The Jade Talisman Grand Ceremony was being held at Sanqing Palace.
Sanqing Palace stood in the northwestern corner of the Sanqing Mountain scenic area. It leaned against Juxian Terrace to the east, faced Nine Dragon Mountain to the south, bordered Yanjiao Hall to the west, and occupied the Turtleback Stone area to the north. It held the finest feng shui site in Sanqing Blessed Land, where the terrain concealed wind and gathered water.
The six members of Lin Yuan's group set out from One Line Sky and followed the eastern mountain road.
In fact, they could easily have taken the western route, but doing so would have meant missing many of Sanqing Mountain's wonders.
Before coming, Wu Zihan had taken charge of planning their sightseeing route. In the end, they decided to ascend by the eastern route and descend by the western one.
That way, they could make a full circuit around Sanqing Mountain.
The group followed the mountain path at an unhurried pace.
Wu Zihan was by far the liveliest of them all. She looked this way and that, examined everything closely, and took out the compact camera she carried to snap pictures.
She photographed not only the scenery but also the others.
"Senior Brother Lin Yuan, give me a smile." She aimed the lens at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan habitually struck the pose he had used since childhood—the V sign.
"Come on, Sister Xuemei, lean against this railing. I'll take a beautiful goddess photo of you."
Sun Xuemei entered the mood almost instantly and struck a trendy pose she had seen online.
"Click!"
"Wow, Sister Xuemei, this one came out so well."
"Come on, come on, take one of me too. I want to strike the same pose as you."
Wu Zihan handed the camera to Sun Xuemei,