The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

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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.

Shadowroot. He remembered working with a similar herb when trying to cure Curtis, but that one had been

with its properties would

found himself at a secluded spot in the hills, where he spotted a man crouched near the Shadowroot. He immediately called out, "Be

and sickly, giving off the impression of someone chronically ill. The man said, "Thank you for your concern, but

that the man had already dug out the Shadowroot and carefully placed it into a cloth bag

stated matter-of-factly after a quick assessment of

Felix's observation. "Impressive! You've mastered the art of diagnosis at

explained, "I poisoned myself deliberately. I'm researching an antidote-following in the footsteps of the ancient healers who tested herbs on themselves." Felix's instincts told him this man was

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said as he

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

startled, realizing it was the legendary Lemuel, once ranked as Dragonia's top master 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