The Eve of Arrival!
When Lin Bai and Gu Rong arrived at the meeting hall one after the other, all the younger disciples of the Gu family had already gathered there. Lin Bai had the feeling that they had only realized he and Gu Rong were absent after everyone else had assembled, and had therefore sent someone to notify them.
After Lin Bai and Gu Rong arrived, they merely stood behind the others. The elder at the head, named Gu Tong, showed little change in expression when he saw them. He raised a hand to signal for silence and said, "Now that everyone is here, I'll explain where you'll be searching for treasures this time!"
"The Azure Ruins Battlefield is vast, but it's divided into three regions: the outskirts, the central region, and the depths. The outskirts aren't particularly dangerous. Blood rain, black wind, Violet Lightning, and the Water of Lifelessness are rare there, so you only need to be extra careful! As for the central region and the depths, don't even dream of exploring them. Keeping your lives is what truly matters."
As Gu Tong spoke, he waved his hand, and a simple map appeared before everyone. Lin Bai raised his head to look as well. It was a rough map of the Azure Ruins Battlefield, its depiction extremely simple. From the surface, the entire map looked like a gigantic pit. Recalling what Dugu Xu had said, the Azure Ruins Battlefield was indeed a colossal burial pit for corpses.
Gu Tong pointed to the southeastern corner of the huge pit on the map, drew a circle around a certain area, and said, "This place is on the outskirts of the Azure Ruins Battlefield. It's called Monarch's Slope. It stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles and is exceptionally vast.