"Then, let’s set off." Han Yan knew she couldn’t persuade them, so she didn’t waste more words, looked into the distance, and said with pride.

"Let’s go!" Huayue and the others were also full of enthusiasm, shouting in unison.

A carriage and five Red Charcoal Cloud Smoke Beasts sped off in the direction of the rising sun.

All Mainland Countries had Transmission Arrays leading to the Holy Court, set within forbidden areas outside the Imperial Mausoleum. These were placed by the Holy Court and the countries long ago to resist the temple, but after millions of years, the method of arranging the Transmission Arrays had been lost, and even repairs had become extremely difficult, so they were rarely used. Moreover, in recent centuries, the Mainland Countries had grown wary of the Holy Court, making opportunities to use them even scarcer.

Since each person transmitted through the array caused additional wear, Ye Lanfeng got off the carriage at the entrance of the forbidden area. As a Saint, and a master in the Sword Saint Realm, he naturally had other means to return to the Holy Court, albeit with a few days delay.

Han Yan was not the sentimental type to linger, and without bidding him farewell, she led Huayue and the others into the Royal Family’s forbidden area. Soon, they saw the heavily damaged ancient formation. At this moment, over twenty young people were gathered around the Transmission Array, waiting for the array to open.

These people seemed to range in age from eighteen to forty, with varying levels of strength, the weakest just having ascended to Sword Master, the strongest not surpassing Great Sword Master.

This was understandable, as descendants of the Guardian of the Gods like Han Yan, who awakened their bloodline before sixteen, were rare. According to Han Yan, besides herself, only Jiang Qiling was similar. Those who awakened their bloodline after sixteen had a cultivation potential far beyond ordinary people, but were just ordinary otherwise. With each generation, the bloodline of the Guardian of the Gods thinned, and many who awakened late didn’t necessarily surpass the talent-defying noble family’s sons.

Of course, they still had advantages with their bloodline. In later years, they realized breaking through the bottleneck of the Sword Saint Realm was easier than for other cultivators, but usually this took many years.

Perhaps the descendants of the Guardian of the Gods with awakened bloodlines in Anyun Country were more than these present, but those who were too old missed the best time for cultivation. Even if they went to the North Abyss Misty Plain, they wouldn’t achieve much, only sending themselves to their deaths, and thus were excluded. Those who had already ascended to the Sword Saint were likely older and had gone through rebirth, no longer possessing malleability, so they were naturally excluded.

In the end, those chosen were only these cultivators below forty, with varying strengths.

Han Yan took a look around; apart from Guan Shanhe, a fellow Long Yan Academy student, and Ye Fengyun, an acquaintance, she didn’t recognize anyone else.

The strongest and oldest among them were not from her era and thus had no contact with her.

Most of the younger ones lacked capability, a few looking like noble families’ descendants but had only just become Sword Masters. Judging from their unsteady aura, they probably only broke through recently and hadn’t even qualified to go to Lu’an City before, hence had no past interactions with her.

However, these few clearly recognized Han Yan. Upon seeing her, they immediately showed expressions of reverence and flattery, quickly bowing to greet her.