Several people in the surroundings were watching. Other than teachers, some students were also there.

  “Sorry, please let us pass!”

  Li Ziqi squeezed her way over. When she saw the young man sitting on the steps, she couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.

  That young man exuded an unwelcoming aura. As he flipped through the book in his hands, he was munching on a piece of hard sesame bread. He completely ignored the mutterings around him, including those pointing their fingers at him.

  “What’s going on with this fellow? Is he an escaped slave?”

  Whispers echoed out in the surroundings.

  There was a scar on the youth’s left forehead, and it was evidently shaped like the word ‘trash’. From the looks of things, it should have been caused by a sword or a dagger.

  Above the ‘trash’ word, there were a few other disarrayed scratches. It was as though the scratches were there to destroy the word ‘trash’, but it was unknown what the young man experienced.

  Other than this, although his collar was straightened and he wore a silk cloth around his neck, one could still see uncovered parts of a tattoo that stretched up to half of his left face.

  This type of tattoo was known as spirit runes.

  In the nine provinces, humans called pictures or diagrams that contained spirit qi as spirit runes. There were many types of spirit runes, and they could display miraculous effects.

  However, the tattoos on the young man couldn’t display any effects. Even Sun Mo, someone who didn’t understand spirit runes, could tell that these spirit runes were already destroyed. Sharp swords slashed through them, leaving behind cruel and unsightly-looking scars.

  “Teacher, let’s go. We have to go and snatch some genius students.”

  Li Ziqi pulled Sun Mo as she prepared to leave. This young man was just someone pitiful. He would be even more pitiful if he was surrounded and watched, just like what was happening now.

  Lu Zhiruo was so scared that she tugged on Sun Mo’s clothes. The scars on this young man’s face, as well as his tattoos, caused her to feel extremely terrified due to how malevolent they looked. To her, the young man seemed like a fierce dog that was hunting everywhere for food.

  “Wait a minute!”

  Sun Mo stared at the young man. As a teacher, the thing he couldn’t bear to see the most was an abused student.

  Jiang Leng, 12 years 7 months old. 9th-level of the body refinement realm.

  Upon seeing this cultivation realm, Sun Mo was a little shocked. The Saint Gate had done research that the 12-year-old mark was the best age to start cultivation. If one started earlier, they might injure their foundation. Even if the individual was a genius, they might destroy or affect their future accomplishments. However, this young man was already at the 9th-level.

  Strength: 8. You are not a power-type contestant.

  Intellect: 7. Although you don’t depend on your brain for meals, those who underestimate you will definitely pay a great price.

  Agility: 8. Relatively normal, barely sufficient.

  Endurance: 10. Your endurance is extremely terrifying. You can call yourself an iron man.

  Will: 1. The fire of hope is dwindling. Maybe death is your only release. ……

  “System, is it possible for someone’s endurance to max out?”

  Sun Mo was surprised. From his point of view, if one was a human, they would feel fatigued at some point in time. But according to this stat, the young man before his eyes belonged to the type of people that would never give up.

  “The system will never be wrong.”

  The system emphasized.

  “Will 1. Does it mean that this little fellow’s mental state will collapse soon and he would commit suicide?”

  Sun Mo surveyed Jiang Leng, and he continued to look at him.

  Potential value: Low

  Note: It’s a pity. Before he was 10-years-old, his potential value was extremely high.

  Note: Target has a very grave tendency to commit suicide.

  “As expected!”

  Upon seeing the note, Sun Mo sighed. This young man definitely had a very tragic childhood. It was unknown who could be so ruthless to use a sword and carve the word ‘trash’ on his forehead.

  “Teacher?”

  Li Ziqi suddenly felt a sense of unease. Did he want to accept this person as a disciple? This ‘trash’ word young man was even more inferior to that sick-looking Tantai Yutang.

  Sun Mo walked over.

  The environment, which was originally filled with whispers and mumblings, instantly fell silent. All the audience here adopted the same action without prior consultation with each other as they all turned to look at Sun Mo.

  “Were you rejected when you attempted to acknowledge a master?”

  Sun Mo got right to the point.

  “What do you mean?”

  Jiang Leng coldly looked at Sun Mo. His grip that was holding onto the hard bread tightened slightly, causing some crumbs to fall on the stairs.

  “I just want to say that there are many teachers. There’s no need for you to give up just because of a few rejections.”

  Sun Mo lowered his voice.

  “Hehe!”

  Jia Leng coldly laughed. Although he knew it would be extremely difficult for him to find a master in his current state, the Central Province Academy was still a famous school with a thousand years of history. One couldn’t deduce things based on common sense. He had felt that he had a chance to find a teacher here that would admire him. Sadly, he was wrong. Let alone great teachers, even those experienced teachers didn’t want to give him a chance.

  “Teacher!”

  Li Ziqi came over. Lu Zhiruo glanced at the left and right and also jogged over before hiding behind Sun Mo.

  Sun Mo scratched his head. As expected, a youth that wanted to commit suicide was very hard to handle.

  “Are you pitying me?”

  Jiang Leng forcefully bit a mouthful of the bread. He stared at Sun Mo, his eyes were like a wolf.

  “I’m afraid that you will die!”

  Sun Mo recalled the summer afternoon three years ago. Amidst the cries of cicadas, a female sophomore student had jumped down from a teaching building. The impact turned her into a pulp of flesh.

  “My life is mine. Are you qualified to care about it?”

  Jiang Leng turned his head away, no longer bothering about Sun Mo.

  “Oi, what’s with your attitude?”

  Li Ziqi was extremely unhappy. (Teacher clearly is worried about you for your own good.)

  “Wang!”

  Lu Zhiruo peeked out and shouted at Jiang Leng.

  Jiang Leng revealed a malevolent smile. He stared at Li Ziqi. “Do you believe that I will bite you to death?”

  Li Ziqi didn’t feel too scared, but Lu Zhiruo was so frightened that she directly cowered behind Sun Mo.

  “Let’s go!”

  Sun Mo shook his head, he couldn’t allow his students to be injured. He had already stepped out to persuade Jiang Leng and that could already be considered extremely benevolent of him. Since Jiang Leng didn’t want to listen, that was his business then.

  “Teacher, this fellow must have been rejected by too many teachers, and his mental state became abnormal,” Li Ziqi mumbled.

  “Mn! Mn!”

  Lu Zhiruo hurriedly nodded.

  “Ding! New mission. Before the student recruitment meet concludes, get Jiang Leng to acknowledge you as his teacher. Reward: 1 bronze treasure chest. There will be a punishment if you fail the mission!”

  The system notification rang out.

  “F*** your mother! System, you are scheming against me!”

  Sun Mo’s unhappiness rose to the peak. He only persuaded Jiang Leng due to his occupation as a teacher. He had no intention of recruiting him as a disciple.

  A student with a difficult personality like this would definitely annoy him to no end.

  “As a great teacher, you have to be able to handle all sorts of challenges. This is the tempering exercise the system is giving you. Please provide a satisfactory answer!” the system explained.

  “What is the punishment if I failed?”

  Sun Mo’s heart was filled with curses.

  “Believe me, you definitely won’t want to know.” The system tactfully indicated the severity of the punishment. “That will become the worst nightmare of your life.”

  “Can the system detect the thoughts in my heart? Speaking of which, what’s going on with this Absolute Great Teacher System? Why did it choose me?”

  Many questions appeared in Sun Mo’s mind.

  “This fellow truly doesn’t know what’s good for him!”

  “Why did the security allow someone like this to enter? He’s too terrifying!”

  “His injuries……could they have happened because of the bad deeds he did when he was young? Did someone do that to teach him a lesson?”

  The students were mired in their discussion. Jiang Leng’s vile attitude caused everyone to determine that he was a bad student.

  “What’s going on?”

  Lian Zheng was the year’s head. When he saw so many people here, he came over to check out the situation and ensure that no commotion would occur.

  “Teacher Lian.”

  The teachers hurriedly greeted him.

  When Jiang Leng saw a golden thread at the collar of Liang Zheng’s white robes, his eyes instantly brightened. This was the sign of a 1-star great teacher. Hence, he stood up and walked over.

  “Teacher Lian, hello!”

  Jiang Leng revealed a smile. Maybe it was because of his scars, but his current expression was quite frightening.

  “Mn.”

  Lian Zheng swept a glance at Jiang Leng and no longer paid attention to him.

  Jiang Leng could sense Lian Zheng’s coldness toward him, but he didn’t want to miss out on this opportunity. Hence, he knelt and kowtowed. “Teacher Lian, I wish to acknowledge you as my master!”

  Hua~

  A clamor rang out in the surroundings. The students were all dumbstruck when they looked at Jiang Leng.

  Wasn’t the skin of this new student a little too thick? After seeing Lian Zheng’s uniform and understanding that he was a 1-star great teacher, this guy casually knelt like this and wanted to acknowledge Lian Zheng as a master?

  This was simply such a shameful thing!

  The students all felt that Jiang Leng wouldn’t succeed. But even so, they were worried. They had a feeling as though the rice at their homes was being eaten by someone else. After all, they didn’t dare to publicly ask a great teacher to take them as a disciple. How did this ugly ghost qualify?

  “Young man, you don’t meet my requirements.”

  Lian Zheng didn’t even hesitate and rejected him directly.

  The word ‘trash’ on Jiang Leng’s forehead was something that would affect his image; moreover, Lian Zheng disliked the spirit rune that was branded on half of Jiang Leng’s face. Just the sight of it was nauseating.

  A minority among cultivators would choose to brand spirit runes on their bodies to increase their combat strength. But those were choices made after they were of age.

  Why? Because after a spirit rune was branded, it was an irreversible process. The risk was that once the spirit rune was damaged, the remnant spirit qi in it would disrupt the qi circulation of one’s body, causing one’s cultivation speed to become slower. For more serious cases, their cultivation bases would remain stagnant forever.

  Jiang Leng looked to be at most 13 or 14 years of age, but he already had a damaged spirit rune branded on him. Even if he was once a genius, he was a cripple now.

  For students like this that definitely had no future, why would Lian Zheng want them? Even if he wanted someone to wash his feet and toilet, it wouldn’t be Jiang Leng’s turn.

  Jiang Leng stared at Lian Zheng. In his eyes, the last flame of hope gradually dissipated. Although he already guessed that this would be the reply, being rejected like this still hurt him a lot.

  “Haha, he deserved it!”

  “Why doesn’t he look at his own appearance? He is truly overestimating himself!”

  “How can a great teacher accept disciples so casually?”

  The students were in discussion. When they saw Jiang Leng being rejected, all of them had a feeling as though the rice at their homes was kept safe and wasn’t stolen by this fellow.

  Sun Mo shook his head. Lian Zheng rejected a student too quickly and basically didn’t consider their feelings. However, there were so many students wanting to take him as their masters. Most probably, Lian Zheng didn’t care about a student like Jiang Leng whom he completely had no regard for.

  “Why did you shake your head? You have an opinion about me?”

  Lian Zheng turned his head and stared at Sun Mo. It was precisely this person—someone that had no sense of his own limitations—who snatched away Xuanyuan Po and Li Ziqi.

  “Is this a hot-tempered bro?”

  Sun Mo had initially thought that Lian Zheng didn’t have a good temper. But after he saw the look in Lian Zheng’s eyes that was filled with loathing and contempt while looking at him, as well as the expression of pity on his face when Lian Zheng looked at Li Ziqi, Sun Mo suddenly understood. This fellow simply disliked him.

  “If you have no opinions, scram!”

  Lian Zheng berated and prepared to leave.

  Sun Mo lifted his feet. However, he didn’t make way. He directly walked over and stood before Lian Zheng. His eyes showed no fear as he stared at Lian Zheng directly.

  Chapter 45: I, Sun Mo, Won’t Give Way, Won’t Retreat, Won’t Concede!

  About 300 people had gathered before the teaching building. But at this moment, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin if it dropped. Everyone widened their eyes as they stared at Sun Mo, so shocked that they weren’t able to say anything.

  (Has this fellow gone crazy?)

  (He actually dares to publicly provoke a 1-star great teacher?)

  Lu Zhiruo glanced at the surroundings in a panic. On the other hand, Li Ziqi’s spirits stirred. As expected, she hadn’t chosen the wrong teacher.

  This step that Sun Mo took to move forward was truly tyrannical!

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Li Ziqi +6.

  Prestige connection with Li Ziqi. Neutral: (56/100).

  Lian Zheng also didn’t imagine Sun Mo would do something so out of bounds. He halted in astonishment. After that, his boorish face revealed a look of extreme rage.

  “Impudent!”

  Lian Zheng roared.

  Sun Mo stared at Lian Zheng, and his body inclined forward slightly. Baring his teeth, he enunciated each word slowly, “I have an opinion. Hence, I blocked your way!”

  The entire atmosphere was so quiet that it felt terrifying. This was especially so for those intern teachers. All of them had fallen into a daze. (Wasn’t Sun Mo just berated by a great teacher? What’s the great deal about it? He actually dared to retort? Does he want to be fired?)

  “Although you don’t find this student suitable, can’t you be more tactful about it and show some care for his pride?”

  Sun Mo used his Divine Sight and observed Jiang Leng. He discovered that Jiang Leng’s will had already fallen to 0. Another note appeared – Target is extremely disappointed and might commit suicide anytime!

  Lian Zheng didn’t know how much damage his casual reply had caused a student who had been continuously rejected. His final life-saving straw was destroyed by Lian Zheng.

  “No matter what’s my attitude, it’s not up to an intern teacher like you to lecture me!”

  Lian Zheng berated.

  Sun Mo’s fists instantly clenched. He stared at Lian Zheng and he vowed in his heart. He definitely had to specialize in a secondary occupation within half-a-year and pass the test issued by the Saint Gate, gaining a great teacher title.

  Damn, at that time, he would definitely say, ‘You are just a great teacher that’s almost 40 years in age, how shameful’. At that time, he wanted to see if Lian Zheng still dared to use his status to pressure others or not.

  “Ding! New mission. Please become a 1-star great teacher within a year. Reward: Two golden treasure chests!”

  The system issued a mission that was apt to the occasion.

  “System, which camp do you belong to? You actually cause trouble for me at such a moment?”

  Sun Mo was unhappy.

  “Why? You are reluctant to accept it?” Lian Zheng stared at Jiang Leng. “Since you look down on my attitude and pity him, why don’t you accept him as your disciple?”

  “Aiya, this old man is so sinister.”

  Li Ziqi mumbled in her heart. She hurriedly came over and was preparing to stop Sun Mo.

  Lian Zheng wanted to push Sun Mo into the fire pit. The young man with the word ‘trash’ on his forehead definitely had no future. If Sun Mo accepted him as a disciple, there would certainly be a large taint on his reputation.

  “Teacher, my stomach hurts. Can you quickly bring me to see a doctor?”

  Li Ziqi clutched her stomach and showed a face of agony.

  Lian Zheng had long since noticed Li Ziqi. Now that he saw her pretending to be sick to help Sun Mo get out of this predicament, he grew even angrier.

  Why was such a good student following Sun Mo?

  “Teacher, let’s take a step back?”

  Li Ziqi tugged on Sun Mo’s clothes as she persuaded in a low voice.

  “Take a step back? Ziqi, in my dictionary, there are no such words. Even if a mountain obstructs my path, I will shift the mountain aside. Even if an ocean blocks me, I will reclaim it in its entirety. I, Sun Mo, won’t give way, won’t retreat, won’t concede!”

  Sun Mo waved his hands. He pushed Li Ziqi’s hand away and stared straight at Lian Zheng.

  Li Ziqi was stunned. Sun Mo’s words resounded out loud, and each word was filled with force. They were like iron hammers smashing on her brain.

  Yue Rongbo who was in the crowd involuntarily wanted to clap and praise when he heard this. After that, his gaze shifted to the left as he saw Jin Mujie who was standing under a parasol tree not far away.

  “Damn, this fellow is so brazen!”

  An intern teacher couldn’t help but shout. Although his words openly showed contempt, he felt somewhat impressed in his heart. This was retorting a great teacher. If he was in Sun Mo’s shoes, let alone causing a great teacher to be angry, he would have long since swallowed his anger.

  “What is that teacher’s name?”

  The students began to ask in a low voice.

  Lian Zheng’s hands were folded before his chest. He was calm and unruffled as he stared at Sun Mo. His tone was that of ridicule. “Very well then, why don’t you accept him as a disciple?!”

  Sun Mo looked at Jiang Leng. “You have heard everything, right? What’s your decision?”

  A bead of sweat appeared on Jiang Leng’s forehead.

  “According to your situation, this is your only chance in life to acknowledge a master. You better know how to grab hold of this opportunity!” Lian Zheng chortled.

  “Although Teacher Sun is an intern teacher, he is a very awesome one. He would definitely not waste your time.”

  Li Ziqi was very intelligent. Although her words appeared to be openly praising Sun Mo, she actually meant something else. She was warning Jiang Leng not to be foolish. She didn’t want such trash as her junior apprentice-brother.

  “Right, teacher is really very awesome!”

  Lu Zhiruo ran over and stood behind Sun Mo. After saying this sentence loudly, she cowered back again, only revealing her eyes as she watched.

  “Aiya, you stupid fool!”

  Li Ziqi really wanted to strangle Lu Zhiruo. This papaya girl’s words were sincere, and she worshiped Sun Mo from the bottom of her heart.

  Jiang Leng was hesitating. Earlier, he tried to acknowledge many masters but no one was willing to take him in. Now that someone was willing to do so, he suddenly began to worry about his future and whether this person would be a good teacher or not.

  The scenes of his childhood began to appear from the depths of his mind. They caused Jiang Leng to turn pale. It was unbearable.

  “It’s rare for such a ‘good’ teacher to accept you as a disciple. What are you waiting for?”

  Lian Zheng urged.

  “Sun……Teacher Sun……can you let me become a……saint?”

  When Jiang Leng said the word ‘saint’, he also felt bashful. Because even he himself felt that it was impossible. However, if he didn’t ask, he would feel reluctant in his heart.

  “Haha, is he dreaming?”

  Mocking laughter rang out from the crowd. This fellow truly didn’t know the immensity of heavens and earth.

  Sun Mo really wanted to shoot back at Jiang Leng. Wasn’t he aware of his own situation? He could become half of a saint (圣人), if things went on.

  However, when Sun Mo stared at the hope-filled eyes of the young man, as well as the word ‘trash’ on his forehead, Sun Mo swallowed his initial mocking response, and he decided to smile instead.

  “I don’t dare to guarantee whether you can become a saint or not. But I can guarantee that I will do my best to teach you. Your achievements in the future will still depend on your own effort.”

  Sun Mo wasn’t kidding when he said this. This was the principle he scrupulously abided by ever since he became a teacher. He wouldn’t treat any student differently regardless of their results.

  “Are you dumb? Why are you asking such a question? Even Sun Mo doesn’t dare to guarantee he himself can become a saint!”

  Lian Zheng felt even angrier, and his spittle almost flew onto Jiang Leng’s face. The Central Province Academy mustn’t allow such a fool to join them.

  “If a human doesn’t have dreams, what will be the difference between them and salted fish?!”

  Sun Mo stared at Lian Zheng. If youth didn’t have dreams and only acted realistically, was there still any meaning in this world? Would this world have any future?

  Swish~

  A golden light began to emit from the angered Sun Mo.

  “It’s the Priceless Advice Halo!”

  Someone exclaimed in shock.

  Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

  The golden light was like fine rain scattering outward, enveloping a range of 100 meters and engulfing the audience in the crowd.

  They also began to shine with golden light, and their minds and spirits were instantly stirred. Those forgotten dreams of theirs began to rise again.

  For a time, the noisy environment fell back into silence. Everyone sank into an indescribable mood.

  (That’s right, who doesn’t have dreams?!)

  Being able to enter a famous school, being capable enough to chase the girl they secretly admired, finding a good job……

  Even getting full marks and becoming the number one student for a time could also be considered a dazzling dream!

  “Becoming a saint……”

  Lian Zheng mumbled. When he regained his senses, only then did he realize that tears were flowing down his face.

  He was once a young man and had hot blood too, brimming with ambition. But when he was close to 40, he was still a 1-star great teacher. Let alone becoming a saint, he would already feel very content if he could become a 4-star great teacher before his death.

  Li Ziqi was so excited that she was panting when she saw people in the surroundings immersed in the atmosphere of recollection due to Sun Mo’s Priceless Advice Halo. Even that great teacher whom she loathed was no exception as well.

  “Yay, teacher is so awesome!”

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Li Ziqi +15.

  Prestige connection with Li Ziqi. Neutral (71/100).

  Lu Zhiruo gazed at Sun Mo with a look of worship. Her finger, which was holding on to his clothes, exerted even more force.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Lu Zhiruo +30.

  Prestige connection with Lu Zhiruo. Neutral (68/100).

  After hearing the system notifications, Sun Mo’s lips twitched. As expected, honest people would contribute more favorable impression points.

  “Hmph, you are on your own!”

  Lian Zheng, who had just awakened, snorted while flicking his sleeves as he left. He no longer had any mood to look for trouble.

  “Teacher Sun, please accept me, Jiang Leng, as your student!”

  Jiang Leng knelt and kowtowed.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Jiang Leng +30.

  Prestige connection with Jiang Leng unlocked. Current state: Neutral (30/100).

  The effect of Sun Mo’s Priceless Advice Halo was the greatest for Jiang Leng, allowing him to pull himself together again.

  “Quickly get up!”

  Sun Mo glanced at him again and discovered that his will stat had +2. The note about his inclination of committing suicide had vanished.

  “Sigh!”

  Li Ziqi sighed in her heart, but since it had been done, she could only acknowledge it. She put on a smiling face. “Junior brother Jiang, I’m the eldest martial sister. This is Lu Zhiruo, your second senior martial sister.”

  She wanted to settle the level of their statuses first. After everyone agreed, even if Lu Zhiruo or Xuanyuan Po were to regret it in the future, it would already be impossible to change anything.

  “Maybe the teacher I acknowledge isn’t that bad.”

  Jiang Leng greeted Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo while seriously surveying Sun Mo for the first time. Sun Mo was very young.

  Without a good show to watch, the people in the surroundings dispersed as well.

  “What do you think?”

  “How can I think? Sun Mo is too impulsive, letting emotions affect his decision. He dug a huge hole for himself, and I dare to confirm that Jiang Leng will definitely become a huge taint on his path of becoming a teacher!”

  “That Jiang Leng’s aptitude is definitely extremely bad. He was abandoned by everyone, so how bad do you think it is? This must be the reason why someone carved the word ‘trash’ on his forehead, right?”

  The surrounding teachers departed as they discussed. In any case, they didn’t think highly of Sun Mo. He had basically trashed his own career. Such a way of acting was truly too foolish.

  Jin Mujie had long since left, but she was thinking about the young man who had helped her massage her neck a few days ago at the Sorrowless Lake.

  “So, you are Sun Mo!”

  Jun Mujie felt a little surprised. He didn’t seem to be as inferior as what the rumors had stated. Also, that sentence ‘I, Sun Mo, won’t give way, won’t retreat, won’t concede!’ was truly well-spoken. Even she wanted to clap and cheer for him!

  Jin Mujie abruptly halted. She turned her head back and stared in the distance. Speaking of which, his massage technique was very good. Ever since her neck was massaged by him, she felt extremely comfortable during these few days. Should she take the initiative to ask him for a massage?

  Chapter 46: Don’t Be Afraid, He Is Just Someone Who Eats ‘Soft-Rice’!

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Jin Mujie +1.

  Prestige connection with Jin Mujie. Neutral (2/100).

  The sudden notification stunned Sun Mo. He subconsciously thought about the well-rounded figure of that beautiful great teacher. This was especially so for her ample juicy peach (as*), it would be imprinted in anyone’s memories once they glanced at it.

  “System, if the accumulation of favorable points is enough, does it mean that I can do some indescribable things to a target?”

  Sun Mo glanced at the surroundings, but he didn’t see Jin Mujie’s figure.

  “Do you think I’m the Love Yellow Lotion System?” The system was speechless. “Also, it’s too time-consuming to gain high amounts of favorable impression points. You might as well toss some money at her. Oh, I’ve forgotten, you are dirt-poor!”

  “Do you believe I’m going to crush you now?”

  Sun Mo was speechless. However, the system was right. He was truly extremely poor. It seemed like he had to hurry up and finish the Journey to the West so he could get some money from Zheng Qingfang.

  If a man couldn’t even afford an extra egg during breakfast, that would truly be too pathetic.

  Clap! Clap!

  Yue Rongbo clapped his hands and walked over. “What a wonderful response. You put the ‘Priceless Advice’ to good use!”

  Sun Mo turned over and saw a smiling square face.

  “Are you not afraid that a great teacher would take revenge on you? Even if he is just 1-star, his status is much higher than yours.”

  Yue Rongbo was curious.

  “If I’m afraid, I wouldn’t have stood out.”

  Sun Mo rolled his eyes. If he was unhappy, he would simply resign. In any case, the world was so big, where couldn’t he go?

  He didn’t leave now because he just arrived here and was still unfamiliar with this world. Besides, this body of his had memories and feelings toward An Xinhui. They also played a part in influencing him.

  “Hehe!” Yue Rongbo’s gaze glanced over Li Ziqi and landed on Jiang Leng. “For the sake of a dispute, is it worth it?”

  Jiang Leng’s body was covered with a large patch of damaged spirit runes, which would severely disturb his absorption of spirit qi. Hence, his cultivation speed would definitely be slow.

  This indicated that even if he was an unpolished jade, he was already a damaged one.

  “I didn’t accept him because of that great teacher’s provocation.”

  After Sun Mo finished speaking, he added another sentence in his heart. “I did this because the damnable system forced me to! What shitty mission is this? It actually said it wanted to temper me? The system is most probably a sadist, right?”

  However, since Jiang Leng had acknowledged him as a master, he would wholeheartedly guide him.

  When Jiang Leng heard Yue Rongbo’s words, his expression turned dim. But after listening to Sun Mo’s reply, his spirit stirred as gratitude rose from his chest.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression from Jiang Leng +5.

  Prestige connection with Jiang Leng. Neutral (35/100).

  Sun Mo felt a little surprised. Jiang Leng looked aloof and exuded an inhospitable aura. Yet, he still knew how to be grateful.

  Yue Rongbo no longer spoke. He just patted Sun Mo on his shoulder while thinking this was the mental attitude a qualified teacher should have.

  (Oi, oi. Don’t just show an expression of admiration toward me, alright? It’s more practical to give me some favorable impression points!)

  Sun Mo quietly mused. He put on a professional-looking smile while he noted down Lian Zheng’s name in his mental notebook.

  This matter hadn’t concluded yet.

  “It’s not early anymore. How about eating together?”

  Yue Rongbo invited.

  “Sure!”

  Sun Mo wasn’t polite as well. Speaking of which, this was a 4-star great teacher’s lunch party. Yue Rongbo, this square-faced guy had three more stars than Lian Zheng.

  Ding!

  Congratulations to the host for accepting Jiang Leng and completing the mission. Reward: 1 bronze treasure chest.’

  As the system notification rang out, a shining bronze treasure chest appeared before Sun Mo.

  Sun Mo patted Lu Zhiruo on her shoulder before saying the word ‘open’.

  “Teacher?”

  Lu Zhiruo turned her head, waiting for instructions.

  “Nothing!”

  Sun Mo smiled. As expected, a papaya girl could truly increase his luck.

  The treasure chest vanished as a bottle of ancient whale oil floated in the air. Although it wasn’t a skill book, this item was still worth 1,000 points. ……

  After the meal, Jiang Leng left. He had already acknowledged a master, and it was confirmed he would be enrolled in the Central Province Academy. Hence, there was no need for him to continue following Sun Mo. In addition, he knew his own situation very well. If he wanted to improve, he had to grab hold of every second.

  Li Ziqi wanted to tour around the teaching building. Sun Mo naturally didn’t mind it.

  The teaching building was a building constructed from a mixture of wood and stone. There were three types of classrooms in the building: for twenty people, fifty people, or a hundred people.

  The higher the fame of a teacher, the higher the number of students who would want to attend his public lecture. Naturally, the classroom size had to be bigger as well.

  Other than this, each level also had a lecture hall with a capacity of 300 people. But even so, when a great teacher was giving a lesson, the place would be packed to the brim. There were no solutions to it, as there were too many students who wanted to listen in.

  In a school, the fewer the number of students during a lesson, through direct observation, it meant that the fame and ability of the teacher were very low.

  Li Ziqi walked in the corridor. She patrolled the classroom and curiously glanced at the surroundings. In the past, she had never gone to a school before, as her family always arranged a private tutor for her.

  The lecture hall also had many new students touring it. Li Ziqi took a glance and just when she wanted to leave, she turned her head back again. After that, she called out in a low voice.

  “Teacher, come quickly. I discovered a good seeding!”

  At a seat below the windows on the left, there was a pair of twins. They were currently chatting with a few intern teachers.

  “This pair of brothers are surnamed Zou. The elder brother is named Zou Ping and the younger brother is named Zou An. They are in the information booklet as well. They came from Wuyi County, and their family has been in the herbs business for generations. Hence, they have always been taking medicinal baths since they were young, resulting in their bodies being extremely robust and healthy. They can be considered quite wealthy,” Li Ziqi introduced.

  Lu Zhiruo hurriedly checked the information booklet.

  “At the eight-column of the sixth page, bottom left corner!”

  Li Ziqi subconsciously displayed her outstanding intellect that was at 10 points. She had simply glanced through the information booklet earlier out of boredom and didn’t really have any intentions to memorize it.

  Sun Mo’s gaze landed on Qin Fen, as well as Qi Shengjia who was standing beside him.

  Li Ziqi was worried the Zou brothers would be recruited away. Hence, she immediately ran over to get into a conversation with them.

  This group immediately stopped their conversation. When Qin Fen saw Li Ziqi, his gaze turned and landed on Sun Mo. A great enemy had arrived, and this involved the matter of his failed recruitment of Xuanyuan Po. Everyone had already heard of this.

  “Sun Mo, you came too late. They have already agreed to be my students.”

  Qin Fen’s tone was filled with a hint of arrogance. This time around, it could be considered that he had recovered some lost ground.”

  “Please talk only after you have awakened from your dream.”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched. He could see many intern teachers who hadn’t given up yet and were also in the vicinity. This indicated that the Zou brothers had not acknowledged a teacher yet. At most, they only promised Qin Fen verbally.

  “Sun Mo, when doing things, please note the order of arrival.”

  Yuan Feng ruthlessly glared at Sun Mo. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to get the Zou brothers as his disciples; hence, he helped Qin Fen to speak out. In any case, he wouldn’t let Sun Mo get what he wanted.

  “The matter of accepting disciples definitely touches upon the capabilities of the teacher. How could a good teacher allow a stupid fool to accept a good disciple just because the stupid fool was here first?” Sun Mo ridiculed.

  “Hehe, teacher is so toxic!”

  Li Ziqi was silently joyful.

  “Who did you say was a stupid fool?”

  Qin Fen was greatly angered. This was especially so when he saw Li Ziqi following Sun Mo. He had heard Yuan Feng saying that the number one female student in the information booklet had chosen Sun Mo. In addition to the matter from before where he failed to snatch Xuanyuan Po, the old grudge added on with the new, resulting in Qin Fen wanting nothing more than to slay Sun Mo right now.

  “Whoever replied to me.”

  Sun Mo shrugged.

  Yue Rongbo leaned against the door. His hands were folded before his chest as he watched the good show.

  “Didn’t you just accept two disciples? Why are you acting so complacent?”

  Everyone lived in the same dorm, and Yuan Feng had always looked down on Sun Mo. Now that he suddenly saw Sun Mo accepting two disciples, he was so jealous that he could die. He felt that the heavens were very unfair.

  “There are many teachers in the school that have disciples. They have over ten and twenty, and these are still considered relatively little. So, what do you count as?” Yuan Feng mocked. He stared at the Zou brothers. “Let me tell you a secret. Some disciples are willing to acknowledge this fellow as their master, but it isn’t due to his capabilities. It’s because his fiance is Headmaster An Xinhui.”

  The students in the lecture hall also turned their gazes over.

  “Oi, your words are too over-the-top!”

  Li Ziqi frowned.

  “Am I wrong? He is just a ‘soft-rice’ guy. If it wasn’t for him hugging the thigh of Headmaster An, he won’t even become a teacher,” Yuan Feng spoke. He continued trying to persuade Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo, “You guys were tricked by him. Luckily, our school leaders are brilliant and knew that if they allowed him to be a teacher, he would waste the time of the students. Hence, they tossed him into the logistics department.”

  Qin Feng was calm and unruffled as he watched Sun Mo being humiliated.

  The Zou brothers also stared at Sun Mo in puzzlement. Evidently, the distrust in their gazes was now much more pronounced.

  “Don’t speak nonsense.”

  Li Ziqi grew angry.

  “Teacher Sun has a very good character.”

  Lu Zhiruo explained.

  “I have proof!”

  Yuan Feng called out.

  “Speak!”

  Qin Fen added oil to fire. He wanted nothing more than to trample Sun Mo to death.

  Yuan Feng pulled Qi Shengjia who was standing behind Qin Feng over. “This student is named Qi Shengjia, and he has gone to our dorm to look for Sun Mo in the past, sincerely seeking his guidance. If Sun Mo is truly capable, why didn’t disciple Shengjia acknowledge Sun Mo as his master but chose to follow teacher Qin Fen instead?”

  Qin Fen lifted his chin in a reserved yet proud manner.

  “Also, you guys most probably didn’t know that in the past, this student Qi Shengjia was only at the 3rd-level of the body refinement realm. In the end, under the guidance of teacher Qin Feng, he broke through two levels in five days. And in the test of the battle hall, he jumped levels and defeated Peng Wanli, someone at the 6th-level of the body refinement realm, who ranked at #108. Currently, Qi Shengjia is already an official member of the battle hall.”

  Yuan Feng introduced Qi Shengjia’s background

  In the lecture hall, exclamations of shock rang out. ‘Broke through two levels in five days’, ‘ranked at #108’, ‘official member of the battle hall’, all these terms were sufficient to make people gasp in admiration.

  The gazes of everyone turned to Qi Shengjia. When they thought of the famous reputation the battle hall had in Jinling City and that this student was one of the 500 members, all the new students were filled with extreme envy. The gazes that turned to Qin Feng now were filled with urgency and enthusiasm.

  The Zou brothers exchanged mutual glances, and their gazes became determined now.

  “Why? Do you have nothing to say?” Yuan Feng stared at Sun Mo and decided to make things worse. “If you are capable, why did he acknowledge Qin Fen as his master?”

  “Hehe, you are an irksome presence in my eyes. Do you feel like digging a hole and hiding yourself in it right now?” said Qin Fen. He was so happy that he could die.

  “No……No……”

  Qi Shengjia was an honest and foolish kid who was not good with words. Now that so many people were looking at him, he stuttered even more.

  “Quickly tell them how outstanding Teacher Qin Fen is.” Yuan Feng encouraged Qi Shengjia. “Don’t be afraid that he would take revenge on you. He is just someone that sponges off women.”

  “That’s right, I will back you up no matter what,” Qin Fen spoke.

  Sun Mo didn’t rebut. Instead, he turned to Qi Shengjia and asked in a low voice, “Is your body still well during these few days?”

  Upon hearing that Sun Mo didn’t rebuke him but was concerned about his condition, Qi Shengjia’s eyes immediately turned red. He ferociously pushed away Yuan Feng’s hands and knelt before Sun Mo, kowtowing three times.

  “The……the situation is not like this!”

  Qi Shengjia roared.

  Because of this unexpected occurrence, everyone in the lecture hall fell into silence.