Li Yan let the soul power fall over him. A Soul Suppressing Palace token already hung at his waist, so he had no fear that the identification would go wrong!
Sure enough, once the soul power swept over the token, it quickly dispersed. The people nearby still looked Li Yan up and down.
The newcomer's token was in order, but his face was unfamiliar. Once they sensed his cultivation, though, they paid him no further attention.
A few top cultivators from the Soul Suppressing Palace's affiliated sects had earned positions as guest elders because of their strength.
As members of the Soul Suppressing Palace, they could use some of its resources. The Dizhen Domain was vast to begin with, and many sects had left.
The affiliated sects that remained had divided up the territory anew and were scattered even more widely. No one could recognize them all.
Li Yan ignored their gazes and headed out of the square. Soon, he vanished beyond its edge...
Li Yan walked out of the valley. The Soul Suppressing Palace's teleportation array stood in a valley of its own, protected by a separate formation and numerous cultivators. It was one of the palace's most vital sites.
Following the mountain path, Li Yan rounded a bend and suddenly stopped. His expression unchanged, he turned slightly and looked back over his shoulder.
"Come out!"
The moment his voice fell, two figures appeared in the air beside the mountain path.
"An... Ancestor!"
"Ancestor Li?"
The two had barely appeared when they cried out in surprise.
Li Yan had sensed that when he arrived, the guards in the square swept him with soul power. Everyone else checked the token at his waist a few extra times at most, then withdrew their probes.
But two threads of soul power from