Li Ping'an, followed by a line of cultivators waiting to enter, was harried by their urging, making him extremely irritated. He immediately glanced at that wooden board and was startled to discover that numbers were written under the Four Great Noble Paths, namely the four great sects—Flame Cloud Sect, Qingyun Sect, Heavenly Mist Sect, and Immeasurable Sect—indicating the number of people who had come.
These had already been confirmed, suggesting that everyone had arrived.
Looking next at the Kunlun Sect, Hehuan Sect, Yanyue Sect, Mount Shu, and other mid-sized sects, he saw numbers as well and assumed that nearly everyone had gathered. Even if he tried to slip in unnoticed, he figured that these three Taoist boys would consult the disciples of these sects to verify his identity, and he would still be driven out eventually.
