"What?"
Austin scanned the surface of Earth repeatedly until he felt something in the Brilliant Kingdom.
"The Hiding Area!"
He sensed the faint aura of his parents and older brother in the Hiding Area, located in the northwest of
the Brilliant Kingdom.
He stored the aura of his family deep inside his Soul Sea so he wouldn't forget what they were like.
Although their auras were barely traceable, Austin still easily sensed them.
"This is so strange. Why did they go to the Hiding Area?"
Austin was confused.
Last time when he left, Austin told his family to stay in the temple of the mountain god and had left
them with enough cultivation resources.
He immediately began to scour the area inch by inch using his spiritual sense to try and pinpoint their
exact location.
"What happened?" Austin murmured to himself with a frown.
He was worried after searching endlessly.
He desperately used his spiritual sense again and again to try and find his parents and brother, but to
no avail.
He could only sense a faint, indiscernible aura of their souls, but he had no idea where they were.
"Something is wrong!"
Austin yelled in frustration.
At Austin's level, he should be able to easily find three ants in the Hiding Area, not to mention three
living people.
"I should go there and check for myself!"
Driven by worry and anxiousness, he immediately flew high into the air and disappeared above the
Peace County.
They were the people Austin cared about the most, and he couldn't afford to lose them.
He used all of his bodily movement skill to get there as fast as possible and was moving at the speed of
light.
Just in a blink of an eye, he was already hovering midair above the Hiding Area.
The sheer vastness of the place made it seem empty and desolate.
Austin was met with the breathtaking view of the clear night sky. Not a single cloud was in sight as
thousands of dazzling stars twinkled high above.
Suspended midair, Austin scanned every mountain and river on this land with his powerful spiritual
sense.
"What is this? A trace of Buddhist power?!"
Austin closed his eyes and felt the pure energy lingering between the heaven and earth. Streams of
energy were flowing everywhere wherever the wind blew.
They brought a sense of mystery, serenity and peacefulness.
"It seems that people here believe in Buddhism. That's why there's so much Buddhist energy,"
Austin uttered in surprise.
There were many temples all around the world, but only a few possessed the true Buddhist power, and
even fewer were worthy to have the law of Buddhism pass on to them.
Austin floated in the air, motionless. He sensed the surroundings with his spiritual sense.
All of a sudden, he felt something.
His eyes gleamed with joy as he looked over to the forbidden part of the Hiding Area.
The aura of his parents and elder brother seemed to come from that direction. Strangely, it seemed that
something was blocking their aura from being transmitted properly.
Fortunately, Austin's spiritual sense was powerful enough to sense it.
Without wasting any more time, he turned into a beam of light and rushed towards the deserted area.
In an instant, he arrived at the vast, deserted area.
Mountains towered into the sky over the horizon in front of him. They stood like giants, touching both
the sky and the earth, dwarfing everything around them. They emitted a suffocating oppressive aura
due to their sheer size.
Despite their gigantic size, however, the mountains only seemed like an illusion, "What brilliant illusion
arrays!
These arrays are not complete but they still manage to fool me!"
Austin realized that there were several magic arrays deployed in this vast land of deserted area.
These illusion arrays seemed to have been broken, but they still had such a strong effect.
This showed how powerful these arrays were.
'These must be from the ancient times, '
Austin thought to himself.
It was known that Earth was no longer a suitable place for cultivation, which rendered the cultivation
civilization here weak and fragile.
However, during the ancient times, Earth was the most admired and formidable planet in the whole
three thousand big and small universes.
The arrays served merely as a reminder of their glorious past.
"I sense a trace of aura from my parents and older brother. They must have been here before."
Austin immediately sensed this when he landed on the ground.
He then closed his eyes and focused on scanning the environment before walking towards something.
As he ventured forth, the space in front of him became distorted.
Then, everything in front of him changed in an instant.
An ancient road appeared which floated in front of Austin, leading to a huge mountain in the distance.
There was still tremendous Buddhist power between the heaven and the earth. Buddhist scriptures
resounded midair.
Without any hesitation, Austin set foot on the ancient road. He was willing to go through anything just to
be with his family.
The path disappeared into the horizon. As Austin walked forward with much caution, he saw many
historic sites along the road which emitted a strong Buddhist power.
He also passed by numerous majestic towering mountains.
Looking from afar, the mountains were densely filled with temples. Sounds of bells, the beating of
wooden fish, and the chanting of scriptures could be heard from the mountains from time to time. He
could even see the vague shadows of monks in ancient robes.
"Listen, you have no chance of escaping from here even with Austin's help, so stop hoping. Even if you
wait another thousand years, Austin wouldn't go back and save you.
He already left Earth for some other world. It's unlikely he'll ever come back.
I advise you to accept this fact and cooperate with the Novel Court.
If you cooperate with us, maybe the Novel Court will find a way to get you to that world and maybe you
will see Austin again someday."
Austin suddenly heard a voice.
He was both surprised and pleased.
His heart beat right out of his chest when he heard this. Maybe his family was still alive and well.
But judging from their conversation, it seemed that they were trapped by the people from the Novel
Court!
Excitement got ahead of him and he immediately rushed forward to check without second thoughts.
Soon, a low hill appeared in front of him.
A large group of people, at least thousands in number, surrounded the hill in all directions.
Austin glanced around and found that they were knights of the Novel Court, wolf men, people form the
blood race, and wizards in different colored robes.
Some were in military uniforms and carried missile launchers!
Austin knew well that they were also from the Novel Court.
Amidst the sea of people, Austin vaguely saw his parents and elder brother! His loved ones were finally
within his reach.
Joy and excitement flooded Austin's heart.
He had long planned on coming back to Earth to visit his family.
Now he finally found them!
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