I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 330 - 272: Level 4 Sect

「Three years later.」

Fang Yun had now been in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment for eight years, and he was now fifty-three years old.

In these past three years, Fang Yun’s life had been good.

During this time, the number of Foundation Establishment Demons who had died at his hands reached seven, meaning he killed an average of more than two Foundation Establishment Level Demons per year.

As more and more Foundation Establishment Demons fell to him, the rate at which he accumulated Talent Points grew faster and faster.

Taking into account the Talent Points from killing Demons, his average monthly gain had long since surpassed two hundred thousand.

His annual gain of Talent Points was also approaching three million.

Over three years ago, he had killed three Late-stage Foundation Establishment Demons, a feat that had marked his most profitable month for Talent Points to date.

He had obtained over 4.1 million Talent Points that month.

Based on his previous rate, acquiring over four million Talent Points would have taken him more than two years. Now, it was equivalent to just over one year of accumulation.

Killing seven Foundation Establishment Demons in three years didn’t mean he had only accepted seven reinforcement missions during that time.

Not every reinforcement mission resulted in the kill of a Foundation Establishment Demon.

His success rate in killing Foundation Establishment Demons on reinforcement missions was worlds apart from the other Elders of Battle Peak.

When he responded to a call for support, he would invariably kill any Foundation Establishment Demon he saw. The other Elders, in contrast, focused more on simply rescuing the person in danger.

As he accomplished more and more, his sect influence, which had previously stalled, began to rise slowly again. Just two months ago, it had reached 75%.

That was an increase of two percentage points from before.

For someone like him, who was still in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, reaching 75% sect influence was truly immense.

Fang Yun was currently experiencing the effects of this influence firsthand.

Whenever he stepped out and walked around the sect, any disciple who saw him would greet him without fail.

Many disciples knew of him. In this regard, even many Elders at the Peak of Foundation Establishment couldn’t compare.

When the disciples greeted him, they sometimes thought about how they might one day need a Foundation Establishment Pill refined by Elder Fang when they went into seclusion for their own breakthrough.

A flash of spiritual light appeared before Fang Yun as he was cultivating.

The moment he saw the spiritual light, Fang Yun assumed it was a reinforcement mission.

But after receiving the message, he found that it wasn’t.

’Elder Miao is looking for me?’

Fang Yun was very surprised by the message’s content.

This was the first time Miao Qinghong had ever taken the initiative to contact him.

After a moment of thought, Fang Yun decided to temporarily stop his cultivation and head to Miao Qinghong’s cave residence on Battle Peak to see what she wanted.

Having made his decision, Fang Yun acted quickly.

Before long, he arrived at Miao Qinghong’s cave residence. This was also his first time visiting it.

"Elder Miao," Fang Yun asked directly as he sat down, looking at Miao Qinghong, "may I ask why you’ve summoned me?"

"Elder Fang, it’s truly a pity you aren’t an Elder of our Battle Peak," Miao Qinghong began.

Fang Yun’s combat record made him seem more like a Battle Peak Elder than the actual Battle Peak Elders themselves.

In recent years, because Fang Yun had been so active in accepting reinforcement missions, they had achieved an excellent record in fending off Demon attacks.

They had lost few Foundation Establishment Elders, while many Foundation Establishment Demons had been slain.

Ever since the Demon Spirit Sect began openly supporting the Celestial Demon Sect, the number of Foundation Establishment Demons who had died at Fang Yun’s hands had already reached ten.

"Elder Miao, in my view, we are all Elders of the Celestial Cloud Sect. It doesn’t matter where we are stationed; it’s all more or less the same. Although the Elders of Battle Peak and the Evil Extermination Hall are responsible for external affairs, when the Demons come knocking, even the Elders of the Spirit Field Institute will have to resist their attacks."

"Mm, you have a point." Miao Qinghong nodded, then revealed her purpose in summoning him. "I’ve called you here today to see if you might be interested in becoming the next Management Elder of Battle Peak."

"I’m an Elder of the Artifact Casting Peak..."

"And who was it that just said that? Elder Fang, didn’t you just say that in your view, all sect Elders are the same?" Miao Qinghong said with a small smile.

This was the first time Fang Yun had ever seen Miao Qinghong smile.

The smile appeared only for a moment before quickly vanishing.

"As long as you want to become the Management Elder of Battle Peak, the other Elders of the Peak will agree, even without my support."

Miao Qinghong felt that Fang Yun’s current standing in the hearts of the Battle Peak Elders might be even higher than her own as the Management Elder.

Like the other Battle Peak Elders, she held Fang Yun in very high regard; otherwise, she wouldn’t have called him over to discuss this matter.

"If I become the Management Elder of Battle Peak, then what about you, Elder Miao?"

"Soon, I will be entering seclusion to attempt Core Formation."

"So soon," Fang Yun said, somewhat surprised. "Aren’t you going to prepare more?"

From Miao Qinghong’s demeanor, it seemed to Fang Yun that she intended to enter seclusion and attempt her breakthrough to Core Formation the moment she reached the true Peak of Foundation Establishment.

"You don’t understand the way of the Sword Cultivator. For us, when challenging a new Realm, there is no such thing as ’preparation.’ To prepare is to hesitate, and to hesitate is to fail."

’Fair enough. I really don’t understand that part of it,’ Fang Yun thought.

"In that case, allow me to be the first to wish you success in reaching Core Formation, Elder Miao!"

If Miao Qinghong could successfully reach Core Formation, it would be a huge boost to the overall strength of the entire Celestial Cloud Sect.

An Early-stage Core Formation Sword Cultivation Supreme Elder was equivalent in combat power to a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, if not even stronger.

"I’ll accept your well wishes, then. Does this mean you’ve agreed?"

"No." Fang Yun shook his head. "Elder Miao, regardless of whether I’m willing to become the Management Elder of Battle Peak, you’ll have to get past my master first."