Gu Zhao, Taoist Shen Hao, and Taoist Yu Zhang sat on a stone bench under a tree.
Although Taoist Han Zheng was the abbot of Wanfu Palace, he could only stand to the side. Taoist Han Xuan and another Daoist named Zhan Qing stood behind him, their eyes flickering with unease.
"May I ask the names of you two Taoists?" Gu Zhao asked, clasping his hands in a salute.
"Shen Hao of the Shangqing Sect. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir," Taoist Shen Hao replied, returning the salute.
"Yu Zhang of the Northern Emperor Sect. A pleasure to meet you, sir!" Taoist Yu Zhang said with a slight bow.
"The Northern Emperor Sect?" Gu Zhao was surprised to find that Taoist Yu Zhang was a successor of the Northern Emperor Sect. "Is the lineage of the Northern Emperor Sect also on Sanmao Mountain?"
