Free Web NovelChapter 379: Chapter 296: Magical Treasure Effect 2
He needed to rest well now, to get a good night’s sleep.
"Sleep."
Fang Yun collapsed onto his bed and fell asleep. He slept for a whole day and night.
When Fang Yun woke up, he felt refreshed and invigorated.
"It’s been a long time since I’ve slept for that long."
It was a good thing his Foundation Establishment Stage body was tough enough. The prolonged exertion reminded Fang Yun of some unpleasant experiences from his past life.
Fang Yun had never heard of a Foundation Establishment Level Cultivator dying from overwork, so there was nothing to worry about on that front.
It was possible to pass out from excessive energy consumption, though.
During the coma, one would continuously recover their energy, and upon waking, they’d be just as full of vigor.
"Hoo... Next up is bonding with the Magical Treasure."
After waking, Fang Yun quickly took out the Magical Treasure-level Earth Yellow Sword.
He dripped a drop of his essence blood onto it. When the essence blood perfectly merged with the Magical Treasure, the bonding process was complete.
A normal Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator could only unleash a very limited amount of power from a Magical Treasure with one Prohibition. Moreover, the energy consumption was enormous. Therefore, even if a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator possessed a Magical Treasure, they could only use it at critical moments. Using it at any other time was more of a burden.
Cultivators at the Peak of Foundation Establishment were much better off. Some of them, whose Cultivation Techniques were highly compatible with the Magical Treasure, could barely manage to wield one with a single Prohibition.
’With the boost from my six-star Combat Talent, I wonder what the effect will be?’
With a thought, Fang Yun quickly infused his Spiritual Power into the Earth Yellow Sword with its single Prohibition.
’The Spiritual Power consumption is manageable. It’s about the same amount a Cultivator at my Realm would use to control two Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts at once.’
Fang Yun was thinking about the consumption rate for an ordinary Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator controlling ordinary Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts. If it were him, the amount of Spiritual Power he’d use to control two Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts would be pitifully small.
"Go!"
The Magical Treasure, the Earth Yellow Sword, circled around him once before swiftly shattering the special stone slab Fang Yun used for testing its power.
Based on the test results, Fang Yun had a rough idea.
’Even though I can only unleash a portion of the Earth Yellow Sword’s power, with the boost from my six-star talent, the power it displays is even slightly higher than that of an ordinary Magical Treasure with one Prohibition.’
Fang Yun was very satisfied with the results.
The six-star Combat Talent truly lived up to its reputation as a star level theoretically sufficient for the Core Formation Realm. He was only at Late-stage Foundation Establishment, yet he could already wield a Magical Treasure with such might. Once he broke through to the Peak of Foundation Establishment and could unleash even more of the power of the one-Prohibition Earth Yellow Sword, its might would become even more terrifying.
’I wonder if my Combat Talent will be able to level up to seven stars when I break through to the Peak of Foundation Establishment...’
Fang Yun looked forward to what would happen after he broke through to the Peak of Foundation Establishment, and he also anticipated another upgrade to his Combat Talent.
The former could likely be achieved by following the established steps. As for the latter, the timing would depend on how many Combat Talent Points he acquired in the future. His acquisition of Life Talent Points was already steadily increasing.
After putting away the one-Prohibition Earth Yellow Sword.
Fang Yun also changed the status sign outside his cave residence.
The refining process had taken more than sixteen days. During that time, Battle Peak had notified him twice. He had only glanced at the notices when he left the Artifact Refining Room because he had been utterly exhausted.
Just as Fang Yun finished changing the sign outside his cave residence, he heard a knock on the door.
This meant someone had been waiting outside for him.
There were three people who had done this before: Song Qiaoqiao, Bai Heyan, and his master, Xiong Xingfeng.
Fang Yun guessed it was most likely his master, Xiong Xingfeng, this time.
The stone door to the cave residence opened, and the person who entered was just as he had expected: his master.
"Master," Fang Yun said with a respectful bow.
"Elder Zhao told me the Third Tier Lower Grade Earth Yellow Stone was delivered to you. Have you been refining a Magical Treasure for the past half-month?"
"That’s right."
Xiong Xingfeng smiled, with an I-knew-it expression.
"How did the Magical Treasure refining go?"
"It was a success."
"Mm." Xiong Xingfeng wasn’t the least bit surprised by this result.
He knew his disciple’s talent for Artifact Refining well. Since he was only at Late-stage Foundation Establishment, refining a Magical Treasure for the first time would be no small feat, but it wouldn’t stump him. Besides his excellent talent, his disciple also placed great importance on accumulating experience in Artifact Refining.
For his disciple to even attempt it, he must have been eighty to ninety percent confident of success. Despite not being surprised, Xiong Xingfeng was still very curious about the result, which was why he had waited outside for half a day.
He had even factored in Fang Yun’s refining and rest time.
"Now that you have experience successfully refining a Magical Treasure, if the Supreme Elder or the Sect Leader want to refine an ordinary Magical Treasure in the future, they’ll come to you," Xiong Xingfeng couldn’t help but say.
His own Artifact Refining skill was quite good, but he had yet to successfully refine a Magical Treasure.
So far, he had managed to refine three supreme-grade Spiritual Artifacts.
The sect had provided the Spiritual Materials he’d used for those.
If the sect’s upper echelons really wanted a Magical Treasure refined, their best choice wasn’t someone from the Purple Mist Sect, but an Artifact Refiner from Star Moon Valley.
Among the four current Core Formation cultivators in Star Moon Valley, one was a Core Formation Stage Artifact Refiner. Having him refine a Magical Treasure was significantly cheaper.
That was the situation before. Now, it was certainly no longer necessary.
If there was a need to refine an ordinary Magical Treasure, they could just find Fang Yun. Of course, Magical Treasures couldn’t be refined just on a whim; collecting the Spiritual Materials alone took a very long time.
The master and disciple mostly talked about Artifact Refining.
In the past, it was always Xiong Xingfeng who guided and shared practical Artifact Refining experience with Fang Yun.
Now, it was mostly Fang Yun who did the sharing. However, Xiong Xingfeng couldn’t understand some parts, and even what he did understand was difficult to imitate—for example, the refining of Spiritual Artifacts designed to counter Demons.
After using up many sets of Spiritual Materials, Xiong Xingfeng had only barely managed to refine an Upper Grade Magical Artifact to counter Demons. He wasn’t sure if he could succeed the next time. As for refining a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact for dealing with Demons, he was still a million miles away.
In this regard, Xiong Xingfeng was a bit disappointed in himself.
Fang Yun, on the other hand, felt his master had already done an excellent job.
Other Artifact Refiners’ talents couldn’t compare to his. His Artifact Refining talent was not only high-level now, but it also had a certain uniqueness to it.
After their conversation about Artifact Refining ended, Fang Yun asked.
"Master, when do you plan to attempt to break through to the Core Formation Stage?"
Xiong Xingfeng was almost two hundred years old. Fang Yun remembered that his master had already reached the true Peak of Foundation Establishment as early as five years ago.
To reach this Realm sooner, his master had also bought some pills from Dan Cloud Pavilion to aid his cultivation when their stock was plentiful.
"Me? I’m not in a hurry right now," Xiong Xingfeng replied after some thought.
Whether he tried to break through to the Core Formation Stage now or later, Xiong Xingfeng knew he only had one chance.
Rushing it wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
In his situation, the probability of failure was very high, and the risk was considerable. Most of the Elders in the sect who had cultivated to his Realm were in the same boat.
Xiong Xingfeng’s answer let Fang Yun know that his master would likely attempt to break through to the Core Formation Stage in twenty or thirty years.
After Xiong Xingfeng left, Fang Yun quickly entered his Cultivation Room and began to cultivate.
He consumed an Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Pill.
When he had refined and absorbed about two-thirds of the pill, Fang Yun opened his eyes and stopped the process.
It was now early June, and last month’s Talent Points had already been calculated.
Fang Yun wanted to see how many base Talent Points refining a Magical Treasure with one Prohibition would give him.
A screen of light was already open.
——
Refining one-Prohibition Magical Treasure Earth Yellow Sword x1, Talent Points +113,280
Artifact Refining Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pill x21, Talent Points +7,938
...
Sect Influence: 78%
Talent Point Bonus: 552%
Total: Talent Points +790,342
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"It seems that successfully refining a Magical Treasure with one Prohibition provides at least 100,000 base Talent Points."
Over sixteen days, that averaged out to around 7,000 base Talent Points per day, which was quite good.
Last month, besides refining the Magical Treasure-level Earth Yellow Sword, he had also refined three batches of Spirit Ascension Pills, increasing the sect’s inventory.
He switched to the Combat Talent interface. After drawing for Combat Talent 790 times, he had pushed the upgrade progress forward by about six-tenths of a percent.
