The day was sunny but the sky was still a bright shade of blue. A lone figure could be seen moving swiftly among the mountains and hills.
The mountains that surrounded this area stretched in all directions and looked fantastic even from a distance. Among those peaks, a huge one stood higher than all the others and touched the clouds. This impressive place was the host to Sun Sect and therefore, this particular mountain was called as the Sun Mountain.
Austin had spent most of his life in the Sun Mountain and he was recalling his childhood days right now.
Obviously, he regarded this place as his hand was very anxious to return.
When his eyes fell upon the mountain which had been his home, his pace quickened in anticipation.
Very soon, he reached the mountain.
Since he had not seen Evan and Herbert for a long tnow, Austin decided to go to their place first and to see how things were at their homes.
Also, he had not been in contact with the disciples of his own team for a long tas well. He needed to check up on them too.
Although he had set up his own team on a mere whim, his disciples were still loyal to him and he thought he should be nice to them.
It didn't take him long to get to the house where Evan and Herbert were residing. Austin had gotten it from Marvin after he had defeated him publicly.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSince he had beca principal disciple now and moved to a cave, he had asked Evan and Herbert to move into this house.
However, as soon as Austin stepped near the yard gate of the house, he sensed that something was wrong.
There were too many strangers in the yard right now.
Judging by their clothes, sof them were disciples of Sun Sect but others seemed to be from somewhere else.
"You two bastards! You're no better than pigs and dogs. Con, tell us quickly! Where is that coward, Austin, huh? Where has he hidden himself? He's like a tortoise you know! Only we can't find the shell!" Austin heard a voice.
"Shit! These guys are so stubborn! But good! Because if they do not reply to my question at once, you can slap them as much as you like. Let's see how many slaps these two devils can bear!" The voice was barbaric and made Austin furious at once.
Then he heard the sound of repeated slaps.
"Pfft! You are actually a coward. You're both jackals! All of you guys are! Tin is a straight man and a huge hero! You are being arrogant for the moment. Let us see you behave like that when Tin comes back! You're gonna be getting down on your knees to beg for mercy!" This was Evan's voice and he sounded enraged.
"Very good Evan! You are getting better at talking! So talk this! He's gonna be dead pretty soon!" That must have been Herbert.
Hearing what the two said, Austin felt a warmth in his heart. His friends really were loyal.
"Ha ha ha! Austin is such a bad guy! Why would | fear him? Lettell you the truth, boys! Austin has done something horrible and now has been declared a traitor of the Sun Sect.
Elder Luo has ordered us that as soon as we see him, we arrest him.
Hmph! Let's wait and see. Austin is so arrogant and I've hated him for a long tnow! Even we inner disciples did not get an opportunity to becprincipal disciples. So how the hell is he qualified to beca principal disciple directly? He was only an outer disciple earlier on! | am sure you both know where Austin is. So tell me! Tellnow! Where is Austin?" Then the repeated sounds of slaps were heard again.
Austin was puzzled at what the last voice had said. "What bad things have | done outside the Sun Sect? What does that mean exactly? Is it possible that people high-up in the sect have known that | have killed Johnson Su? They mentioned Elder Luo. | guess that must be JaLuo. There is only one elder with that family name. Does he want to pick a fight with me?" Austin asked himself in his mind.
"Tell us! Hurry!" Slap! Slap! Two more slaps were heard.
Austin got enraged and decided now was not the tto think about Elder Luo.
He walked into the yard as fast as he could.
Inside, dozens of people were standing around Evan and Herbert, who were black and blue all over.
In front of those two disciples, a disciple of the Sun Sect was standing and staring at them aggressively. His sleeves were rolled up and his hands were red from the repeated slaps he had landed on the former.
"Letsee how stubborn you two can be! If the two of you do not tell us where Austin is, | am going to beat you till you open your mouth!" When he was speaking, his hand moved again about to slap Evan in the face once more.
Evan glared at him with the demeanor that suggested he would rather die than give in.
He was about to be slapped again when suddenly, a hand approached the Sun Sect disciple from his back and held his wrist tightly. It was like a demon had gotten hold of him.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmNo matter how hard he tried to struggle, even if he used all of the strength at his disposal, he could not budge his wrist.
At the stime, he saw a handsface appear in front of him and gaze at him calmly.
"Austin!" the disciple recognized him immediately.
A few days earlier, Austin had attended the Top Ten Outer Disciples Ranking Challenge. He had been qualified to be promoted to the rank of a principal disciple, and almost everyone in Sun Sect knew his face now.
So that disciple who tried to slap Austin recognized Austin as soon as he saw Austin's face.
"It's Austin! Austin's cback!" There was immediate hubbub in the yard like water kept in a pot had finally started to boil. Sof the disciples, scared witless of Austin, slid away quietly.
Everyone stared at Austin. A moment ago, they had all been focused on Evan and Herbert and none of them had noticed when Austin had slipped inside.
"Tin, you cback!" Evan and Herbert shouted delightedly.
"Is that Austin? Kill him! Now!" The disciples started to shout.
Austin's gaze swept at those people like sword radiance. As soon as his eyes would reach someone else's, the latter would lower his gaze and would not dare to look him in the eye.
Everyone had the feeling that Austin's strength was higher than they could imagine right now.
Austin now gave off an aura of power naturally since he had reached the premium stage of the Earth Realm and his body had successfully practiced the third stage of the Overlord Body-refining Formula. Added to that was his mastership of the fourth level sword intent and the fact that his spiritual sense had greatly improved.