These Patterns were very familiar to Mo Hua, precisely the Thirteen Stripes of the first-grade Five Elements Spirit Formation's Patterns.
But... the gate was closed tight...
Mo Hua sighed.
He finally understood how the Five Elements Spirit Formation of the Five Elements Sect got lost.
This gate was designed to block both villains and the virtuous.
It guarded against outsiders and insiders alike...
The Patterns on it were clear, obviously a Mystery Formation.
The pathway of the Formation had been tampered with, as if "encrypted."
One needed proper Calculation to solve the Formation and open the gate.
How could an average Formation Master possibly do that?
Maybe the Five Elements Spirit Formation wasn't even meant to be learned by first-grade Formation Masters?
The ancestors of the Five Elements Sect must have had some quirks in their thinking...
They wrapped their own legacy tightly, like a zongzi, completely secure.
Mo Hua was somewhat speechless.
But it was clearly not the time to be critical.
He immediately spread out the paper, took out the ink and brush, and seriously, stroke by stroke, copied the entire Five Elements Mystery Formation from the gate into a Diagram.
After the copying was done, almost four hours had passed.
Mo Hua then wiped away the ink mark he had made.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before the Chief Elder arrived.
"Time is up, please leave now."
The Chief Elder's tone was polite, but within his gaze was a hint of a mocking smile.
Mo Hua and the others could only go back.
Mo Hua could calculate and solve the Five Elements Mystery Formation on the Shrine gate on his own, but it would take some time.
But before that, he still went to consult Mr. Zhuang.
Mo Hua showed the copied Formation Diagram to Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang appeared surprised, but not shocked.
Mo Hua had his guess confirmed:
"My teacher must have encountered this Mystery Formation before, perhaps even solved it himself and entered the Shrine."
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