Ellen threw herself into Wilbur''s arms as she wept. "I hate you, and I love you so much too. You ruined my life but gave me a second chance at it."


    All of a sudden, a sharp pain shot through Wilbur''s left shoulder. Following that, Ellen let Wilbur go, saying, "I''ll remember you forever, Wilbur Penn. Goodbye."


    Ellen pushed her mother Lisa as they left, leaving Wilbur standing on the sprawling balcony. The night breeze blew on relentlessly, and Wilbur''s chest ached. He understood that Ellen could not move on from Howie''s death just like that.


    Besides, there was no way things were going to develop between Wilbur and Ellen now. Who was going to want to date the guy who caused her father''s demise?


    Wilbur returned to his room and took the four dragon cauldrons out. He inspected the carvings on them before putting the second, third, and fourth dragon cauldrons back into his demine, leaving only the first dragon cauldron behind.


    Wilbur stroked the carvings on the cauldron. The first dragon cauldron was a lot slower at absorbing his dragon aura.


    Just then, a drop of blood fell from Wilbur''s nose onto the cauldron. It was followed by a second as Wilbur''s hand flew to his nose. He instantly felt like all the life was drained out of his body as tremendous pain took over his chest which only increased by the minute.


    "Argh!"


    Wilbur knew that the dragon aura in his body had gone wild then, and he scrambled to channel it to rest. Wilbur expanded all the pores on his body, releasing all the dragon aura into the cauldron. The One Dragon Cauldron absorbed the dragon aura much more slowly, causing a lot of it to float around Wilbur in wisps.


    Despite having released the dragon aura from his body, the effects of the wild surge had not healed yet. The wisps of dragon aura seemed to have razor-sharp qualities, and gashes began to appear on Wilbur''s clothes.


    Atst, when one of the gashes drew blood from the side of Wilbur''s face, the first dragon cauldron rose from the ground and sped up its absorption of the dragon aura.


    The rampant dragon aura was eventuallypletely absorbed by the first dragon cauldron. Wilbur only had half of his dragon aura remaining in his body then, which he had discovered before was the perfect amount to restore his health.


    Wilbur channeled the dragon aura to rest, and the wild surge slowly eased out before beginning to nourish Wilbur''s body. Wilbur''s health slowly restored itself throughout the night, and he was fully healed by the next morning.


    Wilbur sat down on a chair, passing the first dragon cauldron around in his hands with Senior Fremont''s Nine Dragons Painting on the table. Uponparing the carvings on the cauldron to the picture, Wilbur confirmed that the dragon carved onto the first dragon cauldron was a hidden dragon. The first dragon cauldron was indeed extremely slow at absorbing dragon aura, but it was only at the start. After absorbing a certain amount of dragon aura, it would speed up its absorption rate. Wilbur did a quick search and found out that there were six states of the dragons carved onto the cauldrons. They were the hidden dragon, manifested dragon, alert dragon, leaping dragon, flying dragon, and proud dragon. These six states each had their special attributes but were also ever-changing based on the situation.


    However, Wilbur''s focus was no longer on the different dragon states, but on the clouds carved around them. Wilbur had not understood why there were always clouds carved into all weapons and items rted to dragons, but a saying he had read before: A dragon only shows its head, not its tail.


    Dragons never showed human beings their whole bodies, which meant that they were always hiding in water or among clouds, and said water or clouds were indicative of their dragon aura.


    Dragon aura was simr to the Thick Earth Realm in that they both upied space. However, the Thick Earth Realm was a form of defense, whereas the dragon aura was a little more mysterious.


    This was like how the ck Panthers would go invisible before they attacked. Many cultivators liked using this spell, as their opponent would not notice them, and gave them ample advantages during a fight.