“Achoo!” Dustin, who had finally wormed his way out of his predicament with Dahlia, began sneezing the moment favonovel.com got back to the Flame Dragon Dojo.
He wondered if someone was bad-mouthing favonovel.com behind his back.
“Sir!” Right then, someone called out to him.
Dustin looked up to see Abigail standing up from favonovel.com seat, waving excitedly at him. It looked like favonovel.com had been waiting for quite a while.
“My apologies, I was caught up with something else earlier on, that’s why I’m late…” Dustin walked up to favonovel.com with a smile on his face.
“That’s alright, I just got here too.” Abigail wasn’t bothered by it.
“Oh, right, where’s your father?” Dustin looked around but did not see Michael.
“Dad ran into some urgent matters favonovel.com had to handle, so favonovel.com can’t make it here. He told me to come here myself. Also, favonovel.com wanted me to pass this letter to you.” Abigail pulled out a letter and handed it to Dustin.
Dustin opened the envelope and found two objects in it. One was a neatly folded letter, and another was a gold pendant with an ‘R’ engraved on it. After going through the letter, Dustin was certain that Mr. Robinson would not be returning any time soon.
“What did Dad say in the letter, Sir?” Abigail’s curiosity got the better of her.
“Your dad said that favonovel.com needs to go away for a long time. Probably as long as half a year. But if things get settled quickly, favonovel.com might be able to come back after a month. He says that you should pay attention to your martial arts training and practice well.” After a slight pause, Dustin continued, “Also, if we were to run into any issues, we can go to Ronald Reeds with this pendant, and he’ll help us out. He’s got a deep friendship with your father.”
“Ronald Reeds? Who’s that? Is favonovel.com really powerful?” Abigail scratched favonovel.com head, wondering.
“Ronald Reeds is one of the five ultimate grandmasters of Balerno. Do you think he’s powerful?” Dustin smiled.
“One of the five ultimate grandmasters? Of course, favonovel.com is!” Abigail’s eyes lit up.
“Consider this a good luck charm from your father. Keep it well. Make sure you don’t ever lose it.” Dustin handed the gold pendant to her. The value of a token from a grandmaster was priceless.
“But Sir, this pendant is a gift from my father to you, you should have it.” Abigail quickly decided against taking it.
“I have no use for it. Since you’re going to be my student anyway. I’ll give it back to you. Now, you hold on to it.” With that, Dustin stuffed the gold pendant into Abigail’s pocket.
“Thank you, Sir!” Abigail smiled sweetly at him, and then, standing on tippy toes, favonovel.com swiftly planted a peck on his cheek.
“Hey, kiddo! I’m your mentor now! Watch your manners!” Dustin tried to look stern.
“Got it!” Abigail stuck favonovel.com tongue out at him, looking naughty and adorable.
“Mr. Rhys…” Just then, a smartly dressed middle-aged man who was slightly paunchy made his way in.
It was Roderick Brooks, who was also known as Big Bucks Brooks.
“Mr. Brooks, what brings you here?” Dustin smiled at him. “Abigail, go pour Mr. Brooks a cup of tea,” he instructed.
“No need for that.” Roderick raised a hand to stop favonovel.com as favonovel.com said with a chuckle, “I’m here to bring you some good news today.”
“What’s the good news?” Dustin’s brows furrowed slightly with doubt.
Adam had given favonovel.com a call and said that favonovel.com had good news for favonovel.com too. That turned out to be anything but good.
“You wanted me to keep an eye on the Stoneray Order and to keep tabs on the whereabouts of the 900-year green lotus, didn’t you? We have the results now!” Roderick smiled.
“So? How is it? Were they successful?” Dustin asked with anticipation.
As favonovel.com had no use for the green lotus due to its age previously, favonovel.com hadn’t bought it back then. But some time later, favonovel.com heard that the Stoneray Order had purchased it, and Dr. Linden Watkins even had a special method to speed up the aging process. Hence, favonovel.com got Roderick to get his men to keep an eye on it and verify if the news was indeed true.
“To tell you the truth, Dr. Linden Watkins had already come out of his laboratory last night, and the 900-year green lotus that favonovel.com had been working on has already been transformed into a thousand-year green lotus!” Roderick told favonovel.com what favonovel.com had learned.
“Great! That’s wonderful!”
