Chapter 801: 591 Chapters Elder Master Xun_3
Occasionally, a Golden Core Instructor was responsible for substitute teaching.
This Golden Core Stage Instructor was a direct disciple of Elder Gongsun and also a true disciple of the Inner Gate.
However, other courses focused on Tao Cultivation skills were not so strict.
For example, the one teaching Refining Rune was an externally hired Golden Core Instructor;
the one teaching Alchemy was a Guest elder in the Feather Transformation Realm;
the one teaching Artifact Refining was an ordinary elder of the Inner Gate;
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there were also ones teaching general knowledge of the Cultivation World, history books, and classics, some of whom were externally hired instructors with low cultivation levels but had traveled extensively outside for years, broad in knowledge, old in age, but only at the Golden Core stage.
Without understanding these, one would never know who, standing in the Tao Teaching Room, was lecturing them, whoever the sacred figure might be.
Even if one did understand these, it was sometimes hard to recognize them.
And what Mo Hua could not understand most was the “old Elder” mentioned by Senior Brother Shangguan Xu.
“The one teaching Formation Method is very old and quirky, extremely strict, cannot tolerate the slightest fault, and absolutely does not allow disciples to be negligent…”
This old Elder was respectfully called “Elder Master Xun” by the students.
Elder Master Xun wore the Taixu Gate Taoist Robe, extremely simple, without any embroidered Sword Patterns, and the style was very old, who knew from how many years or generations ago.
He was old and frail, with a weak aura, seemingly not of high cultivation.
The only impression left was truly “old.”
His face was full of wrinkles, somewhat hunched, hair and beard all white, with only his eyes shining, stubborn and strict.
Even stricter than Instructor Yan.
Elder Master Xun taught Mo Hua Formation principles.
Mo Hua was extremely serious when attending Elder Master Xun’s classes at first, sitting up very straight.
But after a few times, he began to slacken off.
Because he found the introductory Formation classes for the initial stage of Foundation Establishment at Taixu Gate were only teaching First-grade Formation Methods…
For the initial stage of Foundation Establishment, learning First-grade Formations was considered standard.
Moreover, some disciples were not good at Formation Methods at all, teaching them First-grade Formations was even considered “overly advanced” for them as they found it very difficult to learn.
But for Mo Hua, it was very boring…
He already knew these things by heart.
Elder Master Xun’s voice was hoarse and serious, emphasizing the importance of the basics of Formation Methods:
“Formation Methods value the fundamentals; without a solid foundation, rashly learning more difficult Formation Methods is nothing but rootless vines climbing aimlessly, lacking one’s own foundation.”
“Any basic array formation must be firmly memorized, drawn hundreds and thousands of times, refining through forging a thousand times to enhance one’s Array Formation Skill…”
Mo Hua felt this was right, but he had already practiced these…
At first, Elder Master Xun’s classes still had something new, and his understanding of First-grade Formation Methods was profound, so Mo Hua could still listen.
But after all, they were only First Grade, using the generic Five Elements Formation as examples.
Mo Hua understood most of it after listening once or twice, and afterwards, it was just repetitive and dull.
Mo Hua began to slacken off.
Unable to do anything else, and without anything to do during class, he could only study on his own.
While he appeared to be attending the class on the surface, he was actually performing Calculations in his mind and Drawing Second-Grade Formations, occasionally studying ahead for the harder Formation Method courses to see if there was any knowledge he hadn’t learned.
But Calculation greatly drained one’s Divine Sense.
That day in class, while Calculating, Mo Hua wasn’t paying attention and nearly exhausted his Divine Sense.
Since it was during class, he couldn’t meditate to restore his Divine Sense and felt it becoming difficult to focus, his eyelids constantly battling to stay open.
Mo Hua had to forcibly persist.
But at that moment, Elder Master Xun’s monotonous and rigid voice echoed by his ear, hypnotic.
“Formation Methods value the fundamentals, without a solid foundation…”
Unaware, Mo Hua quietly dozed off, his head drooping low.
When he opened his eyes, he realized the room was very quiet.
Even frighteningly quiet.
Mo Hua raised his head and discovered, as expected, that Elder Master Xun stood before him with a deep frown, clearly restraining his anger.
Mo Hua felt a little guilty.
Elder Master Xun also did not rebuke him first, but according to routine said,
“Go up there and draw the Formation Diagram I was just talking about.”