I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 83: Qi Refining Level 7

"Huh?"

When Zhu Tianrui heard this news, his entire mood soured.

It was about Song Qiaoqiao.

His grandfather had warned him to have less contact with Song Qiaoqiao to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Zhu Tianrui understood the reasoning. He could come to his grandfather to complain about Fang Yun, but if he upset Song Qiaoqiao, she could go complain about him to her great-grandfather, the Supreme Elder.

If that happened, his grandfather would be under immense pressure.

Even though Song Qiaoqiao seemed friendly, she might be the type who loved to tattle to her great-grandfather.

That was what Zhu Tianrui thought.

Now, hearing that the Supreme Elder had also supposedly met Fang Yun, it would be even more difficult to do anything to him.

"I don’t have much information either." Information about the Supreme Elder was not easy to come by.

Zhu Mingyuan had only managed to glean a small tidbit from the Grade A residential area for Inner Sect Disciples.

He didn’t even know if the news was accurate.

"As for Fang Yun, don’t dwell on him. Just let it be."

"Yes, Grandfather."

Seeing his grandfather’s expression, Zhu Tianrui could only swallow the words he still wanted to say.

Frustrated, Zhu Tianrui left Zhu Mingyuan’s cave abode and went to practice Alchemy, working on a task he had accepted from the Dan Cloud Pavilion.

When the results of his Alchemy session came out, Zhu Tianrui grew even more dejected.

His Pill Formation Success Rate was even lower than before.

...

「The ninth day of the sixth month, noon.」

After tending to his six acres of Qi Nourishing Grass, Fang Yun immediately returned to his residence.

’Before nightfall, I should be able to cultivate to the peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.’

With that thought, Fang Yun consumed an Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pill and began to refine and absorb it.

As soon as he finished refining and absorbing one Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pill, he moved on to the next.

Before he had even finished refining the second Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pill, he reached the peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Unable to advance his Cultivation any further, Fang Yun quickly expelled the remaining medicinal power of the Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pill from his body.

’Peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer!’

Fang Yun glanced out the window. Just as he had expected, it wasn’t dark yet.

The pills were ready.

Having reached the peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, he could now attempt to break through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

He laid out three pills.

Two Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills and one Middle Grade Qi Condensing Pill.

The bottleneck between the Qi Refining Sixth Layer and the Qi Refining Seventh Layer was the second most difficult one to break through in the Qi Refining Stage. It was also a crucial step for any Qi Refining Stage Cultivator.

Completing this breakthrough marked the transition from the mid-stage of Qi Refining to the late stage.

There were many reasons why the Celestial Cloud Sect used this as the dividing line between Outer Sect Disciples and Inner Sect Disciples.

’Even with my Five Spirit Roots, two Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills should be enough...’

Fang Yun stared at the pills before him, calculating endlessly in his mind.

The medicinal power of an Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pill was immense; besides being very expensive, it had no other drawbacks.

The remaining Middle Grade Qi Condensing Pill was Fang Yun’s safety net.

If two Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills weren’t enough to support his breakthrough, the last Middle Grade Qi Condensing Pill would provide the final push he needed to reach the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

After adjusting his mindset to its optimal state, Fang Yun began to circulate the final part of the sixth layer of his Cultivation Technique, the Cyan Wood Technique, and started his attempt to break through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

Time passed, bit by bit.

Night turned to day, and day turned back to night.

Just as the sky began to brighten at dawn, Fang Yun finally reached the most critical stage of breaking through from the peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he swallowed an Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pill.

Potent medicinal power surged through Fang Yun’s body, helping him repeatedly assault the bottleneck between the mid and late stages of Qi Refining.

Just as he had expected, one Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pill wasn’t enough.

Swallowing another Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pill, Fang Yun launched another assault on the Realm of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

When about one-fifth of the second pill’s medicinal power remained, Fang Yun finally broke through the bottleneck.

His aura began to change dramatically.

Then, it slowly stabilized.

Qi Refining Seventh Layer!

He had finally entered this Realm.

The moment he entered the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, his Spiritual Power underwent a qualitative change, and his Qi Sea expanded.

This qualitative leap in his Spiritual Power was far greater than the one he experienced when transitioning from the early to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

The expansion of his Qi Sea was also immense.

Within the Qi Refining Stage, the expansion of the Qi Sea from the sixth to the seventh layer was the most significant; breakthroughs to later Realms couldn’t compare.

When Fang Yun opened his eyes, his aura had completely stabilized. He put away the Middle Grade Qi Condensing Pill and glanced at the sky outside.

This was the longest breakthrough he had ever experienced.

More than a full day had passed.

First, Fang Yun expelled the residual medicinal power from the Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pill. Feeling a bit hungry, he quickly boiled himself half a pound of Purple Corn.

Once satisfied, he had to immediately go and tend to his six acres of Qi Nourishing Grass.

The interval between tending to the Qi Nourishing Grass this time had been quite long.

After he finished caring for the Qi Nourishing Grass, he still had many other things to do.

「On the Spirit Field.」

Fang Yun quickly yet meticulously tended to each acre of Qi Nourishing Grass.

After entering the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, his speed at tending the Qi Nourishing Grass was significantly faster than before.

Compared to others, Fang Yun’s improvement wasn’t as obvious, because thanks to his three-star Planting Talent, his speed at carefully tending to Spirit Medicine was already fast to begin with.

As he was tending to the fourth acre of Qi Nourishing Grass, Fang Yun spotted a pest. He killed it effortlessly, taking care not to damage the Qi Nourishing Grass in the slightest.

That was the third pest he had dealt with today. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Senior... Brother Fang, congratulations on breaking through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer."

"Oh, it’s Junior Sister Xiao."

"Senior Brother Fang, you must have just broken through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer not long ago."

Although Fang Yun was now at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, he was still wearing the attire of an Outer Sect Disciple.

The fact that he hadn’t even changed his clothes indicated that Fang Yun hadn’t obtained the status of an Inner Sect Disciple yet, nor had he received the corresponding uniform.

From this point alone, she could tell that he had only recently broken through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

"Yes."

"Senior Brother Fang, your Cultivation progresses so quickly," Junior Sister Xiao said with a smile.

Less than half a month ago, she had been calling him Junior Brother Fang.

Compared to the other disciples planting Qi Nourishing Grass in this area, she was familiar with Fang Yun. This was not only because he had bought Qi Nourishing Grass from her many times before, but also because of their various conversations.

She came over to chat with Fang Yun quite frequently while he was tending his Qi Nourishing Grass.

"Now that you’ve broken through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, Senior Brother Fang, I’m afraid we’ll rarely see you around here in the future."

"Regardless, I still need to finish caring for these six acres of Qi Nourishing Grass first."

"Then I’ll still have the chance to see you for a few more months, Senior Brother."

Junior Sister Xiao didn’t disturb Fang Yun for too long.

Because Fang Yun had broken through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, their conversation this time was longer than usual; normally, they only spoke for a short while.