"Who are you?"
Austin was surprised.
"How dare you!"
At the sight of this, a large number of members of the Curry Sword Sect were about to dash towards the maiden to prevent her from approaching Austin.
However, Austin gave them a look, signaling them to stay put, and they had no choice but to obey, hence they just remained where they were.
Noticing Austin's attitude towards the girl, the masters who had surrounded him to toast him enthusiastically didn't make the effort to stop her. They simply watched as she walked closer to Austin.
Then the maiden stopped in front of him and looked him up and down with curiosity written all over her face.
"Are you really the legendary Austin Lin, who is the most powerful cultivator in the Sword Cosmos?" she asked, in a shy voice.
This girl had fine features, which looked lovely on her.
"Ha-ha, where did you hear that? Yes, I suppose I am,"
Austin replied with a chuckle and a friendly smile.
"But you don't look much older than me!
So, are you really that powerful like they all say?
Did you really defeat more than forty governing gods of the Blade Cosmos just by yourself?
My sister and I think it's a lie. We don't believe it at all."
Seeing that Austin was warm and easygoing, the maiden became bolder with what she wanted to say.
Another girl ran towards them. Her facial features were the same, almost identical with the first maiden, but she was older.
"Mabel, that's so rude of you. If Grandpa found out about this, he will surely scold us," she lectured the maiden.
"Mr. Lin, I apologize for my sister's rude behavior. We shall no longer bother you," she then said to Austin. The older sister held the younger one by the arm, turned around and planned to drag her away.
"Oh sister! Come on, what is there to be afraid of?
Aren't you curious?
We can take this chance and figure it out ourselves,"
Mabel said with a pout as she broke free of her sister's grip.
Countless powerful cultivators just stared at the fearless girl, and they were worried about her.
'She has no idea how powerful the man standing in front of her is.
He can actually take her out thousands of times, in a heartbeat, and without lifting a finger,' they thought to themselves.
'The most fearless people are usually the ones who are ignorant!
Austin is a ruthless killer. He has killed countless people in cold blood and she dares to talk to him like that?!
Wait, which sect is she from? She might get her entire sect in trouble,'
they pondered anxiously.
At this point, Austin stood with his hands behind his back. There was a very faint smile on his face and no one could tell whether he was happy or angry.
Seeing him look like that, no one dared to stop Mabel.
"Look!
It is Mabel Xiao.
She has been spoiled by her grandfather, and she is known to be unruly and disrespectful.
She even dares to question the most powerful cultivator in the Sword Cosmos," one of the young people about Mabel's age exclaimed with resentment.
The young people watching in the distance were taken aback by Mabel's bold moves. It was embarrassing!
Although they had the guts to come here to peep at Austin,
they were not as ignorant and fearless as Mabel who had questioned him face to face.
'Couldn't she see that a large group of masters praised and adored Austin, even trying their best to please him?' the young cultivators couldn't help but wonder.
Except for Mabel, no other young creature had the nerve to approach Austin under such circumstances.
Just earlier, the atmosphere was lively as people enjoyed each other's company, talking and even laughing out loudly. However, the merriment suddenly died down and was replaced by dead silence.
With jaws wide open, everyone stared at Austin and the two girls, wondering what would happen next.
"You are right. I am not really that powerful,"
Austin replied casually, amused by Mabel's straight out question.
He didn't feel offended, let alone get mad at the girl.
Instead, he thought she was innocent and cute.
"Okay then. But why does everyone say that you are the most powerful person in the Sword Cosmos?
Even my grandfather said so.
Nonetheless, I'm still very curious of you. Are you powerful or not?" Mabel asked, looking directly at Austin, her eyes wide open with genuine curiosity.
As she spoke, her long eyelashes fluttered gracefully.
"That's enough, Mabel! Stop making a fool of yourself here. We'd better leave.
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