On the grasslands, there was an organization of little renown but immense importance, called the Joint Council of Elders.
It was composed of the most virtuous and respected figures from every tribe, who formed an elders' council to assist in governance.
In this, it resembled Jing State, yet differed from it.
Relatively speaking, the Joint Council of Elders shared in royal authority. In its earliest days, it stood alongside the Son of Heaven of Mu beneath Divine Authority. As time passed, its powers gradually waned.
Its current function was more akin to Qi State's Administration Hall, except it possessed only the right to participate in court deliberations. As for its actual power, that depended on the strength of the tribes it represented.
But it could not be said that the Joint Council of Elders had become mere decoration.
Mu Kingdom's law enforcement body, [Azure Feather], formally known as the [Azure Feather Patrol Office], was under the control of the Joint Council of Elders. Thus, the council still held an unquestionable position on these grasslands.
And the elder who had just spoken with Tu Hu was precisely the Chief Elder of this Joint Council of Elders.
To casually comment on the Grand Master of the Mo Sect with Tu Hu, he was naturally also a True Lord of the present age.
His name was—
Borjigin Ekelie!
"Look, I've even got a Flying Fangs Token here."
Jiang Wang joked with Yuwen Duo, holding the round beast-bone token in his hand.
Back when he had traveled across the grasslands, he had saved some herdsmen amid a white-haired gale. Flying Fangs officers from the Azure Feather Patrol Office had happened to arrive as reinforcements. Seeing that he had already finished their rescue work for them, they gave him a Flying Fangs Token