Leading the charge? Holding up the scene? Saving face?
Mo Hua froze.
Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi also looked at each other.
Mo Hua asked, "Master, what should I do?"
"Very simple," Mr. Zhuang said with a faint smile. "Go compete with them. Beat them, and you'll be able to learn the Five Elements Spirit Array."
"Compete in First-Grade Array Techniques?"
"First-grade."
Mo Hua's eyes lit up.
If it was competing in First-Grade Array Techniques, he feared no one—except Mr. Zhuang, of course.
But he would not be careless either.
Mo Hua frowned and said, "Master, what if the Five Elements Sect plays some petty tricks and I lose?"
It actually did not matter if he lost.
Personal victory or defeat was neither here nor there.
The Five Elements Absolute Array was important, but if he wanted to learn it, that would happen sooner or later.
The most crucial problem was that if he lost, he would make his master lose face.
His master's face was the real important matter!
Mo Hua's expression turned somewhat grave.
Warmth stirred faintly in Mr. Zhuang's heart. Then he raised his brows and said, "Don't worry. You're my disciple. What could they possibly use to beat you?"
There was something subtle about those words, yet Mo Hua actually felt they made a great deal of sense, and could not help nodding. But from the look of him, he still had some misgivings.
Mr. Zhuang's gaze shifted slightly, and he said again, "Do you still remember what I told you back then?"
Mo Hua was a little bewildered, not knowing which words Mr. Zhuang meant.
Mr. Zhuang feigned regret and sighed.
"Back then, I went to the Five Elements Sect because I wanted to learn this absolute array. But due to various reasons, I failed