Lionel took out the Blossom Needles, frowning. "Axel, forget what I said earlier. I think it isn't worthwhile for me to be your mentor, so why don't you think of me as your grandfather instead?"

Axel sneered. "I'll call you whatever you want. If you lose, you’ll be my slave forever."

"Deal,” Lionel agreed. He then glanced at Adrian and said, "Please be our witness, sir. Send anyone who breaks the rules to hell right away."

Adrian smiled. "Why would you trifle yourself with an outsider? He doesn't seem to know the first thing about medical treatments. All he does is recognize a few herbs."

Axel stomped his feet. "You're seriously infuriating me! Claude, teach them a lesson!"

But Claude had similar thoughts to Adrian. "You've only taught me how to recognize herbs all this while, sir. You’ve never taught me about medical treatments, so what am I supposed to do?"

Axel was stunned and deeply disappointed by his apprentice. After all the effort he had put into the latter, he never t