Chapter 525 Great Elder

Mo Hua and his companions temporarily stayed in the Five Elements Sect.

They stayed in the most distinguished guest room in the entire sect, which was elegant in style and luxuriously furnished.

All food and daily living were of the highest standard.

Spiritual delicacies, century-old wine, Yunwu tea, Baihua cakes, everything is available...

The Five Elements Sect was very considerate in its hospitality, but its attitude was not friendly. It was just polite on the surface, with a fake smile on its face, a cold look, and a distant attitude.

Although he ate and drank well, Mo Hua was not here to play after all. He wanted to learn the formation.

He missed the Five Elements Spiritual Formation.

But the head of the Five Elements Sect evaded the question:

"Logically speaking, since it is the agreement of our ancestors, we naturally have no reason to violate it..."

"But after all, it has been hundreds of years..."

The head of the Five Elements Sect was embarrassed, "Some of the elders in the sect have passed away, and we, the younger generation, are not clear about the specific matters of the agreement, so we have to discuss and consider the relevant matters."

"Please forgive me, Senior Zhuang."

"During these days, please take a rest in the Five Elements Sect and appreciate the heritage and beautiful scenery of our Five Elements Sect..."

"We will discuss the matter of learning the formation as soon as possible."

The head of the Five Elements Sect is surnamed Liao, wearing a golden crown and jade clothes, with a white face and no beard, and a dignified appearance, very much like the head of the sect.

The same is true for what he said.

It's the same as saying nothing.

Mo Hua curled his lips and was about to say something, but Mr. Zhuang said:

"Then I'll have to trouble Master Liao."

Master Liao was flattered and said quickly:

"I dare not, this is what the younger generation should do."

After another round of greetings, Master Liao stood up and said goodbye.

After Master Liao left, Mo Hua asked in confusion:

"Master, are they playing tricks?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "How can the sect's unique formation be easily learned by others? It's normal to delay for a while..."

"They won't regret it, right?"

"No, and they dare not."

Mo Hua said: "Then should we wait?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Wait."

Mr. Zhuang glanced at Mo Hua, who was frowning, and smiled gently:

"You're tired from the journey, so it's just right to take a break. You can also take this time to have fun in the Five Elements Sect..."

"Play?" Mo Hua was a little confused.

"Yeah." Mr. Zhuang said, "The Five Elements Sect has a nice scenery. You can take the opportunity to go shopping. There's no need to worry about the formation."

Mr. Zhuang looked like he had his own plans.

Mo Hua couldn't guess, so he could only say, "Okay..."

Then listen to the master and play for a while...

...

Master Liao left the guest room, walked along the spacious corridor, passed through the pavilions and towers with carved beams and painted buildings, but slightly deserted, passed through various palaces that were more than gorgeous but flashy, and walked to a quiet mountain.

On the mountain, there is a cave.

The cave is a bit old, obviously built earlier, but the details are also expensive, but it looks a bit low-key.

Master Liao looked respectful and rang the carved jade bell in front of the house.

A clear and pleasant jade sound rang and spread into the cave.

Master Liao stood in awe.

After an unknown amount of time, a light flashed in front of the cave, the formation was unlocked, the door opened, and an old voice came from inside the door:

"Come in."

Master Liao was refreshed, adjusted his Taoist robe, and walked into the cave.

The cave was also exquisite and luxurious.

In the hall, there sat a white-haired old man with a strong aura and great prestige.

This man was the great elder of the Five Elements Sect.

He was also the only remaining great cultivator in the Five Elements Sect, a Jindan realm cultivator.

Sect Master Liao bowed and said, "Sorry to bother the great elder in his retreat."

The great elder opened his eyes, his eyes gleaming, "That person is here?"

Sect Master Liao bowed, "Yes."

The great elder frowned, his expression solemn, silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Sect Master Liao whispered:

"The formation... is it going to be passed on?"

The great elder's eyes turned cold, "It can't be passed on!"

Sect Master Liao hesitated, "This is the agreement of our ancestors. If it is not passed on, isn't it... not easy to explain..."

"You don't understand." The great elder said in a deep voice, "The Five Elements Sect is no longer the same as before. It is not the time to abide by this ancestral rule."

Sect Master Liao was puzzled, but he did not dare to disobey the great elder, so he had to bow and say yes.

The great elder glanced at Sect Master Liao and sighed in his heart.

The Five Elements Sect has really fallen.

Once upon a time, the sect was full of masters. How could a mere late foundation-building cultivator be the head of the Five Elements Sect?

I, a Jindan, was just an elder back then...

But now is different, and there is no choice.

This is already the most talented disciple among the younger generation of the Five Elements Sect.

Some things still need to be made clear to him.

The elder's eyes darkened, and he explained:

"We built a lot of spirit stones for the benefit of the sect, and the reason for this is the formation."

"With the formation, our Five Elements Sect can be established."

"The Five Elements Sect was established, and the cultivators who sought the formation gathered. Only then would the mountain city prosper, and our mountain gate would be worth every inch of land."

"We, the younger generation disciples, can earn spirit stones even if we lie down."

The elder frowned:

"The problem now is that the formation of our Five Elements Sect has declined..."

"Spirit stones are earned too easily, the oil and water are too fat, and we are too full. From top to bottom, one by one, they have begun to stop making progress, stop practicing, and stop learning the formation..."

"As long as the caves outside are there, the Five Elements Sect will have a steady stream of spiritual stones coming in."

"You don't have to work hard, you can earn spiritual stones."

"Who's going to try harder?"

"Our Five Elements Sect no longer uses formations to establish our sect, but builds our sect based on earth and wood."

"But as a result, the entire Five Elements Sect's formation attainments will plummet!"

"Now let alone the second-grade formation masters, it would be good to have a few first-grade formation masters..."

Leader Liao said solemnly:

"This junior also deeply agrees with this matter and has already found a way to solve it."

"The sect has decided to rectify the atmosphere, innovate the monastic industry, encourage disciples to study formations, train formation masters, and make the Five Elements Sect a major formation sect again..."

Leader Liao sounded sincere.

The great elder looked calm, even a little indifferent.

These empty words have been spoken for more than a hundred years.

The interests are so deep-rooted that no one dares to take action even if the entire sect is affected.

The disciples in the sect have lost their Taoism. It is even more impossible to expect them to endure hardships and learn the formations all over again.

Real interests cannot be changed.

The atmosphere of the formation involves Taoism. Once it is corrupted, it will be extremely difficult to correct it.

And over the years, the person who has obtained the most spiritual stones from them, besides himself, the great elder, is him, the head of the Five Elements Sect.

The knife used to kill a pig is held in the pig's hand.

How could this flesh be cut off?

The great elder said calmly:

"This is not something that happens overnight..."

"The top priority is to find a way to protect the inheritance of our Five Elements Sect."

"Especially the Five Elements Spiritual Formation, which is the foundation of the sect, must not be spread to outsiders!"

The great elder's eyes turned cold:

"This sect must be firmly held in our hands and monopolized by our Five Elements Sect."

"It doesn't matter if we can't learn it, but no one outside the Five Elements Sect can learn it. Even if it rots, it can only rot in our Five Elements Sect!"

"Even if it is lost, it must not fall into the hands of others."

"Otherwise, the foundation of my Five Elements Sect will definitely be shaken!"

Leader Liao's eyes lit up, "The Great Elder is far-sighted and thinks well!"

This flattery is neither painful nor itchy.

The great elder's expression was neither salty nor bland.

Leader Liao thought for a moment and then added:

"However, this formation is extremely difficult. Over the years, only a few people in our Five Elements Sect have been able to learn it, and most of them are senior elders from the past."

"Since the previous sect leader passed away, there are no disciples among the descendants who can truly learn this Five Elements Spiritual Formation."

"If our Five Elements Sect disciples are like this, can outsiders like them really learn it?"

There was a hint of fear in the Great Elder's eyes.

"able!"

Leader Liao was slightly surprised.

The elder's eyebrows twitched, "You don't know, back then, this man named Zhuang almost actually learned this Five Elements Spiritual Formation!"

Leader Liao looked shocked, "How is that possible?"

The great elder still had lingering fears when he recalled the past:

"Back then, I was just an ordinary disciple. I was there and saw that man's talent and talent. In front of the leader of the Five Elements Sect and all the elders, I restored the pattern of the Five Elements Spiritual Array bit by bit. I understand the core of the Five Elements Spiritual Array, and understand the formation of the Five Elements Spiritual Array bit by bit..."

"Only a little bit, he really learned it, if not..."

If not...

The sect master and elders at that time used some tricks to really let him learn...

The great elder's eyes narrowed slightly and he swallowed these words in his stomach.

Leader Liao was still in disbelief, "Refining Qi?"

"Refining Qi!"

Leader Liao frowned and said: "The Five Elements Spiritual Array has a level of thirteen lines. During his Qi refining period, can he have the consciousness of thirteen lines? This is impossible..."

The great elder sighed: "His spiritual consciousness does not have the Thirteen Marks, but he almost learned it..."

Leader Liao felt it was unbelievable:

"You don't have enough spiritual consciousness to learn this formation?"

The great elder looked solemnly and said:

"Their sect has an inheritance that allows them to understand the origins of formations. They know everything about them. Even if they lack spiritual awareness, they can still understand some formations that they could not understand originally!"

Head Liao was stunned, "How can we still have this kind of inheritance?"

The great elder looked in awe:

"This is the most advanced type of inheritance among the formations. It requires extremely high understanding and top-notch skills. It is not something that ordinary monks can learn and master."

"And he is the one who has learned the best among all the disciples in the past."

"So as long as you are in the realm of Qi refining, you can break the rules to understand it, and you almost understood it, the first-grade thirteen-line Five Elements Spiritual Array!"

The great elder sighed sadly:

"Although the Five Elements Spiritual Formation of our Five Elements Sect is extremely rare, it is still inferior to this type of real uninherited learning..."

Leader Liao lowered his head, with greed and desire in his eyes.

But his little thoughts couldn't be hidden from the great elder.

The great elder's face darkened and he said in a cold voice:

"Don't have any evil intentions. No matter how downtrodden their group is, we can't offend them!"

Headmaster Liao was shocked and said yes.

But there was some disapproval in his eyes.

Leader Liao thought for a moment and then said:

"Great Elder, but this time, he is not the one to learn... He is here probably to let his disciples learn. Do we need to be so cautious?"

The Great Elder said calmly: "Be careful when sailing the ten-thousand-year ship."

Leader Liao nodded, "The Great Elder said..."

He recalled the scene in front of the mountain gate and sighed:

"Among his disciples, the young formation master, who seems to be only ten years old, has already been a first-grade formation master who has passed the test. His talent is really amazing..."

"I don't know where he found such a good seedling..."

Why doesn't our Five Elements Sect have one?

Sect Leader Liao felt a little resentful.

"Ten years old, a first-grade formation master..."

The elder frowned and shook his head, "Such talent is very good for ordinary cultivators, but it is just ordinary in their sect."

"Especially compared with the surname Zhuang back then, it is not worth mentioning."

Sect Leader Liao was slightly stunned, thinking that the elder was really arrogant!

A first-grade formation master, not worth mentioning...

But he didn't dare to refute.

He was only in the foundation building stage, and he was indeed not as knowledgeable as the elder in the golden elixir stage.

The elder thought for a moment, and suddenly reminded:

"Compared to this little formation master, you should be more careful about his senior brothers and sisters."

"Senior brothers and sisters?"

Master Liao thought of the other two disciples beside Mr. Zhuang.

One has sword eyebrows and star eyes, and the other is a lotus emerging from the water.

It looks like a pair of siblings. Although there is a spiritual weapon blocking them and the divine sense cannot see the details, the bearing of a big family, the rich cultivation, and the outstanding temperament...

It can be said to be flawless!

It is a top-notch cultivation seedling!

At the same time, it can be seen at a glance that they are disciples that their Five Elements Sect does not deserve to have.

The expression of the headmaster Liao also became serious:

"Grand Elder, do you mean that they are the real successors of Senior Zhuang's formation?"

The Grand Elder nodded and said, "Yes."

The Grand Elder pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, as if he had seen through Mr. Zhuang's intentions:

"That little formation master is just the vanguard."

"He is about ten years old, at the ninth level of Qi Refining, a first-grade formation master, and he wants to show us a warning."

"But this little formation master should not be that important."

"If he is really important, he would not personally get off his horse and go forward to clear the way."

"Obviously, the really tricky ones are the senior brothers and sisters of this little formation master."

"His senior brothers and sisters are from aristocratic families, their cultivation is deeper than his, and their formations are naturally more advanced than his!"

"And there are two of them."

"If we really let them learn, it is very likely that they will really learn the ultimate formation of our Five Elements Sect!"

...

The Grand Elder's eyes were solemn, and the headmaster Liao also looked worried.

"Then, Great Elder, what should we do? It's impossible to really stop him and prevent them from learning the formation, right?"

If we start fighting, it's like tearing our faces apart.

The result is hard to predict.

The Great Elder was thick-skinned: "Delay first, delay as much as possible, until they lose their patience."

"What if we can't delay?"

The Great Elder's eyes gleamed, "If we can't delay, we can use other methods..."

Master Liao's eyes moved slightly and nodded.

...

The Five Elements Sect began to delay time.

Mr. Zhuang also looked leisurely and not in a hurry at all.

Mo Hua had no choice but to follow the master's order and "play" in the Five Elements Sect with his junior brothers and sisters.

The Five Elements Sect is very large, with many caves, even more caves than disciples...

It seems that they were very rich in the past, with too many spirit stones to use, so they were so extravagant and built caves everywhere.

In addition to the cave, other buildings for cultivation, such as training rooms, meditation rooms, alchemy rooms, equipment refining rooms, array pavilions, etc., are also available.

There are even some buildings that are completely useless, and a lot of them have been built.

These buildings are neither lived in by cultivators nor used by cultivators, and they even have no function at all. The gates are closed and empty, and no one knows what they are built for...

Like most other sects, the Five Elements Sect is also divided into inner and outer sects.

The inner sect is the main body of the sect.

The inner sect disciples are one with the sect, and they prosper and suffer together.

They learn the orthodox inheritance of the Five Elements Sect, follow the master-disciple relationship of the Five Elements Sect, and are bound to the sect and share the same interests.

The industry of the sect is also managed by the inner sect disciples.

The core positions of the sect are also held by the inner sect disciples.

Generally speaking, inner sect disciples are not allowed to leave the sect.

The outer sect disciples are not so particular.

They are more likely to practice and learn array formations.

The relationship between the sect and the master is that there is a master-disciple relationship, but it is not strict; there is a favor, but it is not close.

As long as you pay the spirit stone, you can learn if you want to, and you can leave if you don’t want to learn. The sect does not restrict you.

The outer sect is more like an industry of the sect.

The sect takes out part of the inheritance and teaches it to the outside to expand the influence of the sect and earn the tuition and spirit stone.

The Five Elements Sect is a third-grade sect with a great reputation, and the tuition is also very expensive - at least for Mo Hua, it is very expensive, he can't afford it.

Mo Hua and the other two walked together and strolled in the Five Elements Sect.

Most of the people they saw were the elders and disciples of the inner sect.

The elders in the sect turned a blind eye to them.

On the contrary, some disciples, although they were taught and instructed by the elders, did not know the inside story, and would secretly point fingers at them and talk about them behind their backs.

Mo Hua has a strong spiritual sense, so he can hear everything they say behind their backs clearly.

What surprised Mo Hua was that the male disciples were hostile to them, but the female disciples were okay.

Male disciples usually said unhappily:

"It was that brat who rode a big horse, crushed the threshold, and swaggered into the mountain gate, making all the elders in the gate lose face!"

"Too arrogant!"

"He relies on himself to be a first-class formation master and looks down on everyone!"

"His senior brother, the one in white, is even more arrogant than him!"

"I heard that there were several senior brothers in the sect who wanted to discuss matters with him, but he ignored them."

"No, I heard that several senior brothers came to him for a discussion, but he beat them up severely!"

"That's because he concealed his cultivation and won without force!"

"Although he is refining his qi, he has the strength to build a foundation, but he just doesn't say anything about it!"

"How despicable!"

…

The male disciple was filled with indignation.

The female disciple said something else:

"That boy in white is so handsome!"

"I heard that I am from a noble family..."

"No wonder, the temperament is different at first glance."

"I don't know which aristocratic family it is. It's not far away. If I marry into it, can I come back and see..."

"And that little formation master is white and tender, and very cute!"

"I heard he's still a first-grade formation master."

"awesome!"

…

Mo Hua heard these words, and so did the male disciples.

He painted them with ink, so he became even more hostile to the male disciples...

Mo Hua sighed helplessly.