He Xian Gu was the only female among the Eight Immortals, and her master was Lu Dong Bin, and her master’s ancestor was Han Zhong Li.
He Xian Gu, whose real name is He Qiong, was named after the lotus flower she held to become an immortal. When she was born, she was born when purple energy came from the east, cranes flew, and a plum blossom deer carrying a girl broke into the He family.
He Xian Gu’s family was on the banks of Mica Creek, and she often drank the water of Mica, and grew up beautifully and spiritually.
At the age of fourteen, she met the old immortal Lu Dong Bin by a stream and was given a Pan Tao (A peach with fairy powers.), and from then on, she was not hungry or thirsty, and was in high spirits.
Lu Dong Bin also taught her to pick mica, she was as light as a swallow, walking like a fly, but also can recognize the magic herbs and medicines, for the people to cure the disease, predicting the personnel, known as “He Xian Gu”.
One day, while collecting herbs in the mountains, He Xian Gu met Tie Guai Li and Lan Cai He of the Eight Immortals, and stole the secret formula to learn how to ride on the wind and clouds.
She often flew to distant mountains and brought back exotic mountain fruits, which boosted the spirits of her family.
News of He Xian Gu’s knowledge of the Immortal Way spread, and Wu Ze Tian (Empresses of the Tang Dynasty of China) summoned her to discuss the Way.
While waiting for a boat outside Luoyang, she quietly ascended to meet Wu Ze Tian, to the surprise of her ambassadors.
In order to thank her, Wu Ze Tian ordered local officials to build the Kaixian Pavilion in Zuoling.
When He Xian Gu was preaching, she used to throw the kernel of the fruit on the ground, and then bright green, green-skinned lychee trees grew up next to the pavilion.
During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, when He Xian Gu saw the summoning of Tie Guai Li on the Phoenix Terrace, her body rose up and she became immortal.
One of her beaded shoes fell off, and the next day, a well appeared at the place where the beaded shoe fell, and the water was clear and sweet, and could cure diseases.