Fang Yun, Jiang Hechuan, Cao Dean, and Liu Shan all remained silent, while every other official spoke up. Often, dozens of them were accusing and arguing with one another at the same time.
Fang Yun found it both amusing and exasperating. Even when these officials were sworn enemies, most would treat one another courteously if they met outside. Only in the Golden Throne Hall was it different: the slightest disagreement sent them attacking one another. Apart from their scholarly choice of words, nothing else about them resembled scholars.
It was not just the Jing Kingdom. The courts of every nation of the human race were like this. In powerful nations with many Great Scholars, even Great Scholars would occasionally join the arguments. The moment they opened their mouths, winds rose and clouds surged, and heaven and earth changed color, as though they were debating the Sacred Way, leaving the common people within a thousand li trembling with fear.
Fang Yun had long since grown accustomed to it. Besides, no one present could truly force him to state his position, so he paid little attention to these arguments.
An hour later, the arguments in the Golden Throne Hall continued. Seated in his chair, Jiang Hechuan took a volume from his Lake-Containing Shell and began reading at a leisurely pace.
Seeing that even Jiang Hechuan was doing this, Fang Yun decided there was no need to stand on ceremony. He took out a volume and began reading too.
Some officials secretly chuckled at the sight, but there was nothing they could do.
The book Fang Yun was reading was none other than his own History of the Ancient Demons.
The first part of History of the Ancient Demons, Dragon-Slaying Era, consisted of ten volumes recounting how the ancient demons defeated the dragon