Chapter 45: Surprise

The next day, Mister Zhuang's teaching method was different. He only taught Mo Hua the theory of array methods within the Qi Refining Period, and at the same time, he matched it with various array methods, allowing Mo Hua to learn step by step.

This method was very similar to Teacher Yan's teaching style, but Mister Zhuang's realm should be much higher, so his scope was larger, the details were more complete, and the context was also clearer.

Mo Hua secretly felt sorry for Teacher Yan in his heart. If it weren't for the limitation of his realm, Teacher Yan might not be an ordinary teacher at all. At least in the inheritance of array methods and educational ideas, Teacher Yan had common ground with the highly accomplished Mister Zhuang.

When Mister Zhuang taught those obscure array method theories before, Mo Hua got a headache from looking at them.

Some theories Mo Hua had never encountered before, so he had no clue. He could only memorize them by rote, but even with his good memory, this abstract theoretical knowledge was hard to remember. He often remembered the latter part and forgot the beginning, and when he looked back at the content from the beginning, he would forget the latter part again. So he learned very slowly.

These things that Mo Hua found very difficult to learn were considered the foundation for learning array methods by the major cultivation families in the world. It was no wonder that these major families could stand firm in the cultivation world for tens of thousands of years.

The difference between ordinary loose cultivators and cultivation families in terms of foundation and inheritance was too great, to the extent that array masters were almost extinct among ordinary loose cultivators.

Mo Hua sighed. Comparing himself with others was meaningless; he could only do his best to do better. Mo Hua warned himself, then calmed his heart and learned array methods according to Mister Zhuang's method.

Starting from the Qi Refining Period, with drawing arrays as the main focus and array theory as auxiliary, Mo Hua learned much faster.

This was because Mo Hua drew a large number of array methods day and night, drawing on the Dao Stele in the evening and on paper during the day. Occasionally, when he had nothing to do, he would even squat down and draw with a grass root on the ground.

In terms of the amount of practice in array methods alone, some late-stage Qi Refining array masters might not necessarily be better than Mo Hua.

So after Mister Zhuang changed his teaching method, Mo Hua learned very quickly. When he finished learning the theory and Mister Zhuang let him draw the array methods himself, Mo Hua's progress was even faster.

Mister Zhuang first let Mo Hua relearn several array methods containing five-Dao array patterns, including some five-element attribute array methods that Mo Hua had never seen before. Kui Lao also helped Mo Hua prepare everything, including the array diagrams and brush and ink.

Mo Hua learned like a starving and thirsty person and drew diligently.

During the day, he drew array methods in Mister Zhuang's leisure residence. In the evening, he entered his dream and continued to practice on the Dao Stele in his sea of consciousness. For Mo Hua, the difficulty of the five-Dao array pattern array methods was not high. Generally, after being familiar with them for a few days, he could learn one.

After that was the six-Dao array pattern Fixed Water Array. Before, Mo Hua was limited by his divine sense and could not draw a complete array method. Now, after more than half a month, practicing array methods every day, his divine sense had also grown quite a lot. Although it took some effort, he could still completely draw out the Fixed Water Array containing six-Dao array patterns.

After drawing the Fixed Water Array, Mister Zhuang taught him several new array methods, such as the Thousand Jun Array, Quicksand Array, Small Cloud Rain Array, etc. With the support of his divine sense and his day and night practice, Mo Hua mastered all of them in half a month.

Mister Zhuang was quite satisfied, both with Mo Hua's progress and with Mo Hua's nature.

Not every child of Mo Hua's age had the determination to sit and study array methods diligently every day.

Only in private, Mister Zhuang still felt a slight regret, and then he said to Kui Lao:

"This child Mo Hua's insight is even better than I thought before, but it's a pity that he comes from a loose cultivator background and lacks array method inheritance. The foundation is very different, otherwise, he might not be much different from the chosen ones of those major cultivation families..."

"What's so good about a chosen one?"

Mister Zhuang was silent for a while.

Kui Lao looked at Mister Zhuang silently, his voice flat and indifferent, yet with unspeakable sarcasm. "Weren't you a chosen one back then? And those disciples you accepted before, which one wasn't a chosen one? What was the result? Do I still need to say what state you are in now?"

Mister Zhuang sighed and said unhappily: "If I die young, it will definitely be because you angered me to death!"

Kui Lao was unmoved. "Life and death are determined by fate. Saying such words shows that your understanding of the heavenly way has not yet entered the door."

Mister Zhuang simply lay on the lounge chair and said meaningfully: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs. If a person can truly understand the heavenly way, can they still be considered a person?"

Kui Lao was still playing chess alone, sitting still, like rotten wood.

Mister Zhuang taught relatively many array methods containing six-Dao array patterns because the six-Dao array patterns were already relatively complete and involved many prototypes of basic array methods, so a large amount of learning and comprehension was needed.

When he finished learning the six-Dao array pattern array methods and was preparing to teach the seven-Dao array pattern array methods, Mister Zhuang discovered something quite surprising, which was that Mo Hua's divine sense was growing a bit fast.

The first time Mister Zhuang saw Mo Hua, Mo Hua's divine sense was not sufficient to draw six-Dao array patterns. Now, a month later, Mo Hua's divine sense could not only support him to draw a complete array method containing six-Dao array patterns, but even for the seven-Dao array method, he could now draw six and a half Dao array patterns.

In one month, Mo Hua's spiritual power had advanced very little, but his divine sense had grown rapidly.

Mister Zhuang slightly furrowed his brows, feeling that something was not right.

This day, when Mo Hua was learning the array method containing seven-Dao array patterns, Mister Zhuang suddenly asked: "Mo Hua, do you know visualization methods?"

Mo Hua looked bewildered and said, "Disciple has never heard of it."

"So that's it," Mister Zhuang tapped the table with his finger, thought for a moment, and then asked: "Then do you usually see some strange images or patterns that make people's divine sense involuntarily immerse in them after looking at them?"

Mo Hua thought for a moment and shook his head.

The strangest thing he had seen was the Dao Stele in his mind, but there were no patterns or obvious patterns on that Dao Stele, and looking at it for a long time did not make his divine sense immerse in it.

Mister Zhuang was silent for a moment, then said: "Your divine sense is growing faster than others. You should have discovered this point?"

Mo Hua nodded and said: "Disciple draws array methods during the day and practices array methods in his dreams in the evening. Moreover, drawing array methods in the evening dream does not consume divine sense. Like this, day and night, the divine sense will gradually increase."

He didn't mention the matter of the Dao Stele, but everything else was true.

Mo Hua was actually not too sure whether his divine sense was increasing because of the Dao Stele or purely because he was drawing array methods non-stop.

Mo Hua then asked: "Mister, is it true that as long as you keep drawing array methods, your divine sense can be enhanced?"

Mister Zhuang was stumped by the question.

Drawing array methods would constantly consume divine sense and also constantly exercise the sea of consciousness. Over time, divine sense would naturally also increase.

But according to the usual practice in the cultivation world, everyone first finds a way to improve their divine sense and then goes to learn array methods.

Because relying on drawing array methods to enhance divine sense was an extremely slow process, and it was easy to dry up the divine sense and damage the sea of consciousness, causing irreparable consequences.

Therefore, very few cultivators thought of relying on drawing array methods, this simplest, slowest, and also highly risky way to enhance divine sense.

Mister Zhuang felt that the matter was not that simple and looked at Mo Hua with a slight doubt, but when he met Mo Hua's gaze, he found that Mo Hua's eyes were clear, unusually serious, and frank.

Mister Zhuang had taught many disciples and had seen eyes of admiration, fear, and also those full of thoughts, but he had never seen such honest eyes. He immediately smiled and said: "That's fine too."

"Do you know meditation techniques?"

Mister Zhuang asked again.

Mo Hua still shook his head.

"Meditation techniques can allow cultivators to enter a state of meditation in a short time through meditation, so as to recover divine sense faster. This was originally not something that cultivators of your cultivation level should learn, but you are a bit special, so you can learn it now."

Mo Hua did not know what Mister Zhuang meant by "special," but he was happy to have something new to learn and said: "Thank you, Mister."

"But there is one point you must remember."

Mister Zhuang's expression gradually became serious. "If someone asks you why your divine sense is growing fast, you can say it is because I imparted you the meditation technique, and you don't need to say anything else."

Mo Hua was a little confused, but he vaguely felt that Mister Zhuang was doing this for his own good, so he silently remembered Mister Zhuang's words in his heart.

Mister Zhuang nodded and took out a thin booklet from his sleeve. On the booklet were written three words:

Meditation Technique.