I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

「Nine years later.」

Celestial Cloud Sect headquarters, Cloud Summit.

Inside the Cultivation Room of the Sect Leader and his wife's cave-residence.

Fang Yun had completed the final phase of his cultivation for the mid-Core Formation Stage. At this moment, he had reached the peak of the mid-Core Formation Stage.

His Spiritual Power could no longer increase; he needed to break through to the late-Core Formation Stage to continue cultivating.

'I've finally reached the peak of the mid-Core Formation Stage.'

Opening his eyes, Fang Yun slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

In recent years, the areas surrounding their Celestial Cloud Sect had been exceptionally quiet.

After occupying seventy percent of the Dragon Demon Palace's territory, they now bordered six different influences.

These included three Ghost Cultivator Core Formation Influences—Ghost Head Castle, the Ghost-Controlling Sect, and Black Ghost Cave—and two Blood Demon Influences—the Purple Blood Pavilion and the Blood Red Sect. There were no Demon Cultivation Core Formation Influences among them.

The last, naturally, was the Wind Ling Sect.

By sharing a border with the Wind Ling Sect, their situation became the same as that of Star Moon Valley and the Vast Sea Sect.

The Sect Leader of the Wind Ling Sect had visited the Celestial Cloud Sect's headquarters seven years ago. During his conversation with Fang Yun at the time, he expressed that the Wind Ling Sect felt particularly secure after their territories began to border the Celestial Cloud Sect's.

Fang Yun, however, had warned him not to celebrate too soon and that, given the current situation, it was better to be on high alert.

The Celestial Cloud Sect was indeed powerful, but this had also drawn the attention of more Evil Dao Nascent Soul Influences.

The stability of the past few years was what Fang Yun had hoped for. The Ghost Cultivator and Blood Demon Influences remained quiet, and the Celestial Cloud Sect, in turn, took no action against these Core Formation-level Evil Forces.

Over the past nine years, two Elders within the sect had successfully achieved Core Formation and become Supreme Elders. Many more Elders had failed in their attempts, and half of those who failed had perished in the process.

Although many Elders had perished or died of old age, the total number of Elders in the sect still saw a net increase.

From the current outlook, everything in the Celestial Cloud Sect was flourishing.

Fang Yun didn't know how long this would last. All he could do was press on and increase his own strength.

His personal strength hadn't changed much during this time, but the efficiency with which he acquired Life Talent Points each year had increased again.

Five years ago, he had finally obtained the core Spiritual Materials needed for Refining another carrier avatar, and he now possessed a fourth one.

With the help of four carrier avatars, he could acquire over twenty million Talent Points from his Life Talents each year.

The advantage of acquiring Talent Points through his Life Talents was their stability.

While Talent Points gained in combat were of great benefit to him personally, those acquired through his Life Talents were of great benefit to the sect as a whole.

Because of him, the Celestial Cloud Sect's resource conversion rate was in a league of its own, which was a major reason for the sect's continuous development.

While he acquired Life Talent Points, he also brought benefits to the vassal Foundation Establishment Influences in their territory, as well as the three major Core Formation Sects.

After leaving the Cultivation Room, Fang Yun found Song Qiaoqiao.

"Qiaoqiao, I'm going into seclusion to break through to the late-Core Formation Stage."

"Alright," Song Qiaoqiao nodded.

Whenever Fang Yun went into seclusion, he would always inform her, because after he did, she would become the Interim Sect Leader of the Celestial Cloud Sect.

If any problems arose in the Celestial Cloud Sect during that time, she would be the one to handle them.

The husband and wife were both well aware of each other's cultivation progress.

Song Qiaoqiao knew that Fang Yun's seclusion to break through to the late-Core Formation Stage was bound to happen this year, whereas it would take her another thirty or forty years to reach the peak of the mid-Core Formation Stage.

Even after having his Spirit Root cleansed, Fang Yun's Spirit Root Talent was still inferior to hers, but he was allocated far more resources. This was the treatment he was due.

The two chatted briefly, and soon Fang Yun returned to the Cultivation Room to begin his seclusion, while she prepared to start handling some matters for him.

For the past half-month, Fang Yun had been focused almost entirely on cultivation, so there were likely many non-urgent matters he hadn't yet addressed. She would go handle them now.

She was as familiar as could be with the hall where Fang Yun managed the sect's affairs.

In the Cultivation Room.

Preparing to break through to the late-Core Formation Stage, Fang Yun took out two golden pills.

One was a lighter shade of gold, the other a richer hue. Both were Gold Core Supplement Pills; the former was Lower Grade, and the latter was Middle Grade.

The Gold Core Supplement Pill's medicinal power was potent. It was a pill that not only aided the breakthrough from the mid-Core Formation Stage to the late stage but also assisted in the breakthrough from the late-Core Formation Stage to the Peak of Core Formation.

Both of these Gold Core Supplement Pills had been purchased from the Purple Mist Sect.

To acquire the Middle-grade Golden Core Supplement Pill, Fang Yun had to rely on Lin Ke's help, and in doing so, he now owed Lin Ke a favor.

Core Formation Influences like theirs had a chance to purchase the Low-grade Golden Core Supplement Pill from the Purple Mist Sect, but it was nearly impossible for them to buy the Middle-grade version on their own. Even within the Purple Mist Sect, Gold Core Supplement Pills of that grade were exceedingly rare.

For Lin Ke to have helped him purchase the Middle-grade Golden Core Supplement Pill, he must have paid some price himself.

Lin Ke refused to say what exactly that price was, but Fang Yun planned to find a way to compensate him later.

When the topic of compensation came up, Lin Ke had mentioned their past experience in the "Land of No Master" Secret Realm. Fang Yun didn't dwell on it; after all, repaying such debts would be relatively easy for him in the future.

'Once I cultivate to the peak of the late-Core Formation Stage, I'll be able to use the Gold Core Supplement Pills I Refine myself.'

The two main types of Spirit Medicine for Refining the Gold Core Supplement Pill were both Tier Three Top-Grade.

A Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Medicine required at least one hundred and fifty years to grow from planting to harvest.

In the past, the Celestial Cloud Sect had never considered cultivating this type of Spirit Medicine. To the sect's previous upper echelons, the Heavy Gold Pill was the only breakthrough-assisting pill they used during the Core Formation Stage. The number of high-level members who could even cultivate to the peak of the mid-Core Formation Stage could be counted on one hand, so there was even less reason to think about the sect growing its own difficult Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Medicine.