Chapter 1404: Golden Tower Council Deliberations
Chapter 1404: Golden Tower Council Deliberations
The assembly hall featured a raised platform, upon which stood a simple rosewood chair with rounded armrests that was currently empty. This was the seat of the Grand Master.Behind the chair stood a large three-legged bronze incense burner with a lid carved in the pattern of the Eight Trigrams. Wisps of faint incense smoke drifted outward from its openings. On the northern wall above it hung a plainly mounted scroll that read, “Peace Under Heaven.”
The Grand Master’s seat faced south. In front of the platform was a standing space and a tall table about one meter high and slightly over 30 centimeters wide, used for placing speaking notes. This was the designated speaking position.
Facing the Grand Master were 12 seats for the small-meeting members, arranged in a semicircle. Due to the elevated platform, these seats were noticeably lower, placing their occupants under the Grand Master’s gaze.
On either side of the Grand Master were four additional seats, slightly lower than his but higher than those of the Omniscient Sages and Virtuous Great Sages. These seats were reserved for the three Deputy Grand Masters and the Grand Master Consort.
At this moment, only the seat of the Imperial Preceptor was labeled. The seats for the Heavenly Preceptor and Earthly Preceptor remained empty, indicating their absence.
Before long, 8 Omniscient Sages and 3 Virtuous Great Sages arrived one after another. Several greeted Qi Xuansu, including Sage Donghua, Great Sage Jiang, and even Sage Qingwei.
It made it seem as though Qi Xuansu was a familiar face within the Golden Tower Council.
For someone attending for the first time, such treatment left many observers quietly astonished.
The Imperial Preceptor entered second to last. Following him, as per tradition, was Sage Cihang, who then ordered the hall to be sealed, with Spirit Guards closing the doors from outside.
Everyone took their seats, except the Imperial Preceptor. He stood beside the Grand Master’s chair, resting a hand on its back, signifying his role as the Great Sage Lunzhi.
The Golden Tower Council clerks began preparing to record the proceedings with image, sound, and text.