Arriving before the city walls of the Divine Capital, Lin Bai and Hong Su followed Dan Xiaonan inside, where majestic Sacred Martial Guards stood like forest on either side to guard the city gates, stern and solemn.
Lin Bai said in a low voice, "Are the Sacred Martial Guards guarding the city gates all at least at the Death Reversal Realm?"
Only then did Lin Bai notice that although the cultivation levels of these Sacred Martial Guards varied, the differences were not large; basically, not a single Sacred Martial Guard was lower than the Death Reversal Realm!
Dan Xiaonan said in a low voice, "You must not underestimate the Sacred Martial Guards!"
"The Sacred Martial Guards possess absolute authority within the Divine Capital. If you are neither a prince, a marquis, a general, nor the descendant of powerful nobles, but merely an ordinary martial artist—even if you are an expert at the Great Perfection of the Apex Realm—as long as you dare to cause trouble in the Divine Capital, the Sacred Martial Guards will dare to kill you!"
"If you hold an official post of some rank in the Divine Capital, perhaps the Sacred Martial Guards will still show you a sliver of courtesy!"
"But if you are an ordinary person, remember: even if you possess the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the Apex Realm, do not cause trouble in the Divine Capital!"
"The Divine Capital is a place where dragons hide and tigers crouch!"
Dan Xiaonan said in a low voice, "There is yet another reason why you cannot afford to provoke the Sacred Martial Guards: currently, two-thirds of the soldiers and commanders among the Sacred Martial Guards hail from the major aristocratic clans of the Four Royal Prefectures, and there are also descendants of the reigning princes,