I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 78: New Pill Formula

Dan Cloud Pavilion.

After leaving the rented Alchemy Room, Fang Yun quickly arrived here.

Less than eighteen hours had passed between the time he set foot on Dan Cloud Peak and the moment he entered Dan Cloud Pavilion.

Now, it took Fang Yun no more than seventeen and a half hours to refine two consecutive batches of Cyan Jade Pills.

As his proficiency constantly increased, he had also compressed his Alchemy time to the absolute limit.

The next time he came to Dan Cloud Peak, he wouldn’t be refining Cyan Jade Pills. The next pill he planned to refine was the Qi Enhancement Pill.

The Qi Enhancement Pill was a very useful pill for assisting the cultivation of late-stage Qi Refining Cultivators. It was also the most mainstream pill used by the Inner Sect Disciples of the Celestial Cloud Sect.

He was currently about fifty days away from breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

By preparing early, he could maintain a relatively fast cultivation speed from the moment he entered the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

The person standing on the first floor of Dan Cloud Pavilion wasn’t Wang Yourong, but a Steward whom Fang Yun was quite familiar with.

This was the Steward who had recorded his sales several times when he came to sell Cyan Jade Pills.

"Fang Yun, here to sell more Cyan Jade Pills?"

"Yes, Steward." As he spoke, Fang Yun took out a small pile of porcelain vials. "There are ninety Lower Grade Cyan Jade Pills and thirty Middle Grade Cyan Jade Pills here. Please count them, Steward."

"Let me see."

Following procedure, the Steward began to count them.

"...These Cyan Jade Pills come to a total of four hundred and five Lower Grade Spirit Stones."

"Steward, I need the Pill Formula for the Qi Enhancement Pill."

"A copy of the Qi Enhancement Pill’s Pill Formula costs sixty-five Lower Grade Spirit Stones. Wait a moment."

Before long, a copy of the Qi Enhancement Pill’s Pill Formula appeared on the counter, along with three hundred and forty Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

Fang Yun had already earned quite a few Spirit Stones from Artifact Refining previously.

After deducting his expenses over the past few days and adding the three hundred and forty Lower Grade Spirit Stones he just received, Fang Yun now had over seven hundred Spirit Stones.

In terms of the number of Spirit Stones on his person, this was the wealthiest Fang Yun had ever been.

Before leaving Dan Cloud Pavilion.

Fang Yun first took a look at the Pill Formula for the Qi Enhancement Pill.

He wanted to see which Spirit Medicines were needed to refine it.

Main Spirit Medicine: one stalk of Qi Storage Grass.

Auxiliary Spirit Medicines: one Jade Spirit Fruit, two stalks of Clover, six taels of Salvia Miltiorrhiza, three stalks of Qi Nourishing Grass, one Little Pure Flower, one stalk of Purple Ear Seeds, and one catty of Valley Spirit.

So far, every pill Fang Yun had refined required Qi Nourishing Grass.

The main ingredient, Qi Storage Grass, was a Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Medicine.

Among the auxiliary ingredients, the Jade Spirit Fruit and Clover were both Tier One Middle Grade Spirit Medicines. The rest were all Tier One Lower Grade Spirit Medicines; there were no Half-Spirit Medicines.

Refining Cyan Jade Pills required a total of five types of auxiliary Spirit Medicines, whereas the Qi Enhancement Pill required seven. It was a well-known fact in the Alchemy Realm that every additional type of Spirit Medicine increased the difficulty of Alchemy.

Without a doubt, refining the Qi Enhancement Pill was much more difficult than refining the Cyan Jade Pill.

It wasn’t just the increase in the number of Spirit Medicine types, but also the change in their quality. All these factors increased the difficulty of refining the pill.

After putting away the Qi Enhancement Pill’s Pill Formula, Fang Yun prepared to go take a look at the Disciple Marketplace.

He hoped to be able to purchase Qi Storage Grass in the Disciple Marketplace.

As the main Spirit Medicine for refining the Qi Enhancement Pill, Qi Storage Grass was also a Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Medicine.

Among the Spirit Medicines required by the Pill Formula, it was the one he was most likely to be unable to buy.

In the central area of the Disciple Marketplace, Fang Yun found an Inner Sect Disciple, a senior brother, at a stall selling Qi Storage Grass.

"Senior Brother, how much are you selling this Qi Storage Grass for?"

"Ah, it’s Junior Brother Fang. I won’t overcharge you for this Qi Storage Grass—eleven Lower Grade Spirit Stones a stalk. Also, don’t bother haggling with me. At this time, no one else is selling Qi Storage Grass."

’Eleven Lower Grade Spirit Stones for a stalk of inferior-quality Qi Storage Grass is a fair price.’

Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Medicines generally had a growth period of over five years, so Fang Yun believed that besides this senior brother, no one else was selling Qi Storage Grass right now.

"How many stalks of Qi Storage Grass do you have left, Senior Brother?"

"Eleven stalks left."

"I’ll take all eleven stalks, Senior Brother."

"One hundred and twenty-one Lower Grade Spirit Stones." The Inner Sect Disciple at the stall glanced at Fang Yun again, thought for a moment, and changed the price. "For you, Junior Brother, let’s just make it an even one hundred and twenty Lower Grade Spirit Stones."

"Thank you, Senior Brother," Fang Yun said gratefully.

In the Disciple Marketplace, it wasn’t easy to buy a Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Medicine, even for a slightly cheaper price.

"You’re welcome. Now that I’ve sold all the Qi Storage Grass, I don’t have to keep this stall open."

After completing the transaction.

The Inner Sect Disciple packed up his stall and left the Disciple Marketplace, while Fang Yun began searching for the auxiliary Spirit Medicines.

After searching the marketplace,

he had spent another one hundred and thirty-six Spirit Stones. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

In total, he had gathered enough materials for ten attempts at refining the Qi Enhancement Pill.

The Tier One Middle Grade Spirit Medicine, Clover—he needed twenty-two stalks, but he had only managed to buy twenty-one.

He was still short one stalk, but Fang Yun decided not to go check the Spirit Fields. He would look for more Clover later when he was buying materials for Artifact Refining in the Disciple Marketplace. If he found some, he could put together another set of materials for a Qi Enhancement Pill.

With the materials prepared.

Fang Yun planned to start refining the Qi Enhancement Pill the day after tomorrow.

For now, he had to go back to rest and eat, and then meticulously study the Qi Enhancement Pill’s Pill Formula.

With his current three-star Alchemy Talent, it shouldn’t be a problem for him to fully comprehend the Pill Formula within a day.

...

「Two days later.」

Fang Yun’s figure once again appeared on Dan Cloud Peak.

Having fully comprehended the Qi Enhancement Pill’s Pill Formula, he immediately came to refine it as planned.

To refine the Qi Enhancement Pill, a medium-level Alchemy Room was no longer sufficient; he needed to rent a high-grade one.

"Steward Zhou, I need to rent a high-grade Alchemy Room this time."

Hearing this, Steward Zhou, who had just been about to hand over a Token, immediately pulled it back.

"Fang Yun, you’re finally going to refine a pill used for the late stage of Qi Refining!" Steward Zhou exclaimed, looking at Fang Yun with an excited expression.

Seeing Steward Zhou’s excitement, Fang Yun was a little baffled.

This was the first time he had ever seen Steward Zhou lose his composure like this.

Even when Steward Zhou was drunk, he had never lost his composure or shown such a strong emotional fluctuation.

"What’s wrong?" Fang Yun was a bit curious and asked directly, wanting to understand the situation.

"I’m just sick of that guy Cai nagging me! He keeps saying you’ve already refined plenty of Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, but you still haven’t refined a single pill for late-stage Qi Refining cultivators."

Hearing this, Fang Yun immediately understood.

He had wondered what the matter was, but it turned out to be just this.

’I should have guessed...’

At this moment, Fang Yun could already picture the scene in his mind.

Knowing Steward Cai, once he had the upper hand in an argument, he would definitely harp on this point relentlessly. Steward Zhou must have grown tired of hearing it but couldn’t refute it, which explained his current emotional state.

"This is the Token for high-grade Alchemy Room number three. Go on, get to it."

As he spoke, the delighted Steward Zhou couldn’t help but take a small sip of wine.

After taking the Token, Fang Yun thought for a moment before speaking up, "You two elders don’t need to be so serious about my talents."

"You don’t understand. When you get old, you will."

As he said this, Steward Zhou seemed to drift off into his memories.