Being calm and composed in the practicing room, without a worry in the world, Austin was sitting
crossed legged on the floor. He seemed to be practicing cultivation since there were three earth spirit
fruits and two Energy-boosting Elixirs in front of him.
With the Energy Gathering Array working at full pelt, the practicing room was filled with vital energy,
and the air seemed dense with it, much more than any surrounding area.
For the last two days and nights, he had been putting all of his efforts into the Golden Sun Scripture.
The first time he had cultivated the method, a small light ball had appeared in his belly. Now, after
about two days, it had grown into a ball about half the size of a walnut and was emitting incessant
bright light. Like a small sun, it floated and nourished everything under its light.
Under the light, Austin's belly, bones, muscles and blood vessels had turned a bright, beautiful shade of
gold, and looked as if they were filled with an endless supply of vigorous life energy and power.
The energy in the surrounding air seemed to be affected too, and it was being pulled mysteriously into
his body.
With the practicing of the Golden Sun Scripture, Austin became extremely energetic. The golden light
emitted from the light ball penetrated his bones, flesh and blood vessels and there was a shine that
rose from inside to outside of his body.
If one were to witness Austin at this moment, he would be immediately reminded of a mighty king. That
was how graceful and powerful Austin looked under the shine.
To Austin's surprise, he suddenly felt that the light ball inside him was pushing to come out of his body,
as if a child had been attracted by delicious candies and was about to catch them.
'Is it attracted by...'
A bold idea struck him and he decided to try it out.
He summoned the light ball and, after receiving his affirmative, it shook lightly before flying out of his
body. It hovered around the room and stopped above the place where the fruits and elixirs were laid
out. For a while, it did nothing, then it began!
Austin was shocked when he saw under the golden light, the essences were being extracted from the
earth spirit fruits and the Energy-boosting Elixirs
and rose slowly, emitting brilliant light, before they were absorbed by the light ball.
The earth spirit fruits shrunk quickly and in a very short moment, there was nothing but three rotten and
wrinkled fruit skins left.
Meanwhile, the Energy-boosting Elixirs were getting smaller and smaller until they disappeared
completely.
After absorbing the essence of the earth spirit fruits and the Energy-boosting Elixirs, the light ball, as if
pacified with its appetite, immediately flew back into Austin's body and hung itself in his belly.
Austin had never expected that the light ball would have absorbed the vital energy essence itself.
It had doubled in volume now and had grown into the size of a complete walnut.
After it had settled down in Austin's body, it released a steam of pure and warm energy which spread
throughout him and refreshed him to a new extent.
With a few faint brittle sounds, his bones, muscles and blood vessels expanded and a sense of tickling
ran through him.
It was a sign of a breakthrough.
Several hours later, Austin suddenly opened his eyes. There was no wind in the room. In fact, it was
completely closed. However, his hair fluttered and his robe was plumped up.
Like a person who had just woke up from a sound sleep, his breathing had improved and the air flow in
his body was several times stronger.
'Level seven of Energy Gathering Realm!' Austin was extremely excited.
He had reached this level once before, but this time, he felt that the energy in his body was several
times more powerful.
After two days of cultivation, Austin had managed to break through his previous level and the Golden
Sun Scripture had put him at level seven. In the process, he had consumed the essence of three earth
spirit fruits and two Energy-boosting Elixirs. This was enormous even for level seven.
When Austin was cultivating the Purple Yang Formula and finally managed to reach level five of the
Energy Gathering Realm, the most he had been able to consume was one earth spirit fruit. And that
time, he had barely survived the impact of the earth spirit fruit.
What a big difference!
It was clear that the Golden Sun Scripture was much more powerful than any other formula he had
tried.
The sun was shining brightly in the morning sky. The disciples of Sun Sect were cheerfully greeting a
new day.
Near the battle ring, around five or six hundred people had gathered at the place where the outer
disciples usually stayed
There were some senior disciples, a few new ones, and even a few from the inner section.
Austin was supposed to duel Billy today.
Prepping for the fight to begin, the disciples stood in small groups and discussed the outcome in a low
voice," You know, it's said that Austin disappeared from the outer sect three years ago. A while ago,
someone told me that he had gotten some sort of mental problem and had been demoted to a grunt
disciple. Nobody knows why or how it happened."
"Yeah. I heard rumours. Some people said that he was either dead or has left Sun Sect. It's really
surprising to hear that he is fighting today."
"Who do you think will win in the competition, Austin or Billy?"
"It's said that Austin has only six levels of cultivation base left, but Billy has already reached level eight
of the Energy Gathering Realm now, so you can imagine who will win yourself."
"We don't have to imagine to find out Billy is going to win. In terms of cultivation level, Billy is two levels
higher than Austin, and in terms of skill, it's said that Billy has comprehended a half-level spear intent.
So there's no doubt that Bill will win the duel."
"It's too early to say who will win. You know, there is an old saying. It says that a starved camel is still
bigger than a horse. After all, Austin was once the best outer disciple."
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