Chapter 2212 - The Graceful Moon, the Blue Rose
The sect leader had commanded that Xiao Jian was to be rewarded generously.
But he hadn’t promoted him.
This news caused a disturbance throughout the sect. The younger disciples were righteously indignant on Xiao Jian’s behalf.
Many of the gods of the same rank as Xiao Jian were disappointed. Xiao Jian had achieved such an enormous act of merit, yet he was still suppressed and denied a promotion. Who wouldn’t have been confused?
Some of the older-generation cultivators were surprised too. The sect leader has always handled such matters meticulously, so why is he treating Xiao Jian so flippantly?
Doesn’t he realize that this decision will provoke the entire sect’s ire and that countless people are righteously indignant on Xiao Jian’s behalf?
Of course, there were also quite a few people gleeful at Xiao Jian’s misfortune.
“Xiao Jian is a newcomer, yet he’s caused so many disturbances over the past month. He’s drawing too much attention. Of course the sect leader had to take him down a peg!”
“That’s right! It’s fine to reward him, but there’s no way we can promote him. After all, he only just joined the sect. If he rises through the ranks too quickly, how can he possibly win his sectmates over?”
...In any event, Xiao Jian’s reward caused such a commotion that soon, everyone in Qingwu Divine Court knew about it.
Later that very day, Third Elder Ku Zhen publicly announced that he staunchly refused to promote Xiao Jian, and that this decision had nothing to do with the sect leader.
His reasoning was simple: Xiao Jian was only in the Creation Realm, and he’d only recently joined the sect. According to the sect’s rules, he wasn’t a suitable candidate for vice palace master.