Several gazes fell on his face, their meanings inscrutable. Zhai Que'er's voice remained languid as she pointed to a steady-looking middle-aged man beside Ge Fu. "This is Tushan. He cultivates talisman arts as well."
Her introduction of Tushan was much more casual, making the closeness and distance between them immediately clear.
Yu Ci had long since learned from Zhao Ziyue that Ge Fu was an expert under the Ten Directions Great Venerable, skilled in the way of talismans and possessing Bu Xu cultivation; Tushan, meanwhile, was Zhai Que'er's trump card. He too was a Bu Xu powerhouse. Though his talisman arts were impressive, he was still somewhat inferior to Ge Fu.
The two led this fifty-man group of talisman cultivators, with Ge Fu as the primary leader and Tushan as his second. Frankly speaking, there truly was some gap between them, and this arrangement was fairly "reasonable." But how could the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect behind Zhai Que'er possibly like such an arrangement?
They said everyone was cooperating, but once they reached the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion, would they not each have their own calculations? At such a time, the distinction between primary and secondary was where the initiative lay. Unfortunately, though the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect teemed with talent, the paths of Dao and Demon differed, and when it came to talismans, they truly could not find a more suitable candidate. Then Yu Ci, under the name Soul Chaser, began to rise to prominence in Yinkui City and drew their attention.
It could be said that Zhai Que'er had strongly invited Yu Ci to join as an additional layer of insurance. At the very least, he could serve as a shit-stirring stick...
Zhao Ziyue had been exceedingly pleased with himself when explaining this background. Though