After Chong An and Councilor Huang bid each other farewell, Chong An returned to his residence in the Origin Upper Hall.
In truth, as someone without the slightest authority and not even a servant of the Two Halls, he would not have been able to remain here for long if Councilor Huang had not regarded him as a confidant and summoned him again and again to play chess.
From this alone, no matter what Councilor Huang truly thought, he had treated Chong An quite well on the surface.
He settled onto a couch, waved away the attendants and disciples below, and began to ponder.
For him to become a councilor, setting aside whether it could be accomplished, someone first had to vacate their position. And seeing how certain Councilor Huang was, there had to be some major change afoot. But what exactly was the reason?
Over the past several years, he had tried to observe whether anything had changed within the Two Halls, yet found nothing. Recently, apart from resisting the chaos cultivators, there had been no other matters within the Two Halls.
Could it be because of the chaos cultivators?
It seemed likely, and it was the only possibility he could think of at present. Yet he did not dare be certain and needed to observe further.
But if he truly were made a councilor, he would not dare accept. As one of Councilor Huang's subordinates, with no authority and no knowledge of the Upper Layer's affairs, naturally no one would investigate him.
But if he took a councilor's seat, he would certainly be investigated inside and out. He guessed that a treasure for suppressing the Dao might even be used. In that case, flaws would inevitably be exposed. After all, no matter how completely he and the Faceless