I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 79: Better Results

Looking at Steward Zhou’s expression, Fang Yun fell silent and didn’t disturb him any further.

He didn’t want to get old.

He wanted to stay young forever.

People only admitted they were old when they didn’t have much of their Life Span left and were unable to break through to the next Realm.

Arriving at Superior Alchemy Room Number Three, Fang Yun cleared his mind.

This wasn’t the time to be thinking about getting old; it was time to prepare for refining the Qi Enhancement Pill.

Refining the Cyan Jade Pill required a total of eleven major steps.

But refining the Qi Enhancement Pill had three more major steps than the Cyan Jade Pill.

The entire process took fourteen major steps to completely refine a Qi Enhancement Pill.

After laying out the Spirit Medicines needed for the Qi Enhancement Pill, Fang Yun inspected the condition of the Alchemy Furnace.

The Alchemy Furnace placed in the superior Alchemy Room was of the Upper Grade Magical Artifact level.

After inspecting the Alchemy Furnace, Fang Yun ignited the Earth Fire, and the furnace’s temperature began to rise wildly.

The first major step in refining the Qi Enhancement Pill.

First was processing the Tier One, Middle Grade Spirit Medicine, the Jade Spirit Fruit.

This was completely different from refining the Cyan Jade Pill. For the Qi Enhancement Pill, processing the main Spirit Medicine, the Qi Storage Grass, came much later in the process.

The Qi Storage Grass was only involved in the eighth, tenth, and thirteenth major steps.

The Jade Spirit Fruit that fell into the Alchemy Furnace had already been evenly cut into six portions by Fang Yun.

This was one of the difficulties in refining the Qi Enhancement Pill: the ingredients had to be divided right from the start.

This was related to the properties of the Clover and the Valley Spirit.

Separately, they were fine. But when refining a pill with both at the same time, it was best to process the ingredients separately from the beginning. If one was confident enough in their alchemy skills, they could also process them together to save even more time.

Since this was Fang Yun’s first time refining a Qi Enhancement Pill, he naturally wouldn’t choose to process them together.

Many Pill Formulas explain the simplest way to refine the pill in their alchemy steps, as well as how to refine it in a more time-efficient manner.

There was always a more time-efficient way, but never a *most* time-efficient way.

There would always be an Alchemy Master who, struck by a flash of inspiration during the refining process, would find an even more time-saving method.

This was considered an update to the Pill Formula.

The first major step...

The second major step...

The third major step...

As time passed, Fang Yun’s progress in refining the Qi Enhancement Pill advanced steadily.

His three-star Alchemy Talent, coupled with his vast experience from refining Cyan Jade Pills, was a significant advantage.

It was almost guaranteed that Fang Yun would not fail while refining the Qi Enhancement Pill.

If he were to fail by some fluke, it would be a disservice to both his talent and his hard-earned experience.

A full twelve hours passed.

Only then did Fang Yun complete the refining of one batch of Qi Enhancement Pills.

"It’s finally done."

Fang Yun slowly exhaled. Next was the result of the pill formation.

Throughout the refining process, Fang Yun had relied partly on his experience with Cyan Jade Pills but mostly on his intuition. He felt that the batch he’d refined should be pretty good.

The Cyan Jade Pill and the Qi Enhancement Pill were a level apart. Although they were the same type of pill, the overlap in refining experience wasn’t that significant.

There was one thing the Qi Enhancement Pill and the Cyan Jade Pill had in common.

A maximum of six pills could be produced from a single batch of either.

"Two Lower Grade Qi Enhancement Pills, very good!"

Looking at the two warm pills, Fang Yun nodded in satisfaction.

This was his best result for the first batch of a new pill. When he first refined the Qi Nourishing Pill, he had only produced a single Lower Grade Qi Nourishing Pill.

To achieve such a result, his three-star Alchemy Talent had undoubtedly played a major role.

A three-star Life Talent would be barely sufficient even in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and right now, he was only refining pills for late-stage Qi Refining Cultivators.

A Lower Grade Qi Enhancement Pill could normally be sold for seven Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

Two would be fourteen.

The material cost for this batch of Qi Enhancement Pills was about twenty-three Lower Grade Spirit Stones. Adding the three Lower Grade Spirit Stones for the Alchemy Room rental, he would need to refine four Lower Grade Qi Enhancement Pills just to break even.

Fang Yun spent over an hour recalling the refining process, solidifying his experience with the Qi Enhancement Pill.

Then, he began refining his second batch of Qi Enhancement Pills.

Compared to the first batch, the refining of the second batch went much more smoothly. He produced three Lower Grade Qi Enhancement Pills, a better result than the first time.

By the time he refined the third batch of Qi Enhancement Pills, Fang Yun was confident he could completely recoup his costs.

And this was with him using subpar materials. If he had used better ingredients, even if the cost increased, he would have had a much higher chance of breaking even on the second batch.

The issue with refining materials would have to wait until he broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and became an Inner Sect Disciple.

’I only have twenty percent of my Spiritual Power left.’ Fang Yun noted the state of his Qi Sea.

Refining the Qi Enhancement Pill took over three hours longer than the Cyan Jade Pill. Based on time alone, it should have consumed about a third more Spiritual Power.

But the pill’s different level, its intended user, and the higher grade of Spirit Medicines required all contributed to a much greater consumption of Spiritual Power.

The higher the grade of the Spirit Medicine, the harder it was to process, and the more Spiritual Power it consumed.

There was also the difference in the Alchemy Furnace’s grade. An Upper Grade Magical Artifact-level Alchemy Furnace, even when refining the same pill, consumed much more Spiritual Power compared to a Middle Grade Magical Artifact-level furnace.

If he were currently at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, even at its peak, he wouldn’t have been able to support the refining of two batches of Qi Enhancement Pills.

Fang Yun left the superior Alchemy Room.

The moment Steward Zhou saw Fang Yun, he asked, "How did the refining go?"

Fang Yun answered with just four words: "Got the job done."

"Excellent, excellent!"

Steward Zhou smiled and nodded. To be able to "get the job done" during alchemy definitely meant that pills had been successfully produced.

For Fang Yun to have such results on his first try refining a higher-level pill was undoubtedly an excellent outcome.

"Here’s your Token."

"That’ll be three Lower Grade Spirit Stones. Let me just record it."

"Mm." Fang Yun took out three Lower Grade Spirit Stones with a tacit understanding.

From the time he entered to the time he left the superior Alchemy Room, he had spent roughly a day and a bit under two hours.

The extra time was less than a single two-hour block.

Given his current relationship with Steward Zhou, the steward would record his entry time as being a little later. That way, he would only have to pay three Lower Grade Spirit Stones instead of six.

Using just a little more time would have cost him an extra three Lower Grade Spirit Stones. The thought made Fang Yun wince.

’It’s a good thing I have a decent relationship with the Steward.’

After he paid the Spirit Stones, Steward Zhou finished the registration.

Fang Yun bid farewell to Steward Zhou and hastily left Dan Cloud Peak.

In his current state, he could still go to the Spirit Field and tend to his six acres of Qi Nourishing Grass.

They were only Tier One, Lower Grade Spirit Medicines; tending to them wouldn’t consume much of his energy.

Thankfully, he had his three-star Planting Talent; otherwise, he wouldn’t dare tend to the Qi Nourishing Grass with his current mental and physical exhaustion.

Refining two batches of Qi Enhancement Pills had taken a heavy toll on his mind and energy.

After tending to the Qi Nourishing Grass, he could finally get some proper rest.