Qingfeng accepted the position of acting sect leader, finally allowing Huang Xiao to breathe a sigh of relief. After all, his objective had been achieved.
"Good, Eldest Senior Brother. I'll teach you the sect leader's supreme technique, the Death Seal, right now!" Huang Xiao said.
"Wait!" Qingfeng hurriedly called out to stop him when he heard this.
Seeing Huang Xiao's puzzled expression, Qingfeng explained, "The Death Seal is the sect leader's supreme technique. Only the sect leader may learn it, and I'm merely an acting sect leader, not the true sect leader. Therefore, I cannot learn this cultivation method."
"Isn't that more or less the same thing?" Huang Xiao asked.
"No, absolutely not!" Qingfeng shook his head firmly. "I can serve as acting sect leader, but I cannot learn the sect leader's supreme technique."
"All right, all right. If you won't learn it, then you won't!" Huang Xiao said with a smile. He did not particularly mind whether Qingfeng learned the Death Seal. After all, his other two senior brothers, Qinghe and Qingyun, both had access to it. By now, the Death Seal could no longer be considered a supreme technique reserved exclusively for the sect leader. But Qingfeng strictly observed the Green Ox Gate's rules, and there was nothing Huang Xiao could do about that.
"Junior Brother, I just remembered something concerning the Death Seal!" Qingfeng suddenly said.
"Concerning the Death Seal?" Huang Xiao asked curiously.
"That's right. In fact, if you hadn't mentioned that the Death Seal was the sect leader's supreme technique, I would almost have forgotten," Qingfeng said. "Come with me!"
"Where are we going?" Huang Xiao asked.
"To the Pill Room!" Qingfeng said.
When they reached the Pill Room in the side hall, Qingfeng took a key from inside his robes, pulled open a drawer