Female Novel
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 tookanother deep breath, and without warning, slapped the man with the triangular eyes violently on the face.
The crisp sound attracted the attention of the people around them. Holding his face, the man with thetriangular eyes was taken aback, but he dared not utter a word of anger. . He knew that he was punishedfor what he had said just now.
At this moment, Jackie was not in the mood to deal with Wesley. He understood the benefits that wouldcome with being the last disciple; after all, that was the reason why so many disciples covet the spot, butthose 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 himanything. Moreover, he was full of secrets, and being in close contact with Elder Godfrey would put himat 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 achoice 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 tomake a path for him. He took a deep breath and began taking one heavy step after another. He glancedback at Noel and Brook, who was still staring at him with disbelief. He did not say anything to them butcontinued making his way to the second round platform.
The gathering spot for roll call was divided into three areas-three round platforms and the squareunderneath them. The first round platform was used only for the elders to announce important matters.The second round platform was a large battle platform surrounded by flags and a venue for a duelbetween disciples. This platform was where Oliver and the other two were standing. Elder Godfreywaved 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 makesure that the disciple they had in mind would get chosen to be Elder Godfrey’s last disciple. Hell, theyeven argued in front of the spectators. This fact alone had caused no end to their embarrassment, andfor what? For an informal disciple whose existence they did not even know of to be chosen as his lastdisciple?
The First Elder’s face was black as thunder. “What is the meaning of this, Eleventh Elder? Who is thiskid? Why did you choose him to be your last disciple?”
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Elder Godfrey arched his brow and calmly said,” Because he is excellent in every aspect. Have youforgotten the requirements to be my last disciple? And Jackie just so happens to fit that profile so, ofcourse, I would choose him.”
Chapter 2142 The First Elder’s chest tightened and his fingers trembled. He snorted with a hint of unkindness, andsaid, “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 DualSovereign Pavilion, all the last disciples had been selected from formal disciples.
“I’ll choose whoever I find the most pleasing as my last disciple,” said Elder Godfrey evenly with a smile.
At this time, even the Second Elder felt a little uncomfortable. He glanced sideways at Elder Godfrey, andsaid, “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 wasputting all this down as a joke. Elder Godfrey scoffed internally when he heard that. Normally, he wouldnot bother to reply as he was certain that the Second Elder knew that he was not joking from all the timehe 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 discipleswould still have a chance to be in the running for the last disciple. Well, that was not going to happen. Hehad always taken a neutral stance in the fight between the First and Second Elder, and he planned tokeep 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 platform, and in aclear voice said, “Jackie will be my only last disciple. That is my limit.”
The muscles of the Second Elder’s face twitched slightly, as he tried to suppress the annoyance in hisheart. “Eleventh Elder, instead of immersing yourself in training, you should have schooled yourself onthe rules of Dual Sovereign Pavilion, but regardless, I will tell you how it works today. Everyone knowsthat the elder’s last disciple is actually an elder disciple. Since it is an elder disciple, it must be chosenfrom 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 himaway 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 enteredthe 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 andchosen disciples who did not know the whole story looked at Jackie with haughty eyes, as everyoneknows that the last two batches of informal disciples were only meant to be cannon fodder. These twobatches of informal disciples only had to light up three obsidian lights to be accepted whereas they hadto undergo so many different tests just to get their foot across the door. Hence, the holier-than thouattitude.
Chapter 2143 For this reason, many disciples were unwilling to treat the cannon fodders as ‘brothers andsisters’. It was not hard to imagine their anger when they found out that Jackie was not only an informaldisciple 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 hechoose trash like Jackie as his last 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 hispick at any of those excellent formal disciples in front of him?”
“I bet he never wanted a last disciple at all so he is using this to get away with it!”
“Choosing a last disciple is no small matter. Even if the Eleventh Elder didn’t come in contact with usmuch doesn’t mean he should joke about something like this. Maybe he has his reasons, but I can’t forthe 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 thecomments from their mouths. He arched his brow and said nothing. In fact, he never once looked at theThird Elder on the round platform and was acting like this whole thing had nothing to do with him.
Wesley was overjoyed. His plan had worked! He had turned everyone against Jackie. Just a little morepush and Elder Godfrey would definitely rescind his choice, and choose his brother to be his last disciple.Some of the spectators did not bother to keep their voice low so some of the comments drifted into theFirst Elder and the Second Elders’ ear.
The Second Elder was looking meaningfully at Elder Godfrey with his eyebrow arched. He chuckled, andsaid, “You heard it yourself, Eleventh Elder, Jackie is a newly recruited informal disciple and you as anelder, should know what that means. Why I’m willing to bet that he’s not even all that strong. I advise youto reconsider your choice. After all, in one way or another, your last disciple represents you, so wouldn’tyou 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 pridestopped 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 yourconcern. I’ll keep what you said in mind, but I remain firm with my choice. I get to choose who gets to bemy last disciple.”
The Second Elder narrowed his eyes sinisterly. So the good cop act doesn’t work on him eh? Maybe Ineed to use the bad cop act. But, why is he so persistent in making this trash, his last disciple? Is hetrying 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 whenhe 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 becaught in the middle of their power struggles. He was still a disciple of the Dual Sovereign Pavilion afterall 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 the last disciple of the Eleventh Elder,” commentedthe Second Elder evenly.
Jackie arched his eyebrow. Judging from what the Second Elder said, he knew for sure that it would notbe easy to handle him. In fact, he might be setting him up to fall at this very moment. Fortunately, he hadhandled 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 glared at him and shouted,” Howdare 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 agreedwith 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 become theenemy. 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 grudgeagainst me. Please tell me, what is so wrong with what I said? Maybe you can enlighten me on thecorrect 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 itwas true he was the one who started the whole thing, in his world, he alone reserved the right to causetroubles for others.
“You said I hold a grudge against you? What a joke! Why would I hold a grudge against you? I’m justworried that the Eleventh Elder had been misled by you, for how else could you explain why a mereinformal disciple like you would be chosen to be the last disciple?”
At this moment, even Calvert and Gresham were glancing sideways at them. They had remained silentall this while but it was obvious they did not hold a favorable view toward Jackie too. How could theywhen this guy from out-of-nowhere had snatched their chances of being the last disciple from right undertheir noses?
Jackie regarded the three of them coldly while cursing Elder Godfrey in his heart. This was a disaster. Henever thought that Elder Godfrey would choose him to be his last disciple. He could not help but look atthe elders on the round platform and found that Elder Godfrey was staring at him with encouragement inhis eyes.
Chapter 2145 Seeing the encouragement in Elder Godfrey’s eyes made Jackie even more nonplussed. “What the heckare you encouraging me for? I never wanted to be your last disciple or get anything out of you!’ The morehe 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 littlestraighter, looked evenly at Oliver, and said, “You wouldn’t have said all that if he didn’t hold a grudgeagainst me! Stop trying to slander me. Besides, Elder Godfrey is the one who’s choosing the last disciplenow, 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 whatwas 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 hiseyes filled with anger. Wesley, who was still standing at the front of the line of informal disciples, was soangry that he almost rushed up to beat Jackie senselessly, for humiliating his big brother.
“How dare an informal disciple speak so blatantly toward a formal disciple? Don’t you know what itmeans 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 wasnot just anyone. He remained impassive and did not even bother to turn to face the First Elder whileanswering, “Of course, I do but I was just saying it like it is. Was I wrong in thinking that it is ElderGodfrey 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 anddo whatever he wants just because he has been chosen to be the last disciple? Trash will forever betrash!’
His hand was trembling, but he managed to control himself. “Why should I listen to you? You’re nothingbut an informal disciple…”
Jackie cut in before he could finish. “You’re right! I am an informal disciple! But so what? You were oncean informal disciple too! What makes you so certain that I don’t have what it takes to be Elder Godfrey’slast disciple?”novelbin
Oliver was so angered by his words that he started to laugh. He pointed at Jackie’s face, and said, “Itdoesn’t take a master to figure it out! All of the last disciples were chosen from the formal disciples. Andyou’re right, we formal disciples were once informal disciples too but we got to where we are right nowthrough our talent and hard work! Not to mention you didn’t even get accepted through our standardprocedures. 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 eyesintensified
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 evendeserve to breathe the same air as Brother Oliver!”
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