The Quest for Immortality

”This is getting difficult to handle...”

...

Somewhere within the main hall of the Sect.

The Elders of Daoist Law gathered together, each with an unpleasant expression.

After so many sleepless nights, meticulously going over the shadow imprints, they finally broke through that kid’s concealment and thought everything was under control, that the kid was surely doomed...

But then he suddenly revealed a bizarre movement technique.

At that time, a group of Daoist Law Elders stood by, watching with wide eyes, choking back blood, nearly spitting it out.

”This damn kid, he really knows how to hide!”

”Clearly possessing an exceptional movement technique, yet he endured so many matches without using it, playing cat and mouse with others, teasing them in a game of hide and seek...”

”This fellow is the most insidious and cunning I’ve seen in my life.”

”Such a low-key and patient demeanor, he’s on par with some old timers...”

”Low-key and patient? He’s just innately bad! Malicious by nature, enjoys toying with others, utterly heartless...”

”Youngsters today have no sense of martial virtues...”

A group of Elders, who lost countless nights of sleep, were now filled with righteous indignation, collectively condemning Mo Hua.

”Alright,” someone finally said impatiently, ”let’s get back to business...”

”After all, we are Elders of a Great Sect, people of stature. Talking behind a young disciple’s back like this, what do you look like?”

The hall fell silent.

But the Elders still wore expressions of displeasure.

”Have you found out the origin of that kid’s movement technique?” someone asked.

”We found out, but it’s complicated, containing traces of many advanced movement techniques...”

”So which advanced movement techniques exactly?”

”Didn’t I say? It’s got a bit of everything...”

”I don’t know how that kid developed such a crafty mind, integrating so many techniques together, but if you had to specify which school, it’s really hard to say...”

”Isn’t this just stating the obvious?”

”Alright, what’s the point of discussing this now? His movement technique is so sophisticated, even if you know its origin, how do you counter it? Whom do you send to counter it?”

”Use the Spirit-binding Lock...”

”Can you lock him up with it?”

”Then try immobilization spells...”

”Is your spell faster than his?”

”Formations...”

”Showing off a broadsword in front of Master Guan? Have you forgotten his identity?”

Everyone felt a sense of suffocation in their chests.

The hall was silent again for a moment.

Ultimately, movement techniques fall under a kind of Tao cultivation ”hard power.” Once they reach an absurd level of strength, they aren’t easy to counter.

And all methods meant to target movement techniques are precisely Mo Hua’s specialties.

Other minor tricks are even more futile.

Not to mention, just Mo Hua’s keen and powerful Divine Sense alone is an insurmountable chasm.

After a moment of silence in the hall, an elderly elder slowly spoke:

”There’s no way to counter his movement technique...”

With that sentence, it seemed the matter was concluded.

”To this day, there’s no denying that merely with his Five Elements Spells and this elusive movement technique, this Mo Hua is enough to rank among the true sword discussion ’Heavenly Pride’.

”Linghu Xiao of Taixu Gate, along with this Mo Hua, together truly form a double ’Heavenly Pride’ team.’

The hall buzzed with noise.

The crowd debated fervently, apparently holding strong opinions on this, but unable to offer any rebuttal.

The elderly elder lightly coughed, and the hall quieted down, he continued: ”Even so, there’s no need for concern.”

”This Mo Hua’s strengths and weaknesses are both evident.”

”His greatest advantage lies in his skills, encompassing magical damage, control, restraint, survival, and escape, making him an all-around ’support’ cultivator.”

”His greatest disadvantage, however, is that he is ultimately just a support.”

”To a large extent, he needs to rely on his teammates, especially that Linghu Xiao.”

”If his teammates are strong, he is strong.”

”Conversely, without teammates, his set of skills is actually of little use.”

”The main issue is that he lacks the ability to ’independently’ strike down enemies.”

”Without teammate assistance, he can’t kill anyone.” .

”His low-level Five Elements Spells are certainly exquisite, with decent power.”

”But that’s in the Xuan Character Bureau, where his opponents are just average Heavenly Pride from sects that he can make a splash.”

”Moreover, his weak spiritual power can’t sustain a genuinely large-scale, prolonged spiritual power battle.”

The elderly elder shook his head, ”This is the Heavenly Pride Sword Discussion, without the strength to independently kill opponents, merely relying on spells to snatch a few heads means he will ultimately remain a ’burden.’”

”The further it goes, the less useful he’ll be...”

”If that kid is only at this level, no matter how good his movement technique is, he won’t go far.”

”In the Earth Character Sword Discussion, you can’t win relying solely on movement techniques.”

”In fact, we won’t even need to go far into the match, tomorrow’s first Earth Character Sword Discussion should reveal the truth...”

The elderly elder finished speaking in a grave voice, slowly closed his eyes, and began to rest his mind.

His words were a thorough analysis of Mo Hua.

They also incisively pinpointed the weaknesses in Mo Hua’s Taoist skills.

Support is ultimately just support.

Support alone can’t kill.

Only when his teammates are strong can he be strong, without teammates, he is nothing.

Everyone nodded repeatedly, especially when thinking of yesterday’s Dao Discussion Heaven Instrument, which deduced the match lineup for the Sword Discussion, and with Mo Hua and his team’s opponents in the first Earth Character Sword Discussion, their gazes all slightly hardened.

”This first Earth Character Sword Discussion will be a mauling blow!”

...

The next day, following a lengthy and formal Sword Discussion ceremony.

The Earth Character Sword Discussion officially began.

And in the first match, Mo Hua was going to enter the stage.

His opponent was a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, one of the Four Great Sects, inheriting the Sword Dao of the Heavenly Sword.

And he wasn’t an ordinary Heavenly Pride.

He was the top disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect in this generation, the strongest among countless Sword Dao prodigies, the number one of this Heavenly Sword generation.

Xiao Wuchen.

This was undoubtedly, in everyone’s minds, the most thrilling and intense duel since the start of the Sword Discussion Conference.

The Earth Character Bureau opened with such a spectacle.

As a result, Mount of Tao, which was already a sea of people, became even more packed.

Everyone wanted to witness the elegance of the number one of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Likewise, they wanted to watch the clash between the Taixu Gate and the Heavenly Sword Sect.

This was truly under the spotlight of the masses.

Outside the arena, Great Elder Zhang, Zhang Lan, Wenren Wan, Yu Er, Gu Changhuai, as well as many aristocratic cultivators and sect disciples familiar with Mo Hua, taoist friends and relatives, all watched the match in silence, silently wishing Mo Hua well.

For Mo Hua, this was a truly top-tier adversary.

They hoped for Mo Hua’s performance, but more so, they were anxious and worried.

In this tense and anxious atmosphere, the first Earth Character Sword Discussion began.

The Debating Bell sounded, and both sides clashed.

Figures intertwined, Sword Qi and spells surged.

And then, in just a moment, the Taixu Gate was defeated.

Xiao Wuchen of the Heavenly Sword Sect, at the peak of Foundation Establishment, unparalleled in the Sword Dao, led four Heavenly Pride disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and with just one round of engagement, nearly crushed the Taixu Gate’s Mo Hua and his team of five.