Asking about longevity

Chapter 1021: Siege Warfare (Thank you to the alliance leader with black eyes for the reward~)

The next day, the Earth Grade Sword Discourse of the Taixu Sect and the Heavenly Sword Sect began.

Outside the Debate Mountain, the place was still packed with people, but there were fewer spectators than before.

They found it boring.

The Taixu Sect's strongest team had repeatedly lost in the Earth Grade Sword Discourse, performing extremely poorly, and hardly showing any impressive skills.

Many people no longer had any expectations.

Moreover, this Sword Discourse was a siege warfare, and their opponents were the top sword cultivator sect—the Heavenly Sword Sect.

The Heavenly Sword Sect inherited the ancient Heavenly Sword Art.

This Heavenly Sword Art was one of the most superior sword techniques in the Qianxue Continent, and its power was quite terrifying.

Allowing the Heavenly Sword Sect to attack and unleash their sword energy would be difficult for even the Dragon Cauldron Sect and the Vajra Sect, two body refinement sects known for their defense among the Four Great Sects and Eight Great Families, to withstand, let alone the mere Taixu Sect.

The Taixu Sect had no truly top-notch body cultivators.

In addition, there was Mo Hua, who would break at the slightest touch.

In the eyes of most cultivators, this was a Sword Discourse match with almost no chance of winning and nothing to see.

The Taixu Sect was at a disadvantage, making the situation even worse, and was bound to lose.

Of course, some of the audience still had expectations.

But their expectations were that the Heavenly Sword Sect could find Mo Hua's weakness and kill him with one sword in this Sword Discourse.

This was a simple expectation.

"I want to see Mo Hua die once with my own eyes."

From the Xuan Grade, no, even from the preliminary rounds of the Huang Grade, this had become an obsession in the hearts of many spectators.

They asked for nothing else, and were completely driven by this obsession, coming to watch Mo Hua's Sword Discourse without any obstacles.

There was no other way, Mo Hua, this brat, had committed too many misdeeds and was too infuriating.

He was a little afraid to watch.

He had been very happy watching Mo-gege trick a group of "big dummies" in the Xuan Grade Sword Discourse.

But Mo-gege had been losing in the Earth Grade Sword Discourse.

He felt uncomfortable watching each match and really didn't want to watch anymore.

But this was Mo-gege's competition, and he couldn't bear not to watch it.

What if he could win?

Wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't watch it?

Yu'er frowned, clutching the corner of his clothes, and forced himself to look at the Fang Tian Painted Halberd.

Besides Yu'er, Wenren Wan, Gu Changhuai, Zhang Lan, Murong Caiyun, Hua Qianqian, and other "friends and relatives" of Mo Hua were more at peace.

They were a little worried when they started losing, but they got used to it after losing for a while.

Victory and defeat were common occurrences in military affairs.

Although they hoped that Mo Hua would win, they also knew that human power was limited and some things were impossible.

After all, this was the Qianxue Sword Discourse Assembly, with countless geniuses.

It was already amazing that Mo Hua could get this far.

Therefore, they came to support Mo Hua.

Moreover, they could more or less see the situation of this Sword Discourse clearly in their hearts, so they were mentally prepared and didn't have too high expectations.

And the situation quickly verified the guesses of most people.

The Taixu Sect retreated again and again from the start.

This was a siege warfare, referring to the "siege warfare" and "defense warfare" in the war of cultivation.

The Heavenly Sword Sect sieged the city, and the Taixu Sect defended the city.

Of course, the form was "simplified."

After all, the Sword Discourse only had five people, which was different from the grand siege warfare in the real war of cultivation, which involved thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of cultivators. It was just a simple "prototype" for the disciples to compete and practice through the Sword Discourse.

There was no real "city."

Only a "camp" was built in the Sword Discourse arena, separated by city walls, dividing the outer city and the inner city, and a "city lord" statue was built in the inner city.

The attacking side had to break through the outer city, enter the inner city, and finally destroy the city lord statue.

The defending side needed to guard the statue.

There was a time limit for the siege.

If the city was captured within two hours, the attacking side would win. If the city was defended, the defending side would win.

And the Taixu Sect needed to withstand the sword energy of the Heavenly Sword Sect for two hours.

It wasn't that simple.

The so-called defending the outer city simply meant guarding the "city gate."

There were two city gates in the outer city, and people had to be assigned to guard them.

There was one city gate in the inner city, and people had to be left to guard it.

In this way, the manpower was scattered, which was even more fatal for a team like the Taixu Sect with a "incomplete" team.

The key was still Mo Hua.

This kind of situation further exposed the drawbacks of Mo Hua as a "spirit cultivator."

Before the Sword Discourse began, some people saw this:

"In this kind of situation, this Mo Hua is useless, right?"

"Anyway, I can't imagine what use he can be..."

"Siege warfare is a head-on confrontation, there is no room for tricks..."

"No matter how good his stealth technique is, others will simply ignore him."

"No matter how good his movement technique is, he can only escape, but this is defending the city, where can he escape to?"

"Low-end five elements spells can't defend against the Heavenly Sword Sect's sword energy."

"Even if he goes to block with his fragile body, it's just a matter of one sword..."

"It's useless anyway, I think it's better for him to squat in the inner city as soon as the battle starts and rely on his teammates to buy time..."

"Anyway, the victory or defeat has nothing to do with him..."

Someone joked.

And when the Sword Discourse began, the image on the Fang Tian Painted Halberd appeared.

Everyone found that Mo Hua really did as they said, ignoring everything and squatting behind the wall of the inner city, his body facing away from everyone, secretly, not knowing what he was doing, looking a little "obscene"...

This aroused public anger again.

"No... I was just joking, he really squatted in the inner city?"

"His teammates are fighting desperately, and he is hiding for his life?"

"It would be good to throw a few fireballs, what is he doing sneaking around here?"

"Afraid of death?"

...

And amid the discussions, there were also a few sharp-eyed and careful cultivators who said:

"This Mo Hua is setting up a formation, right?"

Someone sneered: "How much effort can it take to set up a formation?"

"They are all ready-made."

"The formations for the Sword Discourse are all drawn in advance, reviewed by the elders, and then brought in. You just need to set them up before the battle. Why does he have to squat there and fiddle for so long..."

Formations were powerful, but the preparation time was too long.

In the past, when cultivators fought, formations had to be prepared in advance and set up in advance.

Otherwise, it would be too late to prepare the formation during the battle.

The Sword Discourse Assembly was no exception.

Mo Hua squatted there and "fiddled" for a long time, saying that he was setting up a formation, but others saw that this was "loafing on the job", a complete "slacking off."

"He is so passively fighting, doesn't the Taixu Sect care?"

"Can the Taixu Sect tolerate this?"

"I think he is not the illegitimate son of the sect master, the sect master is his illegitimate son, otherwise it is impossible to treat him like a 'father'..."

...

The Sword Discourse continued.

The Taixu Sect was originally at a disadvantage in strength.

The competition system was also a disadvantage.

In a situation where the disadvantage was compounded, there was also a certain "crown prince" who was "passively fighting."

The battle situation was self-evident.

The sword energy of the Heavenly Sword Sect was like a rainbow, unstoppable, breaking through two city gates in succession, passing through the outer city, and killing towards the inner city.

This process was simple, easy, and natural.

Linghu Xiao and the others tried their best to resist bitterly.

But their efforts, apart from delaying some time, did not cause a ripple.

Soon, they were defeated and forced back to the inner city.

The five disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect gathered outside the city gate of the inner city.

This was the last line of defense.

As long as they broke through the city gate in front of them, attacked the inner city, killed into the main hall, and slaughtered all the Taixu Sect disciples blocking the way, and then cut off the city lord statue, they would win this Sword Discourse.

The Heavenly Sword Sect would win another game and take another step towards the position of Sword Discourse champion among the Four Great Sects.

This was another crushing victory.

"The Taixu Sect is going to lose again..."

This thought also appeared in the minds of most cultivators outside the arena.

And the loss was becoming more and more reasonable.

Without any ups and downs.

Some cultivators outside the arena sighed and began to feel bored.

"Watching this kind of Sword Discourse is really a waste of time..."

"I can guess what will happen next with my eyes closed..."

"It's nothing more than the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples breaking through the city gate, rushing in, fighting fiercely, and killing Linghu Xiao and the others..."

"Mo Hua, that kid, will squeeze the Sword Discourse jade again and run away."

"Then the Heavenly Sword Sect will chop the city lord statue and it will be over..."

"The gap between the Four Great Sects and the Taixu Sect is still too big, it is impossible for the Taixu Sect to win..."

Shangguan family viewing platform.

Yu'er was dejected, his little face full of disappointment.

Wenren Wan touched Yu'er's head and comforted him in a low voice.

Zhang Lan and others also looked a little sad.

The atmosphere was a little depressed for a while.

Inside the Sword Discourse arena, the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples had already activated the Heavenly Star Sword, and the pure white sword energy carried amazing power, slashing at the city gate one after another.

Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Ouyang Xuan took action to block them one after another.

Linghu Xiao also activated the Chongxu Sword Qi to cancel out the sword energy of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples.

However, the sword energy of the Heavenly Sword Sect was too murderous, and the five people joined forces. The sword energy bore the energy of the sky, mighty and unstoppable, and could not be resisted head-on.

Cheng Mo and others were defeated one after another.

Linghu Xiao also couldn't do much alone.

The pure white Heavenly Star Sword Qi slashed on the city gate one after another, as if slashing on the hearts of the Taixu Sect related cultivators.

Every sword made people's hearts tremble.

Once the city gate was broken, this game would be declared over.

Everything that followed would be meaningless.

Many people didn't want the city gate to be broken, didn't want the Taixu Sect to lose.

But more people were waiting for the city gate to be broken.

Waiting for the Taixu Sect disciples to be cut down one by one under the sword.

Time passed little by little in this tense entanglement.

The Heavenly Sword Sect disciples were still using sword energy to constantly chop at the gate.

The city gate was still "struggling" to support.

But after chopping for a long time, the city gate was still not broken...

On the viewing platform, everyone began to look at each other, feeling that something was wrong.

After another while, the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples were still chopping at the gate.

The city gate, which silently endured all the Heavenly Star Sword Qi, seemed to be about to fall apart in the next moment, but after a long time, there was still no movement.

This city gate was like it was cast from "iron."

Everyone's faces changed.

What the hell...

"Is this city gate a little strange?"

"It's not that the city gate is strange, it's the formation on the gate... it seems a little strange?"

Then there were foreign cultivators who were proficient in formations, or some formation elders of the sect, carefully examining the faint formation light on the city gate, which was covered by dense sword energy.

After this careful look, someone immediately looked shocked, stood up suddenly and said:

"High-level formation!!"

"The Taixu Sect is using high-level formations in the Sword Discourse?!"

The arena was quiet for a moment, and then a great uproar broke out.

It was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves.

The crowd completely clamored.

"Second-grade high-level formation?!"

"Are you kidding me?"

"Isn't the formation limited in the Sword Discourse only second-grade middle-level?"

"Isn't this against the rules..."

"Cheating?"

"The Taixu Sect is cheating?"

"Outrageous..."

Some people questioned one after another: "When did he bring this formation in?"

"The rules of the Sword Discourse are strict. The elders personally check everything that is brought into the arena. It is absolutely impossible to allow a trace of favoritism and fraud."

"The Taixu Sect... bribed the elders of the Debate Mountain?"

"Does the Taixu Sect have such great ability?"

...

And more unable to sit still than the cultivators watching the arena were the elders of the Debate Mountain.

The elders who can be elders of the Debate Mountain are generally old, experienced, prestigious, and fair in their actions.

This job is both decent and leisurely.

Originally, they were sitting and drinking tea, leisurely watching the Sword Discourse competition.

As a result, when the high-level formation appeared, some elders were really startled, and the cups in their hands were crushed.

"Something happened!"

"It's over, how did we let this kid bring the high-level formation in?"

"The rules of the ancestors are broken..."

"Who checked him?"

"It's really old and muddled..."

An elder retorted: "Don't talk nonsense, I searched him clearly when he entered the arena, there was no high-level formation."

"Then where did this formation come from?"

"Quick, check it out..."

So someone began to reverse the Fang Tian Painted Halberd, starting from the beginning of the Sword Discourse, one picture after another, to see what Mo Hua did.

In order to avoid suspicion and ensure fairness and impartiality, without any behind-the-scenes operations.

The cultivators watching outside the arena could also see this reversed picture.

On the Fang Tian Painted Halberd, a small picture popped up, replaying all of Mo Hua's actions from the beginning of entering the arena.

Everyone, including those watching the Sword Discourse, were staring with wide eyes, concentrating, to watch Mo Hua's "replay."

The picture quickly flowed through, and soon, it froze on the most "suspicious" scene.

Mo Hua squatted in the corner of the wall, facing away from everyone, secretly, not knowing what he was fiddling with.

"Quick, change the angle," the Elder of the Dao Discussion Mountain commanded.

So the screen shifted, displaying Mo Hua's face.

What he was doing with his hands was also clearly visible.

Everyone at Dao Discussion Mountain was stunned.

Then, in an instant, the entire arena erupted in an uproar.

At this moment, they finally clearly saw what Mo Hua was secretly doing squatting in the corner...

He was indeed "tinkering" with formations.

But not deploying formations.

But drawing formations!

In the Sword Discourse Assembly, at the moment of the clash between the geniuses of both sides, he was drawing formations on the spot!

The Sword Discourse Assembly didn't allow bringing Grade Two high-level formations.

So he took matters into his own hands and drew a high-level formation on the spot!

Everyone was momentarily speechless, not knowing what to say.

After a moment of silence, some people wondered, "That's not right... If he's drawing a Grade Two high-level formation, where did he get the formation media from?"

Someone saw it: "He temporarily dismantled it from the other formations he brought in."

"..."

"Then where's his formation brush?"

"The Sword Discourse allows bringing spiritual implements. He didn't bring a weapon, just a formation brush."

"The formation brush is the weapon of a formation master..."

"Then where's the spiritual ink? Where did he get the ink from?"

"I don't know..."

Some people shook their heads, and most cultivators were also confused.

But some cultivators who had participated in the Sword Discourse and studied the rules in detail explained:

"Disciples in the Sword Discourse can choose some 'miscellaneous items' to bring in, and spiritual ink is among the miscellaneous items."

"No..." someone puzzled, "Why put spiritual ink in the miscellaneous items? How can spiritual ink be considered a miscellaneous item? What idiot made the rules? Doesn't he have any common sense?"

"The Old Ancestor of Dao Discussion Mountain made them..."

The previous cultivator slapped himself in the face: "Sorry, I was being a smart aleck. The Old Ancestor did the right thing... Spiritual ink should be put in the miscellaneous items."

Someone summarized: "So... this kid Mo Hua dismantled the formation media, brought his own formation brush, and then used the spiritual ink from the miscellaneous items to draw a Grade Two high-level formation and deployed it on the city gate?"

"Can you even play like that?"

"Is this reasonable?"

"How is this kid's brain wired? To be able to exploit loopholes to this extent?"

"This isn't a loophole, this is clearly cheating!"

"Using a high-level formation in the Sword Discourse, how are others supposed to play? What else is this if not cheating?"

"It's not up to you and me to decide."

"At least on the surface, it does comply with the rules."

"Let's talk about it later, let's watch the Sword Discourse now... Although high-level formations are powerful, they are facing the five geniuses of the Heavenly Sword Sect. A high-level formation against five geniuses, who will win is not certain."

"Don't exploit the loopholes, use a high-level formation, and still lose in the end, that would be embarrassing..." someone sneered.

Someone disagreed, "You underestimate high-level formations too much. That's a high-level formation, and it's from the hands of Mo Hua, it must be a top-notch nineteen-pattern formation. Do you think this level of formation is a joke?"

...

While everyone was discussing.

Inside the Sword Discourse arena, the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect also noticed something was wrong.

"High-level formation?"

A tall and slender Heavenly Sword Sect genius frowned, then said in a deep voice, "So what if it's a high-level formation? I want to see today whether your formation is strong, or my Heavenly Sword Sect's sword energy is sharper?"

"Kill!"

The other four also responded in unison, "Kill!!"

The five no longer hesitated, no longer held back in the slightest. As their spiritual power surged, they unleashed their sword energy to the extreme.

Streams of Heavenly Sword Qi, even sharper than before, struck the city gate.

Even with the blessing of a high-level formation, the city gate temporarily developed slight cracks, mixed with vibrations, and sand and dust fell.

But Mo Hua was not in a hurry.

Linghu Xiao and the others were only following Mo Hua's instructions, occasionally going out to harass them.

Before, they had to resist the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples and protect the city gate.

But now that the city gate had the blessing of a high-level formation, it could resist the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples on its own. They only needed to occasionally harass them to reduce the pressure on the city gate.

This was much easier.

During the entanglement between the two sides, streams of Heavenly Star Sword Qi still struck the city gate one after another, and then were absorbed by the high-level Metal and Stone Formation.

Although the defense of the high-level Metal and Stone Formation was strong, it was impossible to last too long under the strong attack of the geniuses of the Four Great Sects.

Under the persistent sword energy attacks of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples.

The cracks on the formation were gradually increasing.

The city gate also had a precarious feeling.

Seeing that the formation was about to break, the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples were greatly encouraged, "Quick, break the formation in one go and break through the city gate!"

"Yes!"

They worked together, stimulated their sword energy, and continued to break the city gate.

And Heaven did not disappoint those who worked hard.

After repeated sword energy attacks, the light on the city gate dimmed and the formation patterns broke.

The high-level Metal and Stone Formation was indeed broken by the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples.

The Heavenly Sword Sect disciples were overjoyed.

The watching cultivators nodded and praised:

"As expected of the geniuses of the Heavenly Sword Sect, a high-level formation is not difficult for them at all..."

But just as the formation on the city gate dimmed and was about to disappear, Mo Hua leisurely reached out and slapped the wall.

In an instant, the light shone brightly.

Another brand new high-level Metal and Stone Formation was activated.

The precarious city gate instantly became "indestructible" again under the blessing of the formation.

The audience who had just praised the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples felt a breath stuck in their chests again.

The joy that had just arisen in the hearts of the Heavenly Sword Sect geniuses was completely extinguished.

Looking at the "city gate" with golden light flowing in front of them, their faces turned pale and their mouths felt bitter.

One high-level formation did not stop them indeed.

What about two?

Was there really only two?

Who knew how many high-level formations this Mo Hua had hidden in his hands?

How many layers of high-level Metal and Stone Formations had he put on the city gate in front of them?

At this moment, a sense of despair arose in the hearts of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples.

At this moment, they finally clearly remembered Mo Hua's initial identity:

Qian School... the Formation Dao leader.