"Let them wait."
Fang Yun paid no attention to the people outside, even as transmitted letters poured in without end.
Then Fang Yun closed his eyes tightly and began cultivating.
Seeing Fang Yun do this, the others suddenly understood. This was an Enlightenment Sacred Land, and one that had just opened. Although the Sacred Way accumulated here was not as powerful as it would become in the future, it was closer to the primordial power of the Sacred Way. For those whose Literary Rank was below Great Scholar, it was actually better now than it would be later.
Thus, all the officials of the Literary Academy began cultivating.
Time slowly passed, and more and more people gathered outside the Literary Academy. Qing Kingdom's Left Vice Minister of Rites, Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, and Deputy Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies all arrived. This meant that Qing Kingdom could no longer conduct high-level diplomatic activities. Whether its ruler or its grand secretaries traveled abroad, they could not do without the two senior officials of the Court of State Ceremonies.
More importantly, this meant that Qing Kingdom had elevated its visit to Baling City to the level of national affairs. Only the constraints of protocol prevented it from sending anyone higher than a Vice Minister of Personnel. If it disregarded protocol, Qing Kingdom would probably have sent its Assistant Prime Minister or even its Right Prime Minister to Baling.
Not only had Qing Kingdom sent a Vice Minister of Rites, but the other eight kingdoms had done the same. Several major kingdoms, such as Qi Kingdom, had even sent additional officials of equivalent rank to demonstrate the importance they attached to the visit without violating ceremonial propriety.
After all, there was no precedent for ministers or grand secretaries