The strange glow coming from the pieces of the pillar became stronger and stronger.
That was until they were suddenly released from the pieces of the pillar and floated there in the air.
The balls of light just floated there in the air, not doing a single thing.
While this happened, Lin Fan and all of the elders started moving away from these balls of light floating there.
They had no idea what these balls of light were capable of, so it was better not to get too close.
The balls of light didn’t react at all to them moving away from them as they kept just floating there in the air.
It was as if there was nothing that could make these balls of light fall from the air.
That was until they suddenly did.
The moment that these balls of light started moving, everyone immediately raised their weapons and focused on them. They seemed like they would be ready to fight back the moment that these balls of light came at them.
But that never happened in the end.
The balls of light gathered in the center of the clearing and then came together to form one large ball of light.
This ball of light grew with each smaller ball of light that came into it until it was the size of a person.
In fact…it was transforming into the shape of a person.
As the figure of light started to form, they started seeing who it was.
It was a person that they recognized since they had just seen this person be projected in front of them earlier.
It was Feng Yu again.
Lin Fan and the elders didn’t do a single thing as they waited for Feng Yu to fully form.
But they were prepared to fight back or run away at any moment.
After Feng Yu formed, he just stood there for a few seconds as if he was getting used to being formed. Then he suddenly looked around, though he didn’t actually look at any of them specifically.
It seemed that this was another recording and the first thing that had been recorded was Feng Yu looking around like this.
Was it because he wanted to play around or was it because he was just a klutz that didn’t think about this?
It was impossible to know, but they guessed that…it was the latter.
After looking around at nothing specific for a bit, Feng Yu looked forward and said, “Congratulations on passing the first trial. As you know, there are still three more trials for you to pass before you can take the final trial. I wish you luck.”
After he said this, Feng Yu’s figure suddenly disappeared and reformed the ball of light.
Was that really it?
But then this ball of light suddenly became smaller and flew forward.
Before any of them could react to this ball of light, it had already flown into Lin Fan’s hand and had created a mark there.
Lin Fan looked down at his hand and saw that it was just a single dot that was on his hand.
It seemed that this was the recognition that he had passed the trial.
As for why he had received it, it was most likely because he was the one that had landed the final blow on the robot.
After this ball of light entered Lin Fan’s hand, the pieces of the pillar that had been on the ground suddenly started to break apart.
It was as if something had grinded it away as the pieces of the pillar suddenly turned to dust and started to scatter on the wind.
After a minute, all of the pieces of the pillar that had been there disappeared without a trace.
If it wasn’t for the fact that there had been the mark on Lin Fan’s hand, they wouldn’t have known that there had been a pillar like this here just a few minutes ago.
They waited for a minute to see if anything else would happen, but when they saw that nothing else did, they suddenly decided to leave this place.
As for where they were heading…
They were going back to the camp.
They could have continued exploring around the area, but they felt that it was better to return back to the camp and go over the information that they had just obtained.
This time, they didn’t take that much time to go back to the camp.
They didn’t move slowly because they weren’t searching for anything. At the same time, there were still no spirit beasts that attacked them while they were moving.
It was almost like there was something that kept them away.
When they returned to the camp, the first thing that they did was gather the elders in the main tent to discuss what had happened.
As soon as they finished the story, the first thing that the elders did was gather around Lin Fan to see the mark that was on his hand.
They carefully looked at it and checked it with their spiritual sense, but they weren’t able to find a single thing off about it.
Of course, Lin Fan had already thought of this and had even checked it with his Appraisal Eyes.
If even his Appraisal Eyes weren’t able to find anything, then there was no way that they would be able to find anything.
Once they all settled down again, the elders all had looks of deep thought of their faces as they considered what to do next.
But it wasn’t as if any of them actually had a good idea about what to do.
Senior Brother Ying took a deep breath and said, “For now, should we send the disciples out while we continue to search for these different trials that we need to find to unlock the final trial?”
Some elders nodded in response and some elders shook their heads in response.
Judging by how many of each there were, it seemed that the opinion was divided in half between them.
Half of them agreed to letting the disciples out while half of them disagreed.
Seeing this, it didn’t take long before an argument broke out.
“We brought them here for experience, so what experience will they gain if we just keep them trapped in here?”
“Did you not hear what they just said? There are even spirit beasts in the Qi Condensation Realm wandering around in this place. Do you know how dangerous it is for the disciples to wander around like this?”
“We can have the elders bring them around, they’ll protect them if anything goes wrong.”
“And send out all the elders that we need to protect this camp with? Have you thought of what happens if they suddenly decide to attack this place and we don’t have enough elders to defend?”
“In the first place, we don’t even know how many spirits beasts are even out there…”
There were many different arguments made and every single one of them was valid.
There were pros and cons to both sides, so this wasn’t a decision that could be made that easily.
But the main thing was…they were letting their anxiety get the best of them.
All of the elders were slowly losing control as they vented their feelings on each other and it was getting more and more rowdy.
That was until there was a clap that suddenly rang out through the air.
All of the elders immediately fell silent and turned in the direction that this clap came from.
They all saw Lin Fan standing there with his hands raised, still together from clapping them.
After a moment of silence, Lin Fan said, “All of you, calm down.”
The elders revealed awkward looks when they heard this.
Lin Fan saw this and continued by saying, “We’re the ones that are supposed to make the decisions for everyone, but how are you going to do that when you’re all panicking like this? We need to calm down and think about this rationally.”
The elders looked even more embarrassed hearing this before calming down.
They knew that Lin Fan was right and their behaviour just now was unsightly.
But it was also true that they were under a lot of stress in this matter, so it couldn’t be completely blamed on them.
That was why Lin Fan had let them go on for so long in the first place.
It wasn’t good to bottle everything up.
After they calmed down, Lin Fan said, “Now that we’ve gotten that out of our system, let’s actually think of a proper plan. We shouldn’t take too long since there’s no knowing what will change in this place.”
The elders all gave firm nods when they heard this.
They recognized that they were in a dangerous place and the more that they hesitated, the more danger they would be in.
So they knew that they needed to come to a decision as soon as possible.
After a lot of discussion, it was decided that they would send out half of the disciples with some elders watching over them.
The other half would guard the camp and rest up before being sent out after the other disciples returned.
There would also be a permanent group of elders that would stay in the camp and watch over things if anything were to happen.
Finally, there would be a small group of elders that would go with Lin Fan to find the other trials that were left behind.
The disciples would also help with that, but the main search group would be Lin Fan’s group.