Chapter 245: Chapter 229: Talent Change (2)

"Five Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills is too many. Three is more reasonable."

Bai Heyan was confident that Fang Yun could produce one Lower-Grade pill from the first batch of Cyan Clarity Pills, and that producing two Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills from the second batch shouldn’t be a problem.

The two argued back and forth over whether the goal should be five or three Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills, each stating their reasons.

After a lengthy dispute, they both compromised, setting the target for Fang Yun’s Cyan Clarity Pill refining session at four Lower-Grade pills.

As long as Fang Yun could produce a total of four Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills from the first two batches, Wan Xuanye would have nothing more to say, and the remaining Cyan Clarity Pills would also be handed over to Fang Yun for refining.

The target for refining the Cyan Clarity Pills was raised from three Lower-Grade pills to four.

Bai Heyan hoped that after gaining experience from the first batch, Fang Yun would be able to produce three Cyan Clarity Pills in the second.

With Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent and the experience he had accumulated, there was still a chance of achieving this.

"Come with me."

After they finished their discussion, Bai Heyan stood up.

"Where are we going?"

"To wait outside, of course. Knowing Fang Yun, it won’t be long before he comes to submit the results of his Cyan Clarity Pill refining task."

Bai Heyan calculated the time. Fang Yun should be just about finished with the two batches of Cyan Clarity Pills.

He knew that Fang Yun always started refining immediately after accepting an Alchemy task and would come to submit it as soon as he was done. This method also allowed the next refining task to be assigned sooner.

If the current Alchemy task wasn’t completed, the next one wouldn’t be assigned.

And so, the two of them looked toward Artifact Refining Peak, waiting for Fang Yun to arrive.

Their wait was much longer than Bai Heyan had anticipated.

Just as Wan Xuanye was growing impatient, a figure in the distance rapidly approached Dan Cloud Peak.

"He’s here."

With that, Bai Heyan flew down toward the Dan Cloud Pavilion.

Wan Xuanye followed close behind.

When he saw Bai Heyan and Wan Xuanye appear, Fang Yun knew at a glance that they had been waiting specifically for him.

’It’s almost certainly about the Cyan Clarity Pill refining,’ he thought.

Fang Yun had learned that if this batch of Cyan Clarity Pills hadn’t been assigned to him for refining, the task would have gone to Wan Xuanye.

"Elder Bai, Elder Wan." After landing, Fang Yun greeted the two with the proper etiquette.

They both returned the gesture, and Bai Heyan asked, "Elder Fang, have you completed the Cyan Clarity Pill refining task?"

"I have."

"How many Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills did you produce?" Wan Xuanye immediately asked, eager to know the result.

"Five," Fang Yun replied.

During the refining of the first batch of Cyan Clarity Pills, Fang Yun had summarized a great deal of experience. He spent a long time on the second batch to not only refine one Middle-Grade Cyan Clarity Pill but also avoid any Wasted Pills, producing two more Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills instead.

’Overall, I’m quite satisfied with these results. Especially the second batch. That was a huge improvement.’

"Five is excellent!" Bai Heyan laughed heartily. Fang Yun producing five Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills was within his expectations.

He had hoped for two Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills from the first batch and three from the second, but he knew the probability of that was very low, only about a ten percent chance.

"Elder Wan, do you have anything else to say?" Bai Heyan turned and asked Wan Xuanye.

Wan Xuanye’s gaze darkened slightly.

"I have nothing to say!"

With a result of five Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills, Fang Yun had met even the goal of five that Wan Xuanye himself had initially proposed.

This refining result left him absolutely no room to argue.

"Elders, one of them is actually a Middle-Grade Cyan Clarity Pill," Fang Yun added, seeing their reactions.

"What!"

Wan Xuanye’s eyes widened as he stared at Fang Yun in disbelief.

Fang Yun’s refining result wasn’t five Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills and one Wasted Pill, but one Middle-Grade pill plus five Lower-Grade ones.

In that moment, stunned, Wan Xuanye thought that old fox Bai Heyan was deliberately messing with him.

Bai Heyan’s understanding of Fang Yun was definitely far greater than his own.

Wan Xuanye was about to curse Bai Heyan out, but then he noticed the old man’s reaction was almost identical to his own.

And just like that, his anger dissipated.

His anger was replaced by continued astonishment at Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent. ’If I had known his talent was this incredible, why the hell would I have bothered arguing?’

In the future, it wouldn’t just be him. Even Bai Heyan would probably have to entrust some of his own refining tasks to Fang Yun.

The task of refining Foundation Establishment Pills, for example.

"Fang Yun, what is the deal with your Alchemy Talent?" Bai Heyan was so astonished that he forgot to address Fang Yun as ’Elder’ in this public setting.

"I don’t know. The more I refine pills, the more proficient I seem to become," Fang Yun said, using the excuse he had prepared long ago.

There was no need to explain too much.

From the Cultivation Miscellaneous Books he had read, he knew that while his Combat Talent was unexplainable, it wasn’t unheard of for a Cultivator’s Life Talent to improve. It was just that no one else could improve continuously like he did.

"Could it be, Elder Fang, that you have some kind of special hidden constitution?" Wan Xuanye couldn’t help but wonder.

"It’s probably not a hidden special constitution," Bai Heyan, who was quite knowledgeable on the subject, replied. "A Cultivator is generally born with only one special constitution, and Fang Yun already possesses the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body."

"Elder Bai, can you guarantee that it’s impossible for a Cultivator to have two special constitutions?" Wan Xuanye retorted, habitually opposing Bai Heyan.

"Well..."

Bai Heyan pondered this.

He truly couldn’t be certain. In all his knowledge of Cultivation, he had never seen an example of a Cultivator with two special constitutions, but who could guarantee that Fang Yun wasn’t the first?

Or perhaps some records were simply too ancient and weren’t in the Celestial Cloud Sect’s collection.

"I still believe that Fang Yun’s situation is related to his own innate talent for Alchemy," Bai Heyan insisted, sticking to his opinion.

’I’ve always underestimated Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent in the past.’ This realization finally made Bai Heyan understand. ’The problem wasn’t with my judgment, but with Fang Yun himself.’

Thinking of this, Bai Heyan’s mood improved even more.

"Elders, whatever the situation may be, it’s a good thing, isn’t it?" Fang Yun gestured for them to stop arguing, as such a debate was pointless.

"It is indeed a good thing!" Bai Heyan nodded. "Elder Fang, by achieving that result with your second batch of Cyan Clarity Pills, you’ve earned the third-tier reward. That has never happened before in the history of our Celestial Cloud Sect."

Regarding the Cyan Clarity Pill refining task.

Just refining one Middle-Grade and one Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pill was enough to earn the third-tier reward.

The highest-tier reward required refining one Upper-Grade Cyan Clarity Pill; the other two could even be Wasted Pills.

Fang Yun entered the Dan Cloud Pavilion to submit his task according to procedure.

Outside, it was only then that Bai Heyan and Wan Xuanye fully recovered from their shock.

The Alchemy Talent Fang Yun had displayed was an absolutely wonderful thing for the entire Celestial Cloud Sect, and it was a good thing for them personally as well.

They didn’t refine every type of pill within the sect themselves.

Some particularly difficult and important pills had to be entrusted to an Elder of Alchemy from the Purple Mist Sect. This process required a hefty payment, success was not guaranteed, and even successful attempts usually only yielded Lower-Grade pills.

The Golden Core Pill!

This was a pill that helped Foundation Establishment Cultivators break through to the Core Formation Stage, and it always had to be sent to the Purple Mist Sect’s Elder of Alchemy for refining.

With Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent, things would be different from now on.

Now, even Wan Xuanye looked at Fang Yun as if he were a priceless treasure. He himself had ideas about breaking through to the Core Formation Stage.

"I say, Elder Wan, in the future, will you have any objections to any Alchemy tasks I arrange for Elder Fang?"

"If it had been like this from the start, what objection could I possibly have?" Wan Xuanye shot back, refusing to show any weakness in the face of Bai Heyan’s question.

If Fang Yun had displayed this level of Alchemy Talent back then, he would have supported any arrangement for him with both hands and feet.

After collecting his reward for refining the Cyan Clarity Pills, Fang Yun chatted with Bai Heyan and Wan Xuanye for a while before leaving Dan Cloud Peak.

He was still a little unused to Wan Xuanye’s current attitude toward him.

’It’s fine. I’ll get used to it in the future.’

A six-star Alchemy Talent was far from his limit.

A seven-star Alchemy Talent, the next level up, would be barely sufficient even among those at the Nascent Soul Stage.