After Jin Zhixing saw Councilor Xiang off, Yi Wu stepped inside shortly afterward. In truth, he had arrived earlier, but it had been inconvenient for him to meet Councilor Xiang.
Seeing Yi Junzi still looking outside, Jin Zhixing asked, "Does True Person Yi know this Councilor Xiang?"
Yi Wu showed a trace of gravity. "I do. Among the current councilors of the Lower Hall, there are three who practice the Dao of Seeking Completeness. He is one of them." After a pause, he added, "Perhaps there are only two now."
"In office?"
"Councilors ordinarily leave office as well. They cannot occupy their positions forever. Myriad Ways would not agree, nor would those beneath them."
"I know that after the elders and patriarchs of Myriad Ways leave office, they may go to Origin Upper Hall. But where do these councilors go after leaving office?"
"I heard the patriarch say that if they are merely ordinary councilors, with neither accomplishments nor cultivation during their tenure, then once a suitable replacement is found, they naturally withdraw from authority and devote themselves wholly to cultivation, no longer concerning themselves with outside affairs. If manpower is lacking during campaigns against other worlds, they may perhaps be called upon as well.
"But for those with cultivation and accomplishments, after leaving office, they are responsible for controlling the treasures that suppress the Dao belonging to Origin Upper Hall, joining Myriad Ways in maintaining and safeguarding Origin Xia's heavenly order.
"However, if a councilor's position becomes vacant and there is temporarily no suitable person to fill it, then such people may also return to office."
He had not understood these matters before either. Only the patriarch knew of them. But he knew Jin Zhixing needed to know, so after learning them from Yi Junzi, he relayed them to