Lin Tingzhi summoned Daoist Ming Zhou and carefully gave him several instructions. Daoist Ming Zhou made a Daoist salute, then went to convey the order.
Seeing this, Zhang Yu knew there would be no further twists in the matter. The court had chosen Daoist Wan Ming as Eastern Court's succeeding Profound Chief, which did not surprise him. Even if they had not selected the person he recommended, Zhengqing would never have been next in line.
After all, Zhengqing still persisted in his own Daoist convictions. The Profound Court undoubtedly understood this, and this point alone made it impossible for them to place complete trust in him.
The main reason he had been allowed to return this time was that the battle against Upper Firmament Heaven required his strength.
Though the Profound Court had no intention of casting him aside after using him, it was clearly impossible for them to place him in a position of considerable influence.
It would be acceptable for him to guard an outer lodge, but Eastern Court Land was one of the four prefectures expanding outward. It was a newly born domain still continuing to grow. Such an important place could not possibly be handed to him and left under his influence.
There was another point easily overlooked. Zhengqing's junior brother, Cen Chuan, had already become the guardian of Prosperous Harmony Prefecture. If Zhengqing were sent to Eastern Court as well, then they would hold two of the four great prefectures.
So long as the Profound Court had a choice, it would not do such a thing.
At this moment, within a palace pavilion somewhere in the sea of clouds, Daoist Wan Ming was expounding the Dao within the Heaven-Training Dao Canon.
His teachings had always been profound yet accessible, simple and easy to understand. No