Chapter 1798 A Low-profile Master
"Answer me. Be honest or your soul will be ruined!"
Austin said in a cold voice.
Bang!
The moment Austin finished his words, the killer''s head exploded. He died on the spot.
Austin frowned in disappointment.
''Probably this is a rule for the members of the ughtering Sect.
If the assassin fails in his mission and gets caught identally, his head will explode automatically.
In this way, no one would be able to track down the headquarters of the ughtering Sect, '' he
thought.
"Are you all right, Austin?"
Suddenly he saw a dozen figures in the sky. Quickly theynded beside Austin.
They were the disciples of the me Holy Land. Rahul was among them too.
"I''ve heard that killers from the ughtering Sect had appeared and wanted to assassinate you. So I
rushed here immediately,"
said Rahul.
In thest six months, Austin had spent most of his time practicing sword skills in the Divine Sword
Cliff.
Rahul had attended to all the daily affairs in the Five Elements City in his absence.
"Don''t worry; I''m good. I managed to kill them all. Let''s go back,"
Austin replied calmly.
He led the disciples of the me Holy Land and they began their journey back to the Five Elements
City.
He knew how to practice the Five Elements Dominant Swordsmanship. If he wanted to employ that
sword skill to full capacity, he needed to have a better understanding of the rules of five elements and
needed to do more practice.
Since he had already learnt how to use that sword skill, there was no reason for him to continue staying
in the Divine Sword Cliff.
Austin and hispanions were on their way back to the Five Elements City.
"Congrattions, Holy Heritor! You have figured out the secret of the Divine Sword Cliff!
You are the second person I know, who has been able to do that."
A voice suddenly reached their ears. Austin found it a familiar one.
"It''s you, sir!"
Austin was surprised when he found an old man standing before him. It was the man who had
apanied him to the Divine Sword Cliffst time.
"What''s going on? What do you know about that secret?" Austin asked.
He was curious to know what the old man meant.
"Long time ago, a man identally saw the sword-light of the Divine Sword Cliff while he was passing
the Five Elements City.
Then heprehended swordsmanship in front of the Divine Sword Cliff, like you did.
In the end, he was able to figure out the secret of the cliff,"
the old man narrated the incident.
"Sir, so did you meet that person?"
Austin was shocked.
"Yes, I did. He called himself as the Sword Emperor,"
the old man revealed.
"The Sword Emperor!"
Austin was quite shocked. ''This old man has met the Sword Emperor before.
The Sword Emperor left the Prime Martial World a long time ago.
If the elder had met him, it means that he is also very old.
It is also a fact that the higher a cultivator''s cultivation base is, the longer he can live, '' Austin mused.
"It''s a matter of great honor for me that I got the chance to serve him for a period of time in the past.
He helped me a lot in my cultivation.
Later, he left the Five Elements City. I haven''t seen him since then.
Although he called himself as the Sword Emperor, I knew that his real cultivation base was far higher
than the Emperor Realm.
I bet, at that time he was at least at the Major-perfection Realm.
So many years have passed by.
He must have be terrifyingly powerful now."
The old man became thoughtful as he remembered the past days.
''It is unbelievable that this old man served the Sword Emperor and was taught by him, '' Austin thought.
"Did the Sword Emperor tell you where he was going?
I wonder if he is still in the East Maind,"
Austin asked.
As he and the Sword Emperor were from the Prime Martial World, Austin was eager to know his
whereabouts.
"Not really. But once he mentioned to me that he was nning to have a tour in the Middle Pilgrim
Land.
So I think he might have gone off to the Middle Pilgrim Land.
But so many years have passed since then.
Perhaps, he has already gone away from there,"
the old man answered in a dejected tone.
"The Middle Pilgrim Land!"
Austin murmured.
The Divine Continent was divided into five major areas: the East Maind, the West Desert, the South
Mountain, the North teau and the Middle Pilgrim Land. The Middle Pilgrim Land was the most
important part of the Divine Continent.
It was often said that the Middle Pilgrim Land was the most prosperous and the most powerful among
the five major regions.
The Middle Pilgrim Land was vast and boundless. Even if the other four regions werebined, that
part would still be smaller than it.
In short, the Middle Pilgrim Land was like the heart of the Divine Continent.
It was far more important for the Divine Continent than the other four regions.
"So many years have passed. I can''t believe that you are the second one who was able to figure out
the secret of the Divine Sword Cliff after the Sword Emperor.
You remind me of him," the old man said with a smile.
Austin could tell by the look in his eyes that the old man missed those old days when he served the
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Sword Emperor.
"Well, Holy Heritor, I''ve got to go now,"
the old man said to Austin.
They were already in the Five Elements City.
"Would you like toe over and join me at the casten mansion, sir?"
Austin offered.
"No. Thanks for the offer.
I live at the Fortune Alley, which lies to the west of the city. If you have time, you cane over and
have a chat with me," the old man said with augh.
Then he disappeared in the alley which was to the west of the city.
Austin stared at the old man''s back, as he vanished before his eyes. He was lost in thought.
''If this elder has seen the Sword Emperor earlier, he must have lived for a long time and must be a very
powerful cultivator.
But he chose to live quietly in the Five Elements City. He isn''t after wealth or reputation.
Perhaps, in this world, there are many real masters like this elder. They lead a peaceful life and don''t
pursue fortune or status.
Perhaps, any person here, who looks like amon citizen, is a top cultivator. You never know!''
Austin brooded in silence.
Then he returned to the casten mansion with hispanions.
"Austin, the royal family of the me Kingdom seems to have taken some actions against our holynd
recently,"
Rahul said to Austin the moment he found him alone in the hall.
"Really? What have they done?"
Austin asked, his eyes turning sharp.
"Recently, the royal troops of the me Kingdom could be seen near the Fire City, the River City and
the Five Elements City.
Upon that, I''ve heard that the royal family of the me Kingdom has issued orders secretly.
They wanted all the other cities inside the kingdom to be cut off from rtionships with the Fire City, the
River City and the Five Elements City. They forbade people to do business with the people in the three
cities.
Besides, all the citizens of the kingdom are forbidden from entering the Fire City, the River City and the
Five Elements City.
If anyone doesn''t follow the orders, he will be charged with treason and even executed.
These days, we''ve got fewer visitors to this city.
No people from other cities havee here.
Some timidmon people in the city left secretly because they didn''t want to get into trouble,"
Rahul replied.
"Well, it''s time to take back the power from the royal family,"
Austin snorted coldly.
A thousand years ago, the me Kingdom was originally a subsidiary of the me Holy Land, and it
waspletely under the control of thetter.
After the destruction of the me Holy Land, the royal family of the me Kingdom sided with one of
the three prominent ns—the Ji n and became the subsidiary of the Ji n.
"I think the people of the Ji n is behind all this.
Otherwise, the royal family of the me Kingdom doesn''t dare to challenge our holynd publicly.
Well, this time, I will take control over this kingdom," Austin said.
A cold light shed in his eyes as he thought over everything what they had decided.