Chapter 1468 Set Off
There were about seven days left before the Martial Arts Tournament.
All this time, Austin and Caroline had been cultivating in the courtyard without leaving the prime
minister''s mansion.
Austin was aware that Rodolfo woulde after him once he stepped his foot outside of Belle''s
grandfather''s house. After all, Rodolfo knew that he had murdered his grandson.
Austin had narrowly escaped death after he was chased by a beast rider of the Vasteras Holy Land
who had only reached the premium stage of Emperor Realm.
He knew that he would be easily defeated if his opponent was Rodolfo who had entered the Divine
Bridge Realm.
Therefore, Austin had decided to focus on cultivation and stayed in the prime minister''s residence.
Austin spent most of his time working on the Golden Sun Scripture over the next seven days.
He also tried to let the spiritual sense pot absorbed more omnipotent gas in the Omnipotent Pot.
The spiritual sense pot was a spiritual sense weapon. It was made from Austin''s spiritual sense and
omnipotent gas.
The me Emperor believed that the spiritual sense of Austin''s pot was more powerful than that of an
Emperor Realm master of the premium stage.
Hence, the Spiritual Pot could be one of Austin''s trump cards.
In those seven days, after Austin tried for countless of times, the spiritual sense pot fused with a little
more omnipotent gas.
Although he had only managed to integrate a dash of omnipotent gas into the pot, the pot still became
more powerful.
N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.
Austin had also been keeping Carolinepany whenever he had the time.
Since they confirmed that they were in a romantic rtionship, they would often make out as any other
couples did.
Austin didn''t follow the me Emperor''s advice to sleep with her.
After all, they were both not yet ready for that, particrly for Caroline.
Austin wanted to take things slow. He would just let nature take its course when it came to sex.
Atst, their much-awaited day for the Martial Arts Tournament finally came.
It was at the crack of dawn when Belle dropped by to see Austin and Caroline.
She then led them to a spacious hall.
Inside the huge hall, there were about fifteen to sixteen young men who were about twenty-five years
of age or lesser. All of them were members of the Xiao Family. And their cultivation bases were at the
Semi-holy Realm or above.
Belle''s father—Samuel was also in the lobby.
There was also an amiable elder with a long beard. He stood still, with his hands sped behind his
back. Austin looked at the elder, but he couldn''t see through his real strength.
When the elder saw Austin step into the lobby, he nced at him through the corners of his eyes.
Instantly, a light shed across his eyes.
Austin felt ufortable when he suddenly heard a loud ringing in his ears.
As he met the elder''s gaze, Austin felt like he could see through him.
''This elder is way too strong, ''
Austin thought in awe.
Belle led both Austin and Caroline to the elder. "This is Austin Lin, Grandpa,"
she introduced, while she pointed at Austin.
''It turns out this elder is Belle''s grandfather, the prime minister of the Smnia Kingdom, '' Austin
thought.
"I''m Austin Lin. Nice to meet you, sir," Austin greeted and bowed his head to the elder.
Belle had once mentioned to Austin that her grandfather was at the Divine Bridge Realm.
Faced with a Divine Bridge Realm master, Austin was fascinated but slightly scared.
"Um,"
the elder replied with a little nod.
An exasperated voice suddenly startled them. "Have you lost your mind, Belle?
How could you allow an outsider to sign up for the Martial Arts Tournament in the name of our family?
It would be fine with me if he was powerful.
But he has just reached the preliminary stage of Semi-holy Realm. It will be impossible for him to stand
out in the tournament.
During that time, he will just hold our family members back in the test and embarrass us.
I oppose him joining the tournament on behalf of our family," the middle-aged man said gravely, as he
gave Austin a ferocious look.
He resembled Samuel in appearance.
"Uncle Vincent, Austin saved my life.
You can''t take him lightly because of his cultivation base. He is far more powerful than you can
imagine.
He will not bring shame to our family,"
Belle retorted as she stood in front of Austin.
''This man is Belle''s uncle.
He must be Alvin''s father. I destroyed Alvin''s elixir field and destroyed his cultivation base, '' Austin
thought.
Austin saw the fierceness in Vincent''s eyes when he made eye contact with him.
''He looks hostile to me. Did he know I destroyed Alvin''s cultivation base?'' Austin wondered.
"That''s enough, Belle. I don''t want our n to be humiliated. My decision is final. I will never allow a
weak stranger to take part in the Martial Arts Tournament bearing the name of our family,"
Vincent said decidedly.
"Uncle Vincent, this is unfair,"
Belle said with arched eyebrows.
"Vincent, it was my idea to let Austin sign up for the Martial Arts Tournament on behalf of our family,"
Samuel cut in abruptly.
"What''s wrong with you, Samuel? Are you out of your mind?
He has just reached the preliminary stage of Semi-holy Realm. If he joins the Martial Arts Tournament,
he will only make our family aughingstock. He will just bring disgrace to our family,"
Vincent snapped.
Austin was not stupid. He felt Vincent''s animosity towards him, and he knew that he just wanted to give
him a hard time. ''Shit! Did he find out what I did to his son?'' Austin thought to himself.
"Come on, Vincent, don''t say that. I don''t think it''s a bad idea to let this young man join the tournament
in the name of our family. Let''s give him a chance. This is just apetition for young men. Even if he
doesn''t have a good performance in the game, it doesn''t matter, no big deal. Let them charge it to
experience. No need to pay so much attention to the results,"
the prime minister mediated.
"Now that father agrees, I have no problem with that.
I''ll go and check the tournament site," Vincent snorted.
With a flick of his sleeve, he walked straight towards the entrance of the hall, and he didn''t even bother
to look back.
''Humph! You old man, you always favor Samuel. Now, you can''t me me for turning my back on you
and taking side with the Grand Prince.
Someday, I will take your ce and be the prime minister of this country, sooner orter.
Austin is a son of a bitch. He destroyed Alvin''s cultivation base and left him there to be the diabolic
beast''s food.
Now that Samuel is supporting that brat, I''ll make him pay the price for what that brat did to my son, ''
Vincent thought furiously after he left the hall.
It turned out that Vincent had found out what Austin did to his son. Moreover, Alvin ended up as the
diabolic beast''s chewing food.
"Father, looks like Vincent still hates us,"
Samuel said to the prime minister through his spiritual sense with a sigh.
"Don''t mind him. Just let him be. He has always been proud and arrogant.
It must be hard for him to take that I appointed you as the leader of our family instead of him.
I hope he will get over this one day,"
the prime minister responded.
No one in the hall had overheard the conversation between the father and son.
"All right. Let''s go," the prime minister said tly.
He exited the hall and jumped into the air.
The other members of the Xiao Family in the lobby also took their leave and followed the prime
minister.
Austin and Caroline followed behind the Xiao Family members and flew towards the tournament site.
After a while, theynded on a huge square.
The square was crowded with people. Austin had no idea how many cultivators had signed up for the
tournament.
He started looking around keenly and studied the tournament site.