Three months after the Yang Clan released the news to the outside world, the various forces native to the Northwest had begun arriving in the Barbarian Land one after another.
According to the Yang Clan's usual rules for receiving outsiders, cultivators from every faction who came to visit the Sacred Land had to remain temporarily in the barbarian cities for a period of time first.
Only after receiving a summons issued by the Yang Clan could they proceed, accompanied by barbarian cultivators, to the location of the Yang Family Sacred Land.
On the one hand, this gave Lorraine and the others time to secretly screen for any problematic individuals who might be hiding among them. On the other, it also provided the barbarian city-states with opportunities to interact with cultivators from various regions.
After all, visiting cultivators generally stayed for seven to ten days. During that time, aside from lodging and meditating in seclusion, they would inevitably tour the surrounding areas and experience the unique local customs.
As for the young cultivators brought here by their elders to take the entrance trial for Heaven-Clearing Academy, this selection for mountain-gate disciples had actually begun from the moment they arrived in the Barbarian Land.
The names of a group of "seed candidates" from the Northwest's foremost powers—such as Crown Prince Murong Xu of the Tiger Chasing Dynasty, He Shuping of the He Family, Feng Weiran of the Feng Family, Zi Mo of the Evil Extermination Division, and Luo Yunheng of Chuyun Pavilion—had long since been conveyed to the Yang Clan through the Yang-Bearing Edict by their respective factions.
Thus, from the moment these children arrived in the various barbarian city-states, Yang Clan and barbarian cultivators had already begun secretly observing their conduct.
Once they reached the Yang Family Sacred Land, they would