Chapter: 1095

"You!" Miranda gritted her teeth to suppress her anger.

"Fine! You better not regret this!" She turned around and left. If she couldn’t buy it, she’d have to steal it.

"Hey, kid. You’ve angered Miranda, so you’d better be careful." Preston sneered before following Miranda.

Although he recognized Dustin as a genius in the medical world, Dustin still lacked the skills to survive in the real world.

"Thank you for the herb, Dr. Watkins. I’ll be leaving now." Dustin grabbed the herb and was about to leave when the invigilator stopped him.

"What’s the hurry? I don’t mind giving the herb to you, but on one condition-you have to join Stoneray Order Linden smiled.

"Dr. Watkins, I don’t like being held back. The rules and regulations at the Stoneray Order might not suit me," Dustin declined politely.

"It’s fine. As long as you agree to join us, you can ignore all those rules," Linden promised.

"Furthermore, after seeing your outstanding performance, I’ve decided to promote you to elder. You will have free access to most of our resources!

"What? He’ll promote that guy to an elder?" Linden’s words stunned everyone.

"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 becoming 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 classes-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 become 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 becoming an elder!" Linden responded firmly.

Dustin had completed 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 become an elder and get the thousand-year green lotus. I also swear never to stop you from doing what you want."

"It’s an honor, sir. I accept your offer. Thank you." Dustin smiled. At this point, only an idiot would turn down such an attractive offer.