Pawn Crossing the River

After the handover between Ning Lingge and Master Cihang was completed, he officially resigned from the position of head of Tiangang Hall, retaining only the identity of Master Shenzhi. However, as long as there is still the identity of Master Shenzhi, he is still one of the thirty-six people second only to the three deputy head masters and several great masters of Pingzhang. It is not difficult to make a comeback.

After Master Cihang officially took office as the leader of Tiangang Hall, he did not re-appoint a new deputy hall master. Instead, he replaced the original eighth deputy hall master as the seventh deputy hall master. It was not even a smooth transfer, and his subordinates were still the original ones. Subordinate, just changed his name.

Because in the battle of Cuowenbu, not only Shangguan Jing died in the battle, but also the Taoist priests and spiritual officials under his command suffered heavy casualties, and they were no longer organized.

Master Cihang simply incorporated all of Shangguan Jing's old departments into the Yaoguang Division under Zhang Yuelu's name, and asked Zhang Yuelu to fill in as the eighth deputy hall leader, leaving the ninth deputy hall leader vacant.

As a result, although Zhang Yuelu still ranks last among the many deputy hall masters, if the ninth deputy hall master is appointed again, he will be ranked behind Zhang Yuelu. And in this way, there is no need to assign additional spiritual officers to Zhang Yuelu, making Zhang Yuelu suddenly become the deputy hall leader with real power, instead of the showy person he was before.

Everyone knew that Master Cihang was paving the way for his disciples, but no one could say anything. After all, Zhang Yuelu is still ranked last, and he has not jumped ahead of anyone. Moreover, before Zhang Yuelu was named by the Earth Master as the ninth deputy hall master, Tiangang Hall had eight deputy hall masters. Now it is equivalent to returning to the original pattern. .

However, Zhang Yuelu's promotion speed is really enviable. Less than a year after he was promoted to deputy hall leader, he moved up one position. At this rate, in another ten years, he will be the chief deputy hall master. That is a high position that can only be held by a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest. He is only one step away from the master of Shenzhi.

This move also confirmed Zhang Yuelu's status as the orthodox successor of Cihang Master in a sense.

You must know that Master Cihang not only has only one disciple, Zhang Yuelu, but Zhang Yuelu also has senior and junior sisters. However, there is only one position for Master Cihang. Who can inherit her mantle, resources, connections, and status also depends on Master Cihang himself. mean.

Since ancient times, "establishing a prince" has been a major event, and only by having successors can stabilize people's hearts. In the past, when the competition for the headmaster had not yet reached a fever pitch, this matter could naturally be left aside for the time being. Now that Master Cihang has come to an end in person, it must be mentioned.

In the same way, Master Qingwei and Master Donghua also each introduced their own successors, which was the same idea.

Because of this, Qingpinghui launched the Ruyi List at this critical juncture, bringing Li Changge and Yao Pei to the surface, two people whose reputations were not known in the past.

Cihang Zhenren chose Zhang Yuelu as his successor. He obviously considered many factors. Age is undoubtedly a very important factor. Too old will not succeed, and too young will not succeed.

If they are too close in age to Master Cihang, for example, Zhang Yuelu's senior sisters are more than ten years apart from Master Cihang. When they were young, the age difference between a thirty-year-old woman and a teenage girl was still twice as high. age. When they grow old, the age difference between a ninety-year-old man and a seventy-year-old man will be nothing. When Master Cihang retires, they will also be old and unable to take over the mantle. It is the same reason that the three deputy head masters, Da Zhenren, and several other Pingzhang masters have all withdrawn from the competition for the top leader.

If the age difference between them and Master Cihang is too big, for example, if Zhang Yuelu and his junior sisters are still ten years old, they will lose ten years. If they are too young, they may not be able to reach the right position at the right time.

Only Zhang Yuelu is of the right age. If this trend continues, the second-grade real person in his early thirties and the forty-year-old Zhenzhi Zhenren will definitely be strong contenders for the title of Grand Master. Others can only say bad luck, no one else to blame.

Then there is the background. Master Cihang does not deny that some people can ascend to the throne of the Grand Master without relying on family background, such as the Grand Master of the Five Dynasties. However, such extraordinary figures cannot be judged by common sense. The sixth-generation Grand Master also came from an ordinary background, and he ascended to the throne of Grand Master by chance, but he became an empty frame.

Most people still consider the help or influence of the family background behind them.

Zhang Yuelu was from the Zhang family, so needless to say, the key point was that he was favored by the Earth Master.

Zhang Yuelu has two great secrets, one is "Cihang Pudu Sword Code", which was taught to her by Master Cihang, and the other is "Six Void Tribulations". Master Cihang does not know such methods, it is a lineage of earth masters. Zhang Yuelu learned the secret that was not taught, and it was undoubtedly taught by the earth master. From this point of view, Zhang Yuelu also had a master-disciple relationship with Earth Master. She said that if she was forced to go to Quanzhen Taoism, she was angry, but it was not false.

If Zhang Yuelu could become the Grand Master, Quanzhen Taoism would probably not object fiercely.

The more critical point is that Zhang Yuelu is willing to do things.

Although Li Changge, Yao Pei and others are good, capable and have backgrounds, there is no reason to promote them without doing anything, so they are still fifth-grade Taoist priests, that is, candidates for sacrificial wine.

Judging from Zhang Yuelu's posture, he is not far away from the third-grade Youyi Taoist priest.

As Ning Lingge said, there is never a shortage of speculators in the Taoist sect. They have no ability to compete for the great master, but they want to follow the right person and seek support. Some people saw that it was difficult to count on the election of the seventh-generation Grandmaster this time, so they set their sights on candidates for the Eighth-generation Grandmaster in advance.

The candidates for the third path are already very clear, but they are also starting to emerge. In terms of age, qualifications, and background, they are Zhang Yuelu from Zhengyi Dao, Li Changge from Taiping Dao, and Yao Pei from Quanzhen Dao.

Among the three, Li Changge has the highest cultivation level, but Zhang Yuelu has the richest resume. Although the three ways are different, there is me in you and you in me. People of Taiping Tao may not support Taiping Tao wholeheartedly. In the same way, the same is true for Zhengyi Tao and Quanzhen Tao. Zhang Yuelu's experience of slowly climbing up the ranks of the Nine Halls will give her many colleagues, old subordinates, bosses, and friends. They may not be members of the same party, but they have a close relationship with Zhang Yuelu. After decades of accumulation, they will become Like a large net woven tightly, this is a huge energy that cannot be suppressed by a high level of cultivation.

Therefore, many people are very optimistic about Zhang Yuelu and have begun to prepare to move closer to Zhang Yuelu.

This undoubtedly increased Zhang Yuelu's momentum and made Zhang Yuelu's status rise invisibly. Within Tiangang Hall, even the top deputy hall masters did not dare to underestimate this junior.

By this time, the Zhang family no longer pressed for Zhang Yuelu's marriage.

If Zhang Yuelu can really achieve the status that Master Cihang has today, marriage is definitely not feasible and it will definitely be a marriage.

Tantai Qiong even joked with Zhang Yuyue in private. Thanks to Qi Xuansu, if she really made a marriage arrangement with the Yan family, she would regret it now.

After all, no one expected that Master Cihang would become the Master of Tiangangtang. After a series of reactions, Zhang Yuelu surfaced in advance and confirmed the identity of Master Cihang's successor.

After all, in the past, there was still a feeling of being shrouded in fog. Except for Zhang Yuelu who was determined to compete for the position of Grand Master, no one else was sure whether Zhang Yuelu could compete for the title of Grand Master. They just felt that she could definitely become an ordinary person. Real person, as for knowing the real person, it also depends on some luck.

Who would have thought.

At this time, Qi Xuansu still didn't know that the difficulty of marrying Zhang Yuelu had been raised one step higher. This was no longer a problem that a second-grade real person could solve.