In the end, Deborah still chose not to hold a ceremony to accept him as a disciple. She knew that Felix was still harboring a secret, and although they were mentor-mentees, they still respected each other.

She was very happy that they could acknowledge each other as mentor-mentees in public without having to hide it anymore.

Soon, Felix went to the secret room in Harmony Clinic to try the intermediate refinement process for the first time. Meanwhile, Atlas had already contacted an elder of the family.

"Herbert, I just received news from the spy at Harmony Clinic. Felix Zeller had just been accepted as Deborah's disciple!"

On the other end, Herbert wondered for a long time before replying, "This complicates things. If he was merely a genius at Harmony Clinic, your earlier assumptions would've been right.

"But since Felix was accepted as Deborah's disciple, this is a little difficult to deal with! I can't guarantee anything—but two things are certain. First, Harmony Clinic will st