The blue-robed disciple had finished and carefully checked his work once more, nodding in satisfaction.
The Formation was complete, the Patterns smooth.
Everything that should be there was there.
Though there were minor imperfections, they were like trivial flaws on white jade, not significant.
He had outperformed himself, living up to the Chief Elder's expectations!
The blue-robed disciple was filled with pride.
On the other side, Mo Hua had also finished drawing, and after inspecting it once, he shook his head slightly.
It was his first time drawing it, and while his pen technique wasn't skilled enough, he drew strictly according to the Formation Diagram, with excessive precision but lacking in artistic spirit; it was missing something.
But it was passable.
He might as well submit it and see.
The two of them sealed their Formations and handed in their papers.
The two sealed Formations were then placed in front of the three Elders, including the Chief Elder.
The Chief Elder glanced at Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang said, "Please have a look."
The Chief Elder nodded and first examined the Formation submitted by his Sect's Disciple.
After just a glance, he was reassured.
Well drawn!
Even better than when he was teaching it.
He had indeed put in a lot of effort.
Then he eagerly opened Mo Hua's Formation.
But after a glance, he frowned.
Where was the Formation?
Why was there only the Formation Diagram?
He flipped through it and was taken aback again.
Two identical Formation Diagrams?
Upon careful examination, the Chief Elder realized that one of them was freshly inked, the ink was different, and while the penmanship was extremely meticulous, the Patterns were exactly the same without a hair's breadth of difference, as if carved from the same mold. At first glance, it looked like there were just two Formation Diagrams.
A tremor went through the Chief Elder's heart.
Could the young Formation Master have painted a Formation exactly identical to the sample Formation Diagram?
Cheating?
But how could he cheat in the presence of three Golden Core Cultivators?
The Chief Elder looked carefully again and, after a thorough confirmation, had to admit that these precise and meticulous Patterns were indeed hand-drawn by the young Cultivator...
The Chief Elder took a deep breath and looked at Mo Hua with a more solemn gaze.
To draw to this extent, he must have practiced this Formation countless times.
And to be able to master such an obscure Formation to this level of proficiency...
He was truly worthy of being Mr. Zhuang's disciple; he had some real skills.
But then he thought of what had happened earlier and felt displeased.
"This cunning kid, staring at the Formation Diagram earlier, pretending not to know it all this time—was he playing me?"
"Mocking me?"
Such a nasty character!
Though talented, he lacks virtue!
The Chief Elder internally assessed.