Ding!

  “Congratulations on completing your mission. Before you leave the Dragon Subduing Academy, you have recruited a great teacher. And because Murong Mingyue’s standard is extremely high and has reached the half-ancestor level, the reward would be 3x mysterious treasure chest. Please continue to work hard.”

  The system congratulated him.

  “Only three treasure chests despite her being at the half-ancestor level? Are you not being too cheap?”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched, wanting to seek more benefits. “How much are you looking down on a half-ancestor?”

  “If you were only an ordinary great teacher, you would definitely be able to get five or even ten treasure chests if you headhunted someone at the near-ancestor level. But you are not. You are God Hands, a two-time champion, and an ancestor-level spirit runist. Your success is built on your superbly impressive foundation.”

  The system explained.

  It would be a miracle if an ordinary person could get a gold medal at the Olympics. But if you were the previous champion, it was only logical if you got it again.

  “What do you mean? You mean it’s my fault because I’m too outstanding?”

  Sun Mo frowned. “Why do I always feel that you are depriving me part of my rewards?”

  “There’s no such thing!”

  The system spoke righteously, but it was shocked in its heart.

  (This Sun Mo is too sharp and can always complete missions with extreme difficulty. In the future, when I give out missions, I have to lower the amount of rewards, or I might have no more rewards to give out.)

  (If that really happened, I would lose all face.)

  One must know that Sun Mo had earned many top-rated rewards from the system in just a mere two years.

  “Continue then!”

  Sun Mo urged mentally.

  “Master, you should eat something first. Little`E has gone to prepare the bathing water.”

  Dong He cooked four small dishes and even brought a vat of Nu`er Hong over.

  It was winter now, by drinking a little of this wine, one would be able to warm their bodies.

  “Mn!”

  Sun Mo nodded. Seeing how Dong He was busy serving him, he couldn’t help but sigh ruefully. Such a life was so corruptive.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on completing the mission and successfully recruiting a personal student. Because Xianyu Wei’s aptitude is extraordinarily high, you are hereby awarded 3 mysterious treasure chests. Please continue to work hard.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on completing the mission and clearing the Dragon Subduing Palace. Moreover, you succeeded in vying against two secondary saints and a saint, eventually obtaining the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture. Reward: 3x seven-colored diamond treasure chests. Please continue to work hard.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on successfully protecting Wanyan Mei and preventing her from being captured by the Dark Dawn. You protected the majority of students from being killed and the completion rate of the mission is very high. Reward: 2x mysterious treasure chests. Please continue to work hard.”

  The system congratulated and gave him three waves of rewards.

  The seven-colored diamond treasure chests were a tier higher than the mysterious treasure chests. Unless he was extremely unlucky, it was almost guaranteed that he would be able to open top-rated items from them.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on saving the Dragon Subduing Academy from a ‘school-extermination’ crisis. You even obtained the approval of the dragon soul and formed a contract with it, becoming its comrade, thereby obtaining the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture. Reward: 2x seven-colored diamond treasure chests.”

  The system finished giving the rewards and went silent.

  Sun Mo recalled that there was a mission to help change Wanyan Zhenghe’s personality and make the latter feel worship for him. Sadly, that little fellow died.

  So what if one was a genius? If they died before maturing, they wouldn’t even be able to cause a single ripple in the long river of history. Hence, Sun Mo had to protect these nine little dolls under his tutelage well.

  (Speaking of which, if I was captured by a snake demon, Ziqi and the others would surely be able to rescue me, right?)

  Mn!

  Given Li Ziqi and the sickly invalid’s intelligence, they wouldn’t go one by one and get killed stupidly.

  Sun Mo then ate some food before asking Dong He some questions about the recent situation of his personal students. After that, Sun Mo soaked himself in the hot water.

  As expected, living in a large villa was very comfortable.

  Without needing to be instructed, Dong He and Little`E, who were usually as close as real sisters, suddenly started to vie with each other on who should scrub Sun Mo’s back.

  “I have to be the one to do so!”

  Little`E was very young. She directly stripped to her underwear and jumped into the pool.

  Dong He ground her teeth but felt very helpless because she knew Sun Mo was a clean-living and honest great teacher. If she did the same thing, she would be driven out.

  (Sigh! I’m so pretty. If I belonged to someone else, I would have long since given birth to two kids. However, you have never even touched my hands before.)

  Dong He grumbled silently, feeling like an abandoned wife.

  “I’ve sinned!”

  Letting a young maid in her teens scrub his back…… this act was just too corruptive. Sun Mo wouldn’t even dare to dream about this in the modern world.

  In the pool, the warmth of the water cleansed the fatigue he felt.

  When Sun Mo was about to fall asleep from comfort, he heard someone calling out joyfully.

  “Teacher, you’ve returned!?”

  After that, a plopping sound rang out as someone jumped into the pool. After that, a series of someone wading through the water happened, and Sun Mo felt a girl walking toward him and hugging him.

  “Boohoohoo. Teacher, you’ve finally returned. I missed you so much!”

  The papaya girl’s oval face leaned against Sun Mo’s chest as she rubbed against it, like a cat rubbing its face against its owner because it wanted to act coquettishly.

  “Teacher!”

  Li Ziqi was much more obedient. She stood beside him and respectfully greeted him. After that, she replaced Little`E and started to help Sun Mo scrub and knead his back.

  Ancient Massaging Technique displayed!

  Boom!

  A genie appeared.

  “Your mastery of the Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands has grown!”

  Sun Mo praised. In any case, before others, he would definitely not say that the name of this technique was the ‘ancient massaging technique’. There was no other reason. It was simply because the name was too meh.

  “It is Teacher who has taught me well!”

  Li Ziqi smiled sweetly. After three months, she finally heard her teacher praising her again. How happy.

  Amidst the hot steam……

  The gaze of the little sunny egg was as gentle as water. When her fingers came in contact with Sun Mo, she could sense his warmth. It was unknown why, but she suddenly felt that the colors of the world had brightened.

  The days where she had to be away from her teacher were truly too unbearable.

  “What are you doing?”

  Sun Mo’s brows furrowed and caught hold of Lu Zhiruo’s hands that were roaming around his body.

  “You are injured!”

  The papaya girl felt some heartache and was inspecting the wounds.

  “A minor injury.”

  Sun Mo casually brushed this aside and moved Lu Zhiruo’s hands away. (If she continues hugging me, I probably have to do it with Dong He tonight to extinguish the fire in me.)

  “Sun Mo, these two personal students of yours are really not bad!”

  The dragon soul was astonished.

  “You can tell?”

  Sun Mo was taken aback.

  “Che. No matter what, I stayed for several thousand years in the Dragon Subduing Palace. The number of extraordinary geniuses I’ve met are innumerable. For this girl with the quiet personality, she’s definitely extremely intelligent. As for the other one at the side, I can tell she’s from a very rich clan.”

  The dragon soul analyzed.

  “I didn’t expect you to have worked part-time as a diviner.”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched.

  From his point of view, the dragon soul was just saying pleasant things to compliment itself. After all, it had to follow Sun Mo around in the future.

  “Eh?”

  Lu Zhiruo suddenly felt suspicious. She went nearer to Sun Mo and started sniffing.

  “What are you doing?”

  Sun Mo stretched out his finger and pushed it against the papaya girl’s forehead, gently stopping her from advancing closer.

  “Teacher, why do you have an additional smell on you? Did you capture a new spiritual beast?”

  Lu Zhiruo was curious. After that, she frowned. “However, from the smell, it seems that the spiritual beast is very old. Were you swindled by it?”

  “.……”

  Sun Mo knew that Lu Zhiruo’s senses had always been sharp. (But isn’t this way too sharp?)

  “Whose stupid kid is this? Does she even know how to speak? Do you believe that my little fists will punch her to death?”

  The dragon soul was so angry that it almost coughed up blood.

  The word ‘old’ was a taboo to it. It was a type of curse.

  “Come out and say hi to them.”

  Sun Mo instructed.

  “Are you not afraid that the secret of you obtaining me gets leaked?”

  The dragon soul was astonished. (Do you not even know a little bit of human psychology?)

  (You best be careful, so you don’t suffer a huge disadvantage.)

  “They are all people I trust.”

  Sun Mo wouldn’t care about this. Speaking of which, Little Silver and the Wind King Divine Hall were considered great secrets too, not in any way smaller than the secret of him having this dragon soul.

  “Alright, as you wish!”

  Boom!

  Multi-colored light immediately emitted from Sun Mo. After that, a five-clawed golden dragon suddenly appeared with a woosh and floated below the ceiling.

  A majestic aura of an ancient ferocious beast instantly swept through the entire place.

  “.……”

  Sun Mo was speechless. (It is just making an appearance, do you have to make things so dazzling?)

  “Ah!”

  Li Ziqi covered her mouth as she exclaimed in shock.

  T……this was actually a giant dragon?

  “Wow, a large dragon!”

  Lu Zhiruo had an excited look on her face.

  “.……”

  The face of the dragon soul was filled with black lines. When people of the world saw it, they would either be stunned or be screaming in terror. Yet, this young girl was like she saw a new pet.

  (No, I have to scare her and make her cry. If not, where would the imposingness of my ancient dragon race go?)

  Upon thinking of this, the dragon soul twisted its body and postured like a true dragon totem, wanting to draw lightning over. However, as it was posturing halfway, a crack could be heard as its bones fell out of alignment.

  “Eh!”

  The dragon soul froze on the spot.

  There was no solution to this. It hadn’t been able to move around freely for tens of thousands of years. And now, the magnitude of the twisting movements was a little large, and it injured its muscles and bones.

  “This dragon cannot make it. It seems to have injured itself!”

  The papaya girl frowned and went over to Sun Mo. She covered her mouth with a hand and reminded him in a low voice. “Teacher, as expected, you were swindled by it, right?”

  In the papaya girl’s heart, her teacher was very impressive. If such an old giant dragon hadn’t promised to give him something in return, her teacher probably wouldn’t have wanted it.

  “You’ve seen a giant dragon before?”

  On the contrary, Sun Mo was astonished looking at Lu Zhiruo’s reaction.

  “Yup, I’ve even eaten one before.”

  Lu Zhiruo licked her lips. “But this giant dragon is too old. Its meat would definitely taste like firewood.”

  “Hehe!”

  Sun Mo smiled and tousled the papaya girl’s hair. He didn’t continue asking.

  No matter what sort of clan Lu Zhiruo was from, she was the personal student he liked the most.

  “Teacher, could this giant dragon be that one from the Dragon Subduing Academy?”

  Li Ziqi raised her eyebrows.

  “Mn!”

  Sun Mo surveyed the dragon soul. “But from now onward, it is the ultimate guardian, a school divine beast of our Central Province Academy.”

  Si~

  Upon hearing this, Li Ziqi involuntarily inhaled a breath of cold air.

  There were rumors in the Nine Provinces saying that the Dragon Subduing Academy was guarded by an ancient giant dragon. Once the school met with an enemy invasion, it would appear and cast a dragonbreath to burn all invaders to death.

  Some people even said that the reason why the Dragon Subduing Academy had such high accomplishments in the art of beast taming was because of the help from this giant dragon.

  Now that the Central Province Academy had obtained it, their level would definitely increase.

  “Ah? Isn’t it too old?”

  Lu Zhiruo frowned and felt some worry.

  The dragon soul naturally wouldn’t give a damn about being the guardian divine beast of whatever school. But after it heard the papaya girl’s words, it couldn’t bear it anymore. “Preposterous. Who dares to look down on me? Get her to stand out. I want to devour her alive.”


  Chapter 916: Continuously Opening Treasure Chests, Receiving So Many Top-Rated Rewards Until His Hands Grow Soft!

  Although the dragon soul had been sealed in the Dragon Subduing Academy and led a prisoner life, it was still very imposing in the eyes of the students.

  At the very least, every great teacher and student who had entered the Dragon Subduing Palace would have a pious attitude, feeling worship for the divine dragon. They wanted to comprehend the stages and obtain the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture.

  The dragon soul was used to such a life. It originally thought that things would be the same when it came to the Central Province Academy. But who would have known that the behaviors of the first people it met actually caused it to be so shocked?

  Who were these two personal students of Sun Mo?

  One was very shocked, but that expression was like how a human saw a rare wild beast. Such an expression was very normal, but there was no fear, panic, or worship at all.

  The other one was even more terrifying. She actually ate dragon meat before?

  The dragon soul was also an old dog that had been whipped badly by society. So, it could tell that this girl with huge papayas wasn’t joking at all.

  “I suddenly feel somewhat uncomfortable and want to rest first.”

  The dragon soul transmitted its voice to Sun Mo and immediately transformed into a cloud of green smoke that vanished in the air.

  “Haha!”

  Sun Mo laughed uproariously.

  Li Ziqi was someone who had seen the Ancient Wind King before. In fact, she was even planning on making the Wind King become her spiritual beast. How would she be afraid of a giant dragon?

  One must know that giant dragons were recorded in the history of the Nine Provinces.

  Bluntly speaking, it was just a species on the edge of extinction. As for the Wind King, it was an elemental lifeform. Everything about it was a mystery.

  “Have you really eaten dragon meat before?”

  Li Ziqi was curious.

  “Yup. Other than the meat being rarer, there’s nothing special. I remember my father instructed the chef to add more salt and to stew it longer.”

  Lu Zhiruo licked her lips. “On the other hand, those mushrooms my elder sister found were truly delicious. After consuming them, I would always be able to have a beautiful dream.”

  As the two girls chatted, Sun Mo patted Lu Zhiruo’s head.

  “System, open the chests. Open three mysterious chests in one go.”

  Sun Mo instructed.

  Ding! Ding! Ding!

  After three clear sounds of the chests opening, a green, black, and golden-colored ball of light floated out from the chests.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining a 100-year time emblem.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining [Advanced Theories of the Study of Poison]. Proficiency level: expert.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining a Soul Calming Incense prescription. Proficiency level: expert.”

  “This prescription belongs to the type categorized as alchemy pills. After using it, a weak white-colored smoke with a gentle fragrance will be generated. After wild beasts smell it, their minds will calm down intensely, causing the probability of them attacking you to be greatly reduced.”

  “Note: If the ferocious beasts absorb too much of the smoke, they may suffer mental damage and paralysis for light cases, death for heavy cases.”

  Upon hearing the system’s explanation, Sun Mo revealed a satisfied smile.

  (As expected. With my lucky mascot of opening treasure chests here, all good things under the heavens belong to me!)

  There was no need to mention the 100-year time emblem. It was a strategic resource and even if it was sold in the merchant store, the price would surely be extremely expensive.

  Sun Mo absolutely wouldn’t waste favorable impression points on this.

  As for the [Advanced Theories of the Study of Poison], which was also at the expert grade, it could let him immediately use poison and make it a part of his combat strength once he learned it.

  Sun Mo had a righteous personality and didn’t wish to depend on poison to harm people. However, one must always be vigilant toward others. So, if he learned a little about the art of poison, he could avoid suffering a disadvantage.

  Naturally, the most precious thing was the prescription.

  Let alone the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces. Even in the modern era, prescriptions and recipes were still the most valuable items.

  The small ones were recipes for braised meat, coke, or the thirteen spices. The large ones involved prescriptions for curing ineradicable diseases. Once someone managed to find something like that, their family could live well for several generations.

  This was a money tree.

  As for the soul calming incense prescription, although it wasn’t an alchemy pill that one could directly consume, its effect was just as tyrannical.

  When students or great teacher groups headed out to temper themselves and explore the Darkness Continent, encountering ferocious beasts was the most common danger. But once you had the soul calming incense, the safety factor would be greatly enhanced.

  One could say that as long as the effect of this item was good, it would surely become a must-have item for cultivators when they headed out for training exercises. It would be an item where the supply wouldn’t be able to match up with the demand.

  “I’ve struck it rich.”

  Sun Mo was joyful for some time before calming down.

  There was no solution to it. The current him truly didn’t lack money.

  Leaving aside the spirit mine in the Wind King Divine Hall, just the sales produced by the giant medicine packets and spring water beauty medicine packets were enough to give Sun Mo huge amounts of gold every month.

  If it wasn’t enough, Sun Mo could just draw a few spirit runes and auction them.

  Naturally, this amount of money was more than enough for him to live well. But if he wanted to maintain a school, it was clearly insufficient. After all, schools would need to build new buildings and facilities. They also had to give free education to genius students and provide alchemy pills and monetary rewards.

  In the modern era, all these would be provided by the country’s government. But in the Central Province, if he wanted to give all these to the students, it would have to depend on himself.

  The Great Tang Emperor actually wanted to give funding for this. But if someone received money from these funds, the money would feel scalding to the touch as they probably had no choice but to work for the Tang Emperor in the future.

  “Continue opening. Open another three treasure chests at one go!”

  Sun Mo was very composed. With Lu Zhiruo being present, the rate of him opening top-rated stuff was extremely stable.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining a spirit rune design template!”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining a Life Pursuit Pill. Quality: Peerless-grade Saint-tier.”

  “This prescription is already lost in this world. Moreover, it requires 100 types of medicinal herbs that are incomparably valuable. The concoction process is filled with difficulty as well. This is why it is extremely valuable.

  “If a cultivator consumed this at the Longevity Realm when they encountered a bottleneck, they would instantly break through. However, it is not advised to do so because every level up in the Longevity Realm would bring about a tempering enhancement to your will and spirit if you broke through by yourself.”

  Sun Mo fell into contemplation. The explanation of the system revealed a lot of information.

  Firstly, because the prescription was already lost, it meant that every Life Pursuit Pill in the Nine provinces was priceless.

  This item not only could aid cultivators in breaking through, but it could also extend lifespan.

  Being able to live a few more years was a thing humans thirsted after the most.

  Hence, this alchemy pill was hard currency. Many kings and emperors would definitely be willing to give you noble titles and many lands in exchange for it.

  Moreover, when someone at the Longevity Realm broke through, there wouldn’t merely be an increase in lifespan. If they broke through by themselves, it would enhance their will, vision, and spirit as well. It was like someone from a village arriving in a huge city and traveling to various countries. At that point in time, their world view, ideology, and outlook would change.

  If there was no enhancement to their will, vision, and spirit, they would be unable to step into the Legendary Realm.

  “So, it’s no longer possible to break through using medicinal pills when you are in the Longevity Realm. It would have to depend on your own comprehension to gain the enhancement.”

  Sun Mo understood.

  But after thinking about it, it made sense. If one could enter the Longevity Realm just by living for a long time, why were those turtles who lived for 1,000 years or 10,000 years not all at the Legendary Realm?

  Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo didn’t speak. They were quietly looking at Sun Mo with worship in their gazes.

  Their teacher, who was in deep thoughts, was so charming!

  It wasn’t enough no matter how much they looked at him.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining 100 average-grade heaven-tier cultivation arts. Proficiency level: Grandmaster.”

  This reward also wasn’t bad. Although Sun Mo no longer used average-grade heaven-tier cultivation arts, their expertise level was at the grandmaster level. They could provide him with plenty of experience.

  “Next, open the seven-colored diamond treasure chests. Two of them at once.”

  Sun Mo instructed.

  The chests were instantly opened. A ball shining with golden light floated out.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining a dragon seeking pearl!”

  Sun Mo’s eyes brightened.

  “Good stuff!”

  He had one of these. It was a limited purchase from the merchant store that he had to spend 250,000 favorable impression points on before he purchased it.

  The dragon seeking pearl was a mysterious and powerful natural secret treasure. After one infused spirit qi into it, it would be able to point out the most valuable secret treasure in an area.

  Its effect was similar to a treasure radar.

  If it was used well, the user would surely get high returns.

  The other reward was also very good. It was the first part of the Undying Mystic Art.

  This was a peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art as well.

  Also, after possessing the first part, this meant that Sun Mo could finally start to train in it. However, he didn’t have the time. He hadn’t even cultivated the Battlegod Catalog and the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture yet.

  “Ai, having too many divine arts is also a type of annoyance.”

  Sun Mo sighed ruefully.

  If others were to hear Sun Mo’s words, they would definitely spit in his face. Truly, someone with his belly full would never understand the feelings of those who had to go hungry.

  “Continue!”

  Sun Mo patted Lu Zhiruo’s head.

  There were too many good items. As for the rewards Sun Mo would open next, he didn’t really care much anymore. Even if he opened trash for the rest of the treasure chests, he had profited.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining 100 types of mid-tier puppet creation techniques.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining an illustrated handbook about the rare species on Darkness Continent: Plant edition. 1,000 types of plants. Proficiency level: expert.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations on obtaining 3 bottles of Myriad Spirits Divine Oil.”

  After hearing this, Sun Mo couldn’t help but glance a few more times at them.

  This was a type of grease that could allow one to temper their bodies and minds. There would be a miraculous effect if it was used with the ancient massaging technique.

  From the introduction, this was a type of essence extracted from ten thousand plants and animals, which was then refined into divine oil. Its effect was 1,000 times that of the ancient whale oil.

  How impressive was it exactly?

  For people who frequently used this oil to smear their bodies, even if they used to not be able to sense spirit qi, they could start cultivating after it.

  Was the honest guy Qi Shengjia miserable or not?

  Yes. However, some people were even more miserable than him. They couldn’t even have the chance to work hard and cultivate.

  But now, this bottle of divine oil could give them an opportunity.

  One could say that if this type of divine oil could be produced, the entire population in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces would enter an absolute era of cultivation.

  “System, does the merchant store sell this divine oil?”

  Sun Mo estimated that this thing should be very expensive.

  “Are you dreaming?”

  The system spoke in contempt, “Even if they do, you won’t be able to afford it.”

  “Why are you so arrogant? Are you looking down on my lucky mascot? Just wait a few days and she will help me to open the prescription for this Myriad Spirits Divine Oil.”

  Sun Mo rolled his eyes.

  There were two mysterious treasure chests left and Sun Mo decided to open them all.

  The first reward was a 100-year time emblem.

  The second one was ’10 types of spiritual techniques to summon small birds. Proficiency level: expert’.

  One could only say that this was a good thing for other spiritual controllers. But it was useless for Sun Mo. After all, he was someone that had grasped a spiritual divine language like Air Proof.

  But he could give this to others.

  Sun Mo inhaled deeply. He leaned against the side of the pool and was prepared to close his eyes and rest. After Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo left, he would ‘digest’ these rewards.

  “I grew stronger again and am not balding yet.”

  Sun Mo felt very joyful. But in the blink of an eye, he suddenly furrowed his brows so tightly to an extent where they could squeeze a crab to death. It seemed that he had forgotten something!

  Chapter 917: With Divine Arts in Hand, the World Belongs to Me

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  “Where’s my great teacher halo?”

  Sun Mo was speechless. A total of 13 top-rated treasure chests had been opened, but he didn’t even manage to open a single halo. He couldn’t help feeling a little regret.

  However, Sun Mo wasn’t in a hurry either. Right now, he had grasped 13 halos. If he wanted to participate in the 4-star examination, grasping 12 great teacher halos was the lowest criteria and he had met it.

  Naturally, the thing that restricted Sun Mo from getting 4-star in one go was that the ages of his personal students were too young. Their strength wasn’t enough to ascend to the Heroes Ranking.

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  If not, he would be able to think about getting to the 4-star rank in a single push, becoming a four-time champion.

  “Ziqi, how are things with the Wind King?” .

  Sun Mo asked. If the little sunny egg could subdue the Wind King and recruit it as a spiritual battle pet, the 4-star great teacher title would definitely be in his pocket.

  After all, in the battle between personal students, there shouldn’t be anyone capable of defeating an ancient elemental king.

  So, it could be said that this was the terrifying aspect of spiritual controllers. Whether they were strong or not, it completely depended on their battle pets.

  “It is not easy to handle!”

  Li Ziqi frowned, but she then relaxed as she didn’t want Sun Mo to worry. “I will try my best.”

  (I definitely have to take the Wind King down before the 4-star great teacher examination at the end of the next year. Only then will I be qualified enough to fight on behalf of Teacher.)

  The requirements for the 4-star examination were that the great teachers must grasp at least 12 great teacher halos, have proficiency in four secondary occupations, and have a student that ascended to the Hero Rankings.

  Sun Mo had met the first two requirements. So, even if Li Ziqi had to put her life on the line, she had to work hard on taking down the Wind King.

  She told herself that she mustn’t let her own incompetence delay her teacher rise to the 4-star ranking or delay her teacher in making history.

  “You still have to pay attention to your own safety. Remember, caution before all things.”

  Sun Mo warned.

  “Alright, you guys can head out first. Let me rest for a little while.”

  Sun Mo waited for his students to leave before getting out of the pool. He sat down on his chair and started to digest all the skill books.

  However, he still didn’t touch the skill book [Advanced Theories of the Study of Poison].

  Li Ziqi knew that Sun Mo was tired. Hence, she didn’t get the other junior martial siblings to come and pay their respect. Instead, she decided to meticulously prepare a sumptuous dinner.

  After Sun Mo finished eating, he went to rest.

  “You guys can go on with your own studies.”

  Sun Mo lay on the soft bed. He then called the dragon soul out after everyone left.

  “Dragon God, can you introduce the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture to me?”

  The dragon soul snorted in contempt. “When you need me, you refer to me as the Dragon God. When you don’t need me, you tell me to shut it and go to rest. Is your character not too petty?”

  “Recently, my body has been unwell. So, I feel that the amount of spirit qi I provide you should be reduced by a little.”

  Sun Mo touched his chin and muttered.

  “Don’t do it, Daddy Sun. I’m the one in the wrong.”

  The dragon soul immediately conceded.

  There was no solution to it. For the contract by Air Proof, Sun Mo was in the master position. If Sun Mo didn’t provide it with spirit qi, it would starve to death.

  It was not easy for it to regain freedom. If it died because of this, that would really be too much of a loss.

  “Daddy Sun. Actually, the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture was just the name that the founder of the Dragon Subduing Academy had given this cultivation art. Its true name should be the Divine Dragon Totem Battledance. It is a type of battledance our ancient dragon race’s ancestors created, and it was used for sacrificial offerings.”

  The dragon soul explained.

  “You guys still need sacrificial offerings?”

  Sun Mo was astonished.

  “What are you saying? For all types of races, the most important things are naturally war and offering sacrifices to pray to the gods for good weather and victory, etc. Any race would have hopes like this.”

  The dragon soul self-mockingly laughed.

  When one’s might was insufficient, they would always place their hopes on the omnipotent ‘gods’ and ‘deities’, hoping that they could be blessed with a smoother future.

  Sometimes, everyone also knew that there were no such things as deities and gods, but they would still organize sacrificial offerings and offer various types of offerings. Wasn’t all of this simply to pray for a good portent?

  “The vast majority of lifeforms require faith. They need a pillar of mental support or they would have no sense of security.”

  This sentence from the dragon soul had some philosophical taste to it.

  Sun Mo nodded. In the modern era, the technology level grasped by the Americans was absolutely at the highest level. Even their science fiction movies were extremely impressive and involved profound scientific concepts. Another fun fact was that about 70% of their citizens were believers in the divine.

  From the perspective of dragons, humans with no faith were not worthy of being trusted.

  “The Divine Dragon Totem Battledance—at the earliest days—was when a dragon god moved its body and adopted different postures to attract the spirit qi of heavens and earth, producing magical transformations.”

  The dragon soul introduced.

  “After that, a wise dragon ancestor optimized some of the movements and created this set of battle dance, categorizing it into seven levels.”

  The dragon soul was very generous and concealed nothing, imparting everything to Sun Mo.

  “The first level: Dragon God Visualization. Cultivators need to look at things from the perspectives of beasts. They had to imagine themselves as different types of beasts and ponder over the matters of this world from the viewpoints of beasts.”

  As the dragon soul introduced, it also moved its body and adopted different postures.

  RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

  Although the dragon soul didn’t intentionally want to trigger the spirit qi, the clouds in the surroundings still gathered and there were sounds of wind and thunder.

  This was the might of an ancient giant dragon.

  “Please continue!”

  Sun Mo sat cross-legged on his bed and listened seriously.

  “When cultivators underwent the Dragon God Visualization, they could produce dragon qi in their body. Only then would they be able to cultivate the 72 stances of the Dragon God.

  “Then there is the second level, 72 Sacrificial Dances. Through the modifications from former experts in ancient times, the second level is greatly enhanced and mainly used in combat. The founder of the Subduing Dragon Academy simplified the 72 stances and that is the current main content of the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture.”

  The dragon soul was gently reminding Sun Mo of its value. “After you master this, when you fight against those top students of the Dragon Subduing Academy who’ve learned the simplified version, it would be like a natural predator meeting a prey. You would win 100% of the time.

  “The third level. When a cultivator reaches major completion in the 72 stances of the Dragon God, they will be able to produce dragon might and awe all of the hundred beasts. Upon reaching this realm, the cultivators no longer need to fight, just displaying their dragon might will intimidate the other beasts. This is also the reason why the Dragon Subduing Academy has always been ranked as the champion in the Nine Provinces when it comes to beast taming.

  “It wasn’t that they grasped some magical beast-taming art. But it’s purely because the dragon might would induce awe from other species as well as a crushing suppression.”

  Sun Mo instantly understood. It was like an adult fighting against a 5-year-old child. There was no need to use other methods. As long as the adult knew how to beat people up, the 5-year-old child would be obedient.

  The so-called dragon might was actually the sign of a peak-level predator.

  All the other beasts would have to bow down.

  “The fourth level: When a cultivator can produce dragon might, they will soon be able to generate the scorching dragonbreath from the catalysis of the dragon might.”

  “Dragonbreath simply means a different type of flame. Our ancient dragon race would cultivate different dragon-breathing techniques based on our personal situation.”

  As the dragon soul spoke, its large nostrils emitted two streams of sparks that instantly turned into a fireball. The scorching temperature caused the surroundings to heat like the interior of a great furnace.

  “Impressive!”

  Sun Mo applauded.

  “You better not applaud, or I would feel like I’m a street performer who is smashing giant rocks with my chest as a platform.”

  The dragon soul self-mockingly spoke as it continued to explain.

  “The fifth level is the simplest. That is the Control of the Hundred Beasts.”

  “How to control them?”

  Sun Mo was curious.

  “Roar at them. If they aren’t obedient, blast a dragonbreath over and burn them into cinders and look for another beast.”

  The dragon soul consoled. “Don’t be afraid. Regardless of what race, some would bow their heads and submit.”

  “.……”

  Sun Mo was completely dumbfounded. (Your ‘control’ is truly crude and boorish.)

  “The sixth level is Dragonification. As the names implied, when one trains this to the max level, they can become draconic humans. In that form, their recovery rate, combat strength, and toughness of their body parts would enjoy an all-around improvement.

  “And the seventh level will take one step further. Dragon Transformation. One can then transform into a dragon and soar through the nine heavens.”

  Sun Mo frowned. “You mean if I trained to that level, I could take on the form of a giant dragon?”

  “Definitely!”

  The dragon soul laughed proudly. “If the cultivation art cannot achieve this, how can it become the ultimate divine art of the Dragon Subduing Academy? I dare to say that it’s ranked among the top three of all cultivation arts in the Nine Provinces.”

  “Che!”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched. He felt that Immemorial Vairocana was not in any way inferior. The Grand Universe Formless Divine Art from Skyraise Academy was also exceedingly impressive.

  As for the Great Dreams Heart Sutra of the Central Province Academy, Sun Mo didn’t learn it, but he did read about it. This was an extremely magical divine art.

  However, Sun Mo expressed his understanding at the dragon soul’s self-boasting. After all, everyone would naturally hope that their stuff was the best.

  “Oh right, I saw some students transforming into draconic humans before. What happened?” Sun Mo asked. “Was it caused by qi deviation?”

  “Nope. The Dragon Subduing Palace is filled with dragon qi. The aptitudes of those students are too low, and they weren’t able to resist the encroachment of the dragon qi and got tainted.”

  The dragon soul rejoiced in their calamity. (Do you guys think it would be so easy to learn a divine art from my dragon race?)

  “Do you have any way to save them?”

  Sun Mo recalled those draconic humans that were modified by Murong Mingyue.

  “Nope. After going through the dragonification process in this tainted manner, there’s only a path of death left for them.”

  The dragon soul warned. “So, if your students are not a peak-level genius, you must never allow them to learn this divine art no matter what.”

  “Daddy Sun, have you finished with your questions? I want to go back and rest!”

  The dragon soul was tired.

  This address, ‘Daddy Sun’, was truly filled with ridicule and self-mockery.

  “Could I trouble you to impart the first level to me? I want to train in the Dragon God Visualization.”

  Sun Mo’s expression was solemn. He then cast Encyclopedic Knowledge on himself.

  “The Dragon God Visualization is very difficult. Can we just do things slowly?”

  The dragon soul felt that Sun Mo should rest first and recover to his peak before he started to learn it.

  “I’m fine now.”

  Sun Mo truly knew too many divine arts. He actually didn’t really feel strongly about learning the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture. He was doing this just to establish his might before the dragon.

  Because he knew that although this fellow had submitted to him, it was a helpless gesture. Actually, it looked down on him, who was a human, from the bottom of its heart.

  “Alright, watch well!”

  After the dragon soul finished speaking, it soared into the air and its body started moving, adopting different postures. Its movements were very quick. Clearly, it was intentionally making things difficult for Sun Mo.

  15 minutes later, the dragon soul completed it.

  “If you didn’t understand, I can demonstrate it again.”

  The dragon soul was very caring. It was actually using this method to increase its level of importance to Sun Mo.

  “No need, you can go and rest!”

  Sun Mo stood up and closed his eyes. He then stretched out his hands and legs, moving them around to imitate the giant dragon’s posture. After that, he visualized these postures in his mind.

  “This divine art is really difficult. You will definitely not be able to learn it just from watching it once. Don’t force yourself.”

  The dragon soul interrupted.

  But Sun Mo didn’t care about it. He was fully focused on his cultivation.

  “.……”

  The dragon soul felt angry. It didn’t leave and instead crossed its claws before its chest, waiting for Sun Mo to embarrass himself.

  (If you can master it in a single attempt, I will take you to be my daddy from now onward.)

  “System, use a 30-year time emblem.”

  Sun Mo instructed.

  He could be as wilful as he wanted to in terms of spending since he had so many favorable impression points.

  A moment later, countless complex information flooded into Sun Mo’s mind. Some of the details he didn’t notice earlier now became clear as well.

  The true essence of the Dragon God Visualization appeared in his mind and germinated, becoming a part of Sun Mo’s instinct.

  15 minutes later.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations. The time emblem has been used. Your expertise in the first level of this divine art has reached the grandmaster level.”

  “As expected of a divine art. It’s truly difficult to cultivate.”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched. He had used a 30-year time emblem to train the most simple level, and his expertise was only at the grandmaster level. The rate of improvement was truly bad.

  Hence, Sun Mo didn’t dare to slight this. He continued to meditate and solidify his insights.

  Actually, Sun Mo’s understanding was wrong. There was no need to train in the first level so much. As long as his body could produce dragon qi, he could start cultivating the 72 stances of the Dragon God.

  However, there were also benefits when Sun Mo did this. He strengthened his foundation and made it sturdier. The amount of qi he produced from the visualization was tens of times more compared to normal people.

  Half an hour later.

  BOOM!

  Sun Mo’s body suddenly trembled. His spirit qi gathered and formed a giant dragon above his head. It roared directly. After that, the spirit qi in his body seemed to have been brushed through by the dragon aura and turned golden.

  This was dragon qi. It was majestic and tyrannical. The amount of energy contained within a single unit was several times more compared to spirit qi.

  “T……this……”

  The dragon soul was stunned. Sun Mo actually managed to produce dragon qi.

  Wasn’t his talent a little too good?

  For a time, the dragon soul grew worried and didn’t know what to feel.

  It was disappointed because Sun Mo was so impressive, but it was also happy because only someone with such outstanding talent like Sun Mo was worthy enough to be its comrade.

  Actually, Sun Mo’s aptitude wasn’t bad. He used time emblems because he just wanted to save time.

  “Teach me the 72 stances of the Dragon God then?”

  Sun Mo mastered the first level of the divine art and was inspired by his success. His training continued the entire night.

  When dawn arrived, Sun Mo went for a shower first. He then had his breakfast before going to look for Gu Xiuxun and Jin Mujie. It had been many days since he last saw them. It was only proper for him to visit them after he was back.

  Friends……naturally had to interact and keep in contact as much as possible.

  “I wonder if Teacher Jin feels better?”

  Sun Mo sighed. Jin Mujie’s personal student didn’t manage to get into the top hundred of the Hero Rankings. This meant that she wouldn’t have the accomplishment of not failing a single time.

  To great teachers, such a result also meant that they had lost the qualifications to teach in the Nine Greats.

  Sun Mo met Jin Mujie in her office.

  This beautiful great teacher who gave off the feeling of a hot married woman simply sat limply in her chair. She was in a daze as she stared at the sky outside.

  “Teacher Jin, there are always unexpected things in life. Why do you have to feel so bad?”

  Sun Mo consoled her.

  “Teacher Sun? You are back?” Jin Mujie did her best to squeeze out a smile. “How’s your result?”

  “They haven’t announced it yet.”

  The Saint Gate would mail the results to the school the great teacher was in. They would know the results in at most half a month.

  “Don’t worry, even if you are not the champion, you will definitely be in the top three.”

  Jin Mujie looked at the highly-spirited Sun Mo while suddenly feeling bitterness in her heart.

  (How can I be considered a genius? This person is then a true genius!)

  Most probably, Sun Mo would be able to successfully rank up and become a 4-star great teacher at the end of next year. At that time, how should she face him?

  Should she quit now and run away?

  Once this thought appeared in Jin Mujie’s heart, she could no longer suppress it.