Immortality Through Array Formations Chapter 2091 Chapter 993: Odds of Victory (2)

The Sect Master of Taixu reflected briefly before stating:

"Ouyang Xuan stands as the top disciple in talent and strength from the Tai'a lineage this generation, yet his disposition doesn't appear too favorable, with a character that's rather stubborn..."

He hoped Mo Hua would prepare his mind to prevent any clashes.

Mo Hua replied: "Sect Master, no need to fret. My own temper is poor as well, and I'm pretty stubborn too. We'll likely get along just right."

Taixu Sect Master: "..."

"Truly... no issues?" the Taixu Sect Master asked deliberately.

"None at all," Mo Hua affirmed with a nod, "I actually prefer 'stubborn' types."

The Taixu Sect Master stayed quiet for quite some time prior to letting out a sigh: "Fine then..."

And so, the decision was finalized.

By adding Ouyang Xuan from the Tai'a Sect, Mo Hua's group was now fully assembled.

Still, Mo Hua hadn't encountered this "Ouyang Xuan" yet, leaving him unaware of the man's personality, cultivation stage, or teamwork potential, which complicated any planning. This matter would have to wait until they met.

Within the Disciple's Residence, a stack of maps lay before Mo Hua.

These maps illustrated diverse landscapes like peaks, streams, marshes, sheer cliffs, ancient remnants, caverns, and more.

Senior Sister Murong had provided all of them.

Such landscapes could appear during the Sword Discussion Conference.

Besides that, there were assorted strategy sketches, Formation Diagrams, and Spiritual Artifact Forging Diagrams.

These outlined combat tactics he had practiced in simulations.

Even with such thorough readiness, Mo Hua couldn't shake off his anxiety.

Sword discussions differ greatly from formation debates.

Formations represent his forte; no matter the rival, he felt no fear, particularly against peers from the Qian Learning State Boundary sects.

Yet for sword discussions, he possessed zero real battle exposure.

Lacking hands-on fights, simple "watching" proved insufficient.

Furthermore, his viewing was limited to just one prior event—and that came before the overhaul.

Post-sect reform, the sword discussion guidelines and style had shifted.

During that period, Mo Hua concentrated solely on the Formation Competition prep, so he skipped attending.

He'd caught wind of alterations but never observed them firsthand.

As a result, his strategies remained untested, leaving him doubtful of their success.

The Sword Discussion Conference featured crowds of entrants, intricate environments, shifting layouts, and loads of unknowns.

Plus, surrounded by so many elites, even with him and Xiaoxiao, chasing the top spot felt like grasping at the heavens.

"This doesn't look promising, perhaps... time to divine?"

Mo Hua paused briefly, pulled out a Copper Coin, performed a quick divination, and furrowed his brow intensely.

Heavenly secret Divination traces from "cause" to "effect."

In the present circumstances, despite his strategies, preparations, and advantages, the "effect" of claiming first in the sword discussion stayed absent.

The gap between this cause and effect stretched enormously.

This suggested that securing first in the sword discussion was an almost unattainable dream.

Mo Hua looked contemplative.

This signaled "Heavenly secret," a verdict on cause and effect.

To others, "Heavenly secret" might feel vague and hard to pin down.

But as Mo Hua delved deeper, he saw that Heavenly secret's core rested in the buildup of immense cause-effect chains, with causality forming the root of everything.

Still, Heavenly secret's profundity and causality's flux made it seem slippery.

Yet the underlying patterns could be traced.

Only by amassing sufficient objective "causes" could one achieve the hoped-for "effect."

As a practitioner of "Heavenly secret Divination," "Tricky Divination," and "Back Origin Divination," blessed with superior Divine Thought and having proven the Dao via Divine Sense, Mo Hua neared a "Heavenly secret intuition" through ongoing contact with real facts and causal principles.

This amounted to a basic gut feeling.

However, thanks to Mo Hua's potent Divine Sense and profound Divine Thought grasp, this feeling resembled an "inborn" perception.

He scarcely needed divination or deep probing; a mere reflection showed this route was impossible.

He aimed to claim first in the Formation Competition.

But this "effect" drifted far away, high above.

Mo Hua let out a soft sigh.

"It still won't work..."

"Just how do I snag first in the Formation Competition?"

This puzzle had plagued Mo Hua for days, lingering even during meals or strolls as he mulled it over.

Yet the harder he pondered, the more stuck he became in a rut.

His personal power remained quite modest.

Though Xiaoxiao was capable, he stood alone.

The elite youths from the Four Great Sects made up entire teams.

Without undue arrogance and viewing it clearly, it was evident that taking first in the sword discussion was extremely unlikely for him.

Unless fortune struck extraordinarily.

But fortune proves fickle and unreliable.

Beyond the Disciple's Residence, amid a modest thicket, Mo Hua pondered this dilemma while strolling the trail after lessons.

He missed the greeting entirely.

"Junior Brother..."

"Junior Brother?"

Mo Hua jolted, snapping back to see Xie Ling addressing him.

Xie Ling passed him several Jade Slips, "Junior Brother, since you expressed interest in cultivators' 'tombs' and yin residence formations earlier, I collected these for your review."

"Oh..." Mo Hua murmured distractedly.

Following his trip to the Solitary Mountain City graveyard, he recognized that tomb formations and related lore filled holes in his Dao path.

Despite entering a tomb once, numerous aspects eluded his understanding.

Thus, he approached Xie Ling from the Gen State's Qiongyin Realm, heir to clan geomancy arts, for guidance and material sourcing.

The cultivation realm spans endlessly, yet a cultivator's years are finite, limiting their wisdom and encounters.