Chapter 996: The Highest Good Is Like Water

"Dao Bing" is a very strong force in the cultivation of Taoism.

Ordinary cultivators have limited qualifications and limited cultivation. They can use formations, formations and spiritual tools to form Dao Bing, unite and compete with talented cultivators.

This is a magical method of formations.

Unite the weak to fight against strong enemies.

In the history of cultivation, some big demons whose personal strength was so strong that cultivators of the same realm could not match them were strangled by groups of Dao Bing who were as strong as iron and fearless of death.

In front of a large number of well-equipped Dao Bing, even the talented Tianjiao cultivators had to avoid their edge.

Ordinary cultivators, when they formed Dao Bing, were still so powerful.

What about the Tianjiao cultivator?

If Tianjiao cultivators formed Dao Bing, wouldn't they be invincible and unstoppable?

In the history of cultivation, countless noble families, sects, and secret organizations have tried to raise "prodigy soldiers" openly or secretly.

Except for a few successful cases, the rest have basically failed.

First of all, the cost is too high.

To raise ordinary soldiers, a complete set of spiritual tools, formations, skills, Taoist methods, and tactics are required.

It takes a huge amount of spiritual stones, years of hard training, and inestimable efforts.

The cost of the qualifications of the soldiers increases exponentially with each level.

And the prodigy cultivators with the best or even the best spiritual roots are used as the basis to cultivate soldiers. The inheritance and resources consumed have reached an inestimable level.

Even the big families may not be able to afford it.

The reason why the prodigies are called "prodigies" means that each of them is unique.

Even if they want to do it, they will be "generals".

It is impossible to eliminate personality and arrogance to become a "soldier".

Especially in today's Qianxuezhou, what is pursued is the "elite" inheritance.

The sect must cultivate top disciples through "survival of the fittest", let them stand out, and win honor and benefits for the sect.

This is in line with the interests of both the sect and the family.

What the family needs is that their disciples can be superior to others, can take the lead, and climb to a higher position in the future.

They don't need the Tianjiao disciples to form a Taoist army.

This is a waste.

And it is not that no sect has tried to imitate the form of "Tao soldiers" and coordinate the disciples of the sect to participate in the sword-fighting conference.

Even Tai'amen tried it a long time ago.

But the effect is not good.

From team matching and running-in, to spiritual weapon casting, formation adaptation, formation changes and tactical drills, there are too many thorny problems.

First of all, the cost is very high.

The casting of spiritual weapons and the matching of formations are also the biggest problems.

After all, the situation of sword-fighting is ever-changing.

The enemies of sword-fighting are also different.

Even if the sect can afford the spiritual stones, it does not have the corresponding "industry" of cultivation, which can complete a large number of specialized "customizations" in a short period of time.

It is also very difficult to organize.

No one can really convince the public and "organize" the geniuses.

Every generation of the sect has a "big brother", but no matter how high the prestige of this big brother is, he often cannot take into account the overall situation and make every disciple convinced.

In addition, the sword-discussing conference, the more you go back, the higher the weight of the victory.

The four-character battle of heaven and earth.

Especially the "earth" game and the final "sky" game, winning a game can almost get dozens or even hundreds of victory points.

Therefore, after tossing around, it is more direct and efficient to directly "survive the fittest" and cultivate "top disciples" to let them achieve higher rankings.

Over time, few sects have tried the "Tao Bing System" sword-discussing.

Tai'a Sect also abandoned this plan.

Now, looking at the Taixu disciples in front of him, who are uniform and orderly, the Tai'a Sect Master suddenly feels a little dazed.

It was indeed a "Dao Bing System" swordplay...

Then he looked at it carefully for a moment, and was a little surprised.

It seemed to be a little different...

The drills at Taixu Mountain were not a "one-size-fits-all" Dao Bing System, and not all disciples followed the same routine.

Some people made many special teams based on the disciples' specialties, Daoism and formations.

There were balanced offense and defense, frontal killing, sprinting sneak attacks, good at escaping, and durable consumption...

Although time was short and there were no spiritual weapons and formations, the real combat power would be a little worse.

But its power had obviously begun to show.

At least there was a rule, which would be much stronger than the previous "spontaneous and voluntary" team.

The head of Tai'a sect looked at the scene in front of him, and admired it in his heart. He sincerely said to the head of Taixu sect:

"Brother Dao, you are indeed far-sighted and have extraordinary means."

The head of Taixu sect smiled and said: "No, it's all the disciples who are trying to make you proud."

"You are too modest."

"It's really the disciples who are trying to make you proud..."

"You are still being polite..."

The head of Taixu sect was a little helpless. He was telling the truth. It was really the disciples who were trying to make you proud. As the head of the sect, he didn't do anything except "delegating power" appropriately.

Then the two continued to drink tea.

The head of Tai'a sect looked at the drills below, which were the prototypes of "Tianjiao Daobing". He became more and more fascinated. After drinking three rounds of tea, he came back to his senses and remembered what he was doing.

"Xuan'er... he shouldn't have made trouble..."

The head of Tai'a sect looked around and found Ouyang Xuan in the corner of the drill field.

Everything was normal.

Ouyang Xuan and the sword genius from Chongxu Mountain, the formation leader named "Mohua" from Taixu Mountain, a big guy, and a sword cultivator with good qualifications were practicing normally.

The process was smooth and the atmosphere was normal.

The head of Tai'a was relieved, thinking that Xuan'er looked rebellious on weekdays, but at the critical moment, he was quite sensible, did not make trouble, and executed tactics well.

Sure enough, a man should be treated with new eyes after three days of separation.

You can't always look at people with "prejudices".

People will change and grow.

This "brother" who is equal to himself in seniority now gets along well with the disciples from other mountains.

The head of Tai'a was very pleased.

He picked up the teacup and was about to drink the tea. Before the tea went into his mouth, he suddenly heard a "plop" sound, and an accident occurred.

Ouyang Xuan and the big guy were in a tactical position disorder. Suddenly, they bumped into each other, one in front and one behind, and fell down.

The big guy got up and complained about something.

Ouyang Xuan's face also turned cold.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The head of Tai'a was stagnant, thinking that something was wrong. Before he could react, he heard a crisp voice:

"Xiao Xuan, you feint from the right wing, be careful, don't collide with Cheng Mo..."

He was a feathered man with a deep cultivation. Although he was far away, he still heard it.

This sentence made him, the head of the sect, confused.

"Xiao Xuan"... who are you talking about?

Could it be... Ouyang Xuan?

This... with that kid's donkey temper, can he tolerate it?

The head of Tai'a looked carefully and saw that Ouyang Xuan had an ugly face. He seemed to be very repulsed by this "nickname" and his eyes were full of anger.

Obviously, he couldn't tolerate it.

The next moment, he looked arrogant, with disdain, snorted coldly, and went straight to the right.

Apparently he endured it.

The Tai'a Sect Master was stunned, almost thinking that he had seen it wrong.

Is this man Ouyang Xuan?

Can he endure this?

In the Tai'a Sect, he was impatient when he said a few words to him, and he could directly turn his face when the elders of the true teaching said a few words to him.

This "stubborn donkey", when he came to Taixu Mountain, changed his nature?

The Tai'a Sect Master pondered for a moment, looked at Mo Hua deeply, and his mood fluctuated.

Linghu Xiao of Chongxu Mountain wanted to team up with him.

Now Ouyang Xuan of their Tai'a Mountain also listened to his instructions, and even didn't lose his temper when he was called "Xiao Xuan".

This child is probably... a "goddess" who can bewitch people?

He looked at Mo Hua, who looked handsome, bright eyes and white teeth, and his heart became more and more suspicious...

This matter has been lingering in the mind of the Tai'a Sect Master.

Until he said goodbye to Master Taixu, left the training ground, returned to Tai'a Mountain, and sat in the master's room, he still looked worried.

After a while, he made up his mind, called an elder, and ordered:

"You ask all the disciples in Tai'a Mountain to find Mo Hua, and ask Mo Hua to help form a team, practice together, and participate in the sword fight."

The elder was slightly stunned, "Master, this..."

Master Tai'a waved his hand, "Don't say it, I've thought about it, this child named 'Mo Hua' can even 'tame' Xuan'er, so it shouldn't be a problem to arrange the disciples of Tai'a Mountain."

"What's more, I've seen the training over there in Taixu Mountain, it's very methodical. It's hard to say whether it can win, but it's definitely better than my Tai'a Mountain."

"Since the three sects have merged, there is no distinction between them."

"Let's go with them..."

As a master, he has always been very practical in doing things.

Learn from whoever is good; follow whoever is powerful.

This is called seeking truth and being pragmatic.

It is also because of this that Tai'a Sect once "made it" to the top of the eight sects.

When the leader of the sect gives an order, the other elders generally dare not disobey.

"Then..." The elder considered, "Shall I make arrangements?"

"Yes." The leader of Tai'a Sect nodded, "The sooner the better, the Qianxue sword contest is coming soon, time waits for no one."

"Yes."

The elder withdrew and gave the order according to the leader's order.

The order was also passed on to the disciples.

Tai'a Mountain, the disciples lived inside.

A group of disciples gathered together and talked.

"The elder ordered us to find the 'young senior brother' and let the young senior brother take us to the sword contest."

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"What 'little senior brother'?"

"Mo Hua? What other little senior brothers are there?"

"I know, I mean..." A disciple lowered his voice, somewhat dissatisfied, "He is the little senior brother of the Taixu Mountain lineage, what does he have to do with our Tai'a Mountain?"

"Didn't he teach you the formation?"

"It doesn't matter if he taught you. At most, he would call you "little senior brother" when we met, and call you "little senior brother" behind his back. He is not qualified."

"It's up to you. If you don't call me, I will call you anyway."

"You have no backbone."

The disciple was dissatisfied, "He taught me the formation, gave me an "A" for my homework, and said that I have a bright future... If I don't call him little senior brother, should I call you?"

"People should have a little conscience..."

"Okay, okay, let's talk about business."

"Are we sure we have to go with Mo Hua in the sword fight?"

"What else? This is the order of the elders and the intention of the head..."

"By the way, Mo...little senior brother, he is just a formation master, is he good at sword fighting?"

"Not sure..."

"But the sword fighting at Taixu Mountain seems to be very different. Several disciples from Tai'a Mountain have teamed up with the disciples from Taixu Mountain. I asked them, and they said that what we practice is completely different..."

"Are we really going to Taixu Mountain?"

The disciples from Tai'a Mountain hesitated.

After a while, someone's eyes lit up and asked a thin disciple with slightly dark skin in the crowd:

"Mu Tou, you are familiar with the junior brother. Is the junior brother really that powerful?"

Ouyang Mu was concentrating on designing the diagram of refining equipment.

These things were given to him by Mo Hua, asking him to help correct and improve the formation and refining equipment.

Hearing this, Ouyang Mu raised his head.

Although he was still a little thin, he had been with Mo Hua for a long time and had experienced the disaster of Wan Yao Valley. His temperament was much more stable, and between his eyebrows, he also revealed a firm self-confidence.

The fellow disciples of Tai'a Mountain unknowingly respected him a lot.

Ouyang Mu put down his pen and said seriously, "Junior Brother is very powerful."

"How powerful is he?"

"No matter how powerful he is, he is only powerful in formations..."

"That's right, he has poor spiritual roots, his spiritual power is not strong, he doesn't know any superior Taoism, and his body is weak. What can he do if he goes to the sword contest?"

Ouyang Mu shook his head, "It's not just the formation, but I can't tell you clearly. Anyway, if you want to have a good ranking in the sword contest, just follow the junior brother. Be more polite, be more sincere, and don't have other thoughts, otherwise the junior brother will see through it at a glance..."

"This matter is for Taixu Sect, Tai'a Mountain, and for you. How to do it depends on you."

After Ouyang Mu finished speaking, he stopped talking and continued to study the refining diagram.

He would not go to the sword contest.

His own ambition is not to compete in sword contests and fight with others, but to specialize in refining and forging superior swords.

But the sword-fighting matter was related to the honor of the sect, especially to the junior brother, so he would not stand idly by.

So, some of the spiritual weapon casting and design matters planned by Mo Hua were handed over to him.

This not only reduced Mo Hua's burden.

At the same time, it also gave Ouyang Mu the opportunity to hone his sword-fighting foundation through actual design and casting.

This opportunity was extremely precious for a foundation-building disciple, so Ouyang Mu cherished it very much.

He also concentrated on the task assigned to him by Mo Hua and did it very seriously.

Everyone looked at Ouyang Mu who was concentrating, and they suddenly became quiet.

People who can really focus on one thing are often worthy of admiration.

What Ouyang Mu said was also imprinted in everyone's heart.

The next day, disciples from Tai'a Mountain came to Mo Hua one after another and found him, sincerely asking:

"Please, junior brother, guide me in the way of sword-fighting."

The implication was that junior brother, please take me with you.

Mo Hua did not refuse anyone who came.

After all, there is strength in numbers.

The more lower-level disciples who have been strengthened through the "Tao Soldier Formation", the stronger the strength of Taixu Sect will be, and the higher the chance of winning the sword contest champion.

Mo Hua began to count the names one by one and equip the team.

Of course, he was not very familiar with the disciples from Tai'a Mountain. Generally, before arranging the team, he would ask:

"Who has a grudge against you?"

"Who is the person you don't want to team up with even if you die?"

"Do you have good friends?"

and other questions.

In order to avoid him putting two enemies in the same team and causing the team to be disunited.

After arranging the team, Mo Hua arranged tactics for different teams one by one, and then considered customized spiritual weapons and formations.

After that, he asked the disciples of Tai'a Mountain to go to Taixu Mountain for training together.

The training ground of Taixu Mountain instantly had a large number of people, bustling with people, and colorful Taoist magic flying together, which was very lively.

And soon, it was learned that the disciples of Tai'a Mountain had mixed into Taixu Mountain and were "incorporated" by Mo Hua.

Chongxu Mountain couldn't sit still.

The three sects merged, and Taixu Mountain seemed a little "unique" because of Mo Hua.

But now Tai'a Mountain took the initiative to move closer to Taixu Mountain.

Chongxu Mountain became the "out of tune".

The head of Chongxu Mountain was not happy, so after reporting to the ancestor, he asked the disciples under the mountain to "join" Mo Hua.

Mo Hua also accepted everyone and "recruited" them again.

The Taixu Mountain training ground was bustling with people.

The disciples of the three mountains were teammates and opponents, and they practiced and sparred with each other, just like that.

For a while, there were crowds of people, no one could tell them apart, and the noise was extraordinary.

This scene made not only the head of Taixu a little stunned.

Even Mr. Xun felt a little unbelievable for a while.

They had never expected that the three mountain disciples, who still had a gap between them, would be forcibly "melted" together by Mo Hua because of the sword-fighting conference under such circumstances.

Now the whole Taixu Mountain is full of disciples, and there is really a lively atmosphere.

The three sects are really merging...

And in the huge training ground.

Whenever Mo Hua has time, he will put his hands behind his back, patrol back and forth, instruct tactics, command formations, and improve the shortcomings of many teams.

All disciples, regardless of their background, regardless of their level of cultivation, regardless of the strength of their Taoism, will respectfully call him "little senior brother" when they meet.

On the high pavilion.

The head of Taixu looked at this scene and couldn't help shaking his head in amazement:

"To be honest with you, I have been an elder and even the head of the sect for so many years, and I have seen countless disciples, but I have never seen a child like 'Mo Hua'..."

Obviously, he has a poor background, his spiritual roots are not good, and his personality and temperament are not strong.

But the disciples of the entire Taixu Sect, the three mountain sects, from the top geniuses to the ordinary disciples, these disciples whose backgrounds and qualifications are much better than Mo Hua, all listen to him...

It's really... incredible...

And Mr. Xun, who was standing aside, looked at Mo Hua, who was calm and generous in the crowd, and was both relieved and a little emotional.

In the original plan, he really wanted Mo Hua to be the "little senior brother" of the three sects of Taixu, Tai'a and Chongxu.

But he didn't expect that Mo Hua could really do this...

Mr. Xun looked at Mo Hua's figure, his heart trembled suddenly, and suddenly remembered an ancient saying:

"The highest good is like water."

"Water benefits all things without contending."

"It is because it does not contend that no one in the world can contend with it..."

It is because it does not contend that no one in the world can contend with it...

Mr. Xun murmured in a low voice, his pupils shrank slightly, and his mood could not calm down for a long time.

...

On Taixu Mountain, the disciples of the three mountains came and went, and the noise was unusual.

In the busy and intense rehearsal and intensive planning, time was passing by little by little.

Soon, three months passed in a flash.

The entire Qianxuezhou world, and even the entire Qianzhou, thousands of sects, and thousands of cultivators have been looking forward to the sword-fighting conference, and it has finally officially begun...