Chapter 627 - 420: Point Record 2
"The conflict between the Blood Spirit Sect and the Purple Mist Sect..."
As the Supreme Elders of Ghost Head Castle spoke, their conversation eventually turned to the current overall situation in the Qionglin Domain.
The clashes between Core Formation Influences like themselves were just minor skirmishes in the grand scheme of things. Any major change in the Qionglin Domain would have to come from a large-scale confrontation between Nascent Soul Influences.
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「Inside Star Moon Valley.」
News that the Celestial Cloud Sect and the Wind Ling Sect had joined forces to destroy the Dragon Demon Palace had already reached them.
"Great news!"
"This is indeed great news. The fall of the Dragon Demon Palace means the Celestial Cloud Sect can easily free up its forces."
"If we need the Celestial Cloud Sect's help, they'll be able to send more support now."
To this day, the Blood Dew Palace's offensive against them had not slowed down.
The current situation was definitely different from before.
As the upper echelon of Star Moon Valley, they felt this most keenly.
"Whether it's our Star Moon Valley or the Vast Sea Sect, we're both much stronger than before. It won't be easy for the Blood Dew Palace to take us down, not to mention we can call on the Celestial Cloud Sect for help."
"There's no need to notify the Celestial Cloud Sect unless it's a true crisis."
"Valley Master, things are different now. Hundreds of years ago, our four sects were all of average strength, and we only called for help when our survival was at stake. Now, the Celestial Cloud Sect is powerful enough that we can seek their aid even if we just fall into a significant disadvantage."
"Vice Valley Master Shi is right. Times have changed."
Facing the Blood Dew Palace's offensive, the atmosphere of their discussion was now much more relaxed. The reason was the destruction of the Dragon Demon Palace by the Celestial Cloud Sect and the Wind Ling Sect.
The Vast Sea Sect, which also had to face the Blood Dew Palace's attacks, was in a similar situation and was just as pleased to hear the news.
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「The moon hung high in the sky.」
「Celestial Cloud Sect, Third Branch Sect.」
This was the former site of the Dragon Demon Palace's main sect.
Half a month ago, they and the Wind Ling Sect had launched a final assault on the Dragon Demon Palace, successfully destroying it. Afterward, they also cleaned up the remaining Demon forces within the Dragon Demon Palace's Earth Realm.
The division of the Dragon Demon Palace's Earth Realm proceeded as previously agreed. The Celestial Cloud Sect took seventy percent of the territory, while the Wind Ling Sect took the remaining thirty percent. Furthermore, the site of the Dragon Demon Palace's main sect now belonged to the Celestial Cloud Sect.
The Wind Ling Sect had no objections to this.
Their role in the final assault on the Dragon Demon Palace had been minor. The victory was mainly thanks to the Celestial Cloud Sect, and more specifically, its Sect Leader, Fang Yun.
Before destroying the Dragon Demon Palace, they hadn't known that so many Elders from the Black Dragon Hall were stationed there as guardians, and that they were at the Peak of Core Formation.
Thus, the upper echelon of the Wind Ling Sect gained a deeper understanding of Fang Yun's strength. This gave them even more confidence in defending the territory they had claimed from the Dragon Demon Palace.
Under these circumstances, getting thirty percent of the Dragon Demon Palace's Earth Realm was more than generous. They even proposed taking only twenty percent, but the Celestial Cloud Sect insisted on sticking to the original agreement.
In a newly built cave residence in the Third Branch Sect, Fang Yun ended his cultivation session. It was now the beginning of the second month.
He could say that his gains from this operation were immense. He had killed nine Core Formation Demons, two of whom were at the Peak of Core Formation.
He now understood how many base Talent Points he could get from killing a Demon at the Peak of Core Formation.
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Killed Peak Core Formation Demon x2, Talent Points +160,000,000
Killed Late-stage Core Formation Demon x2, Talent Points +76,000,000
Killed Mid-stage Core Formation Demon x2, Talent Points +30,000,000
Killed Early-stage Core Formation Demon x3, Talent Points +21,000,000
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Qionglin Domain Influence: 18%
Talent Point Bonus: 1520%
Settlement: Talent Points +4,883,736,240
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A single Demon at the Peak of Core Formation provided eighty million base Talent Points. After the bonus, that became over a billion Talent Points.
In the past half-month, the sect's influence within the Qionglin Domain had increased three times.
The first increase was 3%, and the second was 4%. The interval between these two increases was not long.
The third increase in the Qionglin Domain's influence was 1%, and the time between it and the second increase was longer.
The total increase of 8% provided a 320% bonus to Talent Points.
In the next month or two, the sect's influence in the Qionglin Domain might increase even more.
'Last month's settlement brought in almost five billion Talent Points. I've taken a huge step toward reaching the Nine-star Combat Talent.'
With a thought, Fang Yun brought up the Combat Talent interface.
Without a moment's hesitation, he began drawing a large number of Combat Talent fragments.
In the end, only a three-digit number of Talent Points remained.
On the combat interface, the status of the three Combat Talent fragments had changed drastically:
[Weapon] 8-Star Sword Type Talent (2,213,213/3,628,800)
[Weapon] 8-Star Shield Talent (2,211,678/3,628,800)
[Weapon] 8-Star Shoe Talent (2,209,960/3,628,800)
The progress bar for the Nine-star Combat Talent was now sixty percent full.
For Fang Yun, the Nine-star Combat Talent was not far off. He knew that with the Celestial Cloud Sect's current influence in the Qionglin Domain, they had a stable foundation for development.
The two increases in the sect's influence over the past half-month, in particular, were likely due to the Evil Dao Nascent Soul Influences taking them more seriously.
'We'll face whatever comes our way. The Purple Mist Sect has done more than enough to cover for us. In the future, we'll have to rely more on ourselves.'
After closing the glowing screen, Fang Yun took out a map.
It was a rough map of the Qionglin Domain.
The Nascent Soul Influences on the map were all specially marked.
Without a doubt, the closest Nascent Soul Influence to them was the Purple Mist Sect.
This was a favorable geographical factor. Other Core Formation Influences like them, which weren't located closest to the Purple Mist Sect, had all been destroyed.
Excluding the Purple Mist Sect, the next closest, in order, were the Blood Spirit Sect, the Black Dragon Hall, and the Celestial Ghost Mansion.
The remaining three Evil Dao Nascent Soul Influences—Demon King Valley, Blood Shadow Sect, and Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain—were not yet within Fang Yun's scope of consideration.
If the Qionglin Domain were divided into an Eastern Domain and a Western Domain...
Demon King Valley, the Blood Shadow Sect, and Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain were in the Western Domain.
The Purple Mist Sect and the Blood Spirit Sect were in the Eastern Domain.
The Celestial Ghost Mansion was stuck in the middle, with its territory split seventy-thirty between the Eastern and Western Domains.
Those three Evil Dao Nascent Soul Influences were too far away. He wouldn't need to consider their impact until the Celestial Cloud Sect truly became a Nascent Soul Influence itself.
'Lin Ke was right. The Blood Spirit Sect still poses the biggest threat to us.'
This was the conclusion Fang Yun reconfirmed after analyzing the situation.
The Celestial Ghost Mansion was far away and didn't have much conflict with the Purple Mist Sect. Among the three Evil Dao Nascent Soul Influences, its impact on them was the smallest.
Between the Blood Spirit Sect and the Black Dragon Hall, Fang Yun had previously always believed that the Black Dragon Hall had the greatest impact on them.
This was true even before they destroyed the Demon Cultivation Core Formation Influences; after destroying them, the impact should have been even greater.
However, after they destroyed the Dragon Demon Palace and killed five of the Black Dragon Hall's Elders, the Black Dragon Hall's reaction was much smaller than Fang Yun had anticipated.
Half a month had passed, and the Black Dragon Hall still hadn't made a move. The Purple Mist Sect hadn't sent any news of them taking action, either. In fact, it was the Blood Spirit Sect that had been active recently, but their actions were aimed at the Purple Mist Sect, not the Celestial Cloud Sect.
"The more peaceful time we have before the next period of turmoil, the better."
Fang Yun put away the map of the Qionglin Domain.
He was now not far from the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation Stage. At most, he only needed another ten years of cultivation to reach it.
Once he broke through to the Late-stage Core Formation Stage, his strength would see another significant boost.
If he had enough peaceful time, he could complete the second Sacrificial Refinement and upgrade for his other two Lifebound Magical Treasures, the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots and the No-leak Shield. This would be another increase in his strength.
Improvements in his concealment, speed, and defensive abilities would also provide him with greater security.
Fang Yun left the newly built cave residence and went to the highest point of the Third Branch Sect.
At this very moment, Supreme Elder Zheng Chunyu was in the middle of setting up a Grand Array.
Having broken through to the Core Formation Stage and made great strides in the Array Dao, Zheng Chunyu was now adept at setting up Third-Tier Grand Arrays. It would take him less than a year to complete the task.