The surrounding people all fell silent as they looked at Liu Yi, the raging teacher of #10.

  “Alright, stop raging. You are embarrassing yourself. Calm down and try again next year!”

  The examiner persuaded him.

  He had seen too many of such situations and could understand the mental state of this examinee.

  This was a young man with a lofty goal. If he had no more hope and was directly eliminated, it was one thing. But in the end, he failed when he was just a step more to success.

  Honestly speaking, it was very regrettable. Everyone would feel depressed in his shoes.

  After becoming a 2-star great teacher, the most direct benefit was that one’s status in the school they are teaching in would instantly be upgraded.

  If 1-star great teachers were salted fish, 2-star great teachers could be considered young sharks that possessed extremely strong competitiveness. When they spoke before the headmasters of their respective schools, their words would have some weight.

  Naturally, the most important thing was the change in salary. The income of 2-star great teachers would double that of a 1-star great teacher. Besides, their application for research expenses would be approved more easily.

  Sadly, all these vanished along with his student’s defeat.

  “Such a failure can be considered a type of growth. Remember this. Come back and try again next year!”

  The examiner encouraged him.

  “Teacher!”

  #10 called out, blaming himself.

  “Shut up, don’t call me!”

  Liu Yi roared, “Do you know how difficult the test this year is? I walked step by step all the way till here and in the end, I actually failed due to the student battle? I truly feel reluctant to accept this!”

  His words caused a resonance in the hearts of several examinees.

  Yeah, according to their results, they would have qualified long ago if they took the examination in the past years. But just so precisely they encountered a spike in difficulty this year. They were really unlucky.

  “As expected, I’ve treated all of you too leniently!”

  Liu Yi’s heart started to convulse painfully the moment he thought of the fact that he would have no more chances to join ‘A’ great schools or the Nine Greats.

  #21 didn’t have much strength left. He directly knelt on the stage and panted heavily. After he rested for some time, he began to roar in excitement.

  “Oh yay, I won. Teacher, I won!”

  The teacher of #21 hugged his personal disciple, and he also had an agitated look on his face. He kept patting his student’s head and back.

  “Yeah, you won, you won!”

  “Very excellent!”

  “Thank you for helping me obtain the title. Didn’t you wish to head to Eastflow Inn to have a sumptuous meal? I will go all out and treat you to an all-you-can-eat.”

  The teacher of #21 had tears on his face. This moment was the happiest day of his life.

  “Let’s forget it. The dishes in Eastflow Inn are too expensive. A meal would probably cost Teacher two months of your salary!” #21 rejected.

  “Even if it cost me half a year of my salary, we still have to go!”

  The teacher of #21 directly carried him and left the stage, clearing the place for the next battle. “After the doctor treated your injuries, we are immediately going to have a good meal!”

  When Liu Yi saw his opponent happily planning to celebrate his victory, he directly launched another slap at #10’s face. After that, he ignored his student and turned to leave.

  “Hey!”

  The examiner shouted, couldn’t bear to watch this any longer.

  “What’s wrong? You want to interfere when I teach my personal student?”

  Usually, Liu Yi definitely wouldn’t display such a vile attitude toward the examiner. But today, fury clouded his heart, he was in hysteria.

  Honestly speaking, Liu Yi felt very sullen, wanting to fight now so he would either kill or be killed by someone.

  “Eh!”

  The examiner was stunned because a personal teacher could be considered half-a-father to their students. No matter how they disciplined their disciples, outsiders had no right to interfere.

  “T……teacher, I will definitely win next year!”

  #10 wiped away his tears and called out loudly.

  “What’s the use even if you win next year? I’ve already flunked my first attempt!”

  Liu Yi roared in rage.

  For such a matter, Sun Mo actually didn’t want to support any side, but when he saw the youth crying so sorrowfully, he still spoke.

  “This great teacher, look at how sad he is and how much he blames himself. Actually, he feels worse than you that he lost.”

  “Why are you interfering?”

  Liu Yi directly shot back.

  Swish~

  The surrounding people also glanced over, waiting for Sun Mo to speak. All of them felt that there was a good show to watch.

  “Calm down first!”

  Sun Mo consoled.

  The papaya girl looked at Liu Yi and passed out a piece of melon. “Eat this!”

  When Liu Yi saw that it was Sun Mo, he started. But after that, he felt a surge of depression and anger surging up his heart.

  “Calm down your mom!”

  “You are a superstar, a dazzling genius in the eyes of everyone, and you naturally cannot understand my feelings. If you also fell down when you were just a step from success, would you be angry or not?

  “Do you know how hard it is for us normal people to get a good opportunity? My grandfather went to an ‘A’ grade school to seek employment, but in the end, the other party didn’t even look at his achievements. When they asked my grandfather for his results and learned that he didn’t pass his 3-star great teacher examination on his first attempt, my grandfather was directly rejected.”

  Liu Yi’s eyes were red. In his heart, his grandfather was the most impressive person. His grandfather even had a very good research achievement in the study of spirit runes. In the end, just because he didn’t pass his 3-star examination on the first attempt, he didn’t even have the chance to be hired by an ‘A’ grade school.

  His grandfather was disappointed for several years and before he died, he was still mumbling about how he failed to become a great teacher of an ‘A’ grade school and died with regrets.

  Before his altar, Liu Yi had vowed that he would definitely become a great teacher of an ‘A’ grade school to allow his grandfather to rest in peace in heaven.

  But now, he wasn’t able to achieve it.

  Everyone fell silent. Everyone had heard of this unwritten rule before.

  The examiner also didn’t know how to console him. Who wouldn’t want to join such a famous school? But this was the harsh reality and there were always limited slots. There had to be those who failed.

  “Truthfully speaking, I don’t hate that the competition is cruel. What I hate is that they don’t even give me the chance to compete. Why should they deny us our entire lives just because of one failure?”

  Liu Yi roared angrily.

  Everyone felt sorrow in their hearts and some sympathy for Liu Yi. After that, they looked toward Sun Mo again.

  “Teacher Sun, don’t console him anymore. You are a genius, and you won’t understand the bitterness us ordinary people feel!”

  “You obtained your first star at 21 and immediately came to register for the 2-star examination. Moreover, you can also pass easily. Haha, I really feel envious!”

  “Teacher Sun, just go and enjoy the life of a winner. You don’t have to worry about us loser dogs!”

  Some of those older repeaters felt unhappiness and jealousy toward Sun Mo. They wanted to take this chance to speak sarcastically to him.

  “Teacher!”

  Lu Zhiruo was somewhat worried and clutched hold of the corner of Sun Mo’s shirt.

  “I naturally have no qualification to interfere, and I just wish to speak a word of fairness. Earlier in that competition, 90% of the reason why he lost is actually because of you.”

  Sun Mo wasn’t angry.

  “During the last three minutes, the battle was frantic and anyone had the chance to win. However, you panicked and kept shouting, offering guidance frantically. In the end, you were the one who caused your student to grow nervous.

  “And as for your opponent, I observed him as well. He was also very anxious, but he didn’t say anything. I don’t feel that it was because he couldn’t tell how important that match was. But why didn’t he say anything?”

  “Because this match was a battle between students. He chose to trust his student. Even if he lost, he would simply accept it.”

  After Sun Mo spoke, he heard the sound of a notification.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Li Tie +100. Friendly (220/1,000).

  Swish~

  Everyone stared at Sun Mo in bewilderment, wasn’t this too nonsensical? After that, they glanced toward the teacher of #21, waiting for his explanation.

  Li Tie looked at Sun Mo, feeling a little shocked but was very impressed in his heart. As expected of a new superstar, his mental state was completely seen through by Sun Mo.

  “Is it true? Can you say something?”

  Someone urged.

  “Yes!”

  Li Tie nodded. “Teacher Sun is correct. When they fought to that extent, whether my student won or lost, I would feel proud of him.”

  “If he won, it would become the most precious experience in his life and whenever he met an uncrossable barrier, I hoped that he would be able to remember his persistence and victory today. I want the events today to become the motivation for him to continue advancing. And if he lost, I would continue to encourage him. I’ll work hard and grow stronger together with him!”

  Li Tie spoke and gently tousled the hair of his personal student.

  “Teacher!”

  #21 was embarrassed.

  Looking at the close relationship between the two of them, many examinees felt envious and started to ponder over his words. If they encountered a similar situation, what would they do?

  Pak! Pak! Pak!

  A few examiners applauded. This was the heart state of a true great teacher.

  Sun Mo was applauding as well. From Li Tie’s interaction with his student, he also learned something. He then reflected on his past.

  What was the way of interaction between teacher and students supposed to be exactly?

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on deepening your comprehension of the occupation: great teacher. Reward: 1 silver treasure chest!”

  Sun Mo started.

  Gradually, the sound of applause rang out, spreading to the surroundings and causing people from the other battle areas to glance over involuntarily.

  “You guys are praising me too much!’

  Li Tie pressed his palms together and humbly spoke, “This is what my teacher taught me. Actually, I myself am still very lacking when it comes to teaching students. Speaking of the truly impressive one, I have to bow down to Teacher Sun. He could see through my mental state so easily!”

  As for this point, everyone no longer had any doubts.

  One-Vote Sun did live up to his reputation.

  “This great teacher, your student truly wanted to win and obtain the title of a 2-star great teacher for you. Even if he lost, he had done his best. That two slaps of yours actually made him feel even more despair and agony compared to losing the match.”

  Sun Mo sighed.

  He could see that #10 actually worshipped Liu Yi a lot.

  After hearing this, Liu Yi turned and saw his personal student looking at him. His student was like a little puppy that got abandoned, waiting for his forgiveness. His wounds were bleeding and he was coughing, but he was in no mood to attend to his injuries.

  Hence, Liu Yi’s heart pounded intensely.

  “Teacher, I’m sorry!’

  #10 knelt and heavily kowtowed.

  “I also know I’m in the wrong, but I couldn’t control my emotions!”

  Liu Yi cried out. After that, he gritted his teeth and rushed to the side of #10. “It’s me who is in the wrong. I shouldn’t have hit you!”

  “Teacher, you are not in the wrong. I am the one who’s too weak.”

  #10 cried but after seeing his teacher was no longer angry, his tensed heart gradually relaxed.

  “I will reflect on my actions. Let us come back and get the 2-star great teacher title next year!”

  Liu Yi smiled and placed his arm over his student’s shoulder.

  “This teacher, I have something I feel I need to say.”

  Sun Mo spoke.

  Liu Yi hurriedly stood up and tidied his teacher robes. After that, he bowed with his hands held in front. “Teacher Sun is too polite. My name is Liu Yi. If you have any words you need to say, please feel free to instruct me!”


  Chapter 612: Since Liu Mubai Was Born in This World, Why Is There Still a Need for Sun Mo?!

  Liu Yi showed this gesture not because of Sun Mo’s status as a superstar. Rather, it was due to Sun Mo’s judgment and reminder.

  Naturally, he was also impressed by Sun Mo’s bearing and magnanimity. One must know that he had cursed very vilely at Sun Mo earlier.

  “Earlier, I shot my mouth off and if I’ve offended you, I humbly beg for your forgiveness.”

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Liu Yi +100. Friendly (330/1,000).

  “Everyone has times when they are down and when things aren’t going smoothly for them. They would feel like venting, cursing at people, smashing things……I can understand!”

  Sun Mo smiled. After that, he looked at Liu Yi’s eyes with a serious expression. “However, a successful person has to first learn how to control his emotions.”

  Liu Yi expressed that he had benefited from the advice.

  “So what if you cannot join an ‘A’ grade school? If that’s the case, why don’t you lead your own school to defeat other schools in the ranking tournament to elevate your school’s grade to ‘A’?”

  Sun Mo’s voice wasn’t loud, but it stunned everyone in the surroundings.

  (Did I hear wrongly?)

  (What did Sun Mo say? He wants to lead his school and rise to the ‘A’ grade? Please wake up from your dream before you speak!)

  One must know that in the entire Nine Provinces, there were only a total of 18 ‘A’ grade schools. (Do you know what concept this is?)

  Although Sun Mo’s fame was quite great now, everyone still didn’t believe he would be able to achieve it. Or to put it in another way, even a 9-star headmaster of a lower-grade school might not be able to achieve this.

  Because for all the ‘A’ grade schools, which of them didn’t have a secondary saint?!

  Liu Yi started. After that, he bitterly smiled. He clasped his fists and shook his head.

  “I don’t dare to think about such matters!”

  Liu Yi knew how much his capabilities were worth.

  “Teacher Liu, if you didn’t try it, how would you know you can’t do it?”

  Sun Mo looked at Liu Yi. “If you feel that your standard is only this high, you don’t need to be angry to have lost here because you are not worthy of joining an ‘A’ grade school.”

  Liu Yi’s expression was one of embarrassment. Sun Mo’s words were unpleasant to the ears, but after thinking carefully about it, it was the truth.

  “Teacher Liu, do your best to climb. It wouldn’t be too late to say you cannot do it after you failed!”

  Sun Mo clenched his fist and hammered Liu Yi’s shoulder heavily. “The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides, we can conquer its summit!”

  Bzz!

  As Sun Mo’s voice faded, a golden light erupted forth and illuminated everyone. Not only the examinees and their personal students, but even the examiners felt fighting spirit arise in their hearts.

  Priceless Advice had activated.

  Liu Yi’s head seemed to be knocked awake by a bell. He stared dumbly at Sun Mo. (That’s right, so what if I failed? I should give it a try at the very least!)

  (Failure isn’t scary, the scary thing is to give up after failing!)

  “Teacher Sun, please receive a bow from me!”

  Liu Yi dipped into a deep bow.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Liu Yi +1,000. Respect (1,330/10,000).

  Sun Mo didn’t know that his sentences would become a maxim that Liu Yi lived by for his entire life.

  Whenever things didn’t go his way, Liu Yi would recite that sentence out loud and he would feel his body being filled with strength. ……

  Liu Yi helped his personal student up and left together, while Li Tie also clasped his hands in Sun Mo’s direction, preparing to leave.

  “Teacher Li, please wait!”

  Sun Mo called out.

  “Teacher Sun, what guidance do you have for me?”

  Li Tie had a respectful attitude because Sun Mo’s actions had convinced him.

  “I wonder which school Teacher Li is currently teaching in?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  “I feel ashamed to speak of this. I’m currently teaching in an ungraded school. But maybe we will be able to pass the ‘D’ grade tournament this year.”

  Li Tie felt embarrassed.

  “In that case, Teacher Li……Do you have any interest in teaching in my Central Province Academy?”

  Sun Mo invited.

  Hua~

  Several examinees cast looks of envy at Li Tie when they heard Sun Mo’s words. Although the Central Province Academy had declined, they showed signs of rising this year and had successfully ascended to the ‘C’ grade.

  Li Tie’s spirits stirred.

  “Teacher!”

  #21 was also moved. Would he be able to become a student of a famous school?

  “As for the salary, we can negotiate it again after the great teacher examination is over!”

  Sun Mo admired Li Tie’s teaching style a lot.

  Li Tie almost blurted out that he agreed. But in the end, he bitterly smiled and apologized to Sun Mo. “Teacher Sun, thank you for your invitation, but I can’t leave!”

  “Do you have any reason? If you don’t mind, you can just tell me. If I can help you resolve it, I will do my best!’

  Since he wanted to headhunt someone, he naturally knew he had to pay a price.

  After hearing Sun Mo’s sincere words, Li Tie felt even more moved. He also felt more embarrassed as he continued, “My current school’s headmaster showed kindness in recognizing my worth. Moreover, we are going to try for the ‘D’ grade school tournament at the end of the year. If I left now, I would have let down my headmaster.”

  Li Tie was the pillar among the young generation in his current school. He was naturally highly looked upon by the headmaster.

  “Oh, that’s too regretful!”

  Sun Mo sighed but he felt even more admiration for Li Tie. Knowing how to repay gratitude and not giving up his current school despite a better prospect before him……the character of such a person was surely without flaws.

  “Teacher Sun. If you still regard me highly three years later, I will go and seek employment at the Central Province Academy!”

  Li Tie clasped his fists.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Li Tie +1,000. Respect (1,220/10,000).

  Li Tie had been headhunted by others before, but they were all from nameless schools. Sun Mo was the first representative of a famous school that stretched out an olive branch to him.

  This gratitude would be remembered by Li Tie forever in his heart.

  The competition continued but the examinees didn’t have the mood to watch the battle. They were all discussing the minor episode earlier. Sun Mo was much more charismatic than they had expected.

  Not long later, it was Xuanyuan Po’s turn to fight. Just as the information collected by Li Ziqi stated, although his opponent was someone at the spirit-refinement realm, he had been heavily injured in the last match. Hence, Xuanyuan Po claimed victory easily.

  Before 10 p.m, all the matches concluded. All three of Sun Mo’s personal students passed and because they won all their fights from before, they were confirmed to be in the top 100.

  Although there was another Q&A round after the student battle, that was just a formality. As long as the examinee wasn’t braindead, they would definitely not be eliminated.

  Hence, it could be confirmed that Sun Mo would surely obtain the 2-star title and complete the feat of achieving 2 stars in a year.

  Tomorrow, the students could rest for an entire day.

  The judging panel would tabulate their scores and choose the top 64 before they proceeded with the championship battles.

  Naturally, because they were not going to be forced to fight, those selected students could refuse. However, in such a dazzling and large stage, as long as the student felt their injuries were not too bad, they would usually choose to participate.

  After all, who wouldn’t wish to shoot to fame after a single battle? ……

  “Teacher Sun, congratulations!”

  At the school’s gate, Xia Yuan had been waiting there. She immediately offered her congratulations when she saw Sun Mo.

  For the last battle, Zheng Hao’s opponent was too heavily injured and he got lucky. However, all this was thanks to Sun Mo. If he hadn’t set Zheng Hao’s bone and even used the Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands to give him a massage and maintain his physical state, Zheng Hao would have been eliminated.

  One could say that Xia Yuan’s 2-star ranking was only obtainable due to Sun Mo’s help.

  “Teacher Sun, you are my benefactor!”

  Xia Yuan spoke in gratitude.

  “Teacher Xia, you are too polite!”

  Sun Mo didn’t dare to accept such praise.

  “Sun Mo, I won’t let you take the championship without fighting for it!”

  Gu Xiuxun’s twitched her brows.

  “Teacher Sun, you have to be careful. Teacher Gu’s Zhang Yanzong is currently very famous and can be considered a popular candidate to win the championship. There are already great teachers trying to poach him.”

  Xia Yuan teased.

  “Speaking of this, Teacher Sun you have to watch your students closely!”

  Xia Yuan reminded him. This could be considered a warning to Li Ziqi and the others.

  This was a bad practice of the great teacher world. After all, where there were people, there would always be clashes of interest. Who wouldn’t hope for their students to fill the world? Everyone wanted to have good students.

  Hence, some of those high-ranking great teachers would poach away students who revealed their brilliance.

  Although these students already had a personal teacher, if their teacher didn’t have fame or strength, they wouldn’t be able to make the students stay. After all, no matter how good the teacher was, they couldn’t possibly be more impressive than a high-ranking great teacher.

  Naturally, the majority of high-ranking great teachers would still follow the rules and definitely compensate the original personal teacher greatly, either by giving them cultivation arts or alchemical recipes. In any case, they wouldn’t mistreat the original personal teacher.

  And as for those students who were poached, because they received guidance from a higher-ranking great teacher, their future achievements would be higher as well.

  If both parties won, no one would complain to the Saint Gate. Hence, the Saint Gate chose to turn a blind eye to this.

  “Teacher Xia, we will absolutely not leave Teacher!”

  Lu Zhiruo pouted, feeling that her character was being looked down upon, and she wasn’t in the mood to eat melons anymore.

  “Teacher Xia, you don’t have to worry about this!”

  Li Ziqi calmly smiled. Her eyes seamlessly glanced over to Tantai Yutang and the others. (Whoever dares to leave, I, as the eldest martial sister, will make sure he or she dies even if I have to give my life away.)

  However, the papaya girl and iron-headed girl were her teacher’s crazy fans and they would definitely never leave. Xuanyuan Po wouldn’t consider this question as he only wanted to fight.

  Tantai Yutang might be half-hearted, but as a sickly invalid, no one would want him even if he wanted to leave. As for Jiang Leng……

  That fellow was very powerful and the damaged spirit runes on his body had also already been repaired by their teacher. If he wanted to break the bridge after crossing the river……

  “Eldest martial sister, your gaze is so terrifying!”

  Jiang Leng bitterly smiled.

  “Wow, you actually spoke such a long sentence?”

  Lu Zhiruo was shocked. The deadman face had always treated words as gold.

  Jiang Leng rolled his eyes while mentally musing…… (How can I not understand her intention? Can’t you tell that Li Ziqi is already preparing to clear the filth that might stain Teacher’s name?)

  (The main point is that I’m innocent! Teacher is my second parent and has given me the chance to stand up again. How could I betray him? You, Li Ziqi, looked down on my character too much.)

  “Hehe!”

  Xia Yuan no longer spoke, but she gave a warning gaze to Sun Mo. Honestly speaking, if a 9-star great teacher came to poach students, how many students would be able to resist it?

  One must know that these three personal students of Sun Mo were so talented that even secondary saints would salivate.

  “Han Zisheng passed, right?”

  Sun Mo smiled and changed the subject.

  “That’s for sure!”

  Gu Xiuxun’s lips twitched. Actually, she felt like wanting to see Liu Mubai fail. “Now, Liu Mubai has also accomplished the feat of rising 2 stars in a single year.”

  “However, his age is older than Teacher Sun.”

  Xia Yuan mocked. Although Liu Mubai was only three years older, he was still older. But speaking of which, if it wasn’t for Sun Mo suddenly appearing, Liu Mubai would definitely be the most dazzling character of the Central Province Academy.

  What a pity!

  Since Sun Mo was born in this world, why was there still a need for Liu Mubai!?