"Senior Brother, do you think the three senior brothers and Junior Sister Dao Ying will come?" Sun Yuling asked, looking at Daoist Lingguan.
He nodded. "In my view, the six of us should have been split among three locations.
"You and I are together, while the Flame Emperor's side and Chi You's side should each have two junior brothers.
"There has been no movement from the Flame Emperor's side, so it is hard to say. But the two junior brothers on Chi You's side should come."
He carefully examined the beacon smoke in the east again, narrowing his eyes. "Among those coming from the east, Junior Brother Dao Qing should be there."
Hearing this, Sun Yuling also scrutinized it earnestly. Yet all she could see was that single column of blood-and-iron beacon smoke shooting straight into the clouds. She truly had no idea how he had discerned Dao Qing's presence within it.
"How could you tell that Senior Brother Dao Qing is there?"
Daoist Lingguan pointed at the beacon smoke. "What do you think that smoke resembles?"
Sun Yuling studied it, then said with certainty, "It looks like a banner. It should be the legendary Chi You Banner."
"Then haven't you noticed that the Chi You Banner seems somewhat unlike a witch artifact?"
"Hm?"
"That Chi You Banner was certainly refined by Junior Brother Dao Qing. Moreover, I can roughly guess that it is related to the foundation of Junior Brother Dao Qing's Artifact Path."
"The Borrowing Dharma Technique?" Sun Yuling asked in astonishment. "How could Senior Brother Dao Qing dare?"
"What is there not to dare?" Daoist Lingguan understood what she meant.
The Borrowing Dharma Technique was a method Ling Qing used to draw upon others' insights. All the brothers and sisters knew this well.
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