Mo Hua set down his brush and ink, sat upright, and gazed silently at the final array examination question on the jade slip capped in gold. For a long while, he did not move.
It seemed he had truly been stumped.
Seeing this, the examiners all breathed sighs of relief.
"He was finally stumped..."
"He should have been stumped by now..."
"He can't keep drawing."
"If this didn't stump him, there'd be no justice in heaven."
"Honestly, whoever came would be stumped by this, wouldn't they?"
"It's at the Nineteen-Pattern peak. More importantly, this Reverse Transformation Lingli law—ordinary Third-Grade Golden Core Array Masters might not even be able to make sense of it..."
"At most, they could copy the gourd and paint the ladle, drawing its outward form without comprehending the spirit within."
"Things like Grand Dao laws cannot be spoken clearly or explained plainly. You can only comprehend them yourself; they can't be taught..."
"To be honest, I used to think creating these 'capping' arrays was rather superfluous. But now it seems the Old Ancestors were indeed wise. We juniors have simply seen too little and failed to understand their painstaking intentions..."
"Yes. If the 'cap' were lifted today, that would truly be disgraceful..."
"It would make us examiners seem poor at setting questions; make the Array Discussion Assembly seem too easy; make the array attainments of Ganxue Prefecture seem shallow..."
"Exactly, exactly..."
"The Old Ancestors were wise indeed."
The array elders all sighed with emotion.
Master Wen also silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Being conscientious and occasionally taking matters seriously really did have its benefits.
This was his first time serving as chief examiner. He did not want his first examination, his first time setting questions for the Array Discussion Assembly, to be completely drawn through by