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Chapter 4585: 5.0337 Noble Qiao

"Second-generation Sect Master!" A deeply emotional, resounding call made Qiao Mu's small frame tremble.

Looking up, she saw Chen Qilu and Zheng running over with smiles on their faces, followed by over twenty disciples, all looking excited, who immediately swarmed around her.

"Quickly, come and greet the Second-generation Sect Master," Chen Qi said with a chuckle, then turned to Qiao Mu. "Second-generation Sect Master, these are the first-generation disciples of our Xuanji Sect. We've already found seventy to eighty people, and we're close to finding the rest."

"Some are far away in the Holy Domain; we'll summon them when the time comes. Others are in seclusion and probably won't be coming out soon."

Lu Zheng nodded repeatedly. "Only two disciples are currently missing without a trace. We've asked around, but no one knows where they went."

Qiao Mu looked at the two of them expressionlessly. "Good efficiency."

It was indeed good. This thankless task of finding people, which the little stoic had casually handed to Chen Qi and Lu Zheng, she hadn't actually expected them to find many people.

After all, who knew where those first-generation disciples were scattered now?

And it had been so many years.

Perhaps some of the elders had already ascended to immortality; who knew?

Honestly, relying solely on the unreliable name tags given by Senior Xuanji, trying to find everyone was like searching for a needle in a haystack, a fantastical tale.

However, what Qiao Mu didn't expect was that Chen Qi and Lu Zheng had made such significant progress on such an unreliable and frustrating task in a short period.

"Greetings, Second-generation Sect Master!" The twenty-odd Xuanji Sect disciples' voices shook the sky, and everyone appeared immensely excited.

[If these idiots could just remove the "second-generation" from "Sect Master," that would be even better.] The stoic-faced girl looked at them expressionlessly, her heart calm.

"Second-generation Sect Master," a middle-aged man quickly stepped forward, rubbing his hands, his voice filled with emotion. "It must have been so hard for you all these years, Second-generation Sect Master."

Qiao Mu said faintly, "It wasn't hard for me."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's eyes dramatically reddened.

He looked touched and said to the little stoic, "How could it not be hard? Just thinking about it, we know you've had a very difficult few years."

"After all, you had to shoulder the burden of our entire Xuanji Sect alone. For so many years, you've diligently worked silently for the revival and rise of our Xuanji Sect!"

"Yes, yes, the Second-generation Sect Master is truly noble and would not tell us about her hardships."

"Impressive, impressive, truly worthy of being our Second-generation Sect Master."

Qiao Mu: ...

[Do you all have some misunderstanding about me?]

This Master Qiao hasn't actually been in charge of Xuanji Sect for very long. All these days, she's only picked a location for Xuanji Sect and erected its mountain gate, which counts as a great achievement for her hard work.

Other than that, wasn't she completely a hands-off manager?

At this moment, Huang He stepped forward, nodding and praising profusely, her face showing deep emotion. "What you all said is absolutely right. Our Qiao Qiao is noble and an exemplary figure of this age!"

Huang He spoke endlessly, and Qiao Mu just wanted to cover her face.

"Back then, when I first met her, Qiao Qiao was full of spirit, disregarding her own life to bravely lead away a high-level spiritual beast for us, taking away a huge beast tide, alas, those past events are unbearable to recall! Qiao Qiao back then was already so different from others..."

Sister, can you please stop talking about our first meeting?