I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 81: Appearance Stems from the Heart

Fang Yun failed to set a new record while refining his eleventh batch of Qi Enhancement Pills.

The final result was the same as the tenth batch: three Lower Grade and three Middle Grade Qi Enhancement Pills.

"Oh? Fang Yun, you’re out early this time?" Steward Zhou asked as he saw him walk out of the superior Alchemy Room.

Steward Zhou had been in a much better mood ever since Fang Yun started refining Qi Enhancement Pills.

"I ran out of materials," Fang Yun said honestly.

Last month, Fang Yun had specifically gone to check the Spirit Field where Qi Storage Grass was grown. It was the Tier One, Upper Grade Spirit Medicine required to refine Qi Enhancement Pills.

The next batch to mature and be harvested wouldn’t be ready until August of this year.

Barring any surprises, he would become an Inner Sect Disciple of the Celestial Cloud Sect this month.

During his time in the Outer Sect, this meant that aside from this last batch, he wouldn’t be able to refine any more Qi Enhancement Pills.

"That’s perfectly normal," Steward Zhou said reassuringly.

He knew, of course, that Fang Yun gathered all his alchemy materials from the Disciple Marketplace.

It was inherently more difficult to gather materials from the Disciple Marketplace for pills used by late-stage Qi Refining Cultivators.

The Disciple Marketplace was only so large, and it was a low-end market at that. One could basically never find a single stalk of Second Tier or higher Spirit Medicine there.

"By the way, Fang Yun, how much longer until you reach the peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer?" Steward Zhou asked.

"Soon. Within this month."

"Mm."

Steward Zhou nodded. Fang Yun’s answer didn’t surprise him. Considering the time it took Fang Yun to break through from the Qi Refining Fifth Layer to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, he should be able to reach the peak of the sixth layer either this month or the next.

If he were to probe Fang Yun’s specific aura now, he could probably tell when Fang Yun would reach the peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

However, given his current relationship with Fang Yun, there was no need for such trouble.

Asking directly, as he had just done, was clearly the best approach.

"Break through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and become an Inner Sect Disciple as soon as you can. Your situation with refining pills will be much better then. With your Alchemy Talent, you can go talk to an Elder when accepting alchemy tasks and have the sect arrange missions that are suitable for you."

Steward Zhou had been the one who initially taught Fang Yun many of the written and unwritten rules of Dan Cloud Peak.

Since he had finished early this time, Fang Yun and Steward Zhou were able to talk for a relatively long time.

It had been a long time since they had chatted like this.

The last time they had talked for so long was over a year ago, when Fang Yun had been asking him for information about Dan Cloud Peak.

After saying goodbye to Steward Zhou, Fang Yun did not leave Dan Cloud Peak.

Since he was already on Dan Cloud Peak, he could first go to the Dan Cloud Pavilion to buy the pills he would need to help him break into the late Qi Refining Stage after he reached the peak of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

That way, he wouldn’t have to make another trip to Dan Cloud Peak.

Fang Yun currently had one Middle Grade Qi Condensing Pill.

This time, he wanted to buy an Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pill.

The Qi Condensing Pill was a relatively difficult pill to refine from the Qi Refining Stage. Generally, this type of pill was refined by an Elder of Alchemy to strive for a higher Pill Formation Success Rate and produce more high-quality Qi Condensing Pills.

Normally, the Dan Cloud Pavilion should have a good stock of Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills. In contrast, when he had previously bought Qi Radiance Pills, Fang Yun had worried he wouldn’t be able to purchase any Upper Grade ones.

The demand for Qi Radiance Pills among the Celestial Cloud Sect’s disciples was not high.

The sect had plenty of disciples with Four Spirit Roots, but truly not many with Five Spirit Roots like him.

And the difficulty for a cultivator with Four Spirit Roots to break through from the Qi Refining Third Layer to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer was much less than it was for a cultivator with Five Spirit Roots.

Arriving at the Dan Cloud Pavilion this time, Fang Yun saw the familiar face of Senior Sister Wang Yourong.

"Senior Sister Wang," Fang Yun said, quickly approaching the counter to greet her.

"Ah, it’s Junior Brother Fang. How many Cyan Jade Pills are you selling this time?"

Fang Yun hadn’t actually planned on selling any Cyan Jade Pills this time, but since Senior Sister Wang had asked, he figured he might as well.

He took out a small porcelain vial.

"There are five Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pills in here."

He had sold all of his Lower and Middle Grade Cyan Jade Pills long ago.

"Oh, so you’re starting to sell Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pills, Junior Brother. You must be preparing to break through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer," Wang Yourong quickly deduced when she saw the pills he was selling.

"Yes," Fang Yun nodded, then continued, "so I also need to purchase two Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills today."

"In that case, let me congratulate you in advance on breaking through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, Junior Brother."

"Thank you for the good wishes," Fang Yun replied with a smile.

"The Dan Cloud Pavilion’s acquisition price for five Upper Grade Cyan Jade Pills is fifty-four Lower Grade Spirit Stones, and two Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills cost three hundred and twenty Lower Grade Spirit Stones."

"You’ll need to pay an additional two hundred and sixty-six Lower Grade Spirit Stones. I assume you have them ready, Junior Brother."

"Of course."

"Alright, I’ll go get the Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills for you."

With that, Wang Yourong left the counter and disappeared among the rows of shelves in the back to get the pills.

In the meantime, Fang Yun placed the two hundred and sixty-six Lower Grade Spirit Stones on the counter.

At that moment, Fang Yun heard the sound of footsteps behind him.

Fang Yun paid it no mind; it was perfectly normal for someone to enter the Dan Cloud Pavilion.

If this person knew him, they would probably recognize him just from seeing his back.

Since no one called his name and he was in a very safe place, he saw no reason to turn around just because he heard footsteps.

"Are you Junior Brother Fang Yun?"

Zhu Tianrui glanced at the large pile of Lower Grade Spirit Stones on the counter, then at Fang Yun’s side profile, and hazarded a guess at his identity.

"Yes, Senior Brother. I’m Fang Yun."

Since the man had initiated conversation, Fang Yun turned to get a good look at this Senior Brother from the Inner Sect.

’How should I put this?’

His first impression of this Inner Sect senior brother was that he had absolutely no desire to interact with him.

Fang Yun understood that you shouldn’t judge a person by their appearance.

’But what was that other saying?’

’Your face is a reflection of your heart!’

Because of his Life Talent and Combat Talent, Fang Yun had unknowingly learned to trust his gut feelings.

Although he had no particular talent for judging people, he now trusted his intuition, and so he only gave this senior brother a very superficial greeting.

He didn’t want any further contact.

Just as Zhu Tianrui was about to speak, he saw Wang Yourong emerge from the back room.

Wang Yourong placed the small porcelain vial containing the two Upper Grade Qi Condensing Pills on the counter, but instead of immediately speaking to Fang Yun, she turned to Zhu Tianrui.

"Are you here to accept a mission, Senior Brother Zhu?"

"Yes, Junior Sister Wang."

"Your mission is ready, Senior Brother Zhu. Here you go."

Wang Yourong crouched down to retrieve a small pile of Spirit Medicine, along with the corresponding mission scroll for Zhu Tianrui.

"That’s right, this is my mission."

After stowing the pile of Spirit Medicine, Zhu Tianrui glanced at Fang Yun and the small porcelain vial Wang Yourong had just placed on the counter. Without lingering any longer, he turned and left the Dan Cloud Pavilion.

"Junior Brother, here are the pills you wanted."

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

Only then did Fang Yun take the small porcelain vial from the counter and put it away.

Noticing Wang Yourong’s expression, it seemed she had something to say to him, so Fang Yun didn’t leave the Dan Cloud Pavilion right away.