Ceres

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Orion and Guy only stood a bit farther away from the old men. They do not know what to do and blankly stared at them.

Ceres asked Old Na,

"What is it?"

Old Na looked at Ceres and then, at Orion. He closed his eyes and placed one hand on his head.

"I saw you and that guy. Your fate seems to be connected to him."

When Old Pang heard this, he immediately understood. He knew how Old Na was so engrossed at keeping the world's balance and his ability to see other people's fate so he thought carefully about the situation.

"Ce---I mean, young lad, do you not want to enter Evergreen Garden?"

When they heard what Old Pang said, all eyes were on him.

"Old Pang, don't tell me you'd want my sole disciple to enter that place? I already told you that I forbid he—I mean him, from entering that school!"

Ceres could only sigh at how these old men nearly exposed her identity.

"Your disciple wanted to enter that school and clearly it could help he—I mean him, right? But, what you're really worried is whether your disciple can really enter and what department should sh—I mean he, choose."

Old Na finally gave up because even if he forbids Ceres from entering that school, given her determination, she would definitely do something outrageous. This might even cause more trouble for both of them.

"What departments? What kind of school is Evergreen Garden anyway?"

Ceres posed this question and all that Old Na could do was coughed twice.

"This is the reason why I do not want this person to enter that school. There are a lot more things that this person needs to learn!"

Old Pang patiently explained to Ceres what Evergreen Garden is. There are a lot of schools in the world and some of these do not teach just one type of student. Some schools have a lot of curriculums or departments catering more students and more types of abilities. Evergreen Garden is known for teaching students with excellent potentials in the earth attribute, beast taming, alchemy, and spirit healing.

While they were discussing about Evergreen Garden, Orion and Guy were dumbfounded. Because of their background, they know about Evergreen Garden and how high the standards were. But these people were talking about that school as if it was nothing in their eyes.

"After knowing a lot from Old Pang, do you still wish to enter that school? Clearly, you must have understood by now that no matter what, you do not fit any of their criteria and any of their departments."

"I can try the alchemy or spirit healing department."

Ceres confidently said those words which made Old Na flabbergasted. Know about alchemy and spirit healing? Is she out of her mind? When did she learn about all of those? Through books?

Old Pang laughed when he saw Old Na's face. This made Orion and Guy nervous.

"I taught this young one about spirit healing and alchemy, remember? He can also be considered as my sole disciple in this world. Thinking back, he pretty much learned for free without even asking me to be his teacher."

Old Pang continued to laugh. However, if other people heard Old Pang, they would surely vomit blood. To be able to learn from Old Pang and be considered as his disciple is a huge privilege that people would fight for and the person in front of them was taught for free. At the moment, Orion and Guy were vomiting blood inside their minds.