"Sui Yi, Flower Demon, Feng Sha, Brother Ma, Zhang Wei, Shen Di, Han Gao, Gao Yi, are all eight people here?" Gong Jiu counted the heads and then added, "Including myself, that's nine in total. Make sure everyone has their backpacks. Gao Yi, is there anything else that needs to be added?"
As the guide, he had to have a say in what supplies were needed for entering the Taklamakan Desert.
