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I certainly can't refuse!
Although Xu Hao was not afraid of Li Chenggong, there was no need to offend him.
Moreover, with Niuniu looking at Xu Hao with eyes full of sincerity, urgency, and some trepidation, Xu Hao thought of her hardships over the past decade and felt touched. He smiled and said, "Okay! Then I will take you as my disciple! Lei Qianjue is my named disciple, but Niuniu, you will be my first direct disciple!"
Lei Qianjue smiled wryly, "Doesn't this mean that Niuniu's status is even higher than mine? In the future, when I see her, I will have to address her as 'Senior Sister'!"
Everyone burst into laughter at this, as Lei Qianjue was right. In a sect, not only is seating order determined by the sequence of admittance, but also by the rank of named disciple, outer sect disciple, inner sect disciple, and direct disciple, in ascending order of status from the outer to inner circles.