Bai Qinying thought of this the moment she heard the news from Feng Tianrui.

She had never tested the type of Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact that Fang Yun had refined for her on a Demon.

She had originally thought this would be her chance.

But in the end, she wasn’t among the three Foundation Establishment Elders sent to reinforce the Shen Family.

Later, when she received news that Fang Yun had eliminated the Foundation Establishment Demons, all her frustration vanished completely.

Even if she had gone, Fang Yun would have ultimately beaten her to the punch. So, it made no difference whether she went or not.

There was also the fact that she was the one who had given Fang Yun the initial information.

In other words, she was the root cause of how things had turned out.

Bai Qinying never expected that after receiving her information, Fang Yun would head directly to the Shen Family’s ancestral land to provide support, skipping all the standard procedures.

For a reinforcement mission that wasn’t critically urgent like this one, you still had to go through the proper channels. Otherwise, there would be no corresponding mission rewards.

The stone door to the residence cave was already open.

They continued their conversation after entering the residence cave.

It was mostly Bai Qinying asking questions and Fang Yun answering.

After learning the details, Bai Qinying was surprised that Fang Yun had used a surprise attack to successfully take out two of the Foundation Establishment Demons first.

But on second thought, it made sense. Dealing with those Foundation Establishment Demons head-on would have been far more difficult. When it came to fighting Demons, any method that resulted in their death was a good method.

"Junior Brother, your strength is getting more and more impressive."

"Well, I can’t be getting weaker, can I?" Fang Yun said with a laugh.

To outsiders, his strength was progressing at a rapid pace. But since he was an outstanding Artifact Refiner and possessed the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body, such rapid improvement was considered within the normal range.

After they had chatted for a while, Bai Qinying left.

After this incident, Fang Yun knew that the sect’s upper-middle management would likely have a much better opinion of him.

His talent for Alchemy and Artifact Refining was high, and his combat ability was not lacking either.

Just like when he was a Qi Refining Stage disciple, his strength was anything but simple.

’I hope this increases my influence a little more.’

With this thought in mind, Fang Yun soon arrived at his Artifact Refining Room. Using the energy from Demon Stones, along with some of his own techniques, he opened all the Storage Pouches he had obtained from the Stone Demon Sect’s Foundation Establishment Demons.

"There’s even a piece of Yellow Phosphorus Rock Crystal." This was a pleasant surprise for Fang Yun. "With this Yellow Phosphorus Rock Crystal, and by combining it with a larger primary Spiritual Material, I can refine a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact."

The Yellow Phosphorus Rock Crystal was the biggest surprise this time.

There weren’t many Spiritual Materials in the Storage Pouches. Some were quite good, but he couldn’t use them yet. He would have to wait until he was capable of refining Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts with special properties against Demons.

He could use the remaining Spiritual Materials, but they were mostly supplementary materials.

Besides the Spiritual Materials, the most valuable items were the Demon Stones. Among them were twenty-seven Middle Grade Demon Stones.

Fang Yun planned to keep the Middle Grade Demon Stones and exchange most of the Lower Grade Demon Stones for Spirit Stones later.

The Demons’ Cultivation Techniques and Secret Techniques were useless.

Both the Cultivation Techniques and Secret Techniques involved Demon Beast bloodline transplantation and required a specific transplanted bloodline to be effective.

He would look through some of the Demons’ Cultivation Miscellaneous Books to better understand them.

"Four Foundation Establishment Demons, and only one Lower Grade Demon Artifact."

Fang Yun studied the Lower Grade Demon Artifact, which was equivalent to a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact.

"This refining technique is so crude. What a waste of materials..."

Before long, Fang Yun lost interest in the Lower Grade Demon Artifact. The Demons’ Artifact Refining legacy could only be described as mediocre, though there were a few small things worth learning from it.

Fang Yun had just committed those few worthwhile points to memory.

"Next up, refining the Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Earth Yellow Sword!"

Unlike refining the Lower Grade Earth Yellow Sword, this time the primary Spiritual Materials needed to be spliced together during the refining.

This splicing process would increase the difficulty of Artifact Refining.

Of course, this added difficulty was not enough to stump him, with his six-star Artifact Refining talent.

First, he would rest to recover his Spiritual Power.

Once he was ready, Fang Yun returned to his Artifact Refining Room.

The larger portion of the primary material was the Middle-grade Earth Yellow Stone Essence, and the smaller portion was the Yellow Phosphorus Rock Crystal.

If he hadn’t obtained this piece of Yellow Phosphorus Rock Crystal, Fang Yun had planned to gather enough Middle-grade Earth Yellow Stone Essence before attempting to refine a Middle Grade Earth Yellow Sword.

Materials for refining Spiritual Artifacts were inherently difficult to collect. As for the sect’s Tier Two Top-Grade Earth Yellow Ore, thanks to his maneuvering, a considerable amount of Earth Yellow Stone from it fell into his hands each year, all of which he had refined into essence.

So far, he had already collected over a pound of Upper Grade Earth Yellow Stone Essence.

Compared to the other Elders in the sect, his speed of collecting Spiritual Materials was already remarkably fast. This was due not only to his substantial capital but also to his current standing within the sect.

The more important one was to the sect and the higher one’s status, the more resources one would naturally be allocated.

Considering he had been a Sect Elder for less than two and a half years, Fang Yun was already very satisfied with the amount of resources he had managed to acquire.

’I have more than enough supplementary Spiritual Materials for the refining. If I add this small piece of Golden Scale Stone, I should be able to refine an Earth Yellow Sword with five Spirit Patterns...’

Fang Yun laid out all the Spiritual Materials he could use to refine the Earth Yellow Sword.

At this moment, he was very confident that he could refine a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact with five Spirit Patterns.

If Xiong Xingfeng were here, he would realize that his disciple was attempting a brute-force refinement.

With these Spiritual Materials, refining a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact with four Spirit Patterns was about the limit. The chances of creating one with five Spirit Patterns were less than one percent. Even his own disciple, he would think, could at best raise the probability of success to a mere ten percent.