An Understated Dominance

“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.

would take at least a few decades. However, Dustin was now offered to take the

worthy of becoming an

sure he could do. That was why Linden desperately tried to recruit Dustin

you take him in as

centuries; there has never been such a

said that it’s fine!” Linden shouted angrily, scaring the others into silence. After all, he was the one

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

offer. Thank you.” Dustin smiled. At this point,

was very influential in

Therefore, it was easy to see why Stoneray Order ranked first in terms of connections

We’ll start preparing a banquet to welcome our