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The sun had already dipped below the horizon when Tao Wan returned from a day of obligations outside the sect. She rubbed her temples; she was clearly not in peak shape, but what clouded her expression was not physical weariness. It was mental exhaustion.
Only a few days earlier, she had been sent to attend a Core Formation Ceremony on behalf of Green Pill Valley. The event had been hosted by a small vassal sect, one that had never been taken seriously in the past. Perhaps blessed by ancestral virtue, an elderly late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from that sect had made a desperate gamble and, against all odds, formed a Golden Core. With that single breakthrough, the once-insignificant sect had suddenly risen to become a first-rate faction!
Naturally, such a vassal could no longer be handled casually. Under normal circumstances, Green Pill Valley would have sent one of its own Golden Core elders to extend formal congratulations. But this time, Qing Yunzi had made a different decision. To broaden Tao Wan's connections as the newly anointed Dao Scion, he sent her instead.
She had accepted the task willingly, and the hosts had welcomed her with full honors. No one there seemed bothered by the fact that she was still only at the ninth stage of Foundation Establishment. On the contrary, they appeared quite pleased.
After all, as long as Tao Wan made no missteps, she was practically guaranteed to become the next sect leader of Green Pill Valley!...
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