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.

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

could be fatal to an ordinary person. Doctors familiar with its properties would usually remove it

in the hills, where he spotted a

him, his face pale and sickly, giving off the impression of someone chronically ill. The

the man was also a traditional medicine practitioner, and he approached cautiously. However, he noticed that the man had already dug out the Shadowroot and carefully placed

a quick assessment of the man's

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

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 an extremely skilled healer. Despite his sickly appearance, his eyes maintained

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for the interruption," Felix said as

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

it was the legendary Lemuel, once ranked as Dragonia's top master healer. He remembered how the government had desperately searched