It was time to find Thirteen Stripe Formations to study.
Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Correct."
It seemed the master had plans all along.
Mo Hua's eyes were bright with curiosity as he asked,
"Master, what kind of Ultimate Formation is it there at Dali Mountain?"
Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "Not just one…"
Mo Hua was taken aback.
Mr. Zhuang paused for a moment, a faint smile playing on his lips, "It's five of them."
Mo Hua's heart skipped a beat, exclaiming,
"Five of them!"
Mo Hua opened his mouth in surprise, then looked at Mr. Zhuang, puzzled,
"Five of them… doesn't that make them common as cabbages?"
Being Ultimate Formations, they should be rare.
How could there be five of them all of a sudden?
Mr. Zhuang smiled slightly, "Why don't you guess why?"
Mo Hua blinked, propped his chin in his hand, and after a moment of thought hesitantly said,
"Five… does it have something to do with the Five Elements?"
Mr. Zhuang nodded approvingly, "Exactly!"
His tone was a bit wistful, "This is a set of Five Element Ultimate Formations, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth; one for each Element, but the fundamental principles are the same. Therefore, all five are considered a single set."
Mo Hua listened, feeling an itch of curiosity like a kitten's scratch.
He was eager to know what these Formations were like, how their Formation Patterns looked, what the Formation Pivot's structure was, and the effects they would have once mastered.
But he still had one major doubt.
"Master…"
Mo Hua hesitated and asked, "Even if I master a Second Grade Thirteen Stripe Formation and practice every day, my Divine Sense might not break through the bottleneck to reach Fourteen Stripes and achieve the Middle Phase of Foundation Establishment, right?"
He had only recently realized this.
The further one progresses, the slower and harder the Divine Sense grows.
He was now at the peak of Thirteen Stripes, but the gap to Fourteen seemed just a sliver away.