"What, is that not allowed?" Jun Wangchen asked in return.
Wangu Dao burst out laughing. "Hahaha! Of course it is! Thank you, Ninth Martial Uncle. I've wanted to give up being sect master for ages. It's exhausting and boring, but unfortunately, none of the Personal Disciples I've taken in have been satisfactory. The best is only a Grandmaster Alchemist, and their experience and knowledge of pills are sorely lacking. Any question can stump them for ages. Before Master left for the Immortal Realm, he said that anyone who became sect master had to be a Celestial Master Alchemist with extraordinary abilities. With you taking over, Ninth Martial Uncle, I can rest completely easy."
Watching Wangu Dao rejoice, Jun Wangchen couldn't shake the feeling that becoming sect master meant taking on a troublesome job.
Still, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought securing the position of Pill Sect master would take considerable effort, but he had reached his goal far sooner than expected.
After discussing the handover process with Wangu Dao, Jun Wangchen left the sect master's office.
That evening, Wangu Dao convened a sect assembly, gathering every disciple of the Pill Sect to announce that Jun Wangchen would become the next sect master.
Everyone found the news unacceptable. Jun Wangchen might have exceptional talent, but deciding the succession this way was truly absurd.
Wangu Dao offered little explanation, merely asking Jun Wangchen to take the stage.
In an instant, the soul power of a peak Celestial Master Alchemist swept across the entire assembly. That terrifying wave left everyone breathless and shaken.
Only then did they realize that Jun Wangchen was actually a peak Celestial Master Alchemist.
A peak Celestial Master Alchemist barely into his twenties—he was an absolute monster.
Amid their gasps of amazement, every last doubt about