I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Less than half a day after Cen Yuandao left, Lin Ke arrived at Fang Yun's temporary residence.

"Fang Yun, you're going to compete with Elder Cen in Alchemy?"

"So you've heard."

"Thanks to Elder Cen's arrangements, news of this is spreading fast," Lin Ke said bluntly.

She had heard the news from other disciples.

"What do you want to know about Elder Cen? I can tell you anything I know." Lin Ke quickly stated her purpose for coming.

'Fang Yun must not know much about Cen Yuandao.'

"Can Fellow Daoist Cen perfectly refine the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill?"

Lin Ke thought for a moment before answering, "I don't think he can."

Although she didn't know much about Alchemy, she knew that perfectly refining a pill was extremely difficult.

The Five Qi Chao Ling Pill was indeed an easy-to-refine Third Tier pill, but no matter how easy it was, it was still a Third Tier pill.

Achieving perfect refinement for a Third Tier pill was no easy feat.

"Then he's already lost," Fang Yun said matter-of-factly.

Hearing this, Lin Ke quickly realized something. "Fang Yun... you can already perfectly refine the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill?"

"That's right."

Lin Ke wasn't interested in the path of Alchemy, so her conversations with Fang Yun rarely touched on related topics.

Her understanding of Fang Yun's Alchemy Talent was that he possessed great talent, and she believed that, given enough time, he could definitely surpass all the Elders of Alchemy in their Purple Mist Sect.

But clearly, Fang Yun hadn't been given enough time; it would take at least another hundred years.

But now, that thought vanished completely, because she had just learned that Fang Yun could already perfectly refine the Five Qi Chao Ling Pill.

"I was worried for nothing."

"Alchemy isn't a contest of strength. Even if I lose, it's no big deal." Fang Yun was very open-minded about it, indicating to Lin Ke that she shouldn't overthink it or worry about him suffering some kind of blow to his confidence.

As Lin Ke and Fang Yun spoke, news of the Alchemy competition between Cen Yuandao and Fang Yun spread even further throughout the Purple Mist Sect.

At Cen Yuandao's behest, the sect's alchemy disciples were enthusiastically spreading the word.

"Junior Brother Bai, you might not have heard, but Senior Fang from the Celestial Cloud Sect is going to compete with our Elder Cen in Alchemy."

"Senior Fang from the Celestial Cloud Sect? Who's that?"

"You don't know? He's the one from the Celestial Cloud Sect who..."

"Oh, oh, oh, I remember now! You're talking about the Celestial Cloud Sect's Sect Leader, right? When did he come to our Purple Mist Sect?"

"I'm not too clear on that myself. I just know that this Senior Fang is going to compete with our Elder Cen in Alchemy. When the time comes, Junior Brother Bai, you can come with me to watch."

Not many Purple Mist Sect disciples had known about Fang Yun's arrival, but after this news spread, many more became aware of it.

Since most of them were unaware of Fang Yun's other identity, they assumed he had come solely for the Alchemy competition.

"Do you guys know how skilled this Senior Fang from the Celestial Cloud Sect actually is at Alchemy?"

"No idea."

"Who could know the specifics? I just heard that this Senior Fang has great talent in both Alchemy and Artifact Refining."

"If he's talented in both Alchemy and Artifact Refining, then he can't have spent much time on Alchemy. Based on that, he's definitely no match for our Elder Cen."

"Of course he's no match for our Elder Cen in an Alchemy competition. Did you even need to say that?"

Compared to the Purple Mist Sect disciples, the sect's Elders had very different conversations after hearing the news.

The disciples didn't know the purpose of Fang Yun's visit to the Purple Mist Sect, but the Elders did.

They also knew that Fang Yun was the mysterious Spirit Refiner that the upper echelon of the Blood Spirit Sect had been searching for.

"Why is Fellow Daoist Fang competing in Alchemy with Elder Cen? Isn't he here to deal with the Blood Spirit Sect's Core Formation Blood Demon?"

"I heard that Elder Cen sought him out and challenged Fellow Daoist Fang."

"The mission to deal with the Blood Spirit Sect's Core Formation Blood Demon was assigned to Fellow Daoist Fang, but it won't start for at least another half a month, right? An Alchemy competition in the meantime is fine; it won't delay him from accepting the mission."

"True... On second thought, their Alchemy competition should be quite interesting. I think I'll go have a look."

During the three days Cen Yuandao gave Fang Yun to prepare, news of their Alchemy competition spread throughout the entire Purple Mist Sect.

At the foot of the Purple Mist Sect's Main Peak was a huge plaza, and this was where Cen Yuandao and Fang Yun would compete.

Today, the sky had just begun to brighten, but the area was already packed with Purple Mist Sect disciples.

Among these disciples, most were here for the spectacle. The ones who had genuinely come to learn all had some foundation in Alchemy.

By watching the sect's Elder Cen and the Celestial Cloud Sect's Senior Fang refine a Third Tier pill, they might gain some insight and take their own Alchemy skills to the next level.

"He's here, he's here! That's Senior Fang from the Celestial Cloud Sect."

"He looks so young."

"Our Elder Lin and Elder Cai are with him. I heard they met several hundred years ago, back when Elder Lin was still one of the new generation's powerhouses."

The new generation of the past is the old generation of today.

Within the Purple Mist Sect, a generation typically spanned a hundred years.

"Elder Lin is clearly closer to Senior Fang. Do any of you know what their relationship is, exactly?"

"Elder Lin still doesn't have a Tao Companion... Could it be that..."

"What are you thinking? Senior Fang already has a Tao Companion. She's also a Core Formation cultivator from the Celestial Cloud Sect."

Among the disciples, some were discussing Alchemy, but many more were gossiping.