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 would come 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 Flame 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.
Austin had also been keeping Caroline company whenever he had the time.
Since they confirmed that they were in a romantic relationship, they would often make out as any other couples did.
Austin didn't follow the Flame Emperor's advice to sleep with her.
After all, they were both not yet ready for that, particularly for Caroline.
Austin wanted to take things slow. He would just let nature take its course when it came to sex.
At last, 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 clasped 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 glanced at him through the corners of his eyes. Instantly, a light flashed across his eyes.
Austin felt uncomfortable 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 Solamnia 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.
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