"Zhen'er."
After Lin Pingzhen reported today's events to True Lord Xuanyang, he was about to retire and deal with the backlog of sect affairs at hand.
Although Lin Pingzhen has not been in the industry for a long time, he can even be said to be the most junior among the disciples under the headmaster. But he can also be said to be the most carefully cultivated disciple of True Lord Xuanyang, and he has only raised this one in these years.
Becoming a leader does not just require strength. Outstanding talent and understanding, a unique way of doing things, and even a kingly demeanor... are all indispensable.
These things are often not something people are born with, and it requires a lot of guidance and education to cultivate such a person. Except, of course, for the gifted.
And cultivating such all-round talents can easily lead to overturning. You teach according to the template in your mind, but the other person likes to not follow common sense.
Death on the way is the norm.
For example, for example, the XX princes of some kingdoms in the secular world, or the heirs of a certain family, because they are under huge pressure from the outside world from beginning to end, often fail to survive until the end, and instead let the latecomers take over.
For the world of cultivation that advocates the law of the jungle, the same rules apply, or even more so.
There are so many possibilities in this world, and you don’t know who the final winner will be until the last minute. One moment he may be a person in power respected by thousands of people, and the next moment he may die miserably in a corner. Or maybe one moment he was a pitiful little thing that everyone ignored, and the next moment he became a piece of cake that everyone was vying for.
These are all too normal in the world of cultivation.
If you are not careful, you may fall into a trough.
In this ever-changing world, there are really too many people who are qualified to get ahead, and there are also many people who are at risk of falling into the quagmire.
In such a world, the law of the jungle still applies, and it is more appropriate for the strong to rise to the top. Many sects, especially demon sects, do indeed do this.
But there are still some groups in this world who stick to the rules and respect the orthodox path.
For a righteous sect with a long history like Wuhua Sect, it is more hoped that the successor leader will be upright and follow the vast righteous path, rather than the "crooked path" integrated by intrigues.
Therefore, they have always adopted traditional methods to select successors. It can be said that Longyin Peak is the "circle" where the Wuhua Sect chooses its successor. This is also the reason why all high-quality spiritual root monks will be directly selected into Longyin Peak. This is the most basic audition.
Although it may seem superficial to select people based solely on cultivation standards, this is actually the most basic and intuitive standard. Those with outstanding natural qualifications are indeed superior to ordinary monks at the starting point.
And how to stand out after that depends on their respective abilities.
Of course, those disciples under the head who occupy the most orthodox positions naturally have a natural advantage. If anyone among them can win the favor of everyone, then there is no need to talk about the position of leader.
True Lord Xuanyang has been with the Wuhua Sect for many years, and he must have had more than one outstanding disciple, Lin Pingzhen. Before Lin Pingzhen, I didn’t know how many sons there were. Yang Kai, Zhu Ting, and even the sons of True Lord Xuanyang were all popular heirs in the sect.
However, some people have fallen in this short period of more than ten years, some have failed to recover due to inexplicable reasons, and some have even failed to survive... These people have withdrawn from the stage due to various reasons, and have become history obliterated by the torrent of time.
As the old generation comes to an end, new ones will soon come to replace it.
The memory in the world of cultivation is really short. The legends and all-powerful events of the past are all in the past. Then everyone started talking about the new legend with gusto.
Lin Pingzhen is also a new beginning for True Lord Xuanyang. He originally planned to watch and teach, but frequent accidents and cruel reality had given him a hard blow, leaving him breathless.
If the sect hadn't needed someone who could really take charge, he might have followed the example of his master and retreated into seclusion for a while to heal himself.
Then he met Lin Pingzhen, a very ordinary farm boy. Although he has read some books, he is actually just an ordinary child, with a pair of ignorant eyes looking at him to the end.
However, the other party's qualifications and skills were surprisingly good, so he, who was a little discouraged at the time, couldn't help but take it back.
The other party lived up to expectations and was a rare high-purity single spiritual root. This gave Zhenjun Xuanyang, who unexpectedly lost his son, some comfort and some relief.
And as time went by, he could see countless flashes of light in this child. Smart, diligent, understanding, generous, pure and filial, and have a bottom line. What's even more rare and valuable is that he also has a lot of means and momentum. He has all the qualities that a superior person should have. It can be said that he is a born decent leader.
The only thing that can be called a shortcoming is probably that he has such a fiancée.
Yes, in the minds of many people in the sect, Yuan Yuhua was indeed regarded as Lin Pingzhen's "stain". That guy is really noisy, and he's stupid and poisonous, and he can't be dealt with at all costs.
Lin Pingzhen actually took care of her. Although he treated his unmarried wife thoughtfully and considerately, even to the point of making the female disciples inside and outside the sect jealous, there were still many people who needed to be disciplined.
He never fails to protect him when he should, but as long as he knows that Yuan Yuhua is unreasonable, it will be Yuan Yuhua who is forced to apologize in the end, without giving any face. And he would also apologize for his poor discipline.
Therefore, many disciples in the sect hated and were jealous of the unruly young lady, and wished they could take her own life in her place. How could such a good Taoist monk be ruined by a guy like that?
No one knew that Yuan Yuhua was about to drag this noble gentleman into the quagmire.
However, True Lord Xuanyang and the elders who supported Lin Pingzhen behind him were strangely silent on this matter, as if they were planning something. There was no comment on Lin Pingzhen's obvious flaws. At most, he just complained in private.
Maybe they also want to see the development below. This is also a test, and it may also be an unstructured agreement.
In short, Yuan Yuhua survived like this miraculously, and now he is domineering and causing trouble in the sect all day long.
These are biting away at Lin Pingzhen's patience and friendship with Yuan Yuhua. The engagement paper also became lighter and lighter, and was about to fall, just waiting for the breaking point to arrive.
Maybe this is Zhenjun Xuanyang’s purpose...
"...Seven-story sword tower?" Lin Pingzhen's eyes widened slightly, showing great surprise.
"Yes, I heard that we passed this morning. We should have entered the tower by now."
"Could this be... Xiaoxia has just learned swordsmanship not long ago, and her hands should be very unfamiliar. Will the seven-story sword tower be too..." dangerous for her? Lin Pingzhen swallowed the last two words.
He still believes in Ning Xia's ability. The danger is not there, but the suffering is certain.
