"Besides, there’s another possibility..."

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then said, "That is, I smash the Eternal Life Rune and trigger the Heaven Void Dharma Phase. The Heaven Void Dharma Phase will kill me, but I’m a Sword Discussion disciple, so the fifth grade Mount of Tao Large Formation will definitely move to protect me and fight the Heaven Void Dharma Phase."

"A battle between a Void Realm Level Large Formation and a Dharma Phase will be earth-shattering, flattening mountains and overturning seas. The entire sword discussion arena will probably be destroyed."

"Once that happens, the subsequent sword discussion will have no choice but to be terminated."

"And if the sword discussion ends at that point, then the final ranking will be determined according to the current results."

"Our Taixu Gate has performed very well in the early stages. In the Shura battle, most disciples survived until the end, and I was the last survivor of the Shura battle. Calculated like this, my Taixu Gate’s victory points are definitely the highest..."

...

"I’ve carefully deduced all of the above situations."

"The causality involved, as well as the various variables, are largely within my grasp."

"Therefore, as long as I can cut apart Shen Linsu and the others’ special Eternal Life Runes with one sword, then the title of first place in this Sword Discussion will definitely belong to my Taixu Gate."

Mo Hua spoke clearly and methodically, his gaze penetrating. Unhurriedly, he laid out all of these causal considerations.

Elder Master Xun was stunned.

He looked at Mo Hua’s face that still carried a hint of youthful air, at those eyes as deep as a pool, and at that calmness that could think through causality with such meticulous depth and control all variables. A deep sigh welled up in his heart.

He had guessed that Mo Hua must have had his considerations in doing all this.

But he hadn’t expected Mo Hua to think this far.

At this age, since he could remember till now, counting carefully, it was only about twenty springs and autumns of experience, yet he was already this meticulous in thought, his mind demonic in its sharpness.

If he were to live another hundred years, even a thousand years, with higher cultivation, stronger power of Calculation, and a deeper insight into causality, to what defiant degree would he reach then?

Elder Master Xun sighed inwardly.

Heaven and earth are like a board of chess, all living beings like its pieces.

And for Mo Hua to have such terrifying talent, he is surely someone born to hold the chess piece, no wonder... the Qian Path’s fortune and the earth’s Taoist Meaning would converge upon him alone.

No wonder that person would take him as a Direct Disciple.

Only...

Elder Master Xun frowned.

"Was it that person taking him as a disciple that awakened this comprehension and fortune in Mo Hua?"

"Or was it because Mo Hua already possessed this comprehension and fortune that that person accepted him as a disciple?"

"Or is it neither? Is this truly just a coincidence in Heavenly Mechanism Causality?"

Elder Master Xun fell into deep thought.

A moment later, Mo Hua asked, "Old gentleman, was I right?"

Elder Master Xun blanked for a moment before coming back to himself, realizing what Mo Hua was referring to. He couldn’t help but sigh and nod:

"That’s roughly how it is..."

"In this matter, however you calculate it, my Taixu Gate should be able to secure the title of ’Sword Discussion Leader’."

"But it won’t be that simple."

"The various Great Sects and aristocratic families of Qianxue will definitely not agree so easily, especially the Four Great Sects. They will surely trip us up overtly and covertly in many ways."

"And my Taixu Gate won’t just sit back and ignore it either. As for the matter of the sword discussion, negotiations will probably drag on for quite some time before a final result is reached."

"However, I still say the same thing." Elder Master Xun looked at Mo Hua, feeling both emotional and gratified. "You’ve already done enough. This matter will be handled by me. You just focus on recuperating and stay away from these storms."

"Mm." Mo Hua nodded.

Elder Master Xun was silent for a moment, his gaze turning slightly deep. Suddenly, he said, "That sword..."

Mo Hua’s heart skipped a beat.

Elder Master Xun’s aged yet profound eyes fixed on Mo Hua’s clear pupils, and he asked quietly and slowly, "Who taught you that?"

"This..."

Mo Hua fell silent, then sighed after a moment.

Given how things had developed, he had no way to keep hiding it.

Now, at the Sword Discussion Conference, under the gaze of the masses, he had already used this move. .

Others might not know the origin of Divine Thought into sword and thus fail to see it, but Elder Master Xun was no ordinary person. Once this move appeared, he would definitely see it clearly.

Although Patriarch Dugu had specifically warned him not to tell anyone, in the current situation, not saying anything was impossible.

"It was..." Mo Hua said softly, "Patriarch Dugu... who taught me..."

Elder Master Xun’s eyelids twitched. He thought, as expected, then frowned and said, "He’s confined in the Sword Tomb Forbidden Land. How did he teach you?"

Mo Hua said, "Once every seven days, Patriarch Dugu will tear open the void and drag me into the forbidden land, personally teaching me swordsmanship."

Elder Master Xun suddenly understood, and then was inwardly shocked.

That senior brother of his, with world-shocking talent and an eye that looked down on all beneath him, had always only taught the sword when others kowtowed and begged him, and even then he responded with indifference.

Never before had there been a precedent of him proactively pulling someone in front of him to personally teach the sword.

Who would have thought that after being stubborn for a lifetime, with half his body already in the grave, he would end up breaking his own rules and "pick up and deliver" to teach someone the sword.

Only...

Elder Master Xun then frowned in puzzlement.

The Sword Tomb Forbidden Land and the Outer Mountain Disciple’s Residence are so far apart, with no real intersection. How did his senior brother..e to discover this child, Mo Hua?

To the point of not hesitating to expend what little cultivation he had left to tear open the void, drag Mo Hua before him, and personally pass on swordsmanship?

Is there more causality involved here?

The key issue is... this kid Mo Hua had absolutely no Sword Dao foundation.

Before entering Taixu Gate, he probably had never even touched a sword.

Even so, his senior brother could still teach him?

The more Elder Master Xun thought about it, the stranger it seemed. So he asked Mo Hua, "This Divine... this sword technique, how did you learn it?"

Mo Hua found it a bit hard to put into words.