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Chapter 109 The School’s Ultimate Divine Art
writer:Longing Washes Red Beans      update:2022-07-06 19:29
  “You should have learned over 30 types of cultivation arts, right?”

  Sun Mo shifted the topic away.

  “I’ve learned over 80 types I think, I can’t remember clearly!”

  Lu Zhiruo had always wanted to find a cultivation art suited for herself. But no matter how she practiced, her efforts would always end in failure.

  Upon hearing the number, Li Ziqi stared at the papaya girl in shock. “No wonder you haven’t reached the body-refinement realm yet. Did you waste your time cultivating too many arts at once?”

  “No, my father said that I’m too stupid!”

  Lu Zhiruo’s tone became gloomy. When she first heard her father say that, she suffered such a heavy psychological impact that she was sick for an entire month. In fact, she almost died.

  Li Ziqi fell silent. Given her intelligence, she understood Sun Mo was shifting the topic away on purpose. This meant that Lu Zhiruo’s constitution was so bad to the extent where he had no way to speak it directly.

  “Don’t worry, I will impart an extremely powerful cultivation art to you. Once you learn it, you will be unrivaled under the heavens.”

  Sun Mo was truly fond of such a hardworking, pure, and adorable student like Lu Zhiruo. Hence, he didn’t wish to see her get hurt.

  “Ah?”

  Lu Zhiruo sat up in shock. She hugged Sun Mo’s arm and asked in a hurry, “How powerful is it exactly?”

  Luckily, Sun Mo’s eyes were covered or things would really be awkward.

  The sudden sit up by the papaya girl caused her majestic breasts to ripple outrageously. If her breasts hit someone’s face, that person would definitely faint.

  Li Ziqi’s lips twitched as envy arose in her heart.

  Sun Mo could feel two mounds of soft flesh pressing against his arm. As a single dog, he didn’t understand what they were at the start. But soon after that, he realized it. Hence, he stretched his hand out and gently pushed the papaya girl away.

  “How powerful is it exactly?”

  Lu Zhiruo didn’t understand Sun Mo’s intention and hugged his arm even tighter. Besides, her tone was filled with a tiny hint of coquettishness as well.

  She was like a hungry house cat that was meowing at its owner for food.

  “A peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art.”

  Sun Mo gave up and simply allowed Lu Zhiruo to hug his arm.

  “Ah?”

  Lu Zhiruo was stunned. In the various countries of the nine provinces, cultivation arts of this level were the best. Each of them could be considered an inheritance treasure.

  Li Ziqi was also stunned as she stared dumbfoundedly at Sun Mo, suspecting whether she had heard wrongly. For cultivation arts of this level, they could even be considered ultimate treasures in the Great Tang Empire.

  “How about it? Is it powerful or not?” Sun Mo teased.

  “It’s powerful indeed, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to understand it……”

  Lu Zhiruo pouted and had an aggrieved look on her face. “I’m too stupid.” “It’s alright, effort can make up for everything!”

  Sun Mo instinctively stretched out his other hand, wanting to touch Lu Zhiruo’s head. However, because he was blindfolded, his hand touched only the air.

  The papaya girl was very understanding. She leaned over and allowed Sun Mo to caress her head. In addition, she even closed her eyes in comfort.

  Upon hearing the conversation between the two of them, Li Ziqi felt something was wrong. She only came back to her senses after hearing the words ‘peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art’.

  (Oh heavens, that’s the highest level cultivation art in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces. Teacher Sun is actually going to teach it to Lu Zhiruo? Also, Lu Zhiruo’s first reaction was……?)

  (She actually wasn’t shocked but she was worried she wouldn’t be able to understand it!)

  (What joke is this exactly? You guys are talking about one of the highest-level cultivation arts and not a garbage cultivation art that you can purchase on any street store for tens of copper coins!)

  (How can the two of you be so calm?)

  “Ziqi, you have to learn it too!”

  Sun Mo was worried that Li Ziqi would feel that he was biased. Hence, he hurriedly added.

  Li Ziqi didn’t know what to reply. Given her knowledge and perception of Sun Mo, they told her that he wasn’t lying.

  However, her rationale told her that this matter was truly too exaggerated.

  She felt that she had to drink a cup of water to calm her nerves.

  “In any case, what’s the name of the cultivation art?”

  Lu Zhiruo was curious.

  “The Grand Universe Formless Divine Art!”

  Sun Mo casually spoke, but Li Ziqi at the side coughed and immediately spat out a mouthful of water she had drunk.

  She even choked!

  “Cough, cough. What did you say, teacher? Cough……did I hear it wrongly?”

  Li Ziqi coughed badly.

  “Have you heard of the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art before?”

  Sun Mo was curious. When he saw how agitated Li Ziqi was, it was evident she knew the origins of this cultivation art.

  “I’ve heard of it before. If the name is right, it should be none other than the ultimate divine art of the Skyraise Academy. Only the most talented and loyal students have the qualifications to learn it.” Li Ziqi explained.

  The Skyraise Academy was in Jing Province. It was one of the Nine Greats, an existence that was ranked at the very top. Moreover, this ranking was publicly acknowledged. “This cultivation art could only be taught to the most loyal students. If not, what if they betrayed the school after they learned this art?”

  Lu Zhiruo felt that Li Ziqi’s descriptions were wrong. But when Li Ziqi spoke until here, Lu Zhiruo also glanced at their teacher subconsciously.

  (Oh yeah, how did Teacher Sun know this? Could he be a traitor of that school?)

  (No, teacher isn’t such a person!)

  (There must be a huge secret hidden within!)

  “You didn’t understand my meaning. There’s a hard condition for one to become the headmaster of the Skyraise Academy and that is to master this cultivation art. This is why for those students who are qualified to learn this, all of them are future headmaster candidates for the Skyraise Academy.”

  Li Ziqi’s voice was trembling.

  For those who were listed as future headmaster candidates of the Skyraise Academy, there was no need to doubt how talented they were. Yet now, Sun Mo said that he knew this ultimate divine art!

  Li Ziqi’s lips moved. She almost asked if Sun Mo was lying to them. Even if Sun Mo were the son of the current Skyraise Academy’s headmaster, if his talent was not enough, he also wouldn’t be qualified to cultivate this art.

  Wait a minute, could it be that Sun Mo was the illegitimate son of that headmaster? Because he didn’t want to be recognized, he came all the way here to the Central Province Academy?

  In an instant, a drama filled with emotions appeared in Li Ziqi’s mind. “Teacher, how did you learn this cultivation art? Were you swindled by someone?”

  After many theories spun through her mind, Li Ziqi still felt that this was the most logical answer.

  In the black market of the various countries of the Nine Provinces, there were all sorts of fake cultivation arts, either used to harm people or to swindle them.

  Every year, there would be young people who got swindled because they wanted to try their luck.

  “Am I that stupid?

  Sun Mo rolled his eyes.

  “That’s true, you are not……”

  Li Ziqi grabbed her hair in frustration. She couldn’t understand it.

  “Don’t think about it anymore. This cultivation art is real, and I’ve been practicing it since a long time ago!”

  Sun Mo was now even more curious at the identity of the major character behind the wooden blade.

  “Aiya, I will stop thinking about it. Teacher’s words are most certainly correct!” Lu Zhiruo hated thinking the most. Now, she was very happy. As long as she learned the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art, she would become more powerful.

  Next time when she met her father again, he would definitely approve of her.

  Upon thinking of this, Lu Zhiruo’s embrace of Sun Mo’s arms grew even tighter.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Lu Zhiruo +50. Friendly (538/1,000).

  “Teacher, are you really teaching it to us?” Li Ziqi started, she still felt some disbelief. “The Grand Universe Formless Divine Art?”

  “Isn’t it just a peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art? There’s no need for you to keep asking about it, right?” Sun Mo gently pushed Lu Zhiruo away. “Lie down properly, the massage hasn’t ended!” Seeing that Sun Mo wasn’t willing to continue this topic, Li Ziqi found it awkward to continue speaking. However, her heart felt an unbearable itch. It was like there was a cat in her heart howling.

  What did he mean by ‘isn’t it just a peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art’? That was the ultimate divine art of the Skyraise Academy, alright?! If the news of someone knowing this cultivation art spread out, how great the commotion would be?

  Li Ziqi was shocked because she knew that peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation arts were extremely rare treasures. But to Sun Mo, they were just a powerful cultivation art.

  It was okay to teach it to his students!

  As long as he possessed the divine skill Immemorial Vairocana, Sun Mo would be able to obtain whatever cultivation arts he wanted. This was why he could remain so calm.

  After the ancient massage technique concluded, the two girls hadn’t achieved a breakthrough and this made Sun Mo a little depressed “I feel so comfortable now!”

  Lu Zhiruo stretched her arms to the back, causing her chest area to ‘enlarge’. There was a look of joy on her face. “Pack things up and let’s get lunch!”

  Sun Mo was hungry.

  Through the entire lunchtime, Li Ziqi was absent-minded. As for Lu Zhiruo, she kept passing Sun Mo foods from the dishes to his bowl.

  “Alright, Ziqi and Zhiruo. There’s no need to use the respected form of the word ‘you’ (12) to address me in the future. That’s too formal.”

  Sun Mo stated. By hearing that, he felt like he had aged over ten years.

  “Oh!”

  Li Ziqi nodded but she was still distracted.

  Ding!

  “New mission issued: Please help your students attain victory in the arranged duel against Gao Ben’s students a month later. There would be rewards given according to the results.”

  The system suddenly issued a mission. Sun Mo was so startled that he almost swallowed the chopsticks he was using. “System, can you stop being so abrupt?”

  Sun Mo grumbled. Luckily, there was no punishment if the mission failed. After all, this mission was very difficult. This was especially so after he checked the papaya girl’s body condition. He felt that his students would lose the duel for sure.

  Ding!

  “Note: If the mission fails, there will be a punishment!”

  “F***!”

  Sun Mo was so angry that he almost smashed the bowl. “System, you are doing this on purpose, right? You are definitely doing this intentionally, right? There will be a day where I pull you out and give you a harsh beating!”

  Sun Mo was no longer in any mood to eat. After that, he didn’t return to school and went to Li Ziqi’s house instead. “I’m going to try for a breakthrough, don’t disturb me!”

  After Sun Mo instructed this, he passed them a segment of the oracular formula for the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art. “Go and practice this!”

  “This……this is……”

  Li Ziqi was agitated. The endearingly silly papaya girl didn’t react. Or more accurately, she didn’t manage to memorize it.

  “Yes, what you all are thinking is right. This is the first level of that school’s ultimate divine art. If you cannot even master the first level, there’s no need to think about learning the second level.”

  Sun Mo didn’t give them the oracular formula for the second level because he wanted to use it as a bait to encourage them to cultivate with more effort.

  “I will definitely work hard!”

  Li Ziqi patted her chest and guaranteed in a loud voice.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Li Ziqi +50. Friendly (281/1,000). “Mn!”

  Sun Mo nodded while silently musing, “I’ve wronged you. You are not a steelplate girl (completely flat), you are a little egg instead. Although you have something, you are ultimately still a little too skinny.”

  Sun Mo didn’t go to the east wing. He directly sat in the courtyard and took out his Starmoon Fruit. However, he wasn’t in a hurry to consume it. He placed it at the side and meditated to calm his heart first.

  This was the first time he was attempting a breakthrough after arriving in this world. Sun Mo, who was always cautious, began to recall all his knowledge about the blood-ignition realm.

  After running the knowledge through his mind three times and ascertaining there was nothing he overlooked, he took up the Starmoon Fruit and placed it in his mouth.

  Chapter 110 Starmoon Tempering The Body, Second Level of Blood – Ignition Realm

  When the Starmoon Fruit entered his mouth, Sun Mo subconsciously bit it down. It felt a little tough, like a fruit core with a layer of green skin.

  However, as his saliva moistened it, the Starmoon Fruit softened and became liquid. Sun Mo then swallowed it into his stomach.

  After 10 seconds, a surge of astral lunar force began to manifest in his stomach. After that, it flowed through his meridians and circulated from his body to his four limbs and skeletal structure, filling each corner.

  As the amount of astral lunar force increased, they fully filled his energy channels and formed a stable cycle.

  Sun Mo sat cross-legged on the ground and adjusted his spirit qi, controlling them to flow in the same direction as the astral lunar force, revolving around his energy channels in a cycle.

  Very soon, Sun Mo’s entire body heated up. Sweat mingled with impurities was expelled out from his body. After that, the sweat droplets immediately evaporated. Chi! Chi! Chi!

  Wisps of white steam rose into the air.

  The Starmoon Fruit was gradually unleashing its effects.

  Sun Mo had always been cautious when it came to doing things. After obtaining the Starmoon Fruit back then, he immediately went to the library and checked about this fruit.

  However, after searching through a thousand botany books, alchemy books, and even books about mystical plants, he couldn’t find the Starmoon Fruit.

  In fact, there wasn’t a simple introduction or even a mention of it.

  Given Sun Mo’s cautious nature, where he liked to plan things out first before acting, if it wasn’t for the fact that he knew the system wouldn’t lie to him, he absolutely wouldn’t have dared to consume a fruit of unknown origins like the Starmoon Fruit so easily.

  Although Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo had obtained the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art, they didn’t start cultivating it immediately. Instead, they stayed outside the courtyard’s gate and stretched their heads as they peered into the courtyard.

  “Teacher’s breakthrough feels a little different from others, right?”.

  Lu Zhiruo spoke in a low voice.

  “Shh!”

  Li Ziqi placed her dainty index finger between her lips and made a shushing gesture

  One must know that the vast majority of people wouldn’t even have a chance to see a peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art like the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art in their entire lifetimes. If they obtained it, they would definitely study it immediately to broaden their horizons.

  However, these two girls didn’t do that. They were worried about Sun Mo’s safety. Hence, they were paying attention to him.

  The expressions of the two girls turned to shock swiftly after.

  Because right now, Sun Mo started to perspire red sweat. After the red sweat evaporated, they became red clouds of mist. However, these clouds didn’t dissipate but gathered around Sun Mo’s body instead.

  Lu Zhiruo grabbed Li Ziqi’s arm in worry. “Why is teacher’s breakthrough like that?”

  Li Ziqi was puzzled. Although her exercising ability was o, she was an avid reader and had researched many ancient classics before. She had also memorized a lot of theoretical knowledge on breaking through in cultivation.

  “Could it be because he ate some alchemy pill? But this doesn’t seem to be right. Even if it’s a peak-grade medicine, there would still be some medicinal dregs remaining in his body. It would be easy to break through now. But in the future, when one is pushing for a higher cultivation realm, their progress would inevitably be affected.

  Li Ziqi mumbled. To cultivators, everyone would usually depend on their own efforts for a breakthrough unless they encountered a bottleneck and was stuck there for several years. Only then would they consume alchemy pills designed to aid them in a breakthrough.

  Yet, all medicine contained 30% poison. If one consumed an alchemy pill, the pill toxins would gradually accumulate and negatively affect the cultivator.

  With Sun Mo’s current cultivation realm, there wasn’t an urgent need for him to pursue a breakthrough. In addition, he should also have known about the side-effects of consuming alchemy pills.

  Naturally, the most important reason was that Li Ziqi believed that given Sun Mo’s talent, it would be as effortless as drinking a cup of water for Sun Mo to ignite his blood to reach the next level!

  After eliminating all these possibilities, there was only one idea remaining. And that was that Sun Mo had consumed a natural spirit medicine.

  Natural spirit medicine referred to things growing in nature instead of something artificially concocted. Such spirit medicine not only possessed powerful medicinal properties, but there were almost no side effects as well.

  In Li Ziqi’s mind, 18 types of spirit medicine suitable for the blood-ignition realm instantly flashed through. But when she thought of the course of events that would occur after consuming them, none of them seemed to fit Sun Mo’s current situation.

  Hence, Li Ziqi was puzzled.

  Those blood-colored mist began swirling. Some transformed into constellations, some into crescent moons. They surrounded Sun Mo and slowly revolved around. Half of the clouds of red mist were resplendent stars, while the other half constituted a picture of shining crescent moons.

  The Starmoon Fruit was silvery-white. It would soak up the essence of the stars and moon and would only form after a hundred years. Due to long years of absorbing the essence from the stars and moon, the astral lunar force was contained within it.

  After a cultivator consumed the fruit, the astral lunar force in it could be used to temper the cultivator’s body, purify his blood, and get rid of filthy impurities. Sun Mo’s red-colored sweat was actually formed from a portion of the mixture of blood and impurities.

  Suddenly!

  The spirit qi in Sun Mo’s body abruptly erupted!

  BOOM!

  The stars and moons formed from the red-colored mist suddenly collapsed, dispersing in all directions like the morning mist and dyeing the ground in the surroundings red.

  The breakthrough was successful. Sun Mo began to adjust his breathing.

  The entire process didn’t even take 15 minutes. It was much simpler than what he had expected.

  Honestly speaking, Sun Mo felt a little disappointed. He had thought that there might be some heavenly phenomena appearing “Congratulations, teacher!” Li Ziqi jogged over and passed over a towel while congratulating Sun Mo.

  Lu Zhiruo brought along a basin of water for Sun Mo to clean himself.

  “Teacher, why don’t you take a bath!”

  Li Ziqi suggested. There were large patches of red on Sun Mo’s clothing, like they were dyed in fresh blood. It was better to clean them.

  “I’ll go and heat up the water!”

  Lu Zhiruo immediately started to run out.

  “Don’t need to do that!”

  Sun Mo had gotten used to taking cold baths in the past. Now that his body was so strong, there was naturally no problem for him to do so as well. He walked to the well and dredged up a pail of water. He then raised it over his head and began to pour the water over his body.

  The cold water flowed down his skin, bringing the summer heat away.

  “Awesome!”

  Sun Mo stretched his neck.

  i ne

  “Teacher, do you need your back to be wiped?”

  Li Ziqi held a set of clothes and stood at the side. She stared at Sun Mo’s sturdy back and blushed slightly.

  Teacher’s muscles were so wonderful!

  Li Ziqi wanted to touch them a little.

  Lu Zhiruo’s left hand was now carrying a towel. She extended her right index finger and prod his back.

  Sun Mo jumped in fright and took a step forward.

  “Eh!”

  Lu Zhiruo hurriedly lowered her head.

  Li Ziqi started, but after that, she began to laugh uncontrollably. She really liked warm atmospheres like this.

  After Sun Mo cleaned up, he got into the clothes Li Ziqi had prepared for him.

  This was a white long robe; only the sleeves and collars were embroidered by golden threads, and there were no other pictures or decorations. It was spotlessly clean and after Sun Mo wore it, he exuded an aura of nobility.

  “Teacher is so handsome!”

  Lu Zhiruo evaluated.

  Li Ziqi stood behind Sun Mo. She helped to comb his long black hair and tie it up into a bun.

  Staring at Sun Mo’s reflection in the mirror, Li Ziqi agreed with what the papaya girl had said. But the word ‘handsome’ wasn’t enough to describe their teacher’s graceful bearing.

  “In the future, there’s no need to prepare such clothes. I’m not qualified to wear it yet!”

  Sun Mo frowned.

  The moon-white long robes with golden embroidery were something only qualified great teachers who obtained a ‘star’ could wear. If ordinary teachers wore it, they would get into trouble easily.

  “I believe that teacher will soon be qualified enough.”

  Lu Zhiruo spoke with conviction.

  “That’s right. Teacher, you only have to comprehend one more great teacher halo before the ‘1-star great teacher examination’. After that, I believe that teacher would pass it for sure.”

  Li Ziqi encouraged him.

  “Hehe!”

  Sun Mo smiled and decided to reveal something. “Actually, I already have three great teacher halos!”

  “Ah?”

  Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo were both stunned. After that, their gazes flashed with curiosity.

  “What are they?” Li Ziqi inquired. “Why don’t you take a guess?” Sun Mo kept them in suspense. “Teacher, tell us quickly!”

  Lu Zhiruo hugged Sun Mo’s arm. She was like a little kitten throwing a tantrum, wanting food from its owner.

  “I’ll tell you all when the time comes.”

  Sun Mo seamlessly wriggled his arm out of Lu Zhiruo’s embrace.

  “Teacher is so annoying!”

  Li Ziqi pursed her lips.

  Sun Mo patted Lu Zhiruo on her head. He stared at the mirror, at the reflection of himself who was wearing the moon-white robes

  Each spring, the Saint Gate would organize a ‘1-star great teacher examination’. Counting the days, there was still about seven to eight months before it. It was enough for Sun Mo to make his preparations.

  Moreover, Sun Mo had to achieve it no matter what. The system had given him a mission for him to become a 1-star great teacher within a year, and this examination was his only chance.

  “If teacher becomes a 1-star great teacher, we would be able to walk around without fear* on campus, right?”

  Lu Zhiruo’s eyes were filled with yearning.

  Pak!

  Li Ziqi raised her hand and rapped Lu Zhiruo’s forehead.

  “What are you thinking about? Do you want to be a crab*?”

  Li Ziqi teased.

  “I……I……I only don’t want to be bullied!”

  As she said until the end, her voice gradually grew softer.

  “There are people bullying you?”

  Sun Mo frowned.

  “No!”

  Lu Zhiruo hurriedly shook her head. “If there are, you definitely have to tell me!”

  Sun Mo solemnly spoke. As a teacher, the thing he hated the most was bullying in school. “Speaking of which…… Teacher, did you break through earlier after eating some natural spirit medicine?”

  Li Ziqi asked a question to resolve the puzzlement in her heart.

  “Yes, I ate a Starmoon Fruit!”

  Sun Mo didn’t hide anything.

  “Starmoon Fruit?”

  Li Ziqi furrowed her brows. “Are you sure?”

  “You know about this fruit?”

  Sun Mo was taken aback.

  “My clan’s library is pretty large, so I’ve read about it. Starmoon Fruit is a type of fruit that only appears on the Darkness Continent. It’s said that it’s the most suitable natural spirit medicine for those in the blood-ignition realm.”

  Li Ziqi memorized the information about the Starmoon Fruit before. But sadly, because it only appeared on the Darkness Continent, there was only a short introduction about it in an obscure book she had read.

  “Darkness Continent?”

  Sun Mo frowned.

  “This fruit is very expensive. More accurately, everything that’s produced from the Darkness Continent is very expensive. Silver and gold wouldn’t be able to purchase them. They could only be traded for using other valuable objects!” Li Ziqi explained.

  Thanks to her family, Li Ziqi had read through many secret books that were not available on the market. One could only read those books if one had a certain identity or status.

  “Where can I buy one?”

  Sun Mo grew curious.

  “The various auction houses or the black markets!”

  Li Ziqi’s words were concise and comprehensive. “However, all goods from the Darkness Continent are considered hot properties. Not only are they expensive, but they are also very difficult to purchase.”

  Li Ziqi was a sensible girl. Although she really wanted to know where Sun Mo had obtained his Starmoon Fruit, she knew that if she asked such a question, her teacher might be conflicted about whether to answer it or not. Hence, she tactfully decided not to ask.

  “Hmph, I’ve long since told you that the things you can purchase from the merchant store are all great items!”

  The system was very complacent. Its tone had a hint of contempt for Sun Mo because of his inability to know what was good.

  Sun Mo couldn’t be bothered with it. He stood up and walked out. “Let’s go into the courtyard for a spar. Let me see both of your combat strengths!” Just when Sun Mo’s feet stepped out of the gate, the system’s notification rang out.

  Ding!

  “Mission completed!”

  [1] the raws used was too, (1) can also be translated as ‘horizontal’. Li Ziqi was teasing Lu Zhiruo about being a crab because crabs walk horizontally.