Chapter 886: Four Sides Shaken

Mo Qing put down his brush and ink, sat up straight, and gazed at the golden-inlaid jade-quality seal top jade slip. It was the last question of the array method exam. His expression was silent, and he remained motionless for a long time.

It seemed he was indeed stumped.

The crowd of examiners all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.

"Finally stumped him..."

"He should be stumped..."

"He can't draw anymore."

"If he wasn't stumped, there's no justice."

"Reasonably speaking, anyone who comes would be stumped, right?"

"Nineteen patterns at the peak already, the key is this spiritual power reverse change's spiritual power law. Even if an ordinary third-grade Golden Core array master came to draw, they might not be able to draw it clearly..."

"At most, they could imitate a gourd and draw a ladle, drawing the appearance but not comprehending the inner charm."

"Things like Great Dao laws are hard to explain. You can only enlighten yourself. This cannot be taught..."

"To be honest, before, I still felt that creating 'seal top' array methods was a bit redundant. Looking at it now, the old ancestor was wise. We juniors are still less experienced after all and don't understand the effort involved..."

"Yes, if this 'top' was lifted today, it would truly be too unsightly..."

"Making us examiners set questions that aren't refined; making the Lun Array Grand Meeting have no difficulty; making the array method attainment of our Qian Xue State boundary have no depth..."

"Exactly, exactly..."

"The old ancestor is wise."

A crowd of examiners all sighed with emotion.

Master Wen also silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Doing things seriously, sometimes even nitpicking, indeed has its benefits.

This was his first time as the chief examiner. He didn't want this first chief exam, this first time setting questions for the Lun Array Grand Meeting, to be completely drawn through by someone.

First place in the Qian Xue State boundary.

If this spread out, it would be somewhat embarrassing.

He could even be suspected of engaging in favoritism and bending the law, secretly leaking questions. Anything was possible.

Fortunately, at this last pass, this "monster" from Tai Xu Men was finally stuck.

Master Wen moved his fingers slightly, only then discovering that his palms were covered in sweat.

Before, he only knew that the pressure on disciples during exams was very great.

But he didn't expect that one day, becoming an examiner, the pressure would also be so great...

Time passed bit by bit.

Mo Qing still sat in the field, staring at the array method on the jade slip, without moving.

The examiners' mood, as time passed, also became more and more relaxed.

"When time is up, if this monster can't draw it out, then he counts as 'defeated'."

"Of course, even if defeated, he's still first. He can only get first place."

"No, what kind of talk is this? What do you mean 'only get first place'?" an elder said indignantly.

"Is it easy to get first place?"

"So many sects, so many years, not once has the first place been overthrown."

"Not to mention first place, even getting second or third is a luxury."

"Are you mocking us?"

The speaking elder repeatedly apologized, "My fault, my fault, the pressure is too great, I'm talking a bit of nonsense..."

A crowd of array elders chatted idly.

As time passed, Master Wen frowned but didn't speak.

He silently looked at Mo Qing sitting in the Dao field, watching and watching. A trace of unease suddenly rose in his heart.

"Something's not right!"

This little disciple from Tai Xu Men seemed to be stumped by the array method, with nowhere to start, so he didn't move.

But his expression was too calm, and inside his pupils, there was a flow of light. It seemed he was...

Deriving something?

"Deriving?!"

Master Wen slowly took a breath of cold air.

He was deriving?!

He was calculating, he was learning!

In the Lun Array Grand Meeting, through deriving, learning on the spot a nineteen-pattern peak seal top array method containing profound spiritual power laws of reverse change?!

Calculating on the spot and learning on the spot?!

Master Wen's pupils widened in shock, and his heart was horrified.

Who taught him deriving?

Tai Xu Men?

On this occasion, with this difficult array method, he could still learn it on the spot?

How did he learn?

Master Wen's heart suddenly tightened again.

"It shouldn't be that extreme, right..."

In the great Dao field.

Mo Qing was indeed learning on the spot.

He looked over. The array method in front of him was an unknown spiritual array containing an entry-level, second-grade spiritual power reverse change law.

Spiritual power reverse change...

Reverse Spirit Array!

Mo Qing's heart jumped.

The first array he learned was the first-grade ten-pattern "Reverse Spirit Array" taught by his Master.

Now that he had built his foundation, his divine sense had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, and his second-grade array methods were also perfected. Yet, by chance, he saw this "Reverse Spirit" array method again in the "seal top" question of the Lun Array Grand Meeting.

Although the array method in front of him was only at the nineteen-pattern peak, not an "absolute array", the spiritual power changes it contained were clearly from the same source as the principle of array collapse triggered by the spiritual power reverse change in the first-grade ten-pattern Reverse Spirit absolute array.

Furthermore, this spiritual power reverse change was a reverse change at the Foundation Establishment realm.

The first-grade ten-pattern Reverse Spirit Array's reverse change collapse was the spiritual power of the Qi Refining realm.

While the second-grade reverse change array method's reverse change was condensed Foundation Establishment spiritual power like mercury. Its power was naturally incomparable.

It was only a pity that the "spiritual power reverse change" law contained within this array method was incomplete and slightly shallow. Therefore, it didn't reach the level of an "absolute array".

But for Mo Qing, this was just right.

He hadn't learned true second-grade absolute arrays yet.

The nineteen-pattern peak "half-step absolute array" could be used for entry, thereby initially comprehending the law of second-grade spiritual power reverse change.

When Master Zhuang initially taught him the Reverse Spirit Array, he also broke it down and started teaching from the nine-pattern half.

Now, Master Zhuang wasn't here, and no one was teaching him.

But at this time, Mo Qing could already learn on his own.

The Master leads into the door, but cultivation is personal.

During his travels, Master Zhuang passed on to him the "Dao", not the "tool". It was a heart for seeking array methods, allowing him to observe, appreciate, comprehend, and even thoroughly control all profound and difficult array methods in this world — even super-grade absolute arrays — independently and autonomously.

And now, although Mo Qing hadn't inherited Master Zhuang's Immortal Heaven Array Stream, he had inherited that initial heart for seeking array Dao, as well as the experience and methods of comprehending absolute arrays.

He could now derive and learn any array method in this world on his own.

This was the most precious wealth that Master Zhuang had taught him.

In Mo Qing's eyes, the light was dazzling. Heavenly mechanism derivation, heavenly mechanism strange calculation, and the divine way's golden light intertwined into one piece.

The myriad phenomena of the world, in his eyes, were dissected and deconstructed one by one.

The array patterns of spiritual power reverse change were also seen through by him bit by bit.

The trajectory of spiritual power change, down to the finest detail.

The form of reverse change, with extremely complex but also subtly fitting the charm of the Great Dao, presented themselves one by one under Mo Qing's derivation, intertwining and flickering in his sea of consciousness...

In the eyes of others, Mo Qing was just sitting there in a daze.

Only a very few highly skilled array masters could see that Mo Qing was "deriving", "comprehending".

On the spot, he was "learning on the spot" this one, which was profoundly obscure to the extreme for a second-grade array master, a nineteen-pattern peak array method.

To others, this array method might be a tricky, difficult-to-overcome "problem".

But to Mo Qing, this "monster", this was actually a huge "opportunity".

It was his opportunity to comprehend spiritual power reverse change.

The Lun Array Grand Meeting wasn't about comparing who was stronger.

It was about comparing how strong one was oneself.

"Continuously learn more difficult array methods, continuously comprehend more profound array method principles, continuously surpass oneself, continuously seek array Dao."

"Perhaps this is the biggest meaning of the Lun Array Grand Competition..."

At this moment, Mo Qing had a sudden enlightenment, and his mind was clear.

Everything around him, in his perception, dissipated.

In his eyes, there were only array patterns, only array principles, only the reverse change law that remained after the evolution of spiritual power.

These laws were chaotic and mottled in reverse, like broken void, intertwining in pitch blackness, accompanying the spiritual power, continuously annihilating, continuously cracking, finally collapsing into nothingness...

A thread of frightening "annihilation" meaning was contained within.

But Mo Qing felt very familiar.

Because these laws, he had once perceived them.

Everything in front of him was just an expansion of the scope of the collapsed spiritual power in the first-grade Reverse Spirit Array, with some changes added.

And he was extremely familiar with the first-grade Reverse Spirit Array.

He had even used the first-grade Reverse Spirit Array to collapse a large array and kill a great demon of the Dao evil.

This thread of law, he had profoundly comprehended and personally practiced.

A trace of enlightenment floated in Mo Qing's eyes.

The collapse law was imprinted in his heart.

And his whole body also emitted a thread of a faintly frightening "annihilation" aura.

This was a weak phenomenon that occurred in an instant after comprehending a certain law...

Not only Master Wen, but other examiners also noticed something was wrong at this time.

Their hearts, which had originally settled, unconsciously became tense again.

"Isn't this... a bit not right..."

"This Tai Xu Men boy, why does he seem a bit strange..."

"He seems to... have comprehended something?"

"Comprehended... what?"

The crowd looked at each other.

A slightly frightening thought slowly rose in their hearts.

"It shouldn't be that extreme... is he truly such a 'monster'?"

No one answered.

And just at this time, Mo Qing, who had been sitting silently, suddenly moved. He stretched out his fair and tender palm and picked up the array pen.

The examiners' hanging hearts suddenly tightened.

Then they watched with wide eyes as Mo Qing, with an indifferent expression, neither happy nor sad, began to put pen to array paper in front of him, calmly drawing the array method.

It looked the same as before.

But all the examiners knew that this was completely different!

Compared to the previous array methods, this array method was completely, entirely a different concept!

This was a nineteen-pattern peak, containing the law of spiritual power reverse change, a profound to the extreme Lun Dao "seal top" array method!

It was also an array method he hadn't seen not long ago, and fundamentally wouldn't have been able to draw.

A crowd of examiners were all speechless.

Even Master Wen's pupils trembled.

All the cultivators outside the field, whether they knew how to draw array methods or not, whether they were proficient in array methods, knew what Mo Qing was doing, or weren't very proficient but faintly knew that Mo Qing was doing something extraordinary. At this moment, they were all silent, not daring to breathe.

On the array paper, array patterns were drawn out one by one by Mo Qing.

A thread of meaning flowed within the array patterns...

This process was somewhat difficult, but there were no obstacles.

After an unknown amount of time, Mo Qing stopped his pen.

In front of him, he had drawn a complete, obscure, profound array diagram that surpassed the understanding of ordinary second-grade array masters.

Because it was the first time drawing, the pen strokes were inevitably a bit raw. There was some hesitation between turns, revealing some caution, not like the silver hook iron strokes before, neat and forceful, perfect and flawless.

But overall, it was complete, head and tail echoing, in one go.

An examiner walked down, looked at this array diagram, was first shocked, then his brows furrowed tightly, somewhat uncertain.

He then carefully presented this array diagram to the chief examiner, Master Wen.

Master Wen took only one look, and then turbulent waves surged in his heart, murmuring inconceivably:

"Actually... actually drew it..."

His expression became serious again. He carefully looked at this array method from beginning to end. The more he looked, the more unbelievable it was in his heart.

"A bit raw, but not a single stroke is wrong, and..."

And the charm flowed above.

This wasn't "imitating a gourd and drawing a ladle", just drawing the shape. It was truly comprehending a certain law inside the array method and fusing this law into the array patterns. This was how this "charm" came about.

This array method contained rules.

Although weak, it indeed had the signs of rules.

"Master Wen, this..."

A crowd of examiners, uneasy at this time, involuntarily looked towards Master Wen.

Master Wen took a deep breath, then shook his head and sighed:

"Not a single stroke wrong, drew it out..."

As soon as these words came out, the hearts that had been hanging were finally dead.

"Drew it out?!"

"This also... how is this, this, this..." Someone was incoherent, not daring to believe.

Most examiners, in their hearts, were so shocked that it was simply indescribable.

Drawn through!

In their lifetime, they actually saw a disciple completely draw through the entire large exam question bank used in the Qian Xue State boundary's Lun Array Grand Meeting!

Moreover, from beginning to end, not a single one missed, not a single thread was wrong, not even a single stroke was missed?!

Such a difficult seal top array method couldn't even seal the top.

Even, he still learned on the spot!

Just looking at it, spending the time of several cups of tea, he comprehended the array diagram and even the law.

The array methods in the exam, he knew them all.

The array methods he didn't know, he learned on the spot?!

How can you describe this as a "monster"?

Can there truly be such a genius in this world?

A crowd of examiners were horrified and lost their composure.

They had studied array methods for a lifetime, lived until now, and at this moment, they just discovered that not only was their experience in this lifetime shallow, but even their imagination was somewhat barren.

Even if they were allowed to daydream, they would never dare to think this way...

Inside the great hall, there was a chaos of array methods.

And at this time, Mo Qing finally opened his mouth and said the first sentence since the start of the Lun Array grand exam:

"Is there any more?"

His mood was calm.

This was already a nineteen-pattern peak, also containing the law of spiritual power reverse change, already very, very difficult.

If there were more difficult ones, he wouldn't be able to draw them either.

Moreover, he had been drawing from sixteen patterns until now.

This last one still consumed a large amount of divine sense for derivation and was completely drawn out. Although his divine sense was strong, it was also depleted at this time.

If there were more array methods, he wouldn't draw.

Acting according to his ability was also something Old Mister Xun taught him.

But his simple three words, however, made all the examiners silent.

This clear voice contained heavy pressure, as well as extremely strong destructive power, almost "breaking the defense" of these examiners who were array elders of various sects, with rich experience and high prestige.

Is there any more?

Is there any more?!

Is...

Several elders' necks turned red, so angry they almost spat blood.

But no one dared to speak.

Because, there really wasn't any more...

He really finished drawing.

The seal top array method was also drawn through...

Not a single one remained...

They couldn't possibly be so shameless as to immediately pull out a third-grade array method to examine this little monster, could they?

Master Wen sighed.

He was the chief examiner. Although his mood was heavy at this time, he still had to speak: "All finished drawing."

"Then..." Mo Qing said.

"You win," Master Wen said.

Mo Qing's expression brightened, a smile appeared on his eyebrows, but he suddenly remembered Old Mister Xun's exhortation to restrain his emotions and maintain a face without joy or anger. Then he composed himself again, calmly stood up, and respectfully bowed towards the various examiners above the great hall, saying:

"Thank you, various predecessors and masters."

The examiners in the great hall were somewhat surprised.

They still thought that with this "monster's" amazing talent, he must be cold-hearted, arrogant, unruly, and look down on people.

Yet they didn't expect him to be quite polite...

The examiners who had been depressed and almost spat blood, remotely received Mo Qing's bow, and their mood was actually inexplicably comforted.

Master Wen also felt slightly relieved, then calmed his mood, and then with a solemn expression, urged his cultivation and loudly announced:

"The Qian Xue State boundary's Lun Array Grand Meeting ends here."

"This session's Lun Array first, array Dao leader..."

"Tai Xu Men, Mo Qing!"

Master Wen's solemn voice, augmented by his Feathered Transformation Realm spiritual power, was like a flood bell and a great drum, shattering the void. It instantly spread throughout the entire Lun Dao Mountain, echoing for a long time without stopping.

Tai Xu Men, Mo Qing!

Lun Array first, array Dao leader!

The entire Lun Dao Mountain instantly erupted with voices, extremely noisy.

The disciples of Tai Xu Men cheered even more.

Some disciples even had tears in their eyes, so excited they could hardly express themselves.

Before this, almost no one could imagine that Tai Xu Men, one of the lowest of the Eight Great Sects, almost hanging by a thread, and with not very prominent array Dao, could actually... win the first place in the Lun Array Grand Meeting?!

Even at this time, they felt like they were dreaming, finding it hard to believe.

Some elders, who were usually dignified and serious, at this time were also cheering with shocked expressions, just like ordinary disciples.

Some elders, besides being excited, even pulled at their beards.

The high pavilion of the Dao Court Division.

Xia Superviser, in the Feathered Transformation Realm, was shocked and lost his composure.

He looked at Mo Qing several times again, and after a long time, he still couldn't hide the shock in his heart.

"I actually... misjudged..."

This inconspicuous boy, actually, actually...

For a time, he didn't know what to say.

Xia Diansi sat not far away, also similarly stunned.

She had just routinely participated in the Lun Dao Meeting of the Qian Xue State boundary, but she hadn't expected to see such a scene.

Before this, she knew that Mo Qing's array method was powerful, but she never thought that it could be this powerful.

On the Dao field, this one with an indifferent expression, overlooking the crowd of heavenly proud array method "monsters", was really the one she knew, the one with a naive face, often smiling, kind and lovely Mo Qing?

Xia Diansi's thoughts were a bit sluggish, and she didn't recover for a long time.

Xia Superviser silently glanced at Xia Diansi and sighed in his heart.

People's luck and opportunities are indeed hard to say...

The high platform of the Worldly Family.

Wen Ren Wanqing involuntarily covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.

The array Dao leader is... Mo Qing?!

Expectation was just expectation after all. But when the expected scene really happened, it still made her feel inconceivable.

Yu Er didn't care that much.

Of course, he also didn't know exactly what the Lun Array Grand Meeting meant. He only knew that he was happy for Mo Qing, and he clapped his hands happily and said:

"Brother Mo wins, Brother Mo is first!"

"No one is more powerful than Brother Mo!"

The family heads of the Shangguan, Wenren, and Gu families, including all high-level elders, were all stunned on the spot at this time, shocked in their hearts.

"Actually... really first..."

Even if they were beaten to death, they wouldn't have thought that the result of the Lun Array Grand Meeting would be this.

And the Gu family was the first to be happy.

Because many elders of the Gu family knew Mo Qing.

Even, some of them had invited Mo Qing to eat, given Mo Qing small gifts, chatted with Mo Qing, and drank tea with him.

Thinking about it now, these matters all seemed to be plated with a layer of gold, shining and making people feel honored...

This was the Lun Array leader.

Qian Xue first!

This was something to brag about!

Gu Shouyan, who had always been silent and rigid, and didn't understand array methods too well, also involuntarily felt a great comfort in his heart.

Their Gu family was where Mo Qing had mooched meals.

This was a heaven-sent great karma.

Shangguan Ce also began to reflect in his heart whether he had been rude to Mo Qing before and whether he had seemed too cold.

How to unobtrusively show goodwill in the future...

Wen Ren Jingxuan was stunned for a moment, his expression a little strange. He looked at Shangguan Wang beside him and couldn't help but speak to confirm:

"You said... my daughter used connections and spent a lot of human favors to force the array Dao 'leader', the Lun Array first of several thousand sects in the Qian Xue State boundary, into Tai Xu Men?"

"You said, after Tai Xu Men knows about this, won't they have to supply my daughter?"

Shangguan Wang's face was flushed crimson, as ugly as a pig's liver.

The Lun Array Dao field, Hundred Flowers Valley's position.

Hua Qianqian looked at Mo Qing, covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.

And above, a beautiful Hundred Flowers Valley Master wearing a gorgeous Hundred Flowers robe and with an ice-cold appearance, looked at Mo Qing's figure, similarly stunned and lost in thought.

"This child, seems to be..."

A moment later, a strange expression appeared on her ice-cold beautiful face.

On the other side, the elder of Wan Array Men's eyes were completely red.

This time, he was truly jealous to the extreme, hating and saying:

"Horizontal pressure on the four great sects, seizing the array Dao first, such a stunning talent, an array method genius, why is he in Tai Xu Men? My Wan Array Men, besides the four great sects, can rank first in array Dao. This should have been a disciple of my Wan Array Men!"

The instructor beside Wan Array Men was silent for a moment, then whispered: "Originally, yes..."

The Wan Array Men elder was stunned, "What?"

The instructor quietly said: "Elder, have you forgotten, several years ago, there was a small disciple from out of town who wanted to join our Wan Array Men. His array method talent was very good, just his spiritual root was a bit poor."

"Sect rules dictate that we don't accept. But I thought about it later and felt pity, so I found you to confirm it again."

Then he was scolded by the elder according to convention.

The instructor said: "You said at that time, it's not easy to find a two-legged toad, but how many two-legged array masters are there? Rules are rules. One two-grade array master, one more or one less, has no influence, it's not worth breaking the rules..."

"That small disciple who was refused..." the instructor quietly pointed: "Is just this one in front of us, who got the array method first, the youth from Tai Xu Men..."

The Wan Array Men elder's expression changed greatly, as if struck by lightning.

"I... refused?"

A Qian Xue first, an array Dao leader, once wanted to join his Wan Array Men, but... he refused?

The Wan Array Men elder's eyes turned black, blood rushed to his brain, and his intestines turned green.

The bitter water in his stomach also couldn't help but surge upwards.

And in the crowd, Elder Zheng was also suddenly stunned.

Others might not understand, even general array elders might not understand.

But he was different. He was once an elder of Qian Dao Sect, one of the Qian Xue four great sects, and bore the Zheng family's thunder array ancient law inheritance. He knew how terrifying the strength Mo Qing displayed in this competition was.

His divine thought was immeasurably deep.

His array knowledge was vast and profound.

His divine sense surpassed his rank, surpassed it by a full three ranks and more!

With the mid-stage Foundation Establishment realm, he horizontally pressured the four great sects, and was even proficient in derivation, able to comprehend spiritual power rules in an extremely short time...

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he fundamentally wouldn't dare to imagine it.

And this monster was actually the very child he had seen before, with a scattered cultivation origin, a firm Dao heart, and a big pattern...

Elder Zheng stood in place, stunned and lost in thought.

At the same time, a ray of hope, like a cluster of enthusiastic thunder fire, ignited in his eyes...

With a burst of array noise, amidst the exclamations and disbelief from all sides, the Lun Array Grand Meeting thoroughly ended.

All the dust settled.

Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, Lun Array first.

Horizontal pressure on the four sects, seizing the leader.

The name "Mo Qing" of Tai Xu Men, like the sound of the Lun Dao bell, thoroughly shocked the entire Qian Xue State boundary.