The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 218 Becoming A Principal Disciple (Part Two)

Elder Luo argued again. It looked like he had made up his mind toprevent Austin from becoming a principal disciple.

"Elder Luo, please remember that Austin has beaten Timothy here inpublic, fair and square, with so many witnesses watching. If we reallycancel his qualification as per your proposal, what would the others sayabout us? There would be no integrity to our Sun Sect anymore!”

Elder Jiang questioned Luo angrily. His hot temper was making itdifficult to bear the injustice that Elder Luo was looking to mete out.

"If we can get a real genius to the Sect by sacrificing just a little famethat our Sect enjoys, then it completely makes sense! I think you areconsidering fame more than anything else. Am I right, Elder Jiang?"Elder Luo said, his voice silky and eerily elegant, giving out theimpression that he was really pressing for justice.

"Fair points from both of you. But please stop arguing and listen to mefor a minute. Three years ago, Austin was attacked and badly injured.His brain was hurt at that time and he lost a lot of himself.

I've heard that after the attack, for a long time, his cultivation base wasstuck at the third level of the Energy Gathering Realm

And I also heard that, around two months ago, his sanity was suddenlyrestored to normal. And his cultivation base was back to the ninth levelof Energy Gathering Realm after only two months’ cultivation. Just thinkabout it. He has progressed from the third level to the ninth level of theEnergy Gathering Realm in just two months! Such a cultivation speedalready proves that he is a rare martial arts genius!"

This revelation took the Elders’ collective breath away. Breakingthrough six levels in two months! Such speed and skill could only bedescribed as genius.

If there was a word higher than that, even that couldn't be enough todescribe the talent that Austin was exhibiting.

"From this point of view, Austin doesn't really seem like a normalperson,” one Elder commented.

"Rising up six levels in two months still feels too good to be true, evenif he was once at the ninth level of the Energy Gathering Realm. But hecan really be considered a super genius!" another Elder saidthoughtfully.

Elder Luo scowled as he heard these comments but didn't say anythingmore.

"Since nobody else has any other concern, we shouldn't deprive him ofthe opportunity of becoming a principal disciple,” Theon declared.

The Elders nodded in agreement. Elder Luo had to accept the decisionand keep silent, now that the matter had reached this stage.

Fair then left his chair to announce to the crowd that Austin’s challengehad been successful, and that Austin would replace Timothy to becomethe third-ranked outer disciple. The best part of the news was that hewas also promoted to the position of a principal disciple.

The disciples standing in the square looked at Austin, faces raw withenvy. Austin gave a slight smile, brimming with satisfaction at the result.The challenges for the second and the first place were to take placenext.

But the problem was, there was no disciple daring enough to challengethe first and second ranked disciples.

Timothy, who was previously ranked third, was already at the EarthRealm. That meant that the disciples who ranked first and second alsoneeded to have a cultivation base of the Earth Realm. And right now, noone else had the confidence and strength to challenge them.

It was not long before this session of the Ten Masters Challenge waswrapped up, its preliminary ranking having been finalized.

Marquis Qin ranked first.

Wade Zhangsun ranked second and

third-placed was Austin.

Fair continued with his announcements, declaring the challenge to havenow moved to the second round. The new top ten masters couldchallenge a higher-ranking disciple if they weren't satisfied with theirown rankings. And everyone who had been challenged had to acceptone challenge of the lot that came their way.

Marvin stared gloomily at Austin. After a long time, he sighed andreined his impulse.

Although he nursed a profound hatred of Austin in his heart and wouldhave liked nothing better than to defeat and humiliate Austin in public,he fully understood that he was really no match for Austin.

Austin’s cultivation base was at par with his, if not more. Even thoughhe had understood level one palm intent, Austin had gone a step aheadand grasped level two sword intent. What was more, Austin had justbeaten an Earth Realm cultivator before their eyes!

After thinking through his decision over and over again, Marvin finallygave up. He would not challenge Austin.

The remaining disciples too decided not to challenge the top threemasters. It took quite a bit of a mental struggle, but they decided it wasfor the best.

These disciples were the top ten masters of the outer sect for a reason.They were clever, sensitive, and flexible, and had a clear understandingof their own strengths. No one was willing to humiliate themselves infront of thousands of people.

With that, the top ten ranking challenge now came to an end.

The top three disciples, Marquis, Wade, and Austin were formallyinstated as principal disciples of the sect.

After the game, most disciples watching the challenge were reluctant toleave. They fell into hot discussions, talking enthusiastically about thecompetition. And everyone's conversation revolved around Austin.Because Austin had been one of the main focuses of this challengeAnd now that the competition had ended, Austin left Martial ArtsSquare along with Evan and Herbert... .

On the second day, a steward came up to Austin to inform him that heneeded to now take up his identity as a principal disciple.

Austin exchanged his Identity Jade Badge and obtained a batch ofcultivation resources.

The principal disciples lived in separated caves in a grand valley thathad the most intense Reiki effect in the Sun Sect.

Every cave had one separate Energy-gathering Array, which was manylevels higher than that of Energy-gathering Array in Austin's previouscultivation room in his yard.

All the living fixtures and facilities were prepared in every cave.

Austin did not have much luggage. He moved all his belongings to thecave allocated to him in one go. As he set his luggage down, he lookedcarefully around the cave and could not help but sigh. A principaldisciple was much better off than the normal disciples in the Sun Sect.After unpacking, Austin sat down, feeling the rich spirit of heaven andearth surround him. He felt comfortable, almost as if he was at home.And it was going to be really efficient and of great help to cultivate insuch an environment.

Minutes later, he crossed his legs and began to try and refine a skill. Hishands crossed before his chest, with cycles of bright golden vital energyforce dancing around his fingers.

He was cultivating the Grand Pagoda Summoning Skill.

The Grand Pagoda Summoning Skill was a grade four skill. Austin couldimplement the first step to generate a three-layered Grand Pagoda.When he had mastered the first step, Austin had been at the sixth levelof the Energy Gathering Realm. Now, he was at the preliminary stage ofthe Earth Realm. It was the right time for him to cultivate the secondstep that could generate a six-layered Grand Pagoda