Chapter 238: Chapter 226: Envisioning the Future

「Four days later.」

Fang Yun, having returned from Dan Cloud Peak, had already accepted the mission to refine Spirit Ascension Pills.

Among the missions for refining Second Tier pills, he had so far only taken on the task of refining Spirit Ascension Pills. The more difficult Tier One Alchemy missions were mixed in with the monthly Alchemy tasks he accepted.

The last Tier One Alchemy mission he had accepted was to refine Qi Condensing Pills.

Of the three Qi Condensing Pills, two were Upper Grade and one was Middle Grade. He was not far from perfectly refining Qi Condensing Pills, and this was with little practice.

「In the Alchemy Room.」

After returning from accepting the Spirit Ascension Pill refining mission, Fang Yun quickly completed all his preparations.

’Six-star Alchemy Talent, don’t let me down.’

Once he had adjusted his state, a ball of flame rose in Fang Yun’s palm, and he began refining a new batch of Spirit Ascension Pills.

While refining the Spirit Ascension Pills, he carefully felt out the process.

He compared the differences between his six-star and five-star Alchemy Talent.

He could feel the gap between the different levels of Alchemy Talent most clearly during the process of handling the Three-Core Spirit Flower, a Second Tier, Lower Grade Spirit Medicine.

In just twenty-two hours.

Fang Yun finished refining a batch of Spirit Ascension Pills as smoothly as flowing water.

The pills rolled out of the Pill Output Port. Soon, the scorching Spirit Ascension Pills landed in his hands.

Six Upper Grade, one Lower Grade.

"I knew I’d break the record." Fang Yun was not surprised by the result, which had surpassed his previous best.

The results brought by the upgrade to his Life Talent were obvious.

Previously, when refining Spirit Ascension Pills, he would waver between producing four and five Upper Grade pills, though most of the time he could manage five.

From now on, Fang Yun was confident that as long as the Spirit Medicines provided for the Spirit Ascension Pills were not of inferior quality, he could produce six Upper Grade pills every time.

It was worth mentioning that since becoming an Elder, he had only encountered inferior-grade Three-Core Spirit Flowers twice in his Spirit Ascension Pill refining missions. All other supplementary Spirit Medicines had been of good grade or better.

Bai Heyan could be said to be taking very good care of him.

For now, the other Elders of Alchemy had no objections to this special treatment.

Currently, the Elders of Alchemy who refined Spirit Ascension Pills were, besides himself and Song Qiaoqiao, Jiang Yan’s master He Jiawen, and that Elder with the surname Meng.

Song Qiaoqiao would definitely not have the slightest objection. He Jiawen didn’t refine many Spirit Ascension Pills to begin with, and given his current attitude toward Fang Yun, he was also unlikely to object. The only one who might have an issue was the Elder of Alchemy with the surname Meng.

After this month, Fang Yun was certain that no one would raise the slightest objection to Elder Bai Heyan’s allocation of resources.

Because within this month, he hoped to achieve the perfect refinement of Spirit Ascension Pills.

’The shortcomings in this refinement of the Spirit Ascension Pills were...’

Fang Yun recalled the refining process, beginning his usual summary of the experience. Compared to his last review, this one took much longer.

His six-star Alchemy Talent made it much easier for him to spot his own mistakes.

Fang Yun discovered numerous minor flaws this time around.

To perfectly refine a batch of pills, not a single detail could have the slightest error.

After finishing his review, Fang Yun took out the Spirit Medicines for another batch of Spirit Ascension Pills and prepared to begin refining again.

This time, the refining process for the Spirit Ascension Pills was slightly shorter than the last.

"Seven Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills!"

Fang Yun looked at the freshly refined Spirit Ascension Pills in his hand. Not a single one was Middle or Lower Grade.

The result was better than he had expected. He thought he would get six Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills and one Middle Grade.

"I was quite lucky to refine seven Spirit Ascension Pills this time." Fang Yun recalled the Alchemy process; there were still some minor issues.

Besides good luck, another reason he produced seven Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills was that half of the supplementary Spirit Medicines were of superior grade.

Fang Yun estimated that he was now only two or three batches away from perfectly refining Spirit Ascension Pills.

Only when an Alchemy Master could use all medium-quality Spirit Medicines and produce only Upper Grade pills could they claim to have perfectly mastered the refinement of that pill.

With seven Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills, according to what was decided in the meeting, he could take three of them for himself.

’My Alchemy Talent has upgraded to six-star, and Elder Bai fought for the condition that allows me to take three Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills. When I first broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, I expected to spend a portion of the early stage in normal cultivation. That probably won’t happen now...’

Fang Yun looked at the remaining Spirit Ascension Pills in his possession, his mind drifting back to his thoughts right after he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Back then, he never would have imagined that he would get the chance to keep three Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills from a single batch he refined.

Starting next month, as long as the quality of the Spirit Medicines for refining Spirit Ascension Pills was good grade or better, he could guarantee an income of six Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills every time he accepted a mission.

If he could also consistently accept three Spirit Ascension Pill refining missions each month, that would be a minimum of eighteen Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pills.

Currently, the time he spent on cultivation each month was about half a month, though the exact amount depended on the situation each month.

Feeling pleased with himself, Fang Yun left his cave abode to submit the results of his Spirit Ascension Pill refining mission, then returned to consume an Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pill and begin cultivating.

「Three days later.」

「Dan Cloud Peak.」

「In the Management Elder’s cave abode.」

Bai Heyan was reviewing the completion status of the Alchemy missions for the various elders and disciples.

Every time he reviewed the mission statuses, Bai Heyan paid special attention to Fang Yun’s refining results.

Based on his observations, Fang Yun’s performance in refining Spirit Ascension Pills since his Foundation Establishment had met his expectations.