Li Yan was equally curious about the true cultivation levels of Ping Tu and the other man. There were too few cultivators in the Five Immortals Sect, so the sect had always focused on protection in every aspect. The "Wing Guard" Li Yan had obtained, for instance, allowed him to travel outside with near-total peace of mind.
Therefore, Li Yan believed that Ping Tu and the others most likely possessed similar treasures, ones that could let them disguise their cultivation and transform themselves into cultivators of various levels, ensuring the greatest possible safety.
Of course, the usual method was to transform downward from one's actual cultivation level. Pretending to be a high-level expert was no easy matter. It required the right environment, along with corresponding changes in one's mindset and every other aspect, before it could possibly work.
Otherwise, if the other party harbored even the slightest suspicion, they would strike to test him. In the past, Li Yan had used his surroundings to pretend to be a powerful expert whose cultivation surpassed his own.
After activating the "Wing Guard," he had simply transformed himself into an ordinary mortal without any cultivation. Since the other party knew he had to be a cultivator, he instead appeared all the more unfathomable.
In such a situation, it was no longer a matter of sensing fluctuations in his aura and judging him directly. Li Yan had used his surroundings to create psychological pressure on the others. Under their apprehension, they naturally did not dare strike to test him!
Li Yan had once seen Ping Tu after he recovered his cultivation, but he truly could not determine Pei Buchong's cultivation. The two of them had never met before, so he had no basis for comparison through perception.
However, judging from the past of this