Nan Wangliu didn't say these words to Chen Taizhong alone. She summoned the other four immortals in her sect together, plus Dong Yiming, the immortal guest.
The Great Elder Qi Hongshi seemed to have foreseen this scene, so he sat there without saying a word.
However, Qiao Rennv was very excited. She stood up and said, "Master, you have done a good job in taking charge. Why don't you stop? I support you with all my strength!"
"I still want to give you my full support," Nan Wangliu glared at her, "If you think this position is good, come and do it."
"I...don't I still want to practice?" Qiao Rennu laughed dryly, her huge breasts trembling slightly, and glanced at Chen Taizhong again, "I plan to practice with the people of Dongshang and improve myself as soon as possible."
"You need to practice, Master, you don't need to practice?" Nan Wanggliu gave her a blank look, "You want to realize the truth, but I don't want to?"
What she said was very rude, but everyone understood as soon as they heard it that she really wanted to shed her burden and was not being pretentious.
"I don't want to be in charge," Yan Xiaomeng said directly without looking at the performance of her master and apprentice. "Chief Nan has already asked me about this matter. I have fought for Lan Xiang through life and death. I have nothing to say. To be in charge... I don't have the ability."
"I won't do it either," Qiao Rennv continued. When she found out that Master really wanted this position, she immediately became confused, "I really don't have the time."
Everyone's eyes were focused on Mao Gongnan.
Well...what are you looking at me for? Master Mao felt a little creepy, "What are you looking at?"
"Then I'll trouble you, Master Mao," Nan Wangliu said simply, in a tone that didn't allow for rejection, "I'll trouble you to worry about the development of Lan Xiang's lineage from now on."
"Isn't that so?" Mao Gongnan shouted when he heard this. He was really surprised by this order.
Frankly speaking, he is not completely uninterested in taking charge of this position. After all, most things in the sect are decided by the leader. He has great say in promoting disciples, allocating resources, etc.
But at the same time, being in charge of this job does involve a lot of chores, which will definitely affect your cultivation.
Should you seek temporary power, or go further on the road of cultivation? This is a dilemma.
Mao Gongnan prefers to be sociable, he also likes to be respected by others, and he prefers to be lively. I think he can manage a lifeless place like Rongxun Pavilion, which shows that his temperament is quite out-of-the-box.
Moreover, before, he never thought that he could succeed in becoming an immortal. Now not only has he succeeded, but he also has the possibility of ascending to the throne. If he had left it two years ago, this would have been his ultimate dream.
He wouldn't even think about enlightenment or anything like that. It was too unrealistic and he didn't think he had the qualifications.
But when the day finally came, he hesitated, so he stammered, "Among the five immortals, I have the lowest cultivation level... How can I be the leader?"
"But you are the youngest," the Great Elder Qi Hongshi said calmly.
Mao Gongnan is indeed the youngest among the Xin Tianxian, Yan Xiaomeng is the oldest among the three, Qiao Rennu is more than ten years younger, and Master Mao is five or six years younger than Master Qiao.
"Does this count as a difference even if we don't have age?" Mao Gongnan argued, "They are both at Level 2, and I am only at Level 1."
It is really not easy to advance to the first level of a Celestial Immortal. Even for a first-level Celestial Immortal, twenty or thirty years is an astonishing speed. For intermediate and high-level Celestial Immortals, it will take even longer. A peerless genius like Chu Xidao can advance to the sixth level.
Level 7 has been used for forty years.
"You need to deal with it, right?" Qiao Rennv became angry and glared at him, "You took my position, and I haven't settled the score with you yet. Now that we are both junior immortals, I won't beat you.
There is a big bully problem."
"I strongly support Senior Sister Qiao as the leader," Mao Gongnan immediately raised his hands, "It was wrong of me to take your position, so I will give it to you this time."
"Senior sister, I am too busy enlightening myself to pay attention to you," Qiao Rennv saw that he lowered her body and was too lazy to care anymore, "You can just take it as your leader and leave."
"I also want to realize the truth," Mao Gongnan said in his heart when he was anxious.
In fact, before listening to Dongshang Ren's sermon, he had even given up the hope of becoming an immortal. Now that he has succeeded in becoming an immortal, not only has his cultivation level increased greatly, but he has also gained an extra seven hundred years in life. It can really be said that he has no regrets in this life.
But for some reason, he was really not interested in taking charge of this position. Especially when he saw that no one wanted to be the leader, he subconsciously resisted.
It wasn't until he said this that he realized: Deep in my heart, I also want to realize the truth.
He had never had such extravagant hopes, but for some reason, after seeing the magic of Dongshang people, he had an idea in his subconscious mind: If he stayed close to Dongshang people, he might have greater opportunities in the future.
Others can realize the truth, why can’t I?
"Aren't you a little pressed for time for your enlightenment?" Yan Xiaomeng was surprised and told the truth. If she wanted to enlighten herself, she had to practice cultivation quickly, let alone Mao Gongnan.
"That's the truth," Master Mao smiled wryly and spread his hands, "How can I have time to be distracted?"
"Aren't you satisfied with the extra seven hundred years of life?" Nan Wangliu's face darkened and he spoke gloomily, obviously a little dissatisfied.
In fact, most of the time, Master Mao should be happy to take over the leadership position at this moment. If he had the opportunity to see the truth before his death, and then get another leadership position, it would really be the pinnacle of his life, and he would die without any regrets.
You know, there are four high-level immortals on top of him, and no one else wants to be in charge of the position. It is really God's favor for him.
However, the crux of the problem lies here: Why don’t others want to be in charge?
Because there were people from Dongshang around, everyone thought they could still go up.
Compared with improving one's cultivation, the actual power of holding one's power has become less important.
The existence of Chen Taizhong has really changed Lan Xiang too much, and even led to the current bizarre scene.
"Logically speaking, I should be content," Mao Gongnan smiled bitterly, "But managing the Lanxiang faction is really stressful. I think Senior Sister Qiao is very suitable."
"You manage Rongxun Pavilion well," Nan Wangliu said calmly, "How about we take a vote?"
Voting... When Mao Gongnan heard these two words, he could only smile bitterly. You, Director Nan, said so. Among the five Immortals today, at least four voted for me.
After thinking about it, he asked, "If I were in charge, would our sect continue to expand?"
This issue is also very critical. If Lan Xiang still implements the expansion policy of the previous period and he takes over the reins, he will be very busy.
The key is, if Lan Xiang continues to expand like this, when will it be enough?
"That's what you have to consider." Commander Nan did not deny his plans, saying that he was not interested in asking about this kind of thing. "I only have one request. I don't want to lose my reputation as Lan Xiang and revive my Qi cultivation."
Mao Gongnan pondered for a moment, and finally spoke, "Can you give me some time to think about it carefully?"
"Why do you have to be so mother-in-law when doing Qi cultivators?" Qiao Rennu couldn't help but snorted coldly.
Come on, mother-in-law. Mao Gongnan glared at her hard, but felt a bad feeling in his heart: Maybe I will become the weakest leader in Lan Xiang's history.
"You can't think about it for too long," Nan Wangliu said calmly, "At the latest, it should be decided before the celebration of the three of you ascending to immortality. When the white camel comes, there will definitely be people coming, but I can give you a period of time to get familiar with it.
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"Celebration of immortality," Mao Gongnan muttered softly.
But after thinking about it for two days, he finally decided to take charge.
Because he asked Manager Nan: If I were the manager, could I hire people from Dongshang as worshipers?
He thought that it was a bit disrespectful to only hire Dong Yiming as a guest minister due to his cultivation and knowledge. Of course, he asked this not just because he wanted to rectify the injustice of Dongshang people.
In the end, Nan Wangliu glanced at him and said calmly, Master Dong didn't think it was inappropriate, so you don't have to worry about it, but if you definitely want to try it, that's up to you.
After receiving this answer, Mao Gongnan quickly made a decision: Okay, I will take this position.
Don’t misunderstand, he did this to rectify the injustice for the Dongshang people, but he finally realized that there is a mystery about the Dongshang people. This mystery, Commander Nan knows, others may also know, but he definitely does not know!
Master Mao has no interest in prying into people's privacy, but if this privacy is related to one's own cultivation, then he should care about it anyway.
He knew very well that the relationship between himself and the people of Dongshang was very shallow. He had already taken actions to improve the relationship, but the effect could not be guaranteed.
Then, accepting the position of being in charge is an inevitable choice. By becoming the leader, he will have the opportunity to talk directly with Dongshang people, and he will have a lot of power in his hands, which will also make it easier to make friends with Dongshang people.
After he made his decision, Nan Wangliu reported the news to Baituomen that the sect was about to change its leadership, and at the same time sent an invitation to Xiangmen, planning to hold an enthronement celebration in the sect ten days later.
This celebration of the ascension to immortality is no small matter. You must know that this time we are celebrating the ascension of three masters to immortality together. Such a scene is extremely rare for even a proclaimed sect, let alone a proclaimed sect.
There are only a few dozen masters of Baituomen.
Of course, such invitations were not only sent to Bai Tuo's door, but other sects under Bai Tuo's sect also received invitations, including the Longshan sect.
At this time, Dongshangren planned to go out because he felt that he had mastered the fifth sword technique, so he planned to go to Wu Fengmen to meet the little sword master for a while.
Nan Wangliu thought about it and finally agreed to his request.
There must be many people coming to watch the ceremony this time. If anyone guesses Chen Taizhong's true identity, Lan Xiang will inevitably be passive.