After a period of travel, Gu Yuan and his group successfully arrived at the spiritual energy nexus of Tianxia: Xiajing!
Since the sixteen participants from the First Martial Arts University in the Martial Arts League were from different prefectures, they had never met before. Today was their first meeting, so they each introduced themselves briefly.
Among so many people, there was basically one person from each prefecture, with no prefecture having two individuals.
Gu Yuan pondered, trying to understand the academy's enrollment intentions. From his understanding, the other two top martial arts universities had almost split the top ten places, excluding those from the First Martial Arts University. Furthermore, not all students of the First Martial Arts University were first place finishers; many were within the top ten.
It was truly confusing. Gu Yuan shook his head internally and stopped thinking about it.
In the meantime, Di Liu took them to a dedicated vehicle, heading towards the dormitory of the First Martial Arts University. Along the way, Gu Yuan witnessed the prosperity of a large city, which was incomparable to his hometown, Tianyuan City.
The car slowly drove into a heavily guarded dormitory area. The situation here was similar to the dormitory area where Gu Yuan participated in the martial arts exam in Zhongzhou City. Gu Yuan speculated that the area in Zhongzhou City was likely modeled after this place.
Upon entering, the car continued to drive and stopped at the bottom of a dormitory building. Gu Yuan alighted and looked up. The First Martial Arts University's insignia was displayed above. It seemed this was where he would be staying.
Di Liu clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention. Seeing that their attention was focused on him, he announced loudly, "Everyone, this is our dormitory for the upcoming competition. Come and collect your room cards."
Upon hearing this, everyone lined up and stepped forward to receive their respective room cards. Gu Yuan also received his room card and returned to his original position, waiting quietly.
After distributing all the room cards, Di Liu looked at the assembled young prodigies with a smile and said, "Alright, classmates, room cards have been distributed. The rest of the time is for free activity. We will gather at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and I will take you to verify your identities and collect your participation badges. That's all for now. Dismissed!"
As soon as the crowd heard Di Liu announce dismissal, they began entering the dormitory building. Gu Yuan, as usual, walked at the back. Faint wisps of light began to appear in his sight.
His gaze fell upon the person whose aura he sensed to be the strongest.
Dao Yun Tian Tu probe!
Lines of text materialized on the Dao Yun Tian Tu.
[Name]: [Luo Long]
[Destiny God]: [Venerable Arhat Subduing Dragon]
[Destiny]: [Arhat Subduing Dragon]
[Realm]: [True Qi Realm Late Stage]
[Destiny Numbers]: [Arhat Subduing Dragon (Red)], [Power of Subduing Dragon (Red)], [Arhat Golden Body (Purple)], [Battle (Purple)], [External Incarnation (Purple)], [Fist Technique Grandmaster (Green)], [Berserk (Green)].
A faint, almost imperceptible backlash swept through Gu Yuan's mind, but it was jointly blocked by his Primordial Destiny and the Ziwei Emperor Destiny God, without even causing Gu Yuan to frown.
Gu Yuan looked at Luo Long's destiny numbers, his brows furrowed. A guess surfaced in his mind.
With a thought, he examined his destiny numbers.
A purple halo unfolded, but within it lay an almost imperceptible golden radiance, emanating a strong Buddhist aura.
[External Incarnation (Purple)]: [One of the myriad external incarnations of great powers from all the heavens and realms, also a means of seeking breakthroughs.]
Good heavens, I'm stunned. This confirms it.
Gu Yuan exclaimed inwardly, yet his expression remained unchanged. He understood. This world was clearly a martial arts world, with a true qi martial arts system, yet it also possessed techniques like sword control, visualization, and even divine path methods. Many gods had become the destiny gods of geniuses.
It turned out this world was a training ground for deities to increase their comprehension.
Gu Yuan felt speechless. He hadn't expected so many complications after transmigrating. He didn't want to deal with any schemes; he just wanted to reach the pinnacle of martial arts.
Gu Yuan still held a sliver of hope. He fully activated the Dao Yun Tian Tu, scanning everyone who hadn't yet left.
[Name]: [Hao Meimei]
[Destiny God]: [Hundred Flower Fairy]
[Destiny]: [Venerable of Hundred Flowers]
...
[Destiny Numbers]: ... [External Incarnation (Purple)] ...
—
[Name]: [Wu Hu]
[Destiny God]: [Venerable Tiger Subduing]
[Destiny]: [Arhat Subduing Tiger]
...
[Destiny Numbers]: ... [External Incarnation (Purple)] ...
—
[Name]: [Bai Qi]
[Destiny God]: [Bai Wuchang]
[Destiny]: [Soul Reaper]
...
[Destiny Numbers]: ... [External Incarnation (Purple)] ...
Gu Yuan scanned eleven people in total, and eight of them possessed the External Incarnation destiny number. It was imaginable that the First Martial Arts University did not recruit students randomly. Instead, they knew which students were external incarnations of great powers from all heavens and took them under their wing. This allowed them to forge a good karma with these great powers and also protect them, enabling them to develop peacefully.
Gu Yuan, showing no outward abnormality, found his dormitory. He opened the door, closed it tightly, locked it, and activated the defensive formation.
The scene before him felt somewhat illusory. He wasn't afraid of these external incarnations of great powers. What he feared was that the original owner of this body was himself an external incarnation of a great power, and he had transmigrated and taken over. The Dao Yun Tian Tu also did not reflect any destiny related to external incarnations when scanning himself.
However, he had invited deities, actively asking great powers from all heavens to become his destiny gods. Gu Yuan felt helpless.
Alas~
A sigh echoed in the room. There was no other way. After Gu Yuan began cultivating martial arts, he had never spoken of abandoning his pursuit of the martial path.
After adjusting for a long time, Gu Yuan's eyes held a hint of ferocity. Since you want to use me as a pawn, I will bite you even if I die.
However, it didn't seem entirely like that. He remembered that he could potentially replace his destiny god.
Communicating with the Dao Yun Tian Tu, he could clearly sense that he could change his destiny god at any time.
Only then did he feel relieved. Gu Yuan let out a long sigh. He refused to believe that there weren't any opposing deities more powerful than the Ziwei Emperor in all the heavens and realms.
Worrying now was useless. He still needed to rely on this destiny god to develop. Even if he became a pawn, he would be the most insignificant one, unnoticed for a while. In the eyes of these great powers, his life was like an ant that would die with a single glance.
But he was different. He still had the Dao Yun Tian Tu and the ability to jump out of the chessboard.
Gu Yuan took a deep breath. His most important task now was to strengthen himself.
Closing his eyes slightly, he began to enter a deep state of cultivation.