six-star Combat Talent to seven-star, it’s been less than eighty.’
Fang Yun reminisced for a moment, then pulled up the Life Talent interface.
The total progress bar for talent upgrades was about to hit forty percent. He was about 660 million points short of upgrading all three of his Life Talents to Nine-star.
Without much hesitation,
Fang Yun quickly invested 670 million Talent Points, initiating 6.7 million Life Talent draws.
The moment the Life Talent draws were complete,
A wondrous feeling surged through his entire body.
The sensation of a Life Talent upgrade was, on the whole, very pleasant.
When the wondrous feeling faded, Fang Yun knew that all his Life Talents had been upgraded to Nine-star.
The Life Talent interface also underwent a major change:
Alchemy Talent ★*9 (15,890 / 39,916,800)
Artifact Refining Talent ★*9 (13,187 / 39,916,800)
Planting Talent ★*9 (12,681 / 39,916,800)
’All three Life Talents have been upgraded to Nine-star. To get them all to Ten Stars, I’ll need about twelve billion Talent Points...’
Fang Yun calculated it in his head.
If he could earn Talent Points at this rate every month, it would only take eight months for his Nine-star Life Talents to reach Ten Stars.
Of course, he couldn’t count on that, unless he could eliminate a Half-Evil Core Formation Influence or a powerful Evil Dao Core Formation Influence every month.
’There are nearly a hundred Evil Dao Core Formation Sects in the Qionglin Domain...’
As he calculated in his mind and thought about the future, Fang Yun felt he had a lot to look forward to.
The most realistic way to calculate it was based on how many Life Talent Points he could earn per year.
With the Talent Point bonus at 1000% and the help of his two carrier bodies, he could now earn about one million Talent Points per month from his life skills, which was over twelve million a year.
’...If I only count the Talent Points gained from life skills, it would take a thousand years at most to upgrade my Nine-star Life Talents to Ten Stars.’
The further he progressed, the wider the gap became between the Talent Points gained from life skills and those gained from combat.
This was perfectly normal.
That’s how "pay-to-win" works. It encourages conflict and competition.
Whales were either fighting or on their way to a fight. The more you "paid," the more Talent Points you’d get later on.
After making his calculations, an unsurprised Fang Yun closed the Life Talent interface with a thought and opened the Combat Talent interface.
Next, he was going to upgrade his seven-star Combat Talent to eight-star.