“This is a joke, right, sir? I-it isn’t proper to promote him to an elder when he just joined the group!


    “He’s right, Dr. Watkins. This is the first time there’s been an exception like this. That’s not normal!


    “Sir, we know you favor talented individuals, but I’m afraid others might be unhappy with your decision.”


    The elders and many disciples of the Stoneray Order were upset when they heard that Linden would


    promote Dustin to elder, which was only one rank below the assistant leader.


    Disciples usually started as junior disciples before bing intermediate disciples. Then, they would


    be promoted to senior disciples. As senior disciples, if they made any major contributions, they would


    be promoted to upper disciples.


    Upper disciples were then categorized into three sses-upper third, upper second, and upper first.


    Only upper first disciples had a chance of being promoted to elder.


    Getting promoted to a higher rank took years, so for a junior disciple to climb the ranks and be an


    elder would take at least a few decades. However, Dustin was now offered to take the top spot for free,


    pissing many people off.


    “You fools. His skills are more than worthy of bing an elder!” Linden responded firmly.


    Dustin hadpleted all three tests perfectly, which was something even Linden couldn’t be sure he


    could do. That was why Linden desperately tried to recruit Dustin into the Stoneray Order.


    “Sir, he might be skilled, but he doesn’t have enough experience yet. It’s fine if you take him in as an


    upper disciple, but I think appointing him as an elder is going overboard,” a white-bearded elder


    advised.


    Stoneray Order has existed for centuries; there has never been such a young elder.


    “Shut up! I said that it’s fine!” Linden shouted angrily, scaring the others into silence. After all, he was


    the one with the ultimate power.


    Linden turned his attention to Dustin and smiled. “So, what do you think? If you agree to join us, you


    can be an elder and get the thousand-year green lotus. I also swear never to stop you from doing


    what you want.”


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    “It’s an honor, sir. I ept your offer. Thank you.” Dustin smiled. At this point, only an idiot would turn


    down such an attractive offer.


    However, Dustin was more attracted by Linden’s position than anything else. His position was very


    influential in the entire country. After all, no one would im that they never fell sick.


    No matter how powerful someone was, they would still look for Linden when they were sick. Therefore,


    it was easy to see why Stoneray Order ranked first in terms of connections and influence. It was a once


    in a life chance to receive an offer to be one of the Order’s elders.


    “Great! We’ll start preparing a banquet to wee our newest elder!” Linden ordered.


    His disciple immediately got to work. Although they were unhappy with Linden’s decision, they didn’t


    dare to voice it.


    At noon, Dustin finally left with Abigail and Roderick holding the thousand-year green lotus and a


    Stoneray Order Elder Emblem With that badge, all of the Order’s disciples had no choice but to obey


    him.


    “You were so cool today! You got the treasure and taught those two brats a lesson!” Abigail eximed


    excitedly in the car. She watched the wholepetition and was d when Dustin beat those arrogant


    “geniuses”.


    “She’s right! They’re nothingpared to you!” Roderick praised.


    “Enough with the praises. You guys should look behind us first,” Dustin answered cooly.


    “Behind us?” Puzzled, Abigail and Roderick turned around. It turned out that several cars were


    following them from about 400 feet away.