I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 44: I Will Work Hard

He channeled Spiritual Power into the Profound Iron Shield.

Before even half of his Spiritual Power was infused, the face of the Profound Iron Shield began to glow with a dark luster.

This indicated that the Profound Iron Shield’s defensive capability had reached its maximum.

Under the influence of his talent, its defensive power had certainly increased, but he still needed to test it to find out by how much.

So, while activating the Profound Iron Shield, Fang Yun divided his focus and cast the Golden Needle Technique. This magic, typically used against pests, also had decent offensive power.

Dividing his attention like this was mentally taxing.

If his Shield Talent hadn’t already been upgraded to one-star, an action like this would have been even more exhausting for Fang Yun.

’A one-star Shield Talent provides a huge bonus to Lower-Grade Shield Spiritual Artifacts. Not only is the Spiritual Power required to use the artifact greatly reduced, but its defensive capability is also significantly enhanced, and it’s even easier to control...’

Fang Yun mentally summarized the effects of upgrading his Shield Talent to one-star.

This was just the enhancement for Lower-Grade Magical Artifacts; the effects on Middle-Grade and Upper-Grade Magical Artifacts would surely be different.

It was a given that a higher-star Combat Talent would provide a greater bonus. Fang Yun was testing for specific results, which would also help him better understand his Combat Talents.

When playing a game, these things were just stats. But there was a big difference between stats and a real-life situation.

For instance, the actual handling of a Magical Artifact in battle couldn’t be represented by data. In a game, it would mostly just show up as a percentage increase in power.

After testing his Shield Talent, Fang Yun put away the Profound Iron Shield.

Next, he would test the effects of his upgraded Shoe Talent.

There was no moon tonight.

A light, drizzling rain fell from the night sky.

Ordinary rain had almost no effect on a Cultivator’s travel.

After putting on his Light Spirit Shoes and infusing them with Spiritual Power, Fang Yun took off running in one direction.

His body felt much lighter than before, and he was consuming far less Spiritual Power. The effects of the Light Spirit Shoes had been greatly amplified by his one-star Shoe Talent.

Upon returning to his residence, a warmth spread through Fang Yun’s body as he used his Spiritual Power to dry his hair. Not a single drop of water remained on his clothes.

Any raindrops that landed on his Outer Sect disciple uniform simply flowed right off, leaving no feeling of dampness at all.

He sat on the edge of his bed.

Fang Yun made a more detailed summary of the two tests. At the same time, he gained a clearer understanding of the enhancement a one-star Combat Talent provided to Lower-Grade Magical Artifacts.

Next, assuming his luck was good enough, he would need 18,000 Talent Points to upgrade all his Combat Talents to two-star.

Upgrading all his Life Talents to four-star would require roughly three times the Talent Points needed for his Combat Talents. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

In the future, Fang Yun planned to upgrade all his Combat Talents to two-star before working on his Life Talents.

He had already scheduled a full agenda for himself before the end of the year.

Tonight, he had planned things out in even greater detail.

As time passed, he drifted off to sleep to the sound of the rain...

Fang Yun woke up early the next morning.

He glanced out the window.

"The weather’s nice. Good for planting."

Today, he had to plant all six hundred Qi Nourishing Grass seeds.

The six mu of Tier One, Lower-Grade Spirit Fields he was heading to this time were in a different location than before.

After some thought, Fang Yun decided to go to his old spot first to greet Tian Ruifeng and tell him that his task for the next year would be planting Qi Nourishing Grass.

"Senior Brother Tian," Fang Yun called out, looking at Tian Ruifeng, who was tending to his Purple Crystal Rice.

Tian Ruifeng looked up and asked, "Junior Brother Fang, how many mu of Purple Corn are you planning to tend to this time?"

As someone who was already at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, Fang Yun had a chance of breaking into the top one hundred on the Spirit Plant List, even if he spent little time on planting.

It all depended on how many mu of Purple Corn Fang Yun was thinking of tending to.

Tian Ruifeng was well aware of Fang Yun’s Purple Corn harvest results from yesterday.

Each mu had yielded over 115 jin. And that was with Fang Yun not being particularly diligent in tending to the Purple Corn plants.

Even though Fang Yun had planned his time very well, in Tian Ruifeng’s eyes, the frequency with which he tended to the Purple Corn was simply not diligent enough.

No matter how good his relationship with Tian Ruifeng was, Tian Ruifeng would still consider his planting habits lazy.

"This time, I’m not tending to Purple Corn. I’m tending to Qi Nourishing Grass."

"A task from the sect?"

"That’s right," Fang Yun nodded.

Tian Ruifeng knew that Fang Yun’s previous two tasks of tending Purple Corn had been his own requests.

"Junior Brother, if you want to tend to Purple Corn, or even Purple Crystal Rice, I can go put in a word for you."

"I wouldn’t want to trouble you, Senior Brother."

Fang Yun shook his head. It didn’t matter to him what he planted; he hadn’t reached the point where he felt a strong desire to cultivate a specific type of Spirit Medicine.

If he really wanted to plant Purple Corn, he could still use the method Tian Ruifeng had taught him before.

He could request a task with higher requirements and state that he wanted to cultivate a mutated plant in order to become a true Spirit Plant Master.

It had taken Tian Ruifeng nearly seventy years to achieve that goal.

"Alright then. If you need anything, you must let me know." Tian Ruifeng recalled that Qi Nourishing Grass was one of the Spirit Medicines Fang Yun needed for his Alchemy, so he didn’t press the issue.

It was all up to Fang Yun’s own wishes.

Tian Ruifeng was very happy that Fang Yun had made a special trip to tell him this before going off to plant the Qi Nourishing Grass.

After bidding farewell to Tian Ruifeng, Fang Yun headed for the six mu of Spirit Fields he would be tending to for the next year.

Meanwhile, Tian Ruifeng lowered his head and continued to tend to his Purple Crystal Rice.

He passed through area after area of Spirit Fields.

Fang Yun could already see vast patches of Qi Nourishing Grass.

"Huh, isn’t that Junior Brother Fang?"

"Hello, Senior Brother."

"With your Alchemy Talent, Junior Brother, why are you still taking on planting tasks?"

"Come on, Senior Brother. No matter what, I became a Sect Disciple because of my Planting Talent."

"Hahaha, that’s true. Well, if you find yourself short on Qi Nourishing Grass in the future, and I happen to have some, make sure to come give your Senior Brother some business, you hear?"

"No problem."

This was the senior brother who owned the stall where Fang Yun had first bought Qi Nourishing Grass.

The senior brother was at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, three minor realms higher than Fang Yun was back then. Now, the gap between them was only a single minor realm.

Besides this senior brother, Fang Yun also saw other senior brothers and sisters whose stalls he had patronized.

Fang Yun exchanged simple greetings with anyone he was relatively familiar with.

The first step in planting Qi Nourishing Grass was to till the fields.

Earth Flipping Technique!

"Junior Brother Fang, you’re already at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer!"

Fang Yun heard a cry of surprise after he had tilled three mu of the Spirit Fields.

"I am, Senior Sister Xiao," he replied, turning his head.

He had bought quite a lot of Qi Nourishing Grass from this Senior Sister Xiao; she probably ranked second among all the sellers he’d bought from.

"I’m still your senior sister for now, but soon I’ll be your junior sister."

Senior Sister Xiao was still in a state of shock.

Her realm was the same as Fang Yun’s: Qi Refining Fifth Layer.

Within the Celestial Cloud Sect, the use of "senior brother," "junior brother," "senior sister," and "junior sister" was determined by one’s realm. If two people were in the same realm, seniority went to whoever had reached it first.

"Mm, Senior Sister Xiao, I’ll do my best."

He planned to break through to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer before the end of the year, so there was no need for false modesty now.

As long as the senior brothers and sisters in this area of Spirit Fields knew his current realm, they would understand how powerful his Alchemy Talent was.