The Mage's Beginning
This was clearly a school.
Someone was giving a speech from the platform:
"After receiving a basic education, you'll begin entering different fields and learning the skills suited to you..."
"Today, the selection process will begin. Teachers, please come up and get ready."
Several burly teachers carried out a heavy iron gate and stood it upright on the platform.
"Good. Now, let's talk about career placement..."
Gu Qingshan stood among the crowd and listened attentively.
It turned out that in this magical world, children began career placement when they were around twelve.
Those with magical talent would become the pillars of society, while everyone else would be assigned to various levels of society and take up the corresponding occupations.
After listening for a while, Gu Qingshan stopped paying attention and began pondering his earlier experiences instead.
How had I broken free of that ape-man era?
Back then, he had drawn a magical rune far beyond the understanding of the time.
As an "ancient ape," he had embodied the greatest wisdom of the entire ape-man civilization. Then he had escaped the ancient ape's body, crossed several eras, and arrived here.
Now, he was trapped inside the body of a twelve-year-old boy.
He moved his body around.
It was an incredibly weak body, capable of very little.
To reach the Ultimate Tomb quickly, I have to surpass this era at once!
Gu Qingshan turned and headed out of the auditorium.
"Gude, you little troublemaker, where are you going?" a teacher asked.
"Reporting to the teacher, I'm going to the bathroom," Gu Qingshan said.
"Hurry back. We're about to start."
"Yes, teacher."
The teacher nodded and said no more.
Gu Qingshan left the auditorium and went to a secluded corner by the wall. He sank into a slight crouch and