Chapter 548 - 381: Increase in Strength
Chapter 548: Chapter 381: Increase in Strength
Cloud Summit.
Inside the Artifact Refining Room of the largest cave residence.
One of Fang Yun’s avatars was refining pills, while the other tended to the Spirit Medicines.
He, meanwhile, was here preparing for Artifact Refining.
Nearly seven years had passed since the Celestial Cloud Sect annihilated the Celestial Demon Sect.
These nearly seven years had allowed him to better understand his Nine-star Life Talent.
Especially after using his avatar to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill the year before last, he had concluded that with the bonus from his Nine-star Alchemy Talent, the avatar could perfectly refine Foundation Establishment Pills on its own without him needing to divide his attention.
Now, Fang Yun rarely refined pills below the Third Tier. He would only do it himself if a Spirit Medicine mutated, resulting in a new Second or Tier One pill.
As for Artifact Refining, aside from personally refining Middle Grade or higher Spiritual Artifacts used to deal with Demons and Ghost Cultivators, he left the refining of ordinary Spiritual Artifacts to his avatars.
His avatars were even capable of independently refining the Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts specially supplied for dealing with Demons and Ghost Cultivators.
He was in the Artifact Refining Room now.
Not to help the sect’s Cultivators with Artifact Refining, but for the Sacrificial Refinement of his own Lifebound Magical Treasures.
The sect’s territory had expanded, yielding more resources, which made it easier for Fang Yun to gather materials. Furthermore, with the sect’s increased power, it could gather more timely intelligence from the surrounding regions, which also helped his collection efforts.
The materials for the Sacrificial Refinement and upgrade of his Lifebound Magical Treasures, the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots and the No-leak Shield, were still being collected.
However, the materials for the Sacrificial Refinement of his Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Profound Jade Sword, had now been fully gathered.
As the Sect Leader, barring special circumstances, the collection of materials he needed held the highest priority.
Fang Yun laid out the materials for the Profound Jade Sword’s Sacrificial Refinement and upgrade.
After adjusting his condition, he quickly began processing the materials.
Extending the patterns required a very high level of skill from an Artifact Refiner.
Fang Yun completed it with relative ease.
The entire process of sacrificially refining and upgrading his Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Profound Jade Sword, was accomplished just as effortlessly.
"Done!"
The process was silky smooth; the Profound Jade Sword’s Sacrificial Refinement and upgrade were complete.
After its Sacrificial Refinement and upgrade, the Profound Jade Sword’s power now surpassed that of many ordinary Magical Treasures with two Prohibitions.
Inside his Qi Sea.
The newly upgraded Profound Jade Sword circled continuously around his Golden Core.
Feeling this, Fang Yun couldn’t help but think.
’Back when the Celestial Demon Sect hadn’t been destroyed yet, when I snuck in to strike at the late-stage Core Formation Demon... if I’d already sacrificially refined and upgraded the Profound Jade Sword then...’
’A single slash at that time might have been enough to finish off that late-stage Core Formation Demon directly.’
’If so, we would have had an easier time destroying the Celestial Demon Sect.’
’In a direct confrontation, a single strike would have had at least a ninety percent chance of killing a late-stage Core Formation Demon. If it were a sneak attack, that probability would increase to at least ninety-nine percent.’
’This further increase in strength gives us more confidence. Perhaps our subsequent plans can be executed even sooner.’
For the past seven years, the Dragon Demon Palace, the Demon Spirit Sect, and the Black Ghost Cave had all been remarkably quiet.
This was a result Fang Yun had anticipated just one month after destroying the Celestial Demon Sect.
The silence from the Evil Dao Core Formation Sects was more conducive to the internal development of their Celestial Cloud Sect.
If the Dragon Demon Palace, Demon Spirit Sect, and Black Ghost Cave had made a move, it could have also benefited the Celestial Cloud Sect. If handled properly, they could have expanded outward.
Different situations simply called for different strategies.
Overall, though, the recent quiet from the Evil Dao Core Formation Sects was better. Their silence allowed the Celestial Cloud Sect to quickly digest and secure the territory they had seized from the Celestial Demon Sect.
The most direct reason for the Evil Sects’ silence was, of course, the Celestial Cloud Sect’s current strength.
After the old Sect Leader passed away, their Celestial Cloud Sect still had eight Core Formation Cultivators. However, according to the intelligence of the Evil Sects, there should be nine—the extra one being that mysterious Spirit Refiner.
「Two months later.」
Fang Yun received a message from Miao Qinghong.
The All Things Five Elements Array had been completely set up at the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Demon Destruction Sub-Sect.
Now, if the Evil Dao Core Formation Sects wanted to make a move and reclaim the territory of the original Celestial Demon Sect, they would have to pay a much greater price.
With the protection of the All Things Five Elements Array, even a Demon at the Peak of Core Formation would find it difficult to break through the Grand Array in a short amount of time.
With the defensive capabilities of the Demon Destruction Sub-Sect greatly enhanced, many things could now be set in motion over there.
Inside a private hall on Cloud Summit.
Fang Yun summoned Elder Sun Hongchang.
Like himself, Sun Hongchang possessed Five-Element Spirit Roots.
Twenty-four years ago, which was three years after the sect changed its disciple recruitment strategy, Sun Hongchang officially became a disciple of the sect by virtue of his outstanding talent as a Spirit Vein Master.
Cultivation with Five Spirit Roots was slow, but because of his unique talent, he received considerable help from the sect.
After breaking through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, Sun Hongchang was also taken in by Yu Chuanze as a Direct Disciple.