Ding!
Congratulations on helping the Central Province Academy to obtain victory in the great teachers group battle, defeating the great teacher group led by Cao Xian. Also, because you have put in a lot of effort, you are hereby awarded 2 mysterious treasure chests!”
Ding!
“Congratulations on your higher prestige connection with Mei Yazhi and her daughter. Reward: 1x mysterious treasure chest.”
Ding!
“Congratulations on receiving more than 100,000 favorable impression points in a single day. Reward: 1x mysterious treasure chest.”
The system congratulated and gave out three waves of rewards.
“Where are you sleeping tonight?”
Sun Mo asked.
In addition to the mysterious treasure chest he had obtained during the day, Sun Mo had five of them now. Hence, he impatiently wanted to go back so he could quickly open them.
According to the probability, even if he was extremely unlucky, he would be able to open a top-grade item, right?
“Ah?”
An Xinhui started. After that, she blushed. (What did you want to do? We are not married yet and even if you want to do something with me, I won’t permit it.)
(At the very least, t……that has to wait until after we are married!)
“If you are not returning to the villa to sleep, I will be leaving first then.”
Sun Mo was unable to hold back his impatience. He also didn’t know if his lucky mascot had fallen asleep or not. If Lu Zhiruo wasn’t by his side, even if you beat him to death, he wouldn’t dare to open any chests.
“Ah?”
An Xinhui understood somewhat as the villa Sun Mo was staying in belonged to her. This was why he would ask her such a question.
Wait……
(In such a beautiful night with bright moonlight and cool gusts of wind, don’t you want to stay longer with me on this quiet campus?)
“Rest earlier tonight. Since we won against the Myriad Daos Academy today, our future path should be much smoother and we won’t be so fatigued again.”
After Sun Mo spoke, he turned and left.
“But there’s still……”
An Xinhui originally wanted to say that there was still the ‘C’ grade school tournament at the end of the year. In the end, when she lifted her head, Sun Mo was already seven meters away.
He truly left mercilessly.
All of a sudden, An Xinhui felt a little depressed. She originally wanted to discuss with Sun Mo the matter of her going to participate in the 4-star great teacher examination.
In the past, because she was busy with the matters of the school, An Xinhui was easily distracted. Now, she finally had time.
Naturally, the most important point was that even if Sun Mo couldn’t become the champion of the 3-star great teacher examination this year, he most probably would pass. Then, her only superior aspect to him would be gone.
“I definitely don’t want to be at the same rank as you!”
An Xinhui set a small target for herself. She wanted to first obtain the 4-star great teacher title and lead the school out of the ‘C’ grade. A……after that, it would be fine to marry Sun Mo.
Sadly, her grandfather might not be able to attend their wedding. ……
When Sun Mo returned to the villa, Dong He immediately came to welcome him, wanting to help him change his clothes and wear his slippers.
“Just place them there, I will wear them myself!”
Looking at Dong He kneeling on the ground and hugging his thighs, wanting to help him change his shoes, Sun Mo felt very helpless.
He had already made things clear many times, but Dong He simply didn’t listen.
“Serving master is this slave’s responsibility. You have to rest well to nurture your mind and preserve your energy, so it would be easier for you to defeat the other great teachers.”
Dong He’s expression was one of excitement.
There was no need to wait anymore. From now onward, she was the slave of the number one great teacher in Jinling. Even if she was shopping for groceries and encountered the butlers from the other clans, she would be qualified enough to maintain a lofty attitude and wait for them to take the initiative to greet her.
Back then, Xia He rejected following Sun Mo but Dong He agreed. This was equal to her betting her life on Sun Mo.
Now, her gamble had paid off and it was time for the harvest.
What could changing shoes and helping her master to bathe be counted as?
In big clans, there was even a ‘job’ named bed-warmer.
During winter, bed-warmers would first wash themselves clean and then slip into the blankets to ‘warm’ their masters up. If their masters grew excited, it was within their responsibilities to copulate with their masters.
And if they got pregnant?
Wanting to depend on pregnancy to lead a life of luxury?
There was no need to think about that. Firstly, leaving aside the fact that the master would not want a child given birth by a slave, even if the female slave really got pregnant, the main wife would force-feed her with medicine to abort the baby.
Hence, bed-warmers were like chamber pots. After using them, one could casually just throw them away.
“Master, just let me do it or I will feel guilt in my heart.”
Dong He felt very grateful in her heart. She could feel that Sun Mo had never treated her as a slave or a servant.
One must know that although Li Ziqi was very nice and would often give her tips, sometimes, she would inadvertently display the aura of a noble.
It didn’t mean that Li Ziqi was looking down on Dong He. However, because she had been raised as a princess, she could be gentle and kind, but she would definitely not treat Dong He as someone on the same level as her.
Even for Dong He, she was too used to being a slave. By acting like this, Sun Mo actually caused her to feel dread and panic.
“What’s there to feel guilty about?”
Although he said this, Sun Mo didn’t reject her help and decided to allow her to help him change his shoes.
“Ai, how guilty!”
Sun Mo felt some worry whether life like that would be too enjoyable or not?
Other than not being able to play games or drink coke, as well as some aspects of life being not as convenient, the other things were perfect.
Naturally, the prerequisite was that you had to be someone with some status.
If not, you wouldn’t even be able to retain your wife.
When he recalled the scene of Lin Chong* in the Windsnow Mountain Divine Temple, he couldn’t help but sigh in pity at the great hero.
Sun Mo sighed. He had read a few versions of the novel online but had no idea about the ending. However, with the laziness of those authors, he most probably wouldn’t be able to read the ending in his entire life.
After entering the guest room on the second floor, Sun Mo entered the Wind King Divine Hall through the teleportation gate and patrolled the area.
As the eldest martial sister, in addition to being a human the Wind King currently admired, Li Ziqi gave a few side palace halls to Xuanyuan Po and the rest.
They were responsible for the cleanliness and usage of their halls. If there was no important need, they would do their best not to disrupt the training of others.
“Shengjia, your training seems to be going on pretty well.”
Sun Mo stood at a door and watched for a while, feeling very satisfied. The compatibility of the honest guy with the Dharma Skyshock Fist was very high. Each of his moves already had the hint of true mastery within.
If he continued improving, wouldn’t he become a monk?
“Teacher!”
Upon hearing Sun Mo’s voice, Qi Shengjia immediately ran over. He was not good with words and wanted to say some congratulatory things, but he stuttered the moment he tried to say anything.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Qi Shengjia +1,000. Reverence (31,500/100,000).
“I understand your sincerity. Just cultivate well, I’m waiting for the day where you completely master this art and display your brilliance.”
Sun Mo encouraged.
(As expected of my number one point-contributor, the number of favorable impression points you contribute every time would never be below 1,000.)
“I will never throw Teacher’s face away.”
Qi Shengjia guaranteed.
Right now, he completely didn’t dare to ask Sun Mo about taking him on as a personal student because he knew he wasn’t worthy.
To him, being able to receive the guidance of Teacher Sun was already a very fortunate matter. He should even treat everyone to express he was thankful for his blessings.
Wasn’t this nonsense?
He was definitely the most doted son of heaven or how would he have met Sun Mo and received Sun Mo’s attentive teachings? In fact, Sun Mo even passed the Dharma Skyshock Fist down to him.
One must know that it was a peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art and was sufficient to act as a foundation to build a 100-year strong clan.
There were also several affluent second-generations from big clans wanting to invite him to banquets at expensive restaurants. However, Qi Shengjia cleanly rejected them all and ran over here to cultivate.
No matter how delicious the dishes in the restaurants were, how could they be better than the abundant spirit qi in the Wind King Divine Hall?
After speaking a few words of encouragement to Qi Shengjia, Sun Mo continued to guide his other students. He gained another insight.
Actually, Qi Shengjia’s aptitude didn’t improve. Rather, Sun Mo had chosen very well, selecting a cultivation art that was suitable for Qi Shengjia. This Dharma Skyshock Fist didn’t speak of fanciful tricks at its core. It only needed a single word – stability.
It was simple and unadorned, like a Buddha statue in a temple. There was no need to purposely sculpt it so it would have an imposing aura. It also didn’t need to shine with the splendor of gold. As long as it was a Buddha statue, even if it was made of clay, it was sufficient.
If Sun Mo passed the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art down to the honest guy, the honest guy’s rate of improvement would definitely be much much slower.
Sun Mo walked for about 200 meters, and after he found Lu Zhiruo, he saw the papaya girl’s body drenched in sweat as she cultivated. Her robes were already wet and on her innocent goose-egg-shaped face seriousness could be seen.
But as for her performance……
It was the standard of an average person. Even if she fought neutral creeps, her skill was such that her teammates might scold her until she became autistic.
“Zhiruo, do you want to focus your study solely on the art of spiritual control?”
Sun Mo asked.
“Teacher?”
Upon seeing Sun Mo, the papaya girl’s eyes brightened and she immediately jogged over to hug Sun Mo’s arm. After that, when she recalled that her body was drenched in sweat, she hurriedly released her hold and felt a little awkward.
She had dirtied her teacher’s clothes.
(Eh, that’s right. I can use this as an excuse to wash clothes for Teacher, right?)
(Forget it, junior martial sister Baiwu would definitely not give me this chance.)
The papaya girl knew that their teacher’s clothes were all washed by Ying Baiwu. For the sake of this, Ying Baiwu even quarreled with Dong He.
“As for training, it doesn’t mean it’s okay as long as you work hard. You have to allow each segment of your training to generate value. You have to take the initiative to find areas where you are not proficient in.”
Sun Mo patted the papaya girl’s head. Although she put in a lot of effort, the majority of her efforts were ineffective.
To put it more simply, she was repeating her training like a machine. She might become familiar with the moves, but what she remembered might not be the optimized version of the moves.
“Oh!”
Lu Zhiruo lowered her head and her little face was filled with disappointment. Her father also said the same thing before, but how was she supposed to discover the areas she was not proficient in?
How difficult!
It would be much more relaxed to play with small animals.
“System, open a chest!”
Sun Mo instructed.
In any case, he had 5 mysterious treasure chests, there was really no need to test his luck.
As the purple light faded, a skill book clad in golden aura silently floated in the air. It was so obedient that it looked like a brat after that brat was beaten up by its father.
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining the great teacher halo: Lotus Eloquence. Proficiency level: elementary.”
Sun Mo’s spirits immediately stirred. Did he have to be so lucky?
Why did he obtain a great teacher halo right at the start?
“Note: After casting this halo, it will allow your voice to be heavily ‘scented’ and filled with ‘fragrance’. This will cause students to involuntarily be immersed in your words and attentively listen to your teachings. Also, there might occasionally be chances where they listen with single-hearted devotion and won’t be burdened by fatigue.”
“Note: Elementary-level. Radius of 30 meters. Duration: 30 minutes.”
The system’s explanation was simple and clear. This also meant that this halo was exclusively used when teaching, and it was similar to the halo ‘Model Teacher’.
Speaking of the range of its usage, it was ‘broader’ when compared to Priceless Advice. As long as Sun Mo was giving a lecture, he could cast Lotus Eloquence.
Sun Mo couldn’t wait anymore. He immediately activated it and his body flashed with a silvery-white light. Some motes of spirit qi condensed into lotuses that were the size of a baby’s palm, floating in the air.
[1] A character from the novel [Water Margin].
Chapter 687: Divine Language of Spiritual Control, Air Proof!
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining a divine language of spiritual control – Air Proof. Proficiency level: Elementary. Do you want to learn it?”
“If I don’t learn it now, should I wait for next year?”
Sun Mo urged. “Quick, quick, quick. This great teacher wants to learn it right now!”
After he spoke mentally, Sun Mo looked at Lu Zhiruo. “Zhiruo, I’m going to meditate now. You should go and cultivate in another room!”
“Oh!”
The papaya girl obediently went out of the room. However, she didn’t leave and sat cross-legged at the entrance to guard Sun Mo.
Sun Mo directly cast Encyclopedic Knowledge and Gushing Thoughts on himself and prepared to attentively comprehend this divine language of spiritual control. He wanted to see if there would be other benefits.
As for Complete Focus?
Sun Mo wouldn’t use that. He wasn’t playing games or studying for an examination. Also, there were some negative effects if one kept using this halo.
Someone affected by this halo could neglect sleep and forget about food, maintaining a vigorous mental state as they learned for a few days. But after that, they would feel very tired and would need to catch up on rest.
Naturally, if one had nature fruits or alchemy pills to replenish their energy, it didn’t matter whether they slept or not.
After learning the skill, the feather floated in the air. It then shattered into motes of light that transformed into various bird species: cranes, magpies, nightingales, eagles, vultures, etc. All of them looked extremely vivid and flapped their wings as they flew into Sun Mo’s glabella.
Sun Mo’s mind trembled. His consciousness turned into a northern goshawk and soared into the air. After that, he flew above the mountains and sea, through forests and plains, to the very end of the world.
At this instant, Sun Mo peered down at the vast mother earth and felt that he had conquered the skies!
Gradually, he completely forgot that he was a human and started to live, get water, hunt, seek a mate, nurture his young, protect their growth, and die according to the natural instincts of a bird, experiencing a reincarnation cycle one after the other.
The heavens gave me a clear voice, allowing me to chirp and sing about the beauty of life.
The heavens gave me majestic wings, allowing me to soar through the air and enjoy the taste of freedom.
The heavens gave me beautiful features, allowing me to decorate this world, allowing her to be more beautiful and loved. ……
After a very very long time later, Sun Mo’s consciousness returned.
He didn’t cheer excitedly because he had obtained a divine language. On the contrary, he was furrowing his brows in thoughts, wanting to stabilize his insights, and transforming them into nutrients for his growth.
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining the divine language: Air Proof. Proficiency level: Good”
“Sun Mo, I feel that if you are not a teacher, you might become a philosopher.”
The system sighed ruefully. To depend on insights and comprehension to raise the proficiency level from elementary to good without using it a single time, perhaps no one else but Sun Mo could achieve this.
His talent was tyrannical!
“Are you scolding me and insinuating that I’m a swindler?”
Sun Mo counter-asked.
“.……”
The system started. After that, it started complaining. “You better apologize to the philosophers for me!”
“Hehe!”
Sun Mo didn’t really like metaphysics. Rather than giving himself a headache from thinking too much, he might as well teach a few more students. His request for them wasn’t high.
As long as the student could depend on their own ability to feed themselves, allowing them to spend each day more substantially, that would already be alright.
Comprehending Air Proof sapped plenty of Sun Mo’s brain power. He was very worn-out now and wanted to sleep. Hence, he decided to temporarily give up on consuming the Divine Force Fruit to level up.
“Teacher, are you alright?”
Seeing that Sun Mo’s face was pale, Lu Zhiruo hurried over and grabbed hold of him as she asked in worry.
(Eh?)
(Why do I feel that teacher became stronger again?)
(Also, I seem to see the reflection of the sky in his eyes.)
“Help me return!”
Sun Mo felt somewhat tired.
“Mn!”
The papaya girl supported Sun Mo. She was very obedient and after returning to the villa, she asked in a low voice, “Teacher, do you want to take a bath? You might feel more comfortable!”
“No need for that!”
Sun Mo just wanted to sleep.
“Oh!”
The papaya girl then left.
Sun Mo lay on his bed, but his thoughts were still somewhat chaotic. A few minutes later, the papaya girl carried a large wooden basin filled with water over.
“Zhiruo, allow me?”
Dong He followed her, wanting to substitute her in doing this. “For a minor thing like this, it isn’t worth you wasting your time over. Why don’t you spend your time in meditation?”
“It’s fine, showing filial piety to Teacher is also a part of learning.”
The papaya girl squeezed into the bedroom and walked toward the bed as she squatted down. “Teacher, do you want to soak your feet? You will be able to sleep more comfortably.”
“No need!”
Sun Mo sighed ruefully. The feudal society was truly decadent compared to the modern era……
If it was in the modern era, let alone asking a female student to help you wash your feet, even asking them to pass you a towel to wash your face might earn you a complaint if you weren’t lucky. In the end, your qualifications to be a teacher might even be stripped.
The papaya girl felt a little disappointed.
“Oh right, I will recite a part of a spiritual incantation. You guys should pay attention and listen!”
Sun Mo was saying this for the papaya girl to learn. As for Dong He?
Leaving aside whether she could understand it or not, even if she could, if there was no later-half, no one would be able to use the Air Proof.
The papaya girl immediately concentrated. As for Dong He, she lowered her head and revealed an attentive look. However, honestly speaking, she wasn’t concentrating at all.
(My goal is to be the number one maid in Jinling. As for learning the art of spiritual control? Just forget about it!)
As Sun Mo spoke, Dong He’s attention was attracted over involuntarily.
In the room, mysterious and airy syllables rang out in a language that seemed like a song.
(Eh?)
Lu Zhiruo scratched her head. (I’ve heard this song before.)
When she was young and was playing at a beach, she picked up a large conch. When she placed it on her ears, she could hear someone singing a beautiful song inside.
One of those songs was precisely this.
“Enough!”
Sun Mo smacked his lips, feeling a little disgruntled as he forced himself to stop.
Honestly speaking, the melody was very moving. Even Sun Mo wanted to fill some lyrics and turn this into a song. Sadly, he wasn’t cultured enough and could only depend on a single word ‘F***!’ as he tried to fill in some words.
“Aren’t incantations mysterious and bizarre? Why is this incantation so pleasant to listen to?”
Dong He was curious. After listening to it, she felt as though she had just flown one round in the air.
“Let’s leave and give Teacher some resting time!”
Lu Zhiruo pulled Dong He away.
Sun Mo noticed that Lu Zhiruo showed no signs of discomfort. Very good, next time he could sing more segments. It wasn’t that Sun Mo was reluctant to teach her the entire thing. On the contrary, he was worried that the Air Proof might damage her soul
One must know that the art of spiritual control was too mysterious. Before Sun Mo could completely understand it, he wouldn’t recklessly teach it to his student. Right now, he sang ? of the incantation because he wanted to do a simple probe.
Speaking of which, this melody was very catchy and felt like it was impossible to stop humming it.
This caused Sun Mo to recall the songs he had heard before. This was especially so for some of the more catchy children’s tunes. For example, ‘Time’, one couldn’t help but shake their legs to the beat and would even want to smoke a cigarette.
Otherwise, one wouldn’t be able to comprehend the essence within.
Sun Mo had had a colleague. Every time before this colleague went on a blind date, he had to listen one time to this. He said that at that moment, as long as he smoked a cigarette, he felt as though he was the MOST handsome guy on Earth.
Not just one of the most handsome.
(No, this can’t be done, I feel a little high. I better sing the tune again.)
Sun Mo stood up and walked to the window, looking at the bright moonlight that didn’t ‘taint’ the starry sky. He then began to hum the melody.
In any case, there were very few people staying in this area. He didn’t need to worry he would cause too great of a disturbance.
Moreover, with Sun Mo’s current status, even if the neighbors were unhappy, they would definitely bear with it.
The airy melody slowly drifted along with the night wind.
After singing it one time, Sun Mo suddenly felt his body becoming light. The entirety of spirit qi in his body was sucked dry by a powerful force.
This feeling was like there was a huge water pump inserted in you and frenziedly drawing out all the water.
“Damn, I played too big.”
Sun Mo didn’t even have enough strength to curse. With a thud, his body landed on the ground and he directly fainted.
This was a divine language of spiritual control. By humming it once, the amount of spirit qi consumed would be immense. Besides, it would also exhaust one’s consciousness.
Seeing that Sun Mo didn’t become a retard, the system could only say that Sun Mo’s aptitude truly couldn’t be considered bad.
This bout of unconsciousness lasted for two days.
When Sun Mo awoke once more, he saw Mei Ziyu sitting at the side of his bed and reading a book. She was dressed in a simple white long skirt, and her tranquil manner made her resemble a daffodil.
“Teacher Mei?”
Sun Mo kneaded his glabella. He felt as though his brain just got abused by a meat grinder. It felt extremely painful.
“Teacher Sun, you are awake?”
Mei Ziyu had a look of joy on her face and immediately sat closer, helping Sun Mo take his pulse.
Although she had never learned medical arts before, because her mother was a great alchemist and she was also skilled in botany, Mei Ziyu had some expertise in the medical arts.
“How long did I sleep for?”
Sun Mo glanced at the sky outside.
“Two days!”
After a moment, Mei Ziyu heaved a sigh of relief. “It’s fine, your pulse is very stable. From the looks of things, you exhausted your consciousness and a great amount of spirit qi, which was why you fainted. I already told my mother to send a few pills over, and you will be fine after consuming them.”
“I’ve troubled Teacher Mei.”
Sun Mo didn’t reject them or their relationship would seem estranged.
“Ziqi, Zhiruo, and Baiwu are all very concerned about you, wanting to stay with you, but I persuaded them to leave.”
Mei Ziyu explained in case Sun Mo grew angry because his students weren’t here for him.
“Mn!”
Sun Mo recalled how he fainted. He seemed to have heard a shriek-like cry in his mind. Could it be that Air Proof had summoned some bird creature and he felt the resonance from that?
(Damn, I hope the thing I summoned isn’t a casual mob!)
Sun Mo felt depressed. A contract was sacred, and as a man who had slight mental mysophobia, Sun Mo regarded his first time as something very important.
If he summoned a salted fish, no……a lousy bird, what should he do?
“Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I will go and make it.”
Mei Ziyu rose.
“You can cook?”
Sun Mo was a little shocked. From what he knew, the time of great teachers was very valuable and they basically wouldn’t waste it on mundane things like cooking.
Besides, even if they weren’t busy, the powerful clans of the Central Provinces had personal chefs working for them. If one was hungry, they could simply eat the food or ‘eat’ the beautiful chefs.
“My culinary skills are still considered passable!”
Mei Ziyu felt a little complacent.
“Steamed dumplings and Yangchun noodles?”
Sun Mo suddenly felt some anticipation.
His dream was to have a pretty and very gentle wife who had already prepared his meal when he returned home from work.
“I feel that teacher’s wife is going to be damned!”
Outside the door, Lu Zhiruo’s brows were tightly furrowed.
Ying Baiwu didn’t say anything.
“I don’t know whether she is going to be damned or not, but I only know that Teacher Gu’s placement is going to be shifted back a spot.”
Li Ziqi’s lips twitched.
[1] Note: ‘Time’ BGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2Q-EpbJLQ&ab_channel=%E7%A5%9D%E9%95%BF%E5%BF%97 Chapter 688: It Isn’t So Easy If You Want to Become My Student
After the meal, as the host, Sun Mo led Mei Ziyu on a tour around the Central Province Academy. He was also trying to see if there were any suitable students to recruit.
The student recruitment meet lasted for seven days, and around half the time had passed. If Sun Mo still failed to recruit two personal students when the time limit was up, he would fail the mission.
“The darkness illusion dojo is over there. It is the most valuable building of our school and will become a representative icon of our school in the future.”
Sun Mo introduced, “Do you want to take a look? There are plenty of darkness illusions from the ancient era in there.”
“Nope!”
Mei Ziyu shook her head. She had no interest in combat. “Is there a botanical garden around here?”
“There’s a herb garden, but due to the lack of care from the school a few years ago as we were unable to recruit any good botanist, it led to several of the valuable herbs in the garden dying. The ones remaining are those with little to no value.”
Sun Mo felt very helpless when he spoke of this.
For any school that had a certain level of standard in alchemy, they would have a large botanical garden with a myriad of herbs. Leaving aside whether all sorts of valuable herbs could be found in there, you would at least be able to find 70% of the common herbs.
Alchemy was the most popular subject in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces.
If the Central Province Academy wished to climb back into the ranks of the Nine Greats, not only must their alchemy expertise be very high, but they also had to be in the top ten of the Nine Provinces. This was something they wouldn’t be able to accomplish if they didn’t have a herb garden.
“What a pity!”
Mei Ziyu felt that it was a pity.
One had to spend several tens of years or even hundreds of years to slowly collect different types of herbs and nurture them before they could build a ‘formidable’ herb garden.
It was like the fast-growing trees in the modern era. They would still need at least a few years of growth before they could be chopped for lumber. There was no need to mention anything about rare plants like the snow lotus, lingzhi, etc.
“Let’s take a look there?”
Mei Ziyu suggested.
This tour took half a day. And after coming out from the herb garden, Sun Mo felt so embarrassed that he wanted to die. Actually, he really wanted Mei Ziyu to help him manage the herb garden of the school, but the current state of the garden was so terrible that he felt embarrassed to speak about it.
Mei Ziyu lowered her head.
“If Vice Headmaster Sun doesn’t look down on me, how about letting me take care of this herb garden for you?”
“Ah?” Sun Mo started.
“If it’s not convenient, just forget about it.”
Mei Ziyu didn’t insist on it.
“No, it’s convenient. Wait, this isn’t suitable!”
Sun Mo felt somewhat at a loss for words. After scratching his head, he spoke gloomily, “Wouldn’t this trouble you too much?”
Even without needing to depend on her mother Mei Yazhi’s social connections, Mei Ziyu herself had a wealth of botany knowledge. This was already sufficient for her to manage any herb garden in one of the Nine Greats.
“There’s nothing troubling about it. I like to ‘interact’ with the plants and flowers.”
Mei Yazhi smiled. When the warm rays of the sun cascaded on her face, she looked very sweet. “Also, plants have no distinctions between them. I don’t care whether they are valuable or not. Even if you want me to take care of the grass, I’ll be very happy.”
“Mn!”
Sun Mo originally wanted to say that ‘I will build the largest botanical garden in the entire Central Province for you.’ But after hearing Mei Ziyu’s words, he decided to shut up.
Talking was useless, action was the best.
(Just you wait, I’ll definitely find the Greenhaze Forest and bring all the precious herbs back, not even leaving a single one behind.)
(Wait a minute!)
Sun Mo suddenly thought of something. He had the eight-gate cloud. As long as he built a teleportation gate leading to there, wouldn’t he be able to construct a wild botanical garden?
And he would be able to send a batch of students and great teachers there for tempering exercises every now and then, allowing them to broaden their horizons and improve their strength.
It was said that the Nine Greats owned some respective botanical gardens in the Darkness Continent, but the travel there was long and arduous.
They were different from Sun Mo. For him, a teleportation gate could settle everything and he would be able to reach his garden just by taking a single step.
This was simply perfect.
“Esteemed Teacher Sun, please take me in as a personal student.”
Just when Sun Mo was thinking of the future, a huge silhouette rushed over. After that, a thudding sound could be heard as the figure knelt. As he shouted, he began to kowtow as well.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The surrounding students immediately halted their steps after hearing the commotion.
“Teacher Sun? It can’t be Sun Mo, right?”
“God Hands? Where is he? Let me take a look!”
“Damn, I came this time around precisely because I want to take Teacher Sun as my personal teacher.”
The students rushed over like bees.
Sun Mo immediately felt a headache, but he still maintained a smile on his face. After all, when a student wanted to take you on as a personal teacher, it was a type of recognition toward you.
“Teacher, would you please accept me?”
The boy had a sturdy figure. He clenched his fists and thumped his chest with them. “Look, I’m very strong. Since I was five, I was able to eat two buckets of rice every meal and could dance around with a 50 kg huge hammer.”
Si~
Upon hearing this, everyone took in a cold gasp of air.
This was the so-called being gifted?
The boy before their eyes was almost seven feet tall, but his face looked extremely juvenile. He should be about 13 or 14 years old.
“I’ve never used ‘fitness’ as a criteria when I accept students!”
Although this boy looked fitter than Xuanyuan Po just from purely looking at the body, Sun Mo still had to observe his personality and temperament.
The lips of the boy twitched. (If you don’t look at fitness, what are you looking at?)
(Do you know that when I was very young, some great teachers already wanted to accept me as their personal students?)
(My father has never agreed because he was waiting for my value to increase. Now I sneaked out because I want to take you as a personal teacher and you are hesitating?)
Honestly speaking, the boy felt a little unhappy.
After all, those great teachers said before that if he followed them, they would be able to nurture him into an absolutely powerful general.
“You were injured a few days earlier, right? Allow me to help you take a look?”
Sun Mo saw a bruise on the boy’s body. He was preparing to use the ancient massaging technique to earn a wave of favorable impression points first while taking the chance to inspect the boy’s body.
Although he couldn’t use Divine Sight, Sun Mo still had God Hands.
“It’s just a small injury, there’s no need to look!”
The boy had a look of pride on his face. (Cultivation right? How can one avoid being injured?) He felt that the bruise was his badge of honor, proof that he had worked hard. Hence, he never sought to conceal it.
Sun Mo smiled and walked forward, placing his hand on the boy’s shoulder as he exerted strength with his fingers.
(Eh?)
Sun Mo’s expression didn’t change, but his heart pounded violently.
This time around, Sun Mo started to survey the boy seriously.
“There’s a chance!”
Many of the spectating students immediately revealed an envious expression when they saw Sun Mo’s reaction. As for the boy, he snorted complacently.
(The other great teachers have said before that I will become an absolutely powerful general.)
Mei Ziyu quietly waited at the side for Sun Mo.
Sometimes, there was no need to hide one’s skill. Hence, spirit qi surged and flowed from Sun Mo’s arm, eventually forming into the genie.
It had sturdy muscles and it looked as though its entire body was coated in olive oil. It was also wearing a tiny corset that had no buttons, with a purple turban on its head.
Once it appeared, this genie that looked like an Indian immediately raised its arms to show off its muscles.
The surrounding students were immediately dumbfounded. Some people even felt a hint of unease and discomfort psychologically.
The genie glanced at the boy and after surveying a few seconds, it crossed its arms before its chest and shook its head.
“What do you mean by this?”
The boy didn’t understand. (Does this mean that I cannot make it?)
“It is saying that you have no need for treatment.”
Sun Mo sweated heavily. (This genie actually had consciousness?)
“Teacher, I’ve long since said that I’m very fit. Ever since I was young, it’s very rare for me to fall sick.”
The boy boasted.
“Mn!”
Sun Mo nodded but his lips secretly curled. (You are not sick. Rather, your bones are easily fractured.)
The genie shook its head because this boy had very fragile bones.
From his bone setting technique’s feedback, Sun Mo knew that the density of this boy’s bones was very low. This indicated that he wouldn’t be able to endure high-intensity training.
It was like some sportsmen. They looked tall and big, but they would frequently be injured when they clashed against their opponents. Also, it wouldn’t be easy for them to recover and if they lay on the sick bed, they would require half a season to rest. They wouldn’t even have the chance to see the match.
This was what was called ‘fragile’.
On the contrary, some short sportsmen were so sturdily built that they resembled tanks. Although they had no advantage in terms of height, when they snatched the ball, they would be extremely fierce.
Sun Mo inspected the boy’s body and took the chance to ‘patch up’ his bones a little. However, the boy grew impatient from waiting. He then asked, “Teacher, so do you want to accept me or not? Tell me your answer!”
From the boy’s point of view, he came here to take Sun Mo as a personal teacher due to Sun Mo’s reputation. Hence, Sun Mo should feel happy and quickly accept him.
But what was going on with his hesitation?
“I’m strict when it comes to accepting students. My students have to experience many tests before I recruit them. Can you accept this?”
Sun Mo counter-asked.
“Hehe!”
The lips of the boy curled in disdain.
Sun Mo didn’t mind. Actually, he wanted to persuade the boy to stop cultivating.
Right now, the boy’s body was fine because his cultivation base was low, meaning that his training intensity was also low. When his cultivation base improved, wouldn’t his bones suffer from fractures once every ten days to two weeks?
However, Sun Mo couldn’t bear to say such words. After all, which youth wouldn’t have dreams of becoming a hero?
If he told the boy the truth, that he wasn’t suited for cultivation and was simply a taller and more muscular person compared to ordinary people, would he be able to endure such a psychological impact?
One must know that the boy had always judged himself as a genius.
“You will meet a good teacher!” Sun Mo patted the boy’s shoulder. “Also, thank you for your recognition of me.”
Sun Mo turned and left.
The guy also stood up. He had wanted to say something like Sun Mo would regret it if he didn’t accept him. But he felt that doing so would make him seem very pathetic. Hence, the boy decided to look for other great teachers.
(I heard that there’s another great teacher named Jin Mujie in Jinling. Not only is she beautiful, but she is very strong as well.)
(As for Sun Mo……)
(Just wait and see, you will definitely regret the fact that you missed out on recruiting me today!)
“He’s just a kid and isn’t mature in terms of mentality. Having such an attitude is normal, don’t be too affected by it!”
Mei Ziyu consoled.
“Do I look like someone who would be angered by a child?”
Sun Mo laughed.
Mei Ziyu shook her head and felt curious after that. “There’s something wrong with his body, right?”
“More accurately speaking, the toughness of his bones isn’t high enough and he won’t be able to endure high-intensity training. The strength of his bones also isn’t enough to support his strong muscles and veins. Ai, what a pity!”
Sun Mo sighed.
How could it be so easy to become a powerful general? China had 5,000 years of history but only a few famous generals. When the boy discovered that he was just an ordinary person, he would most probably feel despair, right?
Also, recruiting students was a two-way process. Sun Mo didn’t mind the students he rejected resenting him now. If not, they might hate him more after becoming his personal student and it would already be too late for regrets.
In a flower bed 50+ meters behind Sun Mo and Mei Ziyu, Li Ziqi and two others were hiding here.
“That’s already the third person.”
Li Ziqi took out a notebook and made a note.
“I don’t like that fellow, he’s too arrogant.”
Lu Zhiruo’s lips twitched.
“Speaking of which, it isn’t too good if we follow behind Teacher like this, right?”
Ying Baiwu felt conflicted.
“You can choose not to follow him!”
Li Ziqi didn’t mind it.
The iron-headed girl stopped speaking, but her footsteps didn’t.
“Should we go over to the battle dojo for a look?”
Sun Mo suggested. When they passed by the student dorms, a male student with a panicked look ran out. After he saw Sun Mo, his countenance was immediately filled with joy as he rushed over.
“Teacher, something is bad. Something happened to Wang Meng!”
Chapter 689: All You People from the Central Province Academy Have to Die!
Sun Mo and Mei Ziyu followed Zhou Pei into the male student dorm. Zhou Pei was the student who had called out to them.
At this moment, several people already gathered in front of the #308 dorm room.
“What’s going on?”
“I heard someone died in his sleep?”
“Ah? Died?”
“I don’t think so, there’s no death yet, right?”
The students discussed as everyone spoke out at once.
“Everyone, make way. Teacher Sun is here!”
Zhou Pei shouted.
When the students heard this, they immediately stood up and retreated to the two sides of the corridor, opening a path for Sun Mo.
Right now, Sun Mo was the number one person in the Central Province Academy, no, he should be the number one person in Jinling. No one was ignorant about his God Hands. Hence, all the students were extremely respectful.
“Teacher Sun, good afternoon!”
“Hello, Teacher Sun!”
The students respectively greeted as this was etiquette.
Sun Mo immediately frowned when he entered the dorm. There was a smell akin to rotting meat, pungent and acrid. It was like the smell that emitted when you passed by the dead body of a wild dog on a field of grass nearby.
However, when Sun Mo looked inside, although the dorm room was the same as typical male dorms where things were slightly messy, and dirty clothes thrown everywhere, there was no hint of anything rotting.
In this era, food was considered quite abundant. Besides, the school rules also place an emphasis on frugality. Hence, a case of people hoarding food until it went bad definitely wouldn’t happen.
Moreover, Sun Mo noticed that other than some panic on the expressions of the students, there was no hint of disgust. This indicated that the other people in the room weren’t able to smell this rotting stench.
“Teacher Sun, be careful. The situation here seems off.”
Mei Ziyu reminded him. She didn’t smell anything; she only felt an aura that caused her to feel uncomfortable.
This was because she wasn’t a spiritual controller.
“Mn!”
Sun Mo walked to the bed Wang Meng was lying on. His eyes were tightly closed and his cheeks were puffed. He was also forcefully biting down with his teeth.
This situation was very dangerous. If he bit his tongue, he would die.
“When he returned in the morning, he was very tired and said he wanted to sleep for a while. He told me to wake him up when it’s time for lunch.”
Zhou Pei’s tone was frantic. “When noon came, we called him a few times, but he couldn’t be woken up. Hence, we went for lunch on our own. After lunch, we took a nap and after waking up, I planned to call him along to cultivate, but I discovered him like this.”
Actually, he didn’t plan to cultivate but wanted to go and see the new female students who might join the school.
Sun Mo activated the Divine Sight.
Ding!
Warning: usage of Divine Sight is prohibited during the student recruitment meet. Please resolve this yourself.
Ding!
“New mission issued: Please cure Wang Meng. If you fail, there will be a punishment!”
“.……”
If things were too serious and urgent, Sun Mo would definitely scold the system. (What’s the time? Why are you still giving out missions now?)
However, although Sun Mo was unhappy about it, he didn’t feel discouraged or helpless because he had expected a day like this to come.
Sun Mo stood at the side and inspected Wang Meng’s body.
His shirt was still on and was wrinkled as well as stained with filth. His pants and shoes also had traces of a greenish substance, and this should be the sap that some plants might release after being trampled on.
“Did he stay out for the whole night yesterday?”
Sun Mo frowned.
“This……”
Zhou Pei felt a headache. According to the school rules, students in dorms were not allowed to stay out of the school at night. However, the school was so big and there were so many students. The security guards wouldn’t be able to check everything completely.
Upon seeing Zhou Pei’s expression, Sun Mo knew the answer.
However, Sun Mo was very curious. (There are no internet cafes in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, what can you all do if you stay out?)
(It can’t possibly be that he went to places like brothels to drink and make merry, right?)
“Was he learning the art of spiritual control?”
Sun Mo pried Wang Meng’s eyelids open.
His eyeballs, which were originally turned upward, suddenly spun down. Like a corpse coming to life, Wang Meng suddenly started roaring and sat straight up. His hands shot for Sun Mo’s neck, and he even wrenched his mouth wide open, wanting to bite Sun Mo.
“Yes!”
After Zhou Pei spoke, he was so shocked by this scene that his hair stood on their ends. He then quickly hid away.
Sun Mo lifted his hand and cut it down on Wang Meng’s forehead.
This was a move from the Dharma Skyshock Fist!
Bang!
Wang Felt dizzy and dropped down on the bed again. After that, he was like a mad dog and rushed over, preparing to bite and kill Sun Mo once more.
Pak! Pak! Pak!
Sun Mo stretched out his hand. His middle and index fingers tapped ferociously on Wang Meng’s body, sealing all his energy channels.
Putong!
This time around, when Wang Meng lay down on the bed, he was like a mummy that couldn’t move. However, his eyeballs were spinning rapidly and looked very frightening.
“Sun Mo can you resolve it?”
Mei Ziyu was worried.
“Small problem!”
Sun Mo indicated that there was no need for Mei Ziyu to panic. After that, he glanced at Wang Meng. “Come out yourself or don’t blame me for being impolite!”
“Who is Teacher Sun talking to?”
The students stretched their necks and glanced into the room as they watched this scene. It felt a little terrifying.
Sun Mo waited for ten seconds and cast Freedom Proof at Wang Meng after that.
Boom!
A ball of green smoke immediately emitted from Wang Meng, giving off a feeling like the frost on a winter night.
Once the green smoke appeared, it started wailing as it shot straight for the door.
Mei Ziyu pulled her sword.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The green smoke was instantly severed into seven parts before they started fleeing separately.
“This is a spirit body. Ordinary weapons won’t be able to kill it.”
Mei Ziyu frowned. Spirit bodies came from a cemetery, a mass burial grave, etc. The remnant souls and the qi from the earth would then merge together and form a lifeform known as spirit bodies.
Why were the majority of places like mass burial graves extremely eerie and gloomy? It was due to the ‘aura’ from the yet-to-form spirit bodies.
Sun Mo lifted his hand and circulated his spirit qi.
Motes of golden light immediately shone around his right hand. After that, the light motes formed into walnut-sized balls of light.
Pak! Sun Mo snapped his fingers and these balls of light swooshed out rapidly, penetrating the seven portions of green smoke before they realized what was going on.
This scene was like when snow and ice encountered an extremely hot branding iron. The melting process occurred directly.
Wow!
The students exclaimed in shock.
“What cultivation art is this? It is so magical!”
“The main point is that it’s so cool-looking!”
“I wish to learn it!”
Several students secretly did the action of snapping their fingers.
“This……”
Mei Ziyu naturally knew that it was the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Wave Art.
After all, this was a unique ultimate art possessed solely by Bai Shuang, a genius of the Skyraise Academy. Moreover, such long-range attacking arts were truly too rare in the cultivation world.
Hence, everyone might not have witnessed the prowess of such arts personally, but they had all heard stories about them.
“Damnable human, how dare you destroy my home garden? You even want to capture me as your spiritual beast and enslave me? How despicable and hateful!”
A low-sounding hoarse voice rang out in the dorm.
Upon hearing this, the students immediately felt a sense of disgust toward Wang Meng. This fellow must have done something bad.
Sun Mo heaved a sigh of relief. His art of spiritual control was at the grandmaster-level. This was why he knew that such a spirit body was unable to be killed by material attacks delivered through swords and axes.
Luckily, the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Wave Art was useful, or Sun Mo could only call for help. If he did so, the dazzling halo around him, in which the students regarded him with, would dim.
“Master, allow me to deal with it.”
The scarab’s voice suddenly rang out in Sun Mo’s mind.
“Yo, Old Beet, you are finally willing to listen to me?”
Sun Mo teased.
“.……”
The scarab felt helpless. (I don’t wish to speak to you and even feel like tossing a huge ball of dung onto your face, but I’m hungry!)
(Forget it, I should endure the hunger!)
(After I recover to my peak, everyone from the Central Province Academy will die!)
“You want to eat it to boost your strength?”
Sun Mo guessed.
“That’s right!”
The scarab didn’t hesitate. After all, when it did so later, it wouldn’t be able to hide it. “If I grew stronger, there would also be a vast improvement to your combat strength.”
“Don’t tempt me!”
Sun Mo’s lips twitched. “Old Beet, I discovered that you are very cunning. Where’s your honor of being a divine protector?”
“Hehe!”
The scarab felt disdain. (I’m not a divine protector for you guys. If there’s a chance, I will eat all your souls with no hesitation.)
“This fellow should be a dead spirit, right? By consuming it, would there be negative effects on you? Will you become like Wang Meng?”
Sun Mo had to understand the consequences.
“Don’t link me with rubbish like you humans. Eh, sorry I misspoke. Master is an exception!”
The scarab then introduced. “I am a divine protector that mainly cultivated soul-type magic. To put it in your words, magic is named cultivation art. It’s the simplest method to raise my strength rapidly – devouring them.”
The scarab didn’t mention that back then, it only feasted on sacrificial beings. This was especially so for the souls of young boys and girls, they were the most delicious for it.
Now that it recalled the taste, it even felt a little like salivating.
When it saw Sun Mo hesitating, the scarab grew anxious. “Master, please allow me to devour it as it’s impossible for someone of your strength level to kill it.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Sun Mo spoke and snapped his fingers.
A walnut-sized ball of light suddenly formed and flew toward the glass window.
Boom!
The light slammed into a ball of shadows and opened up a hole in it.
“You……”
The scarab was badly frustrated because it could feel the soul fluctuations of that dead spirit vanishing. This indicated that Sun Mo managed to kill it.
“Sorry, it was killed by me.”
Sun Mo spread his hands and felt very helpless.
“Why don’t you go and die?”
The scarab cursed.
“What did you say?”
Sun Mo frowned.
(Eh, why can’t I control my impulse?)
The scarab finally woke up. It could only fawn on this person and mustn’t go against him. He was a man that definitely wouldn’t be tempted or threatened by it.
“You can retreat. In the future, without my instructions, do not speak up randomly!”
Sun Mo’s tone was strict.
This was a technique to teach spiritual beasts. Otherwise, if the scarab was disobedient, Sun Mo would rather not want it.
“Master, I don’t dare anymore.”
The scarab submitted. “I’m willing to be at your beck and call.”
(It’s fine, I can act submissive first. In the future, there will surely be a day where I can properly taste the souls of these humans.)
“That dead spirit has lived for over 300 years. It’s truly a pity to waste it like that.”
The scarab pleaded. “How about letting me eat it?”
“Scram!”
Sun Mo’s words were concise and comprehensive.
“Master, even if you are rearing a dog, you have to feed it, right? Could it be that you are planning to starve me to death?”
After the scarab finished speaking, it felt its heart beating very fast. There was no solution to it as this was too shameful.
Before Sun Mo could answer, Wang Meng who was on the bed suddenly regained consciousness.
“Who am I?”
“Where am I?”
“What am I doing?”
After asking the three questions, Wang Meng suddenly roared.
“Where’s my spiritual beast?”