Grand Academician Guo could not write such a powerful Swift Movement Battle Poem twice in succession. As he handed the Sage Page to Fang Yun, he noticed what seemed to be a faint shadow deep in Fang Yun's eyes.
"Does it hurt?" Grand Academician Guo's expression softened. His aged face was plainly filled with exhaustion, yet he did his utmost to conceal it to comfort Fang Yun.
Fang Yun nodded.
"Do you feel bitter?"
Fang Yun nodded.
"Do you think we're sacrificing a great deal by giving our lives for righteousness?" Grand Academician Guo asked.
Fang Yun nodded again.
"Wrong. Utterly wrong! For us, the most we face is death. But you bear not only our deaths, but the rise and fall of the Human Race! We are merely doing what lies within our power. For the people of the Saint Origin Continent, we are going against the current, but compared with you, we are merely following it. You walk a road no one else can tread. You bear the Human Race's highest mission. You are the one going against the current for the Human Race. There may even come a day when, after our Sages fall one by one, you must face all the Demon Barbarian Sages alone! If we fall in battle, we still have you. But if you die here, there will be no one left to shield the entire Human Race behind him!"
A glimmer of moisture flashed in Fang Yun's eyes, then swiftly vanished.
"Giving your life for righteousness is easy. Living on is not." Having said this, Grand Academician Guo took out a Sage Page with his age-spotted hand and began writing another Swift Movement Battle Poem.
The Sage Page burned. Immortal Crane Chant radiated a flood of white light, which finally formed a