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Chapter 348: Enlightenment
Chapter 348: Enlightenment
Mo Hua was perplexed and asked, "What's wrong?"
Bai Zi Sheng hesitated, "Is that... a pivotal formation you're drawing?"
Mo Hua nodded, "Yes."
"What kind of pivotal formation?" Bai Zi Sheng asked curiously, and Bai Zi Xi also looked on with interest.
Mo Hua thought for a moment, playing coy, "You'll find out later."
Bai Zi Sheng pouted, muttering, "Stingy..."
Then he remembered something else, his expression turning worried as he whispered, "Are you guys going to move away?"
"Maybe," Mo Hua replied.
"What do you mean 'maybe'?" Bai Zi Sheng asked. "When a calamity like a powerful demon appears, relocating the city is usually the only option, isn't it?"
Mo Hua asked, "Are there any other options?" He wanted to know if Bai Zi Sheng had any other ideas about dealing with the demon.
"How would I know..." Bai Zi Sheng shook his head. "I asked Aunt Xue, and that's what she told me."
Bai Zi Xi added in a crisp voice, "There are cultivators from the Bai family working in the Celestial Cabinet, and they've seen similar records. When it comes to calamities like powerful demons, relocating the city is usually the best choice."
There were also those who were eaten by the demons, turned into corpse slaves, or became vengeful ghosts... all kinds of misfortunes befell the people.
At this thought, the three of them fell silent, their expressions turning solemn.
Mo Hua glanced at Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi before asking, "If the city is relocated, will you two have to leave as well?"
Bai Zi Sheng nodded, "Once the relocation starts, Mr. Zhuang will definitely leave. From what I can tell, he doesn't seem willing to accept us as disciples."
"But we must become his disciples!" Bai Zi Sheng said firmly.
"Why?" Mo Hua was puzzled.
Bai Zi Sheng hesitated, glancing at Bai Zi Xi. Seeing that she didn't stop him and her expression wasn't unhappy, he turned back to Mo Hua with a serious look.
Mo Hua's expression turned solemn, and he leaned in to listen.
Bai Zi Sheng lowered his voice and whispered, "I don't know either..."
Mo Hua was taken aback, then gave Bai Zi Sheng a disdainful look.
"I'm not done yet," Bai Zi Sheng quickly added.
He lowered his voice again, "Normally, I shouldn't be telling this to outsiders, but since we're from the same sect... well, half the same sect, I guess I can trust you..."
"My mother told Zi Xi and me to find Mr. Zhuang and become his disciples to learn a special formation technique."
"Only direct disciples can learn this formation, not those with just a recorded name."
"Oh." Mo Hua nodded.
So that was it...
No wonder Zi Sheng and Zi Xi were so persistent about becoming Mr. Zhuang's disciples.
Perhaps it wasn't them who were so insistent, but their mother, or maybe even the powerful Bai family they came from...
In that case, this formation technique must be incredibly important.
"Aren't you going to ask what formation it is?" Bai Zi Sheng asked, a little displeased that Mo Hua had only responded with an "oh." He felt he had shared something quite confidential, and Mo Hua's reaction was too calm.
Shouldn't you be a little shocked?
Just saying "oh" seemed underwhelming.
Mo Hua looked at him and said indifferently, "You don't know yourself, do you?"
Bai Zi Sheng was taken aback, "How do you know I don't know?"
"You just said so yourself, 'I don't know.' You must not know what formation you're supposed to learn from Mr. Zhuang, right...?"
"Besides," Mo Hua continued, "even if you knew, you probably shouldn't talk about it."
Bai Zi Sheng shook his head as he propped his chin up, looking at Mo Hua, "Mo Hua, if you're going to be like this, we can't have a proper conversation."
How am I supposed to keep secrets if you keep guessing everything? Bai Zi Sheng thought, a little annoyed.
"Alright then," Mo Hua said after a moment. He thought of another question, "So, if Mr. Zhuang leaves and refuses to take you as disciples, what will you do?"
Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi exchanged glances, both sighing softly.
Bai Zi Sheng said bitterly, "I don't know. Maybe we'll just keep looking for Mr. Zhuang until he agrees to take us on..."
That would be extremely difficult. Mr. Zhuang was like a mythical dragon—seen only rarely and fleetingly. Who knew where he would go?
Just finding him, let alone becoming his disciples, would be an arduous journey of climbing mountains and fording rivers, enduring the wind and rain.
Mo Hua felt some sympathy for them, but he also couldn't help but feel annoyed at their mother and the powerful Bai family they came from.
With such a large family, why not deal with their own problems? Instead, they sent these two children to seek a master.
It seemed they were trying to use the children to appeal to Mr. Zhuang's softer side.
An Xiaofu was right, it seemed. The larger the family, the thinner the blood ties.
After a moment's thought, Bai Zi Sheng suddenly asked Mo Hua, "Do you think Mr. Zhuang will accept you as a disciple?"
Mo Hua was taken aback, considering the question before shaking his head, "You two have a connection with him, come from a good family, and have good talent. If Mr. Zhuang isn't willing to accept you, why would he accept me?"
Bai Zi Sheng mumbled, "That's not necessarily true..."
Mr. Zhuang treated Mo Hua much better than he treated them...
If not for Mo Hua's poor spiritual root, he would have suspected that Mo Hua was a blood-related junior of Mr. Zhuang...
There was no way Mr. Zhuang's junior would have such a poor spiritual root! So, Mo Hua must not be related to Mr. Zhuang.
Mo Hua hummed in response, "I learned it from Mr. Zhuang."
Whenever he harbored malicious thoughts, Mr. Zhuang could see right through him. Over time, Mo Hua had also learned to discern when others were speaking ill of him.
Bai Zi Sheng said helplessly, "I don't know what kind of things you're learning..."
"As long as it works!" Mo Hua retorted.
...
The two continued their playful bickering for a while.
Mo Hua, intending to take a break from restoring his spiritual sense, had struck up a conversation with Bai Zi Sheng. However, Bai suddenly lowered his head, his expression turning glum.
"What's wrong?" Mo Hua asked.
Bai Zi Sheng looked at the ancient pagoda tree and then at the distant Tongxian City, sighing, "If the city is relocated, will all of this disappear?"
Mr. Zhuang's mountain residence, the ancient tree, the bamboo grove, the pond, and the fish in it would all be gone...
The cultivators of Tongxian City would leave, along with the eateries, bustling streets, dazzling fireworks, and captivating demon-fighting plays...
After their parting, they might never again taste the wine and meat Mo Hua brought or the cakes Aunt Liu made with her own hands...
If they went to seek out Mr. Zhuang to become his disciples, it would be a long and arduous journey.
Returning to the Bai family would mean returning to a place filled with beautiful flowers, but also a stifling cage devoid of life.
The days spent in Tongxian City were the happiest he had ever known.
If the city remained, he could always look forward to returning to visit.
But if it were gone, even the place he longed for would cease to exist...
The more Bai Zi Sheng thought about it, the more dejected he became.
A deep melancholy also filled the bright eyes of Bai Zi Xi.
For a moment, Mo Hua was at a loss for words.
After a moment's thought, he said firmly, "That won't happen!"
The Bai siblings exchanged a glance, confused by Mo Hua's statement. "What do you mean it won't happen?"
"Tongxian City won't disappear!" Mo Hua declared.
"But..." Bai Zi Sheng started to say.
Mo Hua abruptly stood up and said, "You'll know soon enough!" After quickly gathering his things, he added, "I'm going to find Mr. Zhuang," and then dashed off like the wind.
Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi looked at each other, perplexed as to what Mo Hua was planning.
Mo Hua went to seek out Mr. Zhuang and consulted him on a few questions regarding the grand array's pivotal formation. Upon returning home, he resumed his relentless study of the grand array.
Currently, the relocation of the city was still in the preparation stage.
Before the actual relocation began, he had to master the grand array's pivotal formation!
Learning the pivotal formation was equivalent to grasping the core of the grand array.
The subsequent tasks of integrating individual arrays and constructing array mediums could be done concurrently with further learning.
In the following days, Mo Hua secluded himself in his room, tirelessly practicing the array formation.
Unbeknownst to him, his spiritual sense was gradually strengthening.
The intricacies of the pivotal formation were also becoming clearer in his mind.
The pivotal formation he drew was gradually improving with each stroke of his brush.
But it still wasn't enough...
Mo Hua's spiritual sense remained insufficient.
Each time, Mo Hua would push himself to the point of depletion, only to retrace his steps and deplete himself again. This cycle repeated endlessly.
However, he was still far from being able to perfectly draw the pivotal formation.
Mo Hua tried again and again, failing each time.
It was like trying to cross a river, always catching a glimpse of the other side, only to sink before reaching it.
"Could the Ten Pattern Grand Array really consume this much spiritual sense?"
Mo Hua couldn't help but feel disheartened.
Yet, he refused to give up.
Like a wound-up puppet, he worked tirelessly, oblivious to fatigue and the passing of time, mechanically and monotonously repeating the same actions.
He drew the pivotal formation, erased it, and then drew it again, only to erase it once more...
Monotonous, repetitive, and tedious.
But Mo Hua remained fully focused, forgetting everything else and immersing himself completely in the world of array formations.
Finally, perseverance paid off. A month later, Mo Hua had a moment of enlightenment, and for the first time, he successfully drew the complete pivotal formation of the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Grand Array in his sea of consciousness!
At that moment, Mo Hua froze.
He felt no joy, only numbness and a hint of self-doubt.
"Did I really draw it?"
Could this be a dream...?
Mo Hua examined the pivotal formation once more.
It was flawless and perfectly ordered. The intricate lines, layered and intertwined, formed the grand array's majestic backbone.
It was profound, abstruse, complex, and possessed a unique, indescribable beauty in its complexity.
As Mo Hua emerged from his mechanical "puppet" state, joy slowly permeated his heart like raindrops.
"I finally did it!"
Mo Hua's heart leaped with happiness, and his eyes sparkled with excitement.
Being able to independently draw the complete pivotal formation meant he had the capability to create the grand array. He could now officially begin constructing the powerful Five Elements Demon-Slaying Grand Array!
Build the grand array, defeat Feng Xi, and protect Tongxian City!
(End of Chapter)
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