The ceremony whereby the Holy Apprentices were officially promoted to Holy Disciples was hosted by a Teacher. The ceremony seemed to be just a formality, and it was a standard procedure every year. Nearly two hundred Holy Disciples took their oaths, their voices echoing around the arena. It was the usual impressive-sounding speech, such as pledging allegiance to the Holy City and aiming to follow in Adalia the Holy Saint Teacher’s footsteps. With the majestic drumming music and the intermittent sobs coming from the newly promoted Holy Disciples who appeared to be very excited, as well as the cooperation of the spectators in the audience stands, the whole ceremony appeared rather solemn.
Who didn’t want to attract the attention of Great Teachers? Who didn’t want to amaze everyone with a single feat and get favored by more forces, attaining more resources? Their chance to shine was here, the Holy Disciple Challenge!
Now, they were congregating behind Solomon. Although they came from different factions, Solomon managed to win their hearts after they arrived at the Holy City. Solomon was skilled in both power and the art of being tactful; he clearly had his own unique way of doing things. He simply had many ways to win the hearts of the people over.
Compared to these two groups that had large numbers of people, there were fewer people standing behind Carolyn. Nonetheless, there were still around thirty people.
Other than these four main groups, the rest of the people were scattered about. These were mainly people from the Federation and mostly old Holy Disciples from previous batches. After living the past few years in despair, they no longer harbored any hope that their families would help them. During their hardest times, their families didn’t or couldn’t help them, so they felt that there was no need to bow down to the 10 Great Families. Even if their status had fallen, they still had their own principles.
They were Wang Zhong, Grai, and Napier.
“I heard that this dude got in through connections with the Alchemy Union. He was promoted without even having to go through the test.”
She suddenly recalled Lan Daier’s assistant, that girl called Ella, who mentioned a new taste-tester with the surname ‘Wang’. Ella mentioned that Lan Daier treated the new taste-tester quite well. “Don’t tell me this dude is your little taste-tester?”
“You’re right.” Lan Daier smiled. “How do you find him? Doesn’t he look like the type who doesn’t eat a lot? He looks so skinny, but you wouldn’t believe your eyes if you actually saw how much he eats.”
Once Reynolds showed his face, whistles could be heard from a distance. The desert thieves shouted in unison before sprinting away into the depths of the desert with their stolen goods.
