“You can go back to your work for now.”

  An Xinhui deepened the tone of her voice and after Zhou Lin left, she picked up her brush and wrote the words, ‘Sun Mo’, while memories of their childhood flashed in her mind.

  Other than talented students, schools also wanted students who came from wealthy families. Why? It was because these students came naturally with a tremendous amount of political resources.

  An Xinhui wanted students like Li Ziqi, but she knew that the current state of the Central Province Academy wouldn’t be able to win against the Myriad Daos Academy. Therefore, she didn’t expect this surprise haul!

  Zhou Lin was worried about Li Ziqi’s aunt, while An Xinhui was thinking that if things were handled properly, this could bring a lot of benefits for the school!

  After all, if it wasn’t for Sun Mo, there was a high chance that Li Ziqi would be going to the Myriad Daos Academy!

  “No matter how things are, my fiance is really amazing!”

  An Xinhui decided that after the student recruitment meet ended, she would go and take a look at Sun Mo, to meet this childhood sweetheart who had used to enjoy following behind her. ……

  Right now, Sun Mo had two tails trailing behind him

  Li Ziqi kept on trying to find out about Lu Zhiruo’s situation. Given her max intellect at 10 points, the papaya girl wasn’t her match at all. It didn’t take long for Lu Zhiruo to place great trust in her and say many things.

  “Very good. From today onward, I’ll be your eldest martial sister. If there’s any trouble, I’ll protect you.”

  Li Ziqi took out a jade pendant and handed it to Lu Zhiruo. “Here, this is eldest martial sister’s gift for you.”

  Lu Zhiruo lowered her head and didn’t take it.

  “Take it!” Li Ziqi urged.

  “I……am teacher’s first disciple.”

  It was rare to see the cowardly Lu Zhiruo showing such persistence.

  Li Ziqi pinched her forehead, explaining solemnly, “Didn’t I tell you? I’ve done the teacher acknowledgment long ago. Teacher Sun, where is that scarf? Take it out and show her!”

  Sun Mo pretended as if he hadn’t heard anything. He would let the kids deal with the matters between them, and he wouldn’t help either of them.

  “The first disciple is the teacher’s image. While the person doesn’t have to be the strongest, they must at least not be embarrassing. You’ll suffer a lot given your weak character!”

  Li Ziqi rambled on, striking the papaya girl’s weakness.

  “I……I……”

  Lu Zhiruo kept on stuttering ‘I’ but eventually didn’t finish her sentence. She was aware that her character was weak, and even when she met strangers, she would feel so scared that she wouldn’t dare to breathe too loudly.

  “Alright, it’s decided.”

  Li Ziqi smiled proudly. “Come on, call me eldest martial sister!”

  Lu Zhiruo struggled for a very long time but was eventually unable to win against Li Ziqi’s insistence. “Eldest…… eldest martial sister!”

  “En!”

  Li Ziqi nodded solemnly and waved her little fist excitedly. “From today onward, I’m someone who has a junior martial sister.”

  “And also a junior martial brother!” Lu Zhiruo reminded her.

  “What?” Li Ziqi was perplexed and looked at Lu Zhiruo. She realized that Lu Zhiruo spoke too slowly, so she decided to run up to Sun Mo and asked, “What’s going on?”

  “This is how it is. If you acknowledge me as your teacher, not only would you have an elder martial sister, but you’ll also have an elder martial brother.

  Sun Mo teased. It ended up that Lu Zhiruo was still unable to win against Li Ziqi. This feeling was as if he was watching an endearing and naive little deer being fooled by a Little Red Riding Hood.

  “This is detestable!”

  Li Ziqi pouted her little lips and raised her foot to kick Sun Mo’s lower leg. It was only then did she realize that it was bad for her to be doing this, and she sneaked a glance toward him. Realizing he wasn’t angry, she felt relieved and patted herself on the chest.

  “You…… You are being disrespectful toward teacher Sun!”

  Lu Zhiruo was shocked.

  “I…… I’m just bringing our teacher-student relationship closer !” Li Ziqi’s eyes rolled as she immediately came up with an excuse. “That’s right, bringing our relationship closer!”

  “Oh!”

  Lu Zhiruo nodded.

  Seeing Lu Zhiruo’s naive expression flashing with an innocent aura like a harmless little deer, Li Ziqi suddenly felt a little conscience-stricken. She was hesitating if she should explain things when she saw Lu Zhiruo running over and catching up to Sun Mo.

  “Hehe!”

  Lu Zhiruo raised her right leg and kicked out hard.

  Pa!

  Sun Mo stumbled a little from the sudden kick and almost knelt on the ground. He couldn’t help but turn back and look at Lu Zhiruo, feeling puzzled.

  “This is to improve our relationship!” Lu Zhiruo said seriously.

  She felt that the greater the strength she exerted, the deeper their relationship would be. After saying that, she turned and looked at Li Ziqi.

  (Hey, hey, don’t look at me. It has nothing to do with me.) Although Li Ziqi was thinking this, she nodded seriously. “That’s right, we both like Teacher Sun a lot.”

  Sun Mo had the feeling that his life wasn’t going to be so easy in the future.

  “Who is that junior martial brother?” Li Ziqi asked.

  “A battle maniac who likes to fight!”

  Sun Mo recalled Xuanyuan Po’s data. It was true that it’d be a waste of his body if he didn’t battle.

  “Oh, that means that his head is filled with muscles!”

  Li Ziqi was assured. Simple-minded people who only had brawns were the easiest to deal with. “Oh right, Teacher Sun, come over here!”

  Seeing that there was a large shaded area behind the library not far away and that there weren’t many people there, Li Ziqi immediately grabbed Sun Mo’s arm and ran over.

  Lu Zhiruo wanted to follow after them.

  “Martial Junior Lu can wait here!” Li Ziqi instructed.

  The summer wind blew, causing the leaves to rustle, leaving behind the swaying trees.

  After ensuring that Lu Zhiruo was unable to see her, Li Ziqi dropped to her knees while wearing a solemn expression.

  “Teacher Sun, please accept student Li Ziqi!”

  Li Ziqi did three proper kowtows, banging her head to the ground without trying any tricks.

  Sun Mo couldn’t help but look at her seriously, asking the question that was in his heart, “Why is it me?”

  “Why can’t it be you?”

  Li Ziqi was puzzled and asked him back.

  Neither of them said anything. They just quietly looked at each other. It was as if time had come to a stop and there was only the sound of the summer cicadas ringing out in the forest.

  “System, is she sincere about this?” Sun Mo asked.

  “Make a guess?”

  The system’s reply was as simple as usual.

  Very long later, Sun Mo smiled. Li Ziqi smiled as well, showing off a pair of sweet dimples.

  That was right. Why did he need an answer? Since Li Ziqi had chosen him, then he should guide her seriously and not let his mind wander recklessly.

  “Get up!”

  Sun Mo helped Li Ziqi up.

  “Teacher Sun Mo!”

  Li Ziqi smiled very sweetly, like the flower nectar that the bees had gathered early in the morning. She put her hand into her collar, took out a piece of teardrop-shaped jadestone, and removed it from her neck. She then handed it to Sun Mo, “This is my teacher acknowledgment gift. It represents my determination!

  “This should be very precious to you, right?”

  Sun Mo didn’t take it from her. After hearing what Li Ziqi said and considering that it was something she kept close to her, it was apparent that this jadestone must have a special meaning to her.

  Li Ziqi stroked the jadestone, pursing her lips as she recalled back on a memory. “That was in the past. Right now, it’s a gift for the teacher acknowledgment. Take it!”

  Li Ziqi put out her hand and stuffed the jadestone into Sun Mo’s hand. She then turned, planning to run away. However, she was immediately stunned because Lu Zhiruo’s small head had popped out from the side of a loquat tree not far away. She was hiding there and secretly watching like a little kitten.

  Seeing that Li Ziqi had noticed her, Lu Zhiruo instantly hid behind the loquat tree, raising the branch in her hands.

  “Oh my, she must have seen the entire process of me going through with the teacher acknowledgment.”

  Li Ziqi’s eyes darted around, feeling a little nervous. However, she quickly boosted her own morale and tried hard to calm down. “No matter what, the place of the first disciple must be mine!”

  Li Ziqi adjusted her emotions and then wore an extremely friendly smile as she walked toward Lu Zhiruo. On the other hand, the papaya girl was holding onto tree branches and slowly backing away.

  Sun Mo couldn’t help but smile. It seemed that their relationship would be very cordial.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on taking Li Ziqi in as your disciple, completing the system’s first mission. Rewarded with one mysterious treasure chest!”

  As the system’s reminder rang out, a big treasure chest that flashed in a purple glow appeared before Sun Mo.

  The divine skill, ‘Immemorial Vairocana’, was something that he had obtained from opening a mysterious chest. Therefore, Sun Mo felt a little agitated. It was the same feeling from when he was opening the first movie [1] he had downloaded in the past.

  “Open the chest!”

  Sun Mo regretted a little after saying that. He should have touched Lu Zhiruo before opening it. At the very least, he should go and stand next to her. After all, big boobs could increase one’s luck.

  The treasure chest opened and immediately disappeared, leaving behind a book that was shrouded in a platinum glow, spinning slowly.

  “Congratulations on obtaining an elementary-grade great teacher halo, ‘Soul Imprint’. Host exclusive”

  The system’s calm voice was like plain water. It was giving the polite talk again, but Sun Mo didn’t mind it. It was because he hadn’t heard it clearly.

  “What imprint?” Sun Mo blinked. “Pregnancy?”

  “Did your brain get damaged from playing too many er*tic games?” The system said in despise, “It’s Soul Imprint!”

  “You know er*tic games? You’re really not a serious system!”

  Sun Mo was testing the system. When he checked through the information, he found out that great teacher halos could only be gained through enlightenment and not from anywhere else. But in addition to the ‘Ignorant and Incompetent’, the system had contributed two great teacher halos for him.

  Given Sun Mo’s capability of scoring 148 marks for his language in the college-entrance examinations, Sun Mo understood and was certain that ‘Host exclusive’ meant that this was something only he knew.

  The system fell silent.

  “Soul Imprint. After the host uses it, it would be possible for him to project information that includes but isn’t restricted to martial arts moves, unique skills, as well as any knowledge, experience, memories, a certain condition, mood, and teachings into a target’s mind, letting them receive instant comprehension.”

  “Proficiency Index: Elementary-grade. The Soul Imprint’s effect can be sustained for at most ten minutes. When the proficiency index increases, the sustained duration will increase.”

  Looking at the skill’s introduction, Sun Mo’s expression gradually turned into that of shock. Given his comprehension ability, he could be certain that this great teacher halo was a divine skill to a teacher.

  What annoyed teachers the most?

  Explaining a certain knowledge for the entire day, yet the students still couldn’t understand. With this halo, it meant that the teacher no longer had to verbalize things. They could project the knowledge directly into the students’ minds, letting them gain immediate comprehension.

  “This is amazing, my wonderful system!”

  All sorts of feelings welled up within Sun Mo and he subconsciously reached out to touch the book. This wasn’t all to how powerful the Soul Imprint was. The host could even channel things that were hard to grasp, such as his feelings and condition into the students’ minds……

  “Did you only just realize?”

  The system suddenly spoke up with a hint of proudness in its tone.

  [1] Referring to p*rn movies.

  Chapter 43: My Aptitude Is Definitely Number One under the Heavens!

  “Sadly, the duration is too short.”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched.

  After he admired the skill book again, he lifted his hand and shattered it.

  Pak!

  The skill book transformed into a golden facula. It resembled a firefly as it flew into Sun Mo’s mind.

  A sense of enlightenment immediately spread through his whole body. It felt like he effortlessly learned all the third-year knowledge during the first day of high school. It also felt like he could do all the exam questions with ease, like he could solve any difficult problems.

  This feeling was simply too pleasurable!

  “Teacher, what are you doing? Quickly come over!”

  From afar, Li Ziqi’s shout could be heard.

  Sun Mo pursed his lips slightly as he walked over.

  The effect of Soul Imprint was very strong. However, the prerequisite was that the user had to be strong enough. If the teacher was an idiot, there wouldn’t be anything of value that could enter the student’s mind.

  On the campus, the young and inexperienced youths brushed past each other. They were like pieces of unpolished jades that had yet to be refined.

  Sun Mo, who was in a joyous mood, activated Divine Sight and searched for those students who didn’t even know that they were geniuses.

  “Teacher Sun, what do you think about that guy? I feel that his aptitude isn’t bad.”

  Li Ziqi pointed to a male student who was almost 2 meters tall.

  “Isn’t that bad? Which part of him isn’t? We are selecting students with the potential for future development; we are not looking for laborers!”

  Sun Mo was speechless. The data showed that the bone quality of that fellow was a little bad. His physique belonged to the injury-prone type. Leaving aside cultivation, he would even fail to qualify for hard physical labor in a construction site.

  “How about that girl beside the flowers? Her breasts are small, and I can tell that she’s good at cultivation just by looking at her!” Li Ziqi solemnly spoke.

  Sun Mo glanced at Li Ziqi. (Are you praising yourself after going in a circle? You are definitely doing so, right? Alright, I know you are ‘small’, but I won’t discriminate against you.)

  Lu Zhiruo heard these words, and she was like a startled little deer. She hurriedly hugged her chest and snuck a few glances at Sun Mo, as though she was afraid of being abandoned.

  “One’s aptitude isn’t measured by the size of their ‘that’!”

  Sun Mo laughed.

  “Oh? Comparing my aptitude and Zhiruo, whose aptitude is better?”

  Li Ziqi’s eyes glowed as she stared at Sun Mo.

  “Hehe!”

  Sun Mo chose to remain silent.

  “Hmph!”

  Li Ziqi put her hands on her hips and snorted complacently. (I don’t need you to say it, but I, the steel-plate girl, my aptitude is definitely number one under the heavens!)

  “Boohoo!”

  Lu Zhiruo squatted on the ground, covering her head as she sobbed. So it turned out that the reason why her aptitude wasn’t good was because of her huge papayas. This situation was terrible then. She wouldn’t have any opportunity to improve her aptitude in this lifetime.

  “Stop crying. Aptitude only plays a part, and it cannot represent achievement. Your achievements still depend on your own learning and hard work!”

  Sun Mo consoled Lu Zhiruo. He wasn’t a teacher that only focused on genius students.

  “Really?”

  Lu Zhiruo lifted her head. Her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at Sun Mo.

  “Yes!”

  Sun Mo rubbed the papaya girl on her head.

  “I don’t know whose aptitude is better, but that male student who just passed us is definitely not a good catch.”

  Li Ziqi glanced around the surroundings, and her vision landed on a young man not far away. That young man was extremely skinny and was dressed in white. There was a cotton handkerchief in his hand, and he would occasionally cover his mouth as he coughed.

  Sun Mo initially wasn’t bothered. He took a casual glance but soon started to frown.

  Tantai Yutang, 14 years old. 1st-level of the body refinement realm.

  Strength: 3. You are an invalid, you lack the strength to even truss a chicken!

  Intellect: 10. You have the qualifications to call many people monkeys.

  Agility: 3. If you are ill, you should just lie down.

  Endurance: 3. Trash.

  Will: 9. Compared to the standard of youths, your will is indestructible. ……

  Potential value: Extremely high!

  Note: Do not use the gaze you use to look at a child on him, or you will be extremely unlucky.

  Note: This is a time bomb. Suggestion: Be as far away from him as possible.

  The polarization of the data was extremely serious. This was the first youth whereby the system had two notes about.

  “I think that might not be the case.”

  Lu Zhiruo doubted.

  “Che, he looks so sickly. I can tell he isn’t cultivation material. Let’s go, we will go look for more geniuses!”

  Li Ziqi urged.

  “That might not be the case.” Sun Mo went over while asking in his heart. “System, will there be a danger if I accept him as my disciple?”

  “Didn’t you read the note? Please just follow the system’s suggestion,” the system reminded him.

  “Hehe!” Sun Mo laughed softly. He went over to Tantai Yutang. “Yo, young man. Are you preparing to join the school?”

  “Ah? Teacher couldn’t possibly want to recruit him, right?”

  Li Ziqi was puzzled. She wanted to follow them but was stopped by Lu Zhiruo.

  The papaya girl was afraid that Li Ziqi’s appearance might affect Sun Mo’s performance.

  “Cough cough!” Tantai Yutang didn’t say anything but started smiling after he coughed. “Hello, teacher. I came to this place on account of its reputation, and I’m filled with admiration toward the school’s glorious history.”

  “Are you interested in becoming my student?”

  Sun Mo went straight to the point. This young man was a rarely seen genius with an intellect of 10. Thus, regardless of how obedient or honest he appeared to be, Sun Mo knew he couldn’t trust him easily. And rather than having his probe discovered, Sun Mo might as well be more sincere and open.

  “Mn?”

  Tantai Yutang would frequently cough blood due to chronic ailment, and this also resulted in his sick-looking appearance. Hence, through these 14 years, he had never been recruited by anyone before. This was why he was stunned when he heard Sun Mo.

  “It’s fine, there’s always a first time in life!”

  Sun Mo teased.

  “Teacher!” Li Ziqi hurriedly ran over and tugged on Sun Mo’s clothes. After that, she covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, “Which point of him do you fancy?”

  The matter of a teacher accepting a disciple was a very solemn one. One naturally mustn’t fool around.

  “Intellect!”

  Sun Mo tapped her forehead as he spoke, “This guy is a monster like you. Both of you have an intellect stat of 10.”

  “Eh!”

  Li Ziqi wanted to say that she had no way to believe this answer.

  Tantai Yutang was surveying Sun Mo. When he heard Sun Mo’s answer, he began to frown. Could something like intellect be seen?

  “Alright, I won’t joke around anymore.” Sun Mo’s expression turned solemn. He looked directly at Tantai Yutang. “I only feel that you are the right person!”

  (Oi! Oi! Teacher, can you not be so corny? He is not a girl. If you keep acting like this, I’m going to suspect your sexual orientation!)

  Li Ziqi covered her forehead. However, she felt that Sun Mo shouldn’t be someone who would speak without thinking. Hence, she also seriously surveyed Tantai Yutang.

  (Che. His looks are very ordinary. He is skinny and has a sickly appearance, looking as though he might die any time. Teacher Sun is still the better-looking one.)

  When she thought of this, Li Ziqi turned her head.

  Under the sunlight, Sun Mo stood firmly. His left hand was placed on the hilt of his wooden blade; his bearing exuded comfort and relaxedness. This was especially so when he wasn’t speaking. The angle of his pursed-up mouth was very nice to look at. It was like a smile.

  Very sweet!

  “I apologize. If you are looking for students to make up for a shortfall in the number of people. You shouldn’t be looking for a sickly person like me.”

  Tantai Yutang rejected his offer because he couldn’t see through Sun Mo. This feeling wasn’t good at all.

  “No hurry. My name is Sun Mo and I’m an intern teacher. If you change your mind, you can look for me.”

  After speaking, Sun Mo turned and left. He was testing the system. As to whether he could recruit Tantai Yutang or not, that wasn’t so important to him.

  Truthfully speaking, Sun Mo was more fond of students like Xuanyuan Po whom he could tell the personalities in a single glance. It was easier to interact with those kinds of people.

  “Are you playing with me?”

  Tantai Yutang’s expression sank. However, his look of anger instantly vanished as his expression went back to the harmless look he had on earlier. It was as though his words were just a casual question.

  “I’m a teacher, I won’t be playing around when it comes to recruiting students.” Sun Mo halted. “If you want to acknowledge me as your master, I will accept you now.”

  “What can you teach me then?”

  These words revealed his sharpness.

  After Tantai Yutang finished speaking, he began to feel regret. He could say such words, but he shouldn’t have done so in such a manner. Also, his tone should be slightly lower, or he would reveal his emotions.

  “I can guide you on the aspects you are lacking—martial arts.”

  With Divine Sight and Qi Shengjia as an example, Sun Mo was very confident when he said these words. He still hadn’t included his recent gains such as the Soul Imprint and Immemorial Vairocana.

  Tantai Yutang fell silent. He stared at Sun Mo’s eyes and discovered that Sun Mo didn’t waver at all.

  This person was either extremely confident, or he was a conceited fool.

  “Alright, go and consider well. I have something on!”

  Sun Mo waved his hand in farewell. Regardless of which, he had to recruit five students before the student recruitment meet ended. By doing so, he would be able to become a substitute teacher.

  Staring at the back of Sun Mo who had already walked far away, Tantai Yutang who hadn’t moved yet suddenly smiled. “I didn’t expect to meet such an interesting person when I came to the Central Province Academy. Seems like I can cancel my plans and directly join this school.” ……

  “Look at his soon-to-die appearance. Even if he’s a genius, he would be useless if he died early. Besides, we don’t know what illness he has. Teacher, you shouldn’t go near him.”

  Li Ziqi felt Tantai Yutang wasn’t honest enough!

  “Teacher!” Lu Zhiruo, who was afraid of strangers and hadn’t spoken much, suddenly offered a rare opinion. “I feel that he is very dangerous. It’s better not to accept him as a disciple.”

  When he felt the concern these two girls had for him, Sun Mo smiled. He was even more determined that he mustn’t let them down. In the nine provinces of Middle-Earth, after acknowledging a master, there would be a connection between the teacher and the student. If one was bad, the other would be bad. If one achieved glory, the other would be able to bask in it too. If he was not famous enough, his students would also lose face.

  Looking at the two new stars, Liu Mubai and Gu Xiuxun, and also the 2-star teacher Xu Shaoyuan’s extreme desire to recruit Li Ziqi. He knew that it wasn’t enough for him to become a substitute teacher. He had to quickly become a great teacher.

  To become a 1-star great teacher, he had to comprehend three great teacher halos and have a secondary occupation.

  Currently, he had reached the required number of great teacher halos. But what about his secondary occupation? There was no mathematics, foreign languages, etc…… in the Nine Province. He couldn’t possibly teach the students his ancient massaging technique, right? If he did so, he would definitely become the butt-jokes of the entire Jinling City.

  “Teacher, quickly look over there!”

  Li Ziqi suddenly tugged on Sun Mo’s clothes and pointed to the flight of steps before the teaching building. There was a group of adults surrounding a youth. There was no need to ask. These people were definitely teachers. And being able to make so many teachers surround him or her, that person was definitely an outstanding talent.

  “Teacher, let’s hurry over to snatch him to our side!”

  Li Ziqi pulled Sun Mo along as she ran toward that direction.

  The little bambi Zhiruo quickly followed after them.