Eastern Domain…
Willsburg city, the Barron Family estate…
"Ah! Allice Winston, why? Why did you set me up? Your heart is so cruel!"
Inside a luxurious room, Austin Barron woke up from a nightmare with a loud scream, he was panting heavily with sweat all over his face.
He looked around only to find himself lying in a strange room, which left him confused. Suddenly, something came to his mind, and his face was filled with shock.
"Have I actually been reborn and come to another world, how inconceivable!!"
Austin sighed inwardly, his mind filled with complexity, recalling some visions, including some familiar and some unfamiliar ones.
In his previous life, he had reached the peak of martial arts. On top of that, he had an extraordinary comprehension of alchemy, which was far beyond that of others. He was honored as the "Pill Emperor".
However, he was not satisfied and wanted to reach an even higher realm, so he explored many ancient relics. After much effort, he finally found a mysterious bronze Cauldron, the Nine-Flame Divine Cauldron, in an ancient ruin, after overcoming innumerable dangers.
On one side of the bronze Cauldron, there are nine strange grooves, while on the other, there are multi-colored words. It's an ultimate martial technique called the "Nine Flames Scripture". When practiced to the highest realm, one's body will not only be immortal, but even one's life can coexist with the heaven and earth, living as long as the sun and the moon!
However, the "Nine Flames Scripture" was too profound. Even with his high level understanding of martial arts, he found it difficult to comprehend, it was like a heavenly book.
As a result, he revealed this to his fiance, Allice Winston. Not only was Allice beautiful, but she was also incredibly talented in cultivation. So he planned to study it together with her.
Unexpectedly, on their wedding day, he was greeted with the sharp edge of a divine weapon!
But fascinatingly, his soul didn't dissipate, instead, it drifted in space for tens of thousands of years in a dormant state.
During this time, he had nothing to do, so he kept studying the "Nine Flames Scripture". After many years, he finally understood the first layer of this technique. He then inexplicably reincarnated into the body of a sixteen-year-old boy who is also named Austin Barron. What a coincidence!
The previous owner of this body was the only son of Edward Barron, the patriarch of the Barron family, who possessed a Nine Palaces Spirit Vein. This vein was the most chaotic, judged as the weakest spirit vein, and at sixteen, he was still at the second level of the Physical Refinement Stage. As a result, he was often mocked and ridiculed as a waste. So, his father, hoping to secure a better future for him, struck a deal with the Sky-Bearing Sect. The sect would commit to cultivating Austin, and in exchange, Edward has to explore a secret realm for the sect.
Sky-Bearing Sect is a prestigious sect in the Eastern domain. If you could join in and become a qualified disciple, in the future, you would surely be a powerful figure commanding respect from all. Thus, the Sky-Bearing Sect garnered respect in the Eastern domain.
The secret realm was dangerous, with life-threatening dangers constantly looming. But for his son, he still ventured into it. However, when the Sky-Bearing Sect came to receive Austin, his uncle, George Barron wanted Austin to give up this spot for his son, Cody Barron. He, of course, refused as this was something his father literally risked his life for. In a fit of anger, a fight ensued, but he was no match for George, who was in his Prime Stage. A single punch left him severely injured, damaging even his spirit vein. Not long after he returned to his room, he breathed his last.
It wasn’t until the current Austin inhabited his body that he slowly regained consciousness.
"It seems that the heavens are still good to me, providing me with another opportunity to step onto the martial arts peak," he mused.
"However, this father and son have really pushed it too far, their audaciousness is outrageous!" With this thought, Austin snorted coldly.
After a few complaints, he began to observe the state of the body.
"Huh, that's not right, this isn't a Nine Palaces Spirit Vein! The Nine Palaces are in order, forming a Dao map! This is a Nine Palaces Chaos Formation!! It's a divine level spirit vein!!!" Austin started laughing in joy.
The Spirit Vein was the foundation of martial arts!
Awakening the Spirit Vein would open the door to martial arts, lacking it would leave one out in the cold!
Spirit veins could generally be divided into four major levels which is, Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang, each having nine minor levels.
Besides these, there were rumored to be even higher level spirit veins, the Emperor Level Spirit Vein, and the Divine Level Spirit Vein.
"Hahaha, who would have thought, in my previous life, I only possessed a ninth-grade Emperor Level Spirit Vein. Now, here I am with a Divine Level Spirit Vein. It seems that it wasn’t a weak vein, but it required special cultivation techniques to truly harness its power."
"Now that I have acquired the 'Nine Flames True Sutra', it will complement each other. In fifty years, no, even shorter, I will be able to return to the Venerable Stage." Austin's face was filled with joy. This was tailor-made for him!
The most pressing matter was to heal his injuries, prevent George and his son from seizing the spot. As for the damage to the spirit vein, given his level of medical skills, some carefully chosen medicinal herbs could be brewed into medicinal pills to solve the problem. Fortunately, the needed ingredients were fairly common.
Thinking of this, he sat cross-legged, starting to operate the "Nine Flames True Scripture."
After thousands of years of research, the first layer was already a familiar road. Immediately, a powerful vitality was produced in his body. It didn't take long for his injuries to completely disappear.
"Truly worthy of the divine method, it actually has such a miraculous effect." Austin slowly opened his eyes, sat up, and walked towards the door.
"It's time to meet George and give him a surprise."
"Hold it, the second master has ordered that you are not to go anywhere today." Austin just opened the door, to find at the door was a short but very strong man standing there, speaking coldly. It was indeed George's loyal subordinate, Buck Walter.
Everyone in the Barron family knew that he was a cripple, so even servants were not very polite to him, never considering him as the son of the head of the family.
"Who are you to dare stop me?" Austin's gaze turned cold.
"This is the second master's order, young master Austin, please don't make it difficult for me." Buck Walter smiled and his intention seemed to be, I will stop you, what can you, a useless person do to me? Besides, the second master has said that under no circumstances, should Austin be allowed to come out and stir up trouble today.
"Get out of the way, don't make me say it a second time," said Austin coldly.
What he didn't expect was that even after George had struck him into a serious injury, he still didn't trust him, sending people to guard the door.
"Young master Austin, you should just go back to your room! This is the second..." Before Buck could finish his sentence.
"Slap"
Austin slapped him across the face, coldly saying, "will you move aside or not?"
Suddenly, Buck became enraged. Was he just slapped by a useless person? This was unbearable! Immediately, he darkly said, "You dare to hit me? You're asking for it..."
"Slap" Another sound.
Austin made a move again, firmly slapping Buck's face.
