Finally, the long-awaited day of the open lecture arrived.
Mystic City buzzed with an energy it had not seen in years.
From merchants to scholars, from wandering cultivators to curious commoners, people from every walk of life poured into the city.
Many had traveled thousands of miles simply to attend what was said to be the first open lecture of its kind.
Rumors had spread like wildfire over the past week.
Some dismissed the entire open lecture as a waste of time, claiming it would only tarnish the already fragile reputation of the Array Masters' Association.
Others, however, believed this was a rare chance to witness a breakthrough in knowledge, perhaps even to glimpse secrets that could not be found anywhere.
In front of the massive Array Formation Auditorium, a sea of people gathered, pressing forward in a restless tide as they waited their turn to enter.
The building had never hosted such numbers before.
