On the way to the Honor Hall, a series of numbers that kept refreshing appeared in Sun Mo’s vision.

  ,067!

  ,698! ……

  ,019!

  Close to 50,000 favorable impression points rapidly flowed in.

  “Looking at the ‘profits’, I will soon be able to purchase ‘Sharp Tongue’!”

  Sun Mo was very happy.

  After placing the championship flag in the Honor Hall, An Xinhui announced that the teachers and students who had participated in the league tournament this time around would have seven days off.

  After that, everyone was dismissed.

  The students didn’t dare to disturb Sun Mo, but those great teachers wouldn’t be worried to do so. Hence, all of them came over and congratulated Sun Mo on his achievements.

  Sun Mo was someone overflowing with talent and would surely be a high-ranked great teacher in the future. Besides, he was also An Xinhui’s fiance and there was an 80 to 90% chance that he would become half-an-owner of the Central Province Academy.

  There wouldn’t be any disadvantages in getting acquainted with this new rising star that was destined to have a boundless future.

  Sun Mo spent close to half an hour before he finished dealing with these great teachers. After that, he headed back to his villa.

  Dong He, the serving girl sent by Zheng Qingfang, had been prepared and was waiting at the stone pavement leading to the villa’s entrance.

  “Congratulations to master on becoming the champion!”

  After seeing Sun Mo walking over, Dong He directly knelt.

  Right now, she was very agitated. Her choice was indeed not wrong. There were countless strong schools among the 108 schools in the ‘D’ grade, but her master had suppressed everyone and become the champion. How impressive was this?!

  “Xia He, do you see it? You missed out on the chance to change your fate!”

  When Dong He thought of Xia He, she felt a sense of superiority as well as a sense of crisis. Right now, she was the only maid of her master. Since that was the case, she had to make good use of this chance and become his trusted aide.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Dong He +500. Friendly (750/1,000).

  “Just get up, there’s no need to kneel in the future!”

  Sun Mo casually instructed. As someone from the modern era, he didn’t like to see people kneeling to pay respect to him.

  Dong He hurriedly stood up. She bent her waist and hurriedly opened the door for Sun Mo.

  Speaking of which, a maid like Dong He, who was specially nurtured by a major clan like the Zheng Clan, was truly flawless in terms of looks and figures.

  Dong He was very tall, but she would always bend her waist slightly before Sun Mo. This was humility, the self-awareness of a servant.

  Creak~

  The door opened.

  “Master, I have brewed some tea and prepared some pastries!”

  Dong He smiled prettily.

  She was wearing a yellow maid outfit today. Her meticulously prepared hair-do and attire were very pleasant. And when she was moving, one could see her waist swaying.

  “Mn.”

  Sun Mo suddenly felt some impulse when he looked at Dong He. If she existed in the modern era, he wouldn’t be qualified to speak with her.

  At most, he would only be able to search online for pictures of beautiful women on the idol websites.

  Such women would usually only appear on the yachts of the second affluent generations, overseas shops that sold luxurious groups, or be linked to male superstars in sex scandals.

  However, in the Nine Provinces, Sun Mo was her master.

  (Speaking of which, if I sleep with her now, I won’t need to take any responsibility, right? Wait, looking at her appearance, it’s clear that she wants me to sleep with her!)

  Sun Mo’s soul was stuck in between the suggestions of his angel and devil.

  Sun Mo lifted his hand and patted his face.

  “You can go out first!”

  Sun Mo instructed. Right now, he wasn’t an ordinary person anymore. He was someone aspiring to be a great teacher. How could he casually sleep with his own maid? Wouldn’t that be too lowly?

  If he wanted to sleep with someone, he would at least pick a beautiful great teacher!

  It was unknown why, but such a thought suddenly appeared in Sun Mo’s mind.

  “Master, did I do something wrong?”

  Dong He, who was currently kneeling before Sun Mo and helping him to take his shoes off, lifted her head and looked at Sun Mo with tears in her eyes.

  “No, I just want some quiet time (jing jing)!”

  After Sun Mo finished speaking, he heard a teasing voice.

  “Who is Jingjing?”

  Sun Mo turned and saw the masochist entering.

  He then heaved a sigh of relief. If he hadn’t controlled himself earlier and decided to sleep with Dong He, things would be extremely awkward now!

  “You didn’t close your door!”

  Gu Xiuxun noticed Dong He’s wary gaze. She smiled awkwardly and looked at Sun Mo. “Sorry for entering unannounced.”

  Actually, this couldn’t be blamed on the masochist. The relationship between the two of them had become very good through the course of the competition. This made her feel that she was already Sun Mo’s good friend. Hence, she didn’t really care about the politeness between strangers when she entered.

  “In the future, you can treat this place as your own home!”

  Sun Mo wouldn’t be bothered with such things. Speaking of which, he had many friends of the same gender but never had a female buddy before. This masochist was the first one.

  “Ah?”

  Dong He was frightened. (Would this woman become my mistress?)

  Gu Xiuxun hadn’t thought too much about this, but after healing Dong He’s exclaim of surprise, it caused Gu Xiuxun’s thought process to be led astray.

  (Is Sun Mo trying to hint at something? No, you can’t do this, he already has a fiancee and she is an elder sister I admire the most. I cannot do anything that will let her down! Also, I can’t let my future husband down!)

  Gu Xiuxun took two steps back. “Eh, I still have something on!”

  The masochist prepared to leave after finding an excuse.

  “What are you guys blindly thinking about?”

  Sun Mo was speechless. Seeing how awkward the situation was, he feigned nervousness and spoke, “I treat you as a friend, yet you want to sleep with me?”

  “Scram!”

  The masochist wanted to punch him, but she relaxed in her heart. A smile involuntarily appeared on her face. She always felt happy when she was with Sun Mo. ……

  Actually, Gu Xiuxun came to look for Sun Mo because she wanted to borrow a bathroom and a room to properly rest for a day. After all, this villa of his was very large.

  The masochist just came to the Central Province Academy to work, and she also didn’t have much money. Hence, the place she stayed in was the teacher dorm provided by the school.

  An Xinhui did arrange a residence for Gu Xiuxun, but Gu Xiuxun was someone with a lot of pride. Before she had any achievements, she wouldn’t take any benefits from An Xinhui.

  Gu Xiuxun was not like Sun Mo who didn’t have a lot of friends. Her personality was very good and she had wide connections. If she returned to the dorm now, many teachers would surely come to visit her.

  However, she really didn’t feel like entertaining anyone today.

  “You can choose any of the bedrooms on the third floor.”

  Sun Mo didn’t really mind. In any case, Li Ziqi and the others would occasionally stay here too. There was no difference if there was an additional Gu Xiuxun. “Dong He, can you bring Teacher Gu to the bathroom?”

  “Teacher Gu, please come with me!”

  Dong He led the way.

  “Thank you. I will treat you to a meal some other day!”

  Gu Xiuxun waved her hands and went up the stairs.

  Sun Mo took the teacup and drank a mouthful. After that, he went to the back garden and sat on his chair. He began to mentally organize all his harvest from this trip.

  “System, used that time emblem I saved to upgrade Complete Focus!”

  Sun Mo instructed.

  The detestable green color enveloped Sun Mo.

  “Can you change the color? I feel that I’m being made a cuckold!”

  Sun Mo couldn’t accept this aesthetic.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations, the proficiency level of your great teacher halo ‘Complete Focus’ has been upgraded to the expert-grade. Its duration will now last 24 hours, and its range will be 500 meters!”

  The system’s mechanical voice actually had a hint of beauty after one listened carefully.

  “I have won the championship and completed the mission you issued. Shouldn’t you give me a reward now?”

  Sun Mo urged.

  “No rush, if it’s yours, it will come eventually!”

  The system consoled.

  “It’s better that you give them to me quickly!”

  Sun Mo remembered that the mission rewards were extremely good. He would surely be able to open quite a few excellent items.

  Moreover, there was only slightly more than two months before the 1-star great teacher qualification exam started. Sun Mo didn’t want to screw things up. Hence, he had to participate in his most perfect condition.

  “I think Liu Mubai must surely be angered to death. Also, Ming Xian would definitely do his best to suppress me during the 1-star great teacher exam!”

  Sun Mo didn’t wish to be trampled on.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on winning the bet against Zhang Hanfu. You’ve helped the Central Province Academy obtain the championship for the newbie competition and completed the mission. Your reward: 1x mysterious treasure chest!”

  “Note: Because you not only led the new student group to the championship, but you did so with excellent results. Hence, the level of the mysterious treasure chest can be upgraded to the limited edition. You can designate a category you want the treasure chest to open.

  “However, please note that although the item opened will be in the category you chose, the grade and quality might not be the best. Hence, you can choose not to upgrade the mysterious treasure chest to the limited edition one.”

  The system stated.

  “What do you mean?”

  Sun Mo frowned.

  “Usually, the mysterious treasure chest has a 90% chance to open an excellent-grade item that’s worth several tens of thousands of favorable impression points! But after upgrading it to the limited edition version, you will be able to open an object of any category you chose. For example, great teacher halo, medical prescription, cultivation arts, etc. However, there’s less of a chance that excellent-quality items would appear.”

  The system explained.

  Sun Mo understood. If he opened the normal one directly, he would be able to open anything and that thing would basically be a top-grade item. But for the limited-edition version, he could choose what he wanted to open, but the chance of the item being top-grade would be lowered.

  “That will have to depend on luck!”

  Sun Mo was joyful. (With my lucky goddess papaya girl, who am I afraid of?)

  His first reaction was to choose a medical prescription. He wanted the upper portion of the lover protection medicine. But after a while, he discarded this thought.

  Bluntly speaking, medicine was only useful if one drank it, but it was very troublesome to concoct them. Hence, the cost-performance ratio wasn’t high.

  “Should I choose cultivation arts?”

  Sun Mo started to feel conflicted. For saint-tier arts, no one would complain about having a lot. However, it wasn’t a given that he would open a saint-tier cultivation art. After all, to Sun Mo’s current perspective, anything below saint-grade was trash, and he couldn’t be bothered to learn them.

  If he set the category to be the great teacher halo, he felt that it would make a loss. After all, he had opened quite a few great teacher halos from the normal mysterious treasure chests.

  “I suggest you choose the great teacher halo. It’s said that Liu Mubai is preparing to rise 3 stars in a single year. If you also want such glory, you have to possess nine great teacher halos at the very least.”

  The system felt that since Sun Mo was a great teacher, it was naturally better if he could have more great teacher halos. After all, great teacher halos were the foundation of great teachers.

  “Alright, I will choose to upgrade it to the limited edition and pick the halo category!”

  Sun Mo compromised.

  A large mysterious treasure chest shining with a golden-purplish light appeared before Sun Mo.

  Before Sun Mo could finish admiring it, the system’s voice rang out once more.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations for helping the Central Province Academy ascend to the ‘C’ grade within a year. Reward: 3x diamond treasure chest!”

  Three sparkling diamond-level treasure chests appeared before him.

  “Where’s my lucky mascot? I need to open the chests!”

  Sun Mo was growing impatient!

  Chapter 411: I Became Stronger Again, but I Have Yet to Go Bald!

  Sun Mo planned to look for Lu Zhiruo. However, after he left his residence, he only took a few steps and already saw the papaya girl sitting under a ginkgo tree at the roadside. She was currently in a daze.

  “What are you doing?”

  Sun Mo was surprised.

  Lu Zhiruo stood up in shock after she suddenly heard Sun Mo’s voice. “Teacher, I……I……”

  “What’s the matter?”

  Although the papaya girl didn’t say the reason, he had guessed it.

  An Xinhui had given the students seven days off. However, the papaya girl felt bored and wanted to look for him to stay together, yet she was also worried that she might disturb his rest. Hence, she fell into a daze here.

  “Come with me!”

  Sun Mo turned and returned to his villa. “In the future, just come in directly when you are here. Don’t wait foolishly outside!”

  “Hehe!”

  The papaya girl rose, she swatted the grass on her bum away and jogged over. She then hugged Sun Mo’s arm in passing and revealed a sweet smile.

  “Teacher is so good to me!”

  Lu Zhiruo entered the house and earnestly helped Sun Mo take off his outer coat and change into his in-door slippers. She was so busy that she was like a little bee.

  “Follow me!”

  Sun Mo went to the back garden instead of the bedroom. After all, Dong He and Gu Xiuxun were present in the villa, and he didn’t want anyone to see him opening the treasure chests. However, if he brought a female student into his bedroom, it would affect Lu Zhiruo’s reputation. Hence, he could only make do with the back garden.

  “Oh!”

  The papaya girl obediently followed beside him.

  Sun Mo patted her head and mentally spoke, “System, open the diamond treasure chest first as a warm-up.”

  A clicking sound rang out as a blinding white light flashed. After that, an item glowing with green light floated before him.

  “Skill book?”

  Sun Mo’s eyes brightened.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining the skill book ‘Landscape Painting Technique’, a branch of the traditional painting technique. Proficiency level: Elementary-grade.”

  The system congratulated him in an emotionless voice.

  “Why is it a skill book right off the bat?”

  Sun Mo was a little worried that he might have used up all his good luck today.

  Although opening a skill book was something good, what was the point of a landscape painting technique?

  Sun Mo didn’t plan to become a grandmaster artist. He had only managed to put his painting techniques to good use when he drew some pictures for [Journey to the West] and a portrait of Lu Zhiruo after she went missing.

  “Can it really be useful?”

  Sun Mo felt doubtful.

  “Please, you are a teacher. Have you never heard of the saying before? ‘Having many skills wouldn’t be a burden to you.’”

  The system admonished him.

  “Even if I went to set up a stall at the bridge to draw every day, everyone would only want portraits of themselves. Have you seen people wanting to purchase landscape paintings?”

  Sun Mo naturally knew that having many skills wasn’t bad. But there was no ample scope for this ‘skill’ to be applied.

  (Even if I learned the landscape painting technique, there’s no beautiful girl to be a model for me!)

  (Wait!)

  Sun Mo discovered that he might be mistaken. (There are so many brothels in Jinling. Why would I need this shitty painting technique? As long as there’s love, no, as long as I have money, I can be high any time I want to!)

  “My instinct is telling me you are thinking of very dirty things now!”

  Sun Mo felt that Sun Mo was very impure.

  “Reproduction is what all lifeforms are meant to do. Have you not seen countries advocating couples to give birth more? How can this type of thing be shameless?”

  Sun Mo rolled his eyes. “It’s your heart that’s dirty!”

  “.……”

  The system cursed him in its heart and really wanted to shout some vulgarities.

  “Alright, let’s learn it!”

  Sun Mo urged.

  A moment later, the skill book transformed into flowing light and entered Sun Mo’s forehead. Pictures of the vast expanse of land, mountains, lakes, and rivers immediately appeared in his mind.

  Sun Mo involuntarily moved his hands. He felt that he would be able to draw all of these vividly.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on mastering the elementary-grade Landscape Painting Technique. Please continue to work hard.”

  Sun Mo suddenly felt an impulse to draw something now, but he managed to suppress it. “Let’s open a treasure chest, the diamond-level one!”

  A few seconds later, a thick skill book floated before his eyes.

  “Nice!”

  Sun Mo couldn’t help but snap his fingers. (This tempo seems as though I’m about to strike it rich!)

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining [Mid-tier Spirit Rune Knowledge Encyclopedia]. It’s at the elementary-grade, do you want to learn it?”

  “If I don’t learn it now, should I wait for next year?”

  Sun Mo urged. “Hurry up!”

  “Sorry, because your Basic-tier Spirit Rune Knowledge is only at the expert-grade, you temporarily have no way to learn this skill book!”

  The system reported.

  “.……”

  Sun Mo felt like beating someone up.

  “For all kinds of subjects, you have to learn the simple concepts first and then the difficult ones. This is like mathematics. If you don’t even understand the basic plus minus multiplication and division, how would you understand calculus?”

  The system explained.

  “Stop talking nonsense. How can I learn this skill book?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  “Your basic knowledge must be upgraded to the grandmaster-grade first!”

  The system explained.

  Sun Mo thought of the time emblems he had just used and felt heartache. Forget it, luckily he managed to gain quite a lot of favorable impression points during this competition. He was able to afford to waste a few.

  “I’ll purchase a 1x time emblem.”

  Very soon, after the green light enveloped Sun Mo, his basic-tier spirit rune knowledge was upgraded to the grandmaster-grade.

  “It should work now, right?”

  Sun Mo scratched his hair.

  “Yup!”

  As the system’s voice faded, the skill book was used. Vast amounts of knowledge immediately flooded into Sun Mo’s neurons. Given the current development state of his brain region, he felt a headache.

  The amount of knowledge wasn’t only vast, but it was very deep as well. Hence, it wasn’t easy to understand.

  One must know that for a spirit rune master of ordinary aptitude, if they wanted to master mid-tier spirit rune knowledge and use it proficiently, they would need to spend at least seven to eight years of learning.

  Sun Mo didn’t continue to open more treasure chests. Instead, he cast an Encyclopedic Knowledge halo on himself and leaned on the chair as he worked hard to digest and understand this knowledge, matching them with the knowledge he already knew. He was making the new knowledge thoroughly his.

  Upon seeing this scene, the system sighed emotionally.

  All the hosts of the past thought that they had obtained everything because they had the system. After that, they started to get lazy and completely gave up on hard work, only wanting to enjoy things. In the end, this led to them crumbling in the midst of the journey. All of them died. They didn’t even manage to make it past the ‘beginner-stage missions’ given by the system. There was no need to speak about epic missions.

  However, Sun Mo was different. This fellow had always treated the system like a computer-like tool. (You can bring me convenience, but you definitely won’t become the foundation I depend on. You won’t become so important that I cannot continue to live on even if I lose you.)

  Upon thinking of this, the system suddenly felt a little disappointed.

  Since Sun Mo didn’t speak, Lu Zhiruo naturally wouldn’t disturb him. In any case, the papaya girl would feel satisfied just by looking at her teacher.

  Hence, Lu Zhiruo sat at the side and propped her chin up with her hands, observing Sun Mo.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Lu Zhiruo +100. Reverence (22,100/100,000).

  Gu Xiuxun finished bathing and came over, wanting to greet Sun Mo and thank him for his hospitality. But after seeing that he had his eyes closed in meditation, she decided to leave.

  (I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel that Sun Mo has gotten stronger.”)

  Gu Xiuxun had a puzzled look in her eyes. The aura Sun Mo exuded when he was in deep contemplation made him seem like a scholar.

  Five hours later.

  Ding!

  Congratulations on mastering the mid-tier spirit rune knowledge. Because of your hard work, the proficiency-level of this skill has been upgraded to the good-grade. Please continue to work hard.”

  Sun Mo glanced at the sky and discovered that it was already evening.

  “Continue to open the chests.”

  Sun Mo saw that the papaya girl was sitting at the side. Her head was drooping, and she was currently napping. He was unable to restrain a smile on his face and gently stroked her hair.

  The third diamond chest was opened.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining a part of the [Darkness Continent Great Plants Encyclopedia]. There’s information on 3,000 species. Proficiency level: expert-grade!”

  Sun Mo wanted to stay calm, but his lips already curled into a smile.

  This time around, it wasn’t just a skill book, and it was very practical. He had benefited immensely!

  “What day is today? The papaya girl’s luck is blasting out with full force!”

  Sun Mo stood up and called out to Lu Zhiruo. “Let’s go and have dinner!”

  There was still the most precious limited-edition mystery treasure chest, but Sun Mo didn’t dare to open anymore. After all, he had opened up so much good stuff. According to the law of probability, what he opened next would be trash.

  The maid Dong He was proficient in zither and chess, and she was also knowledgeable when it came to books, painting, the way of the tea, and flower arrangement. In fact, she even knew how to serve a man well. However, her cooking skill was sub-par.

  After all, a maid of Dong He’s level wouldn’t be sent to the kitchen. Hence, Sun Mo brought Lu Zhiruo to the school’s canteen to eat.

  After that, the two of them took a stroll and sat at the Sorrowless Lakeside to admire the night view.

  “Let’s open the treasure chest. Set the category to ‘great teacher halo’!”


  Sun Mo drew in a deep breath, hoping that a rare great teacher halo would be opened up by him.

  A clicking sound rang out amidst purple light. A skill book was then left behind with two blazing words in gold.

  “Model Teacher?”

  Sun Mo blinked his eyes. The name of this great teacher halo sounded so magnificent.

  “Congratulations on obtaining ‘Model Teacher’. After comprehending this halo, once you cast it, your charisma would improve. Students would unconsciously feel a natural sense of closeness to you and take you as their role model.

  “You can strengthen your impression. For example, those boisterous students would become composed and studious during lectures, and those interacting with you would feel a sense of amiability. You will sound even more imposing when you are lecturing students!

  “To weak-willed people, the effect is even stronger!

  “In any case, after mastering Model Teacher, your demeanor and image will be upgraded by one tier and would suit whatever situation you are in!”

  The system explained.

  “Good stuff!”

  Sun Mo’s tears covered his face. Wasn’t this simply a godly skill that +1 his charisma? With this, his social skills would immediately rise a level.

  For the most practical usage, the probability of him successfully getting a girl’s number on the streets would be much higher. Even if he failed, he wouldn’t be slapped!