Di antara para Murid Gerbang Taixu, di dalam Lapangan Tao. Daftar untuk Biro Xuan telah dikirimkan. Mo Hua memegang Token Taixu, menatap daftar itu dengan saksama, matanya menunjukkan kerutan pikiran yang dalam. Tim Gerbang Taixu yang melaju ke Biro Xuan berjumlah sekitar lima puluh kelompok, dengan tingkat eliminasi delapan puluh hingga sembilan puluh persen. Ini berarti sekitar delapan puluh hingga sembilan puluh persen murid telah mengakhiri perjalanan mereka di Konferensi Diskusi Pedang; mereka hanya bisa berpartisipasi di Biro Kuning, hanya bertarung sekitar sepuluh ronde, menandai akhir dari satu-satunya kesempatan diskusi pedang dalam hidup mereka. Tingkat eliminasi ini sebenarnya jauh lebih rendah dibandingkan sekte lain. Ditambah dengan jumlah murid di Gerbang Taixu yang saat ini besar, sekte tersebut berhasil meraih keunggulan besar di ronde-ronde awal, mengamankan posisi pertama dalam diskusi pedang. Mo Hua melirik ke arah murid-murid di sekitarnya. Mereka yang tersingkir merasa tidak puas dan menyesal, tetapi tidak putus asa. Mereka telah mengerahkan segala upaya mereka, memberikan kontribusi yang signifikan terhadap peringkat diskusi pedang Gerbang Taixu. Posisi pertama diskusi pedang Gerbang Taixu saat ini diraih sedikit demi sedikit berkat mereka. Situasi di ronde-ronde berikutnya masih belum pasti untuk saat ini. Tetapi setidaknya kemenangan saat ini tidak dicapai melalui kehebatan luar biasa seorang "Kebanggaan Langit," melainkan melalui perjuangan para murid biasa yang banyak dan sedikit lebih lemah ini, dengan pedang dan bilah. Mo Hua tiba-tiba berhenti, tenggelam dalam pikirannya. "Di dunia ini, ada dan tiada saling melengkapi, sulit dan mudah saling menjadi, kuat dan lemah saling berhubungan..." "Jika ada kekuatan, tentu ada kelemahan; jika ada kelemahan, tentu ada kekuatan..." "Karena ada murid Kebanggaan Langit, maka ada murid 'biasa', yang relatif polos dibandingkan dengan 'Kebanggaan Langit.'" "Kebanggaan Langit itu kuat, dan murid biasa itu lemah..." "Kebanggaan Langit itu sedikit, murid biasa itu banyak." "Jika... kesatuan maksimum dapat dicapai, sepenuhnya memanfaatkan kekuatan murid biasa, kultivator biasa, bahkan mayoritas kultivator tingkat bawah di dunia kultivasi—bukankah ini berarti seseorang dapat 'mengumpulkan kelemahan menjadi kekuatan,' 'mengubah kelemahan menjadi kemenangan atas kekuatan'?" "Dengan cukup banyak kultivator yang berkumpul, kekuatannya menjadi tangguh, cukup untuk benar-benar mengubah langit dan bumi..." Tatapan Mo Hua menjadi tajam. Semburan pencerahan tentang ada dan tiada yang saling simbiosis, kuat dan lemah yang saling membalik, transformasi Eryi dari saling mencipta dan menaklukkan menyala di dalam hatinya. Pikiran 'mengumpulkan kelemahan untuk mengalahkan kekuatan,' seperti 'percikan api,' terkubur jauh di dalam hatinya, seperti nyala api yang berkelip menerangi jalan yang samar dan tidak jelas. Di atas Lapangan Tao, Tetua Xun Zixian awalnya bermaksud untuk mengatakan sesuatu, melihat Mo Hua dalam 'lamunan' ini, secara naluriah menahan kata-katanya, takut mengganggunya. Entah berapa lama, Mo Hua mengangkat kepalanya, tatapannya dalam, pupilnya cerah, seperti cahaya lilin yang berkedip di malam hari, agak menyilaukan. Xun Zixian melihat dan terkejut. "Anak ini... apa yang dia sadari kali ini?" Memiliki Kesadaran Ilahi yang unggul, bakat yang luar biasa, pikiran yang jernih, intuisi yang tajam, mengamati, belajar, dan berpikir lebih banyak memang membuatnya lebih mudah untuk memiliki 'pencerahan' tentang banyak hal di dunia, bahkan kebenaran Dao Agung. Dia telah menyaksikan Mo Hua dalam lamunan 'pencerahan' ini cukup sering. Sejujurnya, Xun Zixian sangat iri secara internal. Kali ini, bagaimanapun, Xun Zixian merasakan sesuatu yang berbeda. Seolah-olah pencerahan Mo Hua kali ini menyangkut sesuatu yang luar biasa. 'Cahaya api' samar di matanya sepertinya menyampaikan rasa... 'kegilaan'? Xun Zixian menggelengkan kepalanya, memperhatikan Mo Hua telah sadar, baru kemudian dia menenangkan diri, berdeham, dan mulai berbicara tentang diskusi pedang: "Sebelumnya, diskusi pedang Biro Kuning hanyalah babak penyisihan, jadi polanya hanya pertarungan bebas yang sederhana." "Di Biro Xuan, itu berbeda." "Di Biro Xuan, berbagai format kompetisi diskusi pedang dicampur, dan format ini diacak, dideduksi oleh Instrumen Langit Diskusi Dao." "Setiap ronde berbeda." "Format pastinya tidak akan diungkapkan sampai enam jam sebelum diskusi pedang..." Seorang murid bertanya dengan bingung, "Tetua, mengapa formatnya tidak ditentukan lebih awal?" Murid lain mengangguk, "Benar, dengan begitu kita bisa lebih siap." Xun Zixian menyindir, "Saat kamu berkelana di dunia kultivasi di masa depan, jika seseorang ingin membunuhmu, apakah mereka memberitahumu sebelumnya agar kamu bisa bersiap?" "Atau, ketika kamu memimpin tentara Tao ke medan perang dan menghadapi penyergapan, apakah kamu akan meminta mereka menunggu agar kamu bisa menyusun strategi untuk berduel dengan mereka?" Murid-murid itu diam. Xun Zixian melanjutkan, "Dalam diskusi pedang paling awal, formatnya diungkapkan di menit-menit terakhir untuk melatih kemampuan beradaptasi para murid." "Baik itu menyerang, bertahan, membunuh, melarikan diri, memenggal kepala, atau bertahan hidup... semuanya mengharuskanmu untuk memutuskan dengan cepat." "Mengingat kalian adalah murid-murid, belum pernah mengalami banyak skenario hidup-mati yang mengancam nyawa, ini adalah latihan yang baik."
Mengumpulkan Kelemahan untuk Mengalahkan Kekuatan
Mount of Tao, early morning.
Disciples from each sect gathered, an ocean of people.
The Elders from the Four Sects and Eight Gates took the Sect’s Command Tokens, and under the witness of the Sect Leaders of the Four Great Sects, threw bamboo slips into the Dao Discussion Heaven Instrument. After a round of isolating and deducing the heavenly secret, the sword discussion list for the Xuan Character Bureau was finalized.
Elders from each sect made copies of the list, and then retreated, leading their disciples back to the sect.
In the Yellow Character Bureau, which is the preliminary competition, there are many disciples participating, the schedule is dense, and time is constrained, so drawing lots in the morning, battles begin in the afternoon.
Reaching the Xuan Character Bureau, after the preliminary selection, only one-tenth of the sword discussion teams remained, and the number of people sharply reduced, thus the schedule could afford some leeway.
Today is the drawing of lots, and tomorrow will be the official sword discussion.
Moreover, the form of the Xuan Character sword discussion will change, opponents will become stronger, and the battle situation will become more complex, and the disciples’ struggles in the Sword Discussion Conference will truly start to intensify.
Therefore, before each round of battle, time will be given for everyone to discuss tactics and formulate strategies.
Within Taixu Gate, among the Great Dao Fields.
The list for the Xuan Character Bureau has been sent down.
Mo Hua, holding the Taixu Token, looked at the list intently, eyes showing deep thought.
The Taixu Gate’s team advancing to the Xuan Character Bureau consists of about fifty groups, with an elimination rate of eighty to ninety percent.
This means that roughly eighty to ninety percent of the disciples have concluded their journey in the Sword Discussion Conference; they can only participate in the Yellow Character Bureau, fighting only around ten battles, marking the end of their sole chance at sword discussion in this lifetime.
This elimination rate is actually much lower compared to other sects.
Plus, with the current large number of disciples in Taixu Gate, the sect managed to hold a huge advantage in the preliminary rounds, securing first place in sword discussion.
Mo Hua glanced at the surrounding disciples.
Those eliminated felt unsatisfied and regretful but were not despondent.
They had exerted all their efforts, contributing significantly to Taixu Gate’s sword discussion ranking.
The current sword discussion first place of Taixu Gate was earned little by little thanks to them.
The situation in subsequent rounds of sword discussion remains uncertain for now.
But at least the current victory wasn’t achieved through the overwhelming prowess of a "Heavenly Pride," but through the struggle of these numerous, slightly weaker ordinary disciples, with swords and blades.
Mo Hua suddenly paused, deep in thought.
"In this world, existence and non-existence complement each other, difficulty and ease become each other, strength and weakness are relative..."
"If there’s strength, naturally there’s weakness; if there’s weakness, naturally there’s strength..."
"Since there are Heavenly Pride disciples, then there are ’ordinary’ disciples, who are relatively plain compared to ’Heavenly Pride.’"
"Heavenly Pride is strong, and ordinary disciples are weak..."
"Heavenly Pride are few, ordinary disciples are many."
"If... the maximum unity could be achieved, fully harnessing the power of ordinary disciples, ordinary cultivators, even the vast majority of the bottom-tier cultivators in the cultivation world—doesn’t this mean one can ’accumulate weakness into strength,’ ’turn weakness into victory over strength’?"
"With enough gathered cultivators, the strength becomes formidable, enough to truly alter heaven and earth..."
Mo Hua’s gaze became fixed.
A surge of enlightenment regarding existence and non-existence being symbiotic, strength and weakness reversing, Eryi’s transformation of mutual creation and subjugation sparked in his heart.
The thought of ’accumulating weakness to defeat strength,’ was like a ’spark of fire,’ buried deep within his heart, like a glimmering flame lighting up a faint, obscure path.
Above the Taoist Field, Elder Xun Zixian originally intended to say something, seeing Mo Hua in this ’trance,’ instinctively held back his words, fearing to disturb him.
Unknown for how long, Mo Hua raised his head, gaze profound, pupils bright, as if a flickering candlelight in the night, somewhat dazzling.
Xun Zixian saw and was taken aback.
"This child... what has he realized this time?"
Possessing superior Divine Sense, amazing talent, clear-mindedness, keen intuition, observing, learning, and thinking more indeed makes it easier to have an ’epiphany’ on the myriad things of the world, even the truths of the Great Dao.
He had witnessed Mo Hua in this trance of ’epiphany’ quite a few times.
To be honest, Xun Zixian was extremely envious internally.
This time, however, Xun Zixian felt something different.
It was as if Mo Hua’s epiphany this time concerned some remarkable thing.
The faint ’firelight’ in his eyes seemed to convey a sense of... ’outrageousness’?
Xun Zixian shook his head, noticing Mo Hua had come to his senses, only then did he compose himself, cleared his throat, and started talking about the sword discussion:
"Previously, the Yellow Character Bureau sword discussion was only the preliminary, so the pattern was just a simple melee."
"In the Xuan Character Bureau, it’s different."
"In the Xuan Character Bureau, various sword discussion competition formats are mixed, and these formats are randomized, deduced by the Dao Discussion Heaven Instrument."
"Each round is different."
"The exact format won’t be revealed until six hours before the sword discussion..."
A disciple queried in confusion, "Elder, why isn’t the format determined earlier?"
Other disciples nodded, "Indeed, this way, we could better prepare in advance."
Xun Zixian retorted, "When you travel the cultivation world in the future, if someone wants to kill you, do they inform you in advance so you can prepare?"
"Or, when you lead Taoist soldiers into battle and encounter an ambush, would you ask others to wait so you can strategize how to duel them?"
The disciples were silent.
Xun Zixian continued, "In the earliest sword discussion, the format was revealed at the last minute to train disciples in adaptability."
"Whether attacking, defending, killing, escaping, decapitating, or surviving... they all require you to decide swiftly."
"Considering that you are disciples, having not experienced many life-threatening kill-or-be-killed scenarios..."
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