Councilor Huang had naturally recruited far more than Chong An alone. Along the way, people continually joined them.
Besides the people under his own command, he had also transferred quite a few cultivators from the various Dao-worlds, most of them clansmen from his own branch.
This time, the Myriad Ways and the Two Halls were joining forces to invade Celestial Xia, so clan heads and clan elders from the Myriad Ways had also joined the campaign.
Chong An secretly observed these people with great care. He found that staying at Councilor Huang's side was not bad at all. At the very least, he could clearly see all those who had attached themselves to him. He could record every person he saw and find ways to learn the cultivation arts and divine abilities of these people, then pass the information on to Celestial Xia.
Naturally, he had no way of observing those whose cultivation had reached Seeking Completeness. If such people did not reveal their Dao arts, no one could know what they were capable of.
And with his own cultivation, merely looking at them a few times would likely draw their notice.
Thus, not only could he not investigate them, he had to avoid contact with them as much as possible. Fortunately, Councilor Huang himself had yet to reach Seeking Completeness, and there were naturally no such figures accompanying him.
The flying vessel sped onward all the way before finally coming to a stop before the cloud stairs outside the Two Halls.
This was Chong An's first time personally arriving here. Although Faceless Daoist possessed memories concerning this place, they could not compare to the shock of experiencing it in person.
Those who were not councilors, external envoys, or members of the Upper Layer of the Myriad Ways had no