At this point, the old man in the golden robe felt a chill run over his spine. It was like he had gotten soaked in icy water during winter.
'Where did this young man come from?
I even didn't spot him from here. It doesn't make any sense. No one can escape my sharp eyes, ' he thought.
"What... what are you? Are you a human or a ghost?"
'Is this young man a spirit of some sort?' It was the first idea that occurred to the golden-robed man.
It was common for the cultivators of Earth to be afraid of ghosts.
"How dare you attack my family and insult my mother?
Consider yourself a piece of dead meat. Tell me, which way you wish to die?"
Austin said impassively.
"What... what are you saying? Are you... Austin Lin?
Damn it!"
the man in the golden robe said as he gaped at Austin in utter shock.
He looked at the young man up and down and found that he looked exactly like that legendary Austin himself.
The last time Austin came back to Earth, he broke into the Western Kingdom and fought with a divine god that the Novel Court worshipped in Jerule.
However, the so-called divine god that he battled was just a divine god's spiritual soul.
Nonetheless, to the cultivators on Earth, even a divine god's spiritual soul was a supreme being. That was why the Novel Court had worshiped him for such a long time.
Austin was fortune enough to have fought with their divine god and emerged unscathed.
The fight between Austin and that divine god's spiritual soul created quite a stir, not only in the Novel Court, but also the martial arts world of the Western Kingdom and even the martial world on the Earth.
Until today, those martial artists on Earth still talked about Austin and considered him a role model and a legend.
However, after that epic battle, Austin had suddenly disappeared from the Earth and had never been seen again, as if he had vanished into thin air.
Because of his disappearance, the Novel Court spread the news that Austin was killed by their divine god in that battle.
Only the senior members of the Novel Court knew that Austin was still alive and he had g
vivor.
After that, the entire place fell dead silent.
It was so quiet that one could clearly hear the sound of a pin drop.
All by himself, Austin made his way up the peak.
"Oh my! I think I saw Austin...
I might be dreaming again..."
A scream came from the hill.
Tears welled up in Austin's eyes.
He drew an excited smile on his face.
"Honey, I think I see him too. Perhaps it's... really him."
Clement's voice could be heard from the top of the hill.
"You think? So do you see him or not? I've had enough of you. You are always like this.
You are making me even more confused than I should be,"
Austin's mother complained.
Hearing this, Austin couldn't hold back his tears anymore. His eyes welled up so much he could barely see.
'When I was a child, father was henpecked. Mother often yelled at him for all trivial matters. His face turned red due to embarrassment but he didn't dare to snap back. It was always like this, '
Austin recalled.
Austin looked at the three people who were standing on the hill and nervously staring at him. Suddenly, he felt a warm surge in his heart.
They were his family, who meant the world to him.
On the hill, Austin's mother stared at Austin nervously and excitedly.
"Austin, is that really you?" she asked with uncertainty.
"Mom, it's really me! I'm back!"
Austin took a step forward and stood in front of his mother.