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Chapter 354: Chapter 284: Late-stage Foundation Establishment

Without Fang Yun, disciples like him couldn’t have redeemed even Lower-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills with Spirit Stones and Contribution Points, let alone Middle-Grade ones.

Without even a Lower-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, attempting Foundation Establishment carried the risk of death.

That was why Wu Ruiyang was truly grateful to Fang Yun, even though they had never met.

Wu Ruiyang didn’t have to wait long.

Sect Leader Duan Qingyun slowly descended before him.

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

"There’s no need for such formalities."

"Elder Wu, do you know why I’ve come here?"

"I am the sect’s one-hundredth Foundation Establishment Elder."

"Mm."

This was a very significant event for the Celestial Cloud Sect, and for him as its Sect Leader.

The number of Sect Elders had grown rapidly over the past few decades, and if one had to name the person with the greatest contribution, it would undoubtedly be Fang Yun.

The Celestial Cloud Sect no longer had any Lower-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills; only Middle-Grade and Upper-Grade ones were available.

Fang Yun not only enabled the sect’s Spirit Plant Masters to cultivate every Spirit Medicine needed for refining Foundation Establishment Pills to its fullest potential, but he also acquired even more pills for the Celestial Cloud Sect while refining them for other Core Formation Sects.

Once the quantity and quality of Foundation Establishment Pills had improved, the proportion of Inner Sect Disciples with Three Spirit Roots who became Foundation Establishment Elders steadily increased.

And disciples with Three Spirit Roots were the most numerous within the sect.

As for disciples with Dual Spirit Roots, their success rate in reaching Foundation Establishment had always been high. They had previously accounted for more than half of the sect’s Elders.

As the number of Elders with Three Spirit Roots grew, the proportion of Elders with Dual Spirit Roots began to decline, even though their absolute numbers also increased thanks to the Foundation Establishment Pills.

Disciples with Abnormal Spirit Roots were another matter entirely. As soon as they became Inner Sect Disciples, an Elder would take them as a personal apprentice. They were considered Core Formation Seeds, objects of focused nurturing. To date, there had never been a case in the Celestial Cloud Sect of a disciple with an Abnormal Spirit Root failing to reach Foundation Establishment.

Abnormal Spirit Roots were simply too rare.

Since Huang Mengyang, not a single disciple with an Abnormal Spirit Root had appeared among the sect’s new recruits.

Throughout the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory in the Earth Realm, an Abnormal Spirit Root Cultivator typically appeared only once every few decades.

The Celestial Spirit Root, even rarer than the Abnormal Spirit Root, had last appeared more than seven hundred years ago. That disciple with a Celestial Spirit Root never fully matured, dying at the hands of a Demon when they reached the middle-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Sect Leader Duan Qingyun had come mainly to meet this particularly significant Elder.

After a brief chat with Wu Ruiyang, he asked,

"Now that you have reached Foundation Establishment and become an Elder, where do you intend to serve?"

"Sect Leader, I wish to go to Battle Peak."

"Good."

「Half a day later.」

At Cloud Summit, in the meeting place for the sect’s high-level leadership.

Duan Qingyun and the four Supreme Elders were already seated.

Before the meeting officially began, Duan Qingyun shared a piece of good news.

"I have some good news. The number of Elders in the sect has now reached three digits."

"Very good news, but it was only a matter of time," Zhong Yankun said with a smile.

If one had to say who among the sect’s upper echelon understood Fang Yun the best, it would certainly be him.

He shared a connection with Fang Yun that the other high-ranking members of the sect did not have.

As long as Fang Yun continued to create value for the sect on the path of Alchemy, the number of Sect Elders reaching one hundred was something that could have been foreseen long ago.

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"I wonder if the number of Core Formation cultivators in the sect will exceed ten in another hundred years or so?" Duan Qingyun mused, thinking about the century to come.

Unfortunately, given his own Life Span, he would certainly not live to see that day.

With the increase in the number of Sect Elders, the Foundation Establishment base had grown, so an increase in the number of Core Formation cultivators was a natural consequence.

Theoretically, as long as the sect had a sufficient number of Foundation Establishment Elders, the number of Core Formation cultivators would inevitably reach double digits in the future.

With the good news out of the way, it was time for the official agenda of the meeting.

"Has everyone read the intelligence from the Evil Extermination Hall?" Sect Leader Duan Qingyun asked first.

The reason for this meeting was a piece of bad news provided by the Evil Extermination Hall.

The intelligence suggested that the Celestial Demon Sect was highly likely to support the Dragon Demon Palace in dealing with the Wind Ling Sect.

After confirming that all the Supreme Elders were up to speed, Duan Qingyun continued,

"What are your thoughts?"

"We should attack the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory directly, right now." Miao Qinghong was the first to state her opinion, and she gave her reasons. "The Celestial Cloud Sect now has over a hundred Foundation Establishment Elders, and Battle Peak alone has thirty-five. There’s no reason not to attack the Celestial Demon Sect."

Finally, Miao Qinghong added a question.

"By the way, Sect Leader, where is the newest Foundation Establishment Elder assigned?"

"Battle Peak."

"Then Battle Peak’s Elder count is now thirty-six."

"Elder Miao, it’s not time to be hasty." The one who spoke was Supreme Elder Wang Lingwei. "The intelligence from the Evil Extermination Hall only says the Celestial Demon Sect *might* support the Dragon Demon Palace. Until we can confirm that they *will* support them, we absolutely must not make a move."

"Supreme Elder Wang is right."

This time, it was Supreme Elder Zheng Wuji who spoke.

"We cannot act without confirming that the Celestial Demon Sect is supporting the Dragon Demon Palace. I’m well aware that if the Wind Ling Sect is truly destroyed by the Dragon Demon Palace, the palace will likely ally with the Celestial Demon Sect and the Demon Spirit Sect to deal with us. But as of now, the Celestial Demon Sect hasn’t supported the Dragon Demon Palace yet, have they?"

Zhong Yankun had not yet offered his opinion, choosing to remain silent for the time being.