Chapter 417: Chapter 315: Cultivation Efficiency (2)
’What is this? A very strange power. It’s similar to Blood Power, but it isn’t.’
Inside the blood-colored box was a strange, dark red stone. The moment the box was opened, it began emitting a peculiar fluctuation.
After a brief look, Fang Yun closed the blood-colored box.
Then, he immediately opened the books and began flipping through them again.
’As expected, there are no corresponding records.’
The outcome was just as Fang Yun had predicted.
The books from the Purple Mist Sect only recorded some of the unique items from the "Land of No Master" Secret Realm. Besides, this strange dark red stone was probably not exclusive to the Land of No Master.
It was of great use to Nascent Soul Stage Blood Demons, a high probability, and such Spiritual Objects were typically Tier Four.
He decided to put away anything he couldn’t use for now.
He had encountered the Demon from the Black Dragon Hall early on in the "Land of No Master" Secret Realm. To Fang Yun, there wasn’t much in his Storage Pouch that was unrecognizable or particularly valuable, but it contained a great many Demon Stones, including a fair number of Middle Grade ones.
These genius Foundation Establishment Cultivators from Nascent Soul Influences were all quite wealthy.
In comparison, the Storage Pouches of other Foundation Establishment Cultivators were much poorer.
’For the sect, the Spiritual Materials from the Demons are more useful.’
Some Spiritual Materials could be used to supplement the refining of Spiritual Artifacts designed to counter Demons. This would allow the artifacts the Sect Elders needed him to refine to exert even greater power.
After a flurry of activity and sorting, by the time Fang Yun was finished, a two-hour period had passed without him noticing.
It was now nighttime.
Fang Yun wanted to cultivate and improve his Cultivation.
Ever since completing the Spirit Root cleansing, he had sought out Senior Ruan Hanfan, used his special Contribution Points from the Purple Mist Sect, and then left the sect.
He had not yet had a formal cultivation session since his Spirit Root was cleansed.
He went to the Cultivation Room.
The Gathering Spirit Array in the Cultivation Room was activated at full power, raising the concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi by a level.
Fang Yun wanted to first conduct a normal cultivation session to see the specific changes brought about by the Spirit Root cleansing.
This session lasted for three two-hour periods.
Fang Yun savored the wonderful process. Compared to his previous snail’s pace, his current speed was much faster.
’After the Spirit Root cleansing, my cultivation efficiency is about 3.6 times what it was before.’
His Spirit Root was now somewhere between Three Spirit Roots and Dual Spirit Roots, but closer to the latter.
Without external aid, a cultivator with Five Spirit Roots would need about two hundred years of arduous training to advance from the beginning of Late-stage Foundation Establishment to the peak. After his Spirit Root cleansing, Fang Yun would only need about fifty-five years of the same training to reach the Peak of Late-stage Foundation Establishment.
This was assuming normal, arduous cultivation in an environment where the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi met the standard for a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
In the Cultivation Room, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was much denser, which significantly increased cultivation efficiency.
After gaining a more concrete understanding of the changes from his Spirit Root cleansing, Fang Yun took out a Top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill, consumed it, and began refining and absorbing it.
Good Spirit Root Talent increases the absorption efficiency of auxiliary cultivation pills like this. Refining efficiency, on the other hand, was mainly determined by one’s Realm; cultivators at the same Realm had similar refining efficiencies regardless of their Spirit Root count.
The increase in absorption efficiency also boosted his overall efficiency.
Previously, it would have taken Fang Yun over two days to completely refine and absorb a Top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill. Now, it would take him just under two days. It wasn’t a huge improvement compared to normal cultivation, but it was still a time-saver.
’It won’t take me ten years, but less than nine, to reach the Peak of Late-stage Foundation Establishment.’ After clearly understanding the changes from the Spirit Root cleansing, Fang Yun further estimated the time he would need.
For the first ten-plus years after entering Late-stage Foundation Establishment, he had never cultivated normally, instead relying on refining and absorbing Top-grade Primordial Spirit Pills. Only later, when he ran short of them, did he begin to occasionally cultivate normally.
The situation was the same now, except that after the Spirit Root cleansing, his normal cultivation speed was much faster, shortening the time needed to reach the Peak of Late-stage Foundation Establishment by nearly ten years.
Overall, his cultivation still primarily relied on the aid of Top-grade Primordial Spirit Pills.
「Time passed, and it was now the twelfth month.」
The mid-to-high-level members of the Celestial Cloud Sect all knew that Fang Yun had returned from the Purple Mist Sect and had completed his Spirit Root cleansing.
Most of the Elders were not clear on the specific results of the Spirit Root cleansing.
In any case, they knew that Elder Fang Yun’s chances of breaking through to the Core Formation Stage in the future had increased dramatically.
It was common knowledge that the better one’s Spirit Root Talent, the more effective breakthrough-assisting pills were. If a Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill was used to aid a Four Spirit Roots cultivator, their chances of a successful breakthrough would increase more than if it were used by a Five Spirit Roots cultivator.
A Three Spirit Roots cultivator using a Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill would see a smaller increase in success rate than a Four Spirit Roots cultivator, because their success rate was already nearing its peak, close to a hundred percent. A Dual Spirit Roots cultivator would be even closer to a hundred percent, with only a Celestial Spirit Root cultivator achieving a full hundred percent. No matter how good the assistance, other cultivators could only get infinitely close, meaning there was always a theoretical possibility of failure.
With Fang Yun’s Spirit Root cleansing complete, not only a Low-grade Golden Core Pill, but also any Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects that aided Core Formation, would have a much greater effect.
In Fang Yun’s cave residence, Bai Qinying was also present.
This was the first time she and Fang Yun had met since he returned to the sect from the Purple Mist Sect.
"For the past month, I’ve been in secluded cultivation. I came over as soon as I heard the Sect Elders talking about you."
Fang Yun looked at Bai Qinying across from him and sensed her aura.
The current Bai Qinying had truly reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment.
At this point, if she wished, she could begin her official seclusion for Core Formation.
Calculating the time, Bai Qinying was only a little over one hundred years old now.
After the two chatted for a while, Fang Yun asked.
"Senior Sister, you’re only a step away from the Core Formation Stage now. When do you plan to attempt your breakthrough?"
As a Core Formation Seed of the sect, Bai Qinying possessed a Low-grade Golden Core Pill to aid her in Core Formation.
"Me? It won’t be many more years," Bai Qinying said after a moment of thought, giving her answer. She also wanted to break through to the Core Formation Stage as soon as possible.
However, before entering seclusion to attempt Core Formation, she needed to make more preparations, especially by studying the insights of the Sect Leader and the Supreme Elder on their own breakthroughs to the Core Formation Stage.
She would have to study these insights carefully, hoping to comprehend something from them to further increase her own chances of successfully forming a Core.
"So, what were the specific results of your Spirit Root cleansing?"
"It’s somewhere between Three Spirit Roots and Dual Spirit Roots, but closer to the latter."
"In that case, with the additional Core Formation Spiritual Object—the Cloud Ink Water—your chances of successful Core Formation should be about the same as mine." Based on Fang Yun’s description, Bai Qinying, who knew the sect planned to give him the Cloud Ink Water, could easily deduce his chances.
"Senior Sister, that’s not necessarily true," Fang Yun said, shaking his head. "In eighteen years, the sect will be able to refine three batches of Golden Core Pills. By then, I’ll be at the Peak of Foundation Establishment and can try my hand at refining them."
With his eight-star Alchemy Talent, it was possible that after refining two batches of Golden Core Pills, he could produce a Middle-grade one on the third attempt.
"A Middle-grade Golden Core Pill?"
"Yes," Fang Yun nodded.
"Among Third Tier pills, the situation with the Golden Core Pill should be similar to the Foundation Establishment Pill among Second Tier pills."
"It’s not the same. The main Spirit Medicine for the Golden Core Pill is Third Tier Middle Grade, while the main Spirit Medicine for the Foundation Establishment Pill is Second Tier Upper Grade..." When the topic turned to Alchemy, Fang Yun explained simply.
Once Bai Qinying understood, she didn’t continue the conversation on this topic with Fang Yun.
She wasn’t interested in refining pills; she preferred to talk with Fang Yun about cultivation and Magical Combat.
She had come to find Fang Yun this time not only to learn about his Spirit Root cleansing but also to hear about his experiences in the "Land of No Master" Secret Realm, which he had entered on behalf of the Purple Mist Sect.
Fang Yun briefly recounted his experiences. When he got to the parts about combat, Bai Qinying immediately became more animated.
"A Peak Foundation Establishment Blood Demon from the Blood Spirit Sect, and a Peak Foundation Establishment Demon from the Black Dragon Hall... Junior Brother, just what level has your strength reached?"
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