Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 184: First Test of the Sword Formation
This spiritual plant exhibition held by the sect is an excellent opportunity to obtain a large number of contributions, and Gu Mo naturally will not miss it.

At the same time, Gu Mo also needs to make the Sunlight Glass Flower known to the public. Only when everyone knows that he has cultivated the Sunlight Glass Flower, will no one see him taking out the essence of the sun and become curious, and thus investigate Gu Mo, causing more of Gu Mo's secrets to be exposed.

Of course, for Hou Chunyu, Gu Mo finally showed his talent as a spiritual plant master, so he naturally wanted to let the sect see it.

He has not given up the idea of ​​letting Gu Mo get the true teaching treatment. The true teaching treatment from Shennong Valley is a rare opportunity for any spiritual plant master.

Hou Chunyu also believed that as long as Gu Mo displayed the Sunlight Glass Flower, it would be absolutely no difficulty to get a high score.

"Keep doing your best. I, the Grandmaster, am very optimistic about you." Hou Chunyu patted Gu Mo on the shoulder. He was determined to train Gu Mo, his disciple, and then make Qi Chunde, the bastard, ashamed.

Thinking of Qi Chunde coming back and discovering that his disciple had not only caught up with him in cultivation, but also surpassed him in attainment as a spiritual plant master, Hou Chunyu was looking forward to the look on Qi Chunde's face.

At that time, Hou Chunyu didn't believe that Qi Chunde, this bastard, could remain indifferent.

After Hou Chunyu left, Gu Mo immediately returned to his own cabin, because, compared to the spiritual plant exhibition, he had another competition to focus on, but this competition was a competition between sword cultivators' incarnations.

In the past three years, the sword cultivator incarnation has been practicing the core inheritance of the Dayan Sword Sect, the Dayan Zhoutian Gong and the Dayan Sword Canon.

Most of Gu Mo's mind was focused on comprehending these two techniques. Since he did not need to spend a lot of time practicing, he could use all his time to comprehend the techniques. This made Gu Mo's progress in comprehending the techniques and sword manuals very fast.

Today is the three-yearly competition of the Dayan Sword Sect. Three years ago, he became the disciple of the sect leader Xuan Tianhen. Many people in the Dayan Sword Sect were dissatisfied, so Gu Mo naturally wanted to show his strength.

Becoming a swordsman is not achieved by simply comprehending techniques and sword classics. Exchanging ideas with others, or even fighting with them, are essential parts of a swordsman's growth.

Therefore, the probability of a sword cultivator dying midway is higher than that of other cultivators. But this is just Gu Mo's incarnation. If the incarnation doesn't take risks, should the original body take risks?

When Gu Mo arrived at the Dayan Sword Sect's competition arena, the competition had already proceeded to the final ten. As the sect master's direct disciple, Gu Mo did not need to fight one battle after another.

He only needs to wait for other disciples to challenge him. Not only him, but all the true disciples of Dayan Sword Sect, as long as they are not in seclusion or away, will come here to accept the challenge.

If a true disciple wins, he will naturally continue to remain in the position of true disciple and enjoy the treatment of true disciple. If he fails, he will lose his position of true disciple.

That’s right, if you fail, you will lose your position as the true disciple.

Of course, in the next competition, the disciples who lost their position of true succession can challenge again and take back the position. In the Sword Sect, everything depends on strength.

Even if it is Gu Mo, if he fails he will lose the treatment of true teachings, but his master is the sect leader, and Xuan Tianhen will use the small treasury to provide resources for Gu Mo's practice.

After all, Gu Mo possesses immortal power and is the most promising seed for becoming a Nascent Soul Sword Lord. Xuan Tianhen will definitely cultivate such a genius vigorously.

"Junior Brother Lin, it seems like everyone is here for you this time." Gu Mo arrived at the arena and came to the ranks of true disciples. Immediately, several true disciples spoke up.

"It doesn't matter!"

Gu Mo waved his hand. With his current foundation, it is not impossible that there are people in the Foundation Establishment Stage who can defeat him, but they are definitely extremely rare.

This is the case when Gu Mo is only at the initial stage of foundation building, without using the golden elixir power in his body. Once Gu Mo's cultivation is improved to the great perfection of foundation building, he can definitely say that he is invincible in foundation building.

The true disciples of Dayan Sword Sect are actually all at the foundation-building stage. In fact, Dayan Sword Sect is now just an ordinary Nascent Soul sect.

It is normal for a Jindan to become an elder of a sect and a true disciple of the foundation-building period. In contrast, in Shennong Valley, only a Yuanying Zhenjun can become an elder, while a Jindan is still just a disciple. This is the gap between an ordinary Yuanying sect and a top sect.

"Eh? Senior Brother Wang, who is this person?"

Gu Mo was watching the competition on the stage in front of him, and suddenly one person caught his attention, because this person's fighting power was definitely a level higher than other disciples.

It's a bit strange that he is just an ordinary inner disciple with such strength. There will be no problem for such fighting power to become a true disciple.

"Senior Brother Meng Lei was also a true disciple of the sect, and was the best at that time." Hearing Gu Mo's question, the true disciple surnamed Wang looked a little sad.

The term "number one in true teachings" immediately attracted Gu Mo, because the number one in Dayan Sword Sect now was Gu Mo's senior brother whom he had never met, and the other party was also taught by the sect master himself.

"That's right. Senior Brother Meng Lei was challenged by Senior Brother Fang Yi and eventually lost his position as the true disciple." As if he saw what Gu Mo was thinking, the true disciple surnamed Wang nodded.

"Senior Brother Meng Lei has been practicing hard these years, preparing to challenge Senior Brother Fang Yi again and take back his position as the senior brother of the true teaching."

Hearing this, Gu Mo couldn't help but be curious about the senior brother he had never met. The man on the ring was still an inner disciple after so many years and had not been able to return to the true teachings. This meant that this senior brother Meng Lei had challenged him many times in a row and had never won once.

“Junior Brother Lin, Senior Brother Fang Yi has been in seclusion in the past few years preparing for a breakthrough, so he probably won’t come to participate in this competition. You are also a disciple of the sect master, so Senior Brother Meng Lei might come to challenge you, so you have to be careful.” At this time, the true disciple named Wang spoke.

"Oh, I'm looking forward to it."

Gu Mo raised his eyebrows. After three years of hard training, Gu Mo also wanted to find a strong opponent to verify what he had learned. Meng Lei should be a good opponent.

Gu Mo's reaction made Wang, the true disciple, look surprised. Since Gu Mo could be accepted as a personal disciple by the sect master, everyone knew that his talent was definitely not bad. However, no matter how good the talent is, it takes time to realize it.

In a dozen years, no one will doubt that Gu Mo can defeat Meng Lei, but now there is still a big gap between the two sides.

Ignoring the surprised looks around him, Gu Mo quietly waited for the competition to end. As expected, the first place in this competition was Meng Lei.

After the top ten contestants were decided, it was up to them to challenge the true disciples. Meng Lei, who ranked first, was naturally the first choice.

"I heard that Junior Brother Lin Wu was accepted as a personal disciple by the sect master. I think he must be quite powerful. Why don't I ask him for advice?" Meng Lei glanced at Gu Mo.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present turned their eyes to Gu Mo, waiting for Gu Mo's response. After all, Meng Lei had reached the great perfection of foundation building, while Gu Mo was only in the initial stage of foundation building. With such a huge gap in strength, would the sect master's disciple agree or refuse?

"Okay!" Gu Mo nodded. At the same time, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes. He had no grudge against Meng Lei, so why did he feel a hint of hidden murderous intent just now?

He couldn't have transferred Brother Fang Yi's hatred to him. In the challenge for the true disciple, he failed because of his inferior skills. Instead of reflecting on himself, he vented his dissatisfaction on others. With this kind of mentality, it's no wonder that he couldn't become the master's direct disciple.

As Gu Mo nodded, the whole audience was in an uproar. If nothing else, Gu Mo's character alone was enough to convince people.

Soon Gu Mo came to the ring and stood on both sides of the ring with Meng Lei.

"During sect sparring, no one's life should be harmed!" A Jindan elder walked up to the ring and warned. Although the sword cultivation sect advocated honing the sword through fighting, it would not let the disciples fight to the death.

"Yes!"

Gu Mo and Meng Lei nodded.

Afterwards, the Jindan elder activated the arena formation and stepped aside. At the same time, a countdown appeared on the light curtain formed by the formation.

"Junior Brother Lin, please teach me!" Meng Lei looked at Gu Mo, his mind churning with thoughts. There was a scene that kept lingering in his mind. It was an opportunity to form a pill, and eight top-grade magical flying swords.

This was undoubtedly a huge fortune. As he had already reached the great perfection of foundation building, he had an extremely strong desire for the opportunity to form a golden core. However, the sect's golden core opportunity would be given first to Fang Yi, the eldest senior brother who was a true disciple. Originally, it should have been his turn after Fang Yi, but the appearance of Gu Mo brought about changes in this matter.

With the foundation of the Dayan Sword Sect, there are not many opportunities to form a pill. Meng Lei cannot be sure whether the sect can come up with a third one in a short period of time.

If not, he will need to waste some more time, which is obviously what Meng Lei does not want to see. The longer he delays, the lower the possibility of him catching up with Fang Yi.

At this time, someone is willing to offer an opportunity to form a pill, and also eight top-grade magical flying swords. As a disciple of the Dayan Sword Sect, he will not only prepare one flying sword, but many, to set up a sword formation.

The stronger the flying swords in the formation, the greater the power of the sword formation will be. Eight top-grade magical flying swords, what an amazing fortune. If Meng Lei can get these eight top-grade magical flying swords, then he will definitely have the confidence to defeat Fang Yi.

Of course, in order to obtain this amazing wealth, Meng Lei needs to destroy the genius Gu Mo.

Meng Lei was not surprised by this, because when Fang Yi rose to power, the other party found him and asked him to defeat Fang Yi.

But at that time, Meng Lei was the eldest senior brother of the true sect. He was full of confidence in his own strength and naturally disdained to pay attention to these things. If the group of people were not too mysterious and no trace could be found, Meng Lei would have directly reported to the sect and cleared them out.

Unfortunately, the final result of the challenge was that he was defeated miserably and directly lost his position as the eldest senior brother.

After all these years of failure, Meng Lei's heart was shaken when faced with temptation again. Fang Yi was too strong back then, and he was no match for him even if he tried his best.

But the gap between the cultivation levels of Gu Mo in front of him was huge. He had every chance to cripple the Jindan Elder before he could react. He could then say it was a mistake. Mistakes in battles are common. If he was blamed for this, then everyone would have to be cautious in future fights. How could they hone their swordsmanship under such circumstances?

"Please give me some advice, Brother Meng Lei!" Gu Mo saluted with his sword.

At this time, the countdown on the formation light curtain returned to zero, and in an instant five flying swords appeared around Gu Mo. Then, the five flying swords formed a five-element sword formation and suppressed Meng Lei.

This is the fighting style of the disciples of Dayan Sword Sect. They first use the sword formation, which can not only suppress the enemy but also use the power of the sword formation to enhance their own combat effectiveness.

"This Junior Brother Lin has actually comprehended the Five Elements Sword Formation. He is indeed quite something." Seeing Gu Mo display the Five Elements Sword Formation, all the disciples present were surprised.

One Yuan, Two Yi, Three Talents, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams, Nine Palaces, and Ten Directions. These are the sword formations recorded in the Dayan Sword Canon. Of course, these are just basic sword formations that can be comprehended by any inner disciple. The real secret of the Dayan Sword Canon are those compound sword formations.

Among them, there is a sword formation called Storm Style, which left a deep impression on Gu Mo. This sword formation requires 24 flying swords. When it is cast, 12 flying swords fall to the ground and 12 flying swords float in the air, forming a powerful sword domain. This sword domain has a terrifying confinement effect. At the same time, the caster in the sword formation has a short teleportation effect.

With this effect, a swordsman who casts this formation can instantly slash out 24 flying swords, unleashing terrifying killing power.

After Gu Mo comprehended the basic sword formation, he had been trying to figure out the Storm Style. That's right, in the past three years, Gu Mo had already mastered all the basic sword formations in the Dayan Sword Canon. At this moment, he used the Five Elements Sword Formation. It was not that he had only comprehended the Five Elements Sword Formation, but Gu Mo felt that using the Five Elements Sword Formation was enough for testing.

"Nothing more than that!"

Seeing Gu Mo perform the Five Elements Sword Formation, Meng Lei breathed a sigh of relief. This way his plan could still be carried out. Immediately, Meng Lei raised his hand and summoned seven flying swords, forming a Seven Star Sword Formation to resist Gu Mo's Five Elements Sword Formation.

Suddenly, the two sword formations collided in the arena, but the result was not that the Five Elements Sword Formation collapsed at the first touch, but that the two were evenly matched. Gu Mo's Five Elements Sword Formation was actually on par with Meng Lei's Seven Star Sword Formation.

"Well, this is..."

Meng Lei stared at Gu Mo. The Seven Star Sword Formation he cast collided with Gu Mo's Five Elements Sword Formation, but it was like hitting a wall and he couldn't move forward even a single step.

Although there is no absolute strength or weakness in the basic sword formations in the Dayan Sword Canon, under the same circumstances, the more complex the sword formation, the stronger the basic power will be.

But now this rule was broken.

"Not bad!"

In the sky, Xuan Tianhen looked at the competition on the arena below and nodded slightly. The more he watched, the more satisfied he was with his disciple Gu Mo. He had mastered all the basic sword formations in three years. Although he was slightly inferior to Fang Yi, Gu Mo's control over the sword formations was better than Fang Yi.

At this moment, Gu Mo used his exquisite control to use the Five Elements Sword Formation to block the pressure from the Seven Star Sword Formation.

In fact, Gu Mo's exquisite control over the sword formation was largely due to his original golden elixir soul. The control of the sword formation required a very high level of soul. Although Gu Mo's incarnation's cultivation was at the initial stage of foundation building, his soul was at a solid golden elixir level.

Therefore, the opponent Meng Lei is facing at this moment is not just someone in the early stage of foundation building.

Of course, Gu Mo has not yet turned all his mind to the incarnation at this moment. This is only a small part of his mind. Only when the incarnation is about to use the golden elixir power in his body, will Gu Mo put all his mind into the incarnation, to control the golden elixir power and unleash the golden elixir combat power.

(End of this chapter)