The stationed Sect Elders of the major Capital Noble Families have already undergone an upgrade, so now the stationed Elders are no longer at the entry-level True Master First Realm but at the True Master Third Realm.
This is because the major Sects know that to defeat and capture Lin Yifan, they must send high-level Elders at the True Master Third Realm.
Why are they guarding in Yanjing, aiming to capture Lin Yifan alive?
Because Lin Yifan might have the Immortal Ring, or news of its whereabouts, or even Immortal Level Martial Arts; possessing any one of these would make them rich; so why not do it?
Lin Yifan is unaware that significant figures are here waiting for him, but even if they come, he has the ability to escape; because he is no longer the minor cultivator he once was, with various means of escaping, and he does not believe these people will tear face and turn against Medicinal Saint Valley, or they would have attacked long ago to seize the Immortal Ring.
