(Yesterday, before Fang Jingtian fell, he said several things, but they all disappeared after the chapter was posted... so in the text everyone saw, Jing Jiu ended up talking to himself... There was nothing I could do about it. After I wrote it, Begonia even specifically warned me that it might turn into asterisks, so I added dots in between, but it actually vanished completely! All right, by now everyone must have guessed that what he said wasn't very pleasant, but that scene looked so good. What a pity.)
Hearing Yuan Qu's words, Jin Sidao looked grim, as did the elders and disciples who supported Fang Jingtian, but Ping Yongjia himself looked grimmest of all.
Of course he remembered what his master had said beside Sword-Washing Creek. The problem was that he had never taken those words seriously.
The lord of Sword Peak had to be an important figure in the Green Mountain Sect. How could he possibly be qualified?
Never mind seniority or standing among the Green Mountain Nine Peaks; he was merely Divine End Peak's Closed-Door Disciple. If he suddenly became a Peak Master... what would Martial Aunt think? What would Senior Brother Gu Qing think? What would Yuan Qu think? Senior Brother Zhuo Rusui would definitely be very angry, and... what if A Piao lost her temper?
He was nervous and somewhat at a loss, with no idea what to say. He wanted to refuse, but did not dare.
"If it were you, I would accept it," Jin Sidao said, looking at Zhao Layue. "But why should I hand the position of Peak Master over to him? Just because he is the Sect Master True Person's Closed-Door Disciple? Back when Senior Brother Liu Ci was here, however much he doted on Zhuo Rusui, he never