But the master certainly wouldn't give any pointers to himself.
Mo Hua then asked sothing else:
"Master, were these thods laid down by the ancestors of the Five Elents Sect?"
Mr. Zhuang was sowhat emotional, "Suppose so..."
"Why go to such lengths?"
Mr. Zhuang said with interest, "To guard against thieves."
"Guard against thieves?" Mo Hua was taken aback before saying, "To guard against …"
Mr. Zhuang smiled faintly, "Yes, you count as well."
"But… even to guard against thieves, isn't this too troubleso, isn't it making a mountain out of a molehill?"
Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "No, what they are guarding against is the disciples of our Sect from generations past, not making a mountain out of a molehill! Our… the cultivators of this Sect, from ancient tis to the present, all have exceptional spiritual roots and are brilliant talents…"
Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua and paused for a mont.
Mo Hua had quite a bit of self-awareness, "Master, apart from … all have exceptional spiritual roots and are brilliant talents..."
Mr. Zhuang was silent for a mont before saying tactfully:
"Your spiritual root is a bit inferior, but in formations, you are still… a brilliant talent..."
"Mhm, mhm," Mo Hua nodded, "Master, please continue."
Mr. Zhuang recalled where he had stopped and then continued:
"The ancestors of the Five Elents Sect, if they didn't set the threshold high enough, didn't make the puzzles hard enough, it would be too easy to see through..."
"It's actually reasonable that they use it to guard against us..."
"However, as a result, the later generations of the Five Elents Sect suffer."
"Once the Sect declines, if the later generation of disciples are not outstanding, hardly any of them can unravel the mystery barriers and learn the inheritance."
"These formations could only be lost..."
At this point, Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua and said earnestly:
"In the Cultivation World, Sects and Noble Clans that rely on formations as their foundation, they all hide their inheritances very deeply."
"The way the Five Elents Sect hides formations is quite unique."
"It seems simple but is yet obscure."
"Although obscure, all of them conform to the principles of formations."
"You should pay more attention and learn more. After breaking through, you will be enlightened by analogy. When you encounter similar formation inheritances in the future, with the reference of the Five Elents Sect, you can decipher and comprehend them on your own."
Mr. Zhuang's tone beca slightly solemn, "In the Cultivation World for tens of thousands of years, Noble Clans have risen and fallen, Sects have fluctuated..."
"So powers may seem insignificant, but their ancestors' inheritances should not be underestimated."
"These inheritances are often hidden in inconspicuous things."
"Tao Cultivation values opportunity. For so people, opportunity cos from luck."
"And for others, opportunity cos from insight..."
"Luck is innate and unpredictable, but insight is acquired and can be learned, observed, and pondered upon..."
"The Great Dao favors the persistent. In the future, you must be more observant..."
Mr. Zhuang's gaze, implicit and restrained, was filled with profound emotion.
"Mhm!" Mo Hua nodded solemnly.
He understood that his master was teaching him a thod through the inheritance of the Five Elents Sect.
Giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching a man to fish.
The master hoped that he could find his own opportunities in the future through his own horizons, knowledge, and insight, to seek out formations, to explore the Great Dao…
Mo Hua looked at the frail Mr. Zhuang, feeling a mix of lancholy and complexity.
...
That night, Mo Hua still went on calculating Formation Patterns and deciphering the Five Elents Mystery Formation without rest.
Thanks to the Taoist Stele, Mo Hua's calculations were getting faster and faster...
And at this mont, in the Formation Pavilion,
The Chief Elder once again lit three sticks of incense before the Shrine.
One stick of incense burned one-third, another a quarter, the one in the middle didn't catch fire, remaining motionless.
The Chief Elder felt reassured but also sowhat surprised.
Reassured because the inheritance of the Five Elents Sect had been preserved!
Only one day, four hours left.
They could never comprehend the Sect Protecting Ultimate Formation of the Five Elents Sect—the Five Elents Spirit Formation!
The surprise was that the Junior Formation Master had indeed not gleaned even the slightest hint of the Five Elents Spirit Formation's thods from the Shrine...
The Chief Elder sneered scornfully.
Youth may be impressive, but greatness does not always follow.
For all the brilliance in his youth, what else is there to talk about when one's potential is exhausted?
"That Junior Formation Master, I guess I overestimated him..."
The Chief Elder turned and left.
He didn't notice that the wooden elder in the Shrine Taoist Field also smirked enigmatically...
...
The Mystery Formation on the great doors, although complex, shared the sa principle with the Five Elents convergence Formation Patterns before the Shrine; one was converging, the other was diverging.
Mo Hua, familiar with the path, spent the night deriving the Spirit path of the formation.
On the fifth day, the last day allocated by the Five Elents Sect to comprehend the Five Elents Spirit Formation, Mo Hua entered the fourth floor of the Formation Pavilion sowhat nervously, along with his Junior Brother and Sister as always.
The Chief Elder lit incense and closed the door before going to the third floor to drink tea with Mr. Zhuang.
It was quiet in front of the Shrine.
Mo Hua reconfird the direction, and then started to Ponder the Shrine.
Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi were guarding on his left and right.
The instant Mo Hua Pondered the Shrine, the door drenched in Formation Patterns reappeared.
Mo Hua, with his Divine Sense, activated the formation according to the Spirit path diagram he had derived the day before, bit by bit restoring the Formation Patterns to their original state, redistributing the converging Spirit paths back to their rightful positions.
Before long, the elaborate Formation Diagrams on the Shrine door beca clear and understandable.
These were distinctly five sets of Five Elents Formation Diagrams.
In the center of the Formation Diagrams, there was a Tai Chi-shaped lock.
Mo Hua's Divine Thought stirred, and the Tai Chi slowly rotated, the Shrine door turned accordingly, the Five Elents circulated, forming a vortex.
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