Chapter 290 Cultivation Of The Spiritual Sense


    Austin''s first effort to refine the Energy-promoting Elixir had failed. He copsed to the ground from


    fatigue. He really needed a rest.


    After a long time, he stood up again and began his second experiment.


    In this way, he failed three times in session and wasted three portions of medicinal materials.


    However, little by little, he became acquainted with the refining process of the Energy-promoting Elixir.


    By his third attempt, he had obtained some basic experience on how to control the size and


    temperature of the me during the refinement.


    An hourter, during his fourth attempt, he found that an elixir was finally taking shape.


    The elixir glowed with a beautiful faint blue luster like a diamond.


    Austin opened the lid of the herbal pot and picked up the elixir. Then, he carefully put it in a jade bottle.


    Finally, he had seeded in refining an elixir.


    He took a deep breath, and then put the jade bottle under his nose and sniffed. The strong fragrance


    emitting from the elixir was refreshing.


    He felt that the quality of the elixir wasn''t bad considering it was the first one he had ever refined.


    Cheered up by his sess, Austin continued his refining of the Energy-promoting Elixirs.


    He seeded the second time.


    And then the third.


    He kept refining the Energy-promoting Elixirs. . .


    The final time was a sess too.


    In the end, Austin had refined seven Energy-promoting Elixirs from the ten portions of medicinal


    materials he had procured.


    The more he practiced, the better the quality of the Energy-promoting Elixirs he refined became.


    This was the result of the continuous improvement of his alchemy.


    Austin quickly threw on his disguise so that he could bring these seven Energy-promoting Elixirs to the


    elixir store where he had sold the muscle-generating powderst time.


    Once he left the inn, he cautiously chose an alley with fewer people.


    He knew that he had made many enemies recently.


    His biggest concern was the Blood Wolf Team since he had killed dozens of its members. All those


    members hadn''t been strong and their cultivation bases had been at Energy Gathering Realm or Earth


    Realm.


    Of course, Austin had also killed Raymond, the grandson of the Chief Elder of the ming Sun Valley.


    Even though he was doing his best to be careful, he was still afraid that the Chief Elder of the ming


    Sun Valley would track him down to avenge his grandson''s death.


    The ming Sun Valley was a big sect that was stronger than the Sun Sect. With its power and


    resources, the ming Sun Valley could easily find out that Austin was involved in Raymond''s death.


    Moreover, he had also killed Johnson, the steward of the Sun Sect. There were only dozens of


    stewards in a sect. Losing a steward was not a trivial matter, so the Sun Sect would certainly attach


    great importance to it and carry out a thorough investigation.


    Austin knew that his cultivation base was pretty high since he was at the premium stage of Earth


    Realm now.


    But he had many strong enemies. He was facing the three major forces of the Violet Orchid Empire: the


    Blood Wolf Team, the ming Sun Valley, and the Sun Sect.


    On the other hand, he was all alone and helpless in the world.


    There were many strong cultivators in these sects, but he was confident that with his current strength,


    he could defeat the cultivators who were at the Earth Realm.


    But if and when he had to face the cultivators who were at the Mysterious Realm, he would be in


    serious trouble.


    Therefore, he had to keep a low profile until he was strong enough to defeat them.


    A few momentster, Austin reached the elixir store. The shopkeeper who had served himst time


    quickly came out to greet him with a modest smile. Austin took out the seven Energy-promoting Elixirs


    he had refined and sold them to the shopkeeper.


    The shopkeeper''s attitude became humbler when he took the Energy-promoting Elixirs. He guessed


    that Austin must be a pill refiner since Austin had sold him elixirs from time to time.


    Pill refining was a highly respected profession with an elevated status.


    After checking the quality of the seven Energy-promoting Elixirs, the shopkeeper offered a price of four


    hundred pieces of vital energy crystals for each of the elixirs.


    So in total, the shopkeeper was ready to pay two thousand and eight hundred pieces of vital energy


    crystals for the seven Energy-promoting Elixirs.


    After removing the cost of producing the seven elixirs, which was about five hundred pieces of vital


    energy crystals, Austin made a profit of more than two thousand pieces of vital energy crystals.


    What was more, it had only taken him three days to refine seven Energy-promoting Elixirs.


    He sighed contentedly at how fast he could earn money now.


    In the past, when he had been a grunt disciple, he had only been able to get a few pieces of vital


    energy crystals a month and a few dozens a year.


    Even an ordinary disciple of the Sun Sect would only receive a few hundred pieces of vital energy


    crystals a year from the sect.


    But now, in just three days, Austin had earned over two thousand pieces of vital energy crystals.


    Thinking about the days when he had used to worry about having even a few cultivation resources,


    Austin couldn''t help but feel as if they were from a separate era.


    Next, Austin purchased another batch of medicinal materials to prepare for alchemy. This time, he was


    going to refine the Energy-boosting Elixir.


    The Energy-boosting Elixir was a special elixir used for the Energy Gathering Realm cultivation. It


    would be a significant help to cultivators who wanted to advance to the next levels of the Energy


    Gathering Realm.


    When a cultivator wanted to advance to the next level of Energy Gathering Realm, taking an Energy-


    boosting Elixir would double his odds of sess.


    If the chance of breakthrough was fifty percent, it would be a hundred percent after taking the


    Energy-boosting Elixir.


    Compared to the Energy-promoting Elixir, the Energy-boosting Elixir was precious and rare.


    Only disciples who were highly gifted in martial arts and had been trained specially by their sects were


    able to receive the Energy-boosting Elixirs.


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    When Austin had been an outer disciple, he had received only a few Energy-boosting Elixirs.


    Now, he was trying to refine it himself.


    Once again, he purchased ten portions of the medicinal materials needed to refine the Energy-boosting


    Elixirs.


    After returning to the inn, Austin immediately started the process of refining the Energy-boosting Elixir.


    He still had to follow the three basic steps of alchemy to extract the essence of different medicinal


    materials, blend them together and refine them.


    However, he soon realized that refining the Energy-boosting Elixir was much more difficult than refining


    the Energy-promoting Elixir.


    No wonder the Energy-boosting Elixir was considered a higher grade elixir; it was really difficult to


    make.


    Austin wasted six portions of medicinal materials just to master the first two steps of extracting the


    essence of medicinal materials and blending them together.


    Then, in thest step of refining, Austin failed twice. In the end, he only managed to sessfully refine


    two Energy-boosting Elixirs from ten portions of medicinal materials.


    Looking at the Energy-boosting Elixirs in front of him, Austin understood that the better the effect of an


    elixir, the more difficult it was to refine.


    In any case, he had finally seeded in refining the Energy-boosting Elixir.


    As long as he practiced more in the future, he would be able to increase his sess rate.


    After Austin finished using all ten portions of the medicinal materials, he still had six days left to his


    appointment with the shopkeeper of the elixir store.


    He decided to use that time to cultivate his spiritual sense with the help of powerful crystals.


    At present, Austin''s spiritual sense could cover a range of four hundred meters.


    "Violet, how are doing with your cultivation?" Using his mind, Austinmunicated with Violet, who


    was in the Illusion Bead.


    Ever since acquiring the powerful crystals, Violet had spent almost all her time in cultivation. She hid


    inside the Illusion Bead every day and seldom contacted Austin unless he took the initiative to call her.


    "Master, I havepletely stabilized at the medium stage of Earth Realm.


    Now, I''m gonna get ready for the premium stage of Earth Realm.


    Master, do you want to use the powerful crystals to cultivate your spiritual sense?"


    Violet was so clever that she could figure out Austin''s thoughts at once.


    They had found arge number of powerful crystals in the Cloud Cave which were enough to support


    both of their cultivation at the same time without any conflict.


    "Yes. How do I use them?" Austin asked.


    "It''s very easy. You just need to hold the powerful crystal in your hand and lock it with your spiritual


    sense so that you can absorb the special energy from it. By using that special energy, you can


    gradually cultivate your spiritual sense and thus enhance it," Violet exined.


    Austin took out a piece of powerful crystal from his Space Ring, ced it in his hand, sat cross-legged,


    and released his spiritual sense to lock the powerful crystal.


    Sure enough, Austin felt a peculiar energying from the powerful crystal. As soon as his spiritual


    sense encountered the special energy, he felt a sense offort take over him.


    This kind of energy had a very nourishing effect on spiritual sense.


    Austin calmed down and let his spiritual sense tightly lock the powerful crystal. After a while, he sensed


    the peculiar energy contained in the powerful crystal gradually infiltrate his spiritual sense and be


    the nutrient that strengthened it.


    Half a dayter, Austin hadpletely absorbed the energy of the powerful crystal in his hand, and his


    spiritual sense was also strengthened.


    He was delighted to find that after absorbing the energy of a piece of powerful crystal, the range of his


    spiritual sense had increased to about four hundred and fifty meters.


    In other words, the energy contained in a piece of powerful crystal could increase the strength and


    range of spiritual sense by fifty meters.


    Spiritual sense was a special skill that was extremely difficult to cultivate, but the powerful crystal eased


    the process along. It seemed that Violet was right to value the powerful crystal so highly.


    For the next few days, Austin immersed himself wholeheartedly in absorbing the energy of the powerful


    crystals.


    Five hundred meters.


    Five hundred and fifty meters.


    Six hundred meters.


    Six hundred and fifty meters. . . .


    Five dayster, he found that his spiritual sense could reach a distance of nine hundred meters.


    In the process, he absorbed the energy of ten pieces of powerful crystals.


    The strength of his spiritual sense had also more than doubled.


    Austin was very satisfied with the current strength of his spiritual sense.


    Finally, he stood up and stretched his body. He had been sitting motionless for five days.


    His eyes brightened when he suddenly remembered what day it was.


    Today was the day that Austin had an appointment with the shopkeeper of the elixir store. He could go


    to the elixir store and collect the medicinal materials needed for his cultivation of the third stage of the


    Overlord Body-refining Form.


    If one cultivated the third stage of the Overlord Body-refining Form, his bones, muscles, and veins


    would be thoroughly reformed and he would be able to resist the invasion of most toxins, so almost no


    disease could threaten him. Even fire and water wouldn''t be able to easily destroy his body. He also


    would be able to resist the full-fledged attack of a cultivator at the preliminary stage of Earth Realm. His


    punch would have a force of about eight thousand pounds.