Gu Yuan turned around, forcing back the sourness in his eyes. After a month of staying together, Gu Yuan truly felt the elder's care and concern. This made Gu Yuan, who had lived two lives, unable to hold back.
It was as if he had a grandfather, teaching him array knowledge and answering most of his martial arts doubts.
Elder Wang's genuine feelings for him radiated from his heart. Elder Wang truly regarded him as his descendant, one who would see him off in his twilight years.
He had also learned that Elder Wang's background was no different from his own. It was because of this shared experience that the two of them, through their teacher-student relationship, found solace and connection in this world.
Even if he were to be in an unknown place, he knew someone at home was thinking of him.
Gu Yuan quietly savored this feeling, a feeling he hadn't truly experienced before.
This feeling was wonderful, and a smile curved his lips.
A trace of incompleteness in his heart, which he had never noticed, was now mended.
He silently said to Elder Wang in his heart, "Old man, I will definitely return. I will also bring a sacred medicine to heal you and grant you eternal life!"
His eyes were filled with determination. He confirmed his direction, and his blood essence erupted, creating sonic booms as he headed towards the assembly plaza.
Elder Wang watched until Gu Yuan disappeared from his sight.
When Gu Yuan was truly gone, he let out a light sigh. With a slight movement of his hand, a pale blue vortex enveloped him, and he vanished from his spot.
In the plaza, people continued to descend, landing on the ground and quietly waiting for the principal.
Gu Yuan also arrived at the plaza and landed on the ground. He did not look around but chose to close his eyes.
He had a very important matter at hand, and once completed, it would greatly contribute to the improvement of his strength.
Ten minutes later, Gu Yuan opened his eyes. The personnel had already assembled. Gu Yuan scanned them, all carrying an indomitable spirit and a sense of resolve.
He looked towards the platform in front. It was initially empty, but now five figures radiating immense power stood there.
In the center was Principal Ye Yuanming, whom Gu Yuan was familiar with.
Gu Yuan had not met the other four, but the aura they exuded was no weaker than Ye Yuanming's. They were clearly high-ranking officials of the First Martial Arts University.
"Ahem, greetings, everyone. I am Ye Yuanming, the current principal of the First Martial Arts University."
"I am very pleased that you have all come to prepare to go to the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield. As martial artists, you are undoubtedly very qualified. However, as a principal, I actually do not wish for you to go to the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield."
"During this period, you may have heard that your seniors and juniors have lost their lives on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, their young lives extinguished."
"I hope you will all seriously consider your choices. Do not lose your lives due to a single wrong step. This applies here, and it applies to the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield as well. I hope you can all improve your strength there, gain inheritances, and return here with merits. Because on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, you will be fighting against myriad races, you are heroes of our human race."
"I salute you!"
After speaking, Ye Yuanming performed a martial artist's salute to the crowd below.
All the students returned the salute.
"I believe that in the past month, you have all made preparations. Those who have chosen to come here are all ready to go to the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield. But I still want to ask one more time, is there anyone who chooses to leave?"
He swept his gaze across the entire plaza. Among the thousands of students, not a single one chose to back out.
Ye Yuanming retracted his gaze and then said, "Very good. Next, I, along with four other powerhouses from the academy, will activate the teleportation array to send you to a place where you can enter the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield. You will know where when you get there."
"Array, activate!" Ye Yuanming's body erupted with unparalleled power. Unimaginable true qi surged from within him, pouring madly into the high platform beneath his feet.
Gu Yuan, who possessed basic knowledge of arrays, his eyes narrowed. He now realized that the platform beneath Ye Yuanming's feet was the core of an array. But where was the array itself?
Gu Yuan's gaze swept around the plaza, finally settling on the ground beneath his own feet.
He felt a powerful force awakening beneath the ground.
Thick array patterns appeared on the plaza's surface, enveloping the entire plaza. It was impossible to imagine how far this array could transmit.
The four individuals behind Ye Yuanming, seeing the array emerge, each unleashed their attacks. Countless streams of true qi erupted, manifesting as various phenomena in the air. The power unleashed by the four was no weaker than Ye Yuanming's.
A powerful array energy burst forth, forming a distorted vortex in the sky above the plaza, which was the teleportation gateway.
Ye Yuanming's voice resonated across the plaza, "The array is open! I wish you all great martial fortune!"
Boom!
A massive beam of array light suddenly erupted in the plaza, engulfing all the students and sweeping them directly into the teleportation gateway above.
Gu Yuan felt a flash of white light before his eyes, his vision turning pure white.
He didn't know how long it lasted, perhaps a second, perhaps an hour. Gu Yuan couldn't tell because this teleportation array was beyond his imagination, likely having left the Azure World.
When he opened his eyes, the magnificent scene before him left him somewhat stunned.
A plaza appeared before Gu Yuan, no less impressive than that of the First Martial Arts University. The surrounding walls were constructed of pale blue metal, radiating an unparalleled brilliance. Above, a giant plaque bore two large characters:
XIN HUO!