Immediately to Fang Yun's right sat the current head of the Yan Zi Clan, Yan Ningshan.
By custom, the heads of the Six Second Saint Families took turns presiding over each Sacred Academy Assembly, and the presiding head occupied the highest seat.
Now that Fang Yun occupied the seat of honor, Yan Ningshan could only settle for second place.
To Yan Ningshan's right sat the heads of the other five Second Saint Families.
Across from Fang Yun and the six family heads sat the sovereigns of the Ten Kingdoms.
The sovereigns of the other nine kingdoms all wore yellow robes and imperial crowns, sitting upright and solemn. Only Jing Kingdom's young sovereign sat beside a veiled woman. His small, glossy black eyes kept surveying his surroundings, and whenever he saw Fang Yun, he broke into an innocent smile.
Also seated there were the heads of the Second Saint Families and the Great Scholars of the human race, with fruit and tea on the low tables before them.
A clearly defined aisle separated their seats from the Grand Academicians from across the human race, who sat beyond it. They, too, sat before low tables, but theirs held nothing.
These Grand Academicians had only the right to observe. Unless Yan Ningshan invited them, they were not permitted to say a single word. Anyone who spoke would inevitably be expelled from the Assembly Hall and barred from observing ever again unless he became a Great Scholar.
Among all the Grand Academicians who were not family heads, one was an exception, with fruit and tea set on the table before him.
Wei Huangan, the foremost Grand Academician of the Bloodmang Realm.
In just a few days, he had grown from a Newly Advanced Grand Academician into an Investigative Grand Academician. His extraordinary talent left