"My Five Elements Sect keeps its word. We accept the loss after making the wager."
The grand elder gave Mo Hua a wary glance, then continued, "Young friends, you may study here the highest inheritance of my Five Elements Sect—the Five Elements Spirit Array."
"The Five Elements Spirit Array, a first-grade Thirteen-Pattern array, is a top-tier Absolute Array."
"I trust there is no need for me to say more about how precious this array is."
"But to learn this Array Technique, there are still some rules you must follow..."
"First, you may study for only five days, two hours each day. If you can learn it, my Five Elements Sect has nothing to say, but if you cannot, then please conduct yourselves accordingly..."
"Second, while studying the Array Technique, you may not damage a single brick or piece of wood in this room. None of the furnishings may be moved;"
"Third, you may not show disrespect to the Spirit Shrine, nor insult the ancestors of my Five Elements Sect;"
"Fourth, whether you learn this Array Technique or not, and however much you learn, it must not be passed on to outsiders!"
"Fifth..."
The grand elder went on droning and babbling, spouting a heap of nonsense and laying out a pile of rules.
Mo Hua found it tedious, but for the sake of the Five Elements Spirit Array, he endured it.
After the grand elder finished speaking, he looked at Mr. Zhuang again and said tactfully, "Precious Lishan Cloud Mist Tea has been prepared on the third floor. Sir, please move there to rest and savor it."
This was a polite order to leave.
When the Array Technique was being studied, no outsiders could remain before the Spirit Shrine.
Mr. Zhuang nodded, his gaze sweeping over the faces of Mo Hua