The headquarters of the Magic Hand Sect was large and was surrounded by large mountains.
The Abandoned Elixir Cellar was relatively far from Drew's cave dwelling, so it took about an hour for Austin to arrive at the place.
It was situated on a wide valley in between two of the large mountains.
From far away, there was a sunken area where a dark green tower stood.
Majority of the tower's base was partially buried under the ground. The tower stood at about fifty to sixty meters tall; slim and
sharp, pointing towards the sky.
On top of the tower's gate was a flat board that had 'Abandoned Elixir Cellar’ written on it.
Austin walked up to the gate where he was then stopped by two disciples of the Magic Hand Sect who were guarding the tower.
He took out the token Elder Drew had given him.
As soon as the two disciples saw the token, they respectfully let Austin in.
They knew that disciples who had the token were closely acquainted to the elders.
Other disciples would usually butter up to the token holders whenever they had the chance of meeting them. . . ..
Austin walked straight into the tower
and was greeted by the strong acrid scent of elixir. The whole tower reeked of it.
The whole space was empty except for a well in the very center of the room. The well was about ten meters in diameter.
Around the well was a fence made of steel, protecting it.
As Austin scanned the area, he immediately observed that the space just above the well seemed a bit twisted. It wasn't very
pronounced, but it was enough that he was able to sense it.
Aside from that, a vibe of an energy array was radiating from the mouth of the well.
It was obvious that the array was put on it as a form of protection for something.
Austin walked inside the steel fence by a small door. He then stood by the well, looking down carefully.
The inside of the well was extremely dark.
He wasn't able to see anything farther than four to five meters from the mouth of the well, thus he wasn't certain how deep the
well was.
He decided to activate his spiritual sense to have a better look and was surprised to find that the well was about a thousand
meters deep. And the deeper down the well went, the wider it became.
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He sensed that the space at the bottom of the well was over a thousand meters wide.
However, it seemed as if there was ssort of hidden energy deep in the well, blocking his spiritual sense in a way.
So other than the depth and width of the well, he wasn't able to feel anything else.
He surmised that this well must be the Abandoned Elixirs Cellar.
He could smell a strong scent of elixir coming from the well.
And about four to five meters from the mouth of the well, he could see a constantly moving cloud of green and yellow mist in the
air.
According to Drew, the green and yellow mist was supposed to be the so-called elixir essence.
Realizing this, he dived into the well at once.
He stopped when he was more or less five meters deep.
He then took out the two jade bottles that Drew gave him, holding it from the bottom part. As soon as he started using his vital
energy force, the elixir essence quickly began to fly into the jade bottles. . .
As Austin was collecting the elixir essence, he felt a sudden fluctuation of energy coming from the bottom of the well. Something
was messing with the deeper parts of the well.
He squinted his eyes in thought, 'Is there possibly something alive in the cellar?’
He activated his spiritual sense once again, trying to see if he could find anything, but much to his disappointment, he still wasn't
able to find anything. Everything he sensed was all blurry and fuzzy, he couldn't figure out if something was there.
The two jade bottles were filled with elixir essence after a short moment.
He quickly pocketed them.
The rest of the elixir essence was still constantly moving around him, seven flew by him as if it were alive.
Being around the essence made Austin feel refreshed and energetic as if he had bathed in a hot spring.
The elixir essence was made from millions, ten millions, even hundred millions of waste elixirs.
It had countless condensed essences of expensive elixirs, and was truly a rare treasure.
Austin had only breathed in just a tiny amount of the elixir essence, but he could already tell it had great power.
The elixir essence was beneficial for both his body and his cultivation base of vital energy.
Now that he was already there, Austin didn't want to miss the good opportunity.
"It would be a huge waste if | didn't take the elixir essence," he said to himself.
With that in mind, he touched his Space Ring.
More than two hundred jade bottles suddenly appeared out of nowhere, floating around him.
The bottles were prepared by Austin for keeping the pills at the twhen he was studying how to make pills. "It's nice to know
that these bottles would not be wasted," he happily stated.
With a flicker of his hand, he released a soft but powerful vital energy force. The force drove the elixir essence inside the two
hundred jade bottles.
The bottles started absorbing the green and yellow mist of the elixir essence.
It wasn't long before all the elixir essence was fully absorbed. It was only able to fill less than half of the jade bottles.
Though he remembered that Drew told him that he could only go down about five meters into the well, he ignored his warning.
He wanted to get more elixir essence, so he had to take a risk. . . .
Austin kept going deeper down, and stopped when he was around ten meters from the mouth of the well.
The space was noticeably a lot wider than before
and the elixir essence was more abundant than the ones he had just collected.
He continued to control the jade bottles, drawing in more elixir essence.
All of a sudden, Austin felt the hair on his body stand up all of a sudden. With his sharp spiritual sense, He could feel the space
beneath him started twisting around.
The twisting space suddenly turned into a huge shadowy body and charged towards Austin at a terrifying speed.
The elixir essence started to riot with the sudden change. It dispersed around him and turned into countless forces of attack,
coming for him.
There was a loud rumble.
With a loud and angry roar, the air in the well vibrated.
The roar echoed all throughout the well.
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"What the hell is that?" Austin exclaimed.
He immediately made the Purple Vital Stone and the Golden Emperor Seal appear in his hands. He poured his vital energy force
into them.
He then used them to attack the huge shadowy body.
For good measure, he also used his physical strength.
He threw a punch, and smashed the force from the elixir essence around him.
Bang! Bang!
With two loud bangs, the Purple Vital Stone and the Golden Emperor Seal were knocked back, flying straight out of the mouth of
the well like two cannonballs.
Of course Austin wouldn't dare to let the Purple Vital Stone and the Golden Emperor Seal get out of the well.
If they flew out, the two disciples of the Magic Hand Sect outside would immediately find out that something was wrong.
He activated his vital energy and a huge hand materialize in the blink of an eye, just in tto catch the Purple Vital Stone and the
Golden Emperor Seal.
While Austin dealt with that, a huge shadowy figure that was as big as a house appeared in front of him. It looked very frightening
and Austin couldn't decide if it was an illusion or if it was in fact a real head. Its two eyes that glowed in the dark coldly stared at
him.
'Is this... a dragon?" he thought.
There were two horns on its head and it also had long whiskers. By this point, it was apparent that the head belonged to a noble
and distant dragon.
'Why is there a huge dragon in the cellar?’
It left Austin shocked and confused.
He felt an immense power emitting from the shadowy dragon.
He couldn't help but feel a great deal of apprehension towards the dragon in front of him; it frightened him. His whole body
suddenly felt cold. He activated his vital energy force and found that there was a sign of condensation.
He also found that the dragon's body smelled like the elixir.
A thought suddenly cinto Austin's mind.
It was such a quaintly bizarre thought; even he wasn't certain of it himself.