Chapter 4630 — Distributing Pills
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"I appreciate Senior Brother Jia's kindness, but I hear that Xiao Che owes his seat as the second senior brother of the outer sect stewards to your efforts as well. You truly do exert yourself on behalf of the likes of us, and I am deeply grateful." Wei Zhao thanked him in earnest, then shook his head. "Still, as for making me second senior brother of the inner sect stewards—best we let that matter drop. Senior Brother Jia, you ought to know I am not fond of such things. To be tangled up in mundane affairs is far too much trouble."
As for his plans for the future, Wei Zhao had an exceedingly clear goal, and his vision had never been confined to the Azure Cloud Pavilion. The post of second senior brother of the inner sect stewards might look fine on the surface, but it would certainly come with all manner of trivialities that would inevitably drain much of his energy. Better to spend that time cultivating properly!
"Heh, that I understand. But this matter actually comes at Pavilion Master Yu's behest, and it is awkward for me to refuse him outright—otherwise it would look as though there were some friction between you and me, Junior Brother Lin." Jia Mufan smiled bitterly.
"So that is how it stands. Even so, I truly have no such intention." Wei Zhao paused, then offered instead, "From what I know, Senior Brother Lu Bianren may be somewhat lacking in strength, but he is a veteran of our Azure Cloud Pavilion with deep seniority, and he has served in various important posts before. I hear he is on the verge of a breakthrough soon—why not consider him?"
"That is... ≮≡" Jia Mufan hesitated at once. Lu Bianren's seniority was indeed not bad, but at his present strength, to take the post of second senior brother of the inner sect stewards clearly did not meet the requirement.
Any inner sect disciple at all was a Golden Core cultivator; to serve as second senior brother of the inner sect stewards, in theory one needed at minimum the strength of the late Golden Core stage to command respect. Yet Lu Bianren was only at the middle Golden Core stage—and even if he broke through soon, that would be the peak of the middle stage at best, still a good distance from that minimum threshold.
With Wei Zhao's present strength and standing, if the post of second senior brother of the inner sect stewards fell into his hands, absolutely no one would dare utter half a word against it. But put Lu Bianren in it instead, and the entire Azure Cloud Pavilion elders' council might well erupt, to say nothing of the ambitious, restless disciples below.
Still, since this was Wei Zhao's wish, Jia Mufan could hardly refuse him outright, and so he said, "Very well, then I shall report this matter to Pavilion Master Yu and place Lu Bianren on the list of key candidates for cultivation; the post of second senior brother of the inner sect stewards may be held for him. But before that, you will have to serve in it as a transitional figure, Junior Brother Lin—only if you step down from the post and then recommend Lu Bianren will the many voices be silenced, so that Junior Brother Lu does not meet with too much resistance."
"Agreed!" Wei Zhao thought it over and consented, knowing this was somewhat forcing matters. Even if Lu Bianren were named a candidate, if he himself did not first take hold of the post and instead let others snatch it away, those others would hardly hand over a position once won. Then who knew how many years Lu Bianren would have to wait.
Only then did Jia Mufan breathe easy. If Wei Zhao set his heart on not taking the post of second senior brother of the inner sect stewards, then failing to carry out the orders of Yu Zhenyang and the Azure Cloud Pavilion elders' council would be secondary; the key was that he himself would be left living in dread. What if Wei Zhao disdained the second senior brother's post because he had his eye on his own post as first senior brother of the inner sect stewards?