The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 188 Mindy's Past

Mindy, let's go back to Sun Sect now, Austin said.

They had just left the Mysterious Ancient Well, and Austin thought thathe should begin to make preparations for the Top Ten Outer DisciplesRanking Challenge.

"No, Austin, you go ahead. I have something more important to dealwith. I've waited for years for this, and the day has finally come.”

Mindy shook her head as she looked to the northeast. Determinationwas written all over her face. It was obvious that she had made asignificant decision.

"Something more important?”

Austin was confused by Mindy's words.

"Austin, you've done me a great favor this time. I'd like to share my pastwith you."

Mindy found a clean, flat rock not far from the well, and gestured forAustin to sit on it.

"My name is actually Mindy Zhang, not Mindy Wu," she began.

She stared blankly into the distance, her mind swamped with painfulmemories. Austin listened to her story quietly.

"I came from Valley Town. It is a remote town, no match for Peace Townin scale or prosperity.

There were two well-matched clans in Valley Town, the Zhang Clan andthe Li Clan.

On the surface, the two clans were on good terms. But in private, theywere business rivals. As they were equally matched in strength andpower, neither of them dared to openly start a fight.

But after a while, the peaceful facade was shattered.

As luck would have it, the head of the Zhang Clan found an ancientbook called “Elixir Foundation’ in a cave. The book was a down-to-earthand easy to understand introduction to pill refining. Valley Town wasbackward in everything, including cultivation, so all the natives lookedforward to becoming pill refiners.

The head of the Zhang Clan decided to have the youths of the clanstudy pill refining so that there would be more pill refiners in the clan.After all, pill refining is a respected career. Once the Zhang Clan hadmore pill refiners, it would become more powerful.

The discovery of the book was supposed to be a secret, but somehow,the head of the Li Clan found out.

He spent a large sum of money on bribing a butler and several guardsof the Zhang Clan. One night, with the help of the traitors, the whole LiClan launched a surprise attack on the Zhang Clan. All the members ofthe Zhang Clan were killed or caught, and the clan was wiped out.

That night, a couple from the Zhang Clan held off their enemies longenough to secretly send their little daughter away with a servant.

After the girl escaped, she didn't dare to go back to Valley Town again.She changed her family name and wandered from place to place.

She had practiced martial arts with the martial artists in her clan, so shesuccessfully passed the Sun Sect's entrance exam and joined the sect.”She paused and looked at Austin, who realized that she was telling herown story.

"You're the little girl, aren't you?" he asked.

Mindy nodded. Her eyes turned red and watery as she recalled herfamily.

"Are you going back to avenge your family?" he asked.

"Yes. It has been about seven years since I escaped, but not a day hasgone by without thinking about my parents and my other clansmen. Ifled the town in a hurry, so I don't know whether they are still alive. Themembers of the Li Clan weren't that strong back then. Most of themhad only reached Energy Gathering Realm. It was said that the head ofthe Li Clan had reached the preliminary stage of Earth Realm."

Mindy began to look nervous.

"How about this? I'll go to Valley Town with you. If the head of the LiClan was at the preliminary stage of Earth Realm seven years ago, it'spossible that he has made a breakthrough since then. I don't think youcan deal with a whole clan on your own,” Austin suggested.

Of course, Mindy knew Austin's words made sense. In the past sevenyears, she had been tortured by the thought that her parents and herother clansmen might be living in hell. Since she had finally reached theEarth Realm, she didn't want to wait any longer to go back to ValleyTown to avenge her family.

Austin knew what was on Mindy's mind, but it would be reallydangerous for her to do it alone. And he knew he couldn't talk her outof it, so the best thing to do would be accompanying her and help heravenge her family.

After all, after spending the last few days with Mindy, he thought of heras a friend. And hearing about her past had made him sympathize withher situation.

Austin, Violet, and Mindy had all reached the preliminary stage of EarthRealm. The Li Clan might be powerful in a remote town, but threecultivators at Earth Realm would be able to deal with the clan.

Mindy was thrilled when she heard Austin offer her his help. Two daysago, he had only been at level 9 of Energy Gathering Realm, yet he hadsuccessfully wiped out more than ten cultivators from the Blood WolfTeam, including one at Earth Realm.

Now that he was at the preliminary stage of Earth Realm, he must bemuch stronger.

She was sure that she could avenge her parents and her clansmen withAustin’s help.

After a moment's hesitation, she said, "But you wanted to attend theTop Ten Outer Disciples Ranking Challenge. Will you be able to makeit?"

"There are more than ten days left for the challenge. I think we'll haveplenty of time. Let's go.”

Mindy gave him a grateful look and led him to her hometown—ValleyTown......

The next day, a man and a woman arrived at a small village more thanten miles away from Valley Town.

The village was quiet and peaceful. Every now and then, light cloudsfloated across the sky.

Birds were singing in the trees. Dogs were barking as they smelledstrangers. At the entrance to the village, a few children were playingunder a big tree.

The villagers looked at the two strangers with curious expressions ontheir faces.

The man and the woman came to a stop outside a house in the east ofthe village. The house had a small courtyard with bamboo fences on allsides.

A middle-aged woman was watering the plants in the courtyard. Therewere vegetables and fruits.

The man and the woman were none other than Austin and Mindy. Theyhad come here to look for Mindy's family.

They had both reached the Earth Realm and demonstrated a mastery ofbodily movement skill, so they were capable enough to handleanything that lay ahead of them.

They approached the courtyard so quietly that the woman watering theplants didn't notice them at all.

Mindy's eyes reddened at the sight of the woman. Obviously, she knewher.

"Nanny Wu!"

Mindy called out in a choked voice.

Shocked to hear the familiar voice after so long, the woman droppedthe watering can in her hand. The watering can hit the ground andwater spilled onto her shoes.

Paying no attention to any of that, she turned around to look at Mindy."Mindy, is that really you? Am I daydreaming?" she murmured.

"Nanny Wu, it's me."

Overcome by emotion, Mindy immediately ran toward the woman andthrew herself into her arms. She burst into loud sobs, and at thismoment, she seemed like the little girl that she had been seven yearsago.

The woman patted Mindy's back to console her, but she was in tearstoo.

Austin was touched when he saw the affection between them. He stoodoutside the fence, not wanting to disturb them.