“What the hell is this name? It cannot display my lofty demeanor!”

  The little cloud stretched its body into an ‘X’ shape, directly refusing to accept it.

  “What about little metal? Your full name has the word metal in it!”

  Sun Mo thought of another name. After all, the full name of this species was known as the eight-gate metallock cloud, it had the word ‘metal’ in its name. Hence, it could be considered suitable.

  The little cloud was still considering, but Lu Zhiruo already called out, “This name sounds so tacky!”

  “That’s right, tacky!”

  The little cloud gave up on thinking and expressed its agreement. After that, its body swelled up and the ‘X’ word became larger by a size.

  “How about Little Silver? I feel it’s quite adorable!”

  Li Ziqi suggested.

  “Mn, this isn’t bad!”

  Lu Zhiruo rubbed the little cloud. It was completely silver in color and when it flew around, there would be a silver-colored trail behind it, resembling a little tail. It was dazzling, gorgeous, and adorable.

  “It’s adorable? Alright, this shall be my name then!”

  The eight-gate cloud expressed its agreement. After that, it reverted back to its normal form.

  Ying Baiwu didn’t say anything but after hearing the nickname ‘Little Silver’ she involuntarily cast a glance at Li Ziqi. (What do you mean by using the name I set aside for my future baby girl?)

  (Forget it, I might give birth to a baby boy. At that time, I will call my boy ‘little gold’.)

  The little cloud that had a name now was very happy as it floated around. It was like a puppy going around to spread love and joy.

  “Little Silver, do you want to go to other places? For example, the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces. Our Jinling City is the place with the most gorgeous scenery and has the most beautiful flowers!”

  “Can I?”

  Little Silver was moved. But after that, it hurriedly rejected. “No, once I show myself, I might be captured. ‘Mother’ said before that once someone signed a soul contract with me, I would be finished.”

  “You have a ‘mother’?”

  Sun Mo was taken aback. However, this question wasn’t the main point. “Little Silver, are you willing to sign a soul resonance contract with me?”

  “This contract will make it that both parties are of equal standing. No one will be able to control the other. But after signing it, because of its existence, if other spirit-mediums want to dominate and control you, they have to destroy the branding imprint of this contract first.”

  “And the only way to erase the branding imprint is for them to kill me. As long as I don’t die, you will be safe.”

  Sun Mo explained the content of a soul resonance contract.

  Little Silver sank into thinking. As a cloud, it was naturally inclined to a vaster world. But because it was an extremely rare mysterious species of darkness, let alone humans, even other mysterious species of darkness would want to capture it. If it wasn’t for the fact that it could fly and had fast speed, Little Silver would have been caught countless times.

  However, would there be a danger in signing such a contract?

  Sun Mo smiled. He didn’t waste words and directly removed his robes. He used a dagger to slash the area of his heart and started to chant the spell words to the soul resonance contract.

  “A sincere heart, the beauty of a soul, a friend for life, bound for eternity!”

  Putong, putong!

  Sun Mo’s heart thumped rapidly. More fresh blood flowed from his wound and formed into a mysterious and profound-looking picture.

  The three girls all fell silent. Even their breaths slowed.

  The current Sun Mo completely opened his heart to Little Silver.

  In the history of the Nine Provinces, not a single eight-gate cloud had been captured before because they had a very strong innate ability to sense hostility. Hence, before their enemies could arrive, they would have fled in advance.

  Why would Little Silver appear before Sun Mo and follow him for so long? Because it could sense that the hearts of these four people were kind. They had no evil intentions.

  This was especially so for that big-breasted girl. From the start to the end, other than curiosity, she felt no desire at all toward it. A teacher that could teach such students would definitely be a virtuous teacher with high morals.

  “Little Silver, just agree to it. Teacher wouldn’t harm you!”

  Lu Zhiruo added. “A person playing alone is too lonely.”

  Little Silver fell silent.

  “In the past, I’ve always played alone. I would speak with the flowers and grass, ants and bugs. But in the end, I discovered that I actually want to have friends.”

  The papaya girl thought of her childhood. “I wish to play with you, but I’m also worried that you would be captured!”

  Li Ziqi originally wanted to say something, but after seeing such an expression on Lu Zhiruo’s face as well as hearing her gentle voice, she wisely shut her mouth. For the subject of spiritual beast control, the papaya girl could truly be considered as ‘gifted’.

  (Sigh, this is simply talent!) Li Ziqi sighed ruefully. Some people worked very hard to reach the ceiling. Yet, that ceiling was only the floor of someone else.

  “Little Silver, the world is so vast. Don’t you wish to go out for a look?” Sun Mo smiled lightly. He didn’t want to persuade too much. It was better for the little cloud to make its own decision. However, he truly did consider things on its behalf.

  It was just like someone who saw a stray kitten on the roadside……they would always want to give it food and hope it could have the freedom to live as it liked, be happy and unrestrained. They didn’t want the kitten to live a life like them, trapped in an invisible wall.

  Swish!

  A golden glow lit up from Sun Mo and cascaded out. Not only the three girls were affected, but even the spirit qi roaming dragon and the eight-gate cloud were also covered with the glow.

  For a time, a strange atmosphere enveloped the great hall.

  “It can’t be, right?”

  Li Ziqi was incomparably shocked. Wasn’t ‘Priceless Advice’ only usable on humans? But from the looks of things now, was it also effective to other species?

  Truthfully, Li Ziqi didn’t know this. As the saying went, the words of sages could enlighten the myriad of living things. As a great teacher halo, when ‘Priceless Advice’ reached its maximum level, it could also enlighten the myriad of living things. It was like those sages in the legends. A single sentence from them could enlighten a wild beast, allowing it to transform into human-form, achieving success in its cultivation.

  “Mn?”

  Sun Mo was also a little surprised. He didn’t even intend to use ‘Priceless Advice’. However, he soon sank into contemplation after that.

  Priceless Advice was a great teacher halo possessed by Sun Mo, and it was the only great teacher halo that wasn’t obtained from the system. It would activate randomly without his control. Hence, he had always been researching

  it.

  Sun Mo was an intelligent person and was good at summing things up. Hence, after Priceless Advice was activated this time, he finally saw a hint of a clue.

  The so-called Priceless Advice halo had to be activated when a great teacher put his heart and emotions into the words. When their emotions were spoken with true sincerity, for the sake of educating students, it would activate automatically.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on comprehending the true logic of ‘Priceless Advice’. Your proficiency level has risen to the grandmaster-grade. After using the halo, the duration of the effect can last three days. The radius of its effect has now expanded to 500 meters!” “Congratulations, this is the first time your great teacher halo is effective on other species. It reaches the effect of ‘education for everyone, irrespective of background’. You have completed an achievement, hence, there’s a special reward of 1x mysterious treasure chest. Please continue to work hard!”

  The notifications caused Sun Mo to be surprised. What an unexpected reward!

  The effect of Priceless Advice would last three days and its radius was 500 meters? My heavens, as expected of the grandmaster-grade, its influence had greatly increased. If Sun Mo told the students to work hard in their studies, wouldn’t they all immerse themselves in studying for the next three days?

  A purple-colored treasure chest appeared in front of Sun Mo, exuding a mysterious aura. However, Sun Mo didn’t dare to open it. He had simply gained a huge harvest on this trip. Even if Lu Zhiruo was very lucky, her luck must have been used up, right?

  “I’ll wait a little, I guess?”

  Sun Mo decided to keep the treasure chest for now.

  Little Silver was a ‘cloud-shape’ lifeform. Originally, its state of heart was free of worries, longing for freedom. It didn’t like to be bound. Maybe, the starry skies themselves were its limit. This was why when Sun Mo said ‘the world is so vast, don’t you want to go out for a look?’, Little Silver was completely stunned.

  That should be its life ambition! In an instant, Little Silver became much more mature. Maybe, it had finally found its goal in life – it wanted to see the vast world! “What should I do then?”

  Little Silver no longer hesitated. It opened its heart and decided to accept the soul resonance contract.

  “Give me a drop of your blood!”

  As Sun Mo spoke, a silver droplet of blood shot out from Little Silver’s body. It mixed together with the blood diagram in the air.

  In the end, the diagram transformed into two brandings. One shot into Sun Mo’s heart, and the other shot into Little Silver’s body.

  Soul resonance contract completed!

  From now onward, no matter where the eight-gate cloud was at, Sun Mo could instantly summon it to his side. Naturally, spirit qi needed to be consumed if he were to do this.

  Sun Mo and Little Silver, when they were in a certain range, they didn’t need to speak and could converse telepathically, understanding each other’s intentions.

  “Welcome, from now on, we are comrades!”

  Li Ziqi touched Little Silver. It truly felt very comfortable to touch.

  Lu Zhiruo was even more direct. She went over and hugged Little Silver right away, pressing her face close and rubbing against it.

  Sun Mo could finally let go of his worries and use Divine Sight to look at it now. Eight-gate metallock cloud. Nickname: Little Silver. Age: 99 years old, adolescent phase. “This is an extremely rare gaseous-type lifeform and is a branch of the harmonious cloud species. If one is together with it, one would be blessed by luck. One’s luck stat would increase somewhat.”

  Note: If you go against it, you would suffer from bad luck constantly.

  “The most wondrous ability of the eight-gate cloud is that it can establish eight teleportation gates wherever it wants to in the world. In addition, the spacetime anchor mark is extremely stable. Even if the dimension collapsed, the anchor mark wouldn’t disappear.”

  “As long as one obtains the eight-gate cloud’s permission, even if the place you want to go is ten thousand miles away, or even a dimension away, you can instantly arrive there through its teleportation gate.”

  Note: The eight gates are known as the Gate of Opening, Gate of Resting, Gate of Life, Gate of Injury, Gate of Closing, Gate of View, Gate of Death, and Gate of Wonder!

  Little Silver was very happy, and it floated around them.

  “It’s time to go out.”

  Sun Mo estimated that it was already morning. If Jin Mujie didn’t see him returning, she might be so anxious that she went crazy.

  “Wait!”

  Li Ziqi glanced at Little Silver. “The spirit qi is very dense in the Wind King Hall, and there are also hot springs here. From now onward, this place shall be our secret stronghold. So, Little Silver, can you construct a teleportation gate here? If not, if we want to come here every time, we have to waste a few days on the journey alone.” “That’s true! We can now soak in the hot spring every night!”

  Lu Zhiruo felt that this idea was very good.

  Ying Baiwu rolled her eyes. After half a day, the papaya girl still didn’t understand the tactical advantage with the eight-gate cloud on their side.

  “Where should we put the teleportation gate at?”

  Little Silver didn’t reject the idea.

  “Naturally, it has to be at a safe location to guarantee that we wouldn’t be attacked every time we teleport here.”

  Li Ziqi explained.

  Chapter 263 Killing You? A Single Wooden Blade Is Already Enough!

  The Wind King Hall was such a vast place, so there was no need for them to find many concealed locations. After tens of minutes, Li Ziqi found a remote smaller hall and designated this place as where the teleportation gate would be set up. Little Silver seemed to inhale. Its body that was in the shape of the eight-trigrams suddenly expanded. Rumbling thunder sounded out as it exhaled. It spat out a small fluffy white cloud. The shape of the cloud looked like the character ‘M’ and once it landed on the ground, it formed into a gate.

  The gate wasn’t large, just the normal size of a bedroom door, looking simple and unadorned. Other than the material that constructed it being cloud and mist, there was nothing magical about it. However, there was a silver light screen above the door. If one touched it with one’s finger, it would ripple like how the water surface of a lake rippled when a stone was tossed into it.

  “Could this be the Gate of Resting of the eight-trigrams?”

  Li Ziqi asked.

  “Mn!”

  Little Silver elongated its body and became a ‘tick’.

  “This teleportation gate can only be sensed by Little Silver. When it needed to use the gate, it would summon it out. Usually, the teleportation gate would be in a transparent state and vanish into the air. Naturally, even if someone walked past it, they wouldn’t feel anything,” said Sun Mo.

  “This is truly too magical.”

  After hearing Sun Mo’s introduction, Lu Zhiruo exclaimed in wonder. “If it isn’t magical, it wouldn’t be ranked #10 on the darkness mysterious species list.”

  Li Ziqi chortled. Think about it, with the spirit qi roaming dragon, it could be said that one’s descendants wouldn’t need to worry about money anymore. However, even one such a practical mysterious species of darkness was only ranked #36 on the list.

  The group of four embarked on their return journey based on how they came here. However, when they entered the great hall they were in earlier, there was someone there.

  “Haha, I’m rich, I’ve struck it rich!”

  Yi Jiamin had his hands wrapped around a large piece of spirit crystal. He was so excited that his face was flushed.

  Huala

  Yi Jiamin tossed the crystal in his hand away and waved his sword, cutting out another larger piece.

  Ding! Ding! A crisp sound rang out, causing Yi Jiamin to call out in agitation.

  “So many spirit crystals. This is enough for me to cultivate to the legendary realm! No, it’s enough for all my descendants in the future too.”

  Yi Jiamin slashed the spirit crystals from the wall and grabbed them. After that, he tossed them up the ceiling and simply stood by to hear the sound of them hitting the ground.

  Ding! Ding! Ding!

  Too wondrous. Even celestial voices were merely so-so compared to this.

  (In the past, I actually felt that the sound of a woman moaning in bed was the nicest sound in the world. How shallow of me. Clearly, the sound of spirit crystals colliding together is the best.)

  What was this?

  This was wealth.

  This was his dream life.

  This was everything he wanted! (What is the Central Province Academy? A fart? If this daddy has so many spirit crystals, I will immediately buy you guys. Not convinced? Just tell me a price!)

  (Although I failed to capture the eight-gate cloud, it’s fine. With so many spirit crystals, I can purchase other mysterious species of darkness.)

  (From today onwards, my life will be like a high-way. There would be no obstructions……) (What saint-tier cultivation arts? Buy!)

  (What peak-grade saint weapons? Buy!) (This daddy doesn’t believe that I can’t smash you guys to death with so many spirit crystals.)

  “Haha, the heavens are truly good to me!”

  Yi Jiamin lay down on a pile of spirit crystals and stared at the ceiling as he fantasized about his beautiful life in the future. (I wonder how much spirit crystals would it take to erode the dignity of a woman like An Xinhui to the point where she is willing to spend one night with me?)

  “Teacher, has this person gone crazy?”

  Lu Zhiruo mumbled.

  “I don’t know if he has gone crazy or not, but he is surely very agitated!”

  Li Ziqi mocked.

  The voices of the two girls weren’t loud, but because the great hall was too quiet, it made it seem that the volume of their voices was somewhat loud.

  Yi Jiamin who was immersed in his own world felt like he was stung by a scorpion when he heard their voices. He directly jumped in fright.

  “Who?”

  Yi Jiamin roared as he pointed his sword over in anger.

  “Teacher Yi!”

  Lu Zhiruo was too pure. She actually didn’t understand the current situation and even greeted Yi Jiamin.

  “Sun Mo?”

  Yi Jiamin’s eyes immediately turned to Sun Mo. It was like he had seen his natural enemy. The expression on his face sank as his countenance became as dark as a wok.

  (Damn, how did this fellow appear here?)

  However, Yi Jiamin soon stopped considering this question. The only thought in his mind now was to kill Sun Mo so he could have a monopoly over these crystals. One couldn’t blame Yi Jiamin for being greedy. The majority of humans were like that. When they discovered a treasure, they naturally wanted to have the sole rights to it themselves.

  Because Yi Jiamin had observed Sun Mo’s battle with that teacher from the Myriad Daos Academy before, he was filled with much trepidation with regard to Sun Mo’s combat strength. But after seeing Sun Mo’s appearance through the glow of these spirit crusts, he heaved a sigh of relief.

  “Haha, Teacher Sun, did you just climb up from a pool of blood?”

  Yi Jiamin’s words were mocking ones. He was also trying to test the situation.

  Not only did Sun Mo’s robes have a huge hole in it, but most of it was also dyed red by blood.

  When Yi Jiamin saw Sun Mo being supported by Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo from the left and right, as well as Sun Mo’s pale face due to a loss of blood, he suddenly felt much calmer.

  There was no need to ask anymore. It was certain that Sun Mo’s group had encountered huge trouble. Although he didn’t die, his combat strength had dwindled to the point of being almost non-existent.

  “I got this.”

  Yi Jiamin revealed a smile of certainty on his face. He might not be able to win against Sun Mo in his perfect condition. But a half-dead Sun Mo? He wouldn’t be afraid even if there were ten of them.

  After calming down, Yi Jiamin began to consider other problems. “Where is Teacher Jin? Why don’t I see her here? Mn, you shouldn’t be able to kill her. In that case, who gave you the wound on your chest? It can’t be Gu Xiuxun, right? Or was it Zhang Lan?”

  Yi Jiamin was judging others by his own standards. He felt that if Jin Mujie was to find this place, she would surely annihilate everyone to keep this a secret. As to why he didn’t mention Duan Meng and Zhang Qianlin, it was because he felt that Sun Mo wouldn’t be able to defeat them for sure.

  No matter how lousy they were, they were still 1-star great teachers.

  “From your attitude, it seems that you are sure to be able to win against me.”

  Sun Mo wasn’t in a hurry. The longer the conversation dragged on, the more time he would have to rest.

  “Hehe, if not?”

  Yi Jiamin laughed. His gaze swept over to the three girls and he suddenly felt a little pity. They were clearly pretty and would surely grow up into supreme beauties. They might even become rankers on the Devastating Beauty Rankings. Sadly, they had to die now.

  “Alright, stop talking nonsense. The four of you can come at me together!”

  Yi Jiamin couldn’t be bothered to get into a stance. He directly brandished his sword with his right hand and placed his left hand behind his waist. He lifted his chin slightly and shot a gaze at Sun Mo, beckoning him over.

  “Che, my posture is surely filled with the grandeur of a great teacher, right? What a pity that no one else can admire it!”

  Yi Jiamin felt some regret.

  Jiji!

  The spirit qi roaming dragon flew up, feeling very unhappy. (You actually dare to underestimate me? What do you mean by ‘four of you’, it should be ‘five of you’, okay? I do have combat strength too, alright?)

  “Eh?”

  Yi Jiamin was stunned. What the hell was this loach? Why did it know how to fly?

  (Could it be that my eyes are spoilt?)

  Yi Jiamin blinked forcefully before taking a look once more. There was indeed no rope linking the loach to the big-breasted girl.

  (No, this should be some sleight of hand technique, wanting to scare me away. I won’t be fooled.)

  Yi Jiamin snorted. Just when he was about to rush over and slash these people to death, he stopped after he took one step. His face was filled with immense shock when he looked at the location beside Sun Mo.

  An eight-gate shaped cloud just flew over there.

  “Not five but six!”

  Little Silver corrected the spirit qi roaming dragon. In the past, Little Silver would surely have fled so fast that it vanished completely. But it couldn’t do so today. As a cloud, one must have loyalty. It mustn’t abandon its companions to flee alone.

  As for why it wasn’t seen earlier, it was because Little Silver was hiding in the shadows. This was one of its habits.

  “Eig……eight-gate……”

  Yi Jiamin was dumbstruck.

  “Eight-gate cloud!”

  Li Ziqi helped Yi Jiamin to speak the name out loud.

  “Why?”

  Yi Jiamin was dumbfounded. “Why would the eight-gate cloud be together with you guys and seem to be very familiar with all of you?”

  “Because Teacher Sun is too handsome!”

  Li Ziqi gave an answer.

  “Stop farting!”

  Yi Jiamin howled. (I admit that I’m not as handsome as Sun Mo, but what does this have to do with the eight-gate cloud following you all? Could it be a gay that loves men?)

  (No, this is wrong. This cloud should be genderless, right?)

  Li Ziqi nodded slightly. She thought a little and exhaled. “Alright, I’ll tell you the truth. It’s because of Priceless Advice. Teacher said ‘the world is so vast, don’t you want to go and take a look?’, and this managed to subdue it.”

  “Who the hell are you trying to bluff?” Yi Jiamin immediately shot back verbally. (Do I look like someone with a low IQ that will believe in such a reason?)

  “You don’t believe me when I lie and you don’t believe me when I tell the truth. In that case, why don’t you just die? If not, it’s very difficult for me to convince you, okay?”

  Li Ziqi shrugged her shoulders. She was intentionally provoking Yi Jiamin. She wanted him to lose his cool to increase the chances of her teacher winning.

  “You guys are the ones who are going to die!”

  Yi Jiamin howled and shot toward Sun Mo with his full speed. However, his eyes involuntarily shifted toward Little Silver. There was no solution to this. The eight-gate cloud was too valuable.

  Ying Baiwu channeled her strength to her arms and roared in anger as she pulled the Wind King Bow, directly firing a shot.

  Woosh

  A semi-transparent arrow whistled past Yi Jiamin’s face.

  “What?”

  Yi Jiamin was startled. (What is that bow? Why would it shoot out such an arrow?) But after that, he grew excited. At the worst, this must be a spirit weapon. In fact, it might even be a saint weapon. But it didn’t matter. In any case, it would belong to him. After he killed them all, he would properly take his time to admire it. Ying Baiwu missed her first shot. She furrowed her brows and fired again.

  “Everyone, retreat!”

  Sun Mo roared and pulled out his wooden blade.

  “Teacher, take the sword!”

  Li Ziqi tossed out White Bird toward Sun Mo. From her point of view, Sun Mo was at a disadvantage by using a wooden blade.

  “Don’t even think about it!”

  Yi Jiamin’s sword that was piercing toward Sun Mo suddenly cut down diagonally, knocking White Bird away.

  There was no solution to it. He saw Ying Baiwu using this sword before and knew that it was a spirit weapon that could shoot out a white bird formed from spirit qi. It was very powerful!

  From Yi Jiamin’s point of view, Sun Mo would surely snatch the sword to increase his attack power. But who knew that just when he made his move to knock White Bird away, a wooden blade came smashing down his face.

  “What?”

  Yi Jiamin dodged in a panic, but his shoulder still suffered a hit.

  Bang!

  Yi Jiamin’s bones almost shattered. His entire person staggered back from the impact. “Killing a salted fish like you? Just a wooden blade alone is sufficient!”

  Sun Mo sneered.

  “Our teacher is so cool!”

  Lu Zhiruo applauded in excitement. The possibility of her teacher losing? Such a thing didn’t exist!