The Little Five Elements Ghost's demeanor became even more cringing.
It didn't seem to be lying.
And what it said made sense.
The Five Elements Spirit Formation, a top-tier Ultimate Formation with Thirteen Stripes, would be inscrutable without the right methods. Even if this little ghost spent centuries pondering the formation, it would still be clueless...
But if it didn't know, then where was the inheritance of the Five Elements Spirit Formation hidden?
Mo Hua looked around, his gaze shifting, then suddenly asked:
"Was this Taoist Field like this when you came here?"
The Little Five Elements Ghost nodded.
Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly, "Were there also Tao Teaching Elders?"
The Little Five Elements Ghost shook his head, "No, there weren't."
"So, when you impersonated a Tao Teaching Elder, the spot you took, there was originally no one there?"
The Little Five Elements Ghost felt a tremor in his heart and nodded slightly.
Mo Hua then slowly walked to the center of the Taoist Field and discovered a meditation mat on the ground, and the Little Five Elements Ghost had impersonated a Tao Teaching Elder, sitting right there on that "meditation mat."
Another meditation mat!
Mo Hua's spirits lifted as he slowly approached, examining it for a moment, he found this meditation mat was almost identical to the one outside the shrine.
The Tao Teaching meditation mat!
Mo Hua's eyes shone with a hint of brightness as he sat down on the meditation mat, and then he looked straight ahead, feeling a sudden clarity before him.
Everything within the entire shrine came clearly into view.
He could even see his Junior Brother and Junior Sister outside the shrine.
The Junior Brother appeared bored and slightly worried.
The Junior Sister was sitting on the ground, hugging her knees, silently staring at the "herself" whose Divine Thought had exited the body, leaving only her physical form lying flat on the ground.
Beyond that, Mo Hua could also see the meditation mat outside the shrine.
No, to be precise, the location of the meditation mat.
Between reality and illusion, each position of the meditation mat was inscribed with a Formation.
This was the Five Elements Spirit Formation, more complete and meticulous in Formation Patterns.
Some differed from the Formation Patterns he had already obtained.
Mo Hua thought for a moment and then understood.
It seemed that this impostor "Tao Teaching Elder" had also tampered with the Formation Patterns, the ones learned from observing the shrine, compared to the true Five Elements Formation Patterns, were erroneous.
The purpose was still to prevent others from learning the true Five Elements Spirit Formation.
Mo Hua immediately compared the Formation Patterns in his mind with those he saw now, then, applying a slight Calculation with his Divine Sense, arrived at the true Formation Patterns of the Five Elements Spirit Formation.
But that still wasn't enough...
The Formation Patterns were still just a form.
To paint the dragon, the eyes must be dotted.
Mo Hua lacked just that final brushstroke to truly comprehend the Five Elements Spirit Formation.
But what was that brushstroke, exactly?
Mo Hua frowned.
Tao Teaching... meditation mat...
Manifesting Formation...
Mo Hua's eyes gleamed, and he immediately manifested a complete Five Elements Spirit Formation on the Array Plate in the center of the Taoist Field.
He wanted to discern some clues from it.
As he finished manifesting the true Five Elements Spirit Formation's Formation Patterns, the meditation mat on which he sat suddenly emitted a faint Divine Thought.
This Divine Thought was without master or awareness, like a blank, pure Thought Body.
This Divine Thought slowly flowed into the Array Plate, merging with the Five Elements Spirit Formation.
Above the Five Elements Spirit Formation, five-colored lights suddenly burst forth, dazzlingly bright.
Mo Hua was startled.
What did this mean?
Was this Divine Thought telling him something?
Or maybe, was it demonstrating something to him?
After pondering for a long time, Mo Hua suddenly looked up at the Little Five Elements Ghost and asked urgently:
"Where did you hear those words about the Ultimate Formation?"
Seeing Mo Hua deep in thought, the Little Five Elements Ghost tried to slip away, but then Mo Hua asked him this question.
Not daring to show any peculiarity, it replied:
"From many people..."
"Who all?"
"The Sect Leader of the Five Elements Sect, Elders, some Disciples chatting idly, and other, qualified Cultivators and Formation Masters who came to learn the Five Elements Spirit Formation..."
The Little Five Elements Ghost counted them off one by one.
Mo Hua said, "Was there any phrase that came from the mouth of the Five Elements Sect's past Sect Leader or an Elder?"
The Little Five Elements Ghost frowned in thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Yes!"
"Which one?"
The Little Five Elements Ghost paused, his expression became sober, and he slowly said:
"This phrase came from the lips of an Elder of the Five Elements Sect, the oldest and most obscure one..."
"He, when alone facing the shrine, once said these words slowly:"
"Divine Sense... becomes the Tao!"