"Grandfather, I'm sorry," Xia Wanqing said guiltily.
"I lied to you. I found him to put on an act for the position of Young Sect Master."
"Did Grandfather really not see through it?" the old man chuckled.
"But you're already of marriageable age. Can't you turn this false act into reality?
I think that young man is quite decent too."
"Grandfather, what are you talking about?" Xia Wanqing snorted coldly.
"If you keep spouting nonsense, I won't speak to you anymore."
"Grandfather doesn't have much time left. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life alone, holding up this enormous sect and enduring all kinds of scheming and deception?" the old man said.
"Grandfather, nothing will happen to you," Xia Wanqing hurriedly replied.
"I'll go to the Star River Empire and beg for medicine for you."
"Listen to Grandfather first. Do you know why I agreed to let him challenge the three trials?" the old man asked.
Xia Wanqing shook her head slightly.
"If he could pass all three trials perfectly, I would instead worry that you wouldn't be able to keep him in check in the future.
If he couldn't pass even one, then it would be difficult for him to become someone you could rely on."
The old man explained.
"Therefore, the best outcome for those three trials would be two wins and one loss.
He is only a mortal, but he has both courage and strategy.
Now that he also has that demonic dragon, I believe that when you become Sect Master in the future, some of the elders in the sect will not dare act too outrageously."
At this point, the old man coughed several more times.
He continued, "Once you become Young Sect Master, you must begin cultivating your own faction, your