Black Owl didn't care what Zhao Guanchao, Hui Zheng, Wang Ye, and Zhou Zhengqiao were feeling at the moment, or how they viewed him and Ji Fengming.
He casually waved his hand, dismissing them.
"Are you just going to let them go like this? Aren't you afraid this opportunist will cause some trouble again?" Ji Fengming asked curiously.
“I gave Zhao Guanchao the First Peak and also let him assist in managing the sect’s trivial matters. This is the greatest honor for an elder from another clan. He knows his limits and won’t cause any more trouble,” Black Owl answered confidently.
"That's not necessarily true. Once he becomes the Fourth Elder, he wants to become the First Elder, and once he becomes the First Elder, he wants to become the Sect Master. Your First Elder has already come up with a plan for him. He'll learn it and put it to use. If your reputation as Sect Master is ruined, he might actually be able to take your place as Sect Master." Ji Fengming was roguish and irreverent, spouting nonsense without any seriousness.
“The position of sect leader of Hanyu Sect is not one that anyone can hold, and no outsider would dare to sit in this position.” Hei Xiao looked at Ji Feng and smiled mysteriously. “Anyone who has taken the position of elder knows this secret. So after Zhao Guanchao took charge of the First Peak, he only wanted to keep his current position and would never want to go any further.”
"Why?" Ji Fengming asked with great curiosity. "What else in this world can make a greedy person overcome their greed?"
Black Owl put away the tea set on the tea table, stood up, extended his right hand to Ji Fengming, and said softly, "Come, I'll take you somewhere."
Ji Fengming didn't stand on ceremony. He immediately grabbed the man's hand and stood up, excitedly asking, "Where is this? Is it the storeroom of your Hanyu Sect?"
Hei Xiao couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and pleaded softly, "No one in the entire Han Yu Sect is good at business. Apart from the share allocated to the public mines of Danling Continent, there is no other source of income. Please spare those few limited spirit stones and leave a way out for the disciples and elders of the sect."
"Tsk, Han Yu Sect is one of the four major sects, how come you make it sound so pitiful?" Ji Fengming smacked his lips with a look of disdain: "Fine, since you've spoken up yourself, I'll let them off the hook. You're their boss, so they're my little brothers. I won't steal food from my own little brothers."
Although Ji Fengming's words were not pleasant, Hei Xiao always wore a faint, most beautiful smile.
The two left Qinxue Garden and traveled to the forbidden area behind Hanyu Sect.
The two old men responsible for guarding the forbidden area still sat cross-legged at the entrance of the forbidden area, just as they had a thousand years ago, their hair and beards covered with snowflakes.
Upon noticing someone approaching, the two elderly men opened their eyes.
Upon seeing Black Owl, both men's eyes shone with barely concealed excitement and relief. They immediately stood up and spoke almost simultaneously:
"You're finally back."
"I knew you wouldn't break your promise."
"Huh, you all knew he would come back?" Ji Fengming asked curiously.
Throughout the entire Manhan Yuzong sect, even the elders didn't know that Xiao Chen would return, but these two old men seemed to know.
Could they possibly be prophetic?
“You are…” one of the elders looked at Ji Fengming, about to say something.
Black Owl quickly interjected, "Elder Feng, Elder Ming, this is Ji Fengming. You may call him Fengming."
Elder Feng and Elder Ming understood what Black Owl meant, and nodded with a knowing smile.
Ji Fengming looked at Hei Xiao with a completely bewildered expression, his eyes clearly asking, "Are you trying to stop them?"
Black Owl lowered his gaze slightly, meeting Ji Fengming's questioning eyes, and smiled faintly.
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