A disciple attending nearby saw it clearly. When the Jade Tablet actually began to glow, he could not help crying out.
He thought his eyes might be playing tricks on him and looked over again, startled and uncertain. But Tang Changsheng's dark eyes met his gaze, deep as a bottomless pool, and seized his mind in an instant.
Cold sweat broke out all over him. He suddenly remembered the generous pay and strict rules here and immediately lowered his head, not daring to look around again...
They were students working to support their studies. This job was hard to come by, and the pay was good. Plenty of people had fought for it. He must not get dismissed over such a small thing...
Tang Changsheng paid no attention to that tiny incident. Or rather, he had noticed it long ago but had not taken it to heart.
The filling of the statue had reached its crucial moment. Since ancient times, this had been a matter of great care.
Some placed scriptures inside a deity statue to represent divinity and wisdom. A bronze mirror symbolized the deity's power to illuminate good and evil in the mortal world. Almanacs and grain symbolized blessings of favorable weather and bountiful harvests...
But into this statue of the Protector King Divine General at the General's Temple, Tang Changsheng had to place a Jade Tablet engraved with the Divine General's hidden name and birth details...
Such things had always been the General's Temple's highest secrets. Only the Sect Leader knew them.
Even if someone took out the Jade Tablet to examine it, they would never find the real information among its profusion of decorative patterns.
Tang Changsheng personally placed the Jade Tablet into the cavity left in the statue's back, then wiped its face and dotted