Austin's first effort to refine the Energy-promoting Elixir had failed. He collapsed 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 succession 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 flame during the refinement.
An hour later, 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 succeeded 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 success, Austin continued his refining of the Energy-promoting Elixirs.
He succeeded the second time.
And then the third.
He kept refining the Energy-promoting Elixirs. . .
The final time was a success 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 powder last 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 Flaming Sun Valley. Even though he was doing his best to be careful, he was still afraid that the Chief Elder of the Flaming Sun Valley would track him down to avenge his grandson's death.
The Flaming Sun Valley was a big sect that was stronger than the Sun Sect. With its power and resources, the Flaming 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 Flaming 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 moments later, Austin reached the elixir store. The shopkeeper who had served him last 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 success.
If the chance of breakthrough was fifty percent, it would become a hundred percent after taking the Energy-boosting Elixir.
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