I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 328 - 271: An Inauspicious Start

Fang Yun was the mysterious Spirit Refiner, and the mysterious Spirit Refiner was Fang Yun.

When both identities were considered together, it was hard to understand one thing.

How on earth did Fang Yun manage his time?

On top of Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and his own cultivation, he still had to spend time increasing his strength.

These thoughts surfaced one after another in the minds of the two late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons.

They were filled with questions, but the immediate priority was to escape. There was no time to dwell on such things.

They wanted to escape.

Fang Yun would not give them the chance.

As he moved at full speed, the Demon-slaying Sword and the Earth Yellow Sword, under his control, were already closing in on the two late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons.

One sword for each Demon.

He gave them no opportunity whatsoever.

In the moments before their deaths, the two late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons finally understood how Yun Hanshan had been killed earlier.

They understood why she had been completely unable to resist.

Because resistance was useless.

Elder Wei from the Demon Spirit Sect had handled Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts and knew their power. Such destructive capability was simply beyond what an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact could possess. ’Could even a supreme-grade Spiritual Artifact do this?’

The other late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon was facing the Demon-slaying Sword.

His thoughts were a little different from Elder Wei’s.

This Fang Yun had already Refined a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact specifically to deal with them, and its power was terrifying!

Since this was his first time encountering such a Spiritual Artifact, he simply assumed that a weapon designed to fight Demons should rightfully possess this kind of power.

’It’s done.’

Fang Yun gazed at the corpses of the late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons on the ground and began to collect his spoils.

The support mission briefing had mentioned one late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon. The appearance of two more was a pleasant surprise for him.

Killing three late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons.

This alone would grant him 810,000 basic Talent Points.

With these basic Talent Points, his grand total at the next tally would break four million.

Acquiring this large number of Talent Points would speed up the process of upgrading his three Life Talents from seven stars to eight stars by more than two years.

’This is a nice surprise, to be sure, but I need to be more careful next time.’

When accepting support missions, he rarely disguised himself. This was Celestial Cloud Sect territory, not the Demons’ domain.

When infiltrating the territory of a Demon Foundation Establishment Influence, he absolutely had to be well-disguised. Take the Demon-controlled Vortex Cave, for instance. Even though he killed all the Foundation Establishment Demons and many Qi Refining Demons died at his hands, some Qi Refining Demons hadn’t fled.

Among those Qi Refining Demons, some must have caught a glimpse of him.

When he was disguised, it didn’t matter if he was seen; the Demons couldn’t quickly figure out his identity.

Within the sect’s territory, even without a disguise, what had just happened should have been almost impossible.

This ambush by two late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons had taught him a valuable lesson.

For now, his identity should still be unknown to the Demons. All the Demons who knew of his situation were already dead.

Keeping this information hidden was crucial for him at his current stage.

There were many benefits to keeping his identity a secret, and the convenience it afforded his future operations was one of the biggest.

"Elder Fang, it’s really you!" Ke Huairen, the Sect Leader of the Celestial Water Sect, rushed to Fang Yun’s side.

"Yes, it’s me," Fang Yun nodded.

"Thank goodness it was you who came, Elder Fang. Otherwise, the consequences would have been dire."

Ke Huairen hadn’t noticed the two late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons lying in ambush at all.

These two late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons were hiding here. This meant they had been lying in wait for a long time. If their goal hadn’t been to lure out a Celestial Cloud Sect Elder, he would have had a very hard time surviving their encirclement.

A lingering fear crept into Ke Huairen’s heart at the thought.

’Now that I think back on my fight with the late-stage Foundation Establishment Female Demon, it seems she wasn’t using her true power...’

"This means our luck was good."

Just imagine, if any other late-stage Foundation Establishment Elder had come to provide support, they would have likely fallen here.

It might have looked like he killed these Demons with ease.

But throughout the process, Fang Yun had also made a general assessment of the strength of these late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons.

Among them, the strongest was probably the Female Demon.

When the Demon-slaying Sword was killing her, it still met with some resistance. This was enough to show that the late-stage Foundation Establishment Female Demon’s defensive measures were truly impressive.

"Elder Fang, I’d like to ask, was that Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact you just used one specifically designed to fight Demons?" Ke Huairen asked curiously.

These late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons had been powerless before Fang Yun, and Ke Huairen attributed a large part of this to the Spiritual Artifact that Fang Yun had Refined for himself.

"Yes," Fang Yun nodded.

"Could you Refine one of these Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts for me?"

Ke Huairen couldn’t help but ask, but the moment the words left his mouth, he felt he had misspoken.

He had asked too hastily. This was his first time meeting Fang Yun, and they weren’t familiar with each other at all. To directly ask him to Refine a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact for fighting Demons was, by any measure, too forward.

So, Ke Huairen quickly added another sentence.

"Payment is no issue, of course! Elder Fang, feel free to name your price; I can probably meet any request." He figured that if he treated this as a simple transaction, Fang Yun might be more receptive. "So, what do you think, Elder Fang?"

"Refining a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact for fighting Demons is no problem for me. As for payment, Sect Leader Ke, you can give what you think is appropriate. The main issue is that the Spiritual Materials for this type of artifact are difficult to collect."

Because he was in a great mood from killing three late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons, Fang Yun did not refuse Ke Huairen’s request.

"What Spiritual Materials are needed?"