Chapter 1000: Sect Dao Soldiers

Mo Hua stayed up all night and completed the rough planning. There wasn't much time, so he couldn't strive for perfection, but overall, it was acceptable. He calculated that the Sword Discussion would be held three days later. The progress of the other arrangements was also nearly finished.

The next day, Mo Hua got up early, sat on the bed, bathed in the morning light, and as usual practiced his *gong* for a while. Afterward, he got up and went to the small garden outside the disciple's residence.

The garden was quiet and peaceful, with gentle ripples on the water.

The large white dog lay outside, yawning, bored and with nothing to do.

Mo Hua walked closer, touched the big dog's head, and softly asked, "Has the sect leader gotten up yet?"

The big white dog shook its head.

There was no movement in the garden, so Mo Hua didn't want to rashly disturb the sect leader's tranquility. He sat down beside the big dog, stroking the soft white fur on its neck while waiting for the sect leader to get up.

The big white dog outwardly seemed unwilling, but its body was quite honest, wagging its tail happily on the ground.

After a while, Sect Leader Taixu walked out. Looking at the scene before him, he unexpectedly felt a twinge of envy.

He himself had never touched the fur of this large white dog...

There was no other way; this big white dog had a special bloodline and its own dignity, so it fundamentally wouldn't let others touch it.

Sect Leader Taixu sighed slightly.

Mo Hua heard the sigh, knew the sect leader was awake, and reluctantly released the soft white fur. He got up and bowed, "Greetings, Sect Leader."

"Hmm." Sect Leader Taixu nodded slightly.

Mo Hua stated his intention, "The things I mentioned to you before are already forged. Would you like to see them?"

Sect Leader Taixu pondered for a moment and nodded, "Good."

"Then I'll lead you there, but we need to be discreet..." Mo Hua said softly.

"Alright."

Sect Leader Taixu changed into casual clothes, restrained his aura, and summoned two trusted elders. They rode in a carriage along a small road, guided by Mo Hua, towards the isolated city in the northwest, Gushan City.

At this time, with the Sword Discussion Assembly imminent, the borders of Qianxue State were bustling with carriages and horses like flowing water, very crowded.

But this was on the main roads.

Gushan City was remote, and the number of passing cultivators was few and far between, so the road was smooth.

The sect leader's carriage was equipped with top-grade spirit horses, and the formation was also a top-tier "Wind Riding Formation," making it as fast as wind and lightning.

In less than half a day, they arrived at Gushan City.

Gushan City at this time already had a new atmosphere.

Spirit mechanisms towered majestically, mines were grand and spectacular, formations were lined up, and lights intertwined and shone.

The miners in the mountains were lined up in long columns, densely packed but also orderly.

Cultivators coming and going in the city also had more vitality on their faces.

Sect Leader Taixu looked somewhat lost in thought.

He wasn't unaware of what Mo Hua had done in Gushan, but that was just what he had heard. Now, seeing it with his own eyes, it was a completely different feeling.

The grand scene of Gushan City and its reborn changes made this sect leader of Taixu Sect somewhat dazed and doubtful.

He found it a bit hard to believe that this was truly something a Foundation Building disciple could accomplish...

The carriage continued driving, entering Gushan City, passing through streets and alleys, and arriving in front of the refining workshop.

The refining workshop now occupied a vast area, with several massive refining furnaces, like steel-cast monsters, in the process of swallowing fire and spitting out mist.

Furnace fires blazed, white smoke billowed, mixed with the sounds of iron forging from inside the refining workshop, creating a magnificent spectacle.

Sect Leader Taixu looked at the massive refining workshop in front of him, silent for a moment, and couldn't help but ask Mo Hua:

"This refining workshop... it wouldn't be yours, would it?"

Mo Hua quickly waved his hand, "How could that be?"

Sect Leader Taixu was noncommittal.

"Sect Leader, let's go in. I'll lead the way..." Mo Hua jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the inside of the refining workshop.

The solemn guards in front of the refining workshop saw Mo Hua and immediately their eyes lit up. They respectfully saluted, "Young Master Mo!"

"Mm-hmm."

Mo Hua nodded and continued walking inside.

Almost everyone he encountered along the way, whether they were refining masters or disciples, immediately stopped what they were doing and greeted Mo Hua with joy and respect:

"Little Young Master Mo!"

"Young Master Mo, good day!"

"Greetings, Young Master Mo..."

Mo Hua also smiled and greeted everyone, as if he had arrived at his own home.

Sect Leader Taixu's expression was subtle.

Several people continued walking into the interior of the refining workshop. Master Gu, who was still refining and covered in sweat, quickly came out to greet them, apologizing:

"Little Young Master Mo, forgive me for not coming out to greet you earlier..."

"No need to be so polite," Mo Hua said.

He also knew that the refining workshop was very busy.

"These several are... elders of my Taixu Sect. They want to see the spirit tools and formation mediums."

Mo Hua didn't reveal Sect Leader Taixu's identity.

Master Gu also didn't recognize them.

But he had seen many people and had extraordinary experience. Seeing the extraordinary bearing of the visitors and their profound and immeasurable cultivation, he knew they must be "distinguished guests," so he didn't dare to neglect them and respectfully said:

"Honored guests, please come in."

Time was short, so Master Gu didn't make small talk but directly led the group to the refining warehouse.

In the warehouse, all kinds of spirit tools were piled up: knives, guns, swords, halberds, armors, robes, all complete.

Sect Leader Taixu's eyebrows raised.

From the surface, the spirit tools in the warehouse were still just freshly forged "embryos," which were only second-grade high-tier, not rare.

But he was, after all, a sect leader with unique vision. Just one glance was enough to see that these were not ordinary standard spirit tools, but all special "custom spirit tools."

A whole warehouse full.

Moreover, not simple custom spirit tools.

Sect Leader Taixu, in his mind, went through the four major sects, eight great gates, twelve schools, and the hundred sects of Qianxue State, reviewing the specialized inheritances of each sect. He quickly discovered that these custom spirit tools were, in a certain sense, "restraining" spirit tools.

They were specific custom spirit tools targeting the inheritances of each sect and matched with unique formations to "restrain" those inheritances.

Of course, it was impossible to completely "restrain" them; at most, it could only increase the chance of winning by one or two percent.

But in the Sword Discussion Assembly, with many participants, having this one or two percent chance of winning could lead to a completely different outcome.

Sect Leader Taixu took a slight breath.

He could actually roughly guess what Mo Hua was doing.

But for Mo Hua to be able to do this, it was still far beyond his expectations.

It seemed like just customizing a batch of spirit tools for "restraining," but actually, the effort required to do this was too great.

It required comprehensive knowledge of the five elements, eight trigrams, and profound formation theory to design these formation diagram schemes.

It required spending a great deal of time to research the inheritances of other sects and choose restraining formations.

It required spending great effort to design custom spirit tools and constantly match them with formations.

These were not efforts that could be achieved overnight but required long-term accumulation.

A lot of cases were needed for reference, and a lot of practice was needed for correction and improvement.

Finally, the most important thing was the production volume.

A large-scale, experienced, and efficient refining workshop capable of meeting all the strict requirements of formation design was needed to produce the spirit tools and formation mediums.

This was a complete cultivation "industry chain" including formation construction, spirit tool design, and refining production.

What he didn't expect was that Mo Hua had actually organized all of this in such an orderly manner...

Sect Leader Taixu was stunned for a long time before digesting this unbelievable fact.

He pondered for a moment and looked at Mo Hua:

"What else do you need?"

With Mo Hua's personality, he definitely wouldn't seek him out for a small matter.

His calling him here certainly had other plans.

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, admiring in his heart how, as expected of the sect leader, he could see through his thoughts at a glance.

"There is a problem," Mo Hua said, "These spirit tools are really too many, and there are also over a thousand sets of matching high-tier formations. I alone cannot draw all of them. I need some inner sect senior brothers, as well as instructors and elders from Taixu Sect, to help draw the formations."

The rules of the Sword Discussion stated that carried formations could not exceed second-grade mid-tier.

But the formations within the spirit tools, which played the role of amplifying the spirit tools, could still be second-grade high-tier.

Mo Hua planned to have the instructors and elders all act as "labor."

"Okay." Sect Leader Taixu nodded.

Mo Hua's action was for the sect, so he had no reason to refuse.

"And one more thing..."

Mo Hua was a bit embarrassed.

Sect Leader Taixu's heart stirred, guessing it might not be good, so he slowly said, "Speak..."

Mo Hua then softly asked, "Can the sect 'reimburse' these spirit tools and formation mediums..."

Reimbursement was actually the big issue.

Mo Hua's original plan was to sell them to the junior brothers after they were made, let them buy them with spirit stones, and then go participate in the Sword Discussion.

But these spirit tools were really too troublesome to make, and the cost was also too high.

And for the Sword Discussion, they had to fight many matches, and the opponents also changed.

If all the junior brothers had to buy them with spirit stones, then possibly for each match, they would have to change a set of spirit tools and formations, making the cost even higher.

Although they might not lack spirit stones, this was also really too wasteful.

More importantly, like this, one person would need several sets of spirit tools, the demand was too great, and Master Gu's refining workshop simply couldn't supply them.

Mo Hua then stated his plan:

"The sect can take action, buy this batch of spirit tools, and rent them to the disciples participating in the Sword Discussion. If they are not damaged, they can be used rotationally. If they are damaged, it's fine to compensate at the original price."

He was also doing this to bring business to Master Gu and them.

Before, the refining workshop in Gushan was doing business with the disciples of Taixu Sect.

If they could get the sect leader's approval, that would be doing business with Taixu Sect.

This meaning was completely different.

And this kind of business, once started, would be easy to manage afterward.

It was even possible that in the future, the supply industry for Taixu Sect's Sword Discussion would be linked to the refining workshop in Gushan.

With Taixu Sect as this "big customer" and "backer," the industry of Gushan could also develop steadily in the future.

Once the industry prospered, the days of the scattered cultivators in Gushan City would also get better and better.

Sect Leader Taixu also clearly understood the key points here. Looking at Mo Hua, he sighed in his heart.

Indeed, he was a good child...

And he thought things through very thoroughly, daring to think and act when encountering problems.

But he was still somewhat silent.

Mo Hua saw that the sect leader wasn't speaking and seemed to have some concerns, so he softly asked:

"Is it not possible?"

Sect Leader Taixu looked at Mo Hua's eyes and pondered, "Actually, it's not impossible..."

This amount of spirit stones, although Taixu Sect could afford it, it wasn't easy, mainly because the turnover was difficult.

Taixu Sect was a large sect with a deep foundation, but there were really many cultivators, and there were countless places to spend spirit stones.

Especially now, after the merger of the three sects, the scale was larger, and spirit stones were needed everywhere. They wished they could break one spirit stone into two halves to use.

As the sect leader, he couldn't arbitrarily decide.

"This matter, let me go back and consider it a bit," Sect Leader Taixu said.

"Okay." Mo Hua nodded.

In this matter, the best situation was that the sect could take action, buy the spirit tools, and make a deal with the refining workshop in Gushan.

If the sect's spirit stone turnover wasn't enough, then his junior brothers could only buy them themselves.

With the spirit tools seen, Sect Leader Taixu wanted to return to the sect.

Mo Hua still walked in front, leading the way for the sect leader.

Master Gu heard these words and finally understood Mo Hua's intention. He also vaguely guessed the identity of this extraordinary middle-aged cultivator in front of him.

Little Young Master Mo could actually even invite the sect leader...

Besides being shocked in his heart, Master Gu's admiration and gratitude towards Mo Hua were even greater. He personally sent Mo Hua and the others outside Gushan City.

After returning to the sect, Sect Leader Taixu had been considering Mo Hua's suggestion.

Mo Hua's idea was indeed good.

But the cost involved here was indeed not cheap...

A moment later, he had an inspiration and found the sect leaders of Taia Mountain and Chongxu Mountain. The three of them chatted for a while.

After chatting, Sect Leader Taixu called Mo Hua:

"I've chatted with the sect leaders of Taia Mountain and Chongxu Mountain..."

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood, "The three mountains will contribute the money together?"

Sect Leader Taixu paused.

This child was indeed too smart. He had just started speaking, and Mo Hua had already guessed everything.

"That's right, but it's not that simple," Sect Leader Taixu said. "They want to see the effect first."

Involving a large expenditure of spirit stones, everyone was very cautious. They basically wouldn't act until they saw the results.

Mo Hua understood and nodded, "I know. Sect Leader, please rest assured."

So the next day, Mo Hua temporarily arranged a drill.

In this drill, densely packed disciples, wearing brand new robes and armors, holding uniform spirit tools, executed tactics cleanly and neatly with uniform actions.

Looking at them, they already had the appearance of true "Dao Soldiers."

Originally somewhat scattered disciples, with the help of specially made spirit tools and formation connections, formed teams of five, like sharp "spears," shuttling through mountains and forests, advancing and retreating freely, attacking sharply.

Besides, there were some special teams.

For example, five tall and sturdy body cultivators, wearing armors and holding shields, were like five iron mountains. Just looking at them made people's scalps tingle.

Five disciples wearing wind-attribute robes and wind-stepping boots, treading on grass and running fast, were extremely quick.

And five sword cultivators, wearing light armors, each with a giant sword, would chop at anyone they saw.

And these spirit tools and formations would still change.

The armors had gold-repelling armor, water-repelling armor, fire-repelling armor...

The matching spirit tools also included gold swords, wood swords, water swords, fire swords, and so on.

The sect leaders of Taixu, Taia, and Chongxu Mountains sat on the platform, silently watching these scenes, and didn't speak for a long time.

Sect Leader Taixu, however, had a rough idea.

But truly seeing the disciples of Taixu Sect wearing armors, holding spirit tools, and cooperating with formations to advance and attack, he was still somewhat amazed in his heart.

The sect leaders of Taia and Chongxu Mountains, while calm on the surface, felt incredible in their hearts.

They were sect leaders and knew exactly how difficult it was to create this set.

Not to mention the attainments in formations, refining craftsmanship, and forging costs.

Just getting these proud disciples to truly unite, with five people as one, obeying commands, was a very difficult thing.

This was almost equivalent to "sect Dao Soldiers"...

Except that this branch of sect Dao Soldiers was just starting.

And what Dao Soldiers were best at was uniting as one to defeat the strong with the weak.

The disciples drilling in front, in terms of aptitude and strength, were only middle to lower ranked in the sect, but with this kind of cooperation, their combat power was completely different.

This was the most terrifying thing.

This meant that the strength of the sect's disciples had undergone a "metamorphosis" from the bottom level.

In terms of high-level combat power, perhaps they were not as good as the four major sects.

But this bottom-level combat power was extremely solid.

The three sect leaders' hearts were all ignited with a weak but fervent flame, and they couldn't help but think:

This time, the Sword Discussion Assembly, perhaps really... has great prospects?

A moment later, Sect Leader Taia then said:

"For these things, my Taia Mountain will contribute money."

"My Chongxu Mountain will also contribute money."

Sect Leader Taixu nodded with satisfaction.

On the other side, Mo Hua also nodded with satisfaction.

Master told him that a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

To hide one's light, one must "hide the wood in the forest."

If the trees in the forest are not outstanding and it's difficult to hide, then one should create a large, dense forest.

Mo Hua looked down at the rows of golden armors, long spears, and sharp swords, the majestic disciples of Taixu Sect coming and going in the mock battles, his gaze bright.

With the spirit stones in place, all the spirit tools and formation mediums were prepared.

Mo Hua drew a part of the high-tier formations on the spirit tools.

The rest would be drawn by the inner sect senior brothers and sisters, as well as the instructors and elders, helping together.

In haste, everything was prepared.

Tomorrow, the Sword Discussion would finally officially begin.

In the disciple's residence.

Mo Hua considered all the matters, both before and after, and confirmed there were no major oversights. Only then did he feel relieved.

Tomorrow was the day of the Sword Discussion.

Taixu Sect would formally confront the four sects, eight gates, twelve schools, and even the hundred sects of Qianxue State.

He might also have to go on stage.

Mo Hua suddenly felt a little nervous, but thinking about it, there was nothing to be nervous about; it was just going up to fight.

Winning was naturally good, losing... anyway, no one would die.

Mo Hua calmed his mood and began to continue practicing formations.

This was something he did every day.

No matter what happened, it couldn't stop him from advancing in his formation skills.

As long as he had time, even if he only drew one formation, or even just one array pattern, he would utilize it and steadily learn formations.

There were no shortcuts in formations.

The level of formations progressed through this bit by bit of practice.

And Mo Hua now had a core of divine sense, so he was learning not ordinary formations.

The Thunder Magnetic Absolute Array, the Reverse Spirit Absolute Array, and the derivation of the twenty-one patterns of the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array Diagram, any one of these formations would make others feel unbelievable if they saw it.

In the flickering lamp of the disciple's residence.

Mo Hua seriously, time and again, learned and comprehended the several absolute arrays he had on hand according to the planned order.

Until the Reverse Spirit Array was practiced completely, and he was proceeding to the Four Symbols Demonic Patterns, deriving them into Dragon Patterns, Mo Hua was startled and suddenly thought of a problem:

Life Array Diagram!

He had been too busy considering the matters of the Sword Discussion recently that he had almost forgotten.

His life array diagram still had no progress...

Mo Hua frowned.

He still remembered the message the Second Elder had told him before his soul scattered:

Mr. Tu had in his hand an evil god statue. Inside the statue, hidden was a stunning great witch priest of the Great Wilderness lineage, who had found an ancient Great Wilderness array diagram from the barbaric abyss.

This barbaric ancient array diagram was related to his life array diagram...

"Mr. Tu, evil god statue..."

But... where exactly was this Mr. Tu?

Where would the evil god statue be hidden?

What would his life array diagram be?

Mo Hua frowned, thought for a long time, and had no clue.

"Forget it, I'll think about it after the Sword Discussion..."

"Now the Sword Discussion is the most important matter. After the Sword Discussion, there should still be some time to find people to pull out this Mr. Tu, surround and beat him to death, and then figure out a way to get the 'evil god statue'..."

"If it really doesn't work, it's okay to ask the ancestor and the sect leader to act, I just don't know if the ancestor has time..."

"Moreover, matters related to the evil god are still too dangerous, must be careful and cautious..."

Mo Hua silently pondered in his heart, then temporarily put this matter aside, concentrating on practicing formations, while looking forward to tomorrow's Sword Discussion Assembly...

In an unknown place within Qianxue State.

In the bloody secret room.

Mr. Tu, full of scars and with a mottled divine soul, knelt on the ground.

The death of the evil fetus in Gushan had caused him to suffer unprecedented severe "divine punishment." Both his flesh body and divine soul were in extreme pain, as if falling into boundless hell, endless.

Mr. Tu was already numb.

Vaguely, he felt that the time left for him was not much.

Not only because of Taixu Sect and that fierce god who was watching like a tiger in Taixu Sect...

There was an even more terrifying thing...

"Lately, I always have a feeling, as if being secretly stared at by something, by a pair of... pitch-black strange eyes..."

"But I fundamentally don't know who he is..."

"Who can he be?"

"Has another terrifying cultivator of great power entered the game... or perhaps... he has always been in the game?"

"I don't know..."

"I... I don't have time, I..."

Mr. Tu's tone suddenly paused, his eyes dimmed, revealing a strange depth.

A moment later, he slowly frowned:

"What was I just... saying?"

"Am I wavering?"

"No, impossible."

"My loyalty to the god master, heaven and earth can witness. No one, no demon, no god, can shake my pious belief."

"In this world, there is fundamentally nothing to fear."

"As long as the god master revives, all ghosts and monsters will turn to ashes in the god master's glory..."

"Yes, that's right..."

Mr. Tu muttered deliriously, then knelt on the ground, his back bloody, the wounds on his divine soul faintly painful.

But in his heart, Mr. Tu felt pleasure.

Thunder was rain and dew, all were God's grace.

This was the god master's "bestowal."

His pain was proof of the god master's existence, a symbol of the god master's favor.

"The revival of Gushan failed because the dead people were still not enough..."

"This time, it will definitely succeed..."

"As long as enough people are dead, it will definitely succeed..."

"And you, God Master, will finally wake up and, with your flesh body, taste the most delicious offerings in this world..."

Mr. Tu knelt and worshipped devoutly.

In his hand, he held a bloody human skin, on which azure dragon array patterns were painted, flickering with green-red evil light.

And what he worshipped was a statue.

A huge, ferocious, yin energy dense, human-faced, sheep-horned, white-boned evil god statue.

And in this statue, a terrifying evil god's aura was hidden, along with that one, unknown ancient secret...

(End of this chapter)