A new best lot?

Lei Jun was first delighted.

However, when he saw that this lot pointed toward the position of resident elder in the Hall of Steward, Lei Jun felt a little surprised.

After all, the Hall of Steward wasn't like the Treasure Pavilion, sitting atop a mountain of treasures and constantly handing all sorts of resources.

*Where did this Fourth Rank Opportunity even come from?*

To speak of the resident elder in the Hall of Steward—this gig, you could certainly say it was good, but there were undeniably some issues too.

The issue was obvious: lots of work, endless trivialities—the Hall of Steward was where all of the daily affairs piled up, practically without exception.

The power wasn't insignificant, but unless you planned to use it for your own gain, it was mostly just a burden.

Especially for a cultivator like Lei Jun, who prioritized his own training, spending time in the Hall of Steward would inevitably get in his way.

As for perks, aside from a bit of open or hidden power, this place best trained a cultivator's ability to handle sect affairs, and you got to know a lot of people within the organization.

That's why the Hall was a place dedicated to training key disciples and inheritors.

If an elder or disciple did well in the Hall of Steward, they basically became the core of the Main Residence down the line.

Sometimes, a High Merit Elder would even take on the responsibility themselves.

Throughout the ages, before becoming Celestial Master, almost every candidate would serve a stint as a resident elder in the Hall of Steward during their training.

The Hall of Steward was like a miniature version of society in the cultivation world.

If someone could finish a full term here smoothly, it would naturally make them more capable when it came time to run the entire Celestial Master Mansion.

*As for this Fourth Rank Opportunity emerging in the Hall of Steward, it probably had more to do with people than things...* Lei Jun thought.

The detailed description of this best lot also caught Lei Jun's attention.

The opportunity could be expanded, and before expanding there would be no risks or consequences.

Lei Jun had come across similar opportunities before.

The implication was, the opportunity could be taken up freely—super lucky and auspicious, with no danger right now and no hidden problems afterward.

But at some point in the future, there might come another moment of choice.

When that choice came, the opportunity might change, and whether it brought danger or aftereffects would depend on the specifics then.

Of course, by then you could simply give up any follow-up changes and just keep the benefits from this original Fourth Rank Opportunity, going on with everything as usual.

For now, he could absolutely put it in his pocket and rest easy.

As for the moderately unlucky lot mentioning the Patrolling Wind Elder, that position, in certain ways, was rather similar to the resident elder in the Hall of Steward.

The so-called Patrolling Wind Elder's job was to patrol not only the various branch residences and courts of Dragon Tiger Mountain Main Residence, but also to regularly visit Talisman Sect branches across all the various mountains.

Strictly speaking, it was a cushy job.

Not because it was for embezzling or skimming off the top, but because it gave you a wide network and let you build plenty of connections and prestige.

So, this post and being the Hall of Steward's resident elder were two sides of the same coin—one outward, one inward, and basically the two positions where middle-ranking elders had the broadest contacts in the Main Residence.

In the training of every Celestial Master through the generations, they'd usually serve in both positions, one after the other first.

Still, compared with the Hall's resident elder, Lei Jun was even less interested in the Patrolling Wind Elder position.

Traveling around and viewing the mountains and rivers did interest him, but not right now.

At the very least, he wanted to securely build his fifth Tao Palace and break through to the Sixth Heavenly Realm before worrying about that sort of thing.

*As for the dangers pointed out in this moderately unlucky lot, Lei Jun had a good idea what they might be.*

By now, plenty of outside factions already had his name on their list.

Included in those were some direct enemies of the Celestial Master Mansion.

If Lei Jun kept a low profile and moved secretly as he wished, it wasn't so easy for outside enemies to track him down and target him.

But if he strutted around from one branch residence to another as a Patrolling Wind Elder, he'd probably just be giving someone an opening.

This wasn't anything like back at Xianliu Mountain and Xianliu Palace.

Back then, he and his own Yuan Mobai had planned everything against the Lin Clan experts—Yuan Mobai had actually gone down the mountain with him, lying in wait near Xianliu Mountain like a mantis waiting for its prey, only to have a finch waiting behind the mantis.

But now, the Celestial Master Mansion was stretched for people—whether it was the new Celestial Master, Tang Xiaotang, or Yuan Mobai and the other High Merit Elders, none of them would easily leave the mountain to go elsewhere.

If Elder Lei were to act all high and mighty and publicly leap out there now, it would basically be like shouting, "Come get me!"

"Master, I'd like to go gain some experience at the Hall of Steward." Lei Jun reeled in his wildly drifting thoughts, answering Yuan Mobai in his usual tone.

If it weren't for this moment of fortune telling, his original plan was to serve as Chief Instructor at the Dao Boy Court for a while.

Now, he decided the Hall of Steward was the move. Lei Jun was honestly pretty curious about what exactly this expandable Fourth Rank Opportunity really was.

Yuan Mobai heard this and nodded with a smile, "Later on, I'll talk things over with the Sect Leader and Yao and Shangguan."

Tang Xiaotang was simply too young.

If she didn't step down herself, she'd probably hold the Celestial Master position until all her peers had died of old age.

To cultivate the next generation's Celestial Master, it mostly depended on the truly younger set.

So people like Lei Jun weren't exactly being groomed as successors.

Being a Hall of Steward's resident elder came with considerable authority, but it was a heavy load, and not exactly anyone's favorite post.

Lei Jun volunteered to carry this burden, which meant no one was about to compete with him for it.

So, Lei Jun became the freshly minted resident elder of the Hall of Steward.

Barring big changes, he'd be in this role for the next three years.

Dao Boy Court Chief Instructor would be Lin Shan.

And the new Patrolling Wind Elder was to be Ke Sicheng, a disciple of Yao Yuan.

Supposedly, Elder Yao put in a word for him.

As for what the two of them were really thinking, nobody knew.

Lei Jun gave a heads-up, but wasn't worried people would question his motives—the risks of being Patrolling Wind Elder were obvious to everyone in the current environment.

Yuan Mobai, Yao Yuan, Shangguan Ning, and the rest all reminded Ke Sicheng to be careful and watch his back.

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