The faint glow atop the slender stick of incense finally died out, and the last wisp of smoke drifted into the air, vanishing without a trace.
Just then, Elder Monk De Hou's booming voice once again echoed from all directions.
"The hour has come!"
As the voice sounded, the scene before everyone transformed once more. In the blink of an eye, they had returned to Yin Huan Hall.
Elder Monk De Hou was still seated before the altar, his back to the crowd. The monk who had led them in stood quietly to one side.
Once everyone had returned to Yin Huan Hall, they saw that radiant, golden Golden Body Illusions now enveloped several people. Yang An was, to their surprise, one of them.
This meant the results of the first trial were in.
Some had successfully secured a True Buddha Golden Body, passing the first trial. Others had failed to do so, their faces grim.
Out of more than eighty people, only eleven had managed to pass the first trial.
