…
Self-guided and autonomous, you can learn whatever you want, and it doesn’t matter much if you don’t excel…
It means, one can “muddle through”!
Mo Hua nodded.
He realized that he had made the right choice in coming to Taixu Gate!
Shangguan Xu continued, “You’ll meet the Sect Leader at the initiation ceremony in a few days. Anyway… it’s just the Sect Leader’s appearance, pretty approachable…”
“The Sect Leader is quite easygoing and also focuses on preserving health…”
“As for the Elders, it’s hard to say; there are all sorts…”
“Some are easy to talk to, and some have a rather bad temper…”
“This batch of disciples of yours, let me think…”
Shangguan Xu frowned in thought and then said:
“There’s an old Elder who teaches Formation, very senior, who hasn’t retired but stays in the Sect to teach Formation. He has a strange temper and is extremely strict, doesn’t allow even a speck of dust in his eyes, and won’t tolerate the slightest carelessness from disciples…”
Shangguan Xu looked at Mo Hua and sighed, “You’re a bit unlucky, be careful…”
“Oh…”
Mo Hua nodded, but deep down he was also curious about who this “old Elder” actually was…
Shangguan Xu wanted to say more, but looking up, he discovered that while he had been chatting with Mo Hua, they had unwittingly reached the mid-mountain, at the mountain gate of Taixu Gate.
Mo Hua also looked up to see an ancient and mysterious mountain gate.
The threshold of the mountain gate wasn’t high.
Hanging on the gate was a Stele, inscribed with ancient and forceful characters, full of Taoist Meaning:
Taixu Gate.
These three characters, like a knife or a sword, integrated seamlessly with the Stele, upright and unpretentious; however, when one caught sight of them, they carried an inherent sharp Sword Intent.
It seemed to be the handiwork of some great Sword Cultivator who had returned to simplicity and truth.
Mo Hua looked only once and was somewhat captivated.
He did not understand Swordsmanship, nor did he practice Sword Qi, but through a misty haze, his Divine Sense was able to perceive a vast and ethereal Sword Intent, as if soaring through the vastness of Taixu.
“Taixu Mind Transforming Sword True Jue…”
Mo Hua silently murmured in his heart.
“Junior brother?”
Shangguan Xu saw Mo Hua in a daze and showed a puzzled look.
Mo Hua came back to his senses and asked, “Senior Brother Xu, these three characters…”
Shangguan Xu looked up and said, “Oh, these three characters have been here since the founding of Taixu Gate, probably the handwriting of some old ancestor of the Sect, they’ve been around for many years…”
He glanced at the sky and said to Mo Hua, “It’s getting late; let’s enter the Sect first. You’re just joining and there’s a lot of trifles to take care of.”
“Sure.”
Mo Hua nodded, following Shangguan Xu across the threshold, into Taixu Gate.
But as Mo Hua stepped over the threshold and passed through the mountain gate, he didn’t notice the characters “Taixu Gate” above it, their inner light trembling slightly, emanating Sword Intent.
Following that, the nearby clouds condensed above the mountain gate, purified by the Sword Intent into a pure vapor, which rose gently and drifted toward the sky.
This thread of Sword Intent was extremely concentrated yet extremely subtle.
After the purification, the vapor took on the hue of purest blue flame, blending seamlessly with the surrounding mists.
Most disciples and Elders of Taixu Gate didn’t feel anything special, but in a room, where the Taixu Sect Master sat meditating for health, he suddenly opened his eyes.
His figure flashed and he stepped outside the house, looking through the majestic mountains and the Taixu Dao courts, toward the mountain gate, where he saw the rising vapor.
Taixu Sect Master remained stunned for a long time, expressing disbelief:
“My Taixu Gate’s mountain gate has… actually started to emit blue smoke?!”