"Still no news from Elder Du?" In a palace at the back of the Procedural Hall, Wei Xuanji frowned slightly.
"No!"
Yuan Hua shook his head, his brows filled with doubt.
Just a moment ago, the ninth Heavenly Emperor Elder sent out to supervise the trial had returned to the sect. Du Sixian, who should have returned earlier, had not received any news at all.
Du Sixian was supervising Feng Zhuo.
Feng Zhuo had already returned to the sect on the tenth day of the selection trial. However, Elder Du Sixian, who was following behind Feng Zhuo, was still unable to contact him.
Right now, the only thing he could be sure of was that Du Sixian was still alive.
"Could he have encountered an accident and been captured or trapped somewhere? That's why he was unable to return to the sect in time?" Yuan Hua muttered to himself.
"That's the only way to explain it."
Wei Xuanji said in a deep voice, "The selection trial of our Clear Void Dao Pavilion's Vice Pavilion Master is not a secret to the Beitang Immortal Sect, the Pangu Heavenly Sect, the Black Yellow Dao Sect, and the other sects. I believe that someone really did find Feng Zhuo's whereabouts and wanted to make a move on him, but was stopped by Elder Du Sixian."
The surrounding elders also nodded their heads upon hearing this.
After a short while, Wei Xuanji frowned and asked, "Where's Elder Gong Tianxun? Is there any news of him?"
"Still no."
Yuan Hua smiled bitterly and sighed.
Due to the participation of a genius like Feng Zhuo in this trial, in order to prevent any accidents from happening, Gong Tianxun volunteered to head to Star Fantasy City to oversee the overall situation.
At that time, when Gong Tianxun had brought up this point, Wei Xuanji had hesitated for a moment.
After all, Gong Tianxun was from the same clan as the palace god who was participating in the trial. If he were to secretly help the palace god, it would very likely affect the fairness of the selection trial. However, after thinking about it carefully, even if Gong Tianxun had that kind of plan, he would still be powerless. After all, every cultivator participating in the trial had a Heavenly Emperor Elder following behind them. Those Heavenly Emperor Elders were directly responsible to him, the Pavilion Master, and did not need to listen to Gong Tianxun.
With them following him, Gong Tianxun wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.
Therefore, Wei Xuanji agreed to his request in the end. However, no one expected that after Du Sixian, Gong Tianxun would also disappear.
Two Heavenly Emperor Elders, disappearing at the same time in the process of the trial, this had never happened before.
"The disappearance of the Ninth Elder is still manageable, but the disappearance of Elder Du Sixian is a huge headache."
Yuan Hua exchanged glances with the surrounding elders, then said hesitantly, "According to the past practice, we need the ten Sky Emperor Elders who are in charge of supervision to explain everything clearly and confirm that no one has violated any rules during the trial. Only then can we announce the results of the Vice Pavilion Master's selection trial. Now that Elder Du is not here, we know nothing about Feng Zhuo's participation in the trial. Do we need to postpone the announcement of the results? "
"Wait another three days." Wei Xuanji muttered to himself, "If there is still no news after three days, then there is no need to wait any longer."
"…"
"Three more days?"
Everyone in the Conference Hall was stunned.
They had originally thought that the results of the selection trial would be announced very soon, but they did not expect that Pavilion Master Wei Xuanji would not appear. The only one who would appear was Great Elder Yuan Hua, and Yuan Hua did not announce the results of the trial either. Instead, he gave the order to postpone the announcement for three days, causing everyone in the hall to be extremely surprised.
Yuan Hua did not stay for long. As soon as he finished speaking, he left the palace under the astonished gazes of the crowd.
"Does anyone know why the results of the trial were delayed?"
"Could it be that someone cheated?"
"Even if someone cheated, there's no need to delay it. Just punish them directly, unless the cheater is …"
"..."
Everyone discussed animatedly. After a while, more and more gazes landed on Feng Zhuo, who was sitting cross-legged. Their eyes flashed with bewilderment and uncertainty.
It was just the announcement of the results of the trial. Under normal circumstances, there was no need to delay it.
Even if someone really cheated, as long as it did not affect the results of the trial, they would still announce the candidate for the Vice Pavilion Master on the spot, unless the cheating had already affected the results.
In this trial, Feng Zhuo was ranked first and the Divine Gift of the Palace was ranked second. If it was really as they had guessed, then the person who cheated was most likely Feng Zhuo. Only by cheating on him would it be possible for him to truly affect the final outcome of the Vice Pavilion Master's selection trial.
When they thought of this, the way everyone looked at Feng Zhuo immediately became a little strange.
Originally, they felt that it was extremely inconceivable that Feng Zhuo had only spent ten days to successfully pass the trial. At this moment, they realized that it was extremely likely that Feng Zhuo had obtained such a result by cheating. Everyone immediately felt as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and their hearts began to surge.
"Like I said, how could someone use only ten days to successfully pass the trial?"
"If he really cheated, then the position of Vice Pavilion Master should belong to Elder Gong."
"What a pity. With his true strength, he has a high chance of obtaining the position of Vice Pavilion Master. Why did he choose to cheat?"
"You all say he cheated, but does anyone know how he cheated?"
"..."
Everyone lowered their voices and discussed animatedly.
At this moment, the curiosity in his heart had already risen to the extreme. It was as if he wished he could reach into Feng Zhuo's stomach and dig out all the words he had been holding back.
However, no matter how much they pointed at him, Feng Zhuo remained unmoving.
Tang Huan, who was far away in Star Fantasy City, could not help but laugh when she sensed the situation on Feng Zhuo's side. He did not kill Du Sixian.
Even though Gong Tianxun had said that he wanted to kill him, he had still left behind a wisp of his soul to linger on. His goal was very simple, it was to let Wei Xuanji and the other upper echelons of the Clear Void Dao Pavilion feel that Du Sixian and Gong Tianxun were still alive.
It was also because of these two that Tang Huan did not follow Feng Zhuo back to the Clear Void Dao Pavilion.
Currently, whether it was Du Sixian or Gong Tianxun's residual soul, they were both within Tang Huan's cave. Tang Huan brought them to stay in Star Fantasy City and could also support Feng Zhuo.
For example, now …
Tang Huan quietly floated out of the inn she lived in. In the blink of an eye, she appeared in front of a grand hall. The door to the hall was open. Through the door, one could vaguely see a faint white luster. It was the teleportation formation exclusive to the Clear Void Dao Pavilion.
"Who is it? Stop!"
At the entrance of the hall, the eight marquis guards suddenly woke up and shouted loudly.
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