The Vice Pavilion Master of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion was the successor of the Pavilion Master.
Generally speaking, the Clear Void Dao Pavilion would select a Vice Pavilion Master from within the sect every five hundred years. Ten years later, the Pavilion Master would abdicate and the Vice Pavilion Master would succeed him as the new Pavilion Master.
Five hundred years later, the cycle repeated itself.
The selection for the deputy pavilion master was very simple. The pavilion master and the nine grand elders would pick ten elders or disciples with the most outstanding performance in the past five hundred years to compete with each other.
The so-called 'outstanding' didn't just refer to cultivation and strength.
Those with slightly weaker cultivation but who had made outstanding contributions to the sect could also be selected. Of course, there was a minimum cultivation limit, and that was not lower than the Heavenly King Stage.
The way they fought was also very simple.
The Clear Void Dao Pavilion had ten training spaces in various parts of the Flying Star Sky. The ten cultivators of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion would each choose one of them and enter the training space. They would find the keepsake left inside and then return to the sect. The fastest person would become the Vice Pavilion Master of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion, which was also the future Pavilion Master.
During this process, all the cultivators participating in the trial had to suppress their cultivation to the Inferior Sky King Stage. The goal was naturally to allow all ten of them to have the same cultivation level, so that the competition would appear as fair as possible.
There were very few participants in the Vice Pavilion Master selection, only a mere ten people. However, to the Clear Void Dao Pavilion, its importance was far greater than the other events of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion. Because it decided who would be the master of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion for the next five hundred years, almost everyone in the sect was paying attention to it.
Thus, when the news of the Vice Pavilion Master selection spread out, the entire Clear Void Dao Pavilion was in an uproar.
"Why is it starting so soon? It hasn't even been five hundred years, right?"
"It's only 484 years. There's still 16 years to go."
"Selecting a Deputy Pavilion Master now? Is the Pavilion Master planning to abdicate early?"
"…"
"In that case, ten people from the sect will be selected to participate in the trial soon. I wonder who will be selected?"
"Needless to say, Elder Feng Zhuo must be one of them."
"That's right, there's no doubt about it. There's also that Palace Elder, he should also be able to be selected."
"…"
There was a lot of discussion inside and outside the sect.
In the countless years of history of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion, the number of times that the Pavilion Master had chosen the Vice Pavilion Master in advance could be counted on one hand. Under normal circumstances, it would only begin after five hundred years. However, everyone could vaguely guess the reason why Wei Xuanji had suddenly made such a decision.
A few years ago, the matter of Pavilion Master Wei Xuanji leading Yuan Hua and several other Heavenly Emperor Elders to surround and kill Tang Huan had caused them and even the entire Clear Void Dao Pavilion to become the laughing stock of the nine heavens.
He had always been proud and arrogant. After suffering such humiliation, he must have felt that he was too ashamed to continue occupying the position of Pavilion Master. That was why he decided to abdicate in advance.
In regards to this, the many cultivators of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion all sighed with emotion in their hearts. The Pavilion Master was also unlucky to have met a freak like Tang Huan, which was why he encountered such a humiliating matter. Otherwise, he would definitely have to be the Pavilion Master for five hundred years before he would abdicate normally. That would also be considered perfect.
However, no matter what the reason was, Wei Xuanji's words carried enormous weight. Since he had already made a decision, he would never change it.
After the initial surprise, the enthusiasm of the many cultivators of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion quickly exploded. They were all discussing who would be able to enter the list of ten, and who would be able to stand out and become the future Pavilion Master.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, three days later, the list of ten people was finally released.
As expected, Feng Zhuo was among them, and he was ranked at the top of the list.
In the following selection trial, no one could be sure whether or not Feng Zhuo would be able to get the top spot. However, him being ranked at the top of the list was definitely something that everyone expected. Not to mention nearly five hundred years, even if it was nearly five thousand years, Feng Zhuo would definitely be the most stunning cultivator of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion.
After Feng Zhuo, it was the Palace God's Gift.
All along, the Palace God's Gift had always been a proud son of heaven. Before Feng Zhuo appeared, many people felt that he had a high chance of becoming the next Pavilion Master of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion. However, after Feng Zhuo appeared, the light on his body was completely covered up, and his entire body was made to look dim.
But even so, he was still one of the top cultivators of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion. Last year, he had even been promoted to a God King.
To have such a cultivation at such a young age, his future was limitless. The Heavenly Emperor Realm was not a problem, and even the Empyrean Realm was very promising.
No one was surprised that he had been selected.
Other than the two rookies, Feng Zhuo and the Palace God's Gift, the other eight people on the list of ten were all veteran experts of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion. There were six Heavenly Emperors and two peak-level Heavenly Kings.
It could be said that they deserved to be selected this time.
"Are you confident in this selection?"
In the sect encampment, on top of a mountain peak, a voice suddenly broke the tranquility of the courtyard. The one who spoke was the Ninth Elder of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion.
The Ninth Elder's surname was Gong, and his name was Tian Xun.
"No!"
In front of Gong Tianxun, a handsome young man could not help but shake his head with a bitter smile when he heard this. His brows were filled with unconcealable helplessness.
This young man was the Palace God's Gift.
"That Feng Zhuo …"
When he thought of that monster-like fellow, the Palace God's Gift was filled with a sense of defeat.
Thirty years ago, when he first entered the Clear Void Dao Pavilion, the Palace God had never placed Feng Zhuo in his heart. At that time, he could advance to Heavenly King at any time, and it could be said that he was in high spirits. Moreover, with his cultivation at that time, he was indeed an existence that Feng Zhuo needed to look up to. However, he never would have thought that Feng Zhuo would actually be so monstrous. In an extremely short period of time, he had actually caught up to him at an extremely frightening speed, and had even completed the reversal.
After that, Feng Zhuo left everyone in the dust. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch up. Instead, the gap between the two of them grew larger and larger.
This kind of change brought about a huge psychological drop to the Palace God's Gift. It was to the point that his cultivation for a long period of time was greatly affected because of this. Otherwise, the current him would probably already be a peak Medial Heavenly King, and he might even have stepped into the Upper Sky King Realm.
This time, he didn't have the slightest bit of confidence in entering the list of ten with Feng Zhuo.
Although once the Vice Pavilion Master's selection trial officially began, everyone's cultivation would have to be suppressed to the Inferior Heavenly King Realm. However, his desire to compete with Feng Zhuo had long since been worn away in the past few decades. If not for Feng Zhuo, he would have liked to compete with the others.
"We haven't even fought yet, yet we already have no confidence. What kind of appearance is this?" Gong Tianxun's face darkened, and anger could be faintly seen between his brows.
"Feng Zhuo, he …" The Palace God said hesitantly.
"Don't worry about him. In this trial, you only need to surpass the other nine people. That will be enough!" A cold glint surfaced from the depths of Gong Tianxun's eyes. His expression was actually somewhat sinister.
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