"Don't look so glum. Do you really think I'd give you a raw deal by making you Deputy Sect Leader?"
Ji Hehe spoke with a smile.
But Cheng Xinzhan could not smile. He no longer believed in the "benefits" the Sect Leader promised.
"Hey, do you really think I'm pulling your leg? Have you ever heard of One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones?"
"Hmm?"
Cheng Xinzhan's eyes lit up at once.
"I have. I heard Tongxuan Patriarch mention it once, but when I asked him for details, he refused to answer. He only said I could learn about it once I became a Vice Sect Master. Please enlighten me, Sect Leader."
Ji Hehe smiled and pointed at Cheng Xinzhan.
"You lot, every last one of you-administrative duties give you a headache, while new spells fill you with delight. But without those administrative duties, where would the sect come from? Where would all these spells for you to learn come from?"
"I have taken your lesson to heart."
Cheng Xinzhan replied, adjusting his attitude as well, because he understood that the Sect Leader was right. If everyone thought only of living free and unfettered, there would be no such things as "religious orders" or "lineages." Then someone like him, born an ordinary countryman, could forget about ever setting foot on the path of cultivation.
Ji Hehe nodded with a smile, then said,
"Tongxuan wasn't entirely right. This art is an exclusive secret technique of our Three Pure Ones Mountain. To be precise, only Vice Sect Masters are qualified to cultivate it, while anyone in the Fourth Realm is qualified to know about it. Generally speaking, though, people here on the mountain are promoted to Vice Sect Master as soon as they enter the Fourth Realm. Even if all the