Ling Tianzong, Zongmen Square...

At this time, a large number of figures gathered together, staring at the three teleportation arrays in the middle of the square.

Not only were the ten elders and deacons elders of the outer sect, almost all the outer disciples were present, and even some inner disciples and elders came to watch the ceremony.

Among the outer disciples who waited, there were those who gave up the Golden Horn Competition, and there were also those who, like Hou Yingfeng, were injured halfway and withdrew from the Competition.

"Everyone, who do you think will come out on top in this Golden Horn Competition?"

An elder with the figure of a middle-aged strong man looked at the other elders beside him with a smile and said lightly.

"In the old man's opinion, among the four heroes of the outer gate, Long Aotian is the strongest, and there should be no problem in winning the first place."

"That's not necessarily, you all shouldn't underestimate Chen Xiao, although his cultivation is slightly weaker, but his Flame Mountain Martial Soul is a seven-star mutated martial soul, and he has been cultivated by Elder Chen of the Inner Gate for many years, so he can't be underestimated... Huh"

"Elder Li and Elder Wang are both reasonable, however, the old man is optimistic about that Sun Jie, it is said that his cultivation is already on par with Long Aotian, maybe....hahahaha"

"Yes, I think Zhao Yang's chances of winning are also very good, his martial soul is a battle martial soul with strong attack power, it's not bad..."

The other elders nodded their heads when they heard the discussion of the elders here, and their faces showed signs of agreement.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

On the square of the sect, half an hour after the teleportation array was opened, many disciples returned.

Some people are excited, some have deep faces, and some people have blood on their bodies, which shows the huge gap between the golden horns.

With the return of the disciples who participated in the trial, the sect square gradually became lively.

On the other side, in the Golden Horn Valley, Chu Yan swept through the forest and rushed towards the nearest teleportation array.

However, as soon as he rushed out of the woods and approached the mountain, suddenly a figure also rushed out of the woods at the same time and rushed into Chu Yan's field of vision.

Chu Yan's figure paused, stopped his figure, and looked towards the figure, but when he saw it clearly, his brows were slightly furrowed.

"Meng Hao!?"

That's right, it was Meng Hao, who competed with Chu Yan for the first place in the sect entrance assessment, and Ling Tianzong's first genius disciple of an eight-star martial soul in decades.

At this time, Meng Hao also discovered Chu Yan, looking at each other with a complicated expression.

For a long time, Meng Hao bowed to Chu Yan from a distance of a few hundred steps, and then spread his body again and swept towards the teleportation array at the top of the mountain.

Seeing Meng Hao saluting, Chu Yan was slightly stunned at first, and then, with a hearty smile, he also returned the salute.

"This Meng Hao's strength seems to have made a breakthrough again!"

Chu Yan nodded, chuckled, and headed towards the teleportation array.

As soon as he arrived at the teleportation array at the top of the mountain, Chu Yan saw the three deacons and elders of the outer gate waiting, so he bowed, then dodged into the teleportation array and returned directly to the sect.

Coming out of the teleportation array, there was a sea of people in front of him, and dozens of elders were sitting on the high platform, looking in the direction of the teleportation array from time to time.

Chu Yan's appearance did not cause any waves, but only cast a few puzzled glances in several directions of the crowd.

Walking step by step, Chu Yan stood with the disciples who had returned earlier, waiting quietly.

As time passed, the disciples kept coming out of the teleportation array, and finally, they finally stopped moving.

"Two hours will come, count the number of people!"

Elder Jin shouted in a deep voice, and immediately silenced the originally noisy square.

A chief deacon stepped forward with a pale face holding a jade talisman and reported loudly

"Returning to Elder Jin, this Golden Horn Competition, a total of 1,300 disciples from the outer sect participated, and there were 900 disciples from the Hui Sect, a decrease of 400. And..."

The deacon elder, who was not very old, had a strange face, and he was a little reluctant to speak.

"Four hundred less!?" Elder Jin's face was stunned, and then, he quickly recovered, and continued

"It's 20% more than in previous years, but it's okay, eh? And what? ”

Seeing Elder Jin's blazing gaze, the young deacon elder hurriedly replied

"Among the four heroes of the outer gate, Long Aotian and Zhao Yang have not returned, and in addition....Chen Xiao has not returned."

"What!?"

Elder Jin's face changed drastically, and he suddenly stood up, glaring at the other party in disbelief.

Not only Elder Jin, but even dozens of other elders, and even all the disciples, all had shocked expressions on their faces, their faces full of doubts.

"Elder Sun, Elder Wang, the two of you quickly go to the Golden Horn Valley, look for the relics of the three people, live to see people, die... I want to see the corpse!"

Elder Jin hesitated slightly, then opened his mouth and said to the two elders beside him.

Hearing this, the two elders walked out of the crowd, and after giving orders, they dodged and disappeared into the teleportation array.

"Okay, the outer disciples who participated in the Golden Horn Contest this time come forward and clean up the number of Golden Horn Beast Crystals obtained..."

Elder Jin's eyes swept in all directions, not angry and arrogant, and his voice was rolling.

As soon as the words fell, the disciples around Chu Yan stepped forward one after another, showing the Golden Horn Beast Crystals they had obtained one by one.

Most of the disciples hunted the Golden Horn Beast Crystals within twenty, and only a few of them reached the number of more than fifty.

Therefore, the counting process was extremely fast, and all the disciples lined up to come forward, and if the number was small, the deacon elder just glanced at it, and then waved it down, and for the large number, a special count was arranged

Not long after, including Chu Yan, all the disciples who participated in the trial were all counted.

An elder, holding an animal skin scroll in his hand, his face was cloudy, and his gaze kept sweeping over Chu Yan.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth, stepped out, walked in front of Elder Jin, arched his hand, and was about to speak, but behind him, two figures flashed out.

It was the two elders who went to the Golden Horn Valley to find Long Aotian, Zhao Yang and Chen Xiao to return.

However, the faces of the two of them were blue with iron, and the two of them flattened every corner of the Golden Horn Valley.

However, apart from finding a few bloodstains, nothing was found.

"Returning to Elder Jin, the two of us searched the entire valley and explored sixty-seven caves, but none of them were found!"

Hearing this, Elder Jin and the other elders were stunned, and all the disciples were also shocked.

"Can't find it? Could it be..."

Elder Jin's heart shook violently, and he raised his head, his gaze like lightning, sweeping over the more than a thousand disciples who had participated in the trial.

"Could it be that Long Aotian, Zhao Yang and Chen Xiao were all killed? No... No way! ”

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, he frowned, shook his head slightly, and directly denied it, Elder Jin kept thinking in his heart.

Not only him, but everyone in the square was almost the same as him, and for a time, tens of thousands of people in the entire square shook their heads at the same time.

However, among these tens of thousands of people, there were two people with completely different expressions, and at this time, they were looking at each other and chuckling.

That's right, these two are Chu Yan and Sun Jie.

When Chu Yan killed Long Aotian and Chen Xiao, Sun Jie was present, and he also saw Chu Yan's behavior of collecting corpses.

According to Sun Jie's guess, Chu Yan's purpose in doing this was of course to prevent the sect from knowing about the killing of Long Aotian and Chen Xiao at this moment, so he collected the corpses and disposed of them separately.

Sun Jie's idea was only half guessed correctly, for Chu Yan, he dared to kill, so he was naturally not afraid of people knowing, but the purpose of collecting the corpse was for other .......