The nameplates were engraved with names and numbers. Beneath each nameplate was a corresponding position marker.
"Practice positions," Chen Siyao said. "These nameplates mark fixed positions for drills. Every disciple had their own number and place."
Behind the plaza stood the main hall. Two stone pillars rose from the steps at its entrance.
Sword-shaped reliefs wound around the pillars, blade after blade arranged from base to top.
They pushed the doors open and went inside.
The main hall was laid out like a lecture hall, with a raised platform at the front. A desk stood on the platform, and an enormous inscription hung on the wall behind it.
Chen Siyao moved closer to look.
The characters were carved deep into the stone.
"The way of the sword is the Heavenly Dao."
Blunt and direct. Five characters summed up the entire sect's philosophy.
Yang Wanqing stood below the platform, gazing up at the five characters. "Was this a sword cultivation sect?"
"Yes." Chen Siyao had already found a Document Disc rack beside the platform. She pulled out the first disc and skimmed it. "The Golden Palace Cloud Sect."
"Never heard of it."
"That's normal." Chen Siyao kept browsing. "Plenty of names never made it into Blue Star's legends."
She spent ten minutes quickly reviewing every Document Disc she could find in the main hall. The key information gradually came together.
"Found it."
Standing on the platform, Chen Siyao addressed the Recording Crystal.
"The Golden Que Palace belonged to the Golden Palace Cloud Sect. This sect originated neither in the Thirty-Three Heavens nor in the Nine Provinces."
The live chat went quiet for a moment.
"It originated in a place the Document Discs call the 'Long Geng Realm.'"
Below her, Yang Wanqing tilted her head. "The Long Geng Realm?"
Chen Siyao did