Chapter 1734 Seclusion And Oasis
It was one of Austin''s memorable day because a month passed, and he had made a great
breakthrough in alchemy after reaching the tenth level of a spiritual pill refiner.
Austin smiled at himself and cheered deep inside, ''Next step, refine a first-grade superior pill!''
In the Divine Continent, the superior pill refiner would only be achieved once a spiritual pill refiner
would be able to fully hone his skills and maximize his own potential.
This next stage was quite difficult to getpared to a spiritual pill refiner, because thetter was very
However, there were only a few superior pill refiners existing around the world.
If level one superior pill refiner was already difficult to obtain, more so would level five or six. Those
who had garnered this title were famous enough in the Divine Continent.
As for level seven or above, the probability of getting such a title was low even in the holynds and
Imagine this. A superior pill refiner was already a legend. How much more if level seven or above?
That level seven superior pill refiner would already sit and enjoy the top position in the Divine
Continent.
Then again, it was not normal to see such kind of superior pill refiners in the world anymore.
Another three months had already passed since Austin stayed in the secret cultivation room, but as for
Austin, he felt like it was just a blink of an eye.
In those months, he focused on one goal only. At times, he started to refine pills, but the other half of
those times, he just sat still and meditated, trying to think and ovee the problems he faced on his
way of pill refining.
After four months, Austin realized that he could already start refining a first-grade superior pill with
enough skills of him. He worked with blood and sweat and did not let anything distract him.
Finally, after five months of determination and hard work, as Austin patted the refining pot gently in the
secret cultivation room, a light red pill immediately flew out of the pot, suspending mid-air with a strong
fragrance. Austin''s eyes widened in surprise.
"The first-grade superior pill!" He eximed as his eyes sparkled with delight.
Austin inhaled deeply and exhaled, feeling very satisfied with how things turned out.
It was about time that after dedicating more than half a year in the secret cultivation room, practicing
and meditating alone, he had finally be a level one superior pill refiner.
Without any more time for celebration, Austin nodded at himself and said, "Next step, a level two
superior pill refiner!"
He didn''t waste any more time and nned to continue his cultivation in seclusion.
The Green Evil Pill he wanted to refine for Caroline and her people was a grade two pill.
Refining such a pill could only be possible if he was as good as a level two superior pill refiner.
Completely decided, Austin left the secret cultivation room to go see the Earth Hermit.
He obtained a batch of grade two superior herbs from the old man with the condition that he would pay
him double in the future and swore to God that he would.
Without further ado, Austin returned to the cultivation room and began his practice refining pills in
seclusion.
The days turned to nights, and days turned to weeks, and weeks turned to months.
In the secret room, Austin was busy studying the skill of refining pills, only stopping to take a rest. At
that moment, he was already in a state of madness.
Half a yearter, that e night, in front of Austin were there kinds of Unearthly Fire, burning
fiercely at him in the pill refining pot. Amidst the fire, more than a dozen kinds of superior herb essence
were being calcined by the Unearthly Fire.
Austin grunted as he kept controlling the me and replenished some superior herbs into the furnace,
making his eyes bloodshot.
An hour passed, but at that moment, for Austin, it seemed like a day had already passed before him.
He breathed in deep and announced to himself, "Now, the final step is to condense the essence of the
herbs to form into a pill!"
With his eyes bloodshot red, Austin heaved another deep breath, feeling nervous and excited at the
same time.
In the past six months, Austin had practiced and could reach the final step, but as soon as he
performed the final step, he would fail and would pick himself up to attempt everything all over again.
However, this time, it was different. Austin was confident but still very nervous.
Austin bit his lower lip. Part of him wanted to stop, and think it all over again, because he was afraid of
disappointing himself again, but part of him was confident that this was going to work. After a series of
hesitation, Austin shook his head, not wanting to waste any more time. "Damn it! Go for it already!"
He shouted at himself and gritted his teeth as he started thest step, condensing the herb essence
and refining it into a pill!
Austin felt his spiritual sense surge out of him like a tidal wave and flooded the pill refining furnace.
Carefully, he observed any subtle change in the essence of the herbs.
His sweat trickled down his temples as he tried to control more than a dozen kinds of the essence of
the herbs, trying to gather them and condense them in order to merge them into one pill.
Half a day had passed, and Austin was already feeling the exhaustion on his body, but he was
determined not to stop what he already started.
Suddenly, the pot shook, and the fragrance of the pill immediately filled the whole room.
Whoosh!
Austin waved the fog out of his eyes trying to see what had appeared.
Popped right out of the pot was a purple pill.
Austin''s eyes and mouth gaped wide open in surprise.
It was a grade two superior pill, the Heavenly Purple Pill!
Austin''s eyes widened even more as a huge smile formed on his face. This meant that Austin could
refine a grade two superior pill, which meant that he was a level two superior pill refiner now. No doubt.
"Phew!" Austin exhaled, wiping the sweat on his temples.
He then yed with Heavenly Purple Pill for a while before storing it away.
Feeling alreadypletely satisfied with bing a level two superior pill refiner, he decided to end
his practice of refining pills and hid the pill refining pot in front of him.
The moment he walked out of the secret cultivation room, Austin stopped, and his expression changed.
He took a deep breath and noticed something different. "What the...
What is this dense spiritual energy?"
His eyebrows furrowed into a frown, sensing that something had changed in this ce of the me
Holy Land.
The spiritual energy in the atmosphere was at least ten times denser than before. The mountains and
trees from far way were surrounded by thick fog with no doubt spiritual energy that was very shining
and unusual.
Austin looked around and noticed that the nts were lusher than before. The grass was fresh and
bright green, and the flowers bloomed in the wild areas. Everywhere Austin looked, it was full of vitality.
"Hmm, what could have happened here?
Is it because Elder Sharp has alreadypletely repaired the Sect-protecting Array, or is it because of
the Five-dragon Energy Gathering Array?"
Austin thought about it for a while and remembered that before he secluded himself in the secret
cultivation room to practice pill refining skills, he had asked Elder Sharp to extract the five natural
vessels of dragon energy from his body to set up the Five-dragon Energy Gathering Array.
Seeing the changes in his surroundings, Austin figured that the array had been set up now.
Austin heaved another breath before walking away. Not long after, he found Elder Brendan.
"Austin! Wee back. You have finallye out of your solitude.
How is your practice in alchemy skill going?
I did not expect that you could do good in pill refining,"
Elder Brendan greeted him with much delight, looking very happy as if something really nice had
happened to him.
Austin smiled and said without hesitation, "I just reached the level two superior pill refiner."
"You what? Are you serious?
That''s great of you to have be a level two superior pill refiner!"
Elder Brendan stood and almost jumped up in excitement.
Being a level two superior pill refiner was already enough to enjoy good fame in the East Maind.
All the holynds, therge ns, and even the higher sects would treat a level two superior pill refiner
nice and friendly in hopes that he would join them and refine their pills for them.
As for those second-ss and third-ss sects, they would have to beg and plead to a level two
superior pill refiner toe and join them.
Now for the lower sects, a level two superior pill refiner was nothing less than a respectable pill refining
master.
Elder Brendan still could not absorb the fact that Austin''s alchemy skill had already reached that of a
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"Yes, yes, I am a level two superior pill refiner now, but I still need more practice. I can barely refine a
level two superior pill,"
Austin said modestly while Elder Brendan smiled at him proudly.
"Oh, by the way, Elder Brendan. I noticed that there have been great changes to our me Holy Land.
It is so different from what it had been, from what I had seen before I secluded myself.
Tell me, was Elder Sharp able to repair the Sect-protecting Array sessfully?"
Austin asked with his full attention on Elder Brendan.
Elder Brendan smiled and replied, "Not just yet, but will be soon. You see, Elder Sharp has already
mended over eighty percent of the array now.
Even though the array has not yet beenpletely restored, the changes in our sect are bing
obvious day by day, like progress that has evidence of such.
Let me take you out to the desert. You will be more surprised."
With that, Elder Brendan took Austin out of the me Holy Land and led him to the desert outside.
As soon as they reached the desert, Austin''s eyes and mouth widened open in surprise,pletely
taken aback by what he was seeing.
The desert area that used to be filled with boundless and endless red-brown sand, scattered
throughout the horizon, were now reced by so many green and many, many small oases.
The sand dunes had disappeared, and in their ces were the ground with mud, and instead of more
sand, the ground was filled with grasses and vines, and even small trees were growing.
"The desert… The desert has turned into an oasis!"
Austin eximed and sighed in great disbelief.