Chapter 381: Becoming the Master of the Holy Church
Xia Yan and Manager Zhang went from the courtyard to the temple together, while Li Yuanchun said goodbye and returned to Purple Leaf College again. Purple Leaf College now has a lot of things that need his help every day.
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"Look!"
"That's Manager Zhang of our temple. Next to him is the very polite Mr. Xia Yan who was personally greeted by the temple master!"
Outside the door of the temple, a group of patrolling guards turned their attention to Manager Zhang and Xia Yan who were walking in. This group of guards was the same group that had met Xia Yan and Li Yuanchun a few days ago.
At that time, when they saw the temple master coming out to greet Xia Yan in person, their jaws almost dropped. They were naturally deeply impressed by this incident. Now that they saw Xia Yan and Manager Zhang walking over together, their attention was naturally attracted.
"Manager Zhang, Mr. Xia Yan!"
The guard captain ran over quickly, saluted and said hello.
"Well, according to the order of the palace master, I will take Mr. Xia Yan into the temple now." Manager Zhang said to the guard captain with a serious face.
"Manager Zhang, please, Mr. Xia Yan, please!" The guard captain quickly moved his body out of the way and made a gesture of invitation at the same time.
Nodding, Manager Zhang faced Xia Yan and smiled again, "Mr. Xia Yan, please come in."
"Haha, okay." Xia Yan said with a smile.
The two of them passed through the long corridor and soon arrived at the outer hall of the temple.
If there is a meeting in the temple, all the temple deacons will gather in the outer hall to discuss matters with the temple master. At the entrance of the outer hall, Steward Zhang suddenly stopped at his feet.
"Master of the Hall, Mr. Xia Yan has arrived and is outside the hall." Steward Zhang shouted to the inside through the door of the outer hall.
Outside the door of the outer hall, there were two strong guards standing.
"Oh? Xia Yan is here? Come in quickly!" the voice of the palace master Pang Yuan came from inside.
Xia Yan turned his eyes and walked in.
Pang Yuan stood up from his seat, left his seat and walked over to Xia Yan in person, with an affectionate smile on his face.
"Xia Yan, I learned yesterday that you had won a hundred consecutive games at the extreme challenge venue, so I called all the deacons over today." Palace Master Pang Yuan said with a smile.
There were many people sitting around the long table. These people all looked at Xia Yan, who had just entered in a white shirt. Among them, Song Li, the patriarch of the Song family, and Lu Xiangpo, the patriarch of the Lu family, were sitting among them.
"Palace Master, why do you pay so much attention to this Xia Yan?"
Almost all the deacons were surprised in their hearts. The palace master stood up, and they, the deacons, naturally stood up one after another and looked at Xia Yan. Except for Song Li and Lu Xiangpo, everyone else had smiles on their faces.
There are a total of eleven deacons present today, seven of whom are in Ziye City themselves, and the remaining four have come from several counties and cities under the jurisdiction of Ziye City. The deacons who came from the county and city are themselves
They are the heads of those county towns.
There was also a deacon who was the head of the county hall. He was unable to arrive in time due to a special incident, but it did not have much impact. As early as three days ago, Pang Yuan notified these temple deacons to rush to Ziye City, and he
Knowing that Xia Yan's challenge won't take long.
"Thank you, Master." Xia Yan quickly thanked him.
"Haha, the current hall master of Yushui City is here too." Pang Yuan's eyes flashed slightly and he looked behind him, where there was another person standing there.
Because the hall master of Yushui City is not a deacon of the temple, he is not qualified to sit on this long table and can only sit aside.
"Huh?" Xia Yan looked at the hall master.
When he was in Yushui City before, Xia Yan had met the master of the temple many times and had a very good impression of that master. However, the person in front of him was obviously not someone he had seen before.
Less than a year after leaving Yushui City, the hall leader has changed?
Seemingly sensing the doubts in Xia Yan's heart, Pang Yuan said slowly from the side, "The leader of the Yushui City Holy Church changed once a year ago, and now the leader is Mr. Lan."
"So that's it!" Xia Yan nodded slightly and looked at Hall Master Lan. Hall Master Lan stood up, his body a little stiff and nodded unnaturally to Xia Yan.
A few days ago, Pang Yuan, the master of the temple, suddenly called him to Ziye City. At that time, he didn't know what was going on. When he got here, Pang Yuan just asked him to wait. For several days, he was wondering why Pang Yuan, the master of the temple, was here.
Let him hurry to the temple.
Today, he finally knew that someone wanted to challenge his position as the leader of the hall.
When he first heard the news, he didn't pay much attention to it. It is not uncommon to challenge the hall master. Years ago, he became the hall master of Yushui City through a challenge.
But when he just sat aside and listened to Pang Yuan discussing this matter with the eleven deacons, he became more and more shocked.
Only now did he know that the person who wanted to challenge him was a special student of Ziye Academy, and his strength had already reached the realm of a great spiritual master. And he himself was only in the late stage of a spiritual master. Although he was also at the peak of the spiritual master.
, but he has not yet entered the realm of the Great Spiritual Master. At first, he was still weighing his chances of winning.
However, as the palace master and several deacons discussed more and more, he became more and more timid.
The patriarch of the Lu family said that Xia Yan, who wanted to replace him, killed the elders of the Lu family, and the patriarch of the Song family said that Xia Yan killed his son.
The hall master and several other deacons said that Xia Yan had stepped into the realm of a great spiritual master, participated in the academy exchange meeting, and led Purple Leaf Academy to become one of only three super academies in the mainland.
He is the head of a county town, so of course he knows what the academy exchange meeting is, and he also clearly knows the importance of the super academy in the Dragon Continent.
Slowly, sweat appeared on his face unconsciously.
"Xia Yan, you have won a hundred games in a row at our Ziye City Extreme Challenge venue, and you have met the conditions to challenge the Lord of the Juncheng Hall. I have just discussed it with the eleven temple deacons present, and I think you can challenge the Holy Hall.
Lord, if the challenge is successful, you will become the new leader of the Yushui City Holy Church." Pang Yuan reached out and patted Xia Yan's shoulder lightly.
Just before Xia Yan arrived, Pang Yuan and the eleven deacons were discussing.
Song Li and Lu Xiangpo did not agree with Xia Yan's challenge to the leader of the Holy Church. Among the other nine deacons, three did not express their opinions, and six agreed with Xia Yan's challenge to the leader of the Yushui City Holy Church.
Finally, it was Pang Yuan who, through Xia Yan, could challenge the decision of the leader of the Yushui City Holy Church.
"Haha, thank you again, Master Pang Yuan, and all the deacons." Xia Yan smiled and cupped his fists and saluted slightly to all the deacons, and these deacons also returned the salute.
Of course, Song Li and Lu Xiangpo are not included in this list.
"I have long heard that Mr. Xia Yan is unusual. I just had the opportunity to see him today. He is indeed extraordinary." An elegant temple deacon looked at Xia Yan and said.
"Mr. Xia Yan, I am Qi Haomin from the Qi family, and my son is Qi Jialuo. He said he had met you before." Qi Haomin introduced himself.
Xia Yan thought for a moment and then remembered Qi Jialuo. Yes, Xia Yan had indeed met Qi Jialuo. Su Qin was also present at that time, and Xia Yan also had a very good impression of Qi Jialuo.
"It turns out to be the Qi clan leader!" Xia Yan said hurriedly, "Yes, I know Qi Jialuo."
"Mr. Xia Yan, I must be a guest at Qi's house someday. Jia Luo, but he often mentions you in front of me. He always regards you as the target of struggle and the object of pursuit." Qi Haomin complimented.
Xia Yan quickly waved his hand and said, "Chief Qi is in serious condition, but if he has time another day, he will definitely go to the house to make trouble."
The remaining deacons, except Song Li and Lu Xiangpo, all had more or less exchanges with Xia Yan.
Especially Meng Chang, who challenged the hall, was even more enthusiastic towards Xia Yan.
In terms of status, Xia Yan's current status is probably higher than those of the deacons.
Of course, they don't know about Tiangong yet, let alone that Xia Yan is a Tiangong practitioner. If they knew, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to talk to Xia Yan so casually.
As for Xia Yan's identity as a Tiangong cultivator, the master of the palace, Pang Yuan, of course knew that it needed to be kept secret.
"Hall Master Lan, I think it's better to take advantage of now and let's go to the challenge hall together, and you and Xia Yan have a duel. The winner is the Hall Master of Yushui City."
A group of people in the hall chatted for a while, and Pang Yuan said to Hall Master Na Lan.
Upon hearing this, Hall Master Lan quickly shook his head and said, "Master Hall Master, I know that my strength is no match for Mr. Xia Yan, so I want to abstain."
Hall Master Lan's words made everyone slightly stunned.
Even Xia Yan did not expect that Hall Master Lan would abstain. Of course, Xia Yan did not regard Hall Master Lan as his opponent. The difference in strength was too big, but it was not common for a hall master to abstain before the fight even started.
"Hall Master Lan, are you sure?" Pang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
He thought to himself: "Looking at your knowledge, now that you are ready, I can still arrange for you to work in the temple. If you insist on challenging me, the outcome will be hard to predict."
"Yes, Lord Hall Master, deacons, and Mr. Xia Yan, I have decided to abstain from voting." Hall Master Lan gritted his teeth and said with a very firm expression on his face.
"Haha, if this is the case, then Xia Yan is now the head of the Yushui City Holy Church. In this way, I will ask Manager Zhang to take the documents to the Yushui City Holy Church to announce this matter. Xia Yan, you can return to Yushui City at any time.
Water City." Pang Yuan said to Xia Yan with a smile.
Xia Yan didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
Originally, he was still thinking that Pang Yuan would first need to notify the deacons to come to Purple Leaf City, which would definitely take several days. Then he would hold a meeting to discuss, finally decide on the date of the challenge, etc. Calculating, it would probably take a week.
Unexpectedly, it was only one morning and it was all over.
In this case, Xia Yan can return to Yushui City from Ziye City in the afternoon!
"Palace Master Pang Yuan is indeed good. I owe him a favor. If there is anything I can do to help him in the future, I will definitely help him." Xia Yan thought to himself.
If others are kind to him, Xia Yan will naturally keep them in his heart.
After the matter was decided, all the deacons dispersed one after another. Regarding Song Li and Lu Xiangpo, Xia Yan also made a decision in his heart. These two families in Ziye City could not let it go. However, he was not in a hurry.