My Master Knows It All

372: Chapter 159: A Discussion of Dao Resulting from a Mix-up_1 372: Chapter 159: A Discussion of Dao Resulting from a Mix-up_1 Thousand Caves Door, truly encompassing a thousand caverns.

Apart from a few where disciples abound, most caverns have few disciples.

But even if there are few disciples, even if there’s only one, it can constitute a cavern.

Through tens of thousands of years, the Thousand Caves Door, like the top ten Immortal Sects, has similarly experienced turmoil, even facing cataclysms.

However, ever since the Ancestral Elder established the Thousand Caves Door, out of a thousand caverns, not one has ever ceased its lineage!

Even when facing the greatest of cataclysms, each cavern must preserve a line of succession.

Such is the rule of the Thousand Caves Door.

Similarly, the Hundred Peaks Sect has done the same; since its founding, none of the hundred peaks have ever broken their lineage.

This is also why the Hundred Peaks Sect and the Thousand Caves Door, despite their continuous competition for the title of number one among the Mixed Clan of Immortal Sects, actually share many commonalities.

Debate platforms work in the same way.

When the two grand Immortal Sects hold debates, each of their peaks, or their caverns, sets up a debate platform.

Those who come to debate must proceed to each platform one by one.

Lan Pili and Cao Zhen, while leading a group of disciples to the debate platform of the Thousand Caves Door that specialized in the Dao of Calligraphy, whispered, “The Thousand Caves Door really has no shame.

Take our Hundred Peaks Sect, for instance, with a total of one hundred peaks, when others come to debate, they would only visit five or six, or maybe seven or eight platforms at most.

Exceptionally, they might go to more than ten peaks to debate.

As for something like Military Law, one would only need to visit Military God Peak for debate.”

“Then look at the Thousand Caves Door, with their thousands of caverns; anyone who comes to them for debate has to visit dozens of platforms, and sometimes even up to a hundred peaks.

In doing so, merely traveling to each debate platform can eat up quite a bit of time.”

Cao Zhen nodded his head in agreement, seeing it as a problem indeed.

If they really were members of a debate team, it would be all right since they were there to debate anyway.

But the problem was, they were on their way to Capital City to attend the new emperor’s grand ceremony, and they could not afford to linger here for too long and waste time.

In a while, they would have to discuss with Elder Huan Kong and ideally set a fixed location for everyone to come for debate together; otherwise, it would be anyone’s guess how long the debate would last.

It wasn’t long before the group reached a debate platform.

The platform was not small, but around it were few disciples, just over ten dressed in the garb of Thousand Caves Door, fewer even than the people from the Hundred Peaks Sect.

Lin Xuefeng quickly stepped forward to introduce, “Gentlemen, this is Disciple Chang Tiance of the Hundred Peaks Sect’s Immortal Pen Peak, skilled in the Calligraphy Dao.

May I ask which brother is interested in discussing calligraphy with Dao Companion Chang?”

As his voice fell, among the ten or so people opposite, one averagely-looking disciple with exceptionally pale skin stepped forward and saluted Chang Tiance, “Foremost disciple of Mad Grass Cave, Yan Kuangren.”

Until now, Chang Tiance was still somewhat stunned.

Weren’t they supposed to be a delegation heading to Capital City for homage?

How had they suddenly become members of a debate team?

It wasn’t until the other’s words reached his ears that he snapped back to reality.

It was time for debate—wasn’t this an opportunity for him to showcase his skills?

He had once gained Enlightenment in the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace because of Peak Master Cao, and his knowledge in the Calligraphy Dao had progressed, but he had been in the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace when the debate team was being selected.

His mentor was unaware of his substantial improvement in the Calligraphy Knowledge, so he had not recommended him to try out, missing the debate team selection.

Later, when a disciple from the Pen and Ink Sect, Qing Mozi, came to the Hundred Peaks Sect for a debate, not to mention him, even his mentor had some trouble coping, eventually having to seek Peak Master Cao’s help.

Ever since his calligraphy greatly improved, he hadn’t had a chance to display it.

To think that joining an envoy group would afford him an opportunity to debate, and Peak Master Cao was here!

Chang Tiance walked onto the platform while glancing in Cao Zhen’s direction, thinking it was time to let Peak Master Cao see his progress.

If Peak Master Cao provided him with more guidance…

his trip would be truly profitable!

Yan Kuangren, seeing Chang Tiance ascend the platform, simply turned around, took out a sheet of paper filled with words and offered it, “This piece of calligraphy is my recent work; I would appreciate your critique, brother.”

Chang Tiance expected no surprise; debates in the Dao of Calligraphy usually don’t involve speech but directly communicating through one’s work.

Some of these works were created on the spot, while others had been prepared beforehand.

Not having witnessed the other’s creation process needed no concern; disciples of the top ten Immortal Sects all possess their pride and wouldn’t simply claim others’ calligraphy as their own.

He took the paper, looked up, and saw that many disciples from the Hundred Peaks Sect were also curiously stretching their necks to see.

Upon inspection, many of them furrowed their brows.

Such chaotic writing.

The writing appeared excessively disordered to the point they could hardly discern all the characters.

However, although the writing was chaotic, they felt it was quite well done, even possessing a pleasing quality.

Mad grass.

Chang Tiance nodded slightly, being a disciple of the Hundred Peaks Sect and specifically of the Immortal Pen Peak; he was familiar with the caves of the Thousand Caves Door that practiced the Dao of Calligraphy.

The Thousand Caves Door had a total of thirty-six caves that were adept at the Dao of Calligraphy, with twelve of them specializing in it, each in a different script.

The Mad Grass Cave’s specialty was precisely mad grass script.

Chang Tiance looked at each character before him and nodded lightly again; mad grass was also his specialty.

After surveying the characters, he looked up at Yan Kuangren and saluted, “Brother, your characters are grand and full of vigor, with wild strength and unpredictable changes, and an endless continuity—truly remarkable.”