The Supreme God of Martial Arts

"The Xiao Family is in trouble? What do you mean?" Austin repeated the words in utter surprise. It was hard to believe.

He had spent several days at the Belle's house. In fact, Belle and he had developed quite a rapport and becgood friends over the course of his stay in that place.

So obviously, Austin didn't want to just stand by when he heard that the Xiao Family was in peril. He didn't even like hearing about it.

"It's all a bit political and purely about power. The grand prince of the Solamnia Kingdom has colluded with the leaders of the top six sects of the kingdom who are backing him." "Backing him for what?" Austin asked. "What do you think?" Cthe reply, "Power! He has made a plan that he will put in place tonight and seize his father's power. He wants to becthe king.

Once he does that and ascends to the throne, then you can bet that he will eliminate those ministers who don't follow him. Even those who pose a potential threat to his rise to power will be eliminated from his path.

The problem is, the prminister Waldron supports the third prince, and he also has a lot of influence. Means that most of the officials will side with him.

He is definitely a big threat to the grand prince who will surely try to destroy the entire Xiao Family," the old man explained.

"Wait, what? The grand prince has planned to stage a coup?" Austin exclaimed, his pupils dilating in astonishment.

'If that really is true, then this guy is right; Belle's family is going to be in a hell of a lot of trouble.

Rodolfo works for the grand prince. And not only will the grand prince be against the Xiao Family, so will Rodolfo, since he and Waldron have a rather sour history together.

Once the grand prince becomes the king, Rodolfo will never let the Xiao Family go under any circumstances. He will have strength and power, and the two are rather problematic together.' "Hey, hang on! The Martial Arts Tournament has just ended, and the grand prince is planning to steal the throne from his father. But isn't this an inopportune moment? I mean, what if the guests who are here from the three holy lands and other top sects of the East Mainland try to stop him? Hasn't he thought of that?" Austin had an idea.

"That's just the thing. He has! The problem is, the Solamnia Kingdom is a very small one, especially in the eyes of the people of the three holy lands and most major sects. So most of them will not bother getting themselves involved in this political .

Besides, they will return to their sects with their newly recruited disciples pretty soon.

No one would want to waste tin a dump like this!" the old man replied, curling his lips in a thoughtful way.

In retrospect, when Austin pondered over what the old man had just said, he realized that it actually made a lot of sense.

He still had sdoubts though. "The grand prince attempting to usurp the king like this is supposed to be confidential knowledge. How cyou heard of it?" Austin asked, a little curious.

"This guy takes the credit for that," the old man replied with a smile, pointing at the ground near him.

Austin and Caroline were confused; there was nothing there! No wait! A transparent shadow was emerging from the ground where the man had pointed, and a few seconds later, the shadow turned into a short, young man.

He looked about twenty years old, though his limbs were rather long; and he had a bulged belly. Apart from that, although he looked much like a mouse, there was a very demonic aura around him.

'He is a demonic beast, Austin exclaimed to himself inwardly.

"Tyler, this is Austin Lin. He is a member of our sect now.

And this is his friend Caroline.

I hope you too get along well." The old man introduced them after thoroughly enjoying their shock with swine.

"Hello Tyler. It's very nice to see you," Austin greeted him with a little bow.

"Good to see you too, Austin," Tyler greeted him back, with a glance at Austin.

"Tyler is actually from an ancient beast race called the golden rat race," the old man explained.

"He was born with an ability to becinvisible should need be.

And once he does that, it's really difficult to track him down.

And he prefers to hang out from places to places.

He knows pretty much everything about what is going on in the imperial capital city these days." The old man seemed amused.

'I see. And no need to tellthe rest. Evidently, Tyler overheard a conversation between the grand prince and other sect leaders by chance and shared it with the old man.' Austin and Caroline were quick to understand what had happened.

In any case, Belle needed to be warned! "I'm going to fill Belle in on this so that her family can at least get ready for the shitload that's coming their way," Austin remarked with a frown as he rose from his seat.

'Belle and her family have always treatedwell. I should tell them about the grand prince's plot,' he was thinking.

"You need to hurry up in that case, Austin. That nun from the Jade Sect is going back to her sect with Belle in two hours," Tyler reminded him.

"Thank you for the advice, Tyler. It helps." Austin smiled.

He then took Caroline to the prminister's mansion. The journey didn't take long and they were soon at the gate. Since the guards of the mansion knew Austin well, they let the two of them inside quickly with a polite greeting gesture. When he reached inside, he saw that Belle was bidding farewell to her families in the lobby. He had just caught her in time. Steward Katie was sitting in the hall. As soon as Belle was done with the goodbyes, she was going to take Belle to the Jade Sect. For now, Belle's father Samuel, and her grandfather Waldron were keeping Steward Katie company in a respectful manner. The Jade Sect was one of the top sects in the East Mainland, and it was only very slightly weaker than the three holy lands. So, Steward Katie was a very important guest for the Xiao Family, especially since she had recruited Belle now.

When Belle was just about to leave, she noticed Austin and Caroline.

"What are you doing here, Austin?" she exclaimed in delight.

This was an unexpected surprise for her.

"Hello, madam," Austin greeted, bowing to Steward Katie first.

'She is going to becBelle's mentor. I should be polite to her, if only for Belle's sake,' he thought.

Steward Katie merely responded with a nod.

She was satisfied with Austin's attitude.

Austin didn't want to waste ton formalities. "Belle, your family is going to be in trouble," he told her urgently.

He told them all about the grand prince, and how he was going to usurp the king that night.

The sudden news left the entire Xiao Family in shock. They had just been celebrating Belle's recruitment and suddenly this! It took a while before Waldron recovered from his shock.

"Are you sure about this, Austin?" he asked after taking a deep breath.

"Yes, I'm a hundred percent sure," Austin confirmed.

"I think you are right too.

Thank you for tellingabout this, Austin.

If it weren't for you, our king, the third prince, and my entire family would have been doomed.

You're our savior and we are in gratitude.

Humph! I must report this to the king as soon as possible," Waldron remarked.

He was in a big hurry to get to the royal palace; so much so that he didn't even have the tto explain things to Steward Katie fully and had to make-do with a quick apology.

Two hours later, the entire imperial capital city went into a giant uproar.

Under the king's leadership, Valdron, a large number of ninisters who were still loyal to the ing, the king's trusted guards, and he imperial guards broke into the grand prince's mansion. Not only dic hey do that, but the king executed he grand prince on the spot.

Even before news of this execution spread, a multitude of guards went after the grand prince's followers and chased them out on the streets.

Within just a few hours, almost every single person who was involved with the grand prince's plans, including Rodolfo's family, had been killed.

In fact, Waldron beheaded Rodolfo in public.

News spread like wildfire and the leaders of the top six sects of the Solamnia Kingdom, who hadplanned on assisting the grand prince in his coup, left the imperial Pcity as soon as they heard capitalcity about the grand prince's death. That was the only way they could think of saving their lives. Austin himself did not rest easy until he had heard about the execution of the grand prince.

'Finally, the people of the Xiao Family are safe, at least for now,' he thought to himself with relief.

To his pleasant surprise, the king cto meet him in person. It seemed like the handiwork of Waldron since he was with the king too. The latter rewarded him with lots of divine vital energy crystals, pills elixirs, magic treasures and several other kinds of cultivation resources. Austin politely thanked the king and accepted those rewards gladly; to be honest, he was penniless now.

Half a day later, the old man left the Solamnia Kingdom with Austin, Caroline and Tyler.

According to him, he was taking Austin to the base of the FlHoly Land; once there, Austin was going to have to begin a strict training regimen. It was tfor him to fulfill the reason he had cto the Divine Continent for, and he was really looking forward to the upcoming journey.

'The FlHoly Land was destroyed 1500 years ago, but now that it has been rebuilt, I wonder what its base would look like?' he wondered.