Main World, Penglai Island in the Eastern Sea, before Biyou Palace.
The brothers Qi and Yu stood guard at the entrance. By now, both had condensed prototypes of Dao Fruit. Out in the wider world, they could be respectfully addressed as High Immortals.
By rights, with cultivation at their level, there was no longer any need for them to continue serving as attendants.
But just as the Seven-Colored Deer could clearly take human form yet refused to become human, the brothers Qi and Yu had no intention of changing jobs.
To them, remaining outside Biyou Palace, sensing the Highest Purity Dao qi rising from here and merging into the void of Cosmic Light, was itself cultivation.
Suddenly, a streak of pale rosy light rose in the western sky, cleaving through the shadows of the clouds and trailing multicolored flowing radiance as it approached Penglai Island.
As Yu Chen's Daoist sanctuary and the ancestral ground of the Highest Purity Dao, Penglai Island was covered in many restrictive formations, though most were not activated most of the time.
Thus, the instant the brothers Qi and Yu saw the rosy light, a female immortal holding a precious mirror appeared before them.
"Greetings, Immortal Maiden Su Hua!"
The brothers Qi and Yu rose and bowed to the female immortal Su Hua.
"Rise."
Immortal Maiden Su Hua raised one hand slightly. Rosy light surged forth and lifted the two brothers. Ignoring several gazes cast her way, she looked toward Biyou Palace. "Is Fellow Daoist Yu Chen still in seclusion?"
"There have been no signs of Master Yu Chen leaving seclusion."
Su Hua did not find this strange. Yu Chen's progress over the years had been far too swift, effortlessly surpassing her hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation. After pondering for a moment, she asked,