Of these four, "Di" was Jade Snow Bat, whose following had grown enormously, far surpassing Pei Ling's at the height of his power.
"Fu," meanwhile, was Ji Changfu.
He had rarely acted so far. And whenever he did, it had always been connected to the Duxian Association.
As for the two Outer Immortals, "Ning" and "Yue," "Ning" was the immortal worshipped by the Duxian Association. Opinions of him were sharply divided, with people praising and condemning him in equal measure. Those who praised him believed this immortal had broken precedent since time immemorial by granting mortals a way to ascend to immortality, making him a sacred immortal the likes of which had not appeared in ten thousand generations.
No matter how lavish the praise, it was only right.
Those who denounced him, however, believed an "Outer Immortal" could not possibly be so benevolent. Either the immortal arts he granted harbored grave hidden dangers that simply had not yet become apparent, since so little time had passed, or else they believed that immortals and mortals had always been distinct. The "Outer Immortal" had broken with tradition and seemed to offer mortals a path to survival, but who could say this would not bring them even greater calamity?
The strongest evidence for that suspicion was the prophecy that the "Yan" Immortal would destroy the world...
"Yue" was the immortal worshipped by the Immortal Mother Hall.
The two true disciples of the Innate Religion bore the Honorific Titles "Qiu" and "Mo," but Pei Ling had never heard either of their titles.
If nothing unexpected had happened, Gui Hengqiu and Chu Mo had probably yet to leave their Honorific Titles in the mortal realm...
Pei Ling was observing the Duxian Association's followers because he wanted to meet the figure behind the association.
The one