Asking about longevity

Chapter 881 Grand Event (Additional update for the leader of Pharmacyde~)

The Shangguan family, the Wen family, and the Gu family all came to watch the ceremony.

Wen Renwan held Yu'er's little hand and walked among the crowd at Shangguan's house.

Gu Changhuai is also there.

The Dao Tingsi was busy with affairs, and he was not very interested in things like the Taoism Conference, but Wen Renwan told him that ink painting would also participate in the competition, and he had no choice but to drag him along.

Moreover, the "friendship" between him and Mo Hua was quite deep, so it would be unreasonable not to come and see him.

In addition, Supervisor Xia, representing Daoting, also came to watch the ceremony.

Xia Diansi followed Inspector Xia with a cold expression.

Ever since Xiao Tianquan's incident, Xia Diansi's position in the Xia family has become somewhat alienated, and her relationship with her uncle, Supervisor Xia, has also become somewhat alienated.

In the crowd, Supervisor Xia and Gu Changhuai looked at each other but said nothing to each other.

After the aristocratic families, there are the elders of each sect.

Many elders from the four major sects, the eight gates, the twelfth stream and even the lower sects came to watch the ceremony.

This naturally includes the elders of Tai'amen, Chongxumen and Taixumen.

Tai'amen and Chongxumen had basically given up because of their failure in the sword debate, and not many people came.

But Taixumen is different.

This formation discussion meeting is actually more critical to Taixu Sect.

They are currently ranked eighth.

It was originally ranked seventh in the sword discussion, but after the discussion of weapons, elixirs, and talismans, it was obvious that the four major sects and the twelve sects were dominant in the Tao discussion, and it had slipped to eighth.

Although it is not in danger, it is almost on the verge of death.

If we can hold on in this last game, we can keep our position in the Eight Gates.

If it cannot be stabilized, it will almost end up like Tai'amen and Chongxumen.

Therefore, most of the elders in Taixu Sect came.

Including elders Xun Ziyou and Xun Zixian, who are very familiar with ink painting, came.

After the sect elders, there are ordinary disciples.

Many Taixu Sect disciples also came.

Not only junior fellow apprentices like Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, Hao Xuan, and Zheng Fang, but also senior fellow apprentices from the previous class such as Murong Caiyun and Shangguan Xu also came.

Murong Caiyun and the others fought so hard in the sword discussion competition that almost everyone lost their breath and looked a little pale.

But this competition was about the fate of the sect, so they had to come.

Finally, when the crowd flowed into Lun Dao Mountain like a tide, under the gaze of everyone, the last Dao Lun Conference finally came to an end.

…

On Daoshan, Daochang.

There are more than a thousand tables and futons placed in the huge dojo.

This is the place for the formation test.

Outside the Daochang, in the nearest place, some high platforms were built.

These high platforms are used by the Taoist court and the "distinguished guests" from the high-level families and sects to watch the ceremony.

Outside the high platform, there are ordinary seats, densely packed and surrounded by no less than hundreds of thousands of people.

Outside the seats is Lundao Mountain.

At this time, many disciples were watching in the mountains, including on some trees.

The entire Lundao Mountain is full of monks, making it a grand event.

After a while, the disciples who participated in the formation discussion conference entered the avenue one after another and took their seats to prepare for the formation examination.

Everyone is looking at these disciples with either admiration or envy.

The shortlisted ones are all geniuses of various formations.

Those who can represent their sect and participate in the top Taoism event in the world of Qianxue are undoubtedly leaders of all kinds.

And these disciples, without exception, are all in the late stages of Foundation Establishment, or even at the peak of Foundation Establishment.

Each of them may have a tall and straight posture, or a graceful figure, or a polite temperament, or a gentle and intellectual one, making others envious and admired.

This group of formation disciples entered the dojo under the gaze of thousands of eyes.

Until he walked into the crowd and walked into an ink painting whose style was obviously not quite right.

She is fair and tender, and obviously shorter in stature. Walking among these disciples, she looks like a little sheep that has blended into a pack of wolves...

The monks who were watching were a little stunned for a moment, and then they all whispered:

"That's not right...Why does this disciple look so young?"

"My cultivation level is not enough."

"Why do I feel that he is only in the middle stage of foundation building?"

"It's not a feeling, he is in the middle stage of foundation building!"

"What do you mean...can you participate in the formation competition in the middle stage of foundation building?"

"Cheating?"

"What kind of cheating did you do? I guess you got the quota and made an exception to participate..."

"Exception? Which sect?"

Someone said: "Look at the Taoist robe, it looks like it belongs to Taixu Sect."

"Taixumen?"

Some people were speechless: "There is no one left in the Taixu Sect? Find a disciple who is in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment to make up the number? Isn't this a joke?"

"I guess the background is unusual. Either he is the nephew of the head of the family, or his ancestor is backing him up..."

"I'm afraid that the rich and powerful will take away someone else's spot."

Someone said angrily: "This kind of thing is done through the back door. I think the Taixu Sect will be finished."

This kind of criticism happened in many places in the huge stage.

The disciples of Taixu Sect also saw the ink paintings in the crowd.

They were also stunned.

"Little senior brother?"

"No wonder I can't see my little senior brother. It turns out that he participated in the formation competition, but how come we didn't know about this?"

A disciple said: "My little senior brother is doing something so mysterious and unpredictable, how could I let you know about it?"

"You're flattering me now, and my junior brother can't hear you."

"What do you know? You should always keep Junior Brother in mind, so that he can feel my admiration for you. If he has any formation in the future, he will give it to me first."

"You are dreaming."

"This has been verified by me. Last time, I gave it to Junior Brother..."

"Let's talk business, don't go off topic..."

"Oh, by the way, why can Junior Brother participate? Did Mr. Xun give him the quota?"

"I guess."

"Why?"

"Junior Brother draws formations well."

"Nonsense, do you need to say that? But..." The disciple hesitated, "This is a competition for the late stage of foundation building, the opponents are one year higher than us, and one or two of them are the top formation geniuses in the entire Ganxuezhou world, even the four major sects are included, how can we compare?"

When he said this, everyone was silent.

Even if they thought that Junior Brother's formation strength was extraordinary, they would not be so arrogant as to think that he was better than all the formation geniuses in Ganxuezhou world.

What's more, he was a formation genius one year higher than them.

This is the world of Ganxuezhou, where aristocratic families gather, sects stand in rows, and there are so many talented top-grade geniuses.

Everyone is a little worried.

Cheng Mo doesn't care so much, "Since Mr. Xun let the junior brother participate in the competition, he must have made up his mind, so we don't need to worry about it."

"Besides, in my opinion, with the strength of the junior brother, he is not much worse than the so-called geniuses of other sects."

Cheng Mo has been with Mo Hua for a long time and has a kind of "mysterious confidence" in Mo Hua.

Then he added: "Of course, if the junior brother wins, it means that the junior brother is powerful. If the junior brother loses, it is only because he is young and has low cultivation, not inferior to others!"

In his mouth, Mo Hua is a year younger, so losing is also winning, and winning is winning twice.

A group of disciples nodded: "That's right!"

On the other side, Murong Caiyun and Shangguan Xu, senior brothers and sisters who are familiar with Mo Hua, also looked a little surprised.

"Is that... Mo Hua?"

"It seems to be..."

"Why would Mo Hua participate in the competition?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Did he sneak in?"

"How is that possible? The formation competition is not a joke. Identity verification is very strict."

"Is that... the head of the sect or the ancestors made an exception and gave him a place?"

"Why?"

Shangguan Xu was thoughtful.

Murong Caiyun's heart skipped a beat.

She could almost conclude that this must be the intention of the ancestor Xun.

And the ancestor would not do meaningless things.

He let Mo Hua participate, which means that in his heart, Mo Hua has the ability to fight for this place for Taixu Sect.

Murong Caiyun clenched her palms tightly.

The Murong family and Taixu Sect share honor and disgrace, and she is the "senior sister" of Taixu Sect this time, with a heavy responsibility.

But even if she fights hard, she can only fight to this point.

This last game is a battle of formations. She is powerless and can only watch.

And if it was Mo Hua who did it...

Murong Caiyun felt a sense of relief and an inexplicable expectation in her heart...

...

On the high platform.

Wen Ren Wan also saw Mo Hua.

She had a clear purpose, and she didn't look at anyone but Mo Hua.

When she saw Mo Hua coming out, Wen Ren Wan was delighted and immediately pointed to Yu'er: "Yu'er, look, Brother Mo is there."

Yu'er's eyes sparkled when she saw Mo Hua, and she couldn't help but clap her hands happily, wanting to cheer Mo Hua up.

At this moment, a cold and harsh voice sounded:

"You don't know how to stand or sit. You are so young and have no manners. How can you take on the responsibility of the head of the family in the future?"

The one who spoke was a female elder in green clothes and heavy makeup.

She was born in the Shen family, married into the Shangguan family, and was the female elder who repeatedly made things difficult for Wen Ren Wan at the last banquet.

This kind of difficulty was also within Wenren Wan's expectations.

Since she came to watch the ceremony with the Shangguan family, she knew that this kind of thing was inevitable, so she treated the harsh words as a gust of wind and didn't care.

The female elder was already shrewd, and now she was ignored, she felt even more resentful.

Seeing that Wenren Wan ignored her, she turned her eyes to Yu'er.

Yu'er immediately caught her gaze, as if stung by a poisonous bee, and immediately shrank back cowardly.

But Yu'er soon thought of Mo Hua's advice to him:

A real man should stand tall and upright, as long as he has no regrets, he doesn't have to be afraid of anyone!

Yu'er's courage was born in his heart, so he quietly poked his head out, imitated Mo Hua's appearance, and made a mocking face to the female elder.

This was caught off guard and directly made the female elder angry.

She was about to glare at Yu'er, but Yu'er had already stopped and buried her face in her mother's arms, laughing.

Wenren Wan was startled, and then couldn't help but smile.

Only the female elder was so angry that she trembled all over, and her face, which was originally covered with powder, turned even paler.

In her heart, Shangguan Yi and Shangguan Yu's family were cowardly and had no right to inherit the position of the head of the Shangguan family.

Only when Shangguan Yi's family was finished and this position was vacated, and she gave birth to a child in the future, would she have more opportunities.

But she didn't expect that this always cowardly little bastard had learned to show off to her!

The female elder in green was filled with hatred, but at this time she could only be angry and did not dare to do anything to Yu'er.

And all of this was seen by Shangguan Ce who was sitting at the table.

He didn't care about what the female elder of the Shen family did.

On the contrary, the child Yu'er is so lively and even seems a little "naughty". She is almost like a "normal child".

Shangguan Ce frowned slightly.

Could it be that the ancestor's deduction was wrong...

Yu'er's calamity has been resolved?

Shangguan Ce was worried for a while.

"Brother Shangguan?"

The head of the Gu family next to him shouted.

Shangguan Ce turned around, smiled apologetically, and then continued chatting with the head of the Gu family.

Before that, both of them had glanced at Mo Hua. Although they were a little surprised, they didn't care too much.

On the other side of the high platform, sitting around were the elders of the four major sects.

The elders of the four major sects have a higher status than the elders of ordinary sects, and their sitting positions are also better.

At this time, several elders were drinking tea and chatting.

"This Dao Discussion Conference is considered a success..."

"Yes, when today's discussion is over, everything will be settled, the sect's restructuring will also begin to bear fruit, and the real power of our four major sects will also rise to a higher level."

"In the future, under the leadership of my four major sects, Qianxue Zhoujie will surely prosper!"

"Let's have tea instead of wine and wish my four sects can advance together and work together for a great cause."

"good!"

All the elders drank tea, but different thoughts flashed in their eyes.

After a while, an elder wearing a Tianjian Sect Taoist robe with sword patterns embroidered on it looked at the many geniuses in the audience, especially the disciples of Qian Dao Sect, and couldn't help but sigh:

"In this formation discussion conference, as expected, the leader will still fall into the Qian Dao Sect..."

Elder Shen waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, my Dao Sect was lucky enough to get first place in the last term. How can such a good thing happen in this term..."

"And based on what I just saw," Elder Shen said, "Elder Xiao, your Tianjian Sect also has a disciple with amazing talent in formations this year. In my opinion, the leader of this formation is not your Tianjian Sect. It’s none other than Sword Sect!”

The elder of the Tianjian Sect said displeasedly: "Elder Shen, you are just telling lies. When it comes to the foundation of the Formation Dao, how can our Tianjian Sect compare with your Qiandao Sect?"

"The disciples we taught are weaker in terms of formation inheritance."

"After all, if the formation inheritance of your Qian Dao Sect can be traced back to its origin, it can almost be traced back to that sect full of monsters..."

Elder Shen was really unhappy now, shook his head and said:

"Elder Xiao's words are wrong. Our Qian Dao Sect is what it is today, all thanks to the sect's united efforts and hard work step by step. Other so-called origins and inheritances are mostly rumors and should not be believed easily."

"Then it's even more valuable!" The elder of the Tianjian Sect was disdainful in his heart, but he praised him, "Elder Shen doesn't have to be humble. The leader of the Dao discussion this time will definitely belong to your Qian Dao Sect!"

Elder Shen declined: "I don't dare to have such extravagant expectations. I have seen it. The disciples of my Dao Sect are not as good as your Tianjian Sect."

The elder of the Tianjian Sect rolled his eyes and said: "If you say that, then I think the Longding Sect has a great chance. I just took a look at their disciples. They have deep spiritual consciousness and profound formation knowledge. They should not be underestimated. ”

The elder of Longding Sect on the side said: "You are being hypocritically humble, don't take me with you. I know my own affairs. If it comes to fists and kicks, it's okay, but when it comes to formations, it's not worth mentioning..."

Elder Xiao of the Tianjian Sect looked at the elder of the Wanxiao Sect on the side. Before he could speak, the elder of the Wanxiao Sect smiled and said:

"I, the Wanxiao Sect, are just running with me this time. If I can get to the bottom, I will burn high incense. I don't dare to have any extravagant hopes."

"Too humble..."

"Stop talking about this, let's drink tea..."

"This is the good tea I specially prepared..."

"please."

"please……"

Several elders exchanged polite words for a while, then each took a cup of tea.

But when they picked up the teacups, the smiles on their faces faded away, and they looked at each other in different ways, not knowing what they were thinking.

The elders of the four major sects were chatting among themselves and had their own thoughts. Almost no one noticed the anonymous ink painting.

But at this time, under the high platform.

Elder Zheng, who is no longer the elder of Qian Dao Sect, is sitting in the crowd, looking at the disciples in the Dao field with an indifferent expression.

Then he saw a familiar and delicate figure.

Elder Zheng was startled.

"Ink painting..."

He was a little unbelievable at first, but after a moment, he, who was always rigid, couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Sure enough, if you look forward to things in this world, you will still be surprised..."

Elder Zheng slowly sat up straight, looking forward to the next competition.

…

Outside the avenue, the scene was noisy, full of people, and various expressions.

In the Grand Avenue Hall, matters regarding the Array Discussion Conference were also progressing in an orderly manner.

Under the guidance of a teacher, Mo Hua entered the dojo and found his place according to the order.

This is a small, remote seat located in the corner of the dojo.

A desk and a futon.

Ordinary and unremarkable.

And it is far away from the center of the dojo, the core disciples of the four major sects and other sects.

Mo Hua is actually calm, he only remembers Mr. Xun's instructions, not to be sad or happy, to restrain his emotions, and just draw the formation.

Just keep drawing...

Thanks to his daily practice, Mo Hua quickly abandoned external things, calmed his body and mind, and no longer had the slightest bit of tension and anxiety in his heart.

He sat quietly on the futon.

Even though he was the center of attention, he was as clear as a mirror and calm.

All the people around him no longer affected him.

After an incense stick, the solemn examiner came on stage to preach the morality of the formation and the rules of the formation, and repeatedly ordered that cheating was not allowed.

Then he rang the Taoism Bell with his own hands.

With the sound of the ancient Taoism Bell, it wandered in every corner of Taoism Mountain and echoed endlessly.

The formation conference officially began.

An examiner handed out the test questions one by one.

Mo Hua opened the test questions and glanced at them.

Out of courtesy, caution, and respect for the Taoism Conference, he glanced at them a few more times, and confirmed that it was indeed very simple, and then he began to write.

It was just a sixteen-pattern formation.

He can draw with his eyes closed.

Ink painting, he holds the brush in his hand, and in a few breaths, he leaves a flowing and graceful dragon-like pattern on the paper...