In the Array Technique class after that, Elder Xun opened his mouth and said:
"Today, we will not study Array Techniques. I will first teach you something even more fundamental."
Mo Hua was slightly startled.
The other disciples looked at one another.
They were all scions of great clans, with all manner of cultivation inheritances complete and intact. Having heard and seen such things since childhood, they might not dare claim any great mastery, but when it came to some basic knowledge of Array Techniques, they were still very familiar with it.
What fundamentals were there left to teach?
Elder Xun swept his gaze across the room and said in a solemn voice:
"I know that you come from great clans, and possess no ordinary inheritances. As for the hundred arts of cultivation, most of you have some idea of them in your hearts..."
"But Array Techniques are different. The fundamentals you know are only the fur, perhaps not even the fur—merely one or two bricks and stones atop the foundation."
"If you seek to climb high and far on the path of arrays, your foundation is still far, far from enough."
Out of the corner of his eye, Elder Xun glanced at Mo Hua. "Today, I will speak to you of all the Array Techniques beneath heaven, and their myriad sources and currents..."
The disciples all sat up straight and proper.
Mo Hua's small back also sat ramrod straight as he listened with rapt attention.
A faint edge showed in Elder Xun's turbid eyes as he slowly said:
"The Dao of Array Techniques is vast and profound."
"There are many Array Techniques in the world. There are ancient Array Techniques passed down from antiquity, improved Array Techniques that gradually evolved and branched off, and also new Array Techniques that