Chapter 229 The Powerful Crystal


    He had finally seeded in bringing up the fire! Excitement flooded Austin''s handsome face.


    ording to the ts of the Elixir Foundation, making the fire was the first step to bing a pill


    refiner. And his ability to call it forth meant that he had the potential to be a pill refiner. A lot of


    people who had just started learning to refine pills couldn''t even make the fire.


    Only ones with a strong, good-quality vital energy had a chance. Besides, it also required having good


    control of the vital energy. Not meeting these requirements meant that they couldn''t conjure the fire.


    At first, Austin had only wanted to try if he could make it. But he hadn''t expected to be sessful just


    days after his first trial.


    Other pill refiners would surely be astonished at this fact. And they had reason to disbelieve it, because


    it usually took a regr pill refiner one, or even a few years to make the fire. And Austin bringing it up


    after mere days of learning was nothing short of a miracle.


    Austin let out a happy sigh of relief as he looked at the fire glowing in his hand.


    With just a flicker of his will, the fire disappeared immediately. What was more, it reached his elixir field


    through the energy meridian, and settled down in a quiet corner.


    "So this is the fire of a pill refiner!"


    Austin mumbled to himself. Willing it to change yet again, Austin made the fire pass back through the


    energy meridian into the palm of his hand, appearing with a sharp crack. He repeated the process a


    few times, and found that he was getting better at controlling the fire with each round.


    It was a pleasant surprise to Austin that he was able to finish the first two steps of pill-refining in just a


    few days. All that remained was to buy some spiritual herbs to assist him in refining pills.


    He also needed a cauldron. Once he had everything ready, he was going to learn how to do it.


    The problem was, all those things were all very expensive, especially the spiritual herbs. Immersed in


    these distressing thoughts, Austin gently stroked the Space Ring. He knew that he would use up a lot


    of the vital energy crystals it held, and he couldn''t help but feel a little sad about it.


    But there was no other way. This was the money he needed to spend if he wanted to learn pill-refining.


    And if he could seed in doing that, he would surely make a lot of money in the future.


    This possibility was sessful in quelling Austin''s hesitation. He put on his ck robe before opening


    the door that had been shut for five days now. After all, he had killed Marvin, and he knew that his


    uncle Johnson would be looking for him everywhere right now.


    He finally left the room and the hotel that he had been staying in, to do a bit of shopping. He decided to


    look for some spiritual herbs first, and then a cauldron. He wondered where he could find a good-


    quality cauldron in Peace Town.


    Johnson''s cultivation base was probably at the medium stage of the Earth Realm. Austin wasn''t afraid


    of confronting him, but he couldn''t say for sure that he would definitely win against him. What was


    more, now was not a good time. He had neither the time nor the heart to fight.


    He knew he had to keep a low profile for now and gain more power in the meantime. And when the


    time came and he achieved his goal, he would kill Johnson, because he was still a threat to him no


    matter what.


    Austin walked into one of the two pill trading streets in town. Since he only needed the spiritual herbs to


    practice by burning them and extracting the liquid medicine, he''d only get the cheapest spiritual herbs


    that were of the lowest quality.


    As he entered a random shop, he saw that there were two other martial artists dressed in ck robes,


    also shopping for spiritual herbs.


    Austin walked up where the spiritual herbs were on disy and started to look for what he needed.


    Austin seemed to have drawn the attention of the two martial artists, who kept ncing at Austin with


    confusion in their eyes.


    Austin was known for his strong spiritual sense. So the fact that the two strangers were ncing at him


    from time to time obviously piqued his interest.


    He could also clearly hear what both of them were talking about.


    "This guy dresses like he is a part of the Medicine Sect. Think he''s one of us?"


    "Yeah, he looks like one. But his robes are in the way. Can''t see his face and can''t tell if he belongs to


    us.


    Besides, if he really is, why didn''t he greet us when he walked in and saw us?


    I think he just happens to dress the same way as our Sect."


    "That''s true.


    We need to hurry up, though. Let''s just pick some spiritual herbs soon and leave before the others


    notice us.


    Medicine King asked us toe all the way here to get the powerful crystal without anyone finding out


    about it. The Cloud Cave actually hasn''t been found by any martial artist of the Violet Orchid Empire.


    Or the treasures there would have already attracted every capable martial artist in the country. There


    would have been war for them!"


    "Hush now! Be careful! You know our mission has to be a secret! Why do you talk about it in public?


    Especially on unfamiliar terrain? If Elder Cao hears of this, he will have your head!"


    The two strangers didn''t speak any further as they looked around the shop. When they found that


    nobody seemed to have noticed them, they let out sighs of relief.


    Austin didn''t have to look at them to hear what they were saying. His spiritual sense had been strong


    enough.


    And listening to them had proven that they weren''t martial artists of the Violet Orchid Empire, but


    belonged to the Medicine Sect, a sect from abroad.


    He wondered what exactly the Cloud Cave and the powerful crystal they were talking about were.


    His curiosity was pierced by Violet''s voice ringing through his mind, sounding shaky because of how


    excited she was.


    "Master, did someone just mention the powerful crystal?"


    Austin knew that Violet also had a good spiritual sense, only slightly weaker than his.


    Although she was hiding in the Illusion Bead, she had the ability to use her spiritual sense to observe


    things around them as long as she wanted to. But her overhearing the two martial artists might have


    been unintentional.


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    So Austin told Violet everything he had just heard.


    "The powerful crystal! The Cloud Cave! Oh my God! They are both real! Unbelievable! That''s exciting


    news!" !"


    Violet''s surprise tranted into her gasping so excitedly that she almost couldn''t formplete


    sentences.