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A Five Elements Sect transmission elder?!

Ink Painting was shocked.

A transmission elder, who imparts knowledge and transmits the Dao, holds a special identity within a sect. While not the most powerful, they are certainly the most transcendent in status, and the most familiar and deeply understanding of the sect’s inheritance.

This old man made of wood carving is actually the Five Elements Sect’s transmission elder…

Ink Painting’s thoughts raced.

The transmission elder looked at Ink Painting, and suddenly his gaze sharpened, “You are not my Five Elements Sect’s disciple!”

Ink Painting was a bit curious, “How can you tell?”

The transmission elder’s gaze was profound, “Powerful divine sense, manifest divine thought…”

“My Five Elements Sect is not what it used to be; our inheritance is in decline. We couldn’t cultivate a disciple like you…”

Ink Painting nodded, feeling this reason was somewhat valid. Then he asked again:

“You are the transmission elder. What you transmit, is it the Five Elements spirit array?”

The transmission elder did not hide it, “Correct…”

He looked into the distance, towards the array disk in the center of the dojo, “My body died but my spirit remains, guarding the shrine. If a disciple is approved by the Five Elements Sect, they can sit on the mat and contemplate the shrine. I will then manifest the Five Elements spirit array in the center of the dojo, transmitting the spirit array patterns and the essentials of the array method…”

Ink Painting nodded upon hearing this and asked: “Then you saw me before?”

The transmission elder slowly nodded, “I saw you five days ago, the first time you came. I saw you then.”

Ink Painting asked again: “That day I contemplated the shrine, why didn’t you teach me?”

Upon hearing this, the transmission elder’s expression turned cold, and he said unhappily:

“Don’t you have a clue in your heart?”

Ink Painting was stunned.

The transmission elder’s eyelids twitched, “Your divine sense is too strong; you broke through the array disk. How could I still teach?”

“Oh.”

Ink Painting scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

The transmission elder was a bit emotional again, “I have guarded the dojo for so many years. You are the first cultivator who broke through the dojo’s array disk, making me want to teach but unable to…”

“I’m not a Five Elements Sect disciple, do you still want to teach?” Ink Painting asked.

The transmission elder sighed and said:

“Cultivators who can come before this shrine and contemplate the dojo are either Five Elements Sect disciples, have a connection with the Five Elements Sect, or have a heaven-sent opportunity in the dark.”

“Regardless, it is all fate and coincidence.”

“I am the transmission elder, and naturally, I should teach without discrimination.”

“As long as I can transmit the ‘Dao’ of my Five Elements Sect…”

Ink Painting looked somewhat solemn and respectful, then no longer demurred, and directly asked:

“Then can you teach me the Five Elements spirit array?”

The transmission elder pondered for a moment, sighed, and said: “That’s fine…”

“For the past few hundred years, let alone entering the shrine, even disciples who have the qualification to enter the array treasury and contemplate and comprehend before the shrine have become fewer and fewer…”

“There’s no way to transmit…”

“If this continues, I, this transmission elder, will truly become a wood carving or clay sculpture, decaying here, and it will be difficult to see the light of day.”

The transmission elder looked at Ink Painting again, nodded approvingly, and said:

“Your talent is very good, your divine sense is also strong, and your Dao heart is clear. The inheritance of the Five Elements Sect falling into your hands is not considered an insult.”

“There is just one point…”

The transmission elder’s expression was serious, “If you learn the Five Elements spirit array, if you have the opportunity, you must definitely develop and promote this array.”

“In the future, if the Five Elements Sect is in difficulty, please also be sure to extend a helping hand to repay this fate.”

Ink Painting’s expression was solemn, and he said seriously: “Certainly!”

“Good!” The transmission elder relaxed, and asked again: “Have you learned the array patterns of the Five Elements spirit array?”

“I’ve learned them.” Ink Painting nodded.

The transmission elder was a little surprised. He waved his sleeve, and a brush and ink appeared on the dojo.

“Draw them for me to see.”

“Good.”

Ink Painting dipped the brush in ink and drew one for each of the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth Five Elements spirit array.

The transmission elder’s pupils slightly constricted, but he still suppressed the shock in his heart and nodded in praise:

“Very good, not bad. In such a short time, you can learn the array patterns of the Five Elements absolute array so proficiently and draw them identically. It’s very rare…”

“However…”

The transmission elder changed his words again and said: “…You should also know that the absolute array is not within categories; it transcends form…”

“Learning the array patterns does not mean mastering the absolute array.”

“To truly comprehend the Five Elements spirit array, drawing the array patterns is still far from enough…”

Ink Painting humbly said: “Junior knows. Please senior, instruct me.”

The transmission elder nodded in satisfaction, stroked his beard, “This child is teachable. I will teach you how to truly comprehend the Five Elements spirit array. Listen carefully…”

Ink Painting nodded, listening seriously.

The transmission elder’s expression was solemn, and he slowly said:

“The Five Elements spirit array, namely the Five Elements type top array!”

“The Five Elements spirit array, its difficulty, depth, and the breadth of array methods involved, can even be compared with great arrays!”

“The Five Elements great array wins in grandeur; the Five Elements spirit array wins in profoundness.”

“That year, my Five Elements Sect relied on this Five Elements spirit array to strengthen the Five Elements, assist in killing, increase the benefit of spirit tools, and enhance the power of magic techniques, thus joining the ranks of first-class array method sects…”

“The Five Elements spirit array amplifies spiritual power. The core lies in the comprehension of the essence of Five Elements spiritual power.”

“This essence lies in one word: ‘strong’.”

“The same Five Elements spiritual power, when strengthened through the array method, can be amplified by one to two percent. Then your spirit tools, the power of cultivated Dao martial arts or magic techniques, will all be one to two percent stronger…”

Ink Painting frowned, “Then how exactly does one comprehend it?”

The transmission elder said: “It’s simple to say but difficult to do. I will only tell you the array principle, but the fundamental understanding still requires you to comprehend it yourself.”

Ink Painting nodded.

The transmission elder said: “The strengthening of Five Elements, the essence lies in the change of spiritual power…”

“It requires utilizing array patterns to decompose spiritual power, then reconstruct and transform it, and then re-utilize the principle of mutual generation of Five Elements to conduct amplification.”

“In this way, the spiritual power itself will be strengthened.”

“It’s like divine transformation Dao…”

“One begets two, two begets three… deriving endlessly.”

“Within this, contains the array principle of ‘birth’…”

“With ‘birth’, it is naturally endlessly strong…”

The transmission elder’s words were profound.

Ink Painting’s eyebrows furrowed tighter, obviously unable to understand for a while.

The transmission elder nodded slightly, “Remember these words, ponder them carefully, and comprehend them attentively. If you understand them clearly, then try to draw the Five Elements spirit array again. By fusing the array principle and array patterns, you can gradually understand the mysteries within…”

“Think carefully.”

After saying this, the transmission elder began to close his eyes and nurture his spirit.

Ink Painting then frowned and thought hard, thinking for a long time. Suddenly he raised his head and looked at the transmission elder, his gaze somewhat thought-provoking.

The transmission elder sat upright, with the demeanor of an immortal and the bones of a Daoist.

Ink Painting secretly stretched out his small hand, and a fireball technique smashed onto the transmission elder’s body.

The transmission elder, who was meditating, was caught off guard and was directly knocked over by Ink Painting’s fireball technique.

The transmission elder got up angrily: “What are you doing?”

Ink Painting’s gaze was even firmer. Regardless, he frequently pointed his fingers, casting one fireball technique after another.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Fireballs came one after another, bombing this transmission elder.

“Stop… stop!”

“Ignorant child…”

The transmission elder was angry and ashamed.

“Arrogant!”

“How dare you…”

“Disrespecting the teacher and the Dao, such great disrespect… this old man will definitely make you… die without a burial ground!”

The transmission elder threatened angrily.

Ink Painting was not only not afraid, but also coldly snorted with disdain:

“What kind of thing, also dare to deceive me?”

“Talk nonsense in front of me?”

“I’ve seen many tricks like yours, such trifling skills, also dare to show off in front of an expert?!”

The transmission elder wanted to say something else, but he was suppressed by Ink Painting’s rapid and fierce fireball techniques, unable to breathe.

Soon, he was riddled with holes from the fireball techniques.

His face was damaged, his body was damaged, and his Daoist robe was damaged.

But a moment later, his whole person turned into a pool of golden copper water and finally re-condensed into shape, revealing his original form.

It wasn’t the transmission elder.

But a strangely shaped little ghost.

The only thing they had in common was that they both wore five-color Daoist robes.

The five-color Daoist robe symbolized the Five Elements.

This was a Five Elements little ghost.

The Five Elements little ghost revealed its true form and glared at Ink Painting, saying unbelievably:

“How did you identify me?”

Within the dojo, it had an innate advantage, fusing with the momentum of the entire dojo. Other “people”, or ghost strange evil gods, and even all thought bodies, should all be unable to identify it correctly.

Several hundred years of momentum echoed.

It was both the Five Elements little ghost and the transmission elder.

Ink Painting snorted and said: “Because you were talking nonsense. You fundamentally don’t understand the Five Elements absolute array. If you don’t understand the Five Elements absolute array, how could you be a transmission elder?”

The Five Elements little ghost sneered, “I don’t understand, do you understand? If you understand, why are you still here to learn?”

Ink Painting said calmly: “I don’t understand the Five Elements spirit array, but I know a thing or two about the absolute array…”

He began to critique one by one:

“Within the absolute array, the decomposition of spiritual power is not called decomposition. The accurate term is inverse resolution.”

“Ordinary decomposition is not considered an absolute array.”

“But inverse resolution is a completely different absolute array.”

“The reconstruction of spiritual power involves the spiritual hub, which is a spiritual power type control array method, not a Five Elements attribute array method.”

“The transformation of spiritual power is only one of the Five Elements, an earth system absolute array, but it is completely different from the Five Elements spirit array. What is transformed is not one’s own spiritual power. This kind of absolute array is not used to strengthen spiritual power, but to nourish all things…”

“Within the array principle, ‘strong’ and ‘birth’ are different categories. They have connections, but they cannot be mixed together.”

“The Five Elements array is about ‘strong’, not ‘birth’.”

“Also, spiritual power will not increase by itself.”

“Your understanding of ‘one begets two, two begets three’ is also wrong.”

“The form of spiritual power will change, but its essence is conserved.”

“The strengthening of Five Elements will also not produce spiritual power out of nothing…”

“The Five Elements spirit array, even if amplified, will not increase or become stronger by itself, but should borrow some external force to strengthen itself.”

Ink Painting spoke eloquently and at length.

The Five Elements little ghost, however, was completely confused.

What was this little ghost saying?

What inverse resolution? What spiritual hub? What transformation?

How were “strong” and “birth” different again?

What was spiritual power conserved?

The Five Elements little ghost pondered carefully, and then its heart thumped.

It’s over, I’ve met an expert…

This little ghost truly understands this messy knowledge of absolute arrays!

The Five Elements little ghost was a little unbelievable.

This set of rhetoric about the inheritance of the Five Elements spirit array was pieced together by itself from various sources, a complete mess.

It had used this set of rhetoric to deceive people for so many years, fooling everyone it saw, whether human or ghost, and it had always worked.

Because no one fundamentally understood absolute arrays.

Others might not believe it at most, but they couldn’t understand it and didn’t dare to question it.

But it never expected to capsize today.

What kind of sacred being was this little array master, who was actually so familiar with absolute arrays?

The Five Elements little ghost looked at Ink Painting, its heart in shock.

Ink Painting was unwilling to waste time, pointed at the Five Elements little ghost, locking it with his divine sense. A fresh red flame surged at his fingertips, and he said coldly:

“Where is the inheritance of the Five Elements spirit array?”

The Five Elements little ghost sneered, “Arrogant! Do you think I will fear you?”

Ink Painting pointed a fingertip, and a fresh red fireball whooshed out.

The Five Elements little ghost wanted to dodge, but discovered that it was already firmly locked by this little array master’s divine sense. Unless it ran faster than the fireball technique, it couldn’t dodge it at all.

It was hit by the fireball technique again.

The fireball manifested by divine sense exploded on its body, the flames burning its skin and flesh. It was clearly a void fire manifested by divine thought, but the burning pain produced was clear and real.

Time was limited, and Ink Painting didn’t hold back.

Fireball techniques, one after another, bombarded the Five Elements little ghost, leaving it no chance to resist.

It wanted to rush towards Ink Painting, but had to withstand the bombardment of fireball techniques.

Occasionally escaping from the suppression of fireball techniques, it would be bound by the water prison technique.

If it didn’t get close to Ink Painting’s body, it would only be worn down by Ink Painting’s long-range fireball techniques.

The key was that this fireball technique was very wicked, fast, accurate, and its power was also very good.

After more than ten rounds, the Five Elements little ghost’s heart was like dead ashes.

It realized that it was no match at all.

It was a little ghost.

While the little ghost opposite was a “monster”.

Human power has limits, and so does that of ghosts.

Knowing the times makes a hero; similarly, knowing the times can also make a “ghost hero”.

The Five Elements little ghost, the original “transmission elder”, then plopped down and knelt, shouting loudly:

“Little friend, spare my life!”

Ink Painting saw that its voice was loud and obviously full of energy, so he didn’t stop and decided to wear down its strength further.

The Five Elements little ghost was greatly anxious and hurriedly raised Ink Painting’s seniority again:

“Little brother, little master, little ancestor!”

“No more hitting! Spare my life!”

Ink Painting saw that it had even shouted “little ancestor”, so he reluctantly withdrew his hand, and then asked again:

“Where is the inheritance of the Five Elements spirit array?”

The Five Elements little ghost hesitated and didn’t want to say.

Ink Painting didn’t indulge it and bombarded it with another fireball technique.

The Five Elements little ghost then became honest, looked at Ink Painting’s face, and said uneasily:

“I… I also don’t know…”

Ink Painting’s face showed displeasure, and a cold light flickered in his eyes.

The Five Elements little ghost hurriedly said:

“Little ancestor, really! I truly don’t know!”

“You’ve been in this dojo for so long, impersonating the ‘transmission elder’ for so long, and you don’t know anything?”

Ink Painting obviously didn’t believe it.

The Five Elements little ghost said: “I was originally just an ordinary ghost strange, residing in a broken painting, wandering everywhere. Later I was captured by the Five Elements Sect’s old sect master, who restrained my evil thoughts and threw me into this shrine to impersonate the ‘transmission elder’ and deceive cultivators who wanted to learn the Five Elements spirit array…”

“Although I’ve been in this dojo for a long time, I know very little about array methods.”

“I am completely ignorant of this profound absolute array, the Five Elements spirit array.”

“Little ancestor, you must believe me!”

Ink Painting’s eyes slightly narrowed.

This Five Elements little ghost spoke lightly about being an ordinary ghost strange, residing in a broken painting, wandering everywhere…

The truth was certainly not so simple.

Ink Painting still remembered the first thought picture he saw, the green-faced little ghost.

That little ghost, remaining in his memory, had a picture of transforming from a person into a ghost, and then tempting cultivators everywhere, gnawing on cultivators’ divine sense.

This Five Elements little ghost was probably similar.

It must have done many bad things!

However, the Five Elements spirit array was more important at the moment. Other matters could be settled later.

Ink Painting’s expression slightly condensed.

The Five Elements little ghost’s expression shrank.

It didn’t seem like it was lying.

Moreover, what it said also made sense.

The Five Elements spirit array, this top absolute array with one quality and thirteen patterns, if not getting the key, this little ghost, even if it contemplated the array method for several hundred years, would not have any comprehension…

But if it didn’t know, then where was the inheritance of this Five Elements spirit array hidden?

Ink Painting looked around, his gaze shifted, and he suddenly asked:

“Before you came, was this dojo just like this?”

The Five Elements little ghost nodded.

Ink Painting’s gaze sharpened, “Was there also a transmission elder?”

The Five Elements little ghost shook its head, “That’s not the case.”

“So, the position you sat on, impersonating the transmission elder, was originally empty?”

The Five Elements little ghost’s heart thumped, and it nodded slightly.

Ink Painting then slowly walked to the center of the dojo and discovered that there was a mat on the dojo, and that Five Elements little ghost, impersonating the transmission elder, was sitting on that “mat”.

It was a mat again!

Ink Painting’s spirit was shaken. He slowly walked forward, examined it for a moment, and discovered that this mat was almost identical to the mat outside the shrine.

Transmission mat!

Ink Painting’s eyes slightly brightened. He sat on the mat and looked ahead, only to feel that the front suddenly opened up.

The entire shrine, all things, were all within his sight.

He could even see his little senior brother and little senior sister outside the shrine.

The little senior brother was bored and a little worried.

The little senior sister was sitting on the ground, hugging her knees, silently looking at the “self” whose divine thought was out of body, only the physical body remaining, lying flat on the ground.

Besides that, Ink Painting could also see the mats outside the shrine.

No, to be accurate, it was the positions of the mats.

At the position of each mat, between virtual and real, an array method was engraved.

This was the Five Elements spirit array, a more complete and more rigorous set of array patterns.

It had some differences from the array patterns he had already obtained.

Ink Painting thought for a moment, then understood.

It seemed that this impersonating “transmission elder” had also done some trickery with the array patterns. The array patterns learned through contemplating the shrine had errors compared to the true Five Elements array patterns.

The purpose was still to prevent others from learning the true Five Elements spirit array.

Ink Painting immediately reflected the array patterns in his mind with the array patterns he saw at this moment, and then slightly derived with his divine sense, thus obtaining the true array patterns of the Five Elements spirit array.

But this was still not enough…

Array patterns were still just forms.

Drawing a dragon still needed to dot the eyes.

Ink Painting was just missing that dot of the eye stroke to truly comprehend the Five Elements spirit array.

But what exactly was that stroke?

Ink Painting frowned.

Transmission… mat…

Manifesting the array method…

Ink Painting’s pupils slightly brightened. He immediately manifested the Five Elements spirit array completely on the array disk in the middle of the dojo.

He wanted to see some clues within.

At the same time that he manifested the true Five Elements spirit array patterns, the mat he was sitting on suddenly emitted a faint divine thought.

This divine thought had no master or consciousness, like a blank, pure thought body.

This Dao divine thought slowly flowed into the array disk, fusing into the Five Elements spirit array.

Above the Five Elements spirit array, the five-color light suddenly became brilliant, extremely dazzling.

Ink Painting was stunned.

What did this mean?

What was this divine thought telling him?

Or, what was it demonstrating?

Ink Painting thought hard for a long time, suddenly raised his head, looked at the Five Elements little ghost, and asked in an urgent tone:

“Where did you hear those words about the absolute array?”

The Five Elements little ghost saw Ink Painting concentrating on thinking and wanted to sneak away. Just as it took a step, it was asked this question by Ink Painting.

It didn’t dare to show any abnormality and then said:

“Many people…”

“Who?”

“The Five Elements Sect’s sect master, elders, some disciples chatting, and others, outside cultivators who were qualified to learn the Five Elements spirit array, array masters…”

The Five Elements little ghost listed them one by one.

Ink Painting said: “Which sentence came from the mouth of a former sect master or elder of the Five Elements Sect?”

The Five Elements little ghost frowned and thought for a long time, suddenly saying: “There is!”

“Which sentence?”

The Five Elements little ghost paused, its expression slightly solemn, and slowly said:

“This sentence came from the mouth of the oldest and most low-key elder in the Five Elements Sect…”

“When no one was around, facing the shrine, he once slowly said this sentence:”

“Divine sense… transform Dao!”

(End of this chapter)