Austin and Violet had already checked the left and the middle one out. The right one was new for them.
It was time to go there now.
Austin was eager to try it out. Chances were that more treasures lay behind that path.
"Violet, what do you think of this road on the right? Do you want to go and have a look?"
Austin asked.
"It's up to you, master." Violet answered sincerely.
But she had already sensed the eagerness in her master's mind.
However, Austin frowned suddenly. His sharp spiritual sense warned him that several figures were
walking up behind them and would catch up to them soon.
"It's too late. The people from the Medicine Sect have come. Violet, hurry! Hide yourself in the Illusion
Bead." Austin hurriedly ordered Violet
as he quickly took out the Illusion Bead from his space ring. It was in the same color as her name,
Violet.
Hearing what Austin had ordered, Violet turned herself into a green smoke of light and drifted into the
Illusion Bead.
Austin put it back and started the Magical Aura-changing Skill which he had learned from Violet. It
would allow him to cover his own features completely so that others could not sense his cultivation
base.
According to Violet, if he was able to practice the Magical Aura-changing Skill to a sufficiently high
level, it could be used to change his appearance, smell, temperament, and even his physical height. In
other words, it would have allowed him to completely turn himself into a totally different person. Even
the people who knew him very well with him could not tell who he was.
But Austin was just a beginner and had never practiced much of this skill. Besides, what he really
wanted was only to hide his cultivation base. And he was also not interested in practicing a skill that
was rarely used.
"Oh? Hang on, Walker? Is that you? I thought you died just now!"
It was the voice of the Steward Meng. He asked in surprise as twenty disciples from the Medicine Sect
walked up in front of Austin.
This time, the trio leading this company were composed of the Chief Elder, Steward Meng, and Master
Yuan.
The Chief Elder looked exhausted from his very presence, which was totally in contrast to the one
dignified and powerful self he usually was.
His entire body, including head and hair had been burned and turned into a charcoal shade of black.
He looked completely miserable right now.
Something similar was going on with Steward Meng, who was not only looking pale, but had also lost
his left hand.
Elder Guan, who was originally among the leading trio, was missing. There were more than twenty
disciples from the Medicine Sect behind them. All of them were wearing black gowns.
It looked like the fight among the five cultivators of the Mysterious Realm had ended and the Medicine
Sect had won, though at quite a bit of loss.
'Is it possible that Elder Guan died? He has come here with the others.' Austin thought. And what about
the two diabolic beasts? Are they alive? Or have they been killed by the Mysterious Realm cultivators
of the Medicine Sect?
Austin tried to venture a guess.
"Walker, you are still alive. Man, you were attacked by the two diabolic beasts together. It's a miracle!"
Steward Meng kept on praising fate.
The Chief Elder, Steward Meng, the array expert Yuan, and the other disciples of Medicine Sect were
also staring at Austin as if they had seen a ghost.
So the disciple Austin was pretending to be Walker. At only the fifth level of Energy Gathering Realm,
he was at the lowest level among all the disciples who had been sent to the Cloud Cave.
The gap between the Energy Gathering Realm and the Mysterious Realm was too huge. It would not
be an exaggeration to say that a cultivator at the Mysterious Realm could kill more than ten Energy
Gathering Realm Cultivators with just a finger.
It was really strange and suspicious to the disciples that Walker, at the fifth level of Energy Gathering
Realm had survived after he was attacked by two cultivators at the Mysterious Realm simultaneously.
All the disciples sighed in their minds that Walker was really lucky to be still alive.
"Your graces, I had planned to go on deeper into the Cave to have a look. I was sure that you two were
powerful enough to contain the two diabolic beasts. But I was discovered by them and they attacked
me together. At that time, I simply ran and spared no efforts. I just dodged the two diabolic beasts'
attack blind eyed and I confess that I was extremely lucky to survive.
But I also passed out and woke up just before Your Graces arrived.
I am sure that you have killed the two beasts, right?"
Austin replied with great respect.
"Oh, I see. You are really a lucky dog to have survived the two diabolic beasts' attack. No one else
would have lived to tell the tale!"
Steward Meng replied and sighed.
"Are you Walker?"
The Chief Elder suddenly asked Austin slowly while staring at him without even blinking. He seemed to
have caught on to something.
Austin got nervous at once. 'Why is the Chief Elder staring at me like that? Is it possible for him to
sense my identity even with my Aura Changing Skill?' Austin asked himself.
"Yes, Your Grace. I am Walker." Austin tried to be calm.
"You seem to be good at hiding yourself. The attack from the Purple Flaming Lion King and the three-
eyed scarlet bull did not hit your body, but I saw it clearly by my eyes that the aftereffect of their vital
energy force was quite powerful and wide enough to injure you. But even after that, you merely passed
out, even though you're just at the energy gathering realm. You can fool others, not me!
Walker, I am quite certain that you are at least at the Earth Realm! What do you have to say for
yourself? Why are you hiding your real cultivation base from Medicine Sect?"
The Chief Elder's gaze was extremely sharp. He was staring at Austin as if he was ready to teach him
a tough lesson if the latter could not give him a reasonable and satisfactory reply.
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