Xia Yan and Zhang Guanshi went to the temple together from the small courtyard. Li Yuanchun, on the other hand, returned to Ziye College after saying goodbye. Ziye College now has a lot of things that need his help to deal with every day.
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"Look!"
"That's Manager Zhang of our temple, and next to him is Mr. Xia Yan, who is very polite even the master of the temple personally greets him!"
Outside the gate of the temple, a group of patrolling guards turned their eyes to Guanshi Zhang and Xia Yan who were walking in. This team of guards was the same team that had seen Xia Yan and Li Yuanchun a few days ago.
At that time, when they saw the Lord of the Temple coming out to greet Xia Yan in person, they almost dropped their jaws in shock, and they were naturally deeply impressed by this incident. Seeing Xia Yan and Zhang Guanshi walking together now, his attention was naturally attracted.
"Guard Zhang, Mr. Xia Yan!"
The captain of the guard ran over quickly, saluted and said in greeting.
"Well, according to the order of the palace master, I will take Mr. Xia Yan into the temple now." Steward Zhang said to the captain of the guard with a serious expression.
"Please, Mr. Zhang, please, Mr. Xia Yan!" The captain of the guard hastily moved away from his body, and at the same time made a gesture of please.
Nodding, Guanshi Zhang faced Xia Yan and smiled again, "Mr. Xia Yan, please come in."
"Hehe. Okay." Xia Yan said with a smile.
The two passed through the long corridor and soon came to the outer hall of the temple.
Usually, if there is a meeting in the temple, all the temple deacons will gather in the outer hall to discuss with the hall master. At the entrance of the outer hall, Guanshi Zhang stopped suddenly.
"My lord, Mr. Xia Yan has arrived and is outside the hall." Steward Zhang shouted through the door of the outer hall.
Outside the door of the outer hall, there were still two strong guards standing.
"Oh? Xia Yan is here? Come in!" The voice of the palace master Pang Yuan came from inside.
Xia Yan turned his eyes and walked in.
Pang Yuan stood up from his seat, left his seat and walked over to Xia Yan himself, with an affectionate smile on his face.
"Xia Yan, yesterday I knew that you had won 100 consecutive victories in the Extreme Challenge venue, so I called all the deacons over today." Hall Master Pang Yuan said with a smile.
Around the long table, there were many people sitting. These people all looked at Xia Yan who had just entered in a white shirt. Among them, Song Li, the patriarch of the Song family, and Lu Xiangpo, the patriarch of the Lu family, were sitting there.
"Hall Master, why do you attach so much importance to this Xia Yan?!"
Almost all the deacons were surprised in their hearts. The hall masters all stood up, and the deacons naturally all stood up one after another, looking at Xia Yan. Except for Song Li and Lu Xiangpo, everyone else had smiles on their faces.
A total of eleven deacons were present today. Among them, seven people were in Ziye City themselves, and the remaining four came from several counties under the jurisdiction of Ziye City. The deacons who came from the county towns were themselves the hall masters of those county towns.
There is also a deacon who is the head of the county city hall. Because of a special event, he was not able to arrive in time, but it did not have much impact. As early as three days ago, Pang Yuan had notified these temple deacons to rush to Ziye City, and he knew that Xia Yan's challenge would not take much time.
"Thank you, Palace Master." Xia Yan thanked quickly.
"Hehe, the current hall master of Yushui City is also here." Pang Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked behind him, where there was another person standing there.
Because the hall master of Yushui City is not a deacon of the temple, he is not qualified to sit on this long table and can only sit on the sidelines.
"Huh?!" Xia Yan looked at the famous hall master.
When he was in Yushui City before, Xia Yan had met the head of the holy church many times, and he had a good impression of that head. However, the person in front of him was obviously not someone he had seen before.
Less than a year after leaving Yushui City, the hall master has changed
It seems to be seeing the doubts in Xia Yan's heart. Pang Yuan said slowly from the side, "The head of the holy hall in Yushui City was changed once a year ago, and now the head is this Mr. Lan."
"So that's the case!" Xia Yan nodded slightly, and looked at Hall Master Lan, who stood up and nodded to Xia Yan with a stiff body.
A few days ago, Pang Yuan, the master of the temple, suddenly sent him to Ziye City. At that time, he didn't know what was going on. When he got here, Pang Yuan just asked him to wait. For several days, he wondered why the Hall Master Pang Yuan asked him to come to the temple in a hurry.
Today, he finally found out that someone was going to challenge his position as hall master.
When he first heard the news, he didn't pay much attention to it. It is not uncommon to challenge the hall master. Years ago, he became the hall master of Yushui City through challenges.
But when he just sat aside and listened to Pang Yuan discussing the matter with the eleven deacons, he became more and more shocked.
Only now did he know that the person who was going to challenge him was a special student of Ziye Academy, and his strength had already stepped into the realm of a great spiritual master. As for himself, he is only in the late stage of a spiritual master. Although he is also at the peak of a spiritual master, he has not stepped into the realm of a great spiritual master. At first, he was still weighing his chances of winning.
but. As the Palace Master and the several deacons discussed more and more, he became more and more timid.
The patriarch of the Lu family said that Xia Yan, who was going to replace him, killed the elder of the Lu family, and the patriarch of the Song family said that Xia Yan killed his son.
The hall master and several other deacons said that Xia Yan stepped into the realm of a great spiritual master, participated in the college exchange meeting, and led Ziye College to become one of only three super colleges on the mainland.
He is the head of a county town, of course he knows what the academy exchange meeting is, and he also clearly knows the importance of the super academy in the Dragon Continent.
Slowly, the sweat on his face came out unknowingly.
"Xia Yan, you have won 100 games in a row in our Purple Leaf City Extreme Challenge venue, and you have met the conditions to challenge the county hall master. Just now I discussed with the eleven temple deacons present, and I think you can challenge the temple hall." Master. If the challenge is successful, you will become the new Hall Master of Yushui City." Pang Yuan stretched out his hand and patted Xia Yan's shoulder lightly.
Just before Xia Yan arrived, Pang Yuan was discussing with the eleven deacons.
Both Song Li and Lu Xiangpo disagreed with Xia Yan's challenge to the head of the church. Among the other nine deacons, three did not express their opinions, and six of them agreed with Xia Yan's challenge to the head of the Yushui City Temple.
In the end, Pang Yuan could challenge the decision of the head of the Yushui City Holy Church through Xia Yan.
"Hehe, thank you again, Lord Pang Yuan, and all the deacons." Xia Yan smiled and cupped his fists and bowed slightly to all the deacons, and these deacons. Also return the gift.
Of course, Song Li and Lu Xiangpo were not among them.
"I've heard that Mr. Xia Yan is unusual for a long time, and I just had the chance to meet him today. He is indeed extraordinary." A refined temple deacon said to Xia Yan.
"Mr. Xia Yan, I am Qi Haomin from the Qi family, and my son is Qi Jialuo. He said he met you before." Qi Haomin introduced himself.
After thinking about it for a while, Xia Yan remembered that Qi Jialuo. That's right, Xia Yan did meet Qi Jialuo. At that time, Su Qin was also present, and Xia Yan had a very good impression of Qi Jialuo.
"So it's Patriarch Qi!" Xia Yan said hastily. "Yes, I know Qi Jialuo."
"Mr. Xia Yan, I must visit Qi's house some other day, Jia Luo, but he often mentions you in front of me. He has always regarded you as the goal of his struggle and the object of his pursuit." Qi Haomin complimented.
Xia Yan quickly waved his hand and said, "Patriarch Qi is serious, but if he is free some other day, he will definitely go to the mansion to bother him."
The remaining deacons, except Song Li and Lu Xiangpo, also talked to Xia Yan more or less.
Especially Meng Chang, who was in the challenge hall, was even more enthusiastic about Xia Yan.
In terms of status, Xia Yan's current status is probably higher than those of the deacons.
Of course, they don't know about Tiangong yet, let alone that Xia Yan is a practitioner of Tiangong. If they knew, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to talk to Xia Yan casually like this.
Regarding Xia Yan's identity as a Tiangong cultivator, the palace master Pang Yuan, of course, knew that it needed to be kept secret.
"Master Lan, I think it's better to take advantage of the present. Let's go to the challenge hall together. You and Xia Yan will have a contest. The winner will be the master of Yushui City."
The people in the hall chatted for a while, and Pang Yuan said to Hall Master Nalan.
Upon hearing the words, Hall Master Lan quickly shook his head and said, "My lord, I know that my strength is no match for Mr. Xia Yan, so I want to abstain."
Hall Master Lan's words made everyone slightly stunned.
Even Xia Yan didn't expect Hall Master Lan to abstain. Of course, Xia Yan did not regard Hall Master Lan as an opponent, the gap in strength was too great, but it is not common for a dignified Hall Master to abstain before the start of the competition.
"Master Lan, are you sure?!" Pang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
He said in his heart, "You are wise. You are complete now, and I can still arrange for you to work in the temple. If you insist on challenging, the result will be hard to say."
"Yes, Lord Hall Master, deacons, and Mr. Xia Yan, I have decided to abstain." Hall Master Lan gritted his teeth and said with a very firm expression on his face.
"Hehe, since this is the case, then Xia Yan is now the head of the Yushui City Holy Church. In this way, I will ask Guanshi Zhang to bring the documents to the Yushui City Holy Church to announce this matter. Xia Yan, you can return to Yushui City at any time. Shuicheng is here." Pang Yuan said to Xia Yan with a smile.
Xia Yan did not expect that it would be so fast.
Originally, he was still thinking that Pang Yuan had to notify the deacons to come to Ziye City, which would take several days. Then hold a meeting to discuss, and finally decide on the date of the challenge, etc., I am afraid that it will be delayed for a week.
Unexpectedly, it was only one morning, and it was completely over.
In this way, Xia Yan can return to Yushui City from Purple Leaf City in the afternoon!
"Hall Master Pang Yuan, it's really good. I also owe him a favor. If there is anything that can help him in the future, I will definitely help him." Xia Yan thought in his heart.
When others show kindness to him, Xia Yan will always remember it in his heart.
After the matter was decided, all the deacons also dispersed. For Song Li and Lu Xiangpo, Xia Yan also had a certain idea in his heart, and these two Ziye City families could not be left alone. However, there is no rush.