After Zhang Yu finished speaking, the Court Executors all fell into thought.
No one in the hall hurried to either support or oppose it.
First, Zhang Yu's status was no longer what it had once been. As the tacitly acknowledged Deputy Chief Executor, his words carried immense weight. Back when Chen Yu had been Deputy Chief Executor, as long as he and Chief Executor Zhuang shared an opinion, they could generally decide the majority of matters.
Now that Zhang Yu had taken the initiative to raise this matter, it undoubtedly showed that his resolve was firm. The Court Executors also felt there had to be a reason behind it. In particular, the Chief Executor's recent string of actions indicated that an enemy would soon need to be dealt with. This move might well be preparation for that.
Moreover, as the number of Profound Venerables joining the Guardian of Rectitude Palace gradually increased, they were bound to make such a request as well. The opinions of these Profound Venerables had to be considered.
This was not as easily handled as it had been when facing merely one or two people in the past.
Previously, the office of Guardian of Rectitude had chiefly existed to deal with possible incursions by the old factions of the Outer Layer, as well as to purge the occasional divine and uncanny deities that emerged in the Inner Layer. Even when battle arose, it was only a clash between several Upper Layer powers, and one or two Guardians of Rectitude were usually enough.
But when a true war came, the Profound Court would mobilize the entire Upper Layer strength of Celestial Xia. Within that immense force, the Guardians of Rectitude were only a small part, so they could be withdrawn at any time and replaced at any