I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 108: 4-Star Talent

If Fang Yun could achieve such results without spending much time on the Qi Nourishing Grass, it was a testament to his talent for planting.

As far as the Steward was concerned, this matter was well worth reporting to an Elder.

The Elders in the Celestial Cloud Sect responsible for planting matters were themselves Spirit Plant Masters.

To report on Fang Yun’s situation, he would naturally have to find the most respected of the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Spirit Plant Master Elders.

After collecting the Qi Nourishing Grass, the Steward gave Fang Yun his task reward before leaving.

In total, he received ninety Lower Grade Spirit Stones and ninety Sect Contribution Points.

In addition to this, the forty-eight inferior-grade and one hundred twenty-nine good-grade Qi Nourishing Grass stalks in the Spirit Field were also rewards for his diligent cultivation.

Selling these Qi Nourishing Grass stalks would also earn him a considerable number of Spirit Stones.

Good-grade Qi Nourishing Grass, in particular, sold out almost instantly whenever it appeared in the Disciple Marketplace.

From what Fang Yun knew, most of the junior disciples around him who grew Qi Nourishing Grass had never sold any of the good-grade stalks. Any good-grade grass they managed to grow was collected by the stewards to fulfill their task quotas.

Only by producing a large enough quantity of superior and good-grade Qi Nourishing Grass could one have any good-grade stalks left over, as Fang Yun did.

For now, Fang Yun had no intention of selling these Qi Nourishing Grass stalks.

Qi Nourishing Grass was a necessary ingredient for Qi Nourishing Pills, Cyan Jade Pills, and Qi Enhancement Pills alike.

Instead of selling the Qi Nourishing Grass, he was better off gathering the other necessary Spirit Medicines from the Disciple Marketplace and refining these pills himself—especially Qi Enhancement Pills.

The Alchemy tasks from Dan Cloud Pavilion weren’t always available just because he wanted them. There was a set interval between the Qi Enhancement Pill refining tasks he could accept.

Now that he no longer needed to grow spirit herbs, he had more free time and would have to replan his schedule.

He would earn fewer Talent Points from planting, but he could compensate by refining extra pills.

The extra pills could be traded for Spirit Stones, and he could also use them to help out that little girl, Huang Mengzhu.

After harvesting the rest of the Qi Nourishing Grass, Fang Yun walked back much more slowly, his mind preoccupied with planning his new schedule.

’In the coming months, I can dedicate more time to cultivation. That means I can refine and absorb a few more Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pills each month. However, looking ahead to the Qi Refining Eighth and Ninth Layers, I can’t overdo it. I need to keep my consumption within a reasonable limit.’

’I should also spend more time studying.’

’In the Cultivation World, knowledge is crucial.’

’It would be terrible to be out in the wilds someday, see a spirit herb, and have no idea what it is.’

Upon returning to his residence, Fang Yun promptly took an Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pill and began his refinement and cultivation.

Night fell.

By now, Fang Yun had already finished refining and absorbing two Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pills.

There was still a long time before the start of the next month, not enough to completely refine and absorb another Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pill. So, Fang Yun spent the rest of his time reading the books he had rented from the Library Pavilion.

The moment the time came.

Fang Yun closed his book and immediately summoned the glowing screen.

——

...

Refined 7 Lower Grade Qi Enhancement Pills, Talent Points +56.

Refined 22 Middle Grade Qi Enhancement Pills, Talent Points +264.

Refined 103 Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pills, Talent Points +1648.

Harvested 48 Inferior-Grade Qi Nourishing Grass, Talent Points +240.

Harvested 373 Good-Grade Qi Nourishing Grass, Talent Points +2238.

Harvested 176 Superior-Grade Qi Nourishing Grass, Talent Points +1408.

...

Sect Influence: 21%

Regional Influence: [Not Unlocked]

Talent Point Bonus: 183%

Total: Talent Points +19,734.

——

Fang Yun’s eyes scanned down the list. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

’This month, he had mostly used good-grade spirit herbs to refine Qi Enhancement Pills. When a batch yielded four Upper Grade pills, one of the two remaining pills would often end up as a Lower Grade one.’

This happened more often at the beginning of the month; the results were much better by the end.

So far, while completing alchemy tasks, Fang Yun had refined a total of seventy-two batches of Qi Enhancement Pills.

Seventy-two batches put him in the third tier of the task, requiring him to submit four Middle Grade Qi Enhancement Pills per batch.

If he didn’t have any Middle Grade pills, he could substitute them with Upper Grade ones. One Upper Grade pill was equivalent to two Middle Grade pills.

While Upper Grade pills could be substituted for Middle Grade ones, Lower Grade pills could not.

The way Bai Heyan had structured the alchemy task was, in itself, a small test for him.

Now, Fang Yun was refining two batches of Qi Enhancement Pills a day, netting him about five Upper Grade pills for himself.

In the previous months’ tallies, alchemy had undoubtedly been the largest source of his gains, especially as the number of Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pills he refined continued to increase.

This month, however, the largest portion came from harvesting Qi Nourishing Grass.

’Harvesting one inferior-grade stalk of Qi Nourishing Grass gives me five Talent Points...’ Fang Yun calculated quickly in his mind.

His Sect Influence had increased from 20% to 21% in the middle of last month. The timing of the increase was a small surprise, not quite matching his predictions.

In any case, as far as Sect Influence was concerned, if he didn’t do something significant or have some indirect impact while at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, it would likely remain fixed at 21% until he reached the Eighth Layer.

Fang Yun set his next goal for Sect Influence: raise it to 30% by the time he officially reached the Peak of Qi Refining.

Fang Yun’s gaze fell upon the total Talent Points for the month, and he nodded in satisfaction.

This month’s tally hadn’t just broken ten thousand—it was nearly twenty thousand!

19,766 Talent Points!

This was the total number of Talent Points he now possessed. If he only drew for Life Talents, he could make one hundred and ninety-seven attempts.

’Of course, I don’t need that many draws to upgrade my Life Talents this month.’

With a flicker of his thoughts, Fang Yun navigated to the Life Talent interface.

Currently, his Alchemy Talent was the closest to reaching four stars, needing only nine more fragments to upgrade. Next was his Artifact Refining Talent, which was short twelve fragments.

His Planting Talent was the furthest behind, requiring another sixteen fragments.

In total, he was short thirty-seven fragments.

So, Fang Yun initiated a thirty-seven-draw pull.

’Theoretically, this should be enough to upgrade all my Life Talents to four stars.’

Alchemy Talent Fragments x14

Artifact Refining Talent Fragments x11

Planting Talent Fragments x12

A wonderful sensation washed over him. The feeling grew more profound with each increase in star level, and overall, it was incredibly pleasant.

His Alchemy Talent had now reached four stars.

"So much for theory," he muttered, looking at the interface. Only one of his Life Talents had actually been upgraded.

Fang Yun then began to draw one by one.

The first draw yielded an Alchemy Talent fragment. The second was an Artifact Refining Talent fragment. Just then, the sensation washed over him again as his Artifact Refining Talent also leveled up.

Even though he wouldn’t be doing any planting for a while, the sight of his un-upgraded Planting Talent bothered him. Fang Yun decided he might as well get it to four stars too.