I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 52: Artifact Refining Techniques

"Granduncle, Senior Brother Fang won," Sheng Qiyuan answered the Steward’s question.

’So the Steward and Junior Brother Sheng have that kind of relationship.’

"Truly extraordinary."

The Steward remarked, then began to record the results.

At the same time, he also made a firm mental note of Fang Yun.

Among cultivators of the same realm, the only one his nephew would address as Senior Brother was currently Fang Yun.

Normally, among disciples of the same realm, whoever reached that realm first was considered the senior brother or sister. Besides that, seniority could also be determined by age, or by strength.

Sheng Qiyuan clearly deferred to strength.

After the registration was complete, Dueling Platform number seven was empty again. Fang Yun, with less than twenty percent of his Spiritual Power remaining, had no intention of continuing to spar.

His gains in Combat Talent for the day were already more than enough.

Fang Yun planned to say goodbye to Wu Junxin and then leave Battle Peak.

"Senior Brother Wu."

"Junior Brother Fang, let me introduce you. This is Senior Sister Bai Qinying."

Fang Yun looked at the tall Senior Sister, offered a salute, and said, "Greetings, Senior Sister Bai."

’Anyone Wu Junxin calls Senior Sister is likely famous on the Inner Sect Ranking.’

’Fang Yun had actually never gone to look at this Inner Sect Ranking.’

"Junior Brother Fang, your defensive technique with magical artifacts is absolutely watertight. Watching your Magical Combat with Junior Brother Sheng made even me want to test how tough you are."

"Huh?" Fang Yun was taken aback.

’Facing a Senior Sister on the Inner Sect Ranking, at his current realm, his Shield Talent would probably need to be at a three-star level, and he’d need an Upper Grade defensive Magical Artifact just to block her attacks.’

After his momentary stupor, Fang Yun actually began calculating in his head.

"Senior Sister Bai, don’t joke with Junior Brother Fang. What Qi Refining Fifth Layer disciple could possibly withstand a single strike from you?" While speaking, Wu Junxin also signaled to Fang Yun with his eyes not to mind her.

"If Senior Sister Bai wants to test me, it will have to be in the future. It’s definitely not possible now," Fang Yun replied seriously.

"Deal," Bai Qinying said, looking at Fang Yun with even greater interest.

Wu Junxin looked at Fang Yun’s serious expression, then glanced at Bai Qinying beside him.

’By the time these two actually fight, both of them will have to be at the Foundation Establishment Stage, at the very least. Fang Yun is only at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer right now. A few years certainly won’t be enough for him to reach the eighth or ninth layer of Qi Refining, where a fight between them might be possible. So, no matter how you look at it, this is something that will happen decades from now.’

He still had things to do.

Fang Yun didn’t stay long.

After chatting for a little while longer, he bid farewell to Wu Junxin and Bai Qinying.

"Junior Brother Wu, speaking of this Junior Brother Fang, how come I’ve never heard of him before?"

"Junior Brother Fang has only been a disciple of our Celestial Cloud Sect for a little over a year."

"Mixed Spirit Roots... Do you know how many he has?"

"Five Spirit Roots," Wu Junxin replied.

"That’s even more interesting. Someone with Five Spirit Roots actually dared to say that to me? Can he even guarantee his own future cultivation?"

"He actually can," Wu Junxin said with great confidence in Fang Yun. "Junior Brother Fang possesses astonishing talent in Alchemy. With that and his hard work, he still has a hope of reaching Foundation Establishment."

An astonishing Alchemy Talent could help Fang Yun accumulate a great deal of resources in the future.

With enough resources, it wasn’t impossible for someone with Five Spirit Roots to reach Foundation Establishment.

Currently, their Celestial Cloud Sect had one Foundation Establishment Elder with Five Spirit Roots, who had gotten there by being piled high with vast amounts of resources.

Compared to that Foundation Establishment Elder, Fang Yun would obviously be far more valuable to the entire Celestial Cloud Sect after he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Oh, right." Speaking of Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent, Wu Junxin added, "The magical artifacts Junior Brother Fang uses in combat were all refined by him personally."

"Alchemy and Artifact Refining, too." Bai Qinying watched Fang Yun’s figure disappear in the distance, then retracted her gaze. "Aside from his poor Spirit Root Talent, he’s truly enviable in every other aspect."

"So even Senior Sister Bai can feel envious of someone."

"Junior Brother Wu, let’s go have a spar." Bai Qinying shot Wu Junxin a glance and smiled.

"I’d be happy to oblige!"

After news of their Magical Combat spread, ninety-five percent of the Inner and Outer Sect Disciples on Battle Peak gathered below their Dueling Platform.

A showdown between two of the top ten on the Inner Sect Ranking was a rare sight.

As Fang Yun left Battle Peak, he was already thinking about refining a Shoe Spiritual Artifact on his way back.

He was still using the Light Spirit Shoes he had bought before, and it was about time for a replacement.

However, before refining a Middle Grade Shoe Spiritual Artifact, he needed to refine some Lower Grade ones to accumulate experience.

Refining Shoe Spiritual Artifacts was very different from refining Sword Type Magical Artifacts and Shield Spiritual Artifacts, mainly in terms of the Artifact Refining Techniques used.

For Sword Type Magical Artifacts and Shield Spiritual Artifacts, many of the Spiritual Materials used in refining were Metal Spiritual Materials. This required the use of the Melting Technique and Synthesis Technique from among the Artifact Refining Techniques.

But for Shoe Spiritual Artifacts, Magic Robes, and the like, most of the Spiritual Materials used were leather or silk types. This required the use of the Weaving Technique and Integration Technique.

The Integration Technique was somewhat similar to the Synthesis Technique, but the former was better suited for processing multiple different types of materials.

These techniques were all taught in the book *Beginner Refining Technique,* and they were the absolute basics of all Artifact Refining Techniques.

Advanced Artifact Refining Techniques were all derived from these fundamental techniques.

Fang Yun’s plan was to try and switch to a Middle Grade Shoe Spiritual Artifact of his own making before November.

...

「Time passed to the end of October.」

On Dan Cloud Peak, in a rented intermediate Alchemy Room.

Fang Yun was refining his second cauldron of Cyan Jade Pills.

During the process of refining this cauldron of Cyan Jade Pills, Fang Yun received a notification from the light screen. Faced with the prompt, he didn’t get distracted and continued refining his Cyan Jade Pills.

The quality of the Spiritual Materials hadn’t changed, and the results of Fang Yun’s Cyan Jade Pill refining hadn’t varied in a long time either.

This cauldron still yielded two Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pills, one Middle Grade, and three Lower Grade.

His three-star Alchemy Talent made him frighteningly stable when refining Qi Refining Stage pills. Back when he only had a two-star Alchemy Talent, even after he had reached the upper limit of the Spiritual Materials’ quality, small problems could still occur, leading to a less-than-ideal outcome.

After collecting the freshly refined Cyan Jade Pills, Fang Yun finally glanced at the notification on the light screen.

Sect Influence 1%↑

It was a notification about his Sect Influence. With the 1% increase, his total Sect Influence had now risen to 9%.

This increase in Sect Influence at this particular time was very welcome to Fang Yun.

Because in half a day, it would be time for this month’s Talent Point settlement.

The previous few times, his influence had increased at the beginning of the month. This time, the timing was finally perfect.

Leaving the intermediate Alchemy Room, he returned the corresponding Token and greeted Steward Zhou before heading to the Dan Cloud Pavilion.

He needed to sell his Lower Grade and Middle Grade Cyan Jade Pills.

He only had thirty-six Lower Grade Spirit Stones left, and he had a debt to repay next month. He urgently needed to convert a batch of Cyan Jade Pills into Spirit Stones.

「Inside the Dan Cloud Pavilion.」

Upon seeing Wang Yourong, before Fang Yun could even speak, she looked at him and said with a grin:

"Well, well, if it isn’t our Turtle Immortal?"