Chapter 1359: Commencement of the Banquet
Seated on Gu Huojin's right was a beautiful young woman in a short, blue dress, presenting a stark contrast with Chi Rong on Gu Huojin's left. There was a sweet smile on her face, and her long, black hair had been arranged into countless little braids around the pair of delicate dragon horns on her head.
Her appearance and attire both struck the beholder with the impression that she was just a harmless young woman, but in reality, she was the Essential Water Dao Ancestor, Chen Ruyan.
Her aura was the polar opposite to Chi Rong's, and it felt as if their Great Daos were conflicting with one another. As a result, both of them held an innate distaste for each other, and they were stoically looking away from one another, clearly not on very good terms.
Seated to the other side of Chi Rong was Patriarch Li Yuanjiu of the Nine Origins Temple. For this occasion, he had put on a striking, purple and golden daoist robe as opposed to his usual coarse linen robe, and it was very apparent that the robe was a powerful immortal treasure.
On the other side, seated next to Chen Ruyan, was a tall figure dressed in a long, black robe. The figure's entire body was covered from head to toe, leaving only a pair of purple eyes exposed, and there seemed to have been countless stars flashing within their pupils.
Their name was Yin Ming, and they were the most mysterious and enigmatic of the Seven Heavenly Dao Lords.
Over the countless years that Chen Tuan had spent in seclusion, he had been gradually forgotten, but there were still legends of his feats being told. However, there weren't even any legends surrounding Dao Ancestor Yin Ming, and even the high-ranking cultivators of the Heavenly Court knew next to nothing about them.
At this point, Chen Tuan had already been assimilated by the Heavenly Dao to such a degree that he was almost no different from a mortal, while Xuanyuan Jie had been recently slain, so all that remained of the Seven Heavenly Dao Lords were these five.
Gu Huojin would always make an appearance during the past editions of the Bodhi Banquet, but that was not the case for the other Seven Heavenly Dao Lords, particularly Yin Ming, so it was already quite a rare sight to see five of them at once.
All of the banquet attendees immediately rose to their feet to extend a welcome toward the five supreme lords, while Gu Huojin smiled as he said, "The Reincarnation Palace Master is a guest today, so please observe the proper etiquette, Fellow Daoist Cang Wu."
It sounded more like he was serving as a friendly mediator rather than issuing a warning, but True Lord Cang Wu knew better than to challenge Gu Huojin's authority, and he returned to his seat with a defeated and weary look on his face.