Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire

  Hearing the shouting voice, Lu Zhiruo opened her eyes and saw that Qin Rong was facing Sun Mo with a deep bow.

  “I’ve only done an insignificant thing. You were able to succeed because you’re indeed a talent.” Sun Mo praised.

  The smile on his face, coupled with the sunshine’s warmth, was filled with approachability. It gave people a warm feeling in their hearts.

  Hearing this sentence, the students immediately developed a higher favorable impression toward Sun Mo.

  This female student called Qin Rong was able to step into the spirit-refinement realm because of Sun Mo’s encouragement. It was because of the powerful effect of his ‘Priceless Advice’, but he didn’t claim the credit for himself. Instead, he was praising Qin Rong’s aptitude.

  Such encouragement could allow Qin Rong’s confidence to increase greatly.

  “Thank you!”

  Qin Rong choked with emotions as she recalled her experiences through the past half a year.

  Every time she failed to breakthrough, the mixture of panic, disappointment, fear, and self-doubt would be aggravated. It felt like a piece of dark cloud enveloping over her head and wouldn’t go away for the entire day.

  How Qin Rong hoped to find someone to spill her feelings!

  Now, the dark cloud had disappeared.

  Looking at Sun Mo’s face that had distinct protrusion and how he was looking at herself with a gaze that was admiring a talent, Qin Rong felt proud and shy at the same time.

  “Teacher Sun, thank you!”

  Qin Rong wiped her tears and bowed down once again. Then, she turned toward Feng Zewen and kneeled immediately. “Teacher, I’m sorry!”

  “Eh? Why was she apologizing?”

  A lot of students didn’t understand.

  However, many teachers let out expressions of envy. What a good student Feng Zewen had!

  Qin Rong apologized because she had stepped into the spirit-refinement realm under the great teacher halo of Sun Mo. Toward Feng Zewen, this was considered a huge humiliation.

  As a disciple, one must never allow her teacher to be humiliated, so Qin Rong kneeled for an apology.

  “Get up!”

  Feng Zewen helped Qin Rong up, patted her shoulders, and said with an ashamed expression, “It’s me who has not been giving you ample care and concern. If I had found out this problem earlier, you would have entered the spirit-refinement realm 3 months ago.”

  “Teacher!”

  Qin Rong covered her mouth in shock. She hadn’t expected that Teacher Feng who had always been strict would have said these words.

  “Teacher Sun, I’ve lost!”

  Feng Zewen looked toward Sun Mo. “Thank you!”

  Hwa!

  Hearing Feng Zewen’s declaration, the entire audience was stunned. Especially those intern teachers, their faces instantly revealed priceless expressions.

  One must know that Feng Zewen was a 1-star great teacher, and what about Sun Mo? He had just been employed recently, and this was only his first public lecture.

  He had unexpectedly made a great teacher personally admit defeat in such a public setting. What an awesome achievement this was. If this was spread out, he could flaunt about it for several years.

  This was unexpected for Sun Mo. He thought that he would suffer tougher and crazier counterattacks from Feng Zewen, but he didn’t expect that Feng Zewen would admit defeat so efficiently. What a magnanimous heart he had!

  Suddenly, Sun Mo didn’t hate Feng Zewen as much. Also, his earlier preparations to use ‘Pregnancy Imprint'[1], no, ‘Soul Imprint’, was of no use now.

  That was very good. He could leave it until next time and use it for an overkill.

  “I’ve only done an insignificant thing.”

  Sun Mo knew that he had to be more humble at such times.

  “Teacher Sun, I hereby congratulate you beforehand for your future achievements. The few of you, let’s go.”

  Feng Zewen finished saying his words and called out for his students to leave the classroom. However, just as he was stepping out the door, he added, “I’ll pay the price since I’ve lost the bet. I’ll be sending 3 buckets of Liang Province grape brew to your office later on.”

  Feng Zewen left and the lecture theater, which was filled with more than three hundred people, had quietened down.

  All the gazes were now fixated on Sun Mo, the new teacher who had made a 1-star great teacher admit his defeat.

  “Why is it not me who was standing there?”

  Many intern teachers looked at Sun Mo and developed this thought. They were extremely envious of him. But soon after, such feelings turned into disappointment and inferiority. Even if they could stand on that spot, it was impossible for them to reach Sun Mo’s level.

  He wasn’t someone living off a woman. He was genuinely brimming with talent.

  “I’ve already said, for a woman like Headmaster An Xinhui, how could she have taken a fancy for a moron?”

  Ludi laughed at himself. What a pity, as Sun Mo’s roommate, he had many opportunities to develop a closer relationship with him, but Ludi had never made use of them.

  Sigh, he didn’t know if there was still time to make up for it now.

  Piak!

  Piak piak!

  Piak piak piak!

  Sounds of applause started to echo. From scattered claps to passionate claps, the sounds of applause filled up the entire classroom in an instant. ……

  At Gao Ben’s public lecture.

  “What’s going on? It was a fluctuating spirit qi just now, and now it is such noisy applause!”

  “What a huge commotion. This won’t do, I must go and take a look.”

  “We’ll go too! We’ll go too!”

  The students couldn’t continue sitting anymore. They started to bend their lower backs and evacuated from the back door of the classroom.

  When Gao Ben finished writing on the blackboard and turned his head over, he was immediately stunned.

  The entire classroom was left with only 4 students, and they were all his personal students.

  Because of the violent fluctuation of the spirit qi, many students had run out of his class and there had not been many left. However, after this burst of applause, the rest of the students were gone as well.

  “F*ck!”

  Gao Ben knew that he had to maintain a teacher’s demeanor and shouldn’t get angry, but he couldn’t bear with it.

  It was all ruined!

  His first public lecture was ruined!

  “Just what was going on outside? How can the class environment in Central Province Academy be so terrible?”

  Gao Ben grumbled and suddenly regretted his choice of coming to this school.

  The 4 students looked at each other in dismay.

  Finally, a male student asked courageously, “Teacher, there seems to be some situation going on outside, why don’t we go and take a look? Perhaps we can be of some help!”

  “You just want to go where the crowd is, don’t you?”

  Gao Ben was spot on about the male student’s intentions. “Continue with the lesson!”

  Even though he said it like this, Gao Ben was just acting in a fit of pique. His entire mind was filled with indignance and unwillingness; thus, his train of thought for the lesson had long since been cut off.

  He had just taken his first step in his teacher’s career and had already sprained his foot. What the f*ck! Hold on, didn’t he have 5 personal disciples?

  Gao Ben raised his head and ran his eyes through the classroom. He realized that there were only 4 of them.

  “F*ck, where did Fu Chao go?”

  Gao Ben couldn’t bear with this anymore and exploded. (I’m your teacher, how can you not listen to my lesson? I must peel your skin off later!) ……

  The applause lasted for a long while without breaking.

  At this moment, many students had gathered outside the lecture theater of Sun Mo to watch the scene. The continuous successful breakthroughs of 2 students had caused two eruptions of fluctuating spirit qi, attracting a large number of spectators.

  Some students were inquiring, and after knowing what had happened, their faces filled with regret. Why didn’t they come earlier to snatch a seat in the class?

  “Teacher is so awesome! Teacher is so awesome!”

  Lu Zhiruo clapped her little hands excitedly and couldn’t stop repeating this sentence.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Lu Zhiruo +30, Friendly (368/1,000).

  “That was natural, I’ve already guessed this outcome!”

  Li Ziqi looked at Sun Mo and felt prouder of herself for choosing the right teacher.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Li Ziqi +20, Friendly (176/1,000).

  Hearing the system’s notification, Sun Mo couldn’t help but turn his head to look at his 5 students. They were now seated in the first row and looking at him.

  Taking notice of Sun Mo’s gaze, Tantai Yutang let out a smile. Xuanyuan Po still looked bored and was clapping his hands restlessly. Seeing his appearance, it seemed that he wanted to leave earlier to cultivate.

  When Jiang Leng saw that Sun Mo was looking over, he squeezed out a smile as well.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Jiang Leng +5, Neutral (75/100).

  Sun Mo’s eyelids were twitching. These 3 students of his were not easy to deal with.

  Tantai Yutang, this mental person, even though he was only fourteen years old, an ordinary person would never be able to guess his way of thinking. As for Xuanyuan Po who didn’t contribute any favorable impression points, Sun Mo had already predicted it.

  He was a combat addict. Except for cultivation, combat, and fighting, he wasn’t concerned about other things. But Jiang Leng, why was he so weird?

  (Why did you contribute 5 favorable impression points just because I looked at you? Why was it not because you were impressed with my brilliant performance of how I carried the entire atmosphere?)

  “Vice-headmaster Zhang, what do you think of Sun Mo’s performance?”

  An Xinhui inquired.

  “Humph!”

  Zhang Hanfu snorted coldly with an extremely ugly expression. Also, this Feng Zewen was indeed useless. He was even unable to deal with a newly employed teacher?

  Looking at Zhang Hanfu’s appearance, An Xinhui only felt a thrill in her heart. Having dealt with resentment for more than half a year, she finally had an outlet.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from An Xinhui +10, Neutral (15/100).

  Having received the favorable impression points from his fiancee, Sun Mo pouted. Finally it wasn’t just +1.

  The public lecture had not ended, and just as Sun Mo was about to say something, the data of + favorable impression points flooded his left eye, like a waterfall with streams of water flowing downward.

  “Congratulations host, you’ve received a total of +526 favorable impression points.”

  “These favorable impression points are mostly because you’ve helped the 2 students to break through and have been acknowledged by the students for your ability. At the same time, a small portion of teachers admire you and yielded ten over favorable impression points,” the system explained.

  “I’m so outstanding and they only contributed over ten favorable impression points?”

  Sun Mo felt astonished.

  “You should be content. Teachers are prideful creatures, especially great teachers. They basically will not be convinced by anyone. Just look at Feng Zewen, even though he admitted defeat, did he yield any favorable impression points? Absolutely none!”

  The system scoffed.

  “Sun Mo, remember, even if you defeat one hundred great teachers, you may not even receive admiration from one great teacher in your lifetime.”

  “I don’t believe this!”

  Sun Mo was unhappy and just as he spoke those 3 words, the system’s notification rang.

  Ding!

  “Mission announcement: please obtain a teacher’s admiration from the bottom of his heart within a year. You’ll be rewarded with a diamond treasure chest. If you fail, you’ll be given a cruel punishment.”

  “Must you be so ruthless?”

  Sun Mo was speechless. But seeing that the prize was a diamond treasure chest, he knew that the system wasn’t lying. In order to receive admiration from a teacher, it was indeed difficult.

  Actually, Sun Mo knew that the system was not wrong. Gu Xiuxun didn’t give any favorable impression points and neither did Jin Mujie.

  “If I’m truly ruthless, I’ll make you obtain the admiration of a great teacher.”

  The system snorted coldly. (I was already saving some face for you.)

  “This won’t do. I need to think of some happy things, or else, I’m afraid I can’t help but beat you up.”

  Sun Mo breathed in deeply.

  His favorable impression points had surpassed 2,000, how great! It felt as though he was a local wealthy man now. He planned to visit the shopping store to purchase a Starmoon Fruit later.

  However, before that, he still had something to say.

  Sun Mo returned to the rostrum and swept his gaze across everyone present.

  “Who else still harbors suspicions toward me? You can now stand up and ask your question.”

  Sun Mo’s voice caused the noisy classroom to quieten down instantly.

  [1] Raws for the two terms are 一发入孕, 一发入魂. The author is trying to make a pun.

  Chapter 89: I Give Full Marks, Not Afraid that You’ll Be Proud!

  The students knew that Sun Mo’s question was directed toward the teachers. Therefore, they turned to look at them.

  The intern teachers exchanged glances then looked toward Gu Xiuxun.

  Raise questions?

  No kidding. Sun Mo had grasped two great teacher halos. He only needed to grasp one more to be able to attend the Saint Gate’s 1-star great teacher’s qualification exam.

  His level had far surpassed the rest. Only Gu Xiuxun and the other three would be able to compete against him.

  No, it was three of them and not four. It was because Qin Fen, who had graduated from Jixia Learning Palace, had already lost.

  Gu Xiuxun, being watched by everyone, frowned. She thought to herself, “Sun Mo, that’s enough. Can’t you save some face for the rest?”

  Sun Mo was now doing very well. Even people who weren’t that clever should know that they should keep their distance from his attacks.

  Seeing that Gu Xiuxun didn’t show any reaction, the intern teachers then looked toward the senior teachers.

  The senior teachers clapped, ignoring these people’s gazes.

  Even though teachers from Zhang Hanfu’s faction weren’t pleased with Sun Mo, they understood that this wasn’t a time for them to create trouble. Moreover, it seemed that Sun Mo had some capabilities. If they attempted to create trouble without any planning in advance, they might end up to be the ones suffering.

  Sun Mo smiled and looked toward Zhang Hanfu. “Vice-headmaster Zhang, you’ve lowered your stance and came to my public lecture. Aren’t you going to ask a few questions?”

  The students knew nothing about the conflict between the school’s management, but the senior teachers did.

  Hearing Sun Mo’s question, their eyes almost popped out. This was even more astonishing than the fact that Sun Mo had grasped two great teacher halos.

  “He is too arrogant!”

  Jiang Yongnian’s lips twitched.

  “That’s right. Zhang Hanfu is going to hate him to death. There won’t be any way to salvage their relationship.”

  Zhou Shanyi sighed.

  He detested such conflicts the most. Couldn’t everyone just focus on teaching and get along harmoniously?

  Even though Sun Mo looked as if he was asking for guidance, he was in fact openly sneering at Zhang Hanfu. (Weren’t you here to see me make a fool of myself?)

  (You can’t laugh now, right?)

  Kacha!

  Zhang Hanfu shattered the chair’s handle. (How dare this bastard sneer at me?)

  “You don’t have questions? I didn’t expect that you’d be so pleased with me!”

  Sun Mo teased.

  Zhou Lin couldn’t help but smile after seeing Zhang Hanfu stumbled. However, at the thought of how this was caused by Sun Mo, he felt a little displeased.

  “Sun Mo, you’re already so good when you’ve just become an official teacher. I believe that within a year, you’ll become the number one great teacher in Jinling. Don’t disappoint me.”

  After saying that, Zhang Hanfu brushed his sleeves to the side and left.

  Hearing Vice-headmaster Zhang’s praise for Sun Mo, many naive intern teachers wore envious gazes.

  Only the senior teachers knew that Sun Mo had gotten into big trouble.

  Clank! Clank! Clank!

  The bell rang. It was time for the class to end.

  “Alright, today’s public lecture will end here. Thanks to all the teachers and students who have come to listen to my class.”

  Sun Mo displayed the smile he had practiced repeatedly, appearing very amicable.

  “I’ll start teaching officially from next Monday. Anyone interested can come to the class. Thank you!”

  Clap clap clap!

  A round of applause rang out, not out of courtesy, but because they were truly satisfied with this public lecture.

  “All the best, Teacher Sun!”

  “Teacher Sun, I have a question. Can I ask for your guidance?”

  “Teacher Sun, my learning condition hasn’t been good lately. Can you use ‘Priceless Advice’ to give me some encouragement?”

  To the students who didn’t have any teachers, if they wished to have their questions resolved and gain improvement, they’d have to grab hold of all chances possible. Therefore, when Sun Mo announced that the class had ended, they immediately came crowding over.

  There was only a ten minutes break between classes, so Sun Mo could only answer three questions at most.

  “Don’t squeeze. Queue up over here. Otherwise, given how messy you guys are, no one will be able to get any answers.”

  Li Ziqi immediately jumped out to maintain order.

  The students glanced at Li Ziqi and didn’t pay her any heed.

  “Battle freak…… urgh.”

  After Li Ziqi said that, she immediately said, “Xuanyuan Po, quickly come to help maintain the order!”

  “Can I beat people up?”

  Xuanyuan Po’s eyes lit up, and he grabbed onto his spear.

  “No!” Li Ziqi waved her hand helplessly. “Forget it, you don’t have to come.”

  Li Ziqi looked around.

  Forget about Tantai Yutang. He was holding onto a handkerchief and covering his mouth, coughing incessantly. He looked as if he was going to die at any moment. Jiang Leng emitted an icy-cold aura that seemed to say for all living humans to get lost. He gave off the feeling as if he was a corpse that had just been dug out from the snow.

  As for Lu Zhiruo, what use did she have other than having a big bust?

  “Alright everyone, please leave the classroom and don’t affect the next teacher’s class. I’m the Central Province Academy’s teacher now, so you guys can come to ask me questions at any time.”

  Sun Mo was unable to move. Many students continued to speak up next to him. The situation was a mess, and he wasn’t able to give anyone any guidance at all.

  The intern teachers were leaving the lecture theater when they saw this scene. They felt so envious that it was as if they were going to drool.

  “I also want to be surrounded by so many students asking me for my guidance!”

  “By the way, Ludi, I remember that you also graduated from Songyang Academy, right? You’re Sun Mo’s schoolmate. Do you know what is with his Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands?”

  A slightly ugly person asked curiously. He had just asked this question when the intern teachers in the vicinity all turned their heads immediately, their eyes gleaming as they looked toward Ludi.

  Ludi was given a shock and quickly explained, “I don’t know. I didn’t hear about it in the past!”

  “Hey, if you have any insider news, then share it with everyone! Don’t keep it to yourself!”

  The ugly guy hooked his arm around Ludi’s shoulder.

  “I really don’t know!”

  Ludi seemed to be on the verge of tearing up. He was worried that everyone would think of him as a selfish person. “I’m not close with Sun Mo!”

  Seeing that Ludi really didn’t know anything, the other intern teachers immediately ignored him as if he was a piece of used dish towel. However, the conversation continued in their smaller circles.

  “Sun Mo was able to find out how many times that Qin Rong had failed to break through to the next level just by touching her muscles. That’s too amazing!”

  “He was even able to accurately tell the time she had failed!”

  “The Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands? This name has a dominant air to it!”

  “Can Sun Mo’s hands be considered God Hands?”

  In the world of great teachers, most of them would rely on their experience and judgment to pick students. There’d also be an observation period of several months. However, extremely few great teachers could rely on their hands to touch a student and find out their aptitude.

  In the world of great teachers, the hands of these rare number of great teachers had a public recognition of being called the ‘God Hands’.

  Thinking that Sun Mo could possibly possess the God Hands, everyone was immediately filled with envy.

  Zhou Lin saw An Xinhui standing in the corridors and asked, “Eldest Miss, you aren’t leaving yet?”

  “I’m waiting for Sun Mo!”

  An Xinhui looked at her female assistant, wanting to let her relationship with Sun Mo get better. “Why don’t we have a meal together?”

  “I’m not hungry!”

  Zhou Lin rejected. “I admit that Sun Mo’s performance today is astonishing, but he is still far from being a good match for you or catching up to Liu Mubai. He can wait until he is steadily one notch above Gu Xiuxun, Gao Ben, and Zhang Lan!”

  After saying that, Zhou Lin turned to leave.

  In her heart, she did recognize Sun Mo’s performance. No teacher had displayed such an astonishing first showcase for the past ten years in the Central Province Academy.

  Liu Mubai’s first public lecture had also been brilliant, but it was still not this spectacular.

  “Little Lin is too stubborn. There aren’t many men in the entire Middle-Earth’s nine provinces who can be a good match for you.”

  Jin Mujie shook her head.

  An Xinhui didn’t wish to discuss this, so she diverted the conversation. “How many points do you give for Sun Mo’s first showcase?”

  “Full marks, not a score less. I’m not afraid that he’d be proud!”

  Jin Mujie smiled.

  She was very satisfied with Sun Mo’s performance. Whether it was his eloquence, adaptability, or skills, he had the full package. Hence, he was free and unconstrained on the rostrum.

  “You rate him really high!”

  An Xinhui was surprised. Being close friends with Jin Mujie, An Xinhui knew that she had high expectations when looking at other teachers.

  “To be honest, I feel that this isn’t the first time he is on the rostrum. He seems to be familiar with it.”

  Jin Mujie couldn’t understand. Even if a person had practiced multiple times in private, they wouldn’t be able to produce such an effect. This meant that Sun Mo was born to be a teacher.

  Sun Mo left the lecture theater.

  Gu Xiuxun, who was answering a student’s question, spoke quicker and after finishing up, she went and caught up to Sun Mo.

  “Teacher Sun!”

  Gu Xiuxun called out. She was planning to treat Sun Mo to a meal.

  Sun Mo was An Xinhui’s fiancé. This meant that they were allies from the same team and should work together to build up their relationship. Of course, it’d be even better if they could have a talk about Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands.

  An Xinhui and Jin Mujie also walked over.

  “Headmaster An, Teacher Jin.”

  Gu Xiuxun greeted.

  “Headmaster An, Teacher Jin!”

  Sun Mo suddenly felt a little blinded. These three were all beautiful women, so he found it a little hard to take them on altogether!

  “Sun Mo, do you want to have a meal together?”

  As a 3-star great teacher, Jin Mujie was pressed for time and thus couldn’t be bothered with the formalities. She went straight to the point.

  A hint of surprise flashed past Gu Xiuxun’s eyes. To think that Jin Mujie would invite Sun Mo to a meal? How much admiration did she have for him?

  However, Gu Xiuxun was at a loss. It was a goner. Jin Mujie had beaten her to it.

  “I’m sorry, I don’t have time!”

  Sun Mo shrugged with his hands out.

  “Huh?”

  Gu Xiuxun was stunned and almost shot out, ‘Are you an idiot?’ A 3-star great teacher had taken the initiative to invite him to a meal, but he had rejected it?

  Given Jin Mujie’s status, she was the one who usually refused people’s invitation. And these ‘people’ would tend to be influential characters.

  Jin Mujie was a little stunned as well.

  An Xinhui looked at Sun Mo in surprise. She suddenly felt like asking (What have you been through in Songyang Academy?)

  “Do you guys have any other matters? If not then I’ll be leaving!”

  Sun Mo was really busy. The petty system had given him a mission to draw 1,000 Spirit-Gathering Runes in a month. If he couldn’t complete it, he would get punished and his skill’s grade would drop. That was something that he relied on for a living, so how could he possibly have time to waste?

  The three beauties had met too many people who wanted to curry up to them. But now that they came across such a unique person like Sun Mo, they had no idea how they should react.

  “Oh my, this feeling is so strange!”