Wang Ping remained silent, the constant chatter of deals filling his ears. It drove home the point that the Daoist Scripture Hall was merely a platform for balancing various factions, not the grand and noble institution that low-level Cultivators imagined.
'It makes sense, when you think about it,' he mused. The nomination system was inherently backward. In the Daoist Scripture Hall, everyone from the sixth seat onward was chosen by nomination. On top of that, certain sects had fixed, inheritable quotas for the sixth seat, creating a very strict hierarchy.
Without the suppressive might of the Great Cultivators, such a system would inevitably erupt into conflict within two centuries, leading to all kinds of rebellions and vendettas.
