The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 22 It's Perseverance That Counts

Evan just kept on talking with a wide smile on his face.

"My cultivation base is not yet back to normal. I just fought back todaybecause Bates was too aggressive and I had too much of their bullyingshit," Austin stated calmly. "Before I regain my original strength andpossibly break through to the Earth Realm of vital energy, we'd betterkeep a low profile and avoid making trouble in the Sun Sect.”

He surmised that he had been envied and plotted against years agobecause of his reputation for being number one in cultivation baseamong the outer disciples.

He realized that one should be modest and patiently bide his time untilhe was strong enough.

Evan couldn't help but argue in his heart, “Tin, you're not being humble!It was obvious that you were bullying Bates too much today!"

But he was even more surprised when he just realized what Austin saidabout breaking through to the Earth Realm of vital energy.

"You want to ascend to the Earth Realm of vital energy!" cried Evan.“That's what the elders and stewards in the sect have achieved! But ittook them twenty or thirty years of hard work before they reached theEarth Realm. It's not going to be easy for you!" Evan continued.

As a grunt disciple in the first level of Energy Gathering Realm, Evanhadn't dreamed of achieving the Earth Realm of vital energy even for asingle moment.

Austin rolled his eyes at Evan. "What can be so difficult in breakingthrough to the Earth Realm of vital energy?" he asked in disdain. "A fewyears ago I was already in the ninth level of Energy Gathering Realmand ready to break through to the Earth Realm of vital energy. If I hadnot been backstabbed, I could have been in the Earth Realm of vitalenergy already.”

Evan then remembered that Austin was known as the most gifteddisciple among all the outer disciples of the Sun Sect three years ago."Sorry, Tin. I almost forgot your glorious history. With your ranking firstamong the outer disciples, you were known as one of the few wizardsof all time. It would be a piece of cake for you to break into the EarthRealm of vital energy,” he complimented, scratching his headsheepishly.

"Tin, when you get to the Earth Realm, I will be the proudest and I willhold my head high in the Sun Sect!"

His flattery gave Austin the creeps. "Can you be more disgusting?" saidAustin grumpily. "You're a grown man. You can't always rely on other'sglory. You should start making up your mind and practice hard. Striveto break through to the Earth Realm as soon as possible. Then you willfeel proud of yourself. That is your true glory.”

"But you know my potential. I'm just in the first level of EnergyGathering Realm. God knows when I will reach the Earth Realm.”

Evan looked discouraged.

"You can rest assured that when I become stronger in the future, I willdefinitely search for quantities of elixirs and treasures of heaven andearth. I'll do whatever it takes to help you improve your vital energy tothe Earth Realm or even a higher level," Austin said kindly, trying tocheer up his frustrated friend. "But it's your perseverance that counts,”Austin added in all earnestness. "I can't help you if you don't helpyourself."

Evan was moved to tears by Austin’s inculcation. "Tin, you're so nice tome," he babbled. "I'm glad to have followed the right person!”

With that, he jumped out of the water and lunged at Austin for a bighug.

At the sight of a naked swarthy man rushing towards him, Austin gotscared and cried, "Pervert!"

He immediately dived into the water to avoid his friend. Evan missedhim, sending spray across the lake. "Tin, where is the pervert?" askedEvan, looking around in surprise.

At the foot of Sun Mountain, where grunt disciples lived, three men laymoaning on long cane chairs in an exquisite house with a smallcourtyard.

They were the three men who tried to bully Austin. But this time, besidethem stood three grunt disciples who were busy treating their wounds.The grunt disciple who was patching Bates up accidentally pressed onthe wound too hard and touched the bare white bone on his shoulder.Bates winced in pain, gasped, and scolded, "Damn, are you blind? Don'ttouch my wound!"

The grunt disciple took Bates as his boss. Upon hearing Bates's curse,he freaked out and hastened to apologize.

Bates was driven by the fury in his heart. Whenever he thought of whathappened, he felt the searing pain on his shoulder.

"Damn you, idiot Austin! How dare you torture me like this! I'll makeyou pay for what you've done to me countless times," he shouted curseat Austin, who wasn't there, through gritted teeth. "I will break you intopieces until I please!”

Then he stopped and tried to catch his breath. "Ben, what time isMatias coming back exactly?" he asked.

"Bat, Matias has gone to Z City to do some purchase. He just leftyesterday morning and would spend a whole day on buying. After eachpurchase, he will go to a brothel to indulge himself. I suppose he won'tbe back until the day after tomorrow at the earliest.”

Ben Wang was the disciple who was dressing Bates's wound.

"Son of a bitch! He went to Z City to make out with a woman and leftme here to be humiliated and beaten by that idiot," complained Batesbitterly.

"Bat, don't be mad," Ben pacified. "When Matias comes back and learnsthat the fool is fine, he won't let him off the hook. Then you won't haveto avenge yourself."

"Bat, that fool looked much more normal today, and he seemed to haveused bewitchment,” said Lane, the tall disciple that Austin first slapped.He was lying on the cane chair next to Bates with his whole face swollenlike a pig's head. Another grunt disciple was dabbing at his face withsalve to help reduce the swelling.

"Matias is in the level four of Energy Gathering Realm, and he has eventried to challenge a higher-level outer disciple. Moreover, his peopleare more powerful than any of us. The fool, strange as he may be, isoutnumbered. We can get enough men to knock that fool out.”

Bates, though in a blustery tone, was still a little shaken up at thethought of what happened today. He still wondered if that Austin hadmastered bewitchment.

"Ben, go to the place where the inner disciples are on the mountainlater. See if my cousin is back. Last month, he said he would practice inGrand Desolation Mountain for a month, so he should be back by now.You send the message to him that I was bullied, and ask him to getback at that idiot,” Bates instructed Ben Wang in an icy tone. "I'll seewith my own eyes how you will die, idiot Austin!”

Ben Wang complied with his request.

Bates broke into a sinister smile while resentfully thinking, “My cousin isin the seventh grade of Energy Gathering Realm. So, even if you canperform some mysterious tricks, there's nothing you can do about mycousin's absolute power.

By then, I'll tread you under my foot and trample you like an ant againand again until you die!"

Meanwhile, the entrance of a cave on Sun Mountain was misty, and thecave was full of rich vital energy of Heaven and Earth.

Inside the cave, a young man sat cross-legged in meditation. He wasgood-looking, but the corners of his mouth turned up in a touch ofdefiance and clear haughtiness, and his eyes shone sharply.

The undisguised vital energy indicated that his strength had reachedthe Earth Realm!

Next to him stood a teenager who looked inferior to him. The teenagerwas reporting something to him in a respectful manner.

As the teenager finished his sentence, the young man's narrowed eyesflew opened in amazement.

"What? Are you saying the fool has become sane, and he has givenseveral grunt disciples a good beating today?"

"Yes, Young Master Roger. A few grunt disciples tried to pick on Austin,but he beat them up bad. Since there were other grunt disciples whowitnessed it, the story quickly got around.”

"How is that possible? It's incredible! Hasn't his brain been broken threeyears ago? How did he suddenly recover?”

Roger Luo frowned. The news seemed to depress him.

"I never expected that bastard would have such good luck. Oh, by theway, now that he has recovered, how is his cultivation base of vitalenergy?”

Roger suddenly remembered this question and asked anxiously."Judging by the fluctuation of his vital energy in the fight, he isprobably in the third or fourth level of Energy Gathering Realm, YoungMaster Roger," replied the teenager reverently.

"He's in the third or fourth level of Energy Gathering Realm?”

Roger Luo muttered with a strange look after a moment's pause. Thenhe laughed with evident relief.

"That's good news! Unbelievable! He used to be the first place in theouter disciples being at the ninth level of Energy Gathering Realm. Nowhis strength has reduced to the third or fourth level of EnergyGathering Realm. Very well. This is exciting news!"

Roger Luo said and laughed hysterically.

"Young Master Roger, shall we do something about him?"

"There's no need," Roger Luo waved his hand, appearing relaxed anddelighted.

"I'm in the Earth Realm of vital energy, after all. Do you think he can stillput pressure on me as he did a few years ago with his current strength?His time has passed. Since then, Austin has been a nobody to me!Austin, I won't kill you just yet because I want you to witness my gloryin the future. That is more exciting than killing you!"0

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