301 I Won’t Let You Down” (1/2)

”I have decided to step down!” Phoenix Dances repeated under Happy and Glutinous Rice's shocked and puzzled gazes. ”I should have already stepped down a long time ago. The other sects have very powerful figures as sect masters. They are all people on the Dragon Rank, Phoenix Rank, or the Famous People Rank, but I'm nothing. I'm just someone who was nominated. This will affect the faction's future development. Besides, there are plenty of people who refuse my leadership. Happy, since your identity has already been exposed, don't run away anymore. It's about time for you to return!”

Phoenix Dances said her last sentence in an incredibly serious manner, and she also said it earnestly!

Glutinous Rice fell silent.

Happy also understood what Phoenix Dances meant.

”Is there someone who is against you being the faction master?”

Phoenix Dances shook her head. ”No, but I can't keep occupying this position. The others might have not said anything because they want me to preserve my dignity, but I know very well that while I might be able to be a good higher-level manager, a faction master must be able to control all faction members through strength! Right now, there are plenty of members in Beautiful Robes Faction whose strength is above mine. Glutinous Rice, One Circle, Flying Dragon, Tea Words, Rampaging, Bum, and the others are all stronger than I am. The only person whom they truly accept has always been you, and we knew this since the start.”

Phoenix Dances paused for a moment before she suddenly revealed a hint of a smile. ”Besides, I want more time to train so that I can become stronger as well, or else, I'll feel as if I'll be further and further away from you.”

Glutinous Rice instantly fell silent. She blinked and looked elsewhere.

A strange atmosphere filled the living room.

'Can this be considered a confession?'

An unknown amount of time passed.

”I can't return right now.”

Happy stared into Phoenix Dances' eyes with a sentimental look.

”You're better than I am as a faction master. You are also more experienced than I am. At the very least, I wouldn't have been able to make Beautiful Robes Faction as prosperous in such a short amount of time. You've done much more than I expected. Everyone can see this, and they know about this as well. You're just thinking too much, can't you see it?”

When his gentle voice entered her ears, Phoenix Dances suddenly felt excited for having her efforts recognized. For the first time, her face turned red, and her voice became much softer.

”I'm not the only one who managed to do this. This is a result of everyone's hard work…”

Glutinous Rice was stunned speechless. She could not believe her eyes, so she rubbed them hard while screaming in her heart, 'Big sis! What the heck happened to you?!'

”That's the spirit. Promise me that you won't go overthinking things. You're doing spectacularly, so continue being Beautiful Robes Faction's master. You can ask others to help you with management on usual days. Then, you'll have more time to train.”

”Okay.” Phoenix Dances nodded vigorously.

Glutinous Rice could not bear the sight.

'If the university knew about this, who knew who many hearts would be broken? Big Sis Phoenix Dances is absolutely on the road of falling into the river of love. No, wait, she's actually about to drown in it! We're doomed!'

Glutinous Rice knocked her head against the dining table with a loud bang.

Upon hearing it, Phoenix Dances instantly snapped out of her stupor. She seemed to realize that she had lost her composure, and she looked slightly alarmed. Feeling slightly panicked, she didn't even give any thought to her words next. ”When are you coming back?”

”Hmm… I'll probably be wandering around the game for a little longer.” When Happy thought about Thunderous Battle and the others who had already headed to Baokang to begin developing the sect, he changed the topic of conversation. ”Phoenix Dances, do you still remember that I once mentioned to you that you should pay attention to developing the herbalists, ironsmiths, and tailors in the faction?”

Phoenix Dances nodded. ”I have a dormmate of mine taking charge of this. Aside from herbalists improving rather slowly, the ironsmiths and tailors have been improving very well. The things they create are not that much inferior to grade nine masterpieces. But the higher the grade of the weapons are, the rarer the materials and ores for them are. Their progress has thus started to slow down.”

She paused for a moment before she added, ”But the Dew Pills you used in the royal mausoleum do indeed have great effects. Once we came out, we put up a lot of requests in the commision shops to buy tuber fleeceflowers and other materials for Dew Pills. We have quite a lot of them gathered in the storage now.”