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WHIT 195 - PROMOTION
Outside the skill hall, Honso Fonse, the pointy-nosed master, who worked in the hall was giving a red uniform and the outer disciple’s red badge to Edgar. Both the uniform and the badge had the symbol of the sect, a tuna with a sword in its mouth.“You’re the second person High Elder Gavin ever gave a recommendation to,” Honso patted Edgar’s shoulder. “Regardless of what other disciples think of you, you should feel proud of yourself.”“W-Who’s the first person?” Edgar curiously asked.“You might have already met her. Helia Kendal,” Honso said. “She never participated in official exams and climbed the ladder through continuous recommendations from High Elder Gavin.”“Y-You mean she became a core disciple through recommendation as well?” Edgar was shocked.“Yeah. Outer disciple. Inner disciple. And then a core disciple. She achieved them all through recommendations, which is why not many people in the sect even know of her. The core disciples also don’t think she’s worthy to hold a cor
WHIT 196 - COMEDOWN
Somewhere in the Great Joint, there was a lot of crowd in Hawk Street where there was the Auction Hall and the Trade Hall.Currently, a variety of items were being sold through the Auction Hall and also traded through the Trade Hall thanks to one of the sponsors of the Youth Games visiting the sect early.Many masters of the sect were talking with a particular person dressed in pretty simple clothes and looked humble. He was Lero Rainor, a popular businessman and a world-renowned health expert. He looked to be in his early forties and barely had any gray hair.Edgar visited the Auction Hall because it was along the way from his newly allotted room to the mission hall. The prices of items were hard to figure out as items were auctioned in evergreat coins. As he watched, a mature earth core was bought by an inner disciple for 1450 evergreat coins. Even cool footwear was sold for forty evergreat coins. Full set bonebeast armor was sold for 3820 evergreat coins.Nevertheless, the cost sti
WHIT 197 - RISKY
At dawn, Edgar was in Fabby’s room, boiling chicken livers in an iron pot. She just bathed and was dressing up in the outer disciple’s uniform behind the curtain. Normally, male outer disciples weren’t allowed to enter the dorms of the female outer disciples, unless there was a written permission from a master, but since they were siblings, they were allowed.“100 chicken livers a day, you say?” she sounded shocked. “That’s going to seriously upset your stomach.”“That’s why I’m starting with twenty,” said Edgar. “The scroll also says I should eat egg yolk, cereal meals, and any food that has a lot of iron content. But what I didn’t get it is that it said women should eat more than men. Shouldn’t it be the opposite? I mean, men generally eat more, right? To get their larger frames going?”“Well,” Fabby pondered a bit and said, “I think I know the reason, but I’m not sure how I should tell you.”“What do you mean by that?”Fabby pulled the curtain aside and sat on the bed and waved the
WHIT 198 - HARDER PATH
Edgar had been practicing the Iron Fist skill for hours in one of the rented rooms of the practice hall.His elbow and wrist joints were aching. He was feeling nauseous also. On the second day itself, he was already feeling the toxic effect of free iron roaming in his blood. He felt like he was running a fever, but he didn’t stop and kept punching the wooden boards repeatedly with his fists.His hands glowed yellow at times and ended up breaking the wood.“Tsk, the Flame Drive is coming out by itself. I have to stop it somehow.”“The scroll says I need to store the absorbed iron in the bone marrow and use it whenever necessary. The iron in the blood is probably being absorbed by the tissues, which is increasing my body temperature. I need to keep burning that iron content until I learn how to integrate it in the marrow using drive so that it doesn’t negatively affect the organs and the rest of the body.”The scroll detailed that once he managed to reform his marrow, it would start tra
WHIT 199 - THE CHIEF TUTOR
Many people were looking at the siblings in the back rows and were snickering and chuckling, for both of them had full shaved heads now.“Pfft, now they really look like siblings.”“Look. His scalp is shining so much.”“Why did he shave his head? Is it because his sister has a bald head?”“Who cares?”Though a lot of people talked about the siblings, none of them considered that Fabby was never bald to begin with, and that she had always been shaving her head.Edgar was not even looking up and had been leaning forward on the bench and kept his face hidden throughout.Fabby was applying butter to the bread.Just then entered the class the most unexpected person, Dina Spoon, with a spoon in her mouth. It had been years since she came to the classes, but this time, it was to teach, and so all those disciples who knew her were either shivering or swallowing their breaths. However, those who didn’t know her were drooling for her. She was a voluptuous beauty wearing short tights, after all.
WHIT 200 - PREPARATION
The class just finished. Dusul had already left, but there was a brief silence followed by a big cheer for Marfa.All those who had passed out before weren’t able to see it with their own eyes, but they were still thrilled from hearing what had happened. Many were shocked, and there were a lot that asked him how he did it so that they could do the same.Marfa, however, was just blushing and laughing. His sworn-brother Chica was also quite excited, and they were jumping around in the class like monkeys.There were those who said that it was all because of Patriarch Dusul, and that this was only the second time someone unlocking their drive had happened in the class in the past decade or so. And then there were also those who teased Marfa saying that it was because he received a hug from core disciple Dina.Dina had already left the class and followed the patriarch. Edgar and Fabby congratulated Marfa from a distance, and he gave them a thumbs up in return, which was his way of recogniz
WHIT 201 - START OF THE PRELIMINARIES
Thousands of boys and girls, young men and women flocked through the Great Mouth, the entrance that led into the Evergreat Sect. After going in about two miles, they came across two tall guards standing before the huge gate blocking the whole path. Instead of holding spears, the guards were holding metal rods in their hands. “Only those who can withstand the pre-preliminary test can enter through this gate,” one of the guards yelled aloud. “What?” some people were shocked. “We were not informed of any such test?” “What sort of joke is this!” some straight out got angry. “We didn’t come here from thousands of miles away to get stopped before even participating in the preliminary rounds!” “Easy, folks,” another guard stepped forth and said, “the test is really simple. I will strike your shin with this iron rod, and if you’re able to stand after taking the hit, then you can happily walk through the gate. We won’t be stopping you, and you can take part in the preliminary exams.” “You
WHIT 202 - CRAPPY JOB
Among the 382,349 participants, only a little over a hundred thousand had managed to penetrate through the barrier of boulders before dawn. Those who arrived late struggled even more because of the lack of vital air and the excess heat permeating through the whole tunnel. Fighting in such an environment was not something they were prepared for, so the number that failed was quite high.And those that passed were all allowed to rest and eat for four hours in the indoor town before the second round began.The second round was simple. Crush a coconut with one’s foot without slipping and falling on one’s butt. One hour was the time limit for everyone. No weapons must be used. Drive, of course, could be used. In case someone fell to the floor while trying to break the coconut, they wouldn’t get eliminated but would just be given a fresh coconut and was told to break it before the time limit.People used all kinds of foot-striking techniques they could think of to break the coconut. By the