Chapter 725: Discussing the Dao | Trận Vấn Trường Sinh

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After returning to the sect, Mo Hua immediately put all the array diagrams, treasures, and important items into his storage ring.

These are all good things and must be kept safe.

Moreover, he must secretly learn and not let others know, so as not to cause more trouble for Aunt Wan.

Although Aunt Wan seemed not to care, Mo Hua knew in his heart that these array methods were, after all, the inheritance of the Shangguan and Wenren families and were extremely precious.

Aunt Wan is a direct daughter of the Wenren family and a daughter-in-law of the Shangguan family.

In other words, she is a daughter married out by the Wenren family and an “outsider” married into the Shangguan family.

Giving the inheritance array diagrams of both families to oneself, once known, will inevitably be seized upon and lead to baseless accusations.

Aunt Wan’s position in the family would also certainly become more difficult.

What’s more, among these, there is even a set of ultimate arrays!

Aunt Wan, who doesn’t specialize in array methods, might not even know what kind of array method she exactly gave him.

Second-grade twenty-pattern ultimate array…

Secondary Thunder Flow Array!

Mo Hua endured for a bit, but still couldn’t resist. He took out the array diagram of the Secondary Thunder Flow Ultimate Array again, held it in his hand, and stroked it, narrowing his eyes and smiling like a simpleton.

This is an ultimate array!

Moreover, it’s the Secondary Thunder Flow Ultimate Array, which is the closest to the essence of yuan magnetic arrays among the Bagua thunder-element derived yuan magnetic array methods!

Mo Hua’s heart itched intensely, and he really wanted to learn it.

But he had taken a few glances before and found that he couldn’t learn it yet.

Firstly, his foundation in yuan magnetic arrays was not sufficient.

Mo Hua had learned a lot about the Wuxing Bagua arrays, his foundation was solid, and his understanding was profound.

But Mo Hua had only learned a few yuan magnetic arrays in total, his foundation was inevitably shallow, and his understanding couldn’t be profound.

Furthermore, the Secondary Thunder Array is an ultimate array, and Mo Hua found it impossible to truly comprehend at first glance.

Secondly, his divine sense was not sufficient.

A twenty-pattern ultimate array naturally requires a twenty-pattern divine sense.

Currently, Mo Hua’s divine sense is only seventeen-pattern, still a bit short of eighteen-pattern, barely counting as quasi-eighteen-pattern.

Quasi-eighteen-pattern is still far from twenty-pattern.

Especially between nineteen and twenty, it is a big threshold from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.

Crossing this threshold is estimated to be very, very difficult. He doesn’t know how long he will have to grind like water dripping through stone.

Or, he needs to “eat” a specially big meal to break through…

“Cannot learn…”

A second-grade ultimate array is right in front of him, but he can only look at it and cannot learn it.

Mo Hua sighed.

He reluctantly put away this array diagram of the second-grade twenty-pattern Secondary Thunder Flow Ultimate Array, and then his gaze became firm.

No matter what, he must seize the time to enhance his divine sense!

“Must find a way to feed the Heavenly Dao Law, break through the restrictions, then enhance divine sense, elevate realm, and reach twenty-pattern divine sense as soon as possible to comprehend the Secondary Thunder Ultimate Array!”

The fastest way to enhance divine sense is to “eat” evil spirits.

The fastest way to “eat” evil spirits is to find an altar.

By stealing the authority of the evil god, he can order “takeout” for himself and can be directly full in one go.

But he cannot go out now, cannot find an altar, and cannot order takeout.

This path can only be abandoned.

Besides this, he can temper his divine sense through a large amount of array method practice.

But this is something Mo Hua is already doing every day, every moment.

Mo Hua’s divine sense is now powerful, and he has the Dao Stele to trace divine thoughts. The amount of array method practice he does every day is almost dozens of times that of array masters in the same realm.

Since obtaining the Dao Stele, Mo Hua has been practicing diligently every day, almost never slackening, so there is nothing more to say about this.

Finally, just like ordinary cultivators, he can enhance the realm of his divine sense step by step through the elevation of his cultivation realm.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment.

He is “grounded”. Besides practicing a large amount of array methods every day, it seems that the only way to enhance his divine sense is through elevating his cultivation.

“Foundation Establishment mid-stage!”

He must elevate his cultivation to Foundation Establishment mid-stage as soon as possible, and then consider other things.

Mo Hua nodded.

After that, Mo Hua put everything aside, focused on solving puzzle arrays, wanting to break through the bottleneck early and advance to Foundation Establishment mid-stage.

He temporarily didn’t inquire about the matters of the Yu Family Water Stronghold and Water Yan Luo.

Of course, he cannot manage them now even if he wanted to.

The Five Elements Source Armor is still being refined.

He will still make time to meet with Master Gu, have a meal, and research ways to improve.

If fellow disciples ask for rewards, he will also give some guidance, fulfilling his responsibility as a “little senior brother”.

Master Gu can also sell more custom-made spiritual tools and earn more spirit stones.

Besides this, Mo Hua spent almost all his time and energy on breaking through the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment mid-stage.

The bottleneck of the Tianyan Jue is somewhat inconceivable to ordinary people.

Complex array patterns, massive puzzle arrays, qualitative changes in divine ranks.

To ordinary cultivators, each one is like a natural chasm.

But Mo Hua is already accustomed to it.

At least in his eyes, these are all just “regular” bottlenecks.

In the Sea of Consciousness, relying on his profound array method attainments, strong divine sense foundation, profound derivation power, and the multiple speeds of the strange calculation.

Vast and miscellaneous puzzle arrays, like snow melting in soup, were quickly solved by Mo Hua.

The bottleneck also loosened little by little.

So, more than a month passed. Just when Mo Hua had solved seven or eight of the Tianyan Jue’s puzzle arrays and was about to break through to Foundation Establishment mid-stage, Cheng Mo suddenly came to find Mo Hua.

“Little senior brother, do you want to go watch the Dao Discussion Assembly?” Cheng Mo asked.

Mo Hua was startled.

Dao Discussion Assembly?

This was not the first time he had heard this term.

Usually, fellow disciples would occasionally mention it, but mostly vaguely.

Mo Hua also felt that this kind of matter was still far from him, so he didn’t ask much.

Of course, what he heard most was the term “Sword Discussion Assembly”.

“What are the differences between Sword Discussion Assembly and Dao Discussion Assembly?” Mo Hua asked Cheng Mo.

Cheng Mo said: “Dao Discussion Assembly is a general term, including comparisons in Dan, Qi, Fu, Array, and Sword categories. Sword Discussion Assembly is just one of them.”

“Dan, Qi, Fu, Array are examinations of cultivation skills.”

“Sword Discussion is a battle, where disciples of major sects in the Qianxue Territory mutually discuss swords and fight martial arts…”

Mo Hua was puzzled, “Since it involves sword discussion, fighting, and martial arts, why is it solely called Sword Discussion?”

Cheng Mo scratched his head, “I don’t know either, maybe sword cultivators are the most handsome?”

Mo Hua looked at him silently.

Cheng Mo smiled awkwardly, “Or, I’ll call Situ over. He’s a sword cultivator and definitely knows.”

Cheng Mo really went to call Situ Jian.

When Situ Jian came, Mo Hua realized that he hadn’t seen him for a while, and Situ Jian was already in the Foundation Establishment mid-stage.

Among fellow disciples, cultivation progress varies.

Moreover, it is also influenced by the cultivation techniques and Dao laws they practice, as well as whether their own cultivation resources are abundant, and whether they want to solidify their foundation and cultivate their spiritual power to perfection before breaking through. Therefore, the cultivation progress of disciples cannot be generalized.

Situ Jian was considered smooth. His spiritual items were fully prepared, and he had cultivated his Zhou Tian numbers almost perfectly, so he broke through relatively early.

But like Cheng Mo and Yang Qianjun, they still want to temper their blood energy a bit, so they are slower.

As for Mo Hua…

He doesn’t need anything. Breaking through realms is fine. There are no particular requirements for blood energy or spiritual power.

There is also nothing particularly good to say about his spiritual root.

Situ Jian explained to Mo Hua: “The saying ‘Sword Discussion’ has a long history…”

“The Sword Discussion Assembly, at first, was only about discussing swords. Sword cultivators would mutually spar and use ‘swords’ to determine superiority and decide the champion.”

“Whoever won first place would be the champion of the Sword Discussion Assembly and would also usually be considered the number one person in cultivation combat power among the disciples of the same session.”

“But other Body cultivators and Spirit cultivators were not convinced. How could the sword cultivator be the number one and be the disciples’ number one?”

“So later, Body cultivators and Spirit cultivators also participated.”

“But Body cultivators and Spirit cultivators don’t use swords. If they spar with sword cultivators and win, they become people who don’t cultivate sword arts but win the first place in the Sword Discussion Assembly, which is also not convincing.”

“So it became a team battle. Sword cultivators would bring one Body cultivator and one Spirit cultivator together, three people in a team, and battle each other.”

“Later, they imitated the establishment of Dao soldiers, with five people forming a small team and sparring with each other.”

“At first, it was just brute force. Whoever won was powerful.”

“Later, some ancestors in Qian Province felt that this was too reckless and did not conform to actual combat situations, so they changed the rules again, adding restrictions such as occupying flags, hunting demons, and seizing swords. It has been passed down to the present and has become the current Sword Discussion Assembly…”

“Five people from the same sect form a team and work together to achieve goals. They both discuss cultivation Dao laws and also emphasize collaboration and strategy. If they win, all five people are outstanding. If they lose, they are all eliminated, sharing honor and disgrace.”

Mo Hua nodded, roughly understanding a bit.

Cheng Mo patted Situ Jian’s shoulder and praised: “You still understand a lot.”

Situ Jian was helpless, “You occasionally pay some attention, don’t just be busy swinging your axe…”

Cheng Mo smiled and then invited Mo Hua: “Little senior brother, do you want to go watch together? This is a grand event of the Qianxue Territory that happens once every three years.”

Situ Jian added: “Moreover, for us, we may only be able to participate once in a lifetime.”

Mo Hua was a little puzzled, “Only participate once?”

Situ Jian nodded slightly, “Generally, disciples who have been in the sect for more than nine years, are in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, have reached the peak of their cultivation spiritual power and blood energy, and have not broken through to Golden Core can participate in the Sword Discussion Assembly.”

“If they are one session lower, having learned for several years less, their cultivation blood energy and spiritual power will be much worse than others, making it impossible to compete with prodigies from other sects.”

“Oh.” Mo Hua nodded.

Cheng Mo sighed: “I don’t know if I can participate in the next session…”

“Don’t think about it,” Situ Jian shook his head: “At least in the session after next.”

Cheng Mo was a little unconvinced.

Situ Jian then said: “The Dao Discussion Assembly is very important. It not only concerns the personal cultivation future of the disciples but also the development of the sect. The disciples participating in the Dao Discussion are selected very strictly, and every quota is extremely precious…”

Cheng Mo was a little unhappy but also knew that Situ Jian was right.

Mo Hua was instead a little curious.

The matter concerns the personal future of the disciples, which is easy to understand.

If they get a good ranking in the cultivation assembly and make a name for themselves, they will not only be valued by the sect but also appreciated by other cultivation forces. Perhaps they can gain a lot of merit.

But what is the connection between this and the development of the sect…

Is discussing a Dao alone that important?

Mo Hua then asked Situ Jian. Situ Jian then asked:

“Little senior brother, do you know about the Qianlong Mountain Range?”

“Qianlong Mountain Range?”

Mo Hua frowned, seemingly having a bit of an impression.

Situ Jian said: “The Qianlong Mountain Range is a huge mountain range that spans the entire Qianxue Territory. Among this mountain range, there is a huge spiritual mine with astonishing output of spirit stones.”

Astonishing output of spirit stones, a huge spiritual mine!

Mo Hua was slightly shocked in his heart.

Situ Jian lowered his voice and said: “I heard all this from my grandfather…”

“It is said that the Dao Court tried every means to occupy this Qianlong spiritual mine that year, exhausting all methods, but in the end, it was still forcibly suppressed by dozens of ancestors of the great families in Qian Province working together.”

“Even so, the Dao Court was still unwilling.”

“And since the matter concerned such a huge amount of spirit stones, the families also did not yield an inch.”

“Finally, both sides compromised. A small part of the output of these spiritual mines was handed over to the Dao Court as ‘spirit tax’, and the rest was handed over to the major sects in the Qianxue Territory for use.”

“The sects received these spirit stones, developed and expanded, widely accepted disciples, taught Dao and arts, and cultivated talents. In this way, the spirit stones from the Qianlong spiritual mine were also used for the world.”

“The Dao Court agreed, and the families also had no objections.”

“Therefore, this huge Qianlong spiritual mine fell into the hands of hundreds and thousands of sects in the Qianxue Territory.”

“But how to specifically distribute such a large amount of spirit stones also became a problem…”

Mo Hua understood and then said: “Dao Discussion Assembly?”

“Yes.” Situ Jian nodded, “Disciples from each sect participate in the Dao Discussion Assembly and determine the rankings.”

“This ranking affects the order of the sects, and the order of the sects determines the share of the huge spiritual mine in the Qianlong Mountain.”

“This is a giant spiritual mine. Any small share means massive spirit stones.”

“And spirit stones are the foundation of the sect’s development.”

“So, the Dao Discussion Assembly is closely related to both the disciples’ personal prospects and the sect’s interests and future development…”

“So that’s how it is…”

Mo Hua suddenly realized and nodded slightly.

“Little senior brother, this session’s Dao Discussion Assembly seems to have already started, do you want to go watch?” Situ Jian also asked.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and then said: “Alright.”

He also wanted to know what the Dao Discussion Assembly was like.

As for Foundation Establishment mid-stage, it would be soon anyway, so he wasn’t in a hurry for these two days.

So Mo Hua gave himself half a day off and followed Cheng Mo and Situ Jian to watch the Dao Discussion Assembly.

The Dao Discussion Assembly is held on Dao Discussion Mountain in the center of the Qianxue Territory.

From the outside, Dao Discussion Mountain is majestic and solemn, with a huge array constructed outside.

Mo Hua knew at a glance that this was a big array.

Moreover, it was not a closed big array, but a slightly open one.

Above the big array, faint light flowed, with astonishing momentum, like a hibernating colossal beast, gently breathing.

“This array is…”

Mo Hua looked at Cheng Mo and Situ Jian, just about to ask something, but saw that their expressions were more shocked than his, so he didn’t ask.

Never mind, array matters are still not difficult for them.

The requirements for entering the Dao Discussion Assembly were not strict, as long as they were disciples of sects within the Qianxue Territory.

Mo Hua and the other two arrived at the mountain gate entrance, showed their Tai Xu Orders, verified their identities as sect disciples, and then were allowed to enter Dao Discussion Mountain.

Upon entering Dao Discussion Mountain, they entered the big array.

Cheng Mo and Situ Jian were a little confused and didn’t understand anything.

But in Mo Hua’s perception, the aura of that vast, profound, and majestic big array was extremely strong.

He could even vaguely feel the vibrations of those subtle, profound, high-grade array patterns throughout the mountain, as well as the flow of massive spiritual power, as deep as a vast ocean but calm on the surface…

Mo Hua’s heart trembled, broadening his horizons.

As expected of the fifth-grade Qianxue Territory, there are really many good things!

He also didn’t know when he would be able to set up a big array of this grade…

Mo Hua’s heart was filled with yearning.

Situ Jian led Mo Hua while walking and explaining:

“In the Dao Discussion Assembly, refining Dan, refining Qi, Fu scrolls, and array methods will be examined sequentially.”

“The Sword Discussion is a bit different. Because the cycle is long and there are many comparisons, the timing of each session will vary, but generally, it will also be staggered with the Dao Discussions in Dan, Qi, Fu, and Array…”

The three of them walked and chatted.

Near the Dao field, they indeed saw crowds of people. Not only disciples from Tai Xu Sect, but also from the other four major sects, eight major gates, twelve flows, and even disciples from the Qianxue Hundred Sects all came to watch.

The area around the Dao field was extremely lively, filled with young disciples wearing various sect Dao robes, including handsome youths with jade tree-like appearances and young women with graceful figures.

Cheng Mo was a little yearning, “You say, suppose six years later, I greatly display my divine might in the Sword Discussion Assembly, greatly killing in all directions, will these songbirds and swallows, senior sisters and junior sisters, not particularly worship me and eagerly pledge themselves to me…”

Situ Jian patted his shoulder and sighed: “There are many people here, it’s better to change places to daydream.”

Cheng Mo was startled, immediately a little annoyed, and lowered his voice: “Good for you, Situ, you actually dare to look down on me! Let’s find a place to spar a bit and see if your sword is faster or my axe head is harder…”

Mo Hua was a little helpless, sighed, “Alright.”

“Alright, little senior brother.” Cheng Mo immediately agreed readily and then gave Situ Jian a look, lowering his voice: “For little senior brother’s sake, I won’t haggle with you.”

Situ Jian shook his head.

And below, the Dan Discussion Assembly had already begun.

On the vast Dao field, many Dan refining furnaces were placed.

A crowd of disciples in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, obviously older, more cultivated, and quite a bit taller than Mo Hua and the others, all with solemn expressions, began to light bright fires and open furnaces to refine Dan.

There were elders supervising the examination above.

Numerous disciples surrounded them to watch.

But at this time, the scene had become solemn, and no disciples dared to speak loudly.

Above the Dao field, the disciples in the late stage of Foundation Establishment concentrated on refining Dan. After finishing refining, they presented the Dan to the elders above. The elders commented on it, gave A, B, C, and D ratings, and then publicly displayed the results.

After that, those who were eliminated sighed and left the field dejected.

Those who were promoted showed joy and bowed to the elders.

Then another batch of people changed and continued to refine Dan.

After finishing refining, this process continued to repeat…

Mo Hua watched for a while and felt it was boring and tasteless.

The Dao Discussion Assembly is indeed a grand event, but watching from the side is a bit too boring.

Moreover, it was about Dan Dao.

Mo Hua was not completely ignorant of Dan refining, but at least he knew very little.

He only roughly understood some principles of Dan and remembered practical knowledge of some medicinal pills very firmly.

Like what kind of Dan heals what kind of injuries, solves what kind of poisons, and what effects it has.

Also, what kind of medicinal materials can be used to trick people, to poison, and so on.

Besides this, Mo Hua had researched very little about specific Dan refining.

He had also basically not refined many furnaces of medicinal pills successfully.

If it were little senior sister refining Dan, he would still stare and watch for a while.

But on the Dao field, most of the disciples were from other sects, and he didn’t recognize them.

Therefore, after watching for a while, Mo Hua felt a little sleepy.

Cheng Mo even more so.

Situ Jian was a little better, but not by much.

The three looked at each other, nodded slightly, and quietly left the crowd.

“Refining Dan is a bit boring…” Cheng Mo said, “Besides aspiring to be Dan masters, or those with very high Dan Dao attainments who want to get rankings in the Dan Discussion Assembly, very few disciples pay attention to this kind of Dan refining competition every day…”

“Unlike the Sword Discussion Assembly, where fists meet flesh, spells fly chaotically, and swords clash, that’s truly good to watch…”

Situ Jian also nodded: “Indeed, not many people watch these cultivation skills like Dan refining.”

“Only now, because the Dao Discussion Assembly has just opened and people are joining the fun, there are a bit more people. After a few days, there will be fewer people.”

“We have to wait until a while later when the Sword Discussion Assembly opens. That’s the real grand event!”

“The Dao Discussion Assembly is a grand event in Qian Province, and the Sword Discussion Assembly is the grand event within the Dao Discussion Assembly!”

“Not only in the Qianxue Territory, but even the central Dao Court and many great families and big sects from outside will specially send people to watch.”

“If you can distinguish yourself in the Sword Discussion Assembly, that’s truly standing out among countless prodigies, bringing honor to your ancestors, and making a name for yourself!”

(End of this chapter)

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