Austin decided to go back to the imperial capital city since his relatives and friends still lived in the Austin Palace.
Obviously, once the imperial capital city was broken into, no one would remain safe, so he had to go back to protect them.
Austin knew a little about how the Ghost Sect operated.
They needed numerous corpses of warriors to cultivate their corpse soldiers and generals. Once they broke into the imperial capital city, the first thing they would do was to kill warriors and use their corpses to cultivate more corpse soldiers and generals for their army.
"Austin, are you ready to join the war in the imperial capital city?" Theon asked.
They were currently having a meeting in the conference hall. Senior leaders, including Theon, were present. Murray, who had becan elder not so long ago, sat beside Theon.
"Yes, sof my friends and relatives are still in the imperial capital city. | have to get them out.
The imperial capital city has been besieged by the Ghost Sect. | don't know how long it will take for them to break into the city, so | have to save my friends and relatives as soon as | can." Austin had heard this piece of news through the grapevine.
"Austin, there's something you must know. The Mysterious Sky Empire is the hidden force behind the Ghost Sect.
The Ghost Sect only reappeared in the Violet Orchid Empire a while ago.
Before they went up against the other sects in the city, the emperor of the Mysterious Sky Empire sent messengers to those sects to tell them that the Ghost Sect has becthe state sect of the Mysterious Sky Empire and that its founder has been authorized as the National Counselor.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe Ghost Sect's reappearance in the Violet Orchid Empire means that the Mysterious Sky Empire intends to occupy the Violet Orchid Empire," Theon added.
"Oh? Mysterious Sky Empire?" Austin was puzzled. He had never heard of that country before.
"The Mysterious Sky Empire is one of our neighbors. It is a powerful and ambitious country.
Two years ago, it conquered three small countries. But | didn't expect them to target us next," Theon explained.
"l see." Theon's words enlightened Austin. 'The Ghost Sect attacked sects in the Violet Orchid Empire to pave a way for the Mysterious Sky Empire, ' he thought to himself.
"So if you go back to the imperial capital city, you won't just be fighting against the Ghost Sect, you'll be fighting against the army of the Mysterious Sky Empire as well," Theon said.
"I see. But nothing can change my mind," Austin replied firmly.
"Fine, then we'll leave with you.
Maybe we can do something to help when it is necessary.
The Mysterious Sky Empire aims to occupy the whole Violet Orchid Empire. As one of the strongest sects in the country, the Sun Sect would take a beating if the Violet Orchid Empire lost the war," Theon said seriously.
"Okay. | hope Elder Xu, Elder Xiao, and you can calong with me.
I'm sure you'll have things to deal with in the sect.
We can set off as soon as you finish them," Austin said after a moment, agreeing to Theon's proposal. Although they were at the cultivation base of the Mysterious Realm, they were able to exhibit strength at the Sky Realm if they worked together to perform the Three Endowment Violet Yang Battle Array.
The array was so powerful and mysterious that even Seth, whose cultivation base was at the medium stage of Sky Realm, hadn't been able to take them on.
Since they possessed the strength of a cultivator at the Sky Realm, they would play an important role in the war, so Austin agreed to his proposal immediately.
Theon nodded and then left with the other elders to address their sectarian affairs.
After the disaster that happened several days ago, the Sun Mountain was a mess and needed to be rebuilt. Many disciples of the Sun Sect had been killed and the living disciples needed to be comforted, so it would take stto deal with the funerals and other affairs.
"Your grace, wait please!" Austin suddenly asked Theon and the six other elders to stop as they were about to leave the hall.
When they turned around, he said, "These items are useless to me. | want to present them to you as a gift. Maybe it will be helpful for your disciples." Austin took out more than thirty Energy-prevailing Elixirs, fifty Energy-boosting Elixirs, and smedicinal elixirs, and gave them to Theon.
Theon and the other elders were stunned when they saw these items.
The Violet Orchid Empire was a remote country in the southern PrMartial World, so pill refiners in this country were few and far between. Finding a high-grade pill refiner was almost impossible.
According to the news heard through the grapevine, the most powerful pill refiner in the Violet Orchid Empire was from the clan of Gongsun—a pill refiner at grade four.
The Energy-prevailing Elixir was an elixir at grade three and was relatively precious in the Violet Orchid Empire. Even large sects like the Sun Sect couldn't get their hands on as much Energy-prevailing Elixirs as they needed.
So when Theon and the other elders saw Austin casually taking out dozens of Energy-prevailing Elixirs and second-grade Energy- boosting Elixirs, they were shocked.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Austin, these items are too valuable. I'm afraid we can't accept your gifts.
You have already saved the Sun Sect, so if anything, we owe you a favor.
It's unreasonable for us to accept such precious gifts," Theon said.
Austin laughed. "Your grace, it's my pleasure to save you. These Energy-prevailing Elixirs are unnecessary for me.
You don't have to worry aboutbecause | can get my hands on hundreds of elixirs if | need them someday.
Please accept my gifts. They will help you to rebuild your sect." ‘What? He can get his hands on hundreds of Energy-prevailing Elixirs if it's necessary? Does he have any idea how valuable hundreds of Energy-prevailing Elixirs are?’ one of the elders thought in his mind.
Theon and the others were all taken aback by Austin's casual attitude.
Looking at the disbelief in their eyes, Austin smirked inwardly. They didn't know that he was a third-grade pill refiner now. He could refine the Energy-prevailing Elixir any the needed it. It might be precious for people like Theon, but not for Austin.
"Well, Austin, since you don't need these elixirs, | suppose it's better for us to accept your gifts.
On behalf of all the disciples of the Sun Sect, thank you," Then he took the elixirs from Austin.
"Apart from the elixirs, I've also prepared three kinds of martial arts skills for you. These skills are at the sixth grade. Please accept them. You can count them as your collected skills." 'Sixth-grade martial arts skills!" Looking at the three colorful jade slips, Theon and the other elders were stunned again.
After a moment of shocked silence, Theon finally spoke up.
"Austin, you... You... Where did you get those sixth-grade skills? Denali toldshe has two fifth-grade and one sixth-grade martial arts manuals, and ssixth-grade and seventh-grade elixirs. | wondered where she'd gotten them, but she toldthey have been from you. You gave them to Denali as a gift.
| can't believe you got so many martial arts skills and elixirs in the Mysterious Nether World and brought them here," Theon articulated in an extremely amazed tone.