Free Web NovelChapter 369: Chapter 291: A Huge Amount of Points
"Brother Feng, are you afraid of the mysterious Spirit Refiner?"
"It’s not that I’m afraid. It’s that this mysterious Spirit Refiner is especially troublesome."
Based on the information he currently had, Pang Feng knew that besides his strong concealment techniques, the mysterious Spirit Refiner was also an extremely cautious person.
Faced with such a Spirit Refiner, they might be able to destroy the Celestial Cloud Sect and still not find him.
"It’s precisely because he’s troublesome that we must deal with him." Lu Yaoling’s expression was incredibly serious. "Right now, this mysterious Spirit Refiner is targeting our subordinate Foundation Establishment Influences. Once he’s truly powerful, his targets will be your Demon Spirit Sect and my Celestial Demon Sect."
This was a possible future.
Therefore, they truly could not allow the mysterious Spirit Refiner to grow stronger.
"By the time we attack the Celestial Cloud Sect, the mysterious Spirit Refiner will probably have already fled," Pang Feng said, voicing the possibility he had just considered.
"Brother Feng, judging by what you’re saying, are you still not planning to deal with the Celestial Cloud Sect?" Lu Yaoling asked directly.
Lu Yaoling had already recalled the Sect Elders who had been dispatched to the Dragon Demon Palace.
When they returned, the treaty between the Celestial Demon Sect and the Demon Spirit Sect also came to an end.
According to their agreement, while the Celestial Demon Sect was helping the Dragon Demon Palace, if the Celestial Cloud Sect were to move against them, the Demon Spirit Sect was required to interfere with the Celestial Cloud Sect’s actions.
The premise for all of this was that the Celestial Demon Sect was still helping the Dragon Demon Palace deal with the Wind Ling Sect.
Once the dispatched reinforcements returned, the Demon Spirit Sect was no longer obligated to interfere with the Celestial Cloud Sect.
"Brother Lu, I never said we wouldn’t deal with the Celestial Cloud Sect. Things have already come to this. We of the Demon Spirit Sect will not just sit back and watch. We must put pressure on the Celestial Cloud Sect. This time, he was able to set an ambush in your Celestial Demon Sect’s territory; next time, it could be our Demon Spirit Sect’s territory."
After weighing the pros and cons, Pang Feng felt that they still had to act.
"Hahaha, that’s great! That’s great!"
As long as the Demon Spirit Sect joined forces with their Celestial Demon Sect, the next steps would be much easier to handle.
Relying on the strength of the Celestial Demon Sect alone, trying to eliminate the current Celestial Cloud Sect wasn’t just a little difficult—it was extremely difficult.
Having received an affirmative answer from Supreme Elder Pang Feng of the Demon Spirit Sect, Lu Yaoling had achieved his purpose for visiting.
After that, the two of them didn’t talk for much longer.
Lu Yaoling returned, completely satisfied.
The specific details of how to deal with the Celestial Cloud Sect involved many things that needed to be discussed; it wasn’t something the two of them could decide just by talking it over.
In the days to come, as they dealt with the Celestial Cloud Sect, not only would the Elders from the Celestial Demon Sect have to travel to the Demon Spirit Sect, but the Elders from the Demon Spirit Sect would have to do the same.
After seeing Lu Yaoling off, the Demon Spirit Sect Leader once again came to Supreme Elder Pang Feng’s residence.
After getting a general understanding of the situation, the Demon Spirit Sect Leader asked.
"Supreme Elder, when we move against the Celestial Cloud Sect from now on, will we no longer hold back?"
"Using our full strength won’t be necessary." Pang Feng shook his head. "We do want to eliminate the Celestial Cloud Sect, but we must do so at the lowest possible cost."
The Demon Spirit Sect Leader nodded upon hearing this, indicating he understood.
It meant using a small price to exchange for a great harvest.
Achieving such a result would be a great test of their planning.
"The Celestial Demon Sect is definitely more anxious to eliminate the Celestial Cloud Sect than we are. Although we will commit more strength this time, our role in the matter of destroying the Celestial Cloud Sect will still be a supportive one."
"Understood, Supreme Elder."
There was a significant difference between what Pang Feng had said to Lu Yaoling and what he was now saying to the Demon Spirit Sect Leader.
"Also, compared to destroying the Celestial Cloud Sect, the death of the mysterious Spirit Refiner is even more important to us."
At the very end, Pang Feng added one more point of emphasis.
The mysterious Spirit Refiner was from the Celestial Cloud Sect, and among all of the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Elders, he was the one most likely to come into their territory to cause trouble.
When that time came, their subordinate Foundation Establishment Influences might also vanish one by one without them even realizing it.
While dealing with the Celestial Cloud Sect, they absolutely had to be wary of the mysterious Spirit Refiner.
He had already arranged for the Demon Spirit Sect Leader to relay this information to their subordinate Foundation Establishment Influences.
In the days to come, they would need to be even more careful.
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Celestial Cloud Sect, Artifact Casting Peak.
Inside the Artifact Refining Room of Fang Yun’s cave residence.
He had just finished refining a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact—one designed to deal with Demons.
He was refining it for an Elder from Battle Peak. The provided Spiritual Materials were a bit subpar, so after some thought, Fang Yun had the Elder spend some Spirit Stones, and he supplemented the materials from his own stock.
His recent gains had been quite substantial, so it was no big deal to sell some Spiritual Materials to the Elders to help them out.
It was worth mentioning that while he was refining the Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact for dealing with Demons, his influence over the sect had increased by another one percent.
Fang Yun knew this was mainly an effect of his Realm breakthrough.
Most of the middle and upper echelons of the sect should now know that he had broken through to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm.
After putting away the Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact, Fang Yun left the Artifact Refining Room and began reading books related to Alchemy.
He estimated that there was about one hour left until the start of the second month.
He spent that hour reading.
He was rather looking forward to this settlement of Talent Points.
"It’s here."
When the time came, Fang Yun closed his book and opened the light screen.
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Killed 1 Late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon, Talent Points +270,000
...
Sect Influence: 78%
Talent Point Bonus: 552%
Settlement: Talent Points +7,621,819
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This time, the light screen was densely packed with text.
Row after row, it was all Talent Points acquired from killing Demons.
They ranged from Late-stage Foundation Establishment all the way down to Early-stage Qi Refining.
"Over 7.6 million Talent Points. Nice."
Fang Yun quickly went to the Life Talent interface and began drawing for Life Talent fragments.
In the end, he was left with 59 Talent Points.
On the Life Talent interface, the number of fragments for all three Life Talents saw rapid growth.
Looking at the changing Life Talent interface, Fang Yun made a simple calculation in his mind.
’The Talent Points I got last month have greatly accelerated the speed at which my Life Talents level up. Under normal circumstances, it would take just over three years for my Alchemy, Artifact Refining, or Planting Talents to reach eight stars... In fact, it might not even take three years...’
The so-called "normal circumstances" naturally referred to times when he was only acquiring Life Talent points.
The last operation had caused the Celestial Demon Sect to suffer a huge loss.
He felt the Celestial Demon Sect would most likely not swallow this insult. If so, he would have plenty of opportunities to acquire Combat Talent points.
After closing the light screen, Fang Yun took an Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Pill and began refining and absorbing it.
「The next morning.」
Bai Qinying came to find him.
"Senior Sister, what’s the matter?" Fang Yun asked directly after gesturing for Bai Qinying to sit down.
"Junior Brother, the latest news is that the Celestial Demon Sect’s Demons have retreated from the Dragon Demon Palace." Bai Qinying added, "This information is from the Wind Ling Sect."
"Good. The effects of our operation have been achieved."
In Fang Yun’s eyes, the main purpose of their recent operation in the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory was to acquire Combat Talent Points.
But in the eyes of the other Elders...
...whether it was his infiltration and raids or the ambush led by Bai Qinying and the Battle Peak Elders, it was all to force the Celestial Demon Sect to withdraw the Demons supporting the Dragon Demon Palace.
If Demons from the Celestial Demon Sect continued to appear near the Wind Ling Sect, their operations would have to continue.
"After the Celestial Demon Sect recalls its forces, they will most likely come to deal with us again."
"We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. Besides, we’re better at defense anyway," Fang Yun said in a relatively relaxed tone.
Unlike during the last great war, now that he had broken through to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, his strength had increased significantly.
If an Early-stage Core Formation Demon wasn’t careful, they could very well fall at his hands.
Now that he was more developed, he could handle a wider range of situations.
"As a whole, our Celestial Cloud Sect specializes in defense, but you’re different, Junior Brother." Bai Qinying stated her view. "Vortex Cave, Iron Tiger Manor, the Stone Demon Sect, plus the Demon Feng and Shu Families—you’ve taken down five Demon-controlled Foundation Establishment Influences."
"If the opportunity arises, I can keep going."
Fang Yun smiled. He was telling the truth.
If an opportunity to acquire a large number of Talent Points presented itself, he would absolutely not give it up.
This would not only accelerate his own development but also help the sect develop faster and better.
