Chapter 1415: Leverage Power
Chapter 1415: Leverage Power
After wrapping up a series of official matters, Qi Xuansu still had a personal issue to deal with—Li Ping, who used to be named Li Mingping before his removal from the Li family registry. Li Ping had little to do with Qi Xuansu, but Qi Xuansu suspected that the people behind Li Ping were closely connected to those who had been spreading rumors and slandering him, perhaps even the same group. Following this lead might expose them all.But time was tight. He still had to accompany Huangfu Ji to the Wanxiang Daoist Palace and could not remain in Jade Capital for long. Zhang Yuelu had already returned to Nanyang. That meant he needed someone capable and trustworthy to handle this task in his stead.
Sage Donghua and Sage Cihang were certainly qualified, but their status was too high. It would be inappropriate for Qi Xuansu to assign them tasks. Asking them for help would cost him favors, and spending such favors on this matter was not worth it.
The same applied to Great Sage Jiang and others. Qi Xuansu did have some connections with these figures, and those connections could be used, but they should not be wasted here.
Back when Qi Xuansu was still a seventh-rank Daoist, Sun Yongfeng had told him a simple truth about needing the right person at the right time to say the right thing.
Great Sage Jiang and the others were key figures. But Qi Xuansu did not consider Li Ping’s case worthy of that level. For him, the truly critical moment would be when he sought promotion to an Omniscient Sage. That was when he would need those people.
After much thought, Qi Xuansu came up with a candidate.
This person was also powerful and influential, not someone Qi Xuansu could command.
Some people already had conflicts with the Li family and were just waiting for an opportunity. If Qi Xuansu handed them that opportunity, they might act without being asked and might even thank him for it.
That person was Zhang Jucheng.
He was the Jiangnan Daoist Mansion Master, ranked among the top, if not the very top, of all Mansion Masters. Some Daoist Mansions might be larger, but those usually had another Great Sage alongside a Mansion Master. Jiangnan had no such position, so the Mansion Master was the undisputed number one figure.
Lei Xiaohuan was the Chief Deputy and Li Tianlan was the Second Deputy of the Jiangnan Daoist Mansion.