Before the Barbarian Race and the other scholars could react, the Deer Gate Marquis and the mysterious Grand Academician suddenly joined forces.
A square platform appeared above each of their heads.
On the square platform above the Deer Gate Marquis stood the Chu Kingdom's Imperial Ancestral Temple, with statues of the kingdom's successive emperors standing within it.
In Xia it was called the "Chamber of Generations," in Shang the "Double-Roof Hall," and in Zhou the "Illustrious Hall." Qin renamed it the "Imperial Ancestral Temple." Originally a place where the human race offered sacrifices to the Supreme Emperor Haotian, it gradually became a place for honoring and offering sacrifices to successive Sons of Heaven.
Sage Kong's Literary World had a Zhou Dynasty, and its Sons of Heaven were enshrined in the Illustrious Hall after death. The seven kingdoms were forbidden to establish Illustrious Halls, so they later followed the example of the nations on the Saint Origin Continent and built Imperial Ancestral Temples to honor their own former kings.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple on the Deer Gate Marquis's Literary Platform radiated uprightness and steadfast loyalty. Fang Yun immediately recognized it as a Loyal-Ruler Literary Platform. The Deer Gate Marquis had drawn upon the way of loyalty to one's ruler, a branch of the Confucian School's way of loyalty, to form his platform's power.
The advantage of this kind of Literary Platform was that when the ruler was wise and the nation strong, the platform would be strong as well. If the ruler was muddleheaded and the nation declined, the platform would weaken. If the nation collapsed, the platform would disappear with it.
Carrying vast Literary Qi, the Loyal-Ruler Literary Platform condensed a bamboo court tablet in the sky.
When ministers attended court, they held court tablets in both hands. When answering