Chapter 1037: Bad Omen

The Shura Sword Discussion is still seven days away.

These seven days were decided upon by the elders' open meeting on Discussion Path Mountain. The purpose is to allow disciples from each sect to prepare. Since the Shura War is an unexpected situation, the preparation time is also more generous.

Inside the disciple's residence.

Mo Hua was still concentrating, deducing the war situation, analyzing cause and effect, and considering problems when a sudden knock sounded at the door. Mo Hua went to open it and saw the person, his expression surprised:

"Sect Master? Why have you come?"

The Taixu Sect Master looked deeply at Mo Hua and took out a token from his sleeve, handing it to Mo Hua.

"This is the united sect token of the Three Mountains. It was just cast and this is the only one so far, so you can use it first."

"Within the token, the inheritances of the Three Mountains are interconnected."

"You can freely exchange using merit points."

"Moreover, this sect token is relatively special. The sect masters of both Tai'e and Chongxu Mountains have given you very high permissions."

"The inheritances you can exchange are all of high grade."

"The next is the Shura War. If you have any needs, just directly select the inheritance from within."

"Cultivation methods, Dao methods, arrays, artifact refining methods - etc., all can be exchanged."

"This is for the Sword Discussion, for the sect, so during the Sword Discussion Assembly, your exchange of inheritances will not deduct merit points."

"You can also temporarily break the rules and give the exchanged inheritances to other disciples participating in the Sword Discussion. As long as it's for the upcoming Sword Discussion, everything is permitted."

"Besides, I have informed the elders on their side. If you have any needs, just speak up. You will make the decisions regarding the Sword Discussion."

Mo Hua's expression showed fear for a moment, and he solemnly took the token with both hands.

The Taixu Sect Master said no more, only gazing gently at Mo Hua before patting his shoulder and turning to leave.

This meant his full support as the sect master for Mo Hua.

Mo Hua's heart was warm, but his shoulders felt heavy at the same time.

He lowered his head to look at the token in his hand.

The token had an ancient and simple atmosphere, exquisitely profound and luxurious, and was brand new. It was the united sect token of the Three Mountains, the Taixu Gate.

This was a standard token template.

It was very obvious that the Taixu Gate would gradually promote this new type of sect token in the future.

Unifying the sect token would make the disciples of the Three Mountains completely become one gate.

And this type of sect token, according to Mo Hua's knowledge, when casting, in order to differentiate, a sequence number would be successively branded inside the token.

Mo Hua gently stroked the token.

This was the first Taixu Token cast after the union of the Three Mountains, containing the inheritances of the Three Mountains.

Then the sequence number inside this token should be...

Mo Hua's gaze shifted slightly, and he returned to his disciple residence, sealing the doors and windows with arrays. Then he sat at the table and sank his divine sense into this new sect token.

The name of the sect token was still Taixu Token.

But Taixu was divided into Three Mountains.

Not only the original inheritance of the Taixu Gate, but also the inheritances of the Tai'e and Chongxu lineages were all categorized and displayed in the "Merit Seal".

The Taixu Gate, Tai'e Gate, and Chongxu Gate were all once among the Eight Great Gates.

That is to say, this Taixu Token in his hand now encompassed the rich Dao Treasury of three of the Eight Great Gates, roughly equivalent to "half the country" of the Qianxue Eight Great Gates' inheritance, truly incomparably luxurious.

Moreover, it was not only general inheritances.

While browsing the Chongxu Mountain "Merit Seal," Mo Hua discovered a special gift.

It seemed it was the Chongxu Sect Master who had broken the rules to send it:

《Chongxu Sword Solution True Decrees》.

This was the most core sword qi method of Chongxu Mountain, the town sect inheritance of Chongxu Mountain, and also exactly the superior sword method that Linghu Xiao cultivated.

Tai'e Open Mountain Sword Array, Chongxu Sword Solution True Decrees, Taixu Divine Thought Transform Sword.

This truly echoed the saying:

"Tai'e casts spirit swords, Chongxu derives sword qi, Taixu transforms sword intent——"

Mo Hua's heart was slightly shocked.

Now, he truly possessed the town sect inheritances of the Three Lineages in one person.

This was something he had not anticipated before.

Before, he had only thought about it at most, and never thought he would actually have this day, being able to collect all the inheritances of these three Taixu lineages.

Moreover, he obtained them openly and justly.

This was both because the upcoming Shura War was extremely important.

It was also the trust and entrustment of the sect masters of the Three Mountains to him.

In secret, the Sect Masters must have gone through many discussions and considerations.

Even Old Mister Xun must have exhausted his efforts planning for him behind the scenes——

Only, they all didn't say anything.

Mo Hua gently sighed, turned his head to look outside the window towards Taixu Mountain.

Looking at this mountain gate where he had cultivated for nine years, his heart suddenly felt a kind of resonance and communication with the Taixu Mountain lineage.

This was the sect he had sought knowledge from.

Here, he had fellow disciples, elders, the sect master, and Old Mister Xun.

These people were all very good to him.

And he was also tied to the destiny of the Taixu Gate, sharing honor and disgrace.

Mo Hua's gaze was gentle and firm, and an idea gradually solidified in his heart.

He wanted to get first place.

Even if not for himself, for the little junior brothers who accompanied him day and night, for the kind and amiable elders, for the sect masters of each mountain who trusted him, for the old ancestor who always silently planned and cared for him the most——

He also wanted to get this first place.

To fight for a future for the Taixu Gate.

He wanted to stand at the peak of the Qianxue Sword Discussion.

He also wanted the Taixu Gate to rank among the top ten thousand sects in the entire Qianxue State.

No one who blocked him would succeed.

The gentleness on Mo Hua's face faded, and a golden sharpness flashed in his eyes.

Never mind what Four Sects, Eight Gates, Twelve Flows they were, if they wanted to block him, then he would just—— kill them all.

Afterward, Mo Hua formally began to prepare for the Shura Sword Discussion.

With the Three Mountains Dao Treasury as the foundation, the full support of the sect master, and the delegation of authority by the Taixu Gate, Mo Hua could do more things.

Other things, he had no power to manage.

But at least in the matter of the Sword Discussion Assembly, Mo Hua's words were effective, and he also seemed to have the demeanor of a "Little Sect Master" of the Three Mountains.

All the elders cooperated.

All the disciples also trusted their little senior brother.

Mo Hua's deduction of the Shura War was not yet completely finished, but the general idea was already there.

Moreover, some preparations he had made for the Heaven Character Sword Discussion before could also be used directly.

Mo Hua began intensive preparations.

Casting special armor, Dao robes, spirit tools.

Searching the arrays of the Three Mountains to supplement his own array shortcomings.

Especially some rare side doors, but with special functions, arrays, also needed to be supplemented.

Interlinking the inheritances of the Three Mountains, opening up some key inheritances to disciples participating in the Sword Discussion, strengthening their combat power.

Opening up some rare cultivation resources.

And together with Linghu Xiao, researching the superior sword decrees of Chongxu Mountain one by one—the Chongxu Sword Solution True Decrees.

Thinking about the attribute changes of this sword decree, from the principle of sword qi, considering the Water Moon variation attribute, its similarities and differences with the Five Elements principle, solving the problem of sword qi amplification——

These were not Mo Hua's matters alone.

The Taixu Gate, from top to bottom, was all methodically mobilized.

And the massive cultivation resources and inheritances contained within the Three Mountains Dao Treasury were also utilized to the extreme by Mo Hua through cause and effect deduction and calm planning.

At this moment, not only the Taixu Gate.

All the sects participating in the Sword Discussion were conducting strict preparations for the upcoming Shura War.

Quite a few sects were planning methods targeting the Taixu Gate.

Some wanted revenge, some wanted to eliminate hidden dangers, some wanted to take a bite out of the Taixu Gate, some just purely went with the flow and added insult to injury. And a large group of heaven's proud disciples were all sharpening their knives against Mo Hua.

Between them and Mo Hua, there was a simple and clean, the purest "grudge".

No matter what, Mo Hua must die!

The entire Qianxue State was permeated with a tense and murderous atmosphere.

Time passed little by little, and unconsciously, seven days flashed by.

The final match of the Earth Character Sword Discussion, the Shura War, also finally began. This was an extremely important battle.

It was the decisive battle of the Earth Character.

Even if they won, they would still have to fight. If they lost thoroughly, they wouldn't even think about the Heaven Character Sword Discussion.

Taixu Gate.

Before the war began, the sect masters of the Three Mountains personally saw off the disciples participating in the Sword Discussion.

The Taixu Sect Master said some words like "don't fear failure, do your best," and "no matter whether you win or lose, you are all the sect's pride," and so on, to encourage the disciples.

Afterward, everyone set off for the Sword Discussion.

But before leaving, the Tai'e Sect Master was still not at ease and took advantage of others not noticing to secretly ask Mo Hua:

"Can the first position among the Eight Great Gates be preserved?"

Mo Hua's expression was a little haggard.

These past few days, he had been constantly deducing, his divine sense frequently nearing depletion, then meditating to recover, in this cycle.

Even though Mo Hua's divine sense was powerful, he had also slightly overdrawn his divine thoughts, and his face was a little pale.

But even so, his gaze was still clear and bright.

Because he had been racking his brains and thinking deeply, his body also emitted a kind of calm, deep, and steady demeanor when facing changes.

"I will do my best——"

Mo Hua smiled faintly at the Tai'e Sect Master.

The Tai'e Sect Master relaxed slightly.

Clearly Mo Hua was just in the Foundation Building stage, and still a disciple, but he didn't know why, his body had a temperament that made people calm.

His words, and that faint smile, inexplicably put people at ease.

"Good."

The Tai'e Sect Master nodded and said.

His requirement was only one point.

Just try their best to preserve the first place among the Eight Great Gates——

In this turbulent situation, being able to stabilize this ranking was already considered offering high incense and having the ancestors bless them...

Time arrived, and the Taixu Gate disciples set off, heading towards Discussion Path Mountain.

And at this time, within the Qianxue State, all the sects and all the disciples participating in the Sword Discussion were setting off for the Discussion Path field.

The disciples of each sect, wearing robes of various colors, like colorful, yet clearly divided hundred-colored rivers, orderly and grand, converged together into the center of the Qianxue State, the ancient Discussion Path Mountain.

On Discussion Path Mountain, people were like a mountain and sea.

In the entire Qianxue State, ten thousand people emptied the alleys.

This was the largest and grandest Sword Discussion in terms of numbers.

On the View Sword Tower.

Noble guests ascended the tower, with clear distinctions in rank.

Emperors and nobles, Dao State clans, Court Pavilion nobles, those with extraordinary identities gathered.

High towers stood tall, and vaguely, a difficult-to-grasp qi machine was revealed. Who knew what kind of high-ranking individuals, like divine dragons whose heads and tails were not seen, were watching the war.

And in the center of the high level, there was a large hall.

Flying pavilions soared with vermilion, luxurious and ancient.

At this time, inside the hall, sounds of breaking void rang out one after another.

One by one, aged elders walked out from the void, successively taking their seats.

If there were insightful and knowledgeable people, seeing these elders, their expressions would surely be shocked and panic-stricken, because these elders were all in the Cave Void realm.

These were the Cave Void old ancestors of each family and each sect in the Qianxue State.

Old ancestors watching the war was an extremely rare matter.

In previous years, even during the final of the Heaven Character War, Cave Void old ancestors would not necessarily show up in person to watch the war from the View Sword Tower.

Inside this View Sword high tower, it was the first time so many Cave Void old ancestors had gathered.

Among the Four Great Sects, the Shen family old ancestor of the Qiandao Sect, the Xiao family old ancestor of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Ao family old ancestor of the Dragon Cauldron Sect, and the Duanmu old ancestor of the Wanyao Sect.

Among the Eight Great Gates, Old Mister Xun of the Taixu Gate, Old Ancestor Ouyang of Tai'e Mountain, Old Ancestor Linghu of Chongxu Mountain, and the old ancestors of many other sects such as Broken Gold Gate, Gui Water Gate, Lingxiao Gate, Vajra Gate, and Zixia Gate.

As well as some old ancestors of the Twelve Flows below.

Sporadically a few old ancestors among the Qianxue Hundred Gates.

All were present.

These old ancestors had various appearances and forms, some supporting staffs with white hair, some with a childlike face and crane-like hair, some appearing as handsome middle-aged men, some as ancient decrepit hunchbacks, some as dragon-bodied large men, some as withered old women, and some with an appearance like a first-appearing immortal—one by one, there wasn't a trace of aura around their bodies.

But in their eyes, there was a bottomless depth.

These more than twenty Cave Void old ancestors were the true foundation and pillars of the great families and great sects, all of them terrifying figures who could shake a side.

At this time, they were all gathered together in this Sword Discussion Tower, watching the sword together.

Inside the great hall, it was abnormally quiet.

All the Cave Void old ancestors were silent, some drinking tea alone, some closing their eyes to nurture their spirits.

Their cultivation was too high, and they had lived too long, their emotions eroded by the years. Very few things could stir their hearts.

Even some old ancestors, due to their cultivation, had already become extremely indifferent in nature.

Even if the world's clans changed, and sects rose and fell, they would not necessarily care.

The world was boring. In their eyes, there was only "Dao" and only "Immortal."

Their actions were also done by doing everything possible to seek the "Dao" and ascend to "Immortal."

The reason why some old ancestors eagerly sought fame and fortune, expanded their clans, and developed sects, was actually still related to their own "Dao."

Bloodline and power were both aspects of the Dao.

And the cultivation in the Cave Void stage consumed a massive amount of spirit stones.

The demand for spirit objects was even more terrifying.

This required the support of huge forces and extremely rich resources.

Without the support of clans and sects, they simply couldn't cultivate in seclusion with peace of mind and seek progress in cultivation.

To explore that high and unreachable mysterious realm above the Cave Void, which almost only existed in ancient books.

Of course, as long as one did not become an immortal, even in the Cave Void stage, they were still a person.

Being a person meant having seven emotions and six desires.

Not all Cave Void old ancestors were very indifferent.

Some Cave Void old ancestors just had a very irritable temper.

Like Old Ancestor Ye of the Daluo Gate, with sword-like eyebrows and a long beard, and a rough face, he would glare at Old Mister Xun of the Taixu Gate from time to time.

Inside the Daluo Gate, he doted on his descendants the most and had the highest expectations for Sword Dao geniuses. Originally, they should have greatly slaughtered all sides and shown great brilliance in the Sword Discussion Assembly.

Yet, one of his disciples was instantly killed by a disciple from the Taixu Gate with one sword.

The key was that this disciple wasn't even a sword cultivator.

His sword method wasn't even considered a sword method.

The Daluo Gate old ancestor felt his face had been swept away, and he felt humiliated every time he thought about it.

Of course, the current occasion was too solemn, so he could only endure his temper and remain silent.

Old Mister Xun could also feel this anger, but he just silently drank his tea, acting as if nothing had happened. Outside the Cave Void great hall.

The sect masters of each sect also gathered in the View Sword Tower.

The valley master of the Hundred Flowers Valley, along with several women in palace dresses who were in the Dao State, were whispering about something.

The sect masters of the other Four Sects, Eight Gates, and Twelve Flows were also all present.

The influence of this Shura War was so great that it was enough to make the sect masters of all sects anxious and uneasy.

Even the sect masters of the Four Great Sects could not remain calm.

What they worried about was not the Taixu Gate.

The Taixu Gate was the public enemy, its life and death were but a moment.

What they worried about was the endgame of the Shura War, facing the threats from the other Four Great Sects.

Once the Shura War began, it was a meat grinder, fighting to the end without distinguishing between each other. The heaven's proud of any sect could face the siege of the heaven's proud from the other three sects.

Between killings, danger was heavy.

Between offense and defense, changes were myriad.

No one knew who could break out of the siege and hold on until the end.

And the points for the Shura War were high, which also meant that if the gap was not widened after the Heaven Character Sword Discussion, the first place in the Shura War was very likely to be the first place in the Sword Discussion Assembly.

Which of their Four Great Sects could get the first place in the Sword Discussion would basically be determined starting from this Shura War.

Therefore, the sect masters of the Four Great Sects were fundamentally unable to remain calm.

And the mood of the sect masters of the Taixu Three Mountains was even moreไม่ต้องพูด.

With the current situation of the Taixu Gate, being able to preserve their ranking was already an extremely fortunate matter.

Even if the ranking did not drop too much, it was acceptable.

Besides this, they truly couldn't harbor a trace of extravagant hope.

No one was clearer than them that the Qianxue Four Great Sects were the four "big mountains" that could never be surpassed.

Outside the View Sword Tower.

In the watch seats of Discussion Path Mountain.

A crowd of elders from the Taixu Gate, and almost all disciples from the early, middle, and late Foundation Building stages, were also all watching the war.

This was a battle that would decide the sect's destiny.

To them, it was equally extremely important.

Looking at the current situation, it was very severe, and everyone's hearts were suspended.

And on the seats of the Feng family, Great Elder Zhang, Zhang Lan, Gu Hong of the Gu family, and some other elders, Dao Court Commander Gu Changhuai, Commander Xia Dian—

They were all also watching the war.

They more or less knew some of the current situations and were all sweating, silently worrying for Mo Hua and for the Taixu Gate.

Even Great Elder Zhang, having watched so many of Mo Hua's Sword Discussions, felt some kinship towards this "suspected" heaven's proud of the Taixu Gate who had learned his Zhang family's Perished Water Step, and did not want to see Mo Hua and the others lose.

Or at least, not lose too miserably.

But among the watch seats, more cultivators were still gloating:

"Reasonably speaking, Mo Hua should definitely not live anymore this time, right?"

"One person kills him, he can dodge; one team kills him, he can escape;"

"Then one sect, or even more than ten sects, so many people, attacking him together, where can he still dodge, where can he escape?"

"Unless he finds a pit and hides inside, squatting until the end——"

"What are you thinking?"

"That little ability of his has long been thoroughly researched by people——"

"If his hiding technique hadn't been exposed before, perhaps he could really 'cower' until the end."

"But alas, the Sword Discussion has reached this point, and the trump cards that could be used have already been used. Now playing this little trick again, who can he still deceive?"

"Others will definitely guard against him——"

"This is true."

"You watch, the Taixu Gate will definitely suffer a great misfortune in this round."

"That's what you say, but this competition system—— doesn't seem too fair to the Taixu Gate?"

"You just don't understand. The cultivation world was originally just not fair."

"Life is born, birth is different, spirit roots are unequal, luck is uneven, fate has length, times have ups and downs, none of these are fair——"

"The so-called Shura War is the same."

"The test is whether you can survive in a desperate situation with all your strength, by any means, to win this round. No one will reason with you."

"To blame, you can only blame the Taixu Gate's bad luck."

"Blame them themselves for offending so many sects."

"Also blame them for happening to take in Mo Hua, such a 'little plague god' who brings trouble to his father's generation——"

"Why couldn't they take in someone else, and they happened to take in Mo Hua?"

"That's right—— The Taixu Gate deserves it, they brought it upon themselves——"

While the crowd was chatting, a figure full of scholarly air quietly mixed in.

Some sharp-eyed people saw him and immediately said:

"Brother Bai, didn't you say you wanted to 'swallow a spirit sword'?"

"Willing to gamble and admit defeat!"

"Exactly!"

Bai Xiaosheng loved to talk big and loved to criticize people, but he had a good temper and didn't put on airs, so some Foundation Building cultivators also heckled him.

Bai Xiaosheng, who had quietly mixed into the crowd, had a headache when he heard the words.

Indeed, he had spoken big words before.

He mocked Mo Hua: "What sword can he discuss?"

"Look at his appearance, even holding a sword is strenuous."

"If he can really create some kind of sword method, I will publicly swallow my upper grade life spirit sword into my belly!"

Then Mo Hua instantly killed the person from Daluo Gate with one sword.

Bai Xiaosheng truly felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

But he wouldn't admit it.

"It's not that I'm going back on my word, it's not that I'm not swallowing the spirit sword, but what Mo Hua did was fundamentally not a sword method."

"That was a crooked path."

"It has nothing to do with 'sword'."

"His control of the sword is deceiving ghosts——"

"I am a man of my word. If he truly uses a sword method, I will definitely swallow my life sword."

"I'll put my words here. If I don't swallow it, I'll recognize Mo Hua as my father——"

"Good, one word is final!"

On the Shangguan family's watch platform.

Wenren Wan was also holding Yu'er and watching the war. She was both worried about Mo Hua and waiting for him to appear.

The voices of the people around were boiling, noisy incessantly.

Amidst the noise, Wenren Wan suddenly felt a daze, her eyes hazy, dripping with blood.

Scenes from her nightmare once again floated in her mind.

Blood rain filled the sky, and demons danced wildly.

Yu'er's face was covered in blood, his skin pale, and his gaze was empty as he looked at her.

His blood flowed out, his internal organs were dug out, his divine sense was sucked dry...

He asked her in a cold voice: Mother, why didn't you save me?

Wenren Wan's heart panicked, and she quickly hugged Yu'er tightly.

The next instant, a clear voice rang out:

"Mother, what's wrong?"

All the bloody fantasies disappeared, and Wenren Wan lowered her head to find Yu'er looking at her with an ignorant face.

Wenren Wan's face was pale, and her smile was stiff: "Nothing——"

Yu'er was reassured, nodded obediently, and turned his head again to look at the square with the heaven painting projection.

Wenren Wan looked at Yu'er and subconsciously hugged him tightly in her arms, afraid that with a blink or a slight daze, her only child would disappear——

But the tighter she hugged him, the more panic she felt in her heart.

Her chest also ached as if it were being wrenched——