Upon hearing the bragging tone of the scarab, Sun Mo immediately knew that this fellow must have found a great discovery.

  “Let’s go!”

  Sun Mo stood up.

  “Master, could it be you have never done something bad before? Don’t you know how to put on a pretense? This is the first time I saw someone so openly looking for trouble.”

  The scarab spoke in disdain.

  “After killing everyone, there are no more witnesses. Why is there still a need for pretense?”

  Sun Mo counter-asked.

  “.……”

  The scarab started. After that, the scarab felt incomparably impressed. As expected of humans, they were the most shameless. (Even someone so evil like me has to admit my inferiority before you guys.)

  “Seems like I have to prepare a nocturnal suit along with a mask. Speaking of which, is a red-colored suit nice?”

  It wasn’t that Sun Mo wanted to pretend. Rather, he basically didn’t know how to.

  By borrowing the concealment of the night, Sun Mo executed the Wind King Divine Steps. His body traveled past the rooftops of houses in Jinling as he moved as light as a swallow. He felt as though he was a martial arts expert that could leap onto roofs and vault over walls.

  However, the sounds from those houses spoiled the mood a little.

  There were people scolding their kids, couples quarreling, and even people meeting secret lovers. Honestly speaking, when he heard the moaning noises, Sun Mo almost stopped to listen to them.

  Speaking of which, one of the greatest annoyances he had when he came to Jinling was that he was no longer able to watch any adult videos.

  “My 80G!”

  Sun Mo hesitated like a salted fish that was dried in the sun. He had already lost his dreams.

  “Dalang, time to eat your medicine!”

  All of a sudden, a sentence entered Sun Mo’s ears, almost causing him to be so shocked that he fell from the roof.

  “What the hell?”

  Sun Mo slowed his steps and found the house where the voice originated from. After that, he became like spiderman and peered inside through the screen windows.

  Pea-sized Lamp!

  A woman with a gentle face was taking care of a sick man by feeding him medicine.

  No matter how he looked at it, this didn’t seem like murder.

  “Damn, my nerves are too sensitive.”

  Sun Mo kneaded his glabella. After all, women like Pan Jinlian were considered a minority.

  Very soon, Sun Mo exited Jinling and sped toward the eastern suburbs. A moment later, he suddenly felt depressed.

  “How much further?”

  (Although my physical capability is good, I can’t possibly waste my stamina like that.)

  “Maybe slightly more than ten miles.”

  The scarab estimated.

  Sun Mo suddenly stopped.

  The scarab didn’t understand. “Given your body constitution, there’s no difference between a run and a warm-up if you were to run this distance, right?”

  “The main point is since I’ve a mount, why do I need to run?”

  Sun Mo counter-asked.

  “.……”

  The scarab was speechless. (How lazy can you be? Can’t you treat it as a night run?)

  (You spoke about a mount?)

  (Could it be that cloud?)

  “Little Silver, come here quickly. Master is tired and he wants to sit on you!”

  The scarab used telepathy to speak with the Eight-Gate Cloud. Its desire not to be a mount was extremely exuberant.

  “Stop calling, aren’t you here?”

  Sun Mo smiled.

  “As expected……”

  The scarab’s lips twitched. It tried a last-ditch struggle. “No matter what, I’m a divine protector of Egypt. Even members of the royal clan have to worship me when they see me. I’ve never done something like being a mount before, and I’m not familiar with how to do it. I’m afraid I might cause Master to fall down. That would really be a sin if that happens.”

  “It’s fine, you will eventually get used to things!”

  Sun Mo didn’t mind.

  “.……”

  The scarab cursed silently in its heart. It really wanted to curse out loud. (You want to ride on me forever instead of just once, right?)

  (How can someone be so shameless and despicable?)

  “Master, given my identity, it wouldn’t be good if other people saw me as a mount.”

  The scarab pleaded. “I’m also a bug that wants face!”

  “Don’t worry, there’s no one from Egypt here and they won’t know you are a scarab. Even if we were seen by people, the one losing face would be me.”

  Sun Mo shrugged. “After all, I’m mounted on a dung beetle. Even if I was a prince, the commoners would surely roll their eyes at me.”

  (Then you shouldn’t ride on me!)

  The scarab howled in its heart, but it didn’t dare to say such a thing out because it discovered that Sun Mo’s patience was about to be exhausted.

  “Quickly, stop talking nonsense.”

  Sun Mo urged.

  “How am I talking nonsense?”

  The scarab wanted to lash itself.

  “Stop being depressed. Have you discovered the enemy’s nest? After we destroy that place, I will permit you to eat your fill.”

  Sun Mo also wasn’t someone emotionless.

  He was doing this to tame the scarab with the stick and carrot method.

  “Master, look at how broad my back is. It’s very suitable for someone to sit on. It’s guaranteed to be extremely stable.”

  The scarab immediately changed its stance and smiled as it recommended itself.

  The contract mark on the back of Sun Mo’s hands suddenly emitted a bright purple light. After that, the scarab grew to the size of an all-terrain vehicle.

  Under the night, it was clad in purple mist and looked beautiful and mysterious.

  “Master, sit tight!”

  After Sun Mo sat on its back, the scarab immediately broke into a run. “Let’s do this!”

  Was this what was called ‘going for a spin’?

  The scarab climbed mountains, traversing it as though it was flat land. Maybe it was for the sake of eating those brain matter, but it actually started to act fancy and didn’t slow down during a turn, directly doing a drift.

  In any case, it just wanted to make its master happy.

  “.……”

  Seeing the scarab forcefully moving its legs and kicking up large clouds of dust, Sun Mo was dumbfounded. (Are you not afraid of becoming lame?)

  A scholar heading to the capital for an examination wiped the sweat on his forehead as he leaned against a tree to catch his breath.

  It was summer now and it was cooler to travel during the night. Besides, bandits would be lazier at this time and would be sleeping in their nests. Hence, it was relatively safe.

  The only troublesome thing was that there were many ferocious beasts like jackals, wolves, tigers, and panthers. But as long as he traversed the main path, there shouldn’t be any problems.

  “After I pass the examination and become an official, I will definitely purchase a fine steed!”

  The scholar massaged his numb lower leg, but all of a sudden, there was a shocked look on his face as he peered at something not far away.

  It was a gigantic crawling bug moving like lightning through the main path.

  “There seems to be a person sitting on top of that bug?”

  The scholar was shocked and rubbed his eyes.

  “Speaking of which, that looks like a dung beetle, right? But why does it look so handsome?”

  All of a sudden, the scholar no longer wanted to buy a fine steed. However, where could he find such a bug for sale?

  (I really want one like it!)

  (If I had such a beautiful bug as my steed……I would definitely be the most dazzling existence among the candidates in the imperial civil service examination.)

  “Master, there’s a human there!”

  The scarab turned its head and licked its mandibles. “Can I have a snack? After all, I feel tired after running for such a long distance.”

  “Scram!”

  Sun Mo’s words were concise and comprehensive. ……

  After the scarab slowed down, it started to avoid the main path and head into the wilderness at the side. Sun Mo knew that they were about to arrive at the enemy’s nest.

  As expected, slightly ten minutes later, a manor resembling the fangs of a ferocious beast could be seen at the foot of a mountain.

  “Master, those black-robed men who sought to assassinate you all ran inside here.”

  The scarab wanted to claim some credit. “I did a little probing. This place seems to be the dwelling of a prince.”

  “Prince?”

  Sun Mo frowned. He wanted to move nearer to observe but was worried he might be exposed.

  “Master, you don’t know the spiritual bug vision?”

  The scarab was surprised.

  “What’s that?”

  Sun Mo was curious.

  “A skill for spiritual controllers to view the world with the vision of their spiritual beasts.”

  After the scarab introduced it, it started to guide Sun Mo on what to do.

  For the sake of its supper – the brain matter inside this manor – it decided to go all out.

  Ten minutes later.

  “Understood!”

  Sun Mo sat cross-legged and focused his mind, calming his heart. He then released a strand of his consciousness, channeling it into the mind of the scarab.

  BOOM!

  Sun Mo’s mind shook, and his vision entered darkness. Roughly about 6 to 7 seconds later, his entire vision lit up again.

  However, the scene before his eyes had changed.

  Firstly, his field of view became higher and the things in the surroundings became much more colorful, even abnormally conspicuous. Also, he was able to see things very far away.

  Sun Mo soon understood that he was sharing the scarab’s vision. This also meant that he could see whatever it saw.

  “Master, your learning speed is really fast!”

  The scarab praised.

  “Stop kissing my ass. You won’t be able to get a second supper.”

  Sun Mo’s lips curled.

  “Eh, Master, am I that type of bug?”

  The scarab complained due to the injustice, but it was cursing in its heart. (You stingy bastard, you don’t even want to give me supper.)

  “Stop bullshitting. Quickly settle the important thing!”

  Sun Mo urged.

  The body of the scarab emitted purple mist. A few seconds later, it was no longer here when the mist dissipated.

  If one looked closely, one would see that it had turned into the size of a fingernail and was flying toward the manor. When it flew past the main gate, Sun Mo saw the signboard above with the words ‘Prince Manor’!

  As expected, Li Zixing was the mastermind.

  Usually speaking, if assassins failed an assassination, they would definitely wait for a few days before returning to their nest. This was to prevent others from following them.

  However, these black-robed men had no leader to guide them and they didn’t know what to do, hence, they chose to return. Secondly, they felt that this place was Li Zixing’s Prince Manor and even if their opponent was the Governor of Jinling, the governor wouldn’t dare to barge in.

  However, they had no idea they were being tailed by a bug.

  Through the scarab’s eyes, Sun Mo saw that everything was normal here. There were servants and maids, but because it was already very late, other than the guards patrolling, the majority of people were already asleep.

  “These people probably don’t know the identity of the black-robed men.”

  The scarab explained. It flew half a round above the manor and retreated. After that, it stopped at a slope roughly 60 meters away from the west courtyard wall.

  Over there, there was a huge forest with densely packed trees. This was a place that clearly provided very good concealment.

  “I’m going to enter.”

  After the scarab finished speaking, it entered through a gap. After that, there was a narrow but sturdily built tunnel.

  From the looks of things, this tunnel had at least existed for over twenty years.

  “Li Zixing probably raised those black-robed men to do vile jobs for him.”

  Sun Mo guessed. Through these many years, it was unknown how many evil things Li Zixing had done. But very soon, Sun Mo suddenly felt some suspicions.

  After exiting the tunnel, there was a gigantic lounge with candles as thick as arms. These candles were illuminating everything in the surrounding.

  As the scarab continued advancing, Sun Mo saw some people by virtue of the candlelight. These people wore white robes and had a piece of white cloth masking their noses and mouths.

  “Are they using them as a mask?”

  Very soon, Sun Mo saw these white-robed people carrying metal boxes with many things placed within.

  There were bloodied clothes, remnants of medical dregs, and also bottles as well as jars.

  All of a sudden, Sun Mo’s eyes widened.

  The last three people in the group were carrying inner organs that were still dripping with fresh blood.

  “Damn, what the hell is this place?”

  Just when Sun Mo wanted the scarab to follow them closely behind so he could see everything clearly, a whistle suddenly rang out in the nest. A moment later, those white-robed men started to run as every one of them entered a combat state.

  “I got discovered?’

  Sun Mo frowned.

  [1] Dalang: A character from the novel Water Margins whose wife (Pan Jinlian) cheated on him.

  Chapter 705: Where’s the Agreed upon ‘Most Doted Child’ of the Goddess of Luck?

  Helian Beifang was pulling on a girl’s hand as he sped through a tunnel. When he was captured, he had been unconscious. Hence, he basically didn’t know where the exit was and could only run around like a headless fly.

  “I knew this would be the case!”

  Helian Beifang pursed his lips. Actually, the best idea was to wait for a few days so he could probe the enemy and find a way to escape. However, that was too difficult.

  As a medicine-human, the activity range of Helian Beifang was only the jail room and the alchemist room. There were no other places.

  Moreover, the three medicine-humans in his room had already died. He would then be the next in line and wouldn’t have a chance to escape.

  Pant! Pant!

  Helian Beifang breathed heavily. He originally had a second plan, and that was to kidnap a powerful target here to use that person as a hostage.

  Even if he captured a small fry, he could threaten the hostage and find out the way to leave here.

  However, just when Helian Beifang left his prison room, there was already an obstruction to his plan.

  It was all because of the girl behind him.

  “Save me please, I beg you!”

  Her soft and weak voice caused Helian Beifang’s heart to soften. Her eyes, which were filled with pleading, resembled the looks of those cubs he met when he had been hunting beasts.

  Helian Beifang knew that this girl wanted to live.

  His rationale told him that he would definitely fail to escape if he brought this girl along. However, he was eventually ruled by his emotions and decided to save the girl.

  (If I don’t bring her away, she would die for sure and I would live in self-blame my entire life.)

  When this thought arose in his head, Helian Beifang decided to advance with no second thoughts. Even if he died, he would have no regrets. After all, everyone would have a moment in their life where they had to stake everything for their belief.

  Helian Beifang felt that this girl was worth it for him to risk his life.

  “Nevermind, you won’t be able to escape if you bring me along with you.”

  The girl’s countenance turned pale when she heard the sounds of footsteps growing closer. She was kind in nature. Hence, after a little hesitation, she pulled back her hand from the grip of this barbarian youth.

  “I can’t be a burden to you!”

  Although this youth was very smelly, he was very kind. His heart was brighter and even more dazzling than the sunlight.

  “Stop talking nonsense!”

  Helian Beifang’s expression turned heavy. He went to grab the girl’s hand but failed to do so. Hence, he directly took a step and moved toward her, carrying her on his shoulder.

  “Just leave me here, please?”

  The girl pleaded.

  “You will die!”

  Helian Beifang had a look of fury on his face.

  The boys and girls who were captured were medicine-humans. What were medicine-humans?

  Simply speaking, they were kidnapped for the sake of being guinea pigs.

  When a new alchemy pill appeared, there’d be a need to know its side effects. Hence, some humans would be fed with the pill and observed.

  Some poor families had no choice but to sell themselves or their children to become medicine-humans. At the very least, they would have enough money to live comfortably for a while before they died.

  They felt that being medicine-humans meant they would be cared for and fed. After all, if they were too skinny and weak, it might influence the results of the experiments.

  Honestly speaking, such a situation was very rare.

  Alchemists had to conduct repeated experiments on the medicine-humans to determine the exact effect of a pill as they continued to modify and perfect it.

  Choosing to be a medicine-human was akin to choosing death.

  In the market, the supply of medicine-humans never met the demand. Hence, there would be syndicates kidnapping youths as they were healthier and easier to catch.

  Helian Beifang had been kidnapped thrice, but he always depended on his strength and luck to escape successfully.

  However, this time around, Helian Beifang could feel that it would be much more difficult.

  “Boohoohoo!”

  The girl cried out.

  “Stop crying, a guy can shed blood but not tears. Even if you die, you cannot show your weakness to the enemies.”

  Helian Beifang berated.

  “I’m a girl!”

  The girl’s lips twitched.

  “Eh!”

  Helian Beifang was stunned and could only focus on galloping away.

  “I found them! Over here!”

  Up ahead, a loud shout suddenly drifted over. Helian Beifang’s countenance changed and he directly changed his direction. But after a few steps, a huge net suddenly fell from the air.

  Although Helian Beifang was carrying someone on his back, he was still extremely ferocious and managed to kick his speed up a gear.

  He knew he was ambushed. That shout earlier was to lure him into this tunnel. However, they couldn’t retreat now and could only rush ahead no matter what.

  “Hold tight!”

  Just when Helian Beifang finished speaking, a few more huge nets blasted over.

  This barbarian youth dodged to the left and right, like a wild boar that was displaying a last-ditch struggle before being captured.

  “His constitution is really excellent!”

  A young man clad in white robes made of silk appeared at the tunnel’s entrance. He looked at Helian Beifang with admiration in his eyes.

  “Yeah, if someone like him becomes a medicine-human, he would surely last until the final steps. If it wasn’t for this, we would have long since killed him.”

  A middle-aged man stood at the side. He was the one responsible for the security of this base.

  If it wasn’t because Helian Beifang’s body quality was too good, causing them to have to catch him alive, the middle-aged man would have ordered the archers to shoot him to death.

  This was a secret base operated by the Dark Dawn for over twenty years. Not a single one of the medicine-humans had managed to leave this place alive.

  Helian Beifang wouldn’t even be able to escape even if he was alone, let alone while carrying a burden. Just ten minutes later, he was captured by a net.

  “Sorry, I only bring harm to you!”

  The girl sobbed.

  “Scum, come fight against me!”

  Helian Beifang called out to the youth.

  “Scald this fellow with hot water. Even medicine-humans have to maintain cleanliness.”

  The young man covered his nose and instructed his subordinates. After that, he surveyed Helian Beifang and laughed. “I hope you can still be so vigorous half a year later.”

  As for the girl, the young man couldn’t even be bothered to look at her. In any case, the girl was an inferior specimen that would die within two months.

  Speaking of which, during these few years, Li Zixing had been performing very perfunctorily. Those test subjects he had caught were all rubbish. If the quality of the medicine-humans was too inferior, it would delay the improvement of experiments. ……

  Not far away, a scarab rested on the wall and witnessed everything.

  “Is there a problem with that barbarian’s brain? He can’t even protect himself and yet wants to save others? Eh……”

  The scarab was filled with disdain. But as it spoke halfway, it discovered something wrong. Sun Mo was silent; evidently, he was enraged. Hence, it hurriedly changed its words. “That barbarian is a good man, such a good man!”

  “You don’t understand humans, yet you already learned discrimination. Barbarians is just the term of address people from the central plains have for someone like him.”

  Sun Mo’s lips curled.

  “Master is reprimanding me correctly”

  The scarab had a face filled with respect while it cursed in its heart. (All of you eastern monkeys should just wait for me. When I regain my freedom, everyone in Jinling must die.)

  “Where’s your integrity?”

  Sun Mo was speechless. If it wasn’t for the fact that this scarab did have some capabilities, he would even suspect whether its identity as a divine protector was real. After all, this fellow didn’t seem to have its own standpoint.

  “Hehe!”

  The scarab lifted its head and pretended to check out the scenery in the surroundings, not listening to Sun Mo.

  (Integrity?)

  (Can that be eaten?)

  (If you give me brain matter to eat, I will even call you daddy!)

  “Let’s go!”

  Sun Mo prepared to observe the terrain and verify the enemy’s combat strength.

  “Eh? Are we not saving him?”

  The scarab mitigated its earlier mistake. “After all, he is a good man and in this era, good men are very rare.”

  “How to save him then?”

  Sun Mo wanted to roll his eyes.

  Right now, he was already clear about these people’s identity.

  Regardless of alchemists, guards, or that young man who was clearly the leader, there was a red-colored sun symbol on their chests. Moreover, there were nine coronas around the sun symbol.

  This symbol was the symbol of one of the seven powerful Starlords of Dark Dawn – the Corona Starlord.

  Because Sun Mo had met the Daybreak Starlord and Daynight Starlord, he then spent a while to investigate and read up on the information reports of these major characters.

  However, because they were too secretive, many things in the information report were false.

  “Is my life processing too smoothly lately, hence I started to suffer bad luck now? I thought I was supposed to be the ‘most doted’ child of the goddess of luck?”

  Encountering three Starlords within a single month……wasn’t his luck a little too bad?

  Honestly speaking, if it was possible, Sun Mo truly didn’t wish to clash with these bastards.

  To give an example, it was like an ordinary man offending Mu’ammar Al-Qadhdhāfī, Osama Bin Laden, etc. Did they even need to think about living a good life? These people you offended would just spam bombs at your house every day. Who could endure this?

  However, Sun Mo had no choice.

  He already saw at least 50 medicine-humans imprisoned here. Even if it was merely for the sake of saving people, Sun Mo would fight and destroy this base.

  Half an hour later, Sun Mo actually found the missing Yue Rongbo. He was imprisoned alone in a cell and was unconscious.

  “It’s over. The financial backer of the Myriad Daos Academy is Li Zixing.”

  Sun Mo’s brows furrowed so tightly that they were enough to crush a crab to death.

  If someone told him Li Zixing had no intentions to touch these students, Sun Mo wouldn’t believe it even if someone beat him to death. Yue Rongbo must have evidently discovered something and gotten ambushed.

  If not, how would these people dare to capture a 4-star great teacher? ……

  After exiting the base, Sun Mo dispelled the spiritual bug vision. For a time, he felt a little unused to it. However, he didn’t adjust himself and directly leaped upon the scarab’s back, galloping madly back toward the Central Province Academy.

  “Where’s the promised supper?”

  The scarab felt very wronged. “Why don’t we kill one and taste their blood? In any case, I suspect my tastebuds are recently deteriorating.”

  Sun Mo ignored it. After he returned to school, he went straight to the office building.

  As expected, the light in the headmaster’s office was still on. An Xinhui was still working.

  “Is something the matter?”

  When she saw his heavy expression, An Xinhui’s heart sank. In her mind, no matter what trouble Sun Mo had encountered, he would always stay calm and composed.

  “I found a nest of the Corona Starlord. What’s troublesome is that the base is located under the manor of Li Zixing……”

  Sun Mo revealed his discovery.

  Although An Xinhui had seen many major scenes before, she was dumbfounded now. If this matter was verified, there would surely be a huge commotion in Jinling.

  “What do you plan to do?”

  An Xinhui asked.

  “What else can we do? Raze the base and save the people within.”

  Sun Mo’s voice rang with the force of steel. “Killing villains and protecting students are the responsibilities of all great teachers.”

  An Xinhui smiled. (As expected of the man I look up to, your spirit is truly imposing.)

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from An Xinhui +500. Reverence (35,500/100,000).

  Honestly speaking, once many people knew that their opponent was a Starlord, they would immediately be terrified. There was no solution to it as they couldn’t afford to offend any of them. After all, everyone only had one life.

  “Let me make the arrangements!”

  An Xinhui immediately took action and did her best to contact some major characters to split the ‘enemy’s firepower’. She couldn’t allow the Central Province Academy to shoulder this burden alone.

  After that, Sun Mo also set off to look for Zheng Qingfang.

  Chapter 706: Peak of the Sixth Level of Divine Force Realm, Spear Arts Grandmaster!

  “Who?”

  Upon hearing the knocking sound, the gatekeeper was very unhappy. He yawned and grumbled angrily.

  Usually speaking, no one would be gutsy enough to pay a visit to Zheng Qingfang at night. Even if they had a very important matter, they would wait until the next day.

  After all it was impossible for a major character like Zheng Qingfang to get up from his bed in the middle of the night to receive you.

  “It must be a newbie who doesn’t know how deep the waters are!”

  The lips of the gatekeeper twitched. There would always be some scholars or newly ascended officials who wished to stand out, and the thought of visiting Zheng Qingfang would suddenly appear in their minds.

  “Sun Mo!”

  Upon hearing the answer, the gatekeeper’s entire body sweated profusely, drenching his clothes. He directly shivered as all his sleepiness faded away.

  There was no need for others to urge him. The gatekeeper hurried to the gate and lifted the bolt, opening the door for Sun Mo.

  “Great Teacher Sun, why are you here?”

  The gatekeeper smiled and bowed with a fawning look on his face. “Please, come in!”

  Everyone in the entire Zheng Manor knew that Sun Mo was treated as the number one VIP by their old master. Sun Mo was an esteemed guest that Zheng Qingfang and the head butler would personally receive.

  For someone like him, he could at most stand at the side and hoped that Sun Mo would become familiar with him.

  “Ah, my mouth!”

  When the gatekeeper recalled his unkind tone, he directly lifted his hand and slapped himself. If this matter was known by the head butler, his legs would surely be broken.

  “Could I trouble you to make a report to Uncle Zheng? Just tell him that Sun Mo is here to visit him due to an urgent matter!”

  Sun Mo requested.

  “Old Master Zheng has said before that if Teacher Sun comes, you can directly head to the study.”

  After the gatekeeper walked a few steps, he got a maid to lead the way. This was because he wasn’t qualified to enter the inner residence. ……

  Outside the manor, over ten people were already waiting to be the first to visit Zheng Qingfang tomorrow morning. Hence, when they saw Sun Mo knocking on the door earlier, all of them were mocking him for not knowing the rules.

  However, leaving aside the door that opened for him, even the gatekeeper had a fawning and respectful smile on his face.

  “Who is that?”

  Someone was curious.

  “Sun Mo from the Central Province. You actually don’t know him?”

  “Ah? He’s that God Hands?”

  “Isn’t he a little too young? I thought Sun Mo was a middle-aged man!”

  “Can a middle-aged man marry An Xinhui? You are thinking too much.”

  A group of people started gossiping with each other. ……

  In the study, Zheng Qingfang came over in his sleeping clothes. After hearing Sun Mo’s words, his expression immediately grew heavy.

  “Sun Mo, you return first. I will think of a solution!”

  Although Zheng Qingfang’s influence could be considered the top three in Jinling, he had no way to shoulder such a major matter.

  Just think about it. Firstly, this involved Dark Dawn and Prince Li Zixing. If things got blown up, a prince might die.

  As a loyal subject of the Great Tang Emperor, Zheng Qingfang naturally wanted nothing more than for Li Zixing to die. Hence, under his calm countenance, his emotions were agitated.

  A chance was finally here.

  (Even if there were no problems with Li Zixing, as long as I joined forces with the eldest princess, we could make problems appear for him.)

  “Uncle Zheng, this matter is extremely urgent. The longer we wait, the more medicine-humans would be sacrificed.”

  After all, Sun Mo was an ordinary person, and he wouldn’t consider so many things like an official. ……

  After returning to the villa, Sun Mo couldn’t fall asleep and decided to head to the Wind King Divine Hall instead. He was preparing to consume the divine force fruit and level up. By doing this, he would have more confidence when he fought later.

  Sun Mo patrolled a round and discovered that Li Ziqi wasn’t here. After all, she was a princess and couldn’t always stay through the night. Otherwise, the eldest princess would worry.

  Lu Zhiruo also wasn’t around. There was an 80-90% chance that she was taking care of that darn bird.

  As for the others, Xuanyuan Po, Ying Baiwu, Qi Shengjia, and Jiang Leng were either meditating in their respective halls or were cultivating.

  Even Tantai Yutang was reading a book.

  Being in a place with dense spirit qi throughout the year, even if one didn’t cultivate, they would still feel great benefits to their bodies.

  Upon seeing this scene, Sun Mo felt even more impatient. His urge of building a spirit gathering tower grew. If he could envelop the entire campus with its effect, that would truly be impressive.

  After returning to the main hall, Sun Mo sat cross-legged and took out the divine force fruit, consuming it.

  As the nature fruit was digested, currents of warmth immediately spread throughout his body. Sun Mo hurriedly activated his cultivation art to refine the currents.

  Because he already had many experiences, the entire process was risk-free. But at the last surge, Sun Mo frowned.

  “Eh?”

  Sun Mo was surprised because even after he had digested the spirit qi completely, he didn’t level up.

  “What the hell?”

  Sun Mo was depressed. “Could it be that this divine force fruit is defective?”

  This felt like the betrayal of a wife.

  “Please don’t insult the system. The rewards I give are always of the best quality.”

  The system spoke.

  “Why didn’t I level up?”

  Sun Mo counter-asked.

  “Why don’t you count how many divine force fruits you have eaten?”

  The system was speechless. “Firstly, your body has started to show slight signs of rejection, and you can’t completely absorb the fruit’s energy anymore. Secondly, your talent is too outstanding. If you wish to level up, the amount of energy you need is 10 times more compared to salted fish at the same cultivation base as you.”

  “Does this mean that it would be useless even if I eat more divine force fruits? Do I need more powerful nature fruits?”

  Sun Mo frowned, he was a little unhappy.

  The system analyzed, “Right now, you are at the sixth level of the divine force realm. If you eat one more fruit, you will be able to break through. However, in the future, when you want to climb higher, you will need to consume more fruits.”

  “Seems like it isn’t that great to take shortcuts!”

  Sun Mo sighed.

  This indicated that he had to spam more favorable impression points to shop for nature fruits. This feeling was like wanting to level up in a game. However, as your level grew higher, the amount of experience points needed would increase as well. The player could only spend even more money if they wished to level up quickly.

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Wang Meng and Zhou Xiaoque +1,000.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on seeing through the plot and saving Wang Meng’s life. Reward: 1x golden treasure chest.”

  The system notification suddenly rang out, causing Sun Mo to start. (You only discovered this during these few days? But it’s still passable. It’s at least better than ungrateful people who don’t contribute any favorable impression points.)

  In any case, since he couldn’t sleep, Sun Mo started to cultivate. He mainly cultivated the Dharma Skyshock Fist, but for this particular art, the more he trained in it, the more he felt his worldly desires leaving him. His mentality became that of a monk, not even fantasizing about girls anymore.

  The Grand Universe Formless Divine Art might be powerful, but it was ultimately a cultivation art that existed for the sake of teaching. It was still not too bad if he used it to deal with the majority of enemies, but if he was to fight against someone at the star general-level, it would be insufficient.

  Also, it was definite that Immemorial Vairocana’s destructive prowess wasn’t enough.

  The Myriad Manifestations Spirit Wave Art was okay, but Sun Mo kept feeling that if this cultivation art was used to suppress someone via long-range attacks or a surprise attack, the destructive prowess would then be much higher compared to a head-on confrontation.

  Sun Mo hesitated a little. He didn’t know if he should improve the Prairie Blazing Fire Spear Technique to the grandmaster-level. Honestly speaking, he wasn’t very fond of a weapon like the spear.

  “Forget it, I better improve it for the sake of increasing my strength!”

  Sun Mo took out a 30-year time emblem and used it.

  The greenish light immediately enveloped Sun Mo’s entire body and his mind. Multiple spear shadows flashed, kicking up a thousand-foot snow avalanche that manifested ten-thousand heavy waves, exterminating everything in sight!

  Sparks first appeared. After that, the entire world seemed to have been ignited. In the end, as the spear whistled through the air, ashes covered the entire world.

  Sun Mo felt a sense of nirvanic rebirth after being destroyed by fire.

  The Prairie Blazing Fire Spear Technique was an art that emphasized on attack. It was bravery with no thought of personal safety.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations, your Prairie Blazing Fire Spear Technique has improved to the expert level.”

  The system congratulated.

  “.……”

  Sun Mo was speechless. (I spammed a 30-year time emblem and I only got to the expert level?)

  “Are you trying to swindle me?”

  “Please. Even for peerless saint-tier cultivation arts, their quality can be classified into different levels. The Prairie Blazing Fire Spear Technique is a peerless-level saint-tier cultivation art among the very pinnacle. Just think about how many time emblems you have spammed on the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art?”

  The system explained.

  “The more powerful a cultivation art is, the tougher it is to level up in terms of expertise.”

  “Don’t tell me these useless things.”

  Sun Mo was very impatient. He took out another 30-year time emblem and directly used it while he started to comprehend.

  This time around, he directly transformed into flames, wanting to burn the entire heavens.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations, your Prairie Blazing Fire Spear Technique has improved to the grandmaster-level.”

  Sun Mo was gratified. (This then is correct!)

  (60 years……if I couldn’t become a grandmaster, I might as well go and die. Should I push a little harder and directly improve to the ancestor-level?)

  At that time, when he guided Xuanyuan Po, he would be able to do so effortlessly.

  “Sun Mo, don’t blame me for not reminding you. Time emblems might be able to give you experience, but they would ultimately be inferior to experience gained from practical combat. If you wish to improve to the great ancestor level, you have to practice it bitterly for a few years at the very least.”

  The system’s tone was solemn.

  (If one could instantly become a great ancestor, wouldn’t I be able to mass-produce ancestors?)

  In the end, becoming an expert was hard, and becoming a grandmaster was even harder. As for great ancestors, they were all representatives of their generation.

  It was like a factory worker who assembled phone components. Why would some people always fail and waste time while others can finish assembling one very quickly with no errors?

  The more impressive ones are all starting to design the interior parts of their own mobile phones already!

  On the second morning, Sun Mo returned to the villa and went for breakfast. As expected, he saw Lu Zhiruo taking care of that damn bird.

  “Is it drunk again?”

  Sun Mo frowned, really wanting to cook the stupid bird.

  “Teacher, don’t be angry!”

  Lu Zhiruo comforted. “I keep feeling that it has a lot on its mind, and it’s currently at the rock-bottom of its life.”

  “It even has worries?”

  Sun Mo was speechless. Not a single one of his three spiritual beasts was reliable. Look at that giant of Bai Shuang, how strong was it?

  (Is the disparity between humans so great?)

  In the afternoon, Zheng Qingfang sent people to invite Sun Mo and An Xinhui to his residence.

  Sun Mo and An Xinhui immediately headed over and when they entered the study, they discovered that other than Fang Lun who was the Jinling Governor, as well as Prince Consort Qi Mu`en, there was also a middle-aged woman who had done a pretty good job in maintaining her appearance.

  Her demeanor was extremely great, she exuded a sense of luxurious nobility.

  At the instant Sun Mo entered the door, the middle-aged woman lifted her head and looked over. Her eyes that were filled with judgment also had hints of unhappiness within.