At the Li Residence, Li Ling'er was tense all over.
"Brother, can I join the Profound Heart Sect?"
After Li Xuancang's steady instruction over this period, Li Ling'er had come to understand the Profound Heart Sect's standing within the Human Race. She worried that she might not be able to enter the sect.
"It's fine. Don't be nervous."
Li Xuancang comforted his younger sister.
It would naturally be best if she could join the Profound Heart Sect, but if she could not become one of its disciples, Li Xuancang would not blame her.
Li Xuancang looked at Zhang Cuier beside him, lost in thought.
Three days later.
A gentle breeze blew, and the sky was bright and clear.
The gates of Peace Prefecture City stood wide open. The ten-mile avenue had long since been placed under martial control and cleared.
The prefectural yamen runners stood in formation along the streets, sternly holding blades and staves. Battle Soldiers formed layer upon layer of defenses, their iron armor gleaming.
Several mid-ranking officials of the prefectural government stood on the left side of the official road in neat robes.
Li Xuancang had also come on behalf of the military, leading officers of every rank in formation along the right side of the road.
The elders of powerful local clans such as the Pei Family, Lin Family, and Yan Lineage had all arrived.
Along the entire ten-mile street, not a single carriage or horse could be seen, and all idle bystanders had been cleared away.
The Profound Heart Sect was a supreme martial sect within the Human Race's territory, with a thousand-year inheritance and an endless stream of powerful experts. Its disciples were spread throughout every province's military, government, and martial world.
Compared with Peace Prefecture's incomplete and rudimentary local martial arts, the Profound