Over the next few days, news reports frequently emerged of merchants and warlords from Southeast Asia suddenly appearing in Celestial Xia to stand trial.
Everyone knew this was the work of the Taoist Sect's Extraordinary Beings, but no one voiced any objections.
Even if there were some cynical and insinuating remarks online, they weren't part of the mainstream discourse, and nobody paid them much mind.
During these days, Gu Zhao took two young women with him and accompanied Zhang Hang and Song Qiuqiu for some fun in Cliff City to help calm their nerves.
Once the Spring Festival holiday ended, Gu Zhao finally got down to business.
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His first stop was Louguan Platform, on the North Slope of South Mountain in Qin Province.
Gu Zhao came soaring on clouds and mist, drifting down to Louguan Platform. There, he saw two old Daoists in their seventies or eighties leading a procession of Daoists dressed in Magical Robes, performing a New Year's ritual.
