It was widely recognized that Divine Sense was not merely a mental entity; it even possessed certain clairvoyant abilities.
Similar to money kept in a safe, Divine Sense could sweep over it and know exactly how much was inside without opening the safe.
If someone knocked on the door from outside, Divine Sense could sweep outside the door and discern who was knocking.
When a Martial Artist broke through to the Divinity Transformation Realm, they obtained Divine Sense and could employ various magical techniques to summon winds and rains, turning beans into soldiers, earning them the title of Terrestrial Immortal on Earth.
However, Divine Sense was not truly omnipotent; if that were the case, women wouldn't dare to come out casually.
As long as a cultivator covered their entire body with Divine Sense, others employing Divine Sense would not be able to pry into your secrets.
For female disciples from Great Sects who had not yet developed Divine Sense, the Sects and their families would bestow inner armor treasures that could block others' Divine Sense from probing.
Otherwise, if they couldn't cultivate to the Divinity Transformation Realm, wouldn't they always be confined and never step out?
That just wouldn't make sense.
Ruyan had grown up in the Kunlun Ruins and naturally possessed such personal inner armor, but its function was more to block others' probes rather than defend, which was why she was so defenseless against Ye Wushuang's sneak attack.
Thus, when Mu Jinyu was now enveloping himself with Spiritual Thought, the Mountain Guardian Elder could not directly use Divine Sense to probe inside his body and check if his True Yuan was odd unless Mu Jinyu dropped the protection around his Dantian.
"Oh, all right."
Upon hearing the Mountain Guardian Elder's words, Mu Jinyu didn't hesitate much and promptly dropped the protection of Spiritual Thought around his Dantian.
He secretly felt relieved, grateful that the Mystical Little Tree was hidden within his Sea of Consciousness, as most people generally wouldn't check there. If it had been within his Dantian, that would have been problematic.
Unless he was strong enough to suppress everyone, preventing them from daring to inspect his Dantian, otherwise, the secret of the Mystical Little Tree would be easily exposed.
Seeing Mu Jinyu drop his protection of Spiritual Thought around his Dantian, the Mountain Guardian Elder's Divine Sense surged forth and began to inspect his Dantian.
He soon realized that Mu Jinyu's True Yuan was rather condensed and solid, and didn't much carry the aura of the Kunlun Ruins, truly indicating he was from the outside world.
But then…
He noticed something unusual. Mu Jinyu's True Yuan carried a rich life force, was it some kind of Wood Attributed True Essence?
"Is this the Five Elements True Essence?!"
The Mountain Guardian Elder withdrew his Divine Sense, widened his eyes in surprise, and asked Mu Jinyu.
"Uh, I guess so?" Seeing the surprised look on the Mountain Guardian Elder, Mu Jinyu touched his nose and replied a bit sheepishly.
"It's actually the Five Elements True Essence, what a promising talent!"
The Mountain Guardian Elder was very excited but wasn't sure if this was genuinely the Wood Attributed True Essence. He was eager to go back to consult the Transmission Elder, but he hadn't yet checked Wen Rou and Ruyan's condition, so he had to temporarily suppress his curiosity.
"You two also quickly, let go of your protection around the Dantian. I want to check," the tremorous Mountain Guardian Elder told Wen Rou and Ruyan.
"Oh, okay…"
Wen Rou, hearing the elderly Mountain Guardian Elder's words, and seeing that Mu Jinyu had not objected, carefully let go of the Spiritual Thought protection around her Dantian.
Jian Ruyan was the same; there was nothing special about it as she too had her Dantian inspected many times.
The Mountain Guardian Elder sent his Divine Sense over and quickly completed his inspection, knowing that Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan, like Mu Jinyu, were all from the external world.
Jian Ruyan secretly felt relieved, for having spent more than a year in Huaxia and making her breakthrough into the Divine Realm there instead of the Kunlun Ruins, or else she wouldn't have been able to deceive others so easily.
"Very good, indeed worthy of being talents from the external world, one at the Third Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm and two at the Fourth Layer, very good..."
After inspecting the trio's Dantian and confirming that they all came from the external world of Huaxia, the Mountain Guardian Elder immediately became relieved and excitedly praised them repeatedly.
Although Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou's True Essence had no attribute, he was not too disappointed, as it was very rare to find people with attributed True Essence; having one Mu Jinyu was already a lucky find.
Besides, the fact that Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou were at the Third and Fourth Layers of the Divinity Transformation Realm respectively also indicated their strong cultivation aptitude, making them worth nurturing by the Heavenly Sword Faction.
Thereafter, the Mountain Guardian Elder said, "Come with me, I will take you to see the Administrative Elder to handle your entry procedures."
"Hmm, thank you, elder," Mu Jinyu said courteously.
He chuckled secretly in his heart since his cultivation was actually at the Sixth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, not far from the Late Seventh Layer of the Divine Realm, but as he was not too familiar with the circumstances of the Heavenly Sword Faction, he naturally didn't reveal his true level of cultivation. Therefore, the level he showed to the Mountain Guardian Elder was the same as Jian Ruyan's, at the Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm.
Even so, it excited the Mountain Guardian Elder to such an extent that it significantly eased the immense pressure that the Kunlun Ruins had brought him.
This made Mu Jinyu feel, in fact, that the Kunlun Ruins were just so-so.
The three followed the Mountain Guardian Elder up a mountain on the periphery of the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range, the residence of the Outer Sect Disciples.
Although they had been identified as coming from Huaxia, it wasn't possible to immediately let them become Core Disciples or Inner Sect Disciples, so naturally, they had to join the ranks of the Outer Sect Disciples first.
If they were capable, they could soon soar upwards, becoming Inner Sect Disciples or even Core Disciples.
This was also why Martial Artists from Huaxia who entered the Kunlun Ruins ended up either doing well or leaving in a sorry state, mostly due to not finding a good sect and other reasons.
The Mountain Guardian Elder led the trio to the Outer Gate Elder's Hall and before entering, loudly exclaimed, "Old Lin, come out quickly, look at the few good seeds I've found for you."
"What's the matter?!"
Hearing the Mountain Guardian Elder's words, an old man with a youthful face and white hair opened his eyes, lifted himself from the meditation cushion, and looked over at them.
He was Lin Feng, the Outer Sect Administrative Elder of the Heavenly Sword Faction, who was specifically responsible for guiding new disciples as they joined the Outer Gate of the Heavenly Sword Faction, teaching them some basic cultivation techniques, sect rules, and various other matters.
Upon looking at them, Lin Feng was momentarily surprised by the beauty of Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou; in the vast Heavenly Sword Faction, there were not many female disciples with such appearances.
But after all, he was an experienced elder, who had faced many great challenges, and he had become indifferent to such superficial female beauty, quickly calming himself and starting to carefully observe their cultivation levels.
What he saw shocked him, "Old Chen, where did you scam these seeds from? Barely in their twenties, and already at least at the Third Layer of the Divine Realm?"
"Haha!" The Mountain Guardian Elder saw that Lin Feng was slightly flustered and laughed heartily, "It's not me who scammed them; they themselves heard of our great reputation at the Heavenly Sword Faction and wanted to join us. They are from the external world of Huaxia."
"Is that so?" Lin Feng realized, enlightened.
This time, they were indeed lucky; such promising talents from Huaxia had actually sought out their Heavenly Sword Faction.
Before he could regain his composure, the Mountain Guardian Elder continued, "And also, I discovered that this young man seems to possess a Wood Element Spiritual Root, though I haven't seen it before and can't tell if it's really like that. Take a look for me, will you?"