Chapter 191 Lì Dào_1
"Third Senior Brother, thank you." After emerging from the First Senior Brother’s room, the Junior Sister wiped away the tears on her face and sincerely gave Duge a bow.
"What are you thanking me for? The position of Sect Leader was something I seized," Duge glanced at her, toying with the Sect Leader token in his hand, "And from now on, call me Sect Leader Senior Brother."
"Yes, Sect Leader Senior Brother." The Third Senior Brother had willingly taken up the burdens of Sect Leader, which made the Junior Sister burst into smiles, teasing him subconsciously. But when she remembered that their decrepit sect was now down to just the two of them, and they still had to face the imminent threat of being devoured by Sky Mist Valley at any moment, her smile faded, "Third Senior Brother, what should we do next?"
"Call me Sect Leader Senior Brother." Duge continued to correct her.
"Alright, alright, Sect Leader Senior Brother." Guan Xuan’s heavy heart was interrupted again, and she couldn’t help but give Duge a white look, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, what should we do now? There are only the two of us left in the sect."
"Is First Senior Brother dead?" Duge gave her a puzzled look, "Or did we expel him from the sect?"
"..." Guan Xuan was taken aback, flustered in her attempt to explain, "Third Senior Brother, that’s not what I meant..."
"Call me Sect Leader Senior Brother." Duge persisted with the correction.
"Sect Leader Senior Brother." Guan Xuan caught her breath, her emotions interrupted once more; facing the suddenly bizarre Duge, she momentarily didn’t know what to say.
"Guan Xuan, I may have snatched the Sect Leader position from First Senior Brother, letting him lay down the burden in his heart, and he had already lost the will to live. You keep saying that there are only the two of us left in the sect—do you truly wish him dead?" Duge looked at her, his face earnest.
"I... I didn’t mean that..." Tears welled up in Guan Xuan’s eyes again.
"Junior Sister, the dead have passed on; there’s nothing we can do to bring them back, but we cannot afford to lose a single one of those who are alive." Duge glanced at the tightly closed door of the First Senior Brother, his voice firm, "I think First Senior Brother, being such a responsible man, would not want to be a deserter."