"Heh heh, then let's do that. Miss Shaoshi can become the sect master, but only at the right time, just as Fellow Daoist Xia suggested. How does that sound?" Xiao Jianlan suddenly said.
His answer left me stunned for a moment. I had still been wondering whether he had the nerve to accept my plan, but he agreed so readily that even I couldn't believe things would go this smoothly.
"Go ahead with it?" I asked again.
Xiao Jianlan nodded. "That's right. Fellow Daoist Xia's idea is excellent. I'll find a way to proceed according to this plan. However, the karma involved is so immense that even I can't predict how the situation will unfold. As for what we do afterward, we'll probably have to adapt as circumstances change. Otherwise, using a plan that doesn't suit the moment could backfire and turn a good thing into a bad one."
"Of course." I naturally couldn't force him. The fact that he was willing to agree this far was already his greatest concession. I truly had no idea what he was thinking. Could he be an even more cunning existence than Li Xiangru, whom I had met before?
"Good, then let's proceed this way. As I promised earlier, since Miss Shaoshi Hui won this competition, she can inherit the position of sect master of Cold Immortal Mountain on a chosen day! Just not now. To inherit the sect-master position, she'll first need to understand Cold Immortal Mountain. Before that, she should travel through its five peaks. As for the position of sect master, it naturally cannot remain vacant. Before the new sect master, Shaoshi Hui, takes the throne, I'll serve as acting sect master and issue orders throughout Cold Immortal Mountain!" Xiao Jianlan was an extremely decisive man. He immediately swept out