Asking about longevity

Late at night.

The Daoist elders of each sect gathered together again.

Still the same great hall.

Still the same elders.

On the Mimicry Chart, still the ink paintings.

It's just that this competition was different.

The "victims" were also different.

What was displayed on the Mimicry Chart was a scene of Mo Hua using invisibility in the small forest to tease five disciples of the Dragon Cauldron Sect.

The five members of the Dragon Cauldron Sect each held a Concealment-Piercing Mirror in their hands.

But in the mirror, there was nothing.

The five people looked at each other, like five "big fools"...

"I wronged Shi Tiangang. It's not that he's well-developed in limbs but simple-minded and can't see through concealment, but rather that Mo Hua's concealment technique is indeed strange..."

"Even the Concealment-Piercing Mirror can't reveal it... This shows that the principle of this concealment technique is different from ordinary inheritances."

"Which type is it? Light concealment, spiritual concealment, eye concealment, five-color concealment, five-element concealment, or Eight Trigrams concealment technique?"

"This... through the Fangtian Painted Halberd and this Mimicry Chart, it's not easy to tell..."

"Being there in person, sensing the aura, or peeking with divine sense, can identify the truth..."

"Mount On Dao has a Rank 5 grand formation, isolating all external spiritual interference and divine sense peeking. We can't interfere and can't tell..."

If they are really stolen by relying on "perception", "backtracking", and "derivation", it will inevitably cause endless harm.

But in this way, these Daoist elders could not figure out the details of Mo Hua's concealment technique for a while.

"Is there a unique concealment inheritance in the Taiyi Sect?"

"As far as I know, there shouldn't be..."

"Then his concealment technique should have a source, right?"

"In the entire Qianxue State Realm, are there any sects that are good at concealment?"

"There used to be some, but most of them have disappeared. Now there is no sect that specializes in this kind of concealment technique. It's too useless..."

"Then the only way now is to try different concealment-breaking spiritual tools?"

The development of cultivation world techniques has led to a detailed division of weapon refining types.

There are also many kinds of spiritual tools.

Concealment-breaking spiritual tools are also divided into many types according to the differences in concealment principles and concealment methods.

There are those that break spiritual concealment, those that break water concealment, those that break color concealment, those that break light concealment... and so on.

Alternative, unpopular, and scarce concealment techniques have very few inheritances, are difficult to learn, and are rarely encountered by cultivators.

Therefore, what is commonly used in the cultivation world is still "general" concealment-breaking spiritual tools.

For example, the Concealment-Piercing Mirror used by the Dragon Cauldron Sect disciples is this type of general concealment-breaking spiritual tool, and its rank is also very high.

Generally speaking, even for rare concealment techniques, the "Concealment-Piercing Mirror" used by the Dragon Cauldron Sect disciples will be effective, and it is impossible to really not see any trace.

But Mo Hua is special.

His Little Five Elements Concealment Technique has been tempered over the years, and he also has rich concealment experience, so it is already superb.

Especially now that his divine sense has formed a core, the Little Five Elements Concealment Technique has undergone a qualitative change, and it has a hint of reaching perfection when used.

Therefore, unless it is precisely targeted at the top-grade concealment-breaking spiritual tool of the Five Elements, it cannot break his concealment at all.

"But trying one by one..." An elder frowned, "How long will it take to try?"

"A team of five people, each with a type of concealment-breaking spiritual tool, shines on him separately. It won't take many matches to find out quickly..."

"What if he doesn't conceal himself?"

"This kid is clever. If he notices something is wrong, he will definitely 'hide his clumsiness'. He may not even use this concealment again..."

"If he doesn't conceal himself, what's the use of us shining on him?"

"Then formulate tactics, conduct encirclement and suppression, force him to conceal himself, and then find a way to break his concealment with spiritual tools..."

"Is it necessary to spend so much effort to target a disciple, no... to target a disciple's spell?"

"With the tactics set like this and the spiritual tools selected like this, how can we win with innate limitations?"

"I said, this is not to win, but to test which school this kid's concealment technique belongs to."

"That is to... strategically abandon a few Xuan character Sword Debates and give points to the Taiyi Sect?"

"We can only do this."

"This is the Xuan character Sword Debate. There is one less match for each one. Is it just wasted like this?"

"You can't catch a wolf without taking the child."

"The question is, whose child to give up and whose wolf to catch?"

"Who are the opponents of the Taiyi Sect in the next few Sword Debates?"

"Profound Artifact Sect, Broken Gold Sect, and Lingxiao Sect..."

"The Profound Artifact Sect and the Broken Gold Sect are okay, but the Lingxiao Sect is not easy to talk to..."

"There is nothing difficult to say. Just give more benefits. It's just that each sect will bleed a little..."

A group of elders were silent, obviously a little hesitant.

"You may not have realized the seriousness of the problem..."

The elder in charge looked solemn, "Don't underestimate this concealment technique. This concealment technique may be more troublesome than you think..."

"This kind of unique concealment, coupled with his outrageous divine sense and superb Five Elements spell attainments, to some extent, can really make him stand in an 'invincible' position."

"Especially in the beheading game, it is basically unsolvable."

"If you can't see through his concealment, you will never win."

"If you don't find a way to solve it earlier, if it drags on to the Earth character game or even the Heaven character game, then the trouble will be big."

"In the Earth character game and the Heaven character game, every victory is precious."

"Especially in the beheading game, as long as Mo Hua can be invisible, he is invincible. Whoever encounters him is unlucky."

"In the end, no matter whether he can win or not, he will never let you win anyway."

"Even if he encounters the top four sect geniuses, if he can't beat them, as long as he hides, no one can do anything to him. In the end, he can get a draw. The Taiyi Sect can accept it, but can you?"

A draw means no victory points, which is equivalent to a double loss.

There is also competition among the four sects.

Whoever "draws" a game with Mo Hua is equivalent to losing a game and lagging behind in the competition among the four major sects.

If it really comes to this point, you can only pray that your luck is not too bad and that you don't encounter this "plague god" Mo Hua.

Thinking of this, everyone had a headache.

They didn't expect that these Daoist elders of their major sects would one day be so troubled by a concealment technique.

After a moment of silence in the hall, a respected elder said:

"Then let's do this..."

"Sacrifice some Xuan character games to break Mo Hua's concealment. As for compensation, our four major sects will pay for it."

"The concealment-breaking spiritual tools will also be arranged by us."

"We can't let the Taiyi Sect continue to develop like this."

"And this kid named Mo Hua, the Qianxue Array Dao champion, must not be let go. Find out all his abilities as soon as possible and find a way to kill him..."

The other elders of each sect nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

The plan was set.

Each sect temporarily joined hands, shared what they had, and took "cracking" Mo Hua's concealment technique as the first tactical key for the next few Xuan character Sword Debates.

After that, in the first game, the Profound Artifact Sect faced Mo Hua.

The disciples of the Profound Artifact Sect each held a differently shaped spiritual mirror to see through concealments of different principles.

In addition, they also equipped special concealment-breaking formations.

All tactics revolved around "Mo Hua".

This kind of tactic obviously had great drawbacks.

Only targeting Mo Hua and letting go of Linghu Xiao, the Profound Artifact Sect, which was not very strong, could not win at all.

This was not a beheading match, not a game where you could win by beheading Mo Hua.

This made Mo Hua a little puzzled.

He didn't quite understand what the Profound Artifact Sect meant.

Was this... giving away points?

It was not until the Sword Debate that Mo Hua was besieged and had to use concealment.

The five disciples of the Profound Artifact Sect immediately activated the spiritual tools without saying a word.

The five different mirrors emitted different colors of light according to different concealment-breaking principles, all shining towards Mo Hua.

The Lonely Mountain Refinement Shop was revitalized by Mo Hua.

He participated in the design of many weapon refining diagrams.

Therefore, although his actual weapon refining level was very low, his theoretical weapon refining knowledge was actually quite good.

Mo Hua only glanced at these spiritual mirrors and immediately understood.

"The Profound Artifact Sect didn't want to win. The purpose of this game is to use different spiritual tools to break my concealment..."

Mo Hua's mind moved, and he immediately canceled the concealment, frankly and openly letting the five mirror lights shine on him.

Concealment-breaking spiritual tools are used to break concealment.

If he doesn't conceal himself, naturally nothing can be broken.

The disciples of the Profound Artifact Sect were angry and wanted to kill Mo Hua.

Mo Hua used a Flowing Water Step to open up his position and immediately shouted to Linghu Xiao and the others:

"Xiao Xiao, come and protect me."

Linghu Xiao and the four others no longer hesitated and gathered towards Mo Hua. Their tactical center also became protecting Mo Hua.

In this way, the pressure on the disciples of the Profound Artifact Sect increased.

Their strength was already weak, and their physical defense was far inferior to that of the disciples of the Vajra Sect and the Dragon Cauldron Sect. They did not dare to force their way to kill Mo Hua while facing Linghu Xiao's sword energy.

And Mo Hua was sometimes invisible and sometimes visible.

When the Profound Artifact Sect used the mirror to shine, he appeared. When they didn't use the mirror to shine, he became invisible.

The most annoying thing was that the time Mo Hua switched between concealment and appearance was even shorter than the time it took for the disciples of the Profound Artifact Sect to take out the spiritual mirror and activate the mirror light.

The disciples of the Profound Artifact Sect really had no temper.

The Daoist elders of each sect outside the arena also secretly scolded Mo Hua in their hearts for being a "little slippery", despicable, shameless, and as shrewd as a ghost.

The Profound Artifact Sect lost in this way.

After that was the Broken Gold Sect.

The strength of the Broken Gold Sect was stronger than that of the Profound Artifact Sect, and they learned from the lessons of the Profound Artifact Sect and optimized their tactics against Mo Hua.

The Broken Gold Sword Technique was also a superior sword technique with strong killing power.

Although Mo Hua customized the "Broken Gold Armor" according to the core inheritance of the Broken Gold Sect that he had mastered, using his shield to defend against his spear, he could greatly immunize himself against the damage of the Broken Gold Sword Energy.

But Mo Hua couldn't wear this armor.

Because his physical body was too weak.

No matter how much this "Broken Gold Armor" reduced, the remaining Broken Gold Sword Energy could still kill him.

And with new and old grudges, the disciples of the Broken Gold Sect really wanted to kill Mo Hua.

Therefore, in this Sword Debate, they almost tried their best with the blessing of hatred.

The sky was full of Broken Gold Sword Light dancing, and the sword flowers they made flew towards Mo Hua like snowflakes.

Mo Hua couldn't hold on at all and could only rely on concealment to save his life.

Moreover, he had to be completely invisible. He couldn't be like teasing the Profound Artifact Sect, sometimes invisible and sometimes visible.

Because once he appeared, in just an instant, the five people would chop him with chaotic swords.

In this way, the Broken Gold Sect had enough time to use different concealment-breaking spiritual mirrors to test Mo Hua's concealment technique.

But after this test, there were still problems.

The five disciples of the Broken Gold Sect quickly discovered that the spiritual mirrors in their hands were sometimes working and sometimes not working.

Sometimes they could show Mo Hua.

But after a while, the figure in the mirror disappeared and suddenly could not show it again.

After a while, it could suddenly show it again.

The five members of the Broken Gold Sect were confused.

The Daoist elders outside the arena also frowned.

"What's going on?"

"Is there something wrong with the spiritual mirror, or is there something wrong with Mo Hua's concealment technique?"

This question troubled them very much.

Until the Broken Gold Sect was defeated, the elders still couldn't figure it out and couldn't sleep.

Late at night.

Sect Hall.

A group of Daoist elders were surrounding the hall, staying up late to look at Mo Hua's Mimicry Chart, looking at it frame by frame, looking at it bit by bit. Finally, someone understood.

A thin Daoist elder with shrewd eyes slapped the table and suddenly realized, "Damn it..."

He said a dirty word before he realized that he had misspoke.

The elders didn't care because they also wanted to scold someone.

"Speak quickly!"

This Daoist elder gritted his teeth and explained:

"This stinky kid has learned two kinds of concealment techniques! One low-end and one high-end."

"He mixed the low-end concealment and the high-end concealment together..."

"So when you use a concealment-breaking spiritual mirror to shine, it's sometimes visible and sometimes not visible. Sometimes you can show it, and sometimes you can't show it..."

There was an uproar in the hall.

"It's so simple... I really am..."

"I'm convinced by this stinky kid."

"How did this little bastard's brain grow?"

"How can he come up with any weird ideas..."

"This is not a weird idea. This is that there are thousands of Daoist methods, without distinction between good and bad. The key lies in the wonderful application."

"It's just a weird idea..."

...

Now that they had seen through Mo Hua's little trick, it was naturally easy to handle.

They began to study Mo Hua frame by frame, picture by picture, to judge which type of concealment Mo Hua was using at this time.

But unfortunately, they only fought one game, and the "sample" was still a bit small.

These Daoist elders couldn't judge for a while.

"Let's see after the Lingxiao Sect finishes fighting..."

"We can only do this."

So in the next game, Mo Hua and the others encountered the disciples of the Lingxiao Sect.

The Lingxiao Sect is one of the Eight Great Sects. Its disciples specialize in spells. It is said that they have the same roots as the Ten Thousand Clouds Sect, one of the Four Great Sects, but later there were rifts, and they separated.

The tactics of the Lingxiao Sect were simple and crude.

The five of them attacked together, launching a wide-ranging "spell bombardment" against Mo Hua.

Golden light, fire stones, hail, and water arrows rained down, covering the sky and earth.

Mo Hua had no space to hide and had to use his concealment technique to evade.

The battle with the Lingxiao Sect lasted quite a while, and Mo Hua's concealment technique was almost completely exposed.

After the Sword Debate, Mo Hua's every move was placed on the Shadow Mimesis Diagram for the various sect's Daoist elders to study.

And after careful identification and comparison, several insightful and experienced Daoist elders finally sighed and stated decisively:

"We've figured it out. It's a Five Elements-based concealment technique."

"Five Elements, huh..."

"Blending into the Five Elements, hidden within heaven and earth... That's why he deliberately chose the grove to hide in, in order to borrow the wood, earth, and water elements within the forest to facilitate the use of concealment."

"Indeed... I suspected before that it was a Five Elements-based concealment technique."

"Then why didn't you say so earlier?"

"I didn't have evidence before, so I couldn't make a reckless judgment. Now that I have evidence, I can assert it..."

"..."

"But... there are many Five Elements concealment techniques. Which one is this kid using?"

A group of Daoist elders held their own opinions, guessing all sorts of things, but some really saw it:

"From my observation, it looks a bit like... the Five Hidden Sect's Minor Five Elements Stealth Technique."

"Isn't the Five Hidden Sect gone?"

"The inheritance should have been lost, but this kid probably got lucky and got his hands on it..."

"No matter what, it's good to know the principle."

"Let's prepare some Five Elements-based concealment-breaking spiritual artifacts. In the next Sword Debate, we'll make this kid reveal his true form!"

"Good!"

The elders all agreed.

Someone else asked, "Who are they competing against in the next Sword Debate?"

"The Xiaoyao Sect... There's a Wind family disciple."

Everyone applauded and cheered: "A Wind family disciple from Xun Province, very good! This time, Mo Hua won't be able to escape. Once his concealment is broken, he'll have nowhere to go, no way to retreat, and no place to be buried."

"It's time for Mo Hua to die a little."

"Making us elders stay up late for meetings every day, if he doesn't die a little, where will we put our faces?"

"The Wind family... good, this kid is destined to die."

"Let him also know the sinister nature of this Sword Debate..."

The elders decided on a plan, feeling very happy.

...

At this time, late at night.

Qianxue Province, Wind family's cave dwelling.

A Wind family elder with a clear and refined appearance braved the cool night wind, guarding outside the cave dwelling, as if waiting for someone.

Half an hour later, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar.

The Wind family elder's expression brightened, and he stared intently. He saw a carriage slowly approaching in the hazy night.

The carriage was not ostentatious, low-key and luxurious, with some dust, as if it had come from thousands of miles away to attend the meeting.

A flag, flashing with streamer in the night, hung a Kan trigram, with the character "Zhang" written on the trigram.

When the Wind family elder saw this, he immediately stepped forward and greeted him with a smile.

The carriage also slowly stopped, the curtain was lifted, and several cultivators with considerable cultivation levels got out of the car in turn.

The leader was a white-haired old man with a childlike face and extraordinary bearing.

The Wind family elder quickly cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Grand Elder, long time no see."

The cultivator called "Grand Elder" also smiled and said, "Brother Wind, you and I have been Daoist friends for many years, why be so polite."

The Wind family elder shook his head: "Where are you talking, friendship is friendship, etiquette is etiquette."

He glanced at the Grand Elder, and then at the several young talents behind the Grand Elder, and quickly extended his hand to invite:

"It's getting late, everyone has traveled a long way, please come into my humble abode for a rest."

The Grand Elder cupped his hands: "Then I'll have to bother you..."

"Not at all, it's an honor for Brother Zhang to come, please."

"Please."

The two sides exchanged pleasantries, then took the carriages and horses and entered the Wind family's cave dwelling.

The Wind family is a Xun Province family. This cave dwelling does not show its mountains or reveal its water from the outside, but the inside is a different world, with elegant pavilions, lush flowers and plants, and a unique Taoist interest.

The Grand Elder of the Zhang family and the Wind family elder walked and chatted.

"Kan Province has been uneasy recently..."

"I was also delayed for some days on the road... That's why I came late."

"Judging by the time, the Sword Debate has already started, right?"

"It's already started."

"What a pity..."

"It doesn't matter, this is only the Xuan character stage, the good show is yet to come..."

Everyone entered the hall, sat down in turn, and then a boy came to serve tea.

The Grand Elder of the Zhang family drank the tea, nodded slowly, and then asked the Wind elder:

"Kan Province is uneasy, and I have been entangled in many things. Thinking about it, it has been nearly three hundred years since I came to Qianxue Province to watch the Sword Debate. I wonder what talents have emerged in this Qianxue Dao Debate?"

The Wind elder cupped his hands and said proudly:

"Qianxue is a land of flourishing Taoism, gathering talents from all over the world, and gathering the best of the world. There are countless geniuses."

"If you talk about the most outstanding ones, it is naturally the Four Great Sects."

"In this Sword Debate, Shen Linshu of the Qian Dao Sect, Xiao Wuchen of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Ao Zhan of the Dragon Cauldron Sect, and Duanmu Qing of the Myriad Cloud Sect are all top geniuses. So far, they have swept all directions and have never been defeated..."

"Under the Four Sects, there are also many geniuses in the Eight Great Sects, Linghu Xiao, Shi Tiangang, and Qin Cangliu are all very good..."

The Wind elder counted them one by one, and then pondered for a moment, and then said:

"But... there is one person, if you count it, he should actually be a unique evildoer, that is... talented but immoral, with a bad reputation."

The Zhang Grand Elder was a little surprised, "Who is it?"

The Wind elder said in a deep voice:

"This child, in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, has a divine sense of the peak of the nineteenth pattern, overwhelming the Four Great Sects and winning the leader of the formation path. His aptitude and cultivation are average, but his Five Elements spells are used with perfection, and his concealment technique is traceless..."

"There is such a genius?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

The Zhang Grand Elder was also moved by it, and asked, "What is his name?"

"Mo Hua!"

Among the Zhang family members, a blue-clothed cultivator immediately spat out a mouthful of tea.