Qi Siyuan was the most doted son of the Tang Country’s Eldest Princess, and his prospects were limitless. Therefore, many high officials and nobles often tried to think of every way to get to know him and curry up to him.

  Qi Siyuan’s status was too dignified, and most high officials’ children had no right to get close to him. However, Qi Siyuan had his friends as well.

  Bian Yuanshan was the son of Jinling’s guardian general, similar to Bai Ziyu in that they were both related to the military. Their relationship was quite alright, so this time around, Bian Yuanshan had attended Qi Siyuan’s welcoming banquet on Bai Ziyu’s account.

  Bump!

  Qi Siyuan placed his wine cup heavily on the table, looking at Bian Yuanshan without a smile on his face. His cousin was the greatest treasure that he valued most, and anyone who dared to humiliate her would die!

  “Little Prince, don’t misunderstand. I don’t mean anything else when I said that!”

  Bian Yuanshan felt very awkward and quickly explained, “I only heard that her Highness has great beauty and is pure and elegant. Moreover, she also possesses photographic memory. That’s why I want to have the chance to meet her!”

  “Siyuan, he is the son of Jinling’s guardian general!”

  Bai Ziyu got close to Qi Siyuan’s ears and mumbled, “You heard it as well. He just admires her Highness Ziqi!”

  “Hmph!”

  Qi Siyuan’s countenance eased up a little.

  “Go, call Li Dajia here. Have someone sing a song for the Little Prince to relieve his boredom!”

  Bai Ziyu instructed.

  The Drunken Immortal Inn wasn’t a brothel, but Bai Ziyu was the son of a general. Therefore, it was a simple thing for him to be able to get a famous prostitute to accompany them in their drinking.

  There wasn’t even a need to spend a lot of money to get this done. The name ‘Bai Ziyu’ alone was enough.

  With Qi Siyuan angered, everyone else, with the exception of Bai Ziyu and a few others who were in a closer relationship with him, became quiet like cicadas in winter.

  After having small chats about the scenery and court affairs, the conversation between the group of young men turned back to Li Ziqi.

  “Siyuan, I heard that her Highness has acknowledged a teacher? Is that true?”

  Bai Ziyu seemed as if he didn’t mind, but his heart was raised because he wanted to marry Li Ziqi. If he could do that, he’d be able to rise with a single step, enjoying great glory and riches that could last him for several lifetimes.

  Of course, other than that, Li Ziqi was also very beautiful. It’d be ten lifetimes’ worth of blessing to be able to marry a beauty like her.

  “Let’s not talk about this!”

  Qi Siyuan’s countenance was dark, and he didn’t wish to talk about this matter. Why did his cousin come to Jinling? It wasn’t just to relieve her boredom. It was because she had asked to study under a secondary saint, but was rejected.

  “What do secondary saints matter? If my mood is bad, I’ll burn down their school!”

  Of course, this was just a thought. Secondary saints were really very amazing. Otherwise, given his uncle’s status as the King, how could she still be rejected?

  “I heard about it as well. It’s a teacher from the Central Province Academy.”

  Someone interjected.

  “Central Province Academy? Old Headmaster An has woken up?”

  Qi Siyuan was taken by surprise. He felt that other than the Old Headmaster An, who was a secondary saint, the other great teachers didn’t have the rights to take in his cousin as their disciple.

  After all, the Central Province Academy was already in decline. Its reputation and strength were no longer comparable to before.

  “Not yet!”

  Bai Ziyu frowned. “You really don’t know? The rumor has been like wildfire in the circle recently. It’s said that not only has her Highness acknowledged a teacher, but her teacher isn’t a great teacher either!”

  Someone of Li Ziqi’s status was what the aristocrats and nobles placed great attention on, especially the men. They wanted to have an encounter with her and receive her favor.

  Some people even secretly made plans for a heroic rescue of a damsel in distress.

  Other people might feel that it was too embarrassing to acknowledge a teacher who didn’t even have any great teacher title, but Li Ziqi wouldn’t. On the contrary, she felt that it was her good luck and thus she didn’t try to intentionally hide this piece of news.

  Half a year had passed and some people would notice some traces. However, they didn’t dare to be sure about this. After all, given Li Ziqi’s status, it was impossible for her to acknowledge a 5-star great teacher, let alone a teacher without any title.

  “Are you joking?”

  Qi Siyuan gulped down a mouthful of wine. “If my cousin were to acknowledge a teacher, would my family not know of it?”

  “That’s why I’m worried that her Highness might have been deceived. After all, she is so innocent!”

  Bai Ziyu sighed.

  Qi Siyuan frowned and took another sip of wine before asking in a deep voice, “What is the name of that teacher?”

  “Sun Mo!”

  Bai Ziyu spurted out the name.

  Pa!

  Qi Siyuan smashed the wine cup and jolted up. “Come, let’s go to the Central Province Academy. If that Sun Mo dares to deceive my cousin, I’ll skin his entire family!”

  Rumble!

  The group left the inn in a grandiose manner.

  Hearing that, the Drunken Immortal Inn’s boss quickly came chasing after them with a smile on his face. “Little Prince, why are you leaving so quickly? Is the food not to your liking?”

  Qi Siyuan waved his hand impatiently, swung his horse whip, and left.

  His attendant immediately took out a 1,000-tael silver note and handed it to the boss.

  This was Qi Siyuan, a generous person. Although Bai Ziyu and the others were the ones to welcome him, he was the one forking the money. ……

  The weather today was good. The winter’s sunlight was very warm and cleansed one’s heart.

  In the private library that was located in the northern area of the villa district.

  An Xinhui pushed open the door and listened. Her index finger then brushed past the wooden stairways as she went up to the second floor. She then saw Sun Mo.

  Her childhood friend was leaning against a bookshelf and reading a book.

  Not far away, the sunlight passed through the windows and scattered on the ground. Dust could be seen floating in the air.

  An Xinhui suddenly didn’t feel like destroying this tranquility. She stood at the side and watched Sun Mo quietly, looking at his face, his brows, and his lips……

  He was really a handsome man. When he was quiet, he was filled with a scholarly air.

  “He’s still a man who always brings surprises!”

  An Xinhui smiled lightly and then felt a little disappointed. How could she improve her relationship with Sun Mo? An Xinhui, who was already used to being wooed, had never taken the initiative to talk to men before. Therefore, she felt at a loss.

  “Sigh, there’ll always be a first time. Why not start today?”

  An Xinhui took in a few deep breaths and walked out, wanting to call Sun Mo. But then, she heard a ‘thud’.

  Both of them turned and saw a head rolling out slowly.

  The two-meter-tall guardian warrior was in an OTL pose, crawling on the floor and looking for its head.

  “.……”

  Sun Mo was speechless. (Where is the might and dominance you emitted when I first met you? You fool that keeps on dropping your head. Return the astonishment I felt back then to me!)

  After a round of rumbling around and grabbing its head, a ‘kaba’ sound rang out and it pressed its head back down. Then, it held the katana by its waist and straightened its spine, leaving with huge strides.

  “Is this also considered the Central Province Academy’s guardian?”

  Sun Mo felt curious.

  “Maybe!”

  An Xinhui’s voice was very soft because this was the first time she saw this side of the guardian warrior.

  In the past, this warrior hated strangers the most and thus never appeared in front of the people who came to the library. She had no idea if this was an accident or if it was because of Sun Mo.

  “Is something the matter?”

  Sun Mo put the book back.

  “I’ve circled out the land and forbidden unrelated people from getting close. You can build the darkness illusion dojo any time now.”

  An Xinhui didn’t like Sun Mo’s attitude of doing things strictly in a businesslike manner.

  “Alright, then let’s do it in the afternoon!”

  Sun Mo planned on letting Xuanyuan Po and the honest guy be the rough labor.

  “How’s your preparation for the great teacher exam?”

  An Xinhui walked over.

  “It’s still alright!”

  As a person of modern society, he had spent over ten years taking examinations after examinations. Although they were different from the examinations in the Middle-Earth’s Nine Provinces, he definitely wouldn’t feel any mental pressure.

  “You’ve grasped six great teacher halos, and your two students, Xuanyuan Po and Ying Baiwu, aren’t bad. They have a chance of getting into the Greencloud Rankings. Therefore, you can advance to 2-star next year.”

  An Xinhui suggested.

  “Liu Mubai plans on advancing by three stars, right?”

  Sun Mo asked. He had grasped eight great teacher halos, but he couldn’t be bothered to show off such things.

  “That’s right. Liu Mubai is extremely talented. Moreover, he had lay low for two years, and he had just been waiting to comprehend sufficient great teacher halos.”

  An Xinhui sneaked looks at Sun Mo, realizing that he hadn’t been infuriated because she said that Liu Mubai was talented. She then smiled in self-mockery.

  She was really being too careful. Given how open-minded Sun Mo was, how could he be concerned about such trifling matters?

  “He’s wooing you?”

  After Sun Mo asked this question, he felt that this question was very silly. If Liu Mubai didn’t have this thought, he’d long have since gone to one of the Nine Greats to teach. Why would he stay in the Central Province Academy for the past few years?

  An Xinhui felt very awkward. After all, the one standing in front of her was her fiancé.

  Sun Mo shrugged and turned to look for a book.

  “Sun Mo, I’ve never promised him anything. It’s all his one-sided feelings!”

  An Xinhui saw Sun Mo’s indifferent expression, and her heart ached then tightened up. She quickly wanted to explain.

  “It doesn’t matter!”

  Sun Mo thought that if Liu Mubai were to hear this, he’d probably be driven to death from anger, right? Long Chen had no idea if Liu Mubai would then wash his face with tears and drown his sorrows in alcohol.

  Given how Liu Mubai was so amazing yet was still willing to curry up to her, An Xinhui’s charm was really great.

  Seeing Sun Mo leaving, no longer having any mood for a chat, An Xinhui felt anxious. She chased after him quickly and took Sun Mo’s right hand.

  “Little Momo, you must believe me. I’m your fiancée. I’ll be responsible for this identity and toward you!”

  An Xinhui looked at Sun Mo’s eyes, speaking with a solemn tone.

  “There’s actually no need to do this.”

  Sun Mo swung his arm. He was someone from modern society after all, having a natural deterrence toward arranged marriages.

  An Xinhui couldn’t understand Sun Mo’s behavior and thought that he was angry. Feeling anxious and not knowing what to do, she then clenched her teeth and took a step forward, going for the kill.

  “Hmm?”

  Sun Mo was surprised and took a step back subconsciously.

  Their gazes met, and the library sank into silence once again.

  An Xinhui lowered her head and turned her gaze away. Her beautiful face was dyed in a flush, and it was as if there was a small rabbit in her chest, thumping quickly.

  (An Xinhui, what are you doing? Are you crazy? To think that you took the initiative to kiss a guy? Sun Mo won’t think that I’m a frivolous woman, right? That mustn’t do. I must explain.)

  “That…… that…… kiss, was my first!”

  After saying that, An Xinhui felt so embarrassed that she found it hard to meet others.

  Sun Mo was also a virgin. As a young man in his late twenties who was about to be promoted to a great mage[2] soon, all of his experience came from videos.

  “Judging from An Xinhui’s expression and her awkward kissing technique, this should be her first!”

  For some reason, Sun Mo felt a little happy.

  [2=1] A reference from the manga ‘Dosperado’ where there was a line saying that if one still retains their virginity at the age of 30, they could use magic.”


  Chapter 423: Teacher for a Day, Father for Life. Everyone, Kneel Down!

  Men didn’t have much resistance against beautiful women.

  In the great summer, if ten men were to encounter a beautiful girl dressed in stockings, short skirts, and high heels, nine of them would sneak a peek. The remaining one just didn’t have the guts to do it.

  This was the reproduction instinct that living creatures had. There was nothing to feel embarrassed about. The males would often get into a fight in order to woo their mates.

  Why would there be people currying up to women?

  It was because beauties were rare resources. The more beautiful a woman, the greater the yearning for men to marry them, and the price they paid would be increasingly bigger as well. This was a never-changing law.

  An Xinhui was very beautiful and her figure was great. Other than that, she was also extremely talented, a top graduate of the Heavenly Mystery Academy, one of the Nine Greats. She was a talent of the century and was recognized as the school’s top beauty. Right now, she was a 3-star great teacher whose reputation had spread through the entire Jinling and also the Headmaster of the Central Province Academy.

  With so many positive traits added together, many men would feel inferior in front of An Xinhui. Other than secretly sneaking a few looks to satisfy themselves, they didn’t dare to confess to her in person.

  Even a genius like Liu Mubai would only dare to woo An Xinhui officially after clinching the honor of obtaining three stars in a single year.

  Right now, An Xinhui had taken the initiative to kiss Sun Mo. Her face was also filled with embarrassment, looking like someone who was just exposed to the feelings of love.

  To be honest, there was a throb in Sun Mo’s heart. Then, his heart was filled to the brim by the feeling of superiority.

  There was no other way out. Even a saint had seven emotions and six desires, let alone an ordinary person like Sun Mo.

  “If I were to take a selfie of An Xinhui kissing me and post it online, there’d definitely be a big bunch of people eating lemons. No, they’d instantly turn into a lemon spirit, having a strong urge to crawl along the network and come to chop me, right?”

  Sun Mo’s mind was in a disarray. He then despised himself strongly.

  “Coarse! Extremely coarse!”

  After Sun Mo cursed, he was stunned and looked toward An Xinhui. He suddenly realized. (Did I just freaking lose my first kiss?)

  It just happened that An Xinhui was sneaking glances at Sun Mo. Their gazes clashed, and then An Xinhui’s gaze escaped like a small rabbit, panicking.

  “Judging from how clumsy Sun Mo looks, this should be his first time as well!”

  After noticing this small detail, An Xinhui couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief. Her lips also curled up into a hint of a smile. At the very least, Sun Mo was still pure. (He should still like me. Otherwise, given how handsome and talented he is, how could he possibly not have a girlfriend?)

  Ding!

  Favorable impression point from An Xinhui +100. Respect (7,602/10,000).

  Sun Mo was stunned. (I didn’t do anything. Why would you contribute favorable impression points? Could it be that An Xinhui really likes me?)

  Due to this little intimacy, neither of them knew what to say. Amidst the awkward atmosphere, there was a hint of warmth.

  “This can’t do. I’m a guy! I can’t cower!”

  Sun Mo encouraged himself and was about to say something to break the awkward atmosphere when he suddenly heard a heavy thud.

  The two of them turned their heads and saw the guardian warrior’s head rolling out like a ripened watermelon. It then darted behind the bookshelves with a swoosh.

  A few seconds later, the guardian warrior probed his body out to observe the situation once again. It didn’t expect Sun Mo and An Xinhui to still be looking in its direction, and it darted back with another swoosh.

  “.……”

  Sun Mo broke out in heavy sweat. What guardian? He was clearly just a fool!

  “I…… I’ll be making a move first!”

  An Xinhui’s face flushed up. At the thought of how she had kissed Sun Mo, and it was very likely that the guardian warrior had witnessed the entire thing, she felt so embarrassed that her face was red. She couldn’t stay any longer and quickly turned to leave.

  The guardian warrior crawled out, assuming an OTL pose. Then, it started searching around again. When it found its head and pressed it back, it held the katana on its waist and left in big strides once again.

  “Do you think that I’ll forget the earlier scene just because you assumed an impressive manner?”

  Sun Mo’s mouth twitched.

  Pa!

  The guardian warrior’s body trembled slightly, but it didn’t stop moving. It turned to disappear behind the bookshelves.

  After this incident, Sun Mo had no interest in reading anymore. He went back to the villa to rest and study the darkness illusion gemstone. He didn’t want to fail and waste this precious secret treasure.

  There weren’t many sceneries in the cold winter, so Sun Mo walked very fast. When he arrived at the villa, he realized that over ten young men and women had gathered on the stone path. Judging from their age, they were only about 15 to 16 years old. The oldest of them weren’t older than 18 years old.

  Swoosh!

  When they saw Sun Mo, the gazes of Qi Siyuan’s group turned over.

  Sun Mo was very calm. However, he knew that these people were looking for him because this villa belonged to the old Headmaster and had a very good geographical location. The other few villas around were a bit further away.

  A young man with a big nose walked over and called out at Sun Mo arrogantly, “You’re Sun Mo?”

  “Mind your words. Call me Teacher Sun!”

  Sun Mo reminded.

  “Tsk, Teacher Sun? Do you have any stars?”

  The big-nosed guy looked toward Sun Mo’s chest with a disdainful expression. It was because there wasn’t a single star there.

  “Not even a single star but still asking people to call him teacher? How much face does this guy think that he has?”

  “What a joke!”

  “Teacher Sun! Teacher Sun! Are you satisfied now?”

  A few young men said mockingly.

  Qi Siyuan was a little prince and had a dignified status. Only those from top aristocratic families would be able to get close to him. Since young, he assumed a position of superiority.

  That was why he didn’t think much of Sun Mo as a teacher. After all, their private tutors all had stars. Moreover, just one star wasn’t enough either.

  Almost all the schools issued teacher attires that had been embellished with the teacher’s star grade on their chest. It was because this was a symbol of honor and strength!

  There weren’t any stars in front of Sun Mo’s chest. This meant that he wasn’t even a 1-star great teacher.

  Of course, the reason why these few young men ridiculed Sun Mo was to help Qi Siyuan vent. They had already found out about things.

  Her Highness Li Ziqi really did acknowledge Sun Mo as her teacher.

  After all, given how famous Sun Mo was, the little sunny egg was considered to have a bit of a reputation in the school as his first disciple.

  Qi Siyuan was very angry, so everyone had to help him teach Sun Mo a lesson.

  “I’ll warn you guys one last time. Shut up!”

  Sun Mo’s countenance sank. Who would feel happy to have a bunch of youngsters pointing at their nose and scolding them?

  “What? You’re angry?”

  The big-nosed young man mocked, sticking out his index finger and trying to poke Sun Mo’s chest. “When you deceived her Highness, you should have expected this day to come!”

  Pa!

  Before the big-nosed young man could poke his chest, Sun Mo suddenly put out his hand and grabbed the man’s finger. He then bent it up hard.

  Kacha!

  A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.

  “Ahh!”

  The big-nosed young man cried out agonizingly. He was then kicked in the kneecaps by Sun Mo, which sent him up into the air and made him kneel onto the ground with a loud thud.

  “Let go of him!”

  “How dare you beat someone up? Do you believe that I’ll tell An Xinhui to have you fired?”

  “Come and take a look! A teacher is beating up someone! Are there any laws here?”

  The group of young men started shouting, especially Bian Yuanshan, whose tone and expression looked very disgusting.

  Sun Mo’s brows were furrowed so tightly together that they could clamp a crab to death. He then activated his Divine Sight to observe these young men. Without exception, all of them had noble statuses.

  And judging from the data, although these people weren’t considered school bullies in their school, they were people who had their way with things. After all, with their family background, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to offend them.

  “What? You want to beat me up? Come on!”

  Bian Yuanshan clenched his right fist. “If you dare to make a move, I’ll go to An Xinhui and the Saint Gate to report you for beating up students without any reason. You can just wait to have your rights of being a teacher taken away from you!”

  “Don’t cower, beat him up!”

  Someone mocked. However, the person had just finished saying this when a golden halo erupted from this extremely young teacher’s body.

  Swoosh!

  The light halo radiated out in all directions. The legs of all the students who were encompassed by it stopped listening to instructions.

  Plop! Plop!

  All the second generation noblemen dropped to their knees without any exception, and the force in which they did so was almost going to smash the floor.

  “What the hell?”

  “Teacher for a Day, Father for Life?”

  Their countenances changed. How could this guy have a great teacher halo of this level? Didn’t they say that this was a Rest in Peace halo that only the old men would have?

  “F*ck!”

  Bai Ziyu’s lungs almost exploded from fury and he felt like cursing. However, he wasn’t able to say a word. He wanted to get up, but it felt as if there was a big mountain pressing down on him. He wasn’t able to budge.

  “Since your parents didn’t teach you how to treat people, then I’ll do it on their behalf!”

  Sun Mo spoke up and then looked toward Qi Siyuan.

  Qi Siyuan knelt on the ground, looking stunned. He was a little surprised at how powerful Sun Mo was.

  After coming to the Central Province Academy and ascertaining that his cousin had indeed acknowledged a teacher called Sun Mo as her personal teacher, Qi Siyuan was so angry that he felt like killing someone. He felt that his younger sister had been tainted.

  (You’re a teacher without any stars. Who are you to teach my cousin? You’re clearly wasting her talents!)

  After finding out Sun Mo’s residence and in the time taken to wait for him, Qi Siyuan started to think about how he could absolve this teacher-student relationship, and how to minimize the negative influence to the lowest degree.

  No matter what status a person had, changing a teacher was something extremely detrimental to their reputation.

  Qi Siyuan allowed these people to mock and create trouble for Sun Mo, wanting to see how Sun Mo would handle the situation. He wanted to test out Sun Mo’s character before coming up with a plan. However, he didn’t expect Mingyu to have his finger broken and Sun Mo to use Teacher for a Day, Father for Life to force the entire group to kneel on the floor.

  This attitude was very imposing!

  Sun Mo walked over to the side and sat on a long bench.

  “Alright, you guys can speak now!”

  Sun Mo removed the restriction on their speech, but the group still couldn’t move their bodies. They continued to kneel there.

  “F*ck your mom!”

  Bian Yuanshan immediately bellowed, his eyes staring wide in fury. He had a strong impulse to bite Sun Mo to death.

  Sun Mo remained calm, raising his right hand and snapping his fingers.

  Pa!

  Ignorant and Incompetent activated!