Chapter 1746: Chapter 884: First Place
He also thought he had finished drawing, but then he found out there was more.
However, he wouldn’t refuse anyone.
Since there were more formations, he continued drawing.
Elder Master Xun had said, don’t worry about anything else, just keep drawing until the end.
And what he was best at was drawing formations.
Thus, Mo Hua continued to draw one formation after another.
The Array Discussion Conference continued in this somewhat peculiar manner.
Soon, the examiners’ expressions changed.
Mo Hua could still draw, and he was still drawing!
These Nineteen-Pattern Arrays already encompassed almost all the formation types of sect inheritance, with nearly top-level difficulty, yet Mo Hua could paint them effortlessly, without any mistake.
If it weren’t for being in the Qian Learning State Boundary, on the Mount of Tao, with so many True Man Great Powers watching.
They would almost think this was some "old monster" above Heaven Void from the Demon Path, possessing a young disciple’s body to stir trouble at the Array Competition...
But clearly, it wasn’t.
This young boy, though like a "monster," had a pure and upright aura, truly a legitimate cultivator.
And at this moment, he was meticulously and seriously drawing formations.
Three Nineteen-Pattern Formations were thus completed by him.
And it seemed that Mo Hua could keep drawing.
The examiners looked grave.
The disciples of the Four Great Sects had failed, and now, unknowingly, this genius pressure fell upon them, the examiners.
As time slowly passed, just like this, unexpectedly yet almost unpredictably, Mo Hua drew one formation after another, reaching the final "Ceiling" Formation.
At this point, everyone’s hearts were on edge.
"Ceiling," as the name suggests, is meant to "seal the top," surely this monstrous boy couldn’t even lift the top...
All the examiners looked at Master Wen, waiting for Master Wen to unveil the "Ceiling" question.
This question was personally set by Master Wen, and only he knew what it was about.
No one present had known in advance.
At the same time, they regretted it in their hearts.
"Had I known, I wouldn’t have rushed Master Wen last night, letting him choose carefully, pick the hardest one."
"Who said to ’randomly’ choose? Damn it, what a bad idea..."
"How could I have predicted such a situation would occur?"
An elder couldn’t help but curse.
But it’s too late now for regret.
Master Wen looked serious as he slowly opened the last question.
This final "Ceiling" question was carved on a jade slip adorned with gold, stately and grand.
And this ceiling jade slip was actually a "symbol," in almost all previous Array Discussion Conferences, it had never been "unsealed."
Today was its first time seeing the light of day.
The examiners, with anxious hearts, closely examined the jade slip and, seeing the question on it, their suspended hearts slowly settled down.
"As expected of Master Wen, meticulous and thorough."
"Indeed, fortunately, Master Wen is overseeing it..."
"This Ceiling Array is brilliantly chosen."
"This formation isn’t taught by any sect in the entire Qian Learning State Boundary, this monster surely hasn’t learned it, and definitely can’t draw it..."
Everyone was relieved.
When this question was presented to Mo Hua, he indeed paused.
This was a Second-grade Array he had never seen before, not taught by Elder Master Xun, exceeding his current formation knowledge.
Mo Hua’s pen stopped.
For the first time since the Array Competition began, he put down his pen.
This formation indeed stumped him, and he couldn’t draw it.
But he had encountered many tricky, obscure, and profound formations, gaining much experience.
Mo Hua began to carefully examine the Formation Diagram on the "Ceiling" jade slip.
This was a Second-grade Formation meticulously chosen by Master Wen using "difficulty" as the criterion, meant for the ceiling.
It required Divine Sense at the peak of Nineteen Patterns.
Besides, the formation patterns were very complex and their meanings obscure.
The overall structure was relatively unfamiliar, differing greatly from the current orthodox formation legacy in the Qian Learning State Boundary—at least the kind that could be taught to disciples.
The formation also contained some laws of spiritual power changes.
This even had a hint of the "Ultimate Formation"...
Spiritual power changes, half-step Absolute Formation...
Mo Hua’s eyes lit up slightly, then his pupils deepened, as he began to analyze and deconstruct the formation patterns, formation pivot, and formation eye one by one...
A moment later, Mo Hua, bit by bit, actually deduced the essence of this spiritual power change from the underlying structure of the Ceiling Array:
Spiritual power...
Reverse Transformation!