Chapter 383: Chapter 382 Chapter 383: Chapter 382 “The next one!”
With the voice echoing from inside the room, Keira Olsen straightened her back and pushed open the door to enter.
The Freeman Sect was like an ancient, affluent family estate.
Inside, the houses all retained the characteristics of simplicity and classical antiquity.
The Bone Assessnt Hall was a small bungalow, similar in appearance to the temples she had visited before, where an Elder dressed in training clothes, sporting a long beard, sat on a ditation cushion, looking quite ethereal.
Elder Grant had been responsible for Bone Assessnts for decades.
Many children with extraordinary talent had been discovered by him and then recomnded to the Sect Leader and the elders of the direct lineage.
Before the Sect Leader took on disciples, there was a lot of pressure on him, but unfortunately, there was never that once-in-a-lifeti prodigy.
Ever since the Sect Leader had taken on disciples and announced publicly that the eldest apprentice sister could defeat the Sect Leader in combat, his workload had suddenly lightened.
It was too early for the next generation of disciples to take on apprentices of their own.
So, unless it was a truly talented child, he would keep them to recomnd to the people on the direct lineage side, but the rest could only stay and beco ordinary disciples.
He leisurely sipped his tea and then looked towards the door. Upon seeing Keira Olsen, he was slightly startled, then spoke, “Didn’t we say parents can’t co in?”
He glanced around her, “Where is your child?”
Keira Olsen: ‘…’
She touched her nose, feeling a bit embarrassed at the mont, “Uh, I’m here for Bone Assessnt.”
“Nonsense!”
Elder Grant was almost amused by the absurdity, “You’re fully grown, your bone sutures have fused, what Bone Assessnt are you talking about? In all my years, I’ve never seen an adult go through Bone Assessnt!”
Keira Olsen spoke earnestly, “I think I’m decent, and I want to beco a disciple.”
Elder Grant looked her up and down and then realized, “Aren’t you Keera?”
Keira Olsen: ?
She was slightly surprised, asking subconsciously, “You know ?”
“Of course, I do!” Elder Grant was caught between laughter and tears: “You’re an Outer Sect Disciple of the Freeman Sect, how could I not know you? It was who recomnded you to the Outer Sect!”
Keira Olsen imdiately frowned, “Oh.”
So her sister had wanted to join the Freeman Sect long ago, it seed that the South Family had also issued such an order to her sister in the past?
Elder Grant couldn’t help but say, “You were brought here by your parents when you were four or five years old, but after assessing your bones, I found your talent ordinary and rejected you. Unexpectedly, year after year, you kept coming!”
Elder Grant sighed helplessly, “Your parents begged so much, saying they just wanted you to practice martial arts. There are so many martial arts classes outside, I can’t understand why they were insistent on sending you to the Freeman Sect.”
The Freeman Sect was not an ordinary martial arts school, but one of the few serious martial arts sects in Crera.
As technology advanced, the ancient Creran martial arts had fallen behind.
In an age of firearms, cold weapons and their wielders just weren’t enough…
Consequently, many martial arts sects had declined or even disbanded entirely. The Freeman Sect had managed to persist until now, partly due to its substantial family assets for financial support, and secondly because the Freeman Sect’s martial arts ranked highly in the world.
Hence, those who joined the Freeman Sect were not just to strengthen their bodies or for casual practice; many of them were ant to stay inside the Freeman Sect their entire lives to practice martial arts.
Keera’s parents sending a child with no obvious talent into the Freeman Sect was baffling to him.
But her parents were persistent, even giving him gifts, going to his ho to persuade him, and at one point, even knelt outside, refusing to get up, insisting he pass Keera on her assessnt.
Elder Grant had never seen such stubbornness, and out of helplessness, had to grudgingly grant her the status of an Outer Sect Disciple.
After all, many Outer Sect Disciples were businessn who supported the operations of the Freeman Sect.
Inner Sect Disciples, however, could not simply be treated indistinguishably.
After that, Keera beca an Outer Sect Disciple of the Freeman Sect.
Elder Grant looked at her: “After becoming an Outer Sect Disciple, your parents finally settled down, but I heard you also didn’t do well in the Outer Sect, couldn’t endure hardship, and last ti soone said you were about to leave the sect, so why are you here again?”
Keira Olsen paused upon hearing this.
Keera had always been delicate, but where did this assessnt of not being able to endure hardship co from?
Her sister had always excelled in endurance!
She frowned, sensing sothing was fishy.
But now wasn’t the ti to dwell on these issues; Keira Olsen simply looked towards Elder Grant, “I want to beco an Inner Sect Disciple.”
Elder Grant sighed upon hearing this, “I know you’ve always wanted to beco an Inner Sect Disciple, but your root bone lies here, showing you lack the talent! Keera, you better leave now. If you want to strengthen your body, just practice more with the Outer Sect Disciples, don’t waste my ti here!”
Keira Olsen stepped forward, “Elder Grant, I have diligently practiced these past years, my body has improved a lot and so have my skills, please assess once more!”
Elder Grant’s face darkened, “Talent is innate, not sothing that can be developed later. You ca every year as a child, how could I not know what you were like? Even if you’ve gotten a bit stronger now, the root bone and talent are clear facts. Keera, you better leave now, there are several more children waiting!”
Keira Olsen stood her ground with a determined stance, “Elder Grant, there are so many children after , and leaving by lining up is the normal procedure. There is no age limit for Bone Assessnt, everything complies with the rules of the Freeman Sect, so why not finish assessing ?”
Elder Grant was about to say sothing when Keira Olsen interjected, “The person delaying everyone now is you, not .”
Elder Grant: !!
He couldn’t help but laugh at her audacity, “Keera, your insistence on Bone Assessnt itself is wasting ti! Don’t argue with here, leave imdiately, or else I’ll call soone to throw you out, and you might even lose your Outer Sect Disciple status!”
Keira Olsen: ‘…’
At that mont, Jas Olsen sensed the dispute in the room and hurriedly entered: “Elder Grant, don’t be angry; Miss South is a friend of mine…”
Seeing him, Elder Grant’s expression softened a bit but he still huffed, “Then you take your friend and go, don’t waste my ti here!”
Jas Olsen glanced at Keira Olsen, and seeing her with an icy expression, not intending to leave, he smiled towards Elder Grant, “Elder Grant, since we’re already here, would you just do the assessnt? Consider it a favor for !”
Jas Olsen was the second senior brother, and in a relationship with the Freeman family daughter; if the eldest apprentice sister chose not to marry into the Freeman family, he’d be the future Sect Leader…
That was a favor that had to be given.
Elder Grant huffed, “Fine, I’ll do it! Hurry up!”
Keira Olsen imdiately stepped forward.
Elder Grant placed his hand on her wrist, and his expression instantly changed to one of surprise.
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