I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 86: Alchemy Task

Fang Yun sounded incredibly ambitious, which Bai Heyan was very pleased to hear.

However, even with Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent, the task of refining Foundation Establishment Pills wouldn’t be entrusted to him, not even if he managed to cultivate all the way to the Qi Refining Tenth Layer.

Currently, all of the sect’s Foundation Establishment Pills were refined by Bai Heyan himself.

He was quite confident in his ability to refine Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Elder, the only tasks I want to take on recently are those for refining Qi Enhancement Pills." At the mention of alchemy tasks, Fang Yun’s spirits immediately lifted. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

He had come to see Elder Bai Heyan specifically to discuss alchemy tasks.

The Foundation Establishment Pill they had just discussed was a distant goal for him. After all, he had only just broken through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

Cultivating in the later stages of Qi Refining required a far greater accumulation of power than in the middle stages.

The quality of one’s Spiritual Power improved significantly, and the Qi Sea expanded by a large margin. One could only imagine the difficulty of filling it, which created a massive gap between the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

"Tell me, how many batches of Qi Enhancement Pills have you refined so far?"

"Eleven batches," Fang Yun replied.

"And what was your best outcome?"

"Three Lower-Grade and three Middle-Grade Qi Enhancement Pills."

Upon hearing this, a flicker of surprise flashed in Bai Heyan’s eyes, but it vanished as quickly as it appeared.

It was important to remember that Fang Yun was still at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer when he refined those Qi Enhancement Pills, and he had been using the worst possible materials.

When buying materials for Qi Enhancement Pills in the Disciple Marketplace, it was difficult to find even decent-quality supplementary Spirit Medicines.

Judging by this, Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent was even greater than he had initially estimated.

This was a pleasant surprise.

"From now on, for any Qi Enhancement Pill refining tasks you undertake, you’ll receive a reward. First, you’ll get five Sect Contribution Points for every batch you refine."

"For the first twenty-five batches, you’ll need to submit four Lower-Grade Qi Enhancement Pills per batch. If you don’t have enough Lower-Grade pills, you can substitute Middle-Grade ones, where one Middle-Grade pill counts as two Lower-Grade ones."

"From the twenty-sixth to the fiftieth batch, you’ll need to submit six Lower-Grade Qi Enhancement Pills each."

"From the fifty-first to the one hundredth batch, you’ll need to submit four Middle-Grade Qi Enhancement Pills. After the one hundredth batch, you’ll need to submit three Upper-Grade Qi Enhancement Pills."

"Are you satisfied with these terms?"

This was the pill submission system Bai Heyan had devised for Fang Yun long ago. He had been paying close attention to him for the past three months.

"I am extremely satisfied!" Fang Yun nodded without the slightest hesitation.

For him, this was an incredible deal. Not only would he get five Sect Contribution Points for every batch of Qi Enhancement Pills, but the deal itself was fantastic even without the points.

Although he had refined over a hundred batches of Cyan Jade Pills, his best result was only two Upper-Grade pills. This was, without a doubt, a consequence of being limited by the quality of his materials.

By taking alchemy tasks from Dan Cloud Peak, the quality of the Spirit Medicines would be much, much better.

Although Dan Cloud Peak sometimes provided subpar Spirit Medicines, Fang Yun felt, ’They probably won’t assign those to me.’

’With my Alchemy Talent, they have to give me the good Spirit Medicines. That’s the only way to produce the best results.’

As long as the quality of the Spirit Medicines was up to standard, Fang Yun was confident that after refining one hundred batches of Qi Enhancement Pills, he could produce at least five Upper-Grade pills per batch. The remaining pill would be Middle-Grade at worst; it certainly wouldn’t be Lower-Grade.

This was confidence in himself, but more importantly, it was confidence in his three-star Alchemy Talent!

"What about refining tasks for other types of pills? What are your thoughts?" Bai Heyan asked, seeing Fang Yun beaming with joy.

"The standard arrangements for those will be fine. It’s another way to contribute more to the sect, and I hope to see the sect prosper!"

Fang Yun was speaking the absolute truth.

He was happy to contribute more to the sect.

’It’ll all be mine someday anyway.’

This was Fang Yun’s current mindset. He already viewed the future Celestial Cloud Sect as his own property.

"Mm, it’s good that you have such dedication! As expected of..."

Bai Heyan was about to add something else, but he held his tongue. Saying it might stir up unpleasant memories for Fang Yun.

After all, both of Fang Yun’s parents had died while on a mission for the sect.

’It seems his parents taught him well when he was young.’

"Elder, as expected of what?" Fang Yun asked, curious.

"As expected of... the person my grand-niece holds in high regard." Bai Heyan had originally intended to say ’the person I hold in high regard.’

But he was the Management Elder of Dan Cloud Peak, and this was his first meeting with Fang Yun. Saying something like that would have been beneath his station, so he used Bai Qinying’s name instead.

A few days ago, he had been chatting with Bai Qinying, and she had indeed mentioned Fang Yun.

Bai Qinying had mostly spoken of Fang Yun’s performance during the Magical Combat spars on Battle Peak.

Fang Yun was momentarily stunned. He opened his mouth to say something, but Bai Heyan didn’t give him the chance.

"Oh, by the way, Fang Yun, you can stop doing your planting tasks. I can take care of the arrangements."

He could just reassign the six mu of Qi Nourishing Grass that Fang Yun was tending to other disciples.

"No, thank you, Elder." Fang Yun immediately shook his head.

"Why not?" Bai Heyan asked, confused. "For someone like you, tending to six mu of Qi Nourishing Grass is a waste of time."

"And I can assure you, you won’t be shorted on any of the rewards you would have received."

It was only because Bai Heyan was so satisfied with Fang Yun that he had brought up the planting tasks at all.

This conversation was not part of his original plan.

He had assumed Fang Yun would agree immediately, but instead, he was met with a swift refusal.

This time, he truly didn’t understand Fang Yun’s reasoning.

When Fang Yun was still an Outer Sect Disciple and had been recruited into the Celestial Cloud Sect for his Planting Talent, it was understandable that he would take on planting tasks and tend to Spirit Medicines. But now, there was simply no need.

Fang Yun possessed superior talent in other areas. Becoming an Inner Sect Disciple was, in itself, a process of reallocating one’s focus and responsibilities.

"Elder, it’s like this," Fang Yun began. "I believe that a person should always finish what they start. Since I’ve already accepted the task of tending to six mu of Qi Nourishing Grass, I feel I should see it through to the end."

’The Qi Nourishing Grass will be ready for harvest in just over three months.’

’That’s a huge amount of Talent Points on the line!’

"I see." Bai Heyan nodded.

Fang Yun’s explanation seemed plausible, consistent with his own observations of the young man.

Bai Heyan had always believed time was of the utmost importance to Fang Yun. It seemed he still had much to learn about the finer points of his personality.

"Elder, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave now."

"I won’t arrange any other tasks for you until you’ve refined one hundred batches of Qi Enhancement Pills," Bai Heyan added, something he hadn’t mentioned earlier.

"Thank you, Elder!" Fang Yun said gratefully.

"You understand the procedure for accepting tasks at the Dan Cloud Pavilion, I assume?"

"I do."

"Good. Your tasks should be available in two or three days."

At this, Bai Heyan gestured, indicating that Fang Yun was dismissed.

"This disciple takes his leave."

Fang Yun rose, gave a respectful bow, and departed.

This visit with Bai Heyan had been fruitful, not only in terms of alchemy tasks but also in terms of his influence within the sect.