chapter 2141-2145


    Chapter 2141


    Wesley took a deep breath. The corner of his mouth never stopped twitching.


    “This can’t be real. Absolutely not! Why would Elder Godfrey choose him?” he said hoarsely. He took


    another deep breath, and without warning, pped the man with the triangr eyes violently on the face.


    The crisp sound attracted the attention of the people around them. Holding his face, the man with the


    triangr eyes was taken aback, but he dared not utter a word of anger. . He knew that he was punished


    for what he had said just now.


    At this moment, Jackie was not in the mood to deal with Wesley. He understood the benefits that would


    come with being thest disciple; after all, that was the reason why so many disciples covet the spot, but


    those benefits did not hold much attraction to him.


    He held the memory of his predecessor’s great ability, therefore, he did not need any elder to teach him


    anything. Moreover, he was full of secrets, and being in close contact with Elder Godfrey would put him


    at risk of his secrets being found out. The loss would outweigh the gains if that were to really happen.


    Besides, he did not really want to be pushed t o the cusp of a social struggle.


    However, judging by Elder Godfrey’s steadfast eyes and naked finger pointing at him, he did not have a


    choice in this matter. It would not do him well to make Elder Godfrey lose face in front of so many people.


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    The informal disciples near him were staring at him with shocked eyes and had unconsciously parted to


    make a path for him. He took a deep breath and began taking one heavy step after another. He nced


    back at Noel and Brook, who was still staring at him with disbelief. He did not say anything to them but


    continued making his way to the second round tform.


    The gathering spot for roll call was divided into three areas-three round tforms and the square


    underneath them. The first round tform was used only for the elders to announce important matters.


    The second round tform was arge battle tform surrounded by gs and a venue for a duel


    between disciples. This tform was where Oliver and the other two were standing. Elder Godfrey


    waved at him, signaling him to stand with the three formal disciples. No matter how unwilling Jackie was,


    he could only bite the bullet and get on with it.


    Only then did the First Elder and the Second Elder react. They had gone through extra lengths to make


    sure that the disciple they had in mind would get chosen to be Elder Godfrey’sst disciple. Hell, they


    even argued in front of the spectators. This fact alone had caused no end to their embarrassment, and


    for what? For an informal disciple whose existence they did not even know of to be chosen as hisst


    disciple?


    The First Elder’s face was ck as thunder. “What is the meaning of this, Eleventh Elder? Who is this


    kid? Why did you choose him to be yourst disciple?”


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    Elder Godfrey arched his brow and calmly said,” Because he is excellent in every aspect. Have you


    forgotten the requirements to be myst disciple? And Jackie just so happens to fit that profile so, of


    course, I would choose him.”


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    The First Elder’s chest tightened and his fingers trembled. He snorted with a hint of unkindness, and


    said, “I thought you wanted to choose the best formal disciple!”


    He emphasized the words ‘formal disciple’ to remind Elder Godfrey that in the history of the Dual


    Sovereign Pavilion, all thest disciples had been selected from formal disciples.


    “I’ll choose whoever I find the most pleasing as myst disciple,” said Elder Godfrey evenly with a smile.


    At this time, even the Second Elder felt a little ufortable. He nced sideways at Elder Godfrey, and


    said, “Alright, haha very funny. You got us. It’s time to stop joking around and get down to business.”


    It was obvious the Second Elder did not agree with Elder Godfrey’s choice as well from the way he was


    putting all this down as a joke. Elder Godfrey scoffed internally when he heard that. Normally, he would


    not bother to reply as he was certain that the Second Elder knew that he was not joking from all the time


    he had spent with the Elders.


    In fact, he had no doubt that the Second Elder wanted him to rescind his choice so that his own disciples


    would still have a chance to be in the running for thest disciple. Well, that was not going to happen. He


    had always taken a neutral stance in the fight between the First and Second Elder, and he nned to


    keep it that way even though he knew that they would not let him go that easily.


    Elder Godfrey sighed and ignored them. He turned to the disciples in the spectator tform, and in a


    clear voice said, “Jackie will be my onlyst disciple. That is my limit.”


    The muscles of the Second Elder’s face twitched slightly, as he tried to suppress the annoyance in his


    heart. “Eleventh Elder, instead of immersing yourself in training, you should have schooled yourself on


    the rules of Dual Sovereign Pavilion, but regardless, I will tell you how it works today. Everyone knows


    that the elder’sst disciple is actually an elder disciple. Since it is an elder disciple, it must be chosen


    from the group of formal disciples. If I am not mistaken, Jackie seems to be an informal disciple.”


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    Elder Godfrey’s expression darkened.


    Wesley was relieved to hear what the Second Elder said. Suddenly, he pushed the disciple in front of him


    away and dashed madly to the forefront of the line of informal disciples. Under normal circumstances, he


    would not dare to behave like this, but he had no time for such concerns now.


    He knelt down with a plop, and said loudly, “Jackie is indeed an informal disciple, and he has not entered


    the Dual Sovereign through formal screening methods! In fact, he had not even joined for that long!”


    Upon hearing this, the spectators started to whisper amongst themselves. Those formal disciples and


    chosen disciples who did not know the whole story looked at Jackie with haughty eyes, as everyone


    knows that thest two batches of informal disciples were only meant to be cannon fodder. These two


    batches of informal disciples only had to light up three obsidian lights to be epted whereas they had


    to undergo so many different tests just to get their foot across the door. Hence, the holier-than thou


    attitude.


    Chapter 2143 For this reason, many disciples were unwilling to treat the cannon fodders as ‘brothers and


    sisters’. It was not hard to imagine their anger when they found out that Jackie was not only an informal


    disciple but an informal disciple from the batch of cannon fodders!


    Internal criticisms about the Eleventh Elder’s rash behavior abounded. Was he joking? How could he


    choose trash like Jackie as hisst disciple? What does that say about the rest of them?


    Many people could not suppress the anger in their hearts and began to mumble wildly.


    “What was the Eleventh Elder thinking? Why would he choose trash like that when he could have his


    pick at any of those excellent formal disciples in front of him?”


    “I bet he never wanted ast disciple at all so he is using this to get away with it!”


    “Choosing ast disciple is no small matter. Even if the Eleventh Elder didn’te in contact with us


    much doesn’t mean he should joke about something like this. Maybe he has his reasons, but I can’t for


    the life of me think of what they could be!”


    The formal disciples were looking at Jackie like he was a pile of shit, and he could clearly hear all the


    comments from their mouths. He arched his brow and said nothing. In fact, he never once looked at the


    Third Elder on the round tform and was acting like this whole thing had nothing to do with him.


    Wesley was overjoyed. His n had worked! He had turned everyone against Jackie. Just a little more


    push and Elder Godfrey would definitely rescind his choice, and choose his brother to be hisst disciple.


    Some of the spectators did not bother to keep their voice low so some of thements drifted into the


    First Elder and the Second Elders’ ear.


    The Second Elder was looking meaningfully at Elder Godfrey with his eyebrow arched. He chuckled, and


    said, “You heard it yourself, Eleventh Elder, Jackie is a newly recruited informal disciple and you as an


    elder, should know what that means. Why I’m willing to bet that he’s not even all that strong. I advise you


    to reconsider your choice. After all, in one way or another, yourst disciple represents you, so wouldn’t


    you want someone that can make you Proud?”


    The First Elder looked like he was about to burst with all the words he wanted to say, but his pride


    stopped him. He just kept his mouth shut tight, and looked meaningfully at Elder Godfrey.


    Elder Godfrey scoffed lightly and was not affected by the Second Elder’s words. “Thank you for your


    concern. I’ll keep what you said in mind, but I remain firm with my choice. I get to choose who gets to be


    myst disciple.”


    The Second Elder narrowed his eyes sinisterly. So the good cop act doesn’t work on him eh? Maybe I


    need to use the bad cop act. But, why is he so persistent in making this trash, hisst disciple? Is he


    trying to resist our efforts and go against me and the First Elder?’


    Chapter 2144 The Second Elder scoffed lightly and turned his attention to Jackie. He scoffed again when


    he saw Jackie’s uninterested look.


    “Jackie, right?”


    The corners of Jackie’s lips twitched. What he had feared was happening. He really did not want to be


    caught in the middle of their power struggles. He was still a disciple of the Dual Sovereign Pavilion after


    all and these elders could make his life very hard if he was made a pawn.


    He nodded robotically, and said, “Yes, Second Elder, that is indeed my name.”


    “You don’t seem to be very happy being chosen as thest disciple of the Eleventh Elder,”mented


    the Second Elder evenly.


    Jackie arched his eyebrow. Judging from what the Second Elder said, he knew for sure that it would not


    be easy to handle him. In fact, he might be setting him up to fall at this very moment. Fortunately, he had


    handled situations far worse than this.


    Jackie bowed a little, and said calmly, “I was taught by my father to be calm under all circumstances.”


    Oliver, who was standing next to him, felt that this was a jibe at him. He red at him and shouted,” How


    dare you speak so disrespectfully toward the elders?!”


    Jackie was a little taken aback by this. ‘What was wrong with what I just said?’


    The corners of the Second Elder’s lips curled up. The fact that he remained silent meant that he agreed


    with Wesley that Jackie had indeed behaved disrespectfully.


    Jackie was irked by this. Whatever I do or say will be wrong in their eyes now that I’ve be the


    enemy. If that’s the case, I might as well do whatever I want!’


    He cleared his throat lightly, and calmly said,” Brother Oliver, it won’t do you well to keep a grudge


    against me. Please tell me, what is so wrong with what I said? Maybe you can enlighten me on the


    correct way to reply to the Second Elder.”


    Wesley narrowed his eyes and scoffed. How dare a low-life like him, throw him the hot potato? While it


    was true he was the one who started the whole thing, in his world, he alone reserved the right to cause


    troubles for others.


    “You said I hold a grudge against you? What a joke! Why would I hold a grudge against you? I’m just


    worried that the Eleventh Elder had been misled by you, for how else could you exin why a mere


    informal disciple like you would be chosen to be thest disciple?”


    At this moment, even Calvert and Gresham were ncing sideways at them. They had remained silent


    all this while but it was obvious they did not hold a favorable view toward Jackie too. How could they


    when this guy from out-of-nowhere had snatched their chances of being thest disciple from right under


    their noses?


    Jackie regarded the three of them coldly while cursing Elder Godfrey in his heart. This was a disaster. He


    never thought that Elder Godfrey would choose him to be hisst disciple. He could not help but look at


    the elders on the round tform and found that Elder Godfrey was staring at him with encouragement in


    his eyes.


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    Seeing the encouragement in Elder Godfrey’s eyes made Jackie even more nonplussed. “What the heck


    are you encouraging me for? I never wanted to be yourst disciple or get anything out of you!’ The more


    he thought about this, the more gloomy he became.


    If he backed down, he would no doubt be looked down even more by others. Thus, he stood up a little


    straighter, looked evenly at Oliver, and said, “You wouldn’t have said all that if he didn’t hold a grudge


    against me! Stop trying to nder me. Besides, Elder Godfrey is the one who’s choosing thest disciple


    now, not you! So you should just keep your mouth shut!”


    Everyone gasped when they heard this, but quickly their eyes began to sparkle in anticipation of what


    was going to happen next. Never in a million years would they think that a nobody would dare to speak


    to Oliver in this manner.


    This was the first time Oliver was ever humiliated by an informal disciple. His mouth twitched and his


    eyes filled with anger. Wesley, who was still standing at the front of the line of informal disciples, was so


    angry that he almost rushed up to beat Jackie senselessly, for humiliating his big brother.


    “How dare an informal disciple speak so tantly toward a formal disciple? Don’t you know what it


    means to have respect for your seniors?” shouted the First Elder.


    Anyone would have already gotten down on their knees to beg for forgiveness by now, but Jackie was


    not just anyone. He remained impassive and did not even bother to turn to face the First Elder while


    answering, “Of course, I do but I was just saying it like it is. Was I wrong in thinking that it is Elder


    Godfrey who’s doing the choosing today?”


    Oliver nearly exploded with anger. ‘Who the hell does he think he is? Does he think that he can say and


    do whatever he wants just because he has been chosen to be thest disciple? Trash will forever be


    trash!’


    His hand was trembling, but he managed to control himself. “Why should I listen to you? You’re nothing


    but an informal disciple…”


    Jackie cut in before he could finish. “You’re right! I am an informal disciple! But so what? You were once


    an informal disciple too! What makes you so certain that I don’t have what it takes to be Elder Godfrey’s


    last disciple?”


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    Oliver was so angered by his words that he started tough. He pointed at Jackie’s face, and said, “It


    doesn’t take a master to figure it out! All of thest disciples were chosen from the formal disciples. And


    you’re right, we formal disciples were once informal disciples too but we got to where we are right now


    through our talent and hard work! Not to mention you didn’t even get epted through our standard


    procedures. You, of all people, have no right to tell m me to shut up!”


    His words were exactly what many of the spectators were thinking, and the disdain in their eyes


    intensified


    Some of them even began to shout out their displeasure at Jackie.


    “Did you hear that, you punk? Do you really think you’re a match for us formal disciples? You don’t even


    deserve to breathe the same air as Brother Oliver!”


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