AGT 670 – Teacher Duan, Please Halt Your Steps!

  The scarab decided to temporarily bear with this. After its strength recovered, it would try to struggle free from the bindings of the contract again and kill everyone in this city, turning them into mummies and building a death spirit army. After that, it would lead them to conquer the world and return to Egypt.

  In truth, compared to resentment and rage, it felt more of lingering fear and rejoicement.

  It had been tens of thousands of years.

  During this period, the beetle sculpture had landed in the hands of many people. Some knew its value and tried various ways to unravel it, but this would inevitably cause damage to the sculpture.

  To the scarab, the sculpture was like a carrier body for it. If the sculpture was destroyed, it would die unless it signed a spiritual contract with a spiritual controller.

  However, its original body was bound by a soul contract and that contract was a very high level. Those spiritual controllers that had obtained the sculpture basically had no way to resolve that contract. In fact, it would be extremely difficult even if they wanted to sense its soul.

  Up until now, the scarab was close to despair and it finally met Sun Mo.

  “As expected, I’m a divine beetle doted upon by the heavens.”

  The scarab sighed ruefully and was filled with boundless anticipation for the future again. After eating this human and gaining its freedom back, it would be able to return home.

  It had no idea how much its hometown had changed and what it looked like now! ……

  When the scarab was plotting against Sun Mo, Sun Mo was also considering how to completely subdue it.

  The art of spiritual control was simply so mysterious, terrifying, and dangerous. Yet, other people always felt that spiritual controllers were truly too cool when they summoned their spiritual beasts to fight in a battle.

  This was because they had no idea that spiritual controllers had a possibility of suffering a backlash, in worse cases, the spiritual controllers might even turn into puppets of their spiritual beasts.

  “I better be sure of what Old Beet’s capabilities are. It can be used to protect things and is the guardian of the pharaoh’s tomb. Hence, this fellow should be extremely powerful, right?

  “Oh right, although this fellow isn’t able to bring out the gold and gems buried in the tomb, the precious ancient classics buried together with the pharaoh should have been read by it before, right? If it could give me a few saint-tier cultivation arts, I would have profited a lot.”

  Just when Sun Mo was pondering, the match on the stage was decided.

  Bang!

  Jin Mujie forced Duan Yingmei off the stage.

  The students of the Central Province Academy immediately cheered. This was especially so for the guys. They were cheering exceptionally loudly.

  The popularity of other teachers among guy students would always be inferior to Jin Mujie. This was the power of a slightly mature young woman.

  Jin Mujie’s lessons had always been filled to the brim.

  Even if the students didn’t understand her lesson, they would still be there for the lecture. This was especially so when they were mentally or physically fatigued. They felt that if they could lay their eyes on Teacher Jin and listen to her melodious voice, they would immediately feel much better.

  “Thanks for letting me win!”

  Jin Mujie clasped her fists.

  “Cough! Cough!”

  Duan Yingmei coughed up a mouthful of blood and had a gloomy look on her face. It wasn’t because she had lost the match. After all, victory and defeat were commonly seen during spars. Besides, Jin Mujie was also originally an extremely famous genius. It wasn’t embarrassing to lose to her.

  Duan Yingmei was depressed because she had no way to break through her bottleneck. Her future growth would definitely be extremely slow.

  It also meant that ten years later, the distance between her and Jin Mujie would be even greater.

  “Could this be all I amount to in life?”

  Duan Yingmei felt disappointed.

  What was the most tragic thing in the world?

  Was it being lazy and not working hard? Wasting one’s talent?

  Nope, it was when one was clearly very industrious, yet because their aptitudes and opportunities weren’t enough, they had no way to reach the peak and couldn’t admire the beautiful scenery from the top.

  “Teacher Duan……”

  Headmaster Cao’s tone was relatively unhappy. “Why didn’t you try harder?”

  “I’ve already done my best.”

  Duan Yingmei shook her head. Even if she fought to the point where both were injured, she would be the one who lost. So why was there even a need to do so?

  “Jin Mujie is indeed very powerful!”

  “This can’t continue on. Although their relative strength is inferior to us, they have a few peak-level great teachers. If those great teachers are to fight, we won’t be able to gain an advantage.”

  “Earlier, we should have set a restriction saying that each great teacher is only allowed to compete once!”

  The great teachers of the Myriad Daos Academy realized this in hindsight and finally discovered the reason why they were suppressed.

  “Sister Jin, beautifully done!”

  An Xinhui flashed a thumbs-up and felt elated. At the same time, she heaved a sigh of relief silently.

  If they compared their comprehensive strength, the Central Province Academy would be inferior to the Myriad Daos Academy. But now if they competed with their top-grade great teachers, they had a very good chance to win.

  “My strategy was wrong!”

  Cao Xian also discovered this problem. However, there was no solution for this. For these famous schools, in order to protect themselves, who would be willing to enter great teachers group battles casually? Hence, Cao Xian didn’t have any experience in this.

  Just when Cao Xian was contemplating what he should do next, Sun Mo spoke.

  “Teacher Duan, please halt your steps.”

  Sun Mo stepped out from the crowd.

  Duan Yingmei turned her head. “Teacher Sun, what can I do for you?”

  A human’s name, a tree’s shadow. Duan Yingmei who was a 3-star great teacher might simply greet an ordinary 2-star great teacher, but her attitude would definitely be one of superiority. However, she didn’t dare to slight Sun Mo.

  A two-time champion in addition to having God Hands, these facts were sufficient to win Duan Yingmei’s respect.

  Naturally, she also felt a hint of good will toward him.

  “This little fellow is truly very handsome.”

  Because she wanted to develop her career, Duan Yingmei decided to ignore matters of marriage. Occasionally during the long dark night, she would also dream of having a pair of strong arms to hug her.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Duan Yingmei +10. Neutral (70/100).

  “.……”

  Upon hearing the notification, Sun Mo’s line of thought was broken. He then glanced at Duan Yingmei with bewilderment.

  (Do you have some nefarious thoughts toward me?)

  (Sorry, you are not my type!)

  Duan Yingmei’s appearance was about a 6/10, but according to Divine Sight, her thin lips and sharp chin were the characteristics of a white-collared lady who was proud and extremely suspicious.

  To put it simply, just a normal conversation between her boyfriend and a female stranger would be suspected by her, and she would question her boyfriend for an hour.

  (However, although your appearance and personality aren’t my type, I still have to recruit you because your potential value is extremely high.)

  Moreover, when it came to teaching people, she was responsible and diligent and had her own views.

  Such a teacher could be a part of the main force of a famous school.

  “Teacher Sun?”

  Sun Mo didn’t speak and this caused Duan Yingmei to frown slightly. She didn’t know what he was trying to do.

  “Teacher Duan, when you cultivate recently, do you feel like there’s abundant spirit qi in you with nowhere to go?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  “Ah?”

  Duan Yingmei’s eyebrows twitched as she muttered, “How do you know this?”

  (I heard you have God Hands, but you didn’t touch me before, right?)

  (Could you know my situation just by taking a few glances at me?)

  “In this recent half a year, do you feel that you have dry mouth and tongue and would suffer from insomnia often, but even so, you feel very energetic?”

  Sun Mo asked again.

  “Correct!”

  Just when Duan Yingmei nodded, she saw Cao Xian looking at her reproachfully. She started and understood the reason. Cao Xian must have thought that she had some contact with Sun Mo privately.

  Otherwise, how could Sun Mo be familiar with her situation just by taking a few glances?

  “Headmaster Cao, I didn’t do anything. Please don’t misunderstand!”

  Duan Yingmei explained.

  “Hehe, Teacher Duan must be joking. I have no qualifications to interfere in your decision to make friends.”

  Headmaster Cao laughed but he was very angry in his heart. (Do you think I’m a fool? Sun Mo must have touched you before, right?)

  When Duan Yingmei encountered her bottleneck and consulted Cao Xian back then, Cao Xian had no way to resolve it. Hence, when he saw the two of them now, he subconsciously felt that Duan Yingmei must have privately gone to seek God Hands. This was after all something very logical.

  Duan Yingmei frowned, Cao Xian’s tone was very loathsome, but after thinking of the past where he had truly treated her pretty well, Duan Yingmei wanted to explain more to clear the air. But before she could speak, Sun Mo already did.

  “Teacher Duan, the cultivation art you are practicing should be the Burning Moon Heart Sutra, right?”

  As Sun Mo said this name, let alone Cao Xian, even if Duan Yingmei’s beloved dog was drowning right now, she wouldn’t care less.

  “Teacher Sun, you have also cultivated the Burning Moon Heart Sutra before?”

  Duan Yingmei asked and widened her eyes. One must know that this was a relatively rare cultivation art, and she had only obtained it in the past due to a series of lucky coincidences.

  She had this level of accomplishment all because of this cultivation art.

  “Mn, yes!”

  Sun Mo nodded.

  “Teacher Sun, if you have the time, do you mind if we have an exchange privately?”

  Duan Yingmei had an excited look on her face. She didn’t feel jealousy because someone had something she possessed. On the contrary, she felt like sparring against Sun Mo.

  “Teacher Duan!”

  Cao Xian reminded her with a grumbling note in his voice. (Do you treat me as non-existent?) Duan Yingmei’s words clearly showed weakness and when the surrounding students heard this, they would feel as though a teacher from the Myriad Daos Academy was seeking guidance from Sun Mo.

  “Hehe!”

  Duan Yingmei also knew it wasn’t too appropriate, hence, she tactfully shut up. However, Sun Mo spoke again.

  “Your Burning Moon Heart Sutra is fragmented. This is why you would feel a sensation of having abundant spirit qi but had no way to channel it out. If this persists for a long period of time, it might influence your body negatively.”

  “Teacher Sun, please don’t speak frightening words to scare people!”

  Cao Xian grew anxious.

  Sun Mo ignored Cao Xian. He took a few steps forward and stood before Duan Yingmei. He then moved his head closer to her ears and whispered in a low voice, “Throughout this half a year, when your great aunt comes, she will release a large amount of blood, right?”

  Duan Yingmei had a perplexed look on her face. (Who’s my great aunt? My great aunt is just an ordinary farmer, why would she bleed?)

  “Eh!”

  Sun Mo felt a headache. He could only endure the embarrassment and added another sentence to explain.

  This time around, Duan Yingmei’s countenance grew unsightly.

  This was because Sun Mo was correct. This indicated that the cultivation art she trained in was a fragmented one.

  “Teacher Sun, you……”

  Duan Yingmei subconsciously wanted to ask how was the complete version of the Burning Moon Heart Sutra like. But as she opened her mouth, she didn’t know how to continue.

  To her, the Burning Moon Heart Sutra would complete her. That was an extremely valuable peerless-grade heaven-tier cultivation art. If it was herself, there was no way she would easily impart it to others.

  Just when Duan Yingmei was conflicted about what price she had to pay for this, Sun Mo once again got close and whispered in her ear.

  The warmth of his breath fluttered her hair. It felt a little itchy, but there seemed to be a little deer galloping around randomly in her heart.

  Very soon, all of Duan Yingmei’s focus was focused on Sun Mo’s soft whisper. Her body was even trembling due to agitation.

  “What’s Teacher doing?”

  Ying Baiwu frowned, she felt as though she was going to suffer a huge loss.

  “Isn’t this clear? He’s using the pretty boy trap!”

  Tantai Yutang chortled.

  “Ah?”

  Lu Zhiruo was surprised.

  Chapter 671: Black-Hearted Couple Headhunting People Left and Right!

  “What’s Teacher Sun doing?”

  The entire battle dojo fell silent as everyone stared at Sun Mo and Duan Yingmei. (If there’s something you have to say, why can’t you say it out loud in public?)

  “Damn!”

  Cao Xian felt uneasy, but he couldn’t possibly stop Sun Mo from talking or his reputation would be destroyed.

  As a headmaster, leaving aside their capabilities, they should at the very least be broad-minded enough, right?

  Also, from the looks of things, it was clear that Sun Mo was providing guidance for Duan Yingmei!

  Three minutes later, Sun Mo took a few steps back and smiled as he looked at Duan Yingmei. He clasped his fist. “I hope Teacher Duan will be able to break through your bottleneck as soon as possible and head up to the next level!”

  “Teacher Sun……”

  Duan Yingmei had an agitated look on her face; sweat could be seen on her forehead and nose. Her lips trembled, but her mind was extremely chaotic. She didn’t know what she should say. Hence, she directly knelt.

  Putong!

  Hua~

  After seeing this, the entire scene was in an uproar.

  One must know that Duan Yingmei was a 3-star great teacher; her knees were very valuable. But now, she directly knelt before Sun Mo.

  What had Sun Mo done exactly?

  “Teacher Duan, there’s no need to act like this!”

  Sun Mo hurriedly went forward a few steps and helped Duan Yingmei up. At such a moment, since he wanted to act, he naturally had to go all out.

  “I have no way to repay Teacher Sun’s great favor!”

  Tears involuntarily flowed from Duan Yingmei’s eyes.

  After being stuck at her bottleneck for several years, she finally saw the hope of achieving a breakthrough. Moreover, she now had the chance to reach a target she had never dared to dream about.

  Sun Mo generously told her the complete version of the Burning Moon Heart Sutra. Also, the words he recited to her was precisely the part that was missing from her fragmented copy.

  He could tell where her flaws were by just observing her battle with Jin Mujie.

  What terrifying judgment was this?

  As for her kneeling down, all great teachers had to have their own moral integrity. However, Sun Mo gave her a brand new future.

  Sun Mo smiled. He exerted force with his hands and helped Duan Yingmei up by supporting her via her elbows. However, he was grumbling in his heart.

  (Hey, are you guys pig teammates? Don’t you know how to act along with me?)

  (If I’m the carry, where’s my support?)

  (I can’t possibly be the one to speak out about headhunting her, right?)

  (That would be inappropriate and go against my act as a generous person!)

  An Xinhui actually wanted to headhunt her, but as the headmaster, she felt awkward to broach the topic. Hence, she glanced at Gu Xiuxun and shot a look at her.

  Gu Xiuxun immediately understood. But before she spoke, Li Ziqi already did.

  “Teacher Duan, why don’t you join our Central Province Academy? Evidently, my teacher did so because he admires your talent and capabilities very much!”

  Li Ziqi smiled sweetly, her casual words contained no trace of teasing at all.

  Duan Yingmei was stunned. After that, she felt extremely moved.

  If she stayed beside Sun Mo, she would be able to know the essential points of the Burning Moon Heart Sutra even more. Moreover, he had God Hands. If he gave her a massage a few times every year, her improvement would definitely be very great.

  But……

  “Teacher Duan, do not disgrace yourself!”

  Cao Xian grew anxious. Duan Yingmei was a great teacher he favored quite a lot. Now that he saw she was about to be poached over, he was so angry that he wanted to kill Sun Mo.

  When Duan Yingmei heard this, she felt a little unhappy. (So what even if I want to leave? I don’t owe you anything!)

  (But by saying this, wouldn’t they assume that I’ve done something bad?)

  “Headmaster Cao, do you know what Teacher Sun said to me earlier?”

  Duan Yingmei wanted to explain clearly.

  Cao Xian’s expression froze.

  “Teacher Sun held nothing back and told me everything that my fragmented Burning Moon Heart Sutra lacked.”

  A golden halo erupted from Duan Yingmei. This was Lingering Sound and was sufficient for her voice to travel around this entire space.

  “That is a peerless-grade heaven-tier cultivation art!”

  Hua~

  A commotion arose, after that, many gazes turned to look at Sun Mo.

  “It can’t be right, he casually taught a peerless heaven-tier cultivation art to someone else?”

  “Isn’t Teacher Sun a little too generous?”

  “Could it be that the family of this guy owns a gold mine? He actually didn’t care about such a powerful art? Why don’t he give me one as well?”

  Whispers abounded through the battle dojo. Let alone students, even some great teachers felt their eyes turning red with jealousy. They were envious of Duan Yingmei’s luck.

  A peerless-grade heaven-tier cultivation art could become an ultimate divine art of certain schools and clans. It was impossible to buy a cultivation art of this level on the market.

  It was too precious and it would usually only be exchanged for another item of equal level.

  “I could have my current accomplishments because I obtained the Burning Moon Heart Sutra by chance in my youth. Sadly, it was a fragmented one. This indicates that my future is set in stone. However, Teacher Sun’s generosity allowed me to see the hope of reaching the legendary or even the saint realm. Tell me, do you think I’m disgracing myself when I knelt to him?”

  Duan Yingmei counter-asked.

  Cao Xian’s expression turned unsightly. Even he could understand Duan Yingmei’s conduct. If he was in her shoes, he might even visit Sun Mo every year with expensive gifts and respectfully refer to him as ‘Mentor Sun’.

  As she spoke until here, Duan Yingmei made her decision.

  “Headmaster Cao, thank you for nurturing me throughout these years. I dare say that I’ve not let your expectations down. Back then, when the Myriad Daos Academy ascended to become a ‘C’ grade famous school, I gave it my utmost to achieve this and almost died. I believe that what I paid is already enough.”

  Duan Yingmei felt no guilt and had a clear conscience.

  Headmaster Cao covered his face with his hands, not wanting to continue listening.

  “Headmaster Cao, let us part on happy terms. In the future, if you need my help, just feel free to speak!”

  After Duan Yingmei spoke, she clasped her hands toward Sun Mo and bowed. “In the future, I will have to ask Teacher Sun to take care of me more!”

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Duan Yingmei +1,000. Respect (1,070/10,000).

  “Teacher Duan, what are you saying? Being able to recruit you is a glory to my Central Province Academy.”

  Sun Mo wasn’t a fool. He helped Duan Yingmei as an investment.

  In all types of worlds, what was the most valuable thing?

  Talents!

  It was worth it to pay a huge price to recruit her.

  Moreover, even if Duan Yingmei had no talent, as long as he managed to recruit her in such a setting, that would be considered the greatest impact to the Myriad Daos Academy.

  Just think about it. A great teacher whom the headmaster heavily trusted suddenly took the initiative to join an enemy school. This would definitely affect the choice of those soon-to-be students.

  “That’s right, I’ve long since heard about Teacher Duan’s teaching capabilities!”

  An Xinhui also stood out with a smile on her face. She had no way to restrain it.

  Headhunting someone in public.

  It felt so high!

  Ever since the Central Province Academy declined, it had been far too long since they had flaunted their might around. When An Xinhui went around to recruit people while offering them high prices, she had always been rejected and had never succeeded before.

  “Grandpa, your judgment was truly impressive. Little Momo is really too strong.”

  An Xinhui sighed ruefully in her heart. She immediately chatted with Duan Yingmei. It would be good to set the terms of remuneration first.

  “For matters like gold and silver, Teacher Duan definitely doesn’t lack them. You can just casually mention a number and we will pay the full sums to you on the 5th of every month!”

  “Even if you don’t have enough to spend, it’s fine. You can find the school to withdraw extra money every time and there won’t be any interest charged. You can pay the loan back whenever you feel you have the ability to do so.”

  When An Xinhui said this, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.

  Wasn’t this a little too generous?

  “Hmph!”

  Cao Xian’s lips twitched. (Which great teacher would not pay when they owe money? Do they not want face? An Xinhui’s statement merely sounded nice.)

  However, the Central Province Academy was truly rich and overbearing.

  (How jealous!)

  (If my Myriad Daos Academy was also so rich, there would be no need for me to listen to Li Zixing, and I could truly start working toward my ambitions.)

  “To us cultivators, money is an external object. The most important thing is still spirit stones. The teachers of our Central Province Academy would receive a portion of spirit stones every month. If they produce results such as managing to recruit a good student or have contributed to a certain subject, they would also be entitled to additional spirit stones as a reward. There’s no limit to the number of spirit stones they can earn!

  “So, the more impressive a great teacher is, the more spirit stones he or she would be able to receive.”

  An Xinhui continued. She even subconsciously activated Lingering Sound because she wanted to let everyone know how good the Central Province Academy was.

  As expected, the great teachers of the Myriad Daos Academy all pricked their ears up. After all, no one would find extra spirit stones a bother.

  “It must be fake, right? If the Central Province Academy gives out spirit stones every month, how great of an expenditure must that be?”

  “That’s surely fake, the Central Province Academy doesn’t have a mine. How would they get their spirit stones? Have you forgotten that in the past, they couldn’t even afford to pay the salaries of their teachers?”

  “Yeah, if they could afford to pay so many spirit stones, why didn’t we hear any news about it in the past?”

  The teachers of the Myriad Daos Academy were whispering to each other. However, the teachers of the Central Province Academy also grew anxious.

  “What to do? In the future, there will be many people seeking employment at our Central Province Academy!”

  In order to reduce the intensity of competition, the great teachers at the bottom level of the Central Province Academy had all privately agreed that no one was to leak out anything about the school rewarding them with spirit stones.

  “Oh right, have you heard of our school’s darkness illusion dojo?”

  “That is an extremely rare building. When you enter, you will be able to fight against your own illusion and the illusions of other great teachers. In fact, you can even fight against illusions of the battle gods of the ancient era. It will definitely allow one to improve greatly.”

  An Xinhui tossed out another bigger piece of bait.

  The great teachers of the Myriad Daos Academy pricked their ears even more up. Some even felt like quitting the Myriad Daos Academy now. There was no solution to it, a fine bird would naturally want to choose a good tree to nest.

  Even for great teachers, they naturally wanted to join a better school!

  Wang Su glanced at An Xinhui and then at Sun Mo.

  This couple had such black hearts. (If you guys continued poaching people, Cao Xian might start putting his life on the line to fight against you both.)

  “No, I can’t allow An Xinhui to continue speaking. If I lose their hearts, it isn’t going to be easy for me to continue leading them in the future even if they choose to stay in the Myriad Daos Academy.”

  Cao Xian’s eyes were red as he looked at Fang Wuji who was behind him.

  Fang Wuji lowered his head, pretending to have seen nothing.

  “You……”

  Cao Xian was almost angered to death. However, he also knew of Fang Wuji’s personality, hence, he didn’t force him. He could only turn his gaze onto another young man.

  (Luckily, I still have a trump card.)

  “My name is Bai Qilin and I wish for Teacher Sun to give me some guidance!”

  A fair-skinned young man walked out from the crowd and clasped his fist as he challenged Sun Mo.

  His name was a little tyrannical.

  Sun Mo immediately activated Divine Sight and looked over.

  “Pu!”

  Yet, Cao Xian was so depressed that he almost coughed up blood. (Why are you challenging Sun Mo? He has four ‘kings’ while you have four ‘twos’, how can you win him in a showdown?)

  (Have you not read about the Tianji Horse Race?*)

  (You should just go face off against one of their mid-level horses!)

  “Sun Mo, I’m cheering you on!”

  An Xinhui cheered and waved her little fist. She heard of Bai Qilin before. He was a very powerful newbie and was qualified to be headhunted by her.

  “I don’t dare to claim that I’m capable of giving you guidance. Let us spar and learn from each other!”

  Sun Mo showed no fear at all. In fact, he was brimming with desire. (After all, I might manage to collect 100,000 favorable impression points today if I’m lucky enough.)

  Just at this moment, the system notification rang out.