After the handover between Ning Lingge and Master Cihang was completed, he officially resigned from the position of head of Tiangang Hall and only retained the identity of Master Shenzhi. However, as long as he still has the identity of Master Shenzhi, he is still second only to the three deputy
It is not difficult for one of the thirty-six people who are in charge of Da Zhenren and several Pingzhang Da Zhen 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 flat transfer, and his subordinates were still the original ones.
Subordinate, I just changed my 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 before.
Everyone knew that Master Cihang was paving the way for his disciples, but no one could say anything. After all, Zhang Yuelu still ranked last and did not get ahead of anyone. What’s more, Zhang Yuelu was named by the Earth Master to become the ninth deputy hall.
Before becoming the master, Tiangang Hall had eight deputy hall masters, but now it has returned to its original structure.
However, Zhang Yuelu's promotion speed is really enviable. Less than a year after he was promoted to deputy hall master, he moved up one position. At this rate, in ten years, he will be the chief deputy hall master. Then
However, the high position that a second-grade Taiyi Taoist can hold is only one step away from the real person 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, but 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 a successor can people's hearts be stabilized. In the past, the competition for the top leader had not yet reached a fever pitch, so this matter could naturally be ignored for the time being. Now that Master Cihang has personally ended his career, we cannot
Not to mention.
In the same way, Qingwei Zhenren and Donghua Zhenren also each introduced their own successors, which was the same idea.
For this reason, 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. The profound meaning is intriguing, and it is difficult to say that it does not have the intention of adding fuel to the flames.
Cihang Zhenren chose Zhang Yuelu as his successor. He obviously considered many factors. Age is undoubtedly a very important factor. Too old is not enough, and too young is not enough.
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 double.
When they grow old, the age difference between a ninety-year-old man and a seventy-year-old man will be nothing. When Cihang retires, they will also be too old to take over.
The reason for the mantle is the same as the fact that the three deputy head masters, Da Zhenren, and several other Pingzhang masters all withdrew 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. They are too young and 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 Shenzhi Zhenren will definitely be strong contenders for the position of the Great Master. Others can only say that they are unlucky.
No one else is 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 Fifth Generation Grand Master. However, such extraordinary people cannot be judged by common sense. The Sixth Generation Grand Master
He was also from an ordinary background, and he ascended to the throne of the Grand Master by chance, but he became an empty frame.
Most people still consider the help or influence of the family background behind them.
Needless to say, Zhang Yuelu was born in the Zhang family. The key point is 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 this kind of method, it is a lineage of earth masters
Zhang Yuelu learned the secret that was not passed down, and it was undoubtedly taught by the Earth Master. From this point of view, Zhang Yuelu and the Earth Master also have a master-disciple relationship. She said that if she was forced to go to the Quanzhen Tao, she was angry.
But it's not a lie.
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.
Looking at Zhang Yuelu's posture, he is not far away from the third-grade Youyi Taoist priest.
As Ning Lingge said, there has never been a shortage of speculators in the Taoist sect. They do not have the ability to compete for the great master, but they want to follow the right person and seek support. Some people are watching this election of the seventh generation master.
It was hard to count on the headmaster, so he decided on the candidates for the eighth generation headmaster 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 the Zhengyi Dao, Li Changge from the Taiping Dao, and Yao Pei from the Quanzhen Dao.
Among the three, Li Changge has the highest level of cultivation, but Zhang Yuelu has the richest resume. Although the three paths are different, there is me in you and you in me. People in Taiping Dao may not support Taiping Dao wholeheartedly.
, the same is true for Zhengyi Dao and Quanzhen Dao. Zhang Yuelu's experience of slowly climbing among the nine halls will make her gain many colleagues, old subordinates, bosses, and friends. They may not be Zhengyi Dao people, but they are
He has a close relationship with Zhang Yuelu, and after decades of accumulation, it is like a large net woven tightly. This is a huge energy, which 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 reputation 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 will definitely lead to 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 title 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 people, as for knowing real people, it 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 by another step. This was no longer a problem that a second-grade real person could solve.