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.

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

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

a secluded spot in the hills, where he spotted a

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

approached cautiously. However, he noticed that the

poisoned," Felix stated matter-of-factly after a quick assessment of the man's

the art of diagnosis at such a

even paler. He 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 an extremely skilled healer. Despite his sickly appearance, his eyes maintained a steady, calm

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the interruption," Felix said as

"Wait! I'm Lemuel

how the government had desperately searched for Lemuel to treat Lionel's illness, only to come