The third quarter of the Si hour.
On Sanqing Mountain, the Jade Register Grand Ceremony officially began with a peal of bells.
On the broad square, the din gradually faded, replaced by a solemn atmosphere.
Before the Sanqing Hall, a group of highly respected Daoist cultivators took their seats one after another.
Sitting at the head was True Person Li Taixu, the current head of Sanqing Palace. Like him, the True Persons seated on either side also wore yellow Daoist robes.
One was True Person Ge Chongxu of Yuxu Temple on Gexian Mountain. The other was not from a local temple in Yuzhang Province, but True Person Qiu Shoudao, who had traveled all the way from Laoshan Mountain.
Behind the two of them sat figures dressed in purple. The first on the right was Zhang Xuanji of Longhu Mountain, the second was Li Songlin of Chongzhen Palace on Gezhao Mountain, and the third was Qi Benyi of Shangqing Temple on Qingcheng Mountain, who had also come from far away.
The first on the left was Deng Hongyu of Ziyang Nunnery on Magu Mountain, the second was Xu Jing of Wanshou Palace on Xishan Mountain, and the third was Lü Jingshan of Chunyang Temple in Henglong Cave.
Besides these people, Daoist Xu Chuan of the Yuzhang Province Daoist Association had also come to observe the ceremony, but he was not qualified to take one of the nine seats.
At that moment, nine people slowly climbed onto the ritual platform by the side stairs. The leader, dressed in a red robe, was the senior ritual master presiding over the Jade Register Grand Ceremony. The others were all Daoists in blue robes.
Below the platform, Wu Zihan cautiously asked Wu Zhongze, "Senior Brother Wu, what exactly is a Jade Register Grand Ceremony?"
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