I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 76: An Inspection

Contribution Points were more useful to him than Spirit Stones right now, as he would likely break through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer in three months.

As long as he accumulated enough Contribution Points, he could obtain the subsequent parts of the Cyan Wood Technique for free.

"Junior Brother, I’m going to gather the supplementary materials."

"Okay." Fang Yun nodded, then added a reminder, "Senior Brother, try to come in the morning when you’re looking for me. I’m more likely to be home then."

"Got it."

With that, Wu Junxin left.

After stowing away the Celestial Demon Sect disciple’s corpse, Fang Yun continued to refine and absorb the Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pill.

Once he finished refining and absorbing the Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pill, he would go exchange the Celestial Demon Sect disciple’s corpse for Sect Contribution Points.

As he put the corpse away, Fang Yun felt a small pang of regret.

The regret stemmed from the fact that he hadn’t been the one to kill the Celestial Demon Sect disciple.

’If Senior Brother Wu could have captured the disciple alive and brought him here for me to kill, I could have seen how many Talent Points I’d get at the end of the month.’

’It’s just a thought, though.’

Capturing someone alive was much harder than killing them.

Under normal circumstances, no one would choose the former.

After completely absorbing and refining one Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pill, Fang Yun’s Cultivation rose slightly once more. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Just then, Fang Yun took out the Celestial Demon Sect disciple’s corpse and began to inspect it carefully.

’This blood really is different from human blood. It feels so thick and viscous.’

In a Cultivation Miscellaneous Book about the Celestial Demon Sect, written by a past Elder of the Celestial Cloud Sect, the cultivators from that sect were referred to as Demons.

After transplanting the bloodline of a Demon Beast, a person could no longer be called human but was instead a half-human, half-demon monster.

The book also clearly emphasized that they were more demon than human!

Books are written by people, so they’re bound to be subjective to some degree, especially books about enemies like these Evil Demons and Crooked Paths.

Recalling the book’s contents, Fang Yun grew curious about the Celestial Demon Sect disciple’s corpse, which was why he’d decided to examine it.

He had no interest in modifying his own body.

After replacing parts of their bodies, such people were more prone to madness and corruption than normal humans.

「Cloud Summit.」

At the foot of the mountain.

Fang Yun had left his residence and arrived here.

Not far from the Celestial Cloud Pavilion stood the Evil Extermination Hall.

Here, one could accept missions to slay Evil Demons and Crooked Paths, and the corpses of those slain in the outside world could be exchanged for Sect Contribution Points.

The Celestial Demon Sect held the deepest grudge against the Celestial Cloud Sect.

Among all Evil Demons and Crooked Paths, the corpse of a Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect of an equivalent Realm would yield the most Contribution Points.

"Steward, here is the corpse of a Celestial Demon Sect disciple."

Fang Yun submitted the corpse immediately upon entering the Evil Extermination Hall.

"A Celestial Demon Sect disciple at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer. You’ve done very well, Fang Yun." The Steward nodded at him.

He assumed Fang Yun was responsible for the disciple’s death.

Even though Fang Yun wore the clothes of an Outer Sect disciple and only had a Cultivation at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, the Steward knew about his exploits on Battle Peak.

To date, not a single Inner Sect Disciple at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer who had fought Fang Yun had managed to break through his defense.

Although he didn’t know the extent of Fang Yun’s offensive capabilities, he could easily deduce that under the right conditions, Fang Yun was capable of killing a Celestial Demon Sect disciple at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

The Steward wouldn’t have thought the same if it had been any other Outer Sect disciple at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

The Steward had clearly misunderstood, so Fang Yun offered a simple explanation.

"He was killed by Senior Brother Wu Junxin."

Whoever turned in the corpse would receive the corresponding Contribution Points.

The Celestial Cloud Sect didn’t care about any private agreements between its disciples, as long as more Evil Demons and Crooked Paths were slain—especially the Demons of the Celestial Demon Sect.

"So he died at Junxin’s hand... Give me your Token."

"Yes, sir."

From his tone, it seemed this Steward had a good relationship with Wu Junxin.

After the Steward recorded the transaction, the number of Sect Contribution Points on Fang Yun’s Token increased by ninety.

He now had a total of one hundred forty-six Sect Contribution Points.

...

"Jiang Yan, let’s part ways here."

Wu Junxin said to Jiang Yan after they left Smoke Cloud Peak.

"Parting ways already...?" Jiang Yan quickly put two and two together. "You’re going to see Senior Sister Yao, aren’t you, Junxin?"

"You can come with me if you want."

"No, no." Jiang Yan shook his head hastily. "Senior Sister Yao can’t stand the sight of me."

"And whose fault is that for recklessly concocting pills for her?"

"Nonsense! I didn’t concoct them recklessly. Senior Sister Yao wanted to make her skin smoother, and the pill I refined clearly had that effect."

"Then why did her hair fall out?" Wu Junxin asked, staring at Jiang Yan. "You’re lucky it wasn’t much, or even I couldn’t have protected you."

"Just tell me, did the pill I refined have the skin-smoothing effect she wanted or not? In fact, the effect was even better than what she asked for."

"If you want to smooth skin, you just refine a normal Skin Moisturizing Pill. She never said she wanted a better effect," Wu Junxin reminded him, as he always did. "If your pills keep having these side effects, soon no one will ask you to perform Alchemy for them."

"That’s because they don’t understand me... Yes, that’s it! Their own Alchemy Talent is lacking, so what would they know!"

Jiang Yan’s confidence surged whenever the topic turned to his talent in Alchemy.

After all, his Alchemy Talent had been acknowledged by that little old man.

"Does Junior Brother Fang understand you?" Wu Junxin shot back, bringing Fang Yun into it.

Fang Yun’s Alchemy Talent was indisputable.

"How long has Junior Brother Fang been involved with Alchemy? Not even two years. He might not understand me now, but he will in the future. I went through the same phase he’s in now." Jiang Yan didn’t deny Fang Yun’s talent, but he had his own justification.

In the past, he had indeed refined pills by the book, just like Fang Yun.

But eventually, simply refining pills by the book was no longer enough to satisfy him.

Jiang Yan firmly believed that he could revolutionize certain pills through constant experimentation.

"You’re overthinking it. Junior Brother Fang is nothing like you," Wu Junxin said with absolute certainty.

Seeing Wu Junxin’s expression, Jiang Yan muttered to himself.

"Don’t tell me Junior Brother Fang discussed Alchemy with a layman like you?"

"No." Wu Junxin shook his head. "Junior Brother Fang just isn’t as idle as you. A lot of your ’experiments’ come from having too much time on your hands. Besides Alchemy, Junior Brother Fang has many other things to do."

As he spoke, Wu Junxin glanced at his Storage Pouch.

A few days ago, he had received the Magical Robe he needed from Fang Yun.

He had since packaged the Magical Robe meticulously.

"What do you mean my ’experiments’ come from being idle? What kind of talk is that? Junxin, I’m starting to think you don’t understand me at all anymore."

"Fine. Since I don’t understand you, you can stop freeloading off me in the future."

"Hey now, Junxin! Actually, besides the Alchemy stuff, you understand me perfectly in every other way." Jiang Yan’s expression changed in an instant.

Seeing Jiang Yan’s face, Wu Junxin could only shake his head with a helpless smile.

Jiang Yan wasn’t wrong. As friends who had grown up together, he knew Jiang Yan inside and out—except when it came to Alchemy.