Chapter 186: Chapter 186: Base Over 10,000
"He died at my hands."
Yang Yingjie rembered the death of the Stone Demon Sect elder all too clearly.
The death of that Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demon had proven the imnse power of the disposable, Upper Grade Magical Artifact that Fang Yun had refined.
As for the matter of the Vermilion Demon Red Ore, there was no way the Demons from the Stone Demon Sect knew he was responsible.
Because all the Demons who knew were already dead.
"Since they couldn’t find who was behind it, they pointed their spears at the Shen Family." Yang Yingjie scratched his head, not having expected that he was the one who caused this whole affair.
"Senior Brother Yang, you don’t need to take this to heart. The Stone Demon Sect is targeting the Shen Family, but if I’m not mistaken, the conflict between them already ran deep."
It was just like the relationship between the Celestial Cloud Sect and the Celestial Demon Sect. There might be periods of relative stability, but the mont a problem arose, the conflict between them would imdiately escalate.
"How about I go help the Shen Family? I can kill a few more Demons in the Stone Demon Sect’s territory for them."
"Going into the Stone Demon Sect’s territory right now is too dangerous. If you get the chance, you could kill a few Demons within the Shen Family’s territory instead," Fang Yun offered his advice.
Fighting within your own sect’s territory undoubtedly gave you an advantage.
Historically, the Celestial Cloud Sect’s struggles against the nearby Evil Sects were primarily defensive.
"I guess that works."
Yang Yingjie thought for a mont and accepted Fang Yun’s suggestion.
He planned to head to the Task Hall later to see if there were any missions available in the Shen Family’s territory.
The two chatted for about a quarter of an hour before Yang Yingjie left, and Fang Yun resud his Cultivation.
’If this is just an issue between the Stone Demon Sect and the Shen Family, then the problem is much less severe than I thought.’
For him, the most important thing now was to hurry up and advance his Cultivation.
He had to break through to the Foundation Establishnt Stage before the Celestial Demon Sect made any major moves.
At that point, there would be much more he could do.
「Late January.」
「Nightfall.」
Fang Yun closed his book and opened the light screen.
The settlent was just beginning.
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First Place in the Four Sects Trial, Talent Points
10,000.
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Sect Influence: 35%
Talent Point Bonus: 225%
Settlent: Talent Points
39,316.
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Fang Yun looked at the settlent on the light screen. He was delighted that first place in the Four Sects Trial had given him a hefty 10,000 Talent Points.
What disappointed him was that there was no Talent Point reward for killing the energy bodies.
Defeating an opponent gave few Talent Points, but killing them gave a great many.
If killing the energy bodies had counted, this month’s Talent Point settlent would have been even more astonishing.
’As expected.’
Though disappointed, Fang Yun wasn’t surprised. He had already figured the settlent system would be this stingy, but he couldn’t help but hold out a sliver of hope.
From his return from the Four Sects Trial until now, his Sect Influence had increased by two percentage points.
The increase in influence was mainly due to him taking first place and breaking records in the Four Sects Trial. A secondary reason was the lingering effect of his previous Realm breakthrough.
Besides the Talent Points from the Four Sects Trial, the other miscellaneous points only added up to a little over two thousand, one of the smaller amounts he’d received in recent months.
Soon, Fang Yun navigated to the Life interface.
This ti, he had three hundred and ninety-three chances to draw Life Talents.
Draw all!
Alchemy Talent Fragnts x133
Artifact Refining Talent Fragnts x131
Planting Talent Fragnts x129
The number of fragnts obtained for the three Life Talents was quite close.
The Life Talent interface changed as follows:
Alchemy Talent ★★★★ (353/720)
Artifact Refining Talent ★★★★ (346/720)
Planting Talent ★★★★ (327/720)
Alchemy Talent, the one closest to leveling up, was only seven fragnts away from reaching half the requirent for the next level.
This settlent’s Talent Points were undoubtedly a massive boost.
In the next eleven months, if he worked hard, his Life Talents might reach five stars by the settlent at the beginning of January next year.
After closing the light screen, Fang Yun contemplated how to acquire more Talent Points in the future.
Two days ago, he had gone to see his master, Xiong Xingfeng, to learn more about the situation between the Stone Demon Sect and the Shen Family.
It was much as he had thought. Among all the Foundation Establishnt Influences within the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory, the feud between the Stone Demon Sect and the Shen Family ran the deepest.
This further confird his suspicion that the scope of this affair between the Stone Demon Sect and the Shen Family wouldn’t be very large.
Since it was just a struggle between Foundation Establishnt Influences, he could do as he had advised Yang Yingjie: go to the Shen Family’s territory and kill a few Demons.
Combat yielded Talent Points much faster than life skills.
He was no longer as weak as he once was. He now had the ability to kill even an early-stage Foundation Establishnt Demon.
’There’s no rush for now. I’ll wait for the right opportunity.’
Opening the book he had closed earlier, Fang Yun continued to read.
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「Shen Family Ancestral Land.」
This was the very heart of the Shen Family’s territory, much like how the Celestial Cloud Sect’s headquarters was the core of its own domain.
「In the great hall of the ancestral land.」
Patriarch Shen was present, along with two clan elders.
These three were also the Shen Family’s three Foundation Establishnt cultivators.
Besides the Shen Family’s three Foundation Establishnt cultivators, two Elders from the Celestial Cloud Sect were also present, Bai Qinying among them.
"Any news? Have the Foundation Establishnt Demons from the Stone Demon Sect made a move?" Bai Qinying asked promptly after taking a seat.
She had been stationed as a guardian in the Shen Family’s ancestral land for three months.
For most of those three months, she had spent her ti cultivating, without a single battle to fight.
Patriarch Shen had arranged the best cultivation grounds for the Celestial Cloud Sect Elders who had accepted the guardian mission.
"They have not made a move," Patriarch Shen replied.
’This Elder Bai from the Celestial Cloud Sect seems more anxious than I, the Patriarch of the Shen Family.’
But he did not wish for a battle above the Foundation Establishnt level to occur. If a fight of that scale broke out, the Shen Family would surely suffer imnse losses.
He preferred to see only skirmishes between those in the Qi Refining Stage.
"Elder Bai, there’s no need to be anxious. Even if the Foundation Establishnt Demons from the Stone Demon Sect do act, it likely won’t concern us for a while," Elder Cao said.
The guardian mission they had accepted was not an offensive one.
Since it was a guardian mission, they were only expected to act when the Stone Demon Sect’s Foundation Establishnt Demons attacked this location.
Before that happened, the Shen Family was expected to handle everything.
Elder Cao then turned to Patriarch Shen and asked, "Patriarch Shen, have there been any signs of Foundation Establishnt Demons from the Celestial Demon Sect?"
"None have been discovered so far."
"Then have any Celestial Demon Sect disciples participated in the fighting?" Elder Cao continued to ask.
"None of them have been spotted either."
After receiving these two pieces of news, Elder Cao nodded and grunted in affirmation.
’As long as no Demons from the Celestial Demon Sect are involved, it’s good news for . I don’t want the decades of peace we’ve had to be shattered so quickly.’
"Patriarch Shen, then why did you summon us?" Bai Qinying asked again.
"It’s like this," Patriarch Shen said, a bit embarrassed. "Lately, many of our Shen Family’s Qi Refining clansn are recovering from injuries, and we’re short-staffed in so areas. I was hoping the two of you Elders from the Upper Sect could ask the sect to send so disciples over to help."
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