626 Berucha Shadi
What was the privilege of being an honorary core member of Martial Hall?
The privilege of an honorary core member was mostly the same as the privileges of a regular core member but without the responsibilities that came with it. In other words, an honorary core member would have access to the same cultivation resources and facilities but would not need to carry out any compulsory missions on behalf of the Martial Hall.
Although the Martial Hall would give honorary core members missions to perform, honorary core members also had the right to reject all of them.
If nothing else was considered, being an honorary core member was much better than being a regular core member.
However, honorary core members couldn't enjoy such great benefits without any responsibilities attached. At the very least, there should be some price for it.New novel chapters are published on
"Is there a guidebook on the 'can do's' and 'can't do's' of an honorary core member, Elder Severus? I want to read one if possible," Vaan politely requested.
"Oh?" Elder Severus lazily glanced at Vaan from his rocking chair before nodding, "You can find what you need on the back bookshelf. As long as you don't take any of the books outside the Registration Hall, you can read anything on that back bookshelf."
Shortly after Elder Severus said his piece, he resumed his business, flipping open a worn-out book to read. Occasionally, he would scribble something inside it, correcting and altering some flawed content.
With Vaan's Omni-Sense and short observation, he quickly discovered the worn-out book was a low-rank martial art with an ordinary name – Mantis Chop.
Elder Severus's hobby was finding flaws in existing martial arts and improving them in his spare time.
But although Elder Severus's hobby caught Vaan's interest, he did not disturb the grey-haired old man. Before doing anything, he had to gain a complete understanding of the Martial Hall's rules and customs.
Only when Vaan knew what he could and could not do in the Martial Hall would he be capable of avoiding all meaningless troubles and inconveniences that could affect his plans.
It didn't take long for Vaan to locate the guidebook about honorary core members and finish it.
The content was just as he suspected – there truly was a price to pay for being an honorary core member.
While it was true that an honorary core member had access to the same resources and training facilities as regular core members, their priority was at rock bottom.
For example, if all the gravity chambers for core members were in use, an honorary core member would have to end their training and give up their gravity chamber when another core member needed it.
Furthermore, at the Mission Hall, core members also had priority in choosing newly posted missions. Honorary core members had to wait for all the core members to select their missions first. On top of that, honorary core members received twenty percent less contribution points from the same mission given to core members.
Inside the Martial Hall, contribution points were the only acceptable currencies. It was used to exchange for cultivation resources and reserve training time in special facilities like Gravity Chambers and Black Mountain.
Thus, even if honorary core members weren't forced to complete a fixed number of missions for the Martial Hall each year, they still needed to complete missions anyway—that was, unless they didn't care about earning contribution points.
Vaan looked through the catalog of exchangeable rewards and noticed even a heaven-defying pill like the Rank 4 Body Reformation Pill was on the list.
Nevertheless, it had been a long time since someone had shown interest in reading the introductory guidebooks. Thus, he was a little interested in this new student.
'Vanderlin Pendragon, was it? Someone with a name like this had certainly left behind quite an impression,' Elder Severus mused.
However, he suddenly thought about the complications that came with such a name. This new student would have no shortage of trouble and only had an honorary core member status.
'This kid wouldn't get expelled from the Martial Hall on his first day, would he? Hm... I will look after this kid for a little bit. I want to see if this kid is a true dragon or a paper tiger,' Elder Severus decided.
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Meanwhile, after Vaan left the registration building, the core member who escorted him earlier quickly caught up to him.
"Young Master Vanderlin, you must not be familiar with our martial school yet. Where do you want to go? I can show you the way," the core member offered with a friendly attitude.
Vaan glanced back at the core member and briefly studied him.
This person was a thirty-year-old Dunean young man with only the strength of a Low-level Rank 2 Body Refiner. Compared to Jihaad, who was both a Peak-level Rank 2 Body Refiner and a Peak-stage Aura Master with a similar age, this person's martial talent was considered mediocre.
As such, it was also clear why this person approached him enthusiastically.
Since the person could be used, he should use him.
"Sure, I'm heading to the Martial Arts Repository," Vaan calmly replied.
"Great!" the mediocre core member exclaimed excitedly before taking the lead, "You're heading in the right direction, Young Master Vanderlin. Please follow me. It's not too far from here, only about fifteen minutes walking distance away."
"I'm sorry, I haven't caught your name yet. This Senior Martial Brother is...?" Vaan sought out the person's name.
"Ahh, pardon my late introduction, Young Master Vanderlin," the mediocre core member smacked his forehead before introducing himself, "I am Berucha Shadi, but you can just call me Berucha or Martial Brother Berucha, Young Master Vanderlin."
"I don't dare to be a senior martial brother and pull my weight in front of you," Berucha added with an awkward smile.
Even if Berucha's martial talent was mediocre, he still had some awareness. He could tell that Vaan's strength was above him despite being younger.
Thus, as someone who had spent fifteen years studying at the Martial Hall yet only managed to be a Low-level Rank 2 Body Refiner, he didn't believe he was qualified to be anyone's senior martial brother.
"Martial Brother Berucha it is then," Vaan calmly nodded.
Berucha immediately felt relief after seeing that Vaan didn't look down on him and still gave him the basic level of respect as a fellow martial brother of the same martial school.
Meanwhile, Vaan figured he couldn't be too casual since he was still new. He didn't want to give others a reason to find fault with him.