Yang Yan was transported to where the disciples had previously entered, waking them from their slumber as well.
However, seeing that the disciples couldn't survive outside the barrier, they fell into deep disappointment again.
Moreover, discovering that these were people practicing demon techniques made them both disappointed and angry.
As a result, from then on, regardless of who came, they would first observe if the person could resist the residual souls infected by Evil Qi before deciding whether to draw them into the barrier for a test.
In this way, they used this extremely unreliable method to select Yang Yan.
Yang Yan was not the only one to be pulled in for testing; as for where those others went, it could easily be inferred—they were most likely eliminated by them.
Although Yang Yan was reluctant to get involved, he also couldn't let the Evil Qi run unchecked.
