I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 346 - 280: Future Sect Leader

"Fellow Daoist Luo, it’s a shame you didn’t come earlier. Otherwise, Fellow Daoist Li would have made a bet with us, and he’d be losing to us right now."

"Oh?"

Luo Yiyang replied nonchalantly while processing the voice transmission from his grandson.

"You’ll understand if you look over there."

Luo Yiyang glanced in the direction Wen Zhongyun was pointing, where the disciples of the Wind Ling Sect were sitting cross-legged.

Indeed, one look was all it took for Luo Yiyang to understand what they had been betting on.

"No, even if Fellow Daoist Luo had come earlier, I wouldn’t have made the bet," Li Mingyi retorted.

"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Li, you’re just being stubborn."

As Wen Zhongyun and Li Mingyi chatted, Luo Yiyang, who now understood Fang Yun’s situation, also joined their verbal battlefield.

For the rest of the time, the conversation was dominated by these three.

Bai Qinying, as the lead Elder for the Celestial Cloud Sect, would chime in from time to time when the topic turned to something she was knowledgeable about.

As for Fang Yun, he generally wouldn’t speak unless someone asked him a question directly.

For three days, the Elders waited there.

He couldn’t just cultivate by himself.

If Elders from other sects were also cultivating at this time, he would have definitely spoken up and asked to join them.

The entrance to the Secret Realm closed.

The three-day-long Four-Sect Trial was over.

Next came the tallying of points and the final rankings.

First place in this Four-Sect Trial went to Star Moon Valley, with a total of eighty-eight points.

This first-place score was three points lower than Fang Yun’s third-place finish in the last trial.

The Celestial Cloud Sect’s highest-scoring disciple was Wu Wei, who took third place with eighty-one points.

Based on the combined scores of its twenty-five disciples, the Celestial Cloud Sect ranked second overall.

In the Four-Sect Trial, a first or second-place finish was considered a victory.

The rewards were distributed!

This session of the Four-Sect Trial was officially over.

If there were no issues with the Wind Ling Sect in ten years, the next Four-Sect Trial would be held as scheduled, and the rewards would be decided then.

The Spirit Ship took flight.

It headed back toward the Celestial Cloud Sect.

After the disciples had all returned to their cabins, two figures stood on the Spirit Ship’s deck.

Fang Yun and Bai Qinying.

Bai Qinying chatted with Fang Yun as she effortlessly piloted the Spirit Ship.

After discussing a few matters, their conversation turned to Fang Yun refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Junior Brother, in the future, when the Three Sects ask you to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, will you be representing yourself or the sect?"

"This time, I’ll represent myself. In the future, I’ll represent the sect."

The transaction this time had been completed smoothly.

Representing himself was more trouble, both for the other parties and for Fang Yun.

For example, if an Elder from another sect came looking for him while he was in the middle of Alchemy or Artifact Refining, that Elder would have to wait, as they needed to see him personally.

Representing the sect was much simpler. It would just be a matter of following procedure.

When he had time, he could just go to the Dan Cloud Pavilion on Dan Cloud Peak to accept the requests.

"I have no use for so many Foundation Establishment Pills myself. Any I refine in the future will be exchanged for Contribution Points within the sect," Fang Yun explained bluntly.

In the future, basically all the Foundation Establishment Pills he made would go to the sect.

The sect gave back a great deal to him, especially with the monthly settlement of Talent Points. The bonus Talent Points he received were already more than five times his base amount.

"You don’t need Foundation Establishment Pills, and you don’t really need Sect Contribution Points either, do you," Bai Qinying said with a smile.

She had a pretty good idea of just how many Contribution Points Fang Yun had right now.

Given Fang Yun’s rate of spending Sect Contribution Points, he probably wouldn’t be able to use them all even in fifty years.

"Contribution Points are a way to contribute to the sect. There’s no need to be so calculative. Without the sect’s help, I probably wouldn’t have even been able to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining."

"Junior Brother, you’re quite enlightened," Bai Qinying’s smile didn’t fade. "A Cultivator like you would be perfect as the Sect Leader."

"It seems the Sect Leader of our Celestial Cloud Sect has to be the strongest of the Supreme Elders."

This was a point Fang Yun had come to understand by now.

"That’s right."

Bai Qinying had learned from her master, Feng Tianrui, that the future Sect Leader of the Celestial Cloud Sect would almost certainly be Elder Miao.

"Junior Brother, if you succeed in Core Formation in the future, you’ll have to defeat Elder Miao to become the Sect Leader, you know."

"What about you, Senior Sister?"

Bai Qinying, with her Abnormal Spirit Root, was one of the sect’s Core Formation Seeds.

Compared to him, Bai Qinying’s chances of reaching Core Formation were much higher.

"Me, fight Elder Miao? Forget it." Bai Qinying shook her head.

She had witnessed Miao Qinghong’s power at the Peak of Foundation Establishment, and it was terrifying.

But as for Fang Yun’s strength, she couldn’t fathom it at all.

Every time they sparred in Magical Combat, Fang Yun would defeat her with relative ease, but only by a small margin.

Fang Yun’s control over his power was unbelievably precise.

This was the conclusion she had reached after years of sparring with him in Magical Combat.

"Senior Sister, you think I could defeat Elder Miao after reaching Core Formation?"

"Of course! Your Senior Sister has great faith in you!"

Bai Qinying remembered clearly that Fang Yun’s greatest strength was his defense, not his offensive techniques.

Perhaps after reaching Core Formation, Fang Yun really could withstand Miao Qinghong’s attacks.

"Mm, let’s talk about it after I actually reach Core Formation."

The Spirit Ship continued forward at a constant speed.

Fang Yun and Bai Qinying continued to chat.

Two hours later, Fang Yun finally returned to his cabin and began to cultivate.

Just like the trip there, the journey back was uneventful.

With the Concealment Array on the Spirit Ship, it would take considerable effort for anyone to discover their exact location.

...

「Wind Ling Sect.」

In a room beside the alchemy workshop.