Su Che's gaze swept across the mountaintop.
The eight bronze pillars were each about as thick as three people linking arms around them. Layer upon layer of images had been painted upon them. At the bottom, each followed a trigram: the Qian Trigram corresponded to the vast sky with the great sun hanging high, the Kun Trigram to the earth that bore all things, the Li Trigram to blazing flames rising without end, and the Kan Trigram to surging rivers and seas.
The middle layer depicted immortal adepts cultivating the External Elixir Method: gathering and refining medicinal ingredients, testing the heat of the fire, and all manner of Inner Demons and External Demons arising when the Outer Elixir was completed...
As for the uppermost layer, it carried the mystery of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception. Only several abstruse lines remained, forming eyes steeped in endless malice as they carefully scrutinized those below.
Six figures stood atop the bronze pillars. Three of them were familiar to Su Che: Hua Ziliu, Jin Yunu, and Hua Gu.
The three were now dressed in Daoist robes. The other three were strangers, though they too wore Daoist attire and each held a whisk. Auspicious radiance swirled around them in abundance.
Anyone ignorant of the truth would have assumed that these were great figures of the Daoist School discussing the mysteries of the Dao.
"Elder Yang has already met Chief Hua. Now there are also Daoist Liaokong, Yu Wangyou, and Helian Qianqiu."
Hua Gu spoke.
The three did not put on airs either, greeting Su Che one by one.
Like Hua Ziliu, Daoist Liaokong was a disciple of another Longevity Devil Lord, Venerable Skysoar. Yu Wangyou and Helian Qianqiu, meanwhile, came from the lineage of Dan Chenzi and True Person Wuwang.
As for the two who were