I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 368: Chapter 291: A Large Amount of Points

Black Ghost Cave.

Within the underground black grand hall.

Elder after elder from the Black Ghost Cave was already seated.

The last time a situation like this occurred was only a year ago.

Normally, they would only hold a meeting of this scale once every ten years. For most of the Black Ghost Cave’s elders to be present now meant that something major was about to happen.

"According to the latest intelligence, Spirit Refiners from the Celestial Cloud Sect have infiltrated Celestial Demon Sect territory and ambushed their Demons."

"What’s the exact situation? To think those Spirit Refiners from the Celestial Cloud Sect would actually dare to do this."

"What else could it be? This was all started by the Dragon Demon Palace, a Demon faction, and the Wind Ling Sect, a Spirit Refiner faction."

"This is good news for our Black Ghost Cave."

At this, many of the Black Ghost Cave elders laughed sinisterly.

They considered the last battle between the Celestial Cloud Sect, the Celestial Demon Sect, and the Demon Spirit Sect a great pity.

The great war hadn’t been fought to the bitter end before both sides simply fizzled out.

The outcome they most wanted to see was the Celestial Demon Sect and the Demon Spirit Sect paying a heavy price to annihilate the Celestial Cloud Sect and occupy its territory.

The moment the Demons occupied Celestial Cloud Sect territory would be their time to strike.

"This time, the battle between the Demons and the Spirit Refiners won’t be as easy to end as the last one."

"Agreed. The Celestial Cloud Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators are lying in ambush on Celestial Demon Sect lands. Knowing the tempers of those Demons, they will never tolerate it. They used to be the ones ambushing Foundation Establishment Spirit Refiners in Celestial Cloud Sect territory; now the tables have turned."

"Our Black Ghost Cave can just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

"At the right moment, we can add some fuel to the fire and further escalate the conflict between the Spirit Refiners and the Demons."

"Elder Sheng, let’s forget that idea. If we handle it poorly, any attempt to escalate the conflict will only backfire. It would be best for us to do nothing at all."

If their actions were discovered, it would likely cause both the Celestial Demon Sect and the Celestial Cloud Sect to calm down considerably.

In this land, it wasn’t just Spiritual Power and Demon Power that were cultivated; there were also those like them, who cultivated Yin Power.

"Going forward, intelligence gathering will be paramount. Elder Qu, you are to make the necessary arrangements," the most prestigious Ghost Cultivator present, Elder Tan, spoke.

"Yes, Elder Tan."

The ambitions of the Black Ghost Cave were great, but they needed the right opportunity.

Judging from this latest news, the present opportunity was greater than any they had seen before.

...

Demon Spirit Sect.

Lu Yaoling, a Supreme Elder of the Celestial Demon Sect, had come here once again.

He had originally intended to just send the Spirit Destruction Hall Master. With two crucial pieces of intelligence in hand, he was confident the Demon Spirit Sect’s leadership would grasp the situation.

But on second thought, he realized that coming himself would better convey the gravity of the situation, so he had come personally.

After being received by the Demon Spirit Sect Leader, he was quickly granted a meeting with Pang Feng, a Supreme Elder of the Demon Spirit Sect.

"Brother Lu, I didn’t expect to see you again so soon."

"Brother Feng, this situation is unlike any before."

Pang Feng gestured for Lu Yaoling to sit before he spoke further.

After sitting down across from him, Lu Yaoling got straight to the point and shared the two crucial pieces of news.

"I can now confirm with absolute certainty that the mysterious Spirit Refiner comes from the Celestial Cloud Sect. And there is another important piece of information: Fang Yun of the Celestial Cloud Sect has refined a special Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact."

At this, Lu Yaoling added a conjecture of his own.

"The reason the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Spirit Refiner is so powerful is, I believe, because Fang Yun has been supplying him with Spiritual Artifacts. That mysterious Spirit Refiner might even have a special Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact in his possession by now!"

Having shared both the news and his conjecture, Lu Yaoling watched Pang Feng.

He wanted to know what Pang Feng thought after hearing this information.

Pang Feng’s brow furrowed as he took in the news. Clearly, what Lu Yaoling had brought was anything but good. The information also indicated that if they didn’t act against the Celestial Cloud Sect now, the threat it posed to them would only grow greater and greater.

"Brother Feng, you can’t still be questioning whether the mysterious Spirit Refiner is from the Celestial Cloud Sect, can you? Go and ask around. Besides our Celestial Demon Sect territory, has the mysterious Spirit Refiner appeared anywhere else?" The other places Lu Yaoling was referring to were the other Core Formation Demon factions within the Qionglin Domain.

"I’m not questioning it," Pang Feng said, shaking his head.

It had always been highly likely that the mysterious Spirit Refiner came from the Celestial Cloud Sect; now it was a certainty. He truly had no reason to doubt it now.

"In that case, Brother Feng, your stance can’t possibly be the same as before. We must be the ones to deal with the Celestial Cloud Sect. We can’t wait for our successors."

Pang Feng didn’t answer right away, falling silent for a moment.

He had said it before.

In a situation where the Celestial Cloud Sect was growing stronger, their two sects could only wait. The time to strike would be when the Celestial Cloud Sect’s overall strength declined.

And that time was not now, nor would it be in the next hundred years. Therefore, dealing with the Celestial Cloud Sect could only be left to the future Supreme Elders of their two sects.

In any case, the Celestial Cloud Sect hadn’t taken the initiative to attack them in nearly a thousand years.

"Brother Lu, our previous decision was a mistake. We shouldn’t have helped the Dragon Demon Palace." After his silent contemplation, Pang Feng seemed somewhat regretful.

The Celestial Demon Sect had only been able to help the Dragon Demon Palace because of a profit-sharing agreement with the Demon Spirit Sect.

If they hadn’t agreed to the terms, the Celestial Demon Sect would not have gone to support the Dragon Demon Palace.

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Yaoling was confused. "I don’t see any problem with our decision. If the Dragon Demon Palace had been able to destroy the Wind Ling Sect, the benefits for us would have been substantial."

"That mysterious Spirit Refiner you mentioned—if you hadn’t gone to support the Dragon Demon Palace and had just let them deal with the Wind Ling Sect on their own, he never would have intervened."