In her view, anyone who could take charge of Cloud Gate could not have overly complicated forces behind them.
Cloud Gate's primary person in charge held its lifeline in their hands. If someone like that also had other major forces behind them—
Major forces that could even exert influence within Cloud Gate—
That would be detrimental to the stability of Cloud Gate as a whole.
Throughout the continent's history, there had been no shortage of similar cases where powerful in-laws meddled in and seized authority.
Perhaps Zi Yan would not harbor such thoughts, but over time, that did not mean others from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would not develop ideas they should not have.
If something truly happened then, no one would be happy about it.
She was not worried that Cloud Gate's power would fall into someone else's hands. With Lu Yunxiao around, that was impossible.
But if unpleasant incidents did occur, they would inevitably affect the relationship between Lu Yunxiao and Zi Yan.
That simply was not worth it.
Therefore, to prevent such things from happening, strict restrictions had to be placed on the selection of those who managed Cloud Gate from the very beginning.
At the very least, they had to have an unblemished background and no other interest groups behind them.
Take Yun Yun, for instance. Yun Yun was Lu Yunxiao's first wife, and aside from Lu Yunxiao, she had no other forces behind her.
Moreover, Cloud Gate had evolved from the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun had been the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master. Thus, it was only right and proper for Yun Yun to manage Cloud Gate on Lu Yunxiao's behalf.
Then there was Qing Yanjing. Though Qing Yanjing was the Ancient Futu Clan's Saintess, it was clear that she was now