"Who could it be?"

With doubts in his heart, Lin Hao withdrew his gaze and stopped searching, still standing there with an indifferent expression.

“Again!”

But then, he keenly sensed that hidden and cold gaze was staring at him again.

"Jing Ke."

Lin Hao's heart sank slightly, and he directly summoned Jing Ke.

In stealth mode, Jing Ke flew silently to the top of Lin Hao's head.

Immediately, with the help of the pet's shared vision function, Lin Hao quickly found the source of the crowd's gaze.

There, stood a man in black, with a cold and handsome face and extremely gloomy eyes.

At this moment, he was staring at Lin Hao like a wild beast ready to devour someone, his eyes full of resentment.

Seeing this, Lin Hao felt a little confused.

Because this person looked very strange, as if they had never met before, let alone offended each other.

But looking at his resentful eyes, it seemed that he had some deep hatred towards me!

"Could it be that Huang Xingyi sent someone to deal with me?"

Lin Hao guessed secretly.

It shouldn't be possible.

But soon, he denied this idea.

If they were just thugs, it's not that they didn't have this kind of hatred that came from their hearts.

As Lin Hao was guessing in his mind, he found it more and more unbelievable.

After memorizing the guy's facial features, Lin Hao recalled Jing Ke.

Now that I have found the person who was spying on me, he is no longer in the open, so I just need to be more careful in the future.

"quiet!"

After waiting for a while, a deep shout suddenly sounded in the square.

The noisy crowd suddenly became quiet.

Soon, three figures were seen floating above the square.

The person leading the group was a gray-haired old man dressed as an elder. His face looked old, but he had a strong aura.

Beside him, two young men stood in the air, obviously looking very high-spirited.

Lin Hao was not unfamiliar with these two people.

One of them is Wei Jiyuan.

The other young man was Huang Xingyi, with whom he had some conflict last night.

They are the persons in charge of this assessment and serve as assessment assistants to the sect elders.

This job may seem simple, but the deeper meaning behind it is to gild them, as if they are to be trained to become the next elder-level positions in the sect.

From this we can see that Wei Jiyuan and Huang Xingyi are in a competitive relationship.

As soon as Wei Jiyuan appeared, he looked around.

Soon, Lin Hao was found in the crowd.

He was obviously relieved that the latter actually came to take the assessment.

The two looked at each other, nodded secretly, and greeted each other silently.

At this time, Huang Xingyi's eyes were also not idle.

When he noticed Lin Hao, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, as if he had already figured out how to play a trick on the former.

Lin Hao ignored this completely.

To be exact, it should be ignored directly.

What really attracted his attention was the cold-blooded man in black.

After all, this kind of unknown and strange enemy is often the most difficult to guard against.

"Elder Li, the time has come."

Wei Jiyuan looked at the sky, then spoke to the gray-haired old man with a humble look on his face.

"Well, let's get started."

Li Chuang looked indifferent, looking down at the many young warriors in the square below, and said in a hoarse voice: "I hope that this year, there will be a few good seedlings worthy of cultivation by the sect."

After mumbling to himself, his voice suddenly became clear, "First of all, welcome everyone to Jiuxuan Sect to participate in this year's recruitment assessment."

"The first step is to ring the bell you see now."

"Due to the excess number of participants this time, the difficulty of the assessment has been slightly increased from three to five."

What?

Five sounds?!

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd was stunned.

However, almost all the young warriors present were participating in the assessment for the first time. They had no personal experience of the so-called five bell rings and obviously did not have much of a strong reaction.

Therefore, after a brief moment of surprise, everyone's emotions that were suddenly aroused quickly subsided.

"One of you two, go and demonstrate."

"I'll do it!"

As soon as Elder Li Chuang's voice fell, Huang Xingyi took the lead and flew out directly.

He showed no intention of being humble towards his rival Wei Jiyuan.

This kind of demonstration of showing off is the best time to accumulate popularity.

"It's Huang Xingyi!"

"The chief disciple of the Fire Cloud Pavilion of the Jiuxuan Sect!"

Huang Xingyi's fame is obviously not small.

As soon as he appeared, the crowd burst into discussion.

Immediately, under the gazes of many people, Huang Xingyi landed nimbly in front of the bell on the stone platform.

Huang Xingyi stood proudly in front of the huge bell.

Waves of powerful fire spiritual energy continuously roared out from his body, suddenly forming a tangible red light vortex.

"Such a strong aura."

"This kind of spiritual power fluctuation should be the result of the cultivation of the fourth level of the Saint Realm."

Seeing this scene, the eyes of those young warriors flashed, and most of them stared at Huang Xingyi with reverence.

Huang Xingyi smiled slightly at the surprised and admiring sounds around him, and he obviously enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.

Immediately, he clenched his right fist, creating a powerful wave of force, and slammed it hard at the bell tripod.

All I heard was a loud bang!

The bell and tripod shook violently, the patterns on them glowed, and long, deep bell sounds began to be heard.

When the bell stopped, it had struck exactly eighteen times.

This is several times more than the five sounds required for the assessment!

“Amazing!”

Seeing this result, there was an exclamation in the audience.

"Huang Xingyi doesn't seem to have used his full strength yet. If he did, he would definitely be able to make more than twenty sounds!"

"How is that possible? He should be over thirty!"

Some young warriors who looked up to Huang Xingyi began to flatter him confidently.

In the crowd, Lin Hao watched silently.

There is nothing surprising about this. Huang Xingyi is the chief disciple of Fengyun Pavilion of Jiuxuan Sect and one of the strongest among the younger generation.

It would be surprising if this result could not be achieved.

Judging from the discussions around him, some people even said that Wei Jiyuan was not as good as Huang Xingyi, and his future martial arts achievements would definitely be much higher than his.

In response, Lin Hao sneered in his heart.

He may not know about others, but Wei Jiyuan will be the chief deacon in charge of all order of the nine major halls in the future.

The latter's achievements were so great that an unknown person like Huang Xingyi was not even qualified to look up to him!

"Next, you will carry out the assessment according to the demonstration just now. Let's begin!"

At this time, Elder Li Chuang, who was floating in the void, issued an order to officially start this assessment.

In an instant, the crowd in the field was undoubtedly in an uproar.

Everyone was eager to try and lined up in a long queue...