The announcement made by the Hall Guardian was seen by all. Because of this the cultivators from the righteous faction had heightened their guards towards strangers as the possibility of them being a demonic cultivator was high. The numbers of evil cultivators doing the trials for the God of Spirits and God of Death had diminished quite a bit after this announcement.
But those who were doing the trial for the God of Love, they most likely able to collect most points but it is almost impossible for one to find a dao companion within three days, unless an evil cultivator already had a relationship with a righteous cultivator and was hiding this fact until now.
The death count after the announcement was made had lowered. Though no one actually notices this, it's an undeniable truth which is a result of someone informing others of the danger strangers can bring, especially since the opponents were from the evil faction
