"Cultivating in this valley can help me enhance my spiritual sense?" Austin was surprised. If his spiritual
sense was several times stronger, it would be unfathomable for others.
Austin had already realized the convenience of his strong spiritual sense. It was truly a fortune if this
little valley could help him strengthen his spiritual sense.
"I saw you out there walking with a bit of difficulty.
But I assume that you have already discovered for yourself that confronting this spiritual sense
pressure will strengthen your own spiritual sense.
It's because I put a special array there. It can transform the energy currently present in this world to
spiritual sense. Absorbing the spiritual sense power here will enhance that of your own.
I believe your spiritual sense will be at least two to three times stronger. Then, you will be able to roam
freely and comfortably in this little valley.
It's just that it is truly hard for you to even walk through this valley now, given your present level of
spiritual sense. You can forget about strengthening your spiritual sense if you can't endure the pain."
The elder's last sentence sounded like he wanted to spur Austin, to give him incentive to carry on.
But Austin didn't need any more motivation. No one knew any clue about how much pain he had been
through when he was cultivating Overlord Body-refining Formula. Though he hardly could stand on his
feet when he tried standing up outside the cabin, he could feel the growth inside of him.
"Alright. Sir, I will begin the process of cultivation outside the cabin then," said Austin with urgency.
Then he wheeled around.
Angus gasped in shock first, and then smiled with a hint of praise in his eyes.
Angus was, as a matter of fact, passing over his legacy to Austin when he was teaching Austin about
the art of pill-refining. He had essentially become Austin's teacher.
Initially, he did not intend to pass his knowledge to any Tom, Dick or Harry.
Due to certain events that transpired and a vicious and dangerous man that Angus met, he was now in
a state of half-human and half-ghost. Austin was the first man he met after hundreds of years had
passed by.
And he had no choice but to make do with Austin since he did not know how many years his broken
soul had left.
He felt relieved after he saw Austin's toughness as well as his tenacity. He finally deemed this young
man quite worthy enough of his legacy.
The moment Austin stepped out of the cabin, the formidable pressure of the spiritual sense flooded
towards him from all directions. It was overwhelming.
Austin instantly spread out all his spiritual sense to fight back against the pressure.
He moved forward a step at a time, each movement as slow and laborious as the previous one.
Under the formidable pressure of the spiritual power, Austin had to bend to his knees for the trembling,
as if he was about to kneel at any time.
From afar, it seemed like he was carrying a mountain on his shoulders.
When his spiritual sense was about to run out, Austin stopped, took a rest and continued walking.
During the process, Austin could discern his spiritual sense growing gradually.
At the same time the soul-warming bead in his Soul Sea was glowing softly and all the seven colors
radiated brightly. The beams of light it cast kept nourishing his spiritual sense.
Obviously, that made Austin's spiritual sense advance rapidly.
Violet was resting some distance away from the cabin.
Upon seeing Austin come out of the cabin, she instantly asked Austin with her mind power about what
had transpired in the cabin and if he needed any assistance.
Austin told her everything.
After realizing that walking under the pressure of spiritual sense could enhance her own spiritual sense
too, she also began walking with Austin in the valley, as laboriously as Austin.
The gnome was bored. Austin and Violet were walking like an ox ploughing the soil. To bide its time, he
played around—disappearing from a point and then reappearing somewhere else.
Upon seeing the gnome run freely in this little valley without being restricted by the powerful spiritual
sense, Austin and Violet were all shocked by how talented it was.
After having toiled in this little valley for over ten hours, Austin finally felt that the ever-present, crushing
spiritual sense was weakening. He was finding it easier to walk in the valley.
Austin however, knew that it was not because the spiritual sense in this valley had weakened. It was
because his own spiritual sense had grown substantially.
20 hours later, Austin was finally able to walk normally.
"Master, your speed has gotten faster and faster. It seems that the Soul-warming Bead is truly a
priceless treasure," said Violet, admiringly watching Austin getting into his natural rhythm.
Austin nodded his head. He was satisfied with the Soul-warming bead as well. If it weren't for it his
spiritual sense wouldn't have grown so fast.
30 hours later Austin could almost jog.
About 40 hours later Austin began trotting in the valley.
50 hours later, Austin felt like the pressure in this valley was almost nil. He felt nothing was blocking
him anymore.
Austin stopped cultivating after he galloped in the valley for a few rounds with joy, just to savour the toil
that he went through all these hours.
Meanwhile Violet was still walking slowly, just a little faster than before.
After 50 hours of cultivation, Violet's spiritual sense had also advanced substantially, but not as much
as Austin.
Austin carefully checked the intensity of his spiritual sense and found that he could now spread his
spiritual sense to a distance of 140000 feet away.
The distance was five times further than before.
Austin was extremely satisfied with this outcome.
Austin then entered the cabin.
"Young man, your potential is truly beyond my expectations. I thought your spiritual sense could
increase two or three times. But it has been a marvel to watch you struggle.
I did not expect that it will become 5 times stronger in just 50 hours. Your talent is truly superior and
unmatched."
Angus could not help complimenting Austin.
"Young man, judging by your talents and your ability to handle the spiritual sense, I'm sure that your
spiritual sense will reach an incredibly high level.
However, there is another thing you need to bolster in the art of pill-refining. Your fire was made by your
own vital energy force.
Of course, most of the pill refiners use the fire born out of their own vital energy force.
But a great refiner will try hard to find other kinds of flames, such as the Unearthly Fire."
"Unearthly Fire?"
Austin gasped for he thought it was a myth.
"Yes. There are barely a few Unearthly Fires in this vast world. There may be one in the center of pit
where the star fell. There may be one deep down in the volcano where the Earth Fire has been burning
for thousands of years...
These rare flames are called Unearthly Fire.
Like I said, usually the pill refiners would make do with the fire from their vital energy force.
But if some lucky pill refiner obtained an Unearthly Fire and made it his own, then he would be greatly
benefited. There is a world of difference between the fire that was made out of his own vital energy
force and the fire that is made out of Unearthly Fire.
Unearthly Fire in this world was classified into two types. One was Heavenly Fire, which contained four
different fires, and the other was Earth Fire, which contained eight distinguished fires.
That makes it a total of 12 Unearthly Fires.
In conclusion, a pill refiner would soon reach a pinnacle of pill refining if he could obtain an Unearthly
Fire.
And these 12 Unearthly Fires could also be used as a powerful weapon. Every Unearthly Fire has the
might to burn skies and drain oceans. It is said that there was a fire-cultivating martial artist who had
successfully conquered an Unearthly Fire and he could defeat enemies who were of higher levels like it
was a piece of cake for him.
Angus explained this to Austin, who was listening intently.
It was not the first time Austin heard about Unearthly Fires, but this was the most descriptive
conversation.
He had acquired some knowledge of it when he was at the auction in Peace Town.
Hence, he suddenly recalled something now that Angus had finished his say.
He instantly took out a piece of ragged cloth on which there was a blurred map. There were mountain
and rivers drawn on it.
He handed it to Angus.
"I bought this at an auction before.
It is said the clue of Dark Bone Gloomy Fire is hidden somewhere on it."
"Really?"
Angus took over the cloth and stared at it for a while.
"So it seems that you do already know some things about the Unearthly Fire.
This Dark Bone Gloomy Fire is the eighth most powerful among all the Earth Fires.
That means it ranks 12th among the 12 Unearthly Fires.
However, it is also a mighty flame.
Since you have a clue, you can try to find it if you have time as well as the capacity.
As a matter of fact, there is an Unearthly Fire in the Mysterious Nether World too," added Angus.
"There is an Unearthly Fire in Mysterious Nether World!?"
Austin was shocked.
"Yes. In the first layer of this Mysterious Nether World there is a valley called the Fire Valley. In this
valley there is an Unearthly Fire called Scorching Evil Fire which ranks third among the Earth Fires!"
"What?
It ranks third?"
That meant that the level of Scorching Evil Fire was far higher than that of Dark Bone Gloomy Fire.
Austin gasped in bewilderment.
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