The deputy pavilion master of Qingxu Dao Pavilion is the successor of the pavilion master.
Generally speaking, Qingxu Dao Pavilion will select a deputy pavilion master from within the sect every five hundred years. After ten years, the pavilion master abdicates, and the deputy pavilion master succeeds and becomes the new pavilion master.
Five hundred years later, the cycle started again.
The selection of the deputy pavilion master is very simple. The pavilion master and the nine elders select the ten elders or disciples who have performed the most outstandingly in the past five hundred years in the sect to compete.
The so-called "outstanding" does not only refer to cultivation and strength.
Those with weaker cultivation but who have made outstanding contributions to the sect can also be selected. Of course, there is a minimum limit for cultivation, which is not lower than the realm of the Heavenly King.
The way they compete is also very simple.
Qingxu Tao Pavilion has ten trial spaces throughout Feixingtian. Each of the ten Qingxu Tao Pavilion monks chooses one of them, enters the trial space, finds the token left inside, and then returns to the sect. The person with the fastest time will become the deputy master of Qingxu Dao Pavilion, that is, the future master of the pavilion.
During this process, all monks participating in the trial need to suppress their own cultivation to the level of a lower heavenly king. The purpose is naturally to allow all ten people to have the same cultivation level and make the competition as fair as possible.
There are very few participants in the selection of deputy master, only ten people. However, for Qingxu Dao Pavilion, its importance is far higher than other grand events of Qingxu Dao Pavilion. Because it determines the master of the Qingxu Taoist Pavilion for the next five hundred years, almost everyone in the sect pays attention to it.
Therefore, when the news of the selection of the deputy master came out, the entire Qingxu Dao Pavilion was in an uproar.
"Why did it start so soon? It seems like it's less than five hundred years ago, right?"
"It's only been four hundred and eighty-four years, there's still sixteen years to go."
"We are now selecting the deputy pavilion master. Does the pavilion master plan to abdicate early?"
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"So, ten people from the sect will soon be selected to participate in the trial. I wonder who will be selected?"
"It goes without saying that Elder Feng Zhuo must be one of them."
"Yes, there is no doubt about him, and the elder of Palace God Fu Palace should also be selected."
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There was a lot of discussion inside and outside the sect.
In the countless years of history of Qingxu Dao Pavilion, there are only a handful of times when the pavilion master has selected deputy pavilion masters in advance. Under normal circumstances, they only started after five hundred years. However, Wei Xuanji suddenly made such a decision, and everyone could vaguely guess the reason.
A few years ago, the failure of the pavilion master Wei Xuanji, led by Yuan Hua and several other Heavenly Emperor elders, to kill Tang Huan made them and even the entire Qingxu Taoist Pavilion the laughing stock of Shangjiutian.
He has always been arrogant and arrogant. After encountering such humiliation, he thought that he felt ashamed to occupy the position of Pavilion Master again, so he planned to abdicate early.
Regarding this, many monks in the Qingxu Taoist Pavilion were quite emotional. The master of the pavilion was also unlucky. He met a freak like Tang Huan and suffered such embarrassing things. Otherwise, he would definitely have to serve as the Pavilion Master for five hundred years before he would abdicate normally, which would be considered satisfactory.
However, no matter what the reason was, Wei Xuanji stuck to his word and once he made a decision, he would never change it again.
After the initial surprise, the enthusiasm of many Qingxu Tao Pavilion monks was quickly detonated. They were all discussing who could be selected into the list of ten people and who could stand out and become the future master of the pavilion.
Under the spotlight, three days later, the list of ten people was finally released.
As expected, Feng Zhuo was among them, and she was at the top of the list.
In the next selection trial, no one is sure whether Feng Zhuo will come out on top, but his being at the top of the list is definitely what everyone expects. Not to mention the past five hundred years, even the past five thousand years, Feng Zhuo is definitely the most amazing monk of the Qingxu Taoist Pavilion.
After Feng Zhuo, there is the Palace God Fu.
Gong Shenfu has always been a proud man of heaven. Before Feng Zhuo appeared, many people felt that he had a high possibility of becoming the next head of the Qingxu Taoist Pavilion. However, after Feng Zhuo appeared, the light on his body was completely obscured, and his whole person was made dim.
But even so, he is still a leader among the monks of Qingxu Dao Pavilion, and he was promoted to the middle king last year.
With such cultivation at such a young age, the future is boundless. In the realm of the Emperor of Heaven, there is no big problem. Even in the realm of the Heavenly Lord, there is great hope.
No one was surprised that he was selected.
Except for the two rookies Feng Zhuo and Gong Shenfu, the other eight people on the ten-person list are all veteran powerhouses from Qingxu Dao Pavilion, including six Heavenly Emperors and two high-ranking Peak Heavenly Kings.
It can be said that they are well-deserved for being selected this time.
"Are you confident about this selection?"
On top of a mountain where the sect is stationed, a voice suddenly broke the purity of the courtyard. The old man in green robe who spoke was the ninth elder of Qingxu Taoist Pavilion.
The ninth elder's surname is Gong and his given name is Tianxun.
"No!"
Opposite Gong Tianxun, a handsome young man heard this and couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head, his brows filled with helplessness that was difficult to conceal.
This young man is the palace god Fu.
"That Feng Zhuo..."
When he thought of that monster-like guy, Gong Shenfu's heart was filled with frustration.
More than thirty years ago, when he first entered Qingxu Taoist Pavilion, Gong Shenfu never paid attention to Feng Zhuo. At that time, he could be promoted to Heavenly King at any time. Cultivation is indeed something Feng Zhuo needs to look up to. But he never expected that Feng Zhuo would be such a monster. He would catch up with him at an extremely frightening speed in a very short period of time, and even overtake him.
After that, Feng Zhuo rode away from Juechen. No matter how hard he tried, he could not catch up, and the gap between the two sides became wider and wider.
Such changes brought a huge psychological gap to Gong Shen Fu, so much so that his cultivation for a long period of time was greatly affected by this. Otherwise, he is probably already a mid-level peak king now, and may even have entered the realm of a high-level king.
This time he entered the ten-man list with Feng Zhuo, and he didn't have the slightest confidence.
Although once the selection trial for the Deputy Pavilion Master officially begins, everyone's cultivation will be suppressed to the level of the lower heavenly king, but his desire to compete with Feng Zhuo has been exhausted in the past few decades. . If it weren't for Feng Zhuo, he would have wanted to have a good competition with others.
"What will it be like if you have no confidence before the competition?" Gong Tianxun's face darkened, anger looming in his brows.
"Feng Zhuo him..." Palace God Fu said calmly.
"Don't worry about him. In this trial, you only need to surpass the other nine people, and that's enough!" Gong Tianxun's eyes revealed a cold meaning, and his expression turned out to be ferocious.
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