After collecting the vital energy crystals, Austin and Violet searched around the circular cave again but found nothing. There seemed to be no more crystals left.
Using his fists, Austin punched the wall and soon, a hole of two meters deep appeared in front of them, yet nothing was found. It seemed that all the crystals had been collected by them.
So, they decided to return to their cave.
"Well, I'll try these superior vital energy crystals that can be refined next!"
It was perfect timing. He had just lost most of his vital energy, but now, he had gotten so many superior vital energy crystals that could be used directly for cultivation.
Out of those, 5, 000 vital energy crystals would be enough for his cultivation.
He gave Violet 1, 000 crystals for her cultivation and told her that she could ask him for more after she used them up.
As soon as Violet received the crystals, she returned to the Illusion Bead to focus on her cultivation.
When she had first met Austin, Austin was just a warrior at the sixth or seventh level of Energy Gathering Realm, but now, he had already reached the premium stage of Earth Realm, which made Violet feel a little upset and jealous.
She wanted to spend all her time practicing so that she could catch up with him.
Meanwhile, Austin sat cross-legged, holding a crystal in each of his hands. As he directed his strength to his hands through concentration, he felt two streams of extremely pure vital energy being directly absorbed by his body.
"The vital energy of heaven and earth is so pure," Austin exclaimed out loud.
Then, he relaxed and began to absorb the energy of the two crystals attentively.
The crystals were only the size of his fist, but they contained a lot of vital energy of heaven and earth. About two and a half hours later, Austin had absorbed all the energy of the crystals in his hands.
He had regained about 80% of the vital energy in the energy meridians in his body.
Then, he took out another two crystals from the Space Ring, held them in his hands, and began to absorb their energy.
After absorbing the energy of six fist-sized crystals, he felt that the vital energy in his body had returned to its peak state. Vital energy could warm and nourish the body, so after it returned to its peak state, Austin felt energetic and refreshed.
When he lightly clenched his fist, he felt the strength of his body rise.
His bones hummed like the light beat of a drum.
Even though Austin had replenished the vital energy in his energy meridians, he continued to take out crystals from the Space Ring and absorb their energy one by one. The energy he absorbed now would be stored in the vital energy stone in the elixir field.
Back in Sun Mountain, he had almost exhausted the energy stored in the vital energy stone in order to shake off Dwayne and Abbott.
Now, it was time to supplement it.
The vital energy stone in the elixir field could store a great deal of vital energy. Three days later, Austin had stored the vital energy of about 60 crystals in the stone.
He believed that this much vital energy was enough for him to spend at will for the foreseeable future.
With this vast reserve of vital energy, Austin would be much more confident when facing the Flaming Sun Valley and the Blood Wolf Team.
Moreover, there were thousands of crystals in his Space Ring, so he could supplement vital energy whenever he liked.
Time flew. Austin had been staying in the cave for nearly four days.
Since his body and vital energy had returned to their peak state, he didn't want to stay here any longer.
But where should he go next?
Austin turned this question over and over in his mind.
He didn't want to go back to the Sun Sect again.
The Sun Sect had been his base since the time he began to practice martial arts.
Now that he had left the Sun Sect, he had no idea where to go in this big world.
All of a sudden, something occurred to him.
Previously, in Peace Town, he had met a middle-aged man and a teenager with an imposing appearance. The teenager had promised to give him a million vital energy crystals and a batch of elixirs every month for his cultivation if he went to the imperial capital city six months later to help him fight for the throne.
Austin had agreed at that time.
Originally, he had planned to go to the imperial capital city after half a year, but now, he had nowhere to go and no home to live in.
The imperial capital city was under the jurisdiction of the emperor. The Violet Orchid Empire and the five major sects all had their own spheres of influence. For example, the power of the Sun Sect was limited to a little more than 100, 000 miles around Sun Mountain.
The imperial capital city was not within the compass of the Flaming Sun Valley and the Blood Wolf Team.
It was the place where the royal family was located. As the center of the country, it boasted a large population, a vast area, lively and busy markets, and bustling traffic.
As the saying went, the greatest hermit retreated into the noisiest fair. If Austin went to the imperial capital city, the Flaming Sun Valley and the Blood Wolf Team wouldn't be able to find him easily.
Moreover, he was used to staying in places near Sun Mountain. The liveliest place he had ever been to was Peace Town.
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