Chapter 146: Classification (Fourth Update)

When Mo Hua saw Mr. Zhuang again, her face was a little resentful.

"Sir, didn't you say there was a threshold?"

Mr. Zhuang smiled and said casually: "There is a threshold, maybe you accidentally stepped over it."

"Then am I now a first-grade array master?"

"It's not that simple."

Mr. Zhuang found a more comfortable position on the bamboo chair and explained to Mo Hua:

"Being able to draw nine array patterns can only be said to have crossed the threshold of the first grade. You still need to learn more, draw more, learn more first-grade arrays, and thoroughly master the method of completing nine array patterns in one thought, then you can be considered to have the strength of a first-grade array master."

Mo Hua heard Mr. Zhuang's hidden meaning, "With the strength of a first-grade array master, don't you have the title of a first-grade array master?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "The title is determined by the Dao Ting."

"Dao Ting? Isn't it the Dao Ting Division?"

"The Dao Ting Division is governed by the Dao Ting, There are no formation masters inside, how can they determine the rank of formation masters? "

Mr. Zhuang said with deep eyes, "The Dao Court is located in Daozhou, the center of Jiuzhou. The seven pavilions are named after the seven stars. Among the seven pavilions, Tianshu Pavilion is responsible for determining the rank of all formation masters above the first rank in Jiuzhou. Every few years, Tianshu Pavilion will send monks to the borders of various states in Jiuzhou to determine the rank of formation masters."

"Tianshu Pavilion..."

Mo Hua was shocked.

The Dao Court is high above and out of reach. This is the first time he has heard the name of Tianshu Pavilion.

"Is it difficult to determine the rank?" Mo Hua couldn't help asking.

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, "It is difficult. First, it is difficult in the assessment, and second, it is difficult in the quota."

Mo Hua didn't quite understand.

Mr. Zhuang said, "The assessment depends on the formation, and the quota depends on the connections."

Mo Hua frowned, "The formation master's rank is not determined by the formation, but also depends on the connections?"

Mr. Zhuang smiled contemptuously, "The formation master's rank is determined by the level of the formation, but the one who determines your rank is a person. As long as it is related to people, you naturally need connections."

"Then what kind of connections do you need..."

"Either a prominent family background, or extraordinary parents, or you have a lot of spirit stones, and you can naturally expand your connections by dredging them."

Mo Hua was stunned. Then, wouldn't he, a casual cultivator with no power and few spirit stones, be unable to be ranked?

Mo Hua asked weakly, "Will there be quotas for casual cultivators?"

"It's impossible that there won't be one. There will always be a few. As for whether you can be selected, it depends on your fate."

It depends on fate, but it actually depends on fate.

Mo Hua frowned and said, "If that's the case, then all the formation masters are in the aristocratic sects, and there is a gap in the number of formation masters among the lower-level cultivators..."

Mr. Zhuang's eyes became meaningful, and he looked at Mo Hua and said lightly:

"That's right."

Mo Hua was stunned, and a slight chill rose in his heart.

Mr. Zhuang gently rubbed Mo Hua's head, "These are all external matters, don't worry too much."

Mo Hua couldn't help but worry, and after a pause, he couldn't help but ask:

"Then sir, what if I'm unlucky and can't get a grade?"

Mr. Zhuang slowly sat up, the laziness in his eyes was gone, and his sharpness was slightly revealed, showing a scorn in the plainness:

"The formation master seeks the way of heaven and understands all principles. He is not defined by any worldly affairs, nor is he judged by any cultivator."

"The Dao Court can determine the grade, but it determines their grade, the grade of power and profit."

"What the formation master really seeks is not the grade of power, but the character of the great way of heaven and earth!"

Mo Hua was shocked, and his consciousness was clear for a while, and he felt suddenly enlightened.

"Thank you for your teachings, sir."

Mo Hua stood up respectfully and bowed deeply to Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang nodded, and then casually said: "However, if you can determine the rank of the Dao Court, you still have to determine it."

"Ah?" Mo Hua was stunned.

"After the Dao Court determines the rank, your status will be different. You will be more confident in your words and more convenient in doing things. No one will jump in front of you. And there are free spiritual stones. It's a waste not to take them..."

Mo Hua was shocked again, thinking that Mr. Zhuang was really... pragmatic.

"What if I can't be determined?" Mo Hua asked weakly again.

Mr. Zhuang glanced at Mo Hua lightly, "No hurry."

"Are you not in a hurry to determine the rank?"

"It's not urgent even if I can't determine it."

"Uh..."

Mr. Zhuang said: "How old are you? When you go to determine the rank, the people who will take the test with you are either middle-aged monks or gray-haired old men. They are more anxious than you. Why are you anxious?"

"Oh." Thinking of this, Mo Hua really felt a lot more relaxed.

"But what if you can't decide?"

Mo Hua got serious.

Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but rubbed Mo Hua's hair again, "If you can't decide, just go for the second grade."

Mo Hua was stunned, "Second grade?"

"The first grade will be stuck, but the second grade won't. Tianshu Pavilion is not full of idiots. It's fine if they are stuck at the first grade, and everyone turns a blind eye. But the second grade is different. If the formation level can reach the second grade, even if there is no prominent family background, it is definitely not an ordinary person. Tianshu Pavilion dare not provoke it casually."

Mr. Zhuang said with a half-smile: "If you really have the level of a second-grade array master, but Tianshu Pavilion is unwilling to give you a grade, you can stand at the door of Tianshu Pavilion, point at the plaque, and scold their elders for being blind."

Mo Hua asked in a low voice: "What is the cultivation level of the elder of Tianshu Pavilion..."

"It's hard to say, it must be a cave-void..."

Mo Hua opened his mouth wide. He had never heard of the cave-void.

Mo Hua looked at Mr. Zhuang and asked quietly: "Sir, you won't scold the elder."

Standing at someone's door and scolding someone's elder.

If Mr. Zhuang had never done it, how could he be so familiar with it?

"I never scold people." Mr. Zhuang said.

Mo Hua looked at Mr. Zhuang again.

He has a fairy-like appearance and elegant manners. Even when he is lying down, he has a sense of elegance and freedom.

Mo Hua thought: Mr. Zhuang does not look like someone who would scold people, but it is hard to say what he actually does.

Then Mr. Zhuang tapped Mo Hua on the head.

"Are you plotting against me?"

Mo Hua chuckled and said:

"But sir, it will take me a long time to become a second-grade array master."

Mr. Zhuang said: "It is difficult to become a first-grade array master, and there is only one grade. Second-grade array masters are different. They are divided into three grades: primary, middle and high. There is a big difference in the level of array formation every time you step up a step."

Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua, "With your ability, as long as you can build a foundation and spend some time, it should not be difficult to become a second-grade primary-grade array master."

Mo Hua was refreshed and felt that he had something to pursue again.

But he still had a doubt: "Why is the second grade divided into three grades, but the first grade is not?"

According to Mr. Zhuang, the first grade can actually be divided into three grades.

Apprentices and array masters who are not in the grade, and first-grade array masters who are in the grade.

The current first-grade array master can actually be regarded as a first-grade high-level array master.

"What do you think?" Mr. Zhuang asked.

Mo Hua frowned and thought for a moment, "Is it the threshold?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said calmly, "If the threshold is raised, the monks below will not be able to step over it."