The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 542

Felix asked, "How much longer?"

Jeffrey checked the time before responding, "About an hour and a half."

"I'm going to take a walk around. I'll be back in an hour," Felix said as he stood up.

The Saphira family had only sent Jeffrey since this was supposed to be a fight between the younger generations. After all, the Crayden family would not dare try anything

underhanded against Jeffrey.

If that were to happen, it would inevitably lead to an all-out war between the families- something even the Elders' Council could not mediate.

detected the distinctive aroma of the rare medicinal herb Shadowroot. He remembered working with a similar herb when trying to cure Curtis, but that one had been harmless with

Shadowroot was different and far more dangerous, and even a minute of exposure could be fatal to an ordinary person. Doctors familiar with its properties would usually remove it from the area, even if they did not

secluded spot in the hills, where he spotted a

at him, his face pale and sickly, giving off the impression of someone chronically

noticed that the man had already

after a quick assessment of the man's

middle-aged man laughed at Felix's observation. "Impressive! You've mastered the art of diagnosis at such a young age-quite remarkable,

I'm researching an antidote-following in the footsteps of the ancient healers who tested herbs on themselves." Felix's instincts told him

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Felix said as

called out, "Wait! I'm Lemuel Morris. May I

healer. He remembered how the government had desperately searched for Lemuel to treat Lionel's illness, only to come up empty-handed. "I'm Felix Zeller," he