Chapter 911: Immense Rewards by the Jin Country’s King
Translator: Lordbluefire
The golden-colored dragon flag of the Great Jin Country shone resplendently under the sunlight. The golden-veiled warriors fully decked in their helmets and armor stood at the various pathways on the campus.
Other than to protect the Jin King, they were also honor guards. Hence, they not only had high combat strength, but their appearances were tyrannical as well.
“Quickly go and look, the King of Jin Country has arrived!”
The students ran around and spread the news.
The identity of a king was simply too prestigious. Even the genius students of Dragon Subduing Academy wouldn’t be able to meet the king just because they wanted to.
Moreover, the person who came today was none other than the strongest Jin King in history, Wanyan Xiongba. He was a major character with legendary stories. Hence, everyone’s curiosity about him was off the charts……
Even the people from the upper echelons of Dragon Subduing Academy all came out to welcome him.
“I came for a visit because of Sun Mo, Great Teacher Sun.”
Wanyan Xiongba was a very muscular man. His height was close to two meters, and he was clad in a golden emperor robe. By wearing a cloak made from bear fur, he truly looked imposing and heroic.
Although he said this, no one believed it. The stance of the Dragon Subduing Academy had always been one of neutrality. They wouldn’t side with any country.
Wanyan Xiongba had wanted to interfere with matters of the school, but Xiao Fulong had also been someone tyrannical and majestic. He refused to give Wanyan Xiongba any chance to do so. But now, Xiao Fulong was no more and Wanyan Xiongba finally had a chance.
Once the Dragon Subduing Academy became the national school of the great Jin Country, the Jin Country would have established a foundation that wouldn’t be damaged even in 1,000 years. ……
Sun Mo conversed with An Xinhui, but then he suddenly saw a huge commotion happening as the students rushed out from the school and went over to watch the show.
Xianyu Wei was also curiously tip-toeing as she glanced over.
“Go if you want to go.”
Sun Mo furrowed his brows. “There’s no need for you to keep accompanying me!”
“This student knows her mistake!”
Xianyu Wei hurriedly acknowledged her mistake.
(Teacher’s wife is here, I naturally have to wait on her to show my filial piety.)
“From the sound of the bugle horn, it seems that the Jin King has come to pay a visit.”
An Xinhui was very learned. Not only did she know the meaning of the horn sounds for various royalties in the different countries, but she could even perform them.
“Oh!”
Sun Mo wasn’t concerned about this.
But not long later, he saw a group of valiant-looking warriors appearing in the surroundings and restricting the teachers and students who were blocking the path.
A few moments later, Wanyan Xiongba found his way over under the lead of the few vice headmasters.
“Teacher Sun, this is King Wanyan, why are you not hurrying over to pay your respect?!”
A vice headmaster who was about 20+ meters away started shouting at Sun Mo. He was deeply afraid that Wanyan Xiongba might feel slighted by Sun Mo.
“.……”
Sun Mo frowned. (It’s one thing if you are willing to become a simp, but why do you want me to fawn over him with you? Moreover, I’m someone from the Central Plains.)
As expected, An Xinhui grabbed hold of Sun Mo’s hand and reminded him in a low voice.
“Don’t move!”
Sun Mo’s status was different from the past. If he acted too politely and lowered himself too much, he would be spurned by great teacher circles of the Central Plains.
In the eyes of people from the Central Plains, even the Jin King was considered an uncivilized barbarian, unworthy of a single mention.
“Is this Great Teacher Sun, Sun Mo? As expected of a young hero. His aura surpasses the crowd!”
Wanyan Xiongba laughed loudly and hastened his steps. He walked before Sun Mo and grabbed his shoulders. After surveying him, Wanyan Xiongba pulled Sun Mo into a fierce hug.
The passionate characters of barbarians were simply so direct, bold, and spicy. He wouldn’t hide if he liked you. If he hated you, he would directly pull out his weapon to cleave you with no hesitation.
“.……”
Sun Mo felt very uncomfortable from the force of the hug. Moreover, the king even emitted a strong fragrance of a perfume that caused Sun Mo’s nose to wrinkle.
“Teacher Sun!”
Wanyan Mei, who was following at the side, immediately greeted him.
“Great Teacher Sun. Thank you for saving my daughter. From today onward, you are my friend, the eternal friend of my great Jin Country.”
Wanyan Xiongba had already released his hold. But after hearing his daughter’s greeting, he hugged Sun Mo again.
This was the daughter he doted the most on, his treasure. If Sun Mo hadn’t acted back then, she would have died.
“We great teachers should naturally do our best to protect the students. There’s no need for Country Lord to act like this.”
Back when Sun Mo saved Wanyan Mei, he basically wasn’t thinking of getting any rewards.
Looking at Sun Mo’s calm expression, Wanyan Xiongba recalled the situation his daughter had described to him. He couldn’t help but raise his estimation of Sun Mo again.
This was truly a great teacher’s grace.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Wanyan Xiongba +100. Friendly (610/1,000).
“This person is……?”
Wanyan Xiongba looked at An Xinhui. He had long since noticed this woman whose beauty was at a somewhat shocking level. Even in his harem, there might only be one or two who could be comparable to her.
Usually speaking, people would take the initiative to announce their identities, but this woman didn’t do so. This meant that his status as the king of Jin Country wasn’t able to gain any extra respect from her.
“This is An Xinhui, the headmaster of the Central Province Academy.”
Sun Mo introduced.
An Xinhui nodded. She then took half a step backward and stood behind Sun Mo. This posture indicated that she would follow Sun Mo’s lead and didn’t wish to converse too much with Wanyan Xiongba.
“Ah? An Xinhui?”
Wanyan Xiongba started. His eyes involuntarily widened as he surveyed her.
There was a ranking board in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces named the Devastating Beauty Rankings. Those beauties who could be ranked on it all had outstanding appearances and talents.
The emperors of Middle-Earth wouldn’t lack beauties in their harem. In fact, some would launch large-scale empire-toppling wars for the sake of beauties. But there were a minority of beauties the emperors had no quality to touch.
For example, those who were rankers on the Devastating Beauty Rankings.
So what even if emperors were fond of them?
(Go use your own talent, status, and wealth to move them emotionally. If you want to use martial force to subdue them, the entire great teacher world will boycott that country.)
“The stupid paintings I’ve seen before basically didn’t manage to do justice to An Xinhui’s beauty!”
Wanyan Xiongba decided to hack those court painters to death when he returned.
Kings and emperors like him would drool over beautiful female great teachers on the Beauty Rankings. Other than feeling lust for their beautiful appearance, they also wanted to have an outstanding descendant with them.
The people of this world didn’t know about eugenics. But even so, they knew that when two impressive people coupled, their descendants would usually be more outstanding compared to others.
“Headmaster An, why didn’t you say anything before you came to our Dragon Subduing Academy?”
“How is the old headmaster’s illness?”
“Teacher Sun is so lucky to be able to have such a fiancee. He must have used up his fortune for three lifetimes.”
The vice headmasters immediately spoke highly of An Xinhui.
Firstly, An Xinhui was a top genius that ranked among the top three in the younger generation. Secondly, her grandfather might have failed in the breakthrough to the Saint Realm and fallen into a coma. But what if he woke up?
Lastly, it was to give Sun Mo face.
When these two rising stars became husband and wife, it would most probably be like a gigantic rock being tossed into the huge river that was the great teacher world. They could definitely cause intense ripples, right?
“Fiancee?”
Upon hearing this, Wanyan Xiongba started. After that, the hint of desire in his eyes was quickly concealed by him.
(Sigh! How envious! I also want a wife like her.)
Wanyan Xiongba knew that An Xinhui was a woman he would never be able to obtain.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wanyan Xiongba went straight to the topic.
“Great Teacher Sun, thank you for saving my daughter. These are some gifts, but they are not enough to represent my respect for you.”
As the sound of Wanyan Xiongba’s voice faded, a palace chamberlain stood out and spread a red-colored list of gifts as he started to read out.
10 Donghu Treasure Pearls!
A pair of Red Jadeite!
2 Dark Blue Coral! ……
2 gyrfalcons.
2 ferocious tigers from the snowy mountains. ……
10 hundred-year ginseng!
As the chamberlain recited the gifts, maids and warriors showed them to Sun Mo.
The fist-sized baby Donghu Treasure Pearls were definitely things that had demand but no supply.
When a pearl finder found one and gifted it to the king, they would be able to enjoy a tax-free life from then on. One could very well imagine its value.
This was because the shellfish species that would produce this pearl could only be found deep in the oceans. In order to obtain one, many pearl finders died every year.
Right now, Wanyan Xiongba directly took out ten as a gift.
As for the red jadeite and deep blue corals, they were all rare treasures. It was unknown how many people had to die in the process of obtaining them.
Right now, there were several great teachers and students in the surroundings. When they saw this scene, many great teachers sighed with envy.
In the future, Sun Mo would absolutely be the king’s VIP.
“This thigh Sun Mo has hugged is really sturdy!”
Someone grumbled in jealousy.
“Do you mean the opposite? Why do I feel it’s Wanyan Xiongba who is hugging Sun Mo’s thigh instead?”
A few people understood that Wanyan Xiongba was using this opportunity to show good will to Sun Mo.
After all, Sun Mo was a new rising superstar who might become the leader of this generation of great teachers. He was worthy of the Jin King placing a heavy bet on him.
100 named blades!
100 longbows! ……
“Damn, there’s still more?”
The vice headmasters could be considered to have seen the wide world, but when they heard the chamberlain continuing to read, they involuntarily felt shocked.
If they didn’t know better, they might have assumed that Sun Mo was Wanyan Xiongba’s personal teacher. Weren’t the rewards given too many and too valuable?
100 brave warriors!
300 beauties!
500 male slaves and 500 female slaves!
Gold, silver, and treasures worth a total of 1 million taels! ……
The chamberlain finally finished reading. After that, he closed the list and walked toward Sun Mo before using both his hands to pass the list to him. “Great Teacher Sun, please accept!”
“Being a great teacher is such a great way to make money!”
Xianyu Wei’s drool almost came out. If these gifts were sold for food, it would be enough to fund Xianyu Wei’s entire tribe for ten years.
Also, there were two gyrfalcons.
Xianyu Wei’s tribe members only knew how to capture normal eagles and train them. As for the sharpest scouts on the battlefield, gyrfalcons, one might not be able to buy one no matter how much money they had.
“Teacher’s face is really huge.”
Xianyu Wei felt glorious.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Xianyu Wei +1,000. Reverence (16,500/100,000).
Yet. Sun Mo didn’t accept it.
“Country Lord, these gifts are too valuable. The lowly me cannot endure this.”
(It is just saving a person. Is there a need to give such valuable gifts?)
Wanyan Xiongba didn’t say anything. Instead, he looked at his daughter.
Putong!
Wanyan Mei knelt and spoke in a loud voice, “Teacher’s accomplishments in the study of spirit runes cause this student to be in admiration. This student wishes to follow you and learn about spirit runes. Teacher, could you please grant my wish?”
After speaking, Wanyan Mei immediately kowtowed nine times.
Very forcefully.
An Xinhui couldn’t bear it and glanced at Sun Mo. It seemed like Little Momo’s examination in the Dragon Subduing Academy had been very smooth. Even the princess of the Jin Country was convinced by his performance.
[1] the term ‘Country Lord’ is how Sun Mo and most of the great teachers’ term of address for the Jin King
Chapter 912: Merely the Position of an Imperial Preceptor, Who Would Care about It?
Hua~
The entire area was in an uproar.
The great teachers looked at the kneeling Wanyan Mei before turning their gazes that were filled with shock toward Sun Mo. After that, the shock in their eyes changed to envy, hatred, and jealousy.
Were Wanyan Xiongba’s gifts valuable enough?
Extremely so!
But to great teachers, once they accumulated wealth to a certain point, there was no more meaning to it.
In any case, regardless of a few hundred million or a billion, they could live in comfort every day and there wouldn’t be much difference. Hence, when they heard the gifts shouted by the chamberlain earlier, they could still act casual and discuss how to rate the quality of the pearls and gems from their luster.
But when Wanyan Mei knelt and implored Sun Mo to accept her as a personal student, the great teachers on the scene could no longer be calm.
Humans lived for fame or authority. Those who said they didn’t care weren’t qualified enough to obtain anything.
Even Confucius wanted his teachings to spread through the world with his disciples everywhere.
The students that great teachers wanted could generally be classified into two types.
The first type was those overflowing with talent. Even if it was someone poor, the great teachers wouldn’t mind. They would even be willing to take out their own money to help nurture the growth of the genius.
Because once their students were nurtured successfully and became famous throughout the world, it would bring great prestige to those great teachers.
The other type was the descendants of royalty.
One could say that in the future, the world would still belong to them. If someone could become their personal teacher, this meant that he or she would never lack money or status.
What was the highest title of a great teacher?
An imperial preceptor!
To guide the descendants of royalty……and when they ascended to the most valuable chair (throne) under the heavens, they could make use of their teacher’s knowledge to govern their country well, making sure their country prospers and their people at peace, hopefully allowing them to become the number one emperor in a millennium.
This was something every great teacher would thirst for the most.
By guiding a single person to influence the entire country or even the entire world. This was then what the phrase ‘not letting down one’s learning’ meant.
Right now, Wanyan Mei wanted to take Sun Mo as her personal teacher.
Although she might not become the country lord of Jin Country, seeing how much she was doted on by Wanyan Xiongba, her future title would definitely not be low.
Also, there would be several tens of thousands of citizens living in her fief. All of them might be influenced by Sun Mo’s teachings.
Naturally, leaving aside all of these, the glory of being able to become the personal teacher of a Jin Country’s princess would cause the other great teachers to feel so sour like they had a bellyful of lemons.
“Teacher Sun, Princess Wanyan is the most outstanding genius of our Dragon Subduing Academy. She has extraordinary talent in the study of spirit runes. You have truly picked up a treasure.”
“Yes, why are you still hesitating?”
“Congrats, congrats!”
The few vice headmasters immediately helped and spoke up for Wanyan Mei.
“Wanyan, what is your opinion on the study of spirit runes?”
Sun Mo asked.
Seeing that Sun Mo didn’t immediately accept Wanyan Mei or even let her get up, Wanyan Xiongba furrowed his brow.
Honestly speaking, although he had investigated Sun Mo before and knew Sun Mo had ancestor-level standard of expertise in the study of spirit runes, he only agreed to let her take Sun Mo on as a personal teacher because he valued Sun Mo’s peerless saint-tier cultivation arts and wanted to make a bet on Sun Mo’s future that he could become a secondary saint.
If he really became a saint, Wanyan Xiongba would profit immensely.
In any case, he didn’t lack gold, silver, or precious gems. He believed as long as he gave Sun Mo enough face, this matter would be settled.
But he didn’t expect that Sun Mo wasn’t bothered about the title ‘imperial preceptor’ at all.
“My opinion?”
Wanyan Mei fell silent.
She had never considered this question. She only felt that spirit runes were very interesting, and she could suppress other geniuses in this subject. This was why she wanted to research it more deeply.
“Why are alchemy and weaponsmithing the two most popular subjects?” Sun Mo lifted his hands. “Get up first.”
Wanyan Mei shook her head. The matter of taking on a personal teacher had its own rules and etiquette. She wouldn’t be able to get preferential treatment despite being a princess.
Sun Mo didn’t force her either as he continued to explain. “Alchemy pills can cure the ill and earn wealth. They can also help oneself to break through to a higher cultivation realm. All of these are benefits that can be seen directly.
“As for weaponsmithing, one would be able to create stronger weapons to arm themselves and become stronger. As long as top-rated weapons appeared, there would be an instant effect of boosting one’s strength.
“What about spirit runes?”
“From my point of view, although spirit runes can earn money as well, there’s even more to it. It represents the future. It represents an energy that can transform the impossible into the possible. Spirit runes can allow one to soar in the sky, to tunnel through the earth, to make this world a magical world.”
Sun Mo introduced.
“Wow, he can really boast!”
The lips of the great teachers twitched. Alchemy and weaponsmithing were the two most popular subjects that were publicly acknowledged. (It’s fine that you want to boast about spirit runes, but can you not trample on the other two subjects?)
The majority of great teachers wanted to give Wanyan Xiongba some face, hence, they didn’t interrupt. But some high-ranking great teachers didn’t care about this. They directly shouted.
“In that case, can your spirit runes make mountains crumble and rivers flow in reverse? Allowing withered trees to revitalize?”
Sun Mo looked over and smiled. “Naturally, yes.”
Haha!
Mocking laughter rang out everywhere.
Even Wanyan Xiongba and the few vice headmasters were frowning. Sun Mo’s words were a little too exaggerated.
Wanyan Mei furrowed her brows in contemplation.
“Wanyan. I’m saying all of this not because I want you to be enlightened right now and realize great logic from your contemplation. Rather, I want to give you a direction to let you see this subject clearly.”
Sun Mo looked at this genius before him. “As for taking me on as a personal teacher, let’s scrap that temporarily. But if you have any questions in the study of spirit runes, you can come and ask me any time. I will definitely answer them meticulously and not hide any of my knowledge.”
Soosh~
Upon hearing that Sun Mo rejected Wanyan Mei, the great teachers who had been mocking him took in a breath of cold air. How many people could be so calm in the face of becoming an imperial preceptor?
An Xinhui turned her head sideways slightly and surveyed Sun Mo, feeling that he was very handsome.
“Teacher, are you disliking the fact that I have many teachers?”
Wanyan Mei frowned.
In any world, those in power would naturally have preferential treatment.
Usually speaking, a student would only have a single personal teacher. But to princes and princesses, they didn’t have this restriction.
Great teachers also approved of this. After all, the demand exceeded the supply. It was already not bad if you had the chance to teach a descendant of royalty. Who would care about how many great teachers they had?
Another more pompous reason was that the descendants of royalty needed to learn more knowledge so they would be able to govern the country and their citizens better.
Naturally, they would need more teachers to guide them.
“That has nothing to do with this.”
Sun Mo helped Wanyan Mei to her feet first. “When I accept disciples, I would always say ‘when you guys feel that I no longer have a way to teach you, you all can leave any time. There’s no need to have any burdens psychologically’.
“The relationship between a student and a teacher should be one that allows for mutual improvement and not a fetter.”
Bzz!
After Sun Mo finished speaking, Priceless Advice was activated.
The golden light illuminated an area with a range of over a thousand meters.
The spectators in the surroundings were looking at Sun Mo in a dumbstruck manner because these words were a grave breach of the norms of society. He was absolutely challenging the rule of the great teacher world.
Who wouldn’t hope that their disciples would treat them wholeheartedly with loyalty when they accepted one?
(Yet, you are good, you want your disciples to be ‘free’? Your conscience must have gone to the dogs!)
Wanyan Xiongba’s expression changed. For the first time, he sincerely hoped from the bottom of his heart that his daughter could take Sun Mo on as a personal teacher. Great teachers with such mentalities would surely not have low accomplishments in the future.
An Xinhui applauded softly.
(As expected of my fiance, the level of his thoughts is simply too high.)
Although some people were unhappy with Sun Mo’s words, how would they dare to refute it? Priceless Advice had already been activated. This meant that these words were from the bottom of his heart.
“Really stupid.”
The great teachers could only curse silently.
“Relax, I will teach you something. You can comprehend and probe this by yourself first!”
As Sun Mo spoke, a white glow enveloped his right hand and he punched out toward Wanyan Mei’s forehead.
Pak!
His fist stopped but the white glow was blasted into Wanyan Mei’s mind.
Soul Imprint!
Bzz!
Wanyan Mei instantly saw countless multi-colored scenes. There were tall buildings reaching through the clouds, iron boxes speeding at rapid speed on the roads……
The words Sun Mo spoke to Wanyan Mei were also things he was recently thinking about.
After becoming an ancestor, Sun Mo was standing at the foremost area of this field. As for what was the direction next, it would have to depend on his own probing.
Luckily, Sun Mo had the vision and knowledge from another world.
From his point of view, spirit runes were just tools. Through different arrangements of their structure, they could be grouped into different diagrams and use spirit qi to achieve certain effects.
Since fireballs and lightning could be summoned, spirit runes could naturally be used to allow withered trees to be revitalized, allow one to naturally fly through the sky and tunnel through the earth, shift mountains and overturn seas……
Sun Mo already had a research direction. However, to verify his theory, he decided to design a ‘spirit rune’.……
Yes, he didn’t want to depend on the spirit runes design template provided by the system. He wanted to fully depend on his intelligence to complete one.
Wanyan Mei stood frozen at her location. She was unable to extricate herself as she was deeply immersed in the knowledge of spirit runes that Sun Mo had sent over.
“As for these gifts, I have to implore Country Lord Wanyan to take them back.”
After Sun Mo finished speaking, he clasped his hands and left.
An Xinhui and Xianyu Wei immediately followed him.
“Great Teacher Sun, please wait. Please wait!”
Wanyan Xiongba called out twice, but Sun Mo didn’t bother with him. ……
“Even if you just teach Wanyan Mei the study of spirit rune, a single subject, you will also be an imperial preceptor. Wouldn’t you find it a pity to give it up just like this?”
An Xinhui asked.
“Xinhui, the day I become a Saint, the barbarians will feel regret because Wanyan Mei wasn’t able to take me on as her master. They wouldn’t say it was my loss because I didn’t become an imperial preceptor.”
Sun Mo smiled.
An Xinhui started. After that, she revealed a gentle smile and couldn’t help but take two steps forward, wanting to be nearer to Sun Mo.
As for Xianyu Wei, her eyes were twinkling like stars as she stared at Sun Mo with worship.
Her teacher’s words were truly too tyrannical.
Merely a position as an imperial preceptor, who would care for it?
(Oh right, an imperial preceptor? I’m already one!)
Sun Mo smiled in a self-mocking manner. The little sunny egg was the princess of Great Tang. ……
“This Sun Mo is too rude.”
“Yeah, he is too arrogant and must not be put in important positions.”
“Country Lord Wanyan, you don’t have to put this to heart. He’s after all someone from the Central Plains. It’s understandable that he looks down on us.”
The few vice headmasters consoled Wanyan Xiongba and started to curse Sun Mo.
Actually, in their hearts, they also didn’t want someone from the Central Plains like Sun Mo to become an imperial preceptor. If not, where would their faces be placed?
“Country Lord, it’s good that Her Highness didn’t take Sun Mo on as her teacher. This fellow actually said that spirit runes could cause mountains to crumble and rivers to reverse their flows, allowing spring to come upon withered trees, letting them regain vitality. What a braggart……”
However, this vice headmaster, who loathed Sun Mo a lot, suddenly saw peach blossom petals drifting over by a gust of cold wind just when he wanted to say more bad stuff about Sun Mo.
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