Fan Lingtian's personal strength is far inferior to Ren Zhongtian, and coupled with his aging body, his current strength might only slightly surpass Shen Junjie by a tiny bit.
However, with someone like Fan Lingtian overseeing the Yanhuang Soul, Huaxia could remain stable like a mountain after Ren Zhongtian's death. It shows that his strengths do not lie in personal prowess but in his keen eye for people and his grand, well-mannered strategies.
Being good at employing people is an essential quality of a leader. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought Xiaofan was a reliable talent the second time he saw him. Even with little contact after that, he tacitly accepted in his heart that he was the successor to the Yanhuang Soul headmaster.
He had long reached retirement age, and after being poisoned, his abilities have declined daily. Still, he doesn't want to drop the burden so quickly; he hopes to hold on a while longer until Xiaofan matures more, then hand over the Yanhuang Soul to him.
