Eight Adepts

The Eight Adepts were a group of individuals who lived in Liyue around the time of the Archon War. They were said to have had adeptus-like abilities, despite not being actual adepti.
The eight worked together to subdue the god Tao Dou when he disrupted the boundary between life and death during the Archon War. To do so, they used the Seven-and-Eight-Gates Method, which cost the life of one of their members — the Lone Butterfly of the Crimson Flame.
==Known Members==
Subgroup 	Name 	Specialty
Three Hermits of Guizang	Wind Reader 	Qimen Arts
Three Hermits of Guizang	Yunlai Angler 	Yunlai Swordsmanship
Three Hermits of Guizang	Wuwang Kid (Old Man Wuwang) 	Qihuang Sigils
Two Sages of Lianshan 	Sage Hu 	Gourd crafts
Two Sages of Lianshan 	Sage Jian 	Bronze mirrors
Three Beasts of Tao Dou 	Lone Butterfly of the Crimson Flame	
Three Beasts of Tao Dou 	Jade-Plumed Silverwing 	
Three Beasts of Tao Dou 	Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare 	
==Lore==
It is said that Wind Reader and the Silverwing went traveling together following the defeat of Tao Dou. According to clan genealogies, Wind Reader's descendants became the Lan Clan of Chenyu Vale. They continue to practice his Qimen Arts to this day, and treat the Silverwing — a silver sparrow — as one of their treasured symbols.
The Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare took to wandered the Qingce mountain range in her form as a white horse. If the tales of 'Moonlit Bamboo Forest' are to be believed, she had a somewhat haughty personality, but was ultimately kind.
Very little is known of the Two Sages of Lianshan, except that they practiced the secret art of Lianshan and preferred to live in seclusion. The Hidden Palace of Lianshan Formula was once their place of cultivation.
The Yunlai Angler's rod-wielding techniques are believed to have formed the basis of Yunlai Swordsmanship, a sword-fighting style that is still practiced today (e.g., by Keqing).
Old Man Wuwang, who is said to have looked up to the Lone Butterfly, took up her mantle after she disappeared. He trained the founders of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in her methods, passing down the responsibility of guarding the border between life and death. Presumably, he also taught them about his own specialty, Qihuang sigils, which could be used to "catch demons, heal disease, and protect lives from the encroaching presence of death."
==Trivia==
The Eight Adepts may have been inspired by the Eight Immortals from Chinese folklore.
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