Around the Heavenly Surveillance Division tower, security was airtight. Unauthorized persons were forbidden from approaching, and within a radius of one thousand meters, large numbers of Imperial Capital guards patrolled.
At the highest level of the Heavenly Surveillance Division tower, its summit rose over a thousand zhang high and lay submerged within dense clouds.
Layer upon layer of cloudbanks churned wildly and pressed close together, wrapping the tower's peak tightly and completely. No one could see through them.
Yet inside the tower's summit lay a dark and unfathomable scene.
Within the tower pavilion, only a few dim golden candle flames swayed and flickered amid the profound darkness.
Like faint yet profoundly mysterious stars in the night sky.
At the corners of the surrounding walls stood several strange and exquisite crystals.
These pebble-sized crystals quietly emitted a soft glow, intertwining and reflecting with the candlelight.
They sketched illusory, enchanting outlines through the dim space, faintly exuding an exceedingly mysterious and ancient air.
At the very center of the pavilion, where the light was brightest,
several figures in gray robes and cloaks sat silently in a circle.
The fabric of their gray robes was fine and supple, yet it bore the color of age, its folds layered upon one another like markings carved by the passage of countless years.
Beneath the deep shadows cast by their broad gray hoods, their faces were thoroughly concealed, impossible to glimpse in the slightest.
They sat close to one another, yet maintained a silence that was just right.
Only when the breeze occasionally swept past and stirred the hems of their robes on the ground could their presence be perceived.
At the center of the group stood two circular objects resembling mirrors.
One mirror appeared enormous, while the other was exceedingly compact.
Moreover, the rims along