The Supreme God

After grasping level one sword intent, Austin stopped practicing the Illusory Swordsmanship.
By practicing it, he mainly achieved two important things.
First, when he used this swordsmanship, he could shoot about fifteen beams of sword radiance. Each sword radiance required
some vital energy.
Since Austin had mastered the Golden Sun Scripture, the vital energy in his body was much stronger than that of the cultivators
on the same level. Furthermore, the vital energy stone in his elixir field stored huge amounts of vital energy which came from the
Celestial Energy Ginseng.
Now he had enough vital energy to shoot fifteen streaks of sword light. However, in addition to vital energy, the cultivation was
also based on the cultivator's degree of understanding and application of it. Hence, despite the fact that Austin could only shoot
fifteen beams of sword light, the progress he had made was already considered remarkable.
After all, he had just begun practicing this swordsmanship skill several days ago.
The level one sword intent was the second achievement he gained from the swordsmanship.
Sword intent was not based on the cultivator's vital energy or his martial arts skill level. It totally depended on the cultivator's
talent. Only if he was very gifted could he understand the intent of the martial arts skill, so it was impossible to grasp the sword
intent by hard practice alone.
After summarizing what he had learned in the past few days, Austin suddenly heard Evan and Herbert shout outside.
That was when he realized that he had been cultivating for about four days straight already, without even eating or drinking.
Even so, he was delighted with the improvement he had achieved in the past few days.
He cleared his throat and said, "Come on in!"
Evan then immediately walked in the room, but Herbert was a little hesitant. He had only taken two steps when he suddenly
stopped.
"Tin, are you sure we can come in? Is there no danger in the room?" Herbert asked.
Austin rolled his eyes.

Herbert cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment, and then eventually followed suit into the room.
"Tin, what kind of swordsmanship is you exactly practicing? It's so powerful! Just look at my head. You have shaved off a piece
of my scalp! If I was unable to shrink my head in time, your sword would have sliced past my neck."
Recalling that moment, Herbert couldn't help but shiver with fear.
Austin said with a smile, "It's your fault. How could you break in when a cultivator was practicing! Don't forget this lesson and
never make the same mistake again."
Herbert didn't protest, what Austin said was the truth. It was extremely dangerous for a cultivator to be disturbed when he was in
the middle of practice. It might slow down his cultivation progress or, worse, disrupt his concentration which could cause a
deviation of the energy flow in his body.
Fortunately, what Austin had been practicing was swordsmanship and not vital energy refining formula when Evan and Herbert
broke in. Otherwise, his practicing progress would have been affected.
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"Sorry, Tin! We got too excited and totally forgot all about it."
Evan was clear about the severe consequence too. Seeing how serious Austin looked when he spoke, he realized that he and
Herbert had been too rash.
"Well, forget it.
But what made you so excited?"
Pride and joy were written all over the faces of Evan and Herbert, which piqued Austin's interest.
"Tin, look! Marvin gave these to me."
Evan filled with excitement, took out a cloth bag and poured out its contents on a stone table in the yard. A pile of shiny vital
energy crystals and three pills appeared before them.
They were vital energy crystals, 10, 000 in total, and three Energy-boosting Elixirs.
Seeing these, Austin smiled slightly.

Austin had taught Marvin a lesson after he bullied Evan, and had asked him to compensate Evan. Marvin then promised to give
Evan ten thousand vital energy crystals and three Energy-boosting Elixirs.
Austin never expected that Marvin would keep his word, which was why he was a little surprised when he saw the contents of
the cloth bag.
However, he realized that Marvin couldn't have possibly done this out of generosity. Since Marvin had made the promise in front
of his outer disciples, not keeping it would be shameful.
Knowing Marvin's personality, if there were no bystanders when he made the promise after being defeated, he surely wouldn't
have kept it.
"Then you should accept these stuffs. They served as Marvin's compensation for bullying you. You should make good use of
them to improve your cultivation base level.
Remember, I can only protect you for as long as I can, but I can't protect you forever, so improving your skills and power should
be your number one priority," Austin said, making use of this opportunity to encourage and push Evan to practice harder.
Evan cheered up and answered confidently, "Tin, you are my role model. I will do my best and give it my all in practicing just like
you. Trust me, I won't be a burden anymore in the future."
Hearing that, Austin smiled with satisfaction. . . . .
"Great! Tin, your priceless advice is really helpful! I seem to be in the midst of spiritual enlightenment. Wow, you are really
incredible!"
Herbert suddenly started to flatter Austin. He longingly gazed at the vital energy crystals.
Austin knew Herbert's character, so he was aware of what the latter was thinking. He inwardly laughed, but didn't say anything.
Herbert cleared his throat and continued, "Tin, what you said inspired me so much! From today onward, I promise to practice
harder in order to achieve a higher cultivation level as soon as possible. I promise I won't hold you back in the future."
Herbert patted his chest while speaking, as if his practice was in order to impress Austin.
"Good! I hope you manage a breakthrough and reach a higher level soon."

Austin laughed crazily in the inside, but he continued to play dumb and didn't say anything Herbert expected to hear.
Seeing Austin hadn't understood his intentions yet, Herbert awkwardly cleared his throat again.
"Tin, as you may well know that although I'm planning to practice cultivation in order to reach a higher level, I sadly cannot afford
my meals.
If you don't believe me, you can ask Evan. I had to borrow money from him in order to pay for my meals these days.
Speaking of which, I really appreciate Evan's generous help!"
Evan was an honest man, plus he had been getting well with Herbert recently, so he immediately nodded in order to back up
Herbert's claims.