The warm sun rose high, and a faint floral fragrance drifted through the air.
Cui Hao pushed open the window and leaned out to gaze at the fiery red morning clouds.
Last night, after Master saw him shake his head, he had asked no further questions. He had only patted his shoulder, then acted as though he had never mentioned making him Sect Leader, as though it had merely been a joke.
But...
Cui Hao understood that Master probably had not been trying to tease him.
Yet Cui Hao also understood that this was not something he could discuss with the others, or Master would not have used voice transmission. But without discussing certain things with everyone, he worried that Master might do something foolish for the so-called good of them all.
If he said it outright, it really would become a tangled mess.
Why did Master have to give him an extra test alone when everyone else was resting?
Still... Master's willingness to entrust him with the position of Sect Leader was also an immense show of trust.
At that thought, Cui Hao's brows furrowed again.
But even if he became Sect Leader, Cui Hao did not think he could really order Eldest Senior Sister and Third Senior Sister around. Perhaps only Second Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Sister would truly obey him. That dragon might behave too, but Eldest Senior Sister and Third Senior Sister alone would be enough to kill him.
"It's rare to see you up so early."
Li Xingtian sat in a chair in the Small Courtyard, holding a book.
His thoughts interrupted, Cui Hao looked toward the voice. The sight of Li Xingtian reading surprised him somewhat. Reading in the morning was Third Senior Sister's habit; this was his first time seeing Second Senior