Li Yan knew that these people, like him, had come to the "Northern Underworld Demon-Suppressing Tower" to train and seek treasures. Yet with only these five before him, the place felt somewhat desolate.
Still, Li Yan knew that the "Northern Underworld Demon-Suppressing Tower" had never been easy to enter. Those who came here had either spent enormous sums or met certain requirements. Moreover, there were surely already quite a few people inside the tower; what he saw was merely a momentary scene.
Of the five, aside from the middle-aged scholar, the others were all Foundation Establishment cultivators. Even the scholar's attendant, who looked like a bookboy, had reached the early Foundation Establishment stage. The middle-aged scholar's aura was deep and tranquil. Li Yan did not probe him closely with his Divine Sense, but he could roughly guess that the man was a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
There were no monks from the Pure Land Sect here. The reason was simple: as long as the monks within the Pure Land Sect met certain conditions, they could likely enter to train whenever they wished. After all, this was their own territory. There might well have already been many monks inside the tower at this very moment.
Li Yan's arrival also drew the attention of the five. The two women who had already reached the tower gate looked up at Li Yan as he descended. Seeing that they did not know him, they ignored him. They handed a Storage Pouch and a token to one of the Buddhas, and after the Buddha spoke to them sternly for a few moments, the two women entered the semicircular arched gate with graceful, willowy steps.
As for the three people still behind the two rows of meditating monks, the bookboy did not pay Li Yan any