The temple's construction did not require much attention from Jiang Hao. He only needed to check on the progress every few days. That day, Manager Xu called to say he had contacted three companies that manufactured deity statues, and all of them wanted to come over.
Two days later, Jiang Hao met with the heads of the three craft companies. Shangqing Temple needed more than four hundred deity statues, an unquestionably massive order, and all three companies took it very seriously.
After reviewing the catalogs they had brought, the design drawings for the various deity statues, and quotes for different materials and sizes, Jiang Hao ultimately chose a Zhejiang craft company whose prices were not cheap, but whose products were the best.
The Three Pure Ones statues would be seated figures made of gilded pure copper, each 1.8 meters tall. Once completed and placed upon the altar, they would surely look immensely solemn.
The Jade Emperor would be enshrined in the second main hall. Jiang Hao had the craft company carve the Jade Emperor's statue from white marble, with a dignified and majestic appearance.
The Jade Emperor was the ruler of the Three Realms, presiding over the Thirty-Six Heavens above and governing the Seventy-Two Earths below. He oversaw all matters of gods, immortals, Buddhas, sages, the mortal world, and the underworld, commanding the heavens and leading the Ten Thousand Saints.
The third hall would be Emperor Qin Guan's hall. The Emperor's statue would be a standing figure forged from red copper, 6.6 meters tall, dressed in an imperial dragon robe and wearing a crown, finished with gold lacquer and colored paint. Jiang Hao had personally seen Emperor Qin Guan, and this statue was identical to the Emperor when he descended into the mortal world.
There were more than four hundred