Level-2 Talisman Room

For Ji Yuan, reaching Foundation Establishment was only a matter of time.

Making those three jars of wine taste better was also a matter of time.

By the same reasoning, becoming Yao Yue's disciple was only a matter of time.

Since that was so, he naturally needed to learn about her connections in advance. If she belonged to the First Elder's faction, everyone would be delighted. They would all be on the same side.

If she belonged to the sect master's faction, that was no great problem either. At worst, he could switch sides with her when the time came.

But if she belonged to the Third Elder's faction, things would get tricky.

"Her?"

The Iron Hammer Island Lord knew that martial aunt, of course.

"She's different."

The Iron Hammer Island Lord shook his head.

"Different? How?"

Ji Yuan looked puzzled.

"She has the strength to back it up. Though she's only at Middle Golden Core, she can kill cultivators at the same stage. No one dares force her to choose a side. Even the First Elder and Third Elder treat her with courtesy."

Hearing this, Ji Yuan immediately relaxed.

As long as she was not on the Third Elder's side, he was fine.

"As for the sect master's side—"

The Iron Hammer Island Lord leaned closer. Lowering his voice to the tone of someone sharing gossip, he said, "Among the Golden Core elders, hardly anyone takes the sect master seriously. By an unwritten rule, each generation's sect master is the weakest Golden Core Cultivator."

"What?!"

That bit of inside information genuinely surprised Ji Yuan. He had assumed that even if each sect master was not the strongest, he could not possibly be the weakest.

"Think about it. What's so good about being sect master? Big or small, every matter