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“Next!”

With the voice echoing through the room, Keira straightened her back and pushed the door open.

The Freeman Sect resembled an ancient noble manor.

The houses inside all retained rustic and classical

characteristics.

The Bone Assessment Hall was also a small bungalow, similar to the temples she had visited, with an elder dressed in practice garments sitting on a cushion, sporting a long beard, and looking quite elegant.

Elder Grant had been responsible for the Bone Assessment for several decades.

He had discovered many a talented child and then made recommendations to the Sect Leader and direct lineage elders.

Before the Sect Leader took on disciples, the pressure on him was immense, a pity though, for there were no exceptional prospects.

Ever since the Sect Leader had taken on disciples and

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announced to the public that the eldest apprentice could now defeat the Sect Leader himself, his workload had immediately lightened.

The younger generations were still far from taking on disciples.

Therefore, when a child was exceptionally gifted, he would only recommend them to the direct lineage; the rest could only stay to become average disciples.

He leisurely sipped a cup of tea and then looked toward the door; upon seeing Keira, he was

momentarily taken aback before speaking, “Didn’t they say parents can’t enter?”

He looked around her, “Where is your child?”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

Touching her nose, she also felt a bit embarrassed, “Uh, I’m here for the Bone Assessment.”

“Nonsense!”

Elder Grant was almost amused by the absurdity. “Your growth plates have long since fused. What’s there to assess? In all my years of assessing bones, I’ve never seen an adult have it done!”

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potential and wish to

her from head to toe, then realization

Keira was surprised.

surprise, asking, “You know

course, I know you!” Elder Grant exclaimed, half amused, half exasperated. “You are an Outer Sect Disciple of Freeman Sect. How could I not know you? Moreover, I was

her brow. “I see.”

join the Freeman Sect from an early age. It

your parents when you were four or five, but after assessing your bones, I found your talent average and declined. To my surprise, you came

year!”

Grant said in resignation, “Your parents

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they just wanted you to learn martial arts. There are so many martial arts classes outside, and

Freeman Sect wasn’t a common martial arts school; it was one of the few serious martial

fallen behind with the advancements of

the age of modern firearms, cold weapons and their practitioners were hardly a match…

The Freeman Sect had persisted to this day because, firstly, it had a substantial family fortune to support it and, secondly, the martial arts of the Freeman Sect were still among the top-ranked

the world.

who joined the Freeman Sect weren’t just looking for a bit of exercise; most of them intended to spend their entire lives

the

Keera’s parents sent

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child to the Freeman Sect.

going so far as to bring gifts to his home, blocking his way, and even once, kneeling outside and refusing to rise

people; with no choice, he reluctantly

who supported

be allowed to mix in under false

Keera’s parents give up.

had become an Outer

the Freeman

finally quieted down, but I heard you weren’t doing well there either, unable to endure hardship. Someone

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paused upon hearing this.

and frail by nature, but

to endure hardship come from?

sister had always been best at forbearance!

couldn’t help furrowing her brows, sensing deception.

time to dwell on these thoughts. Keira just looked

this, Elder Grant let out a sigh. “I know you’ve always wanted to become an

the talent! Keera, you should leave. If you want to improve your

forward. “Elder Grant, after years of diligent study and practice, I feel

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