After taking his seat, Shen Hao realized that even the positions for observing the ceremony had their own significance.
Nie Yun appeared to casually choose the first row, but in fact, it was perfectly aligned with the status of Gui Mountain Cultivation Institute in Jingxi. Those who also sat in the first row were all Elder-level figures from second-tier sects, while guests from third-class sects knowingly took seats further back.
Shen Hao gazed into the distance, and on the opposite viewing platform, people were also ascending. He spotted Yu Ao Feng, Zhang Lin, and other members of the Celestial Toad Sect seated in the first row across.
In addition, the two from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Books were also seated on the opposite platform.
With some time yet before the ceremony began, Nie Yun helped himself to his wine jug and drank, all the while introducing to Shen Hao the usual processes for such celebrations, but was soon interrupted.
"Deacon Nie, it has been a long time."
