Chapter 372: Quality Assessment
After arranging the accommodation, Mo Hua, accompanied by Mo Shan, visited the outer mountain of Cang Yun Sect.
At the beginning, I felt that Cang Yun Sect was very big and there were many things inside. But after a few rounds, I lost the novelty. There were mountains and rivers, and there were platforms on each floor. I felt that it was almost the same, and there was nothing to visit.
Mo Hua returned to the house and reviewed the formations with peace of mind.
But the ordinary formations of the first grade were too simple, and there was nothing to review.
Mo Hua could only draw the Niling Formation several times, and reviewed the formation core of the Five Elements Demon Slaying Formation.
When it was time for dinner, he went to Cang Yun Sect for a free meal.
The formation master assessment was supervised by the Tianshu Pavilion of the Dao Court and handled by the Cang Yun Sect.
The Cang Yun Sect attached great importance to it and dared not be negligent.
Otherwise, it would not only blaspheme the Dao Court, but also be easily held accountable by the Dao Court Department, and would also offend the formation masters who came to participate in the assessment, making the sect's reputation among the formation masters worse.
Cang Yun Sect dared not neglect those who could participate in the assessment and were all "quasi-first-grade" formation masters.
Therefore, they made every effort to arrange food and accommodation, and the accommodation was spacious and the food was rich.
Mo Hua ate a lot of spiritual meat that he had never eaten before.
The texture of the spiritual meat was indeed more delicate, without a trace of fishy smell, and the spiritual energy was dense. After eating and refining, the spiritual power in the sea of qi also increased slightly.
But the taste was just average. Because of the rich spiritual energy, it was a bit like "eating spiritual stones", and the taste was far less delicious than his mother's cooking.
But Mo Hua was not picky about food.
And just for the preciousness of these spiritual meats, he would eat more.
Mo Hua lived well and ate well, and the disciples of Cang Yun Sect were also respectful and polite, and he did not encounter any trouble.
After two days, it was the official assessment of the fixed grade.
The location of the examination was set at the Wenxian Hall on the main peak of Cang Yun Sect.
The hall was vast and tall, solemn and magnificent, with dozens of tables inside.
The tables were made of mahogany, with a wide tabletop and carved with cloud beast patterns. They were thick and had a faint luster, and looked very valuable.
There were formations around the tables to isolate the divine consciousness, sound, and sight.
Once the formation master made an extraordinary move, it would trigger the formation warning, and he would be expelled from the examination room and dismissed from the qualification of the determined grade.
Mo Hua showed the jade card to the examiner, entered the Wenxian Hall, found his own table, sat down quietly, felt the solemn atmosphere, and felt a little nervous.
He looked around and suddenly he was not nervous anymore.
Mr. Zhuang was right. Most of the people who took the exam with him were some old formation masters with white hair, and some middle-aged monks with gray hair.
Mo Hua said silently in his heart:
"These uncles and grandfathers have studied and taken exams for their whole lives, but they still fail. I am still young, so even if I fail this time, it doesn't matter..."
Thinking this way, Mo Hua was completely relieved.
Then he found that everyone seemed to be secretly looking at him.
The first one was the examiner at the door.
He had half white hair, a serious expression, and a rigid face.
He was wearing a white Taoist robe with a seven-star pattern embroidered on his chest.
The seven stars were in the shape of a bucket, and the other six stars were dim. Only the first star of the Big Dipper, that is, Tianshu, was bright and emitting a bright starlight.
This means that he is a cultivator of the Tianshu Pavilion in the Seven Star Pavilion in the center of the Taoist Court.
He is also the chief examiner of the array method.
When Mo Hua handed him the jade card, he could clearly see the look of astonishment on his face.
He looked at the jade card, stared at Mo Hua for a long time, and then slowly nodded and let Mo Hua enter the examination room.
Mo Hua entered the Wenxian Hall.
Then he found that everyone was staring at him, either openly or secretly.
Watching him enter the door, watching him walk through the aisle, watching him walk to the table, and watching him sit down openly.
Suddenly, a sound of sucking in a breath of cold air was heard.
As if realizing that this little kid in his teens was actually here to be graded, all the array masters looked a little dazed for a moment.
This is the grade assessment for a first-grade array master...
A first-grade array master!
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Even though Mo Hua had seen the scene of a large array collapse, he felt a little embarrassed and awkward in the eyes of everyone who was shocked, envious, or suspicious.
Fortunately, half an hour later, everyone was there, and the exam was about to start, and no one was looking at Mo Hua secretly anymore.
Mo Hua also breathed a sigh of relief.
A moment later, the sound of the Cangyun Sect's bell rang.
Everyone was silent.
The examiner looked around and said solemnly:
"Daoting Tianshu Pavilion, second-grade Black Mountain State Boundary, Cangyun Sect Wenxian Hall, first-grade array master grading test, now officially begins!"
After speaking, he raised an iron box with gold and jade borders and said solemnly:
"Now I will unlock the array that seals the test questions in front of you."
The examiner moved a few small array plates, making the gold and jade on the iron box inlaid, and then a flash of light, the array was unlocked, and all the gold and jade inlaid on the box fell off.
This is a one-time array. Once opened, the gold and jade will fall off and cannot be restored, in order to prevent someone from opening it in advance and stealing the test questions.
The examiner opened the iron box to show everyone.
There were dozens of jade slips in the iron box, and the jade slips contained the test questions for the fixed-grade examination.
The examiner ordered people to distribute the jade slips, and at the same time, they also distributed the array pens, array paper, spiritual ink, inkstones, etc. that were limited to the Dao Court.
This process was meticulous and cumbersome to prevent array masters from cheating.
After that, the fixed-grade examination officially began.
Mo Hua looked at the jade slips.
The questions on the jade slips were divided into two parts. One part was array theory, which examined array theory, including array types, array origins, array history, array pattern generation and restraint, etc.
Mo Hua was not very good at these, but that was compared to the children of aristocratic families like Bai Zixi who had a family background. He learned array from Mr. Zhuang, and was influenced by it. In fact, these basic first-grade array theories were also familiar to him.
The second part was the array, which examined the depiction of the actual array.
Mo Hua looked at the array for the exam and was completely relieved.
First-grade Molten Fire Formation, First-grade Golden Light Formation, First-grade Water Prison Formation...
All of them are Five Elements Formations, and all of them were drawn by Mo Hua.
The Five Elements Demon-Slaying Formation includes most of the Five Elements' trapping and killing, as well as architectural formations.
Mo Hua built the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Formation, and even drew the formation hub of the formation, not to mention the simple single formations used to fill it.
But Mo Hua remembered his father's teachings, and even a lion fights a rabbit with all its strength.
The simpler it is, the more you can't be careless.
Mo Hua first answered the formation theory, and then began to draw the formation seriously.
But no matter how serious he was, this was just an ordinary first-grade nine-pattern formation, which was really not difficult.
At first, Mo Hua was very careful, drawing stroke by stroke.
As he drew, he got used to it, and his pen moved quickly, and it didn't take long to finish the formation.
Then Mo Hua was stunned:
"I think I've finished the exam..."
He looked up and looked around. Although he couldn't see clearly because of the formation, he could still see vaguely that most of the formation masters had just finished answering the formation theory, and then they started to draw the formation with a serious look, as if they were facing a great enemy.
But Mo Hua had already finished drawing, and he had nothing to draw...
He checked it once and found that there was nothing to check.
It was just a first-grade formation, which could be seen through at a glance. What was there to check?
Mo Hua thought about drawing some other formations to pass the time, but there was no extra formation paper.
He suddenly realized that he had nothing to do...
Should I hand in the paper early?
Mo Hua thought about it and shook his head.
This is too ostentatious, and it doesn't respect the "First-grade Formation Master Determination Examination".
The first rafter to stick out will rot first.
He is already high-profile enough to come to the determination at his age, so it's better to keep a low profile at this time.
"When everyone else hands in their papers, I'll hand them in together..."
Mo Hua made up his mind.
After that, he sat for a while, still feeling very bored.
The array master assessment gave a whole day. He had thought that this time was very good and sufficient before, but now he felt that it was a bit too sufficient...
He couldn't really sit here all day.
Mo Hua was bored, but he had no ink or paper, so he could only lie on the table, scratching the smooth table with his fingers, and casually drawing some array patterns to relieve his boredom.
But it was really too boring...
Mo Hua's little face was pressed against the table, and while drawing, his eyelids fought, and he fell asleep...
His snoring was very light and soft.
But he was soon discovered by the examiner.
The examiner's face was as gloomy as water, and he silently recited the name on the jade card in his heart:
"Tongxian City, Mo Hua!"
When Mo Hua entered the door, he paid attention.
How could a child in his teens come to participate in the array master qualification?
How much of a backdoor did he use?
And how much of a relationship did he rely on?
He originally thought that this child was recommended by a family or sect.
At that time, he would order the local Dao Ting Division to revoke their recommendation qualifications for the next fifty years.
But he never expected that this child was actually recommended by the Dao Ting Division itself!
How much would it cost to buy off the Dao Ting Division? Would they really be willing to do that?
For the rank assessment, secret transactions are inevitable. In most cases, the Dao Ting will turn a blind eye.
But don't go too far!
Let a child be ranked, do you think everyone else is blind?
The rank assessment of a first-rank formation master is an extremely serious matter, but now it is treated as a joke by these people. It is really unreasonable!
The examiner was angry.
He did not hold him accountable on the spot because he was afraid of affecting the assessment of other formation masters.
He also had a chance in mind, thinking that this child might have some talent for formations and be qualified to participate in the final examination, so he looked at Mo Hua's answer sheet intentionally or unintentionally.
The position of the invigilator in the Wenxian Hall was a high platform. Standing on it, he could see everything.
Naturally, this also included Mo Hua's various actions.
The kid was serious when he started writing the array theory.
But not long after, I don’t know if he finished answering or didn’t know how to write, he threw the array theory aside and started to draw the array.
He was serious when he started to draw the array, and he was meticulous in every stroke.
But as he was drawing, his true colors were exposed.
He only glanced at the array diagram, and then threw it away completely, and drew it casually, as if he was scribbling.
Several sheets of array paper were quickly used up...
After he wasted the array paper, he was bored and started to lie on the table, his little hands scratching something.
While scratching, he actually...
Actually!
He actually fell asleep!
The examiner’s eyelids were twitching wildly, and his face was ashen.
This is really outrageous!
He despised the Dao Court, the array, the examination room, and even more so, he didn’t take him, the examiner, seriously!
The examiner looked at Mo Hua again and was about to get angry, but seeing that he was sleeping soundly and innocently, his heart softened again and he couldn't help but sigh:
"What can a little kid know?"
Then his eyes turned cold.
This must be a plan by the family or sect behind this little cultivator, who bribed the Tongting Division to let this little formation master who had not learned the formation for a long time come to participate in the first-grade formation master's fixed-grade assessment.
This child may have come in a daze, and he couldn't answer the questions, nor could he draw the formation. He didn't know what to do, so he had to lie down and sleep.
The examiner sighed and said silently in his heart:
"Let him sleep first, and we will investigate this matter later..."
Therefore, after Mo Hua finished answering the test paper for the first-grade formation master, he lay on the table and slept steadily from beginning to end...
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