Chapter 1332
Changsun Qian considered for a moment. Deng Jing belonged to the White Truth Mountain lineage and was also a direct disciple of the upper sects. He had guarded Jade Capital for many years; whether in cultivation and attainments or past qualifications, he was fully qualified to serve as a Tingzhi.
As for Yu Rang, he had likewise cultivated to the realm of Lodging in Emptiness. Long before the Turbid Tide arrived, he had already been guarding Binyun Upper Continent, and now he had held that post without fault for nearly a hundred years. By rights, he too was qualified to be transferred.
In truth, among the True Cultivator Profound Chiefs of the thirteen Inner Layer continents, aside from the one in Beneficial Peak Upper Continent, whose years of cultivation were still shallow and whose attainments somewhat weaker, most possessed deep cultivation and had almost all rendered meritorious service in resisting the Turbid Tide.
Yet they had to consider that over all these years, apart from Yu Hang entering the upper realm, the number of True Cultivators remained unchanged. Strictly speaking, Yu Hang was not someone who had only recently attained cultivation either. He had merely slowed his steps into the upper realm in pursuit of loftier Dao attainments; in truth, he belonged to the same generation as most True Cultivators.
After pondering for a while, he said, "Have the two of you considered Wei Tao, Profound Chief Wei of Yue-Pacifying Prefecture?"
Zhong Tingzhi nodded. "Fellow Daoist Wei once served as Profound Chief of Jingqiu Upper Continent and now guards Yue-Pacifying Prefecture. His qualifications are sufficient, and by rights he would be a suitable candidate. But Zhong knows Fellow Daoist Wei well. He is exceedingly particular about rites, laws, and proper order. If his term of duty has not