It was a chance for him.
If he could draw it correctly, it would be good; if not, he was in big trouble…
Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.
Drawing the Formation would be easy…
At the front of the Formation Method Room was a Large Array Plate where Elder Master Xun would draw Formation Diagrams while explaining the principles.
Mo Hua walked respectfully to the Array Plate, picked up the pen, looked up, and suddenly froze.
He had been a bit nervous just now and forgot to look; now when he looked up, he realized that there were four Formation Diagrams on the Array Plate.
“Draw the Formation Diagram I was just talking about…”
Which Formation Diagram was Elder Master Xun just talking about?
Mo Hua had dozed off; how would he know…
Holding the pen, Mo Hua was hesitant and indecisive, just standing there stupidly.
The disciples below also felt tense for him, whispering quietly to each other:
“Done for…”
“Elder Master Xun’s class, and he dares to doze off…”
“He can’t draw, now he’s really in for it…”
“No good, just watching makes me anxious…”
“Disaster, I just lost focus too… Did Elder Master Xun notice me as well? The next one won’t be me, right… Ancestor of the Cheng Family, please protect me, don’t choose me to go up there, I can’t do it either…”
…
While Mo Hua was still hesitating, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Is this… Elder Master Xun’s Divine Thought?
Mo Hua was startled, and his heart skipped a beat.
It’s over, Elder Master Xun is really angry…
“Forget it, just guess one…”
With closed eyes, Mo Hua randomly chose the most difficult one, his little hand moved swiftly, the pen flowed like a dragon or snake, and in no time, he’d finished drawing it…
After he finished, the Tao Teaching Room instantly became quiet…
The chill on Mo Hua’s back also faded slightly.
“I guessed right…”
Mo Hua sighed in relief.
Suddenly, whispering started again, the disciples murmured softly:
“Just now…”
“His little hand moved so fast, I couldn’t see clearly…”
“He drew it so quickly!”
“How is he so proficient…”
“…But, he drew it wrong, didn’t he? It’s not that one…”
Mo Hua, with his keen Divine Sense, heard everything clearly and complained inside:
“If it’s not this one, then tell me which one it is!”
Helpless, Mo Hua glanced at the other three Formation Diagrams, and feeling the chill on his back intensify once more, he knew Elder Master Xun was getting angry again.
No point in stopping halfway!
Randomly guessing another, swish swish swish, in a few strokes, he finished drawing it.
The Tao Teaching Room became even quieter.
So quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Before Mo Hua could relax, disciples started whispering again:
“Even faster…”
“Is that the hand speed of a Foundation Building Cultivator…”
“Did he grow up eating Formation Diagrams?”
“Which Noble Clan’s cultivator is he? His Formation Painting is both fast and excellent, is it the Ming Family? Or the Zheng Family?…”
“Jealous, I wish I could borrow those hands to draw a Formation just once…”
…
“But, the one Elder Master Xun mentioned wasn’t this one either…”
Mo Hua took a deep, silent breath.
Not this one either?!
Feeling helpless inside, he started to get a little angry.
Not this one either!!
Then I won’t guess anymore, I’ll just draw them all!
If I draw all four, that should definitely be correct!
Mo Hua’s little hand waved, creating afterimages with his wrist, his brushwork outlining like the wind, moving like clouds, flowing like water, and within moments, he had completed the other two Formation Diagrams…
Now the Tao Teaching Room was dead silent.
The disciples below were all agape, speechless, looking at Mo Hua as if they were seeing a “Small Formation Evil Monster” wrapped in human skin…
Having finished the four Formation Diagrams, Mo Hua set the brush aside, bowed his head, and stood obediently to the side.
Elder Master Xun’s gaze was murky as he looked at Mo Hua, silent for a long moment, contemplating something, finally his voice stern but with a slight tremble said:
“Even with some talent, one mustn’t be conceited or complacent, and certainly not slack…”
“No repeat of this behavior!”
Despite the stern tone, he said “No repeat of this behavior.”
Mo Hua knew he had dodged a bullet, took a long sigh of relief, and said respectfully:
“Elder Master’s teaching, the disciple will bear in mind!”
Elder Master Xun nodded slightly, “That will be all for today’s lesson, you may leave.”
The other disciples, as if granted a royal pardon, quickly stood up, bowed respectfully, and said: “Disciples taking their leave!” Then they quietly and orderly left the Tao Teaching Room.
Mo Hua also slipped away with the crowd.
Elder Master Xun didn’t say anything.
Not until all the disciples had left did he turn to look at the Array Plate on which Mo Hua, with quick, dragon-and-snake-like strokes, had drawn the four Formation Diagrams, meticulous and precise, befitting of a First-grade Formation.
Elder Master Xun’s murky eyes opened slightly, revealing a glimmer.