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Chapter 322 Joy and Anxiety

A s table full of delicate foods and twenty to thirty guests were there

There weren't very many people, but the atmosphere was vivacious

Adepts, both within the tower and those stationed outside, had all arrived, each with a personal entourage of apprentices The ones that were allowed to follow by the adepts' sides were all well-trained pseudo-adepts and talented advanced apprentices

The ones responsible for receiving the guests were Greeh they were all busy dealing with the guests, Kodar and the rest were ecstatic They enthusiastically served everyone who attended the banquet Every so often, they couldn't help but shift their gazes to the beautiful young lady at the center of the attention

Indeed, Alice had yet to break through the seal on her body after advancing to a witch She still looked like she hen she was eight Naturally, the very sight of a 'sroup of real adepts was extre!

However, none of the apprentices present at the party dared to laugh at the sight

Alice's current status and standing were utterly different from theirs

Once one became an adept, there would be an invisible but vast class divide between you and apprentice adepts

Ru in the outside world Most people already knew Alice had lost all her ical abilities and turned into a pure diviner Still, an adept was an adept! It didn't matter hoeak the adept was; their weakness was only relative to other adepts

Alice was still an insurmountable mountain to these apprentices!

Adepts had their own social circles, and so did the apprentices

While the adepts were gathered together and engaged in small talk, the apprentices had also forossiped about the happenings within the clan and its territories

Some of the more sociable apprentices took the opportunity to walk about and get acquainted with the o, Alice had been just like thenificant person that they all had to treat with respect Such a motivational story had aroused the passion and enthusiasle apprentice The atratulations, Alice!" The first to congratulate Alice was Kiel, the body-refining adept perpetually stationed in Feidnan City He took out a small and delicate ith a fist-sized turquoise embedded on the top, "This is a Ghost Scepter An adept-level evil spirit is sealed within It is pretty decent when used to defend yourself This ill be ift to you!"

"Thank you!" Alice let out a sweet sift

Adept Ferrier, who stood right next to Kiel, rolled her eyes and spoke, "Who knew that you even had any idea on hoin a girl's favor Well, if that's the case, I'o, Alice This is a Hydration Potion It can allow your skin to retain its s period You have just coood care of your own body"

"Thank you, Sis Ferrier!" The shan and Harrison couldn't help but look at each other with bitter s out gifts They started rue tools for sohan took out a pure and clear white crystal It was incredibly suited to be used as a divination crystal Harrison, on the other hand, gave Alice a Spell Reversal Ring It was able to reflect a direct spell back at the caster and was a very decent defensive tool

Alice was a s received so rinned so broadly that she couldn't even open her eyes She quietly stood there s at herself with all these treasures in her aro and find somewhere else to celebrate! The small ones won't be able to have fun while we're here" Greem smiled and led the few adepts to another room

The atmosphere of the banquet became all the more lively with the departure of these old fellows All of the apprentices that had been behaving cautiously in the presence of the adepts were finally able to have their fun

Everyone quickly surrounded the few apprentices that were under Greem and Snorlax himself All the apprentices chattered and asked about 'Adept Alice' The envy in their voices was clear as day

The existence of the lesser planes denment of more and more of the clan adepts to the other planes Consequently, the Sarubo adepts stationed in the World of Adepts had always been at a relatively low nule clan adept ained

The adepts theinal increase in resources, but these resources were a massive help for the apprentices under the adepts

If the Sarubo Clan were athem would be schools of fish that lived on the food scraps of the whales If they could ood personal relationships with an adept, they would stand to gain plenty

There weren't all that many adepts stationed within the Sarubo Clan in the first place Now, the Flame Demon's circle alone represented the authority of two adepts All of the Flame Demon's subordinates would undoubtedly benefit from their association with Greem Kodar, Meryl, and the other pseudo-adepts would have h to drive any young pseudo-adept nored the co between their apprentices and quickly went on their oays after soht all be Sarubo adepts, but every one of them had secrets They didn't readily share the contents of their research and experiments with others

Thus, it was apparent that the relationships of adepts were often superficial and non-committal Most bonds they had were only out of practical reasons!