Chen Siyao followed her through the door. The Recording Crystal rested against her shoulder, its lens pointing ahead.
Beyond the door lay a broad passageway. Five columns stood on either side, none of them ordinary in size.
Each column was over a meter in diameter and more than ten meters tall, its surface carved with intricate cloud patterns and eight-trigram designs.
A spirit screen stood at the end of the passageway. Once they rounded it, the view opened up before them.
The full expanse of Tusita Palace came into view.
It faced east, with its back to the west. Nine enormous columns supported a double-eaved roof covered in gray glazed tiles, each tile end carved with a taiji symbol.
The palace complex was divided into distinct sections. Chen Siyao surveyed it, roughly identifying the layout from the information she had studied beforehand and the plaques marking the buildings.
The Heavenly Gate. Profound Canon Terrace. Five Materials Palace. Tianyi Golden Pool. Immortals' Gathering Fudi. Pill Chamber. Supreme Clarity Hall.
Seven major areas.
Yang Wanqing was already looking around. "Where's the Pill Chamber? Where's the Pill Chamber?"
"To the northwest." Chen Siyao pointed.
"Let's go!"
Yang Wanqing grabbed Chen Siyao and pulled her off toward the northwest. Chen Hao did not follow.
He stood in the central courtyard's plaza, glanced around at the surrounding buildings, then found a step and sat down.
He took a square table set out of his Qiankun Bag, complete with a teapot and tea leaves.
Time for tea.
The live chat read, "??High God Chen Hao, are you here on vacation??"
"He's been here more than once. There's zero novelty left for him."
"Well, damn. Drinking tea in the Supreme Old Lord's palace. Now that's class."
Chen Hao was not watching the livestream and could not see