Chapter 921: Students Who Were in the Midst of Growing
Sun Mo was in the midst of a break, but Gu Xiuxun was not. She had to teach later on. But because it had been quite a few months since she last saw Sun Mo, she wanted to hang out with him a little more.
Hence, she soon found an excuse.
(This opportunity is rare, I can take this chance to see how Sun Mo teaches his students.)
After that, Gu Xiuxun followed Sun Mo with a clear conscience and entered the villa.
In the living room, Li Ziqi and the others immediately stood up when they saw Sun Mo entering. They lined themselves up in a row and bowed as they greeted.
“Good morning, teacher.”
Their voices were loud, resonant, and filled with an imposing aura. Anyone could tell that they were full of youthful energy.
Xianyu Hui hurriedly cast a glance and couldn’t help but praise in her heart.
Wow!
There were a total of four female martial siblings present. Each of them had their own unique aspects and they were beautiful.
All of a sudden, Xianyu Wei felt a sense of inferiority.
(I’m so ugly, I will definitely lose face for Teacher, right?)
There was no solution. Girls would immediately pay attention to other girls when they met.
This was something very common.
“Mn!”
Sun Mo nodded and sat in the Taishi Chair. “This is Xianyu Wei, a personal student I recruited from the Dragon Subduing Academy.”
“Xianyu, come over and greet your senior martial siblings.”
Xianyu Wei immediately bowed respectfully.
Dong He and Little`E then started to serve them tea.
“Junior martial sister Xianyu, there’s no need to be so courteous!”
Everyone spoke. After that, Li Ziqi stretched out her hand and helped Xianyu Wei up from her bow on behalf of the other martial siblings.
“Wow, she’s so tall. She’s even taller than Baiwu!”
Lu Zhiruo exclaimed in shock.
Ying Baiwu had the tallest figure. She was roughly equal in height to Xuanyuan Po and easily surpassed Jiang Leng and Tantai Yutang. However, when compared to Xianyu Wei, she was a little shorter.
“Oi, catch it!”
Qin Yaoguang shouted and tossed a piece of pearflower candy over.
Xianyu Wei caught it in a fluster and hurriedly thanked her.
“Are you from the Xianyu Tribe?”
Helian Beifang was very happy. There was finally a junior martial sister that was also a tribesman like him.
“Yes!”
Xianyu Wei respectfully replied and snuck a glance at Helian Beifang. Although he was clad in attire from the Central Plains and his hairstyle had changed, the unique tribal characteristic and habits were something that couldn’t be changed easily. She could tell he was also from the grassy plains with a single glance.
“You were a student from the Dragon Subduing Academy and should be very strong, right?”
Xuanyuan Po surveyed Xianyu Wei and was brimming with desire. “Let’s fight?”
“Eh!”
Xianyu Wei wanted to say she was very weak, but she also didn’t want to be looked down on by everyone. Hence, she fell silent.
Honestly speaking, before she got acquainted with Sun Mo, she was a complete newbie in fighting. The type where even her ex-personal teacher would take the initiative to dissolve their relationship.
“If you want to fight, go find Helian and Baiwu.”
Qin Yaoguang acted familiar and walked to Xianyu Wei’s side. She hugged her by the shoulders. “Ignore him, that fellow is simply a combat addict. Other than fighting, he is a brute that doesn’t know anything else.”
Although Xianyu Wei looked tall, her personality was very meek. Someone like her would always pander to others. No one would be able to achieve anything by provoking them.
“Xianyu has just come to the Central Plains; she doesn’t know anything. You guys have to take care of her more.”
Sun Mo instructed.
“Teacher, is she very strong?”
Xuanyuan Po’s brows were tightly furrowed. His instincts told him that this girl exuded a dangerous smell. The sense of danger from her was even stronger than what Ying Baiwu gave him.
Ying Baiwu’s ‘strength’ was in her personality, her iron-headedness, and her reluctance to admit defeat. She was strong in her will. But for Xianyu Wei, she was strong because she was born with innate divine strength.
“You can spar, but you can only use 50% of your strength.”
Sun Mo instructed.
“Alright. Next, do you guys have any questions? Feel free to raise them now. Let’s start from Ziqi!”
Xianyu Wei then obediently stood to the side.
After that, she was shocked. Earlier, she had been in awe at the beauty of her senior martial sisters and hadn’t seen that there was actually an old man with white hair among her senior martial brothers.
The more important thing was that he was clad in a teacher robe of the Central Province Academy.
The stars above the school insignia……
1 star……
2 stars…… ……
(My heavenly deities above, there are actually 5 stars? T……this is a 5-star great teacher, right?)
(A great teacher of this level is actually also Teacher’s personal student?)
Xianyu Wei was so shocked that her mouth was wide open, so large that she could stuff two chicken eggs into it.
Cough, cough!
An intense coughing sound disrupted Xianyu Wei’s complex thoughts. After that, she saw one of her senior martial brothers taking a handkerchief and covering his mouth as he coughed intensely.
The snow-white handkerchief was soon dyed red. Evidently, he coughed up a lot of blood. Besides, sweat dotted his forehead.
This feeling……was like he was heavily sick and about to die!
Xianyu Wei glanced to the left and right but discovered that everyone was used to this scene. No one showed any signs of being concerned about him.
But very soon, Xianyu Wei could no longer be concerned with the sickly invalid senior brother because the eldest martial sister who was currently being called by their teacher was asking a series of questions.
A newly designed seven-chained flame explosion spirit rune? How should the spirit rune formation co-exist if there are many of them?
(Wait, she means that this is a spirit rune she designed?)
(I must have heard wrongly, right?)
Among the great teachers in the Dragon Subduing Academy, there were only one or two who could create spirit runes themselves. This was a very high-end research topic.
Just when Xianyu Wei wanted to listen more attentively, she discovered that her eldest martial sister changed to another question.
What was the mechanism within the operation of a spiritual divine language?
Why would those few words be able to invoke such a strong contractual effect?
The paralysis toxin of the white fragrant grass actually had a slight hallucinogenic effect. In that case, could one remove the components of the paralysis toxin and only leave the hallucinogenic effect behind? By doing so, would one be able to create a new type of hallucinogenic alchemy pill?
Also, for the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Wave Art, she was unable to get the gist of it during her recent cultivation. She had no idea what went wrong. ……
Upon hearing Li Ziqi’s words, Xianyu Wei started to doubt life for a time.
(Who am I? Where am I? What did I hear?)
This girl with a slender finger and elegant demeanor was someone who could be destroyed by Xianyu Wei with a single punch. But the questions she asked were so all-encompassing.
The study of spirit runes, the art of spiritual control, botany, cultivation problems……
(Heavenly deities above, how many things do you know exactly?)
The more crucial thing was that their teacher answered all her questions perfectly.
Wasn’t this a little too impressive?
“Alright, let’s chat privately next time.”
Sun Mo saw that the little sunny egg still had questions, so he tactfully stopped her. After that, he lectured the sickly invalid, “Tantai, I got you guys to listen by the side not because I want you all to learn from this. Instead, I want you all to experience how others would ask questions and increase your own knowledge. Why are you not paying attention and in a daze?”
“I was wrong.”
Tantai Yutang apologized.
Other than getting his vengeance and the medical arts, he truly wasn’t interested in anything else.
“Zhiruo, your turn.”
Sun Mo called out.
While heaving a sigh of relief in his heart, Sun Mo also reminded himself that he had to work harder.
Ziqi’s learning ability was too terrifying.
There would be a day where she caught up to him.
With the pride of a teacher, he absolutely wouldn’t permit something like this to happen.
Just think about it. Li Ziqi was extremely intelligent and had the Retentive Memory halo. Her desire to consume knowledge was also vigorous. Her ‘top student’ path was simply too smooth-sailing.
The only regretful thing was that her motor nerves were too inferior.
(I have to find a nature fruit to help Ziqi breakthrough to the Longevity Realm at the very least. If not, it would really be a waste of her talent.)
Sun Mo decided.
“Eh?” The papaya girl froze.
“What’s the matter?”
Sun Mo frowned.
“I……I……”
The papaya girl felt very awkward because she had no questions at all.
In cultivation, her progress was slow. Although she encountered difficulties, Ziqi, Baiwu, and Jiang Leng could explain and guide her.
As for beast taming, all the little animals were very obedient……
(It’s over. What if Teacher thinks that I’m slacking?)
Just when Lu Zhiruo was racking her brains and preparing to find a question to ask, Sun Mo suddenly spoke.
“You’ve maintained your muscles pretty well. You must have been very industrious in cultivating recently!”
Sun Mo complimented.
His lucky mascot was the most guileless. But looking at her face, he instantly knew what she was thinking.
“Hehe!”
Lu Zhiruo immediately smiled and scratched her hair in embarrassment.
(I would feel embarrassed if you praised me like this.)
Xianyu Wei’s gaze was fixed on Lu Zhiruo’s chest. She subconsciously drew an arc before her own chest.
(My heavens, aren’t her papayas a little too large?)
However, this senior sister didn’t look too smart. Could she be an idiot?
(I feel she would be easily swindled! Sigh! Even though she is gullible, she has large papayas.)
Xianyu Wei lowered her head and looked at herself. She was originally very confident, but she started to feel down now. However, when her gaze landed on Li Ziqi……
(Eldest martial sister, it’s fine. You are still growing.)
“Xuanyuan?”
Sun Mo looked at the combat addict.
“I have no questions. Teacher, when do you have time to spar with me?”
Xuanyuan Po licked his lips and lovingly touched his spear. “My Silver Paste is already unbearably thirsty.”
(Who the hell is Silver Paste?)
Xuanyu Wei had a face full of astonishment. (Do you mean……? Is Silver Paste your weapon? Speaking of which, a burly guy like you should have named your spear as Tyrant King, Heavenly Thunder, or World Extermination. That would then be normal, right?)
“Maybe in the afternoon,”
Even without Xuanyuan Po’s suggestion, Sun Mo would spar with all his personal students.
“Baiwu?”
With regard to this disciple, Sun Mo always felt some tenderness for her, showing more concern.
“Teacher, I have no questions.”
Ying Baiwu’s thoughts were simple. Other than making enough money so she wouldn’t have to worry about food or clothing, she wanted to become the most doted student of her teacher.
Besides, given her aptitude and hard work, there was nothing in what they were learning that could pose difficulty to her.
“She is so confident in herself!”
Xuanyu Wei could sense the aura emitted by Ying Baiwu. She was like an unsheathed sharp sword. Honestly speaking, she admired this iron-headed girl’s personality the most.
“Mn!”
Sun Mo then glanced at Tantai Yutang. “How’s your body so far?”
“Still in the same old condition.”
Because Sun Mo was gone for over three months, although he had left the ancient massaging technique spirit runes for Tantai Yutang, the genie that the runes summoned naturally wouldn’t be better than Sun Mo. Hence, Tantai Yutang’s sickness became a bit more severe again.
“I’ll help you inspect it later on.”
Sun Mo also had no way to completely cure the root of the sickly invalid’s blood poison.
“I would have to trouble Teacher then.”
Tantai Yutang could feel Sun Mo’s concern for him. He couldn’t help but feel warmth in his heart.
(Is this sickly invalid a genius?)
Xianyu Wei guessed. Usually speaking, great teachers would only accept geniuses as their personal students. For sickly invalids like this, one could tell they had no future with a single glance, and the great teacher would only have endless trouble to deal with if they recruited one. There would be no benefits at all.
But very soon, Xianyu Wei discovered someone who was even more problematic compared to the sickly invalid.
The senior martial brother named Jiang Leng actually had the word ‘cripple’ on his forehead. Although his hair blocked the view of the word somewhat, one would still be able to see it if one focused on it.
How rubbish must his aptitude be for someone to tattoo the word ‘cripple’ on his forehead?
Could her teacher have misjudged them?
Xianyu Wei was worried.
Chapter 922: Xianyu Wei’s Knowledge Gained From a Day’s Viewing
Because Jiang Leng was an orphan and had been living in the Bai Wenzhang’s Dragonspirit Manor since he was young, his personality was reticent and he was a man of few words.
He was someone with a very calm demeanor and he also matured very early. In terms of his wisdom, there was no difference between him and a young man.
If one asked who among these personal students was Sun Mo least worried about?
It would definitely be Jiang Leng.
If Sun Mo had an important mission and had to arrange someone to complete it, he would definitely choose Jiang Leng.
Jiang Leng didn’t have any problems. Of all the cultivation arts that Sun Mo taught and the homework he arranged, Jiang Leng was able to complete them easily.
Actually, Jiang Leng’s talent was very high. He was the only one that had survived so many experiments. From this, one could see how extraordinary he was.
“Do you really not want me to remove the word on your forehead?” Sun Mo asked.
“Nope!”
Jiang Leng played around with his hair while smiling. “It can remind me every moment that I have to cherish the life I have now.”
In his heart, Jiang Leng added another sentence. ‘I will never forget Teacher’s kindness my entire life.’
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Jiang Leng +500. Reverence (21,000/100,000).
“Alright then!”
Sun Mo readily accepted it. “In the next half a year, you must not proceed with high-intensity training. Pay attention to taking good care of your body. I will do a few more operations to fully clear the remaining spirit runes.”
Given Sun Mo’s current standard in the study of spirit runes, he could treat Jiang Leng completely.
“I have to trouble Teacher then.”
Jiang Leng wasn’t sad or happy because he knew if he followed Sun Mo, this day would arrive sooner or later. But after that, he felt perplexed.
(What should I do in the future?)
In the past, he had trained so hard because Dean Bai had forced him to. Then, he only studied spirit runes extensively for the sake of living on. Actually, he didn’t really like this subject.
“Don’t be anxious. Your life is still very long. You should go to the library more often and also listen to the lectures from other great teachers. You can also wander around Jinling, and you will be able to find your life direction eventually.”
Sun Mo wasn’t the type of great teacher whose utility spirit was extremely overwhelming. He wouldn’t force his students to cultivate intensely for his sake. It was all good as long as they could do what they liked and didn’t waste their life.
When Ma Zhang saw this, he couldn’t help but sigh ruefully.
Teacher Sun always placed his students first in his heart. If other great teachers had Jiang Leng as a personal student, they would definitely urge him to cultivate every day.
After all, as long as their students had the strength to ascend to the Heroes Ranking, they would be able to ascend to 4-star sooner rather than later.
“Teacher, I wish to learn painting!”
Qin Yaoguang chewed on a candy as she raised her hand and spoke.
“Reason?”
Sun Mo had a calm look on his face, but he silently felt a headache coming.
Given his identity as a famous painter, as long as he said he needed a model, even if those models he needed were naked ones, countless courtesans from the top brothels of Jinling would fight against each other to be chosen by him.
Because once the painting became a famous painting, the model would definitely experience an increase in their value. After they died, their name would last for centuries and they would be admired by the latter generations.
But Sun Mo truly had no interest in painting.
“I wish to paint some beautiful scenes and when I’m old, I can take them out and relive the memories.”
This reason of Qin Yaoguang actually caused Sun Mo to feel veneration for her.
(I didn’t expect a girl who loves snacking so much like you would actually be a cultured youth.)
“Do you like to write novels?”
If an eminent writer appeared under his tutelage, that would really be impressive.
“Eh? Teacher, how did you know this?”
After Qin Yaoguang said this, she lowered her head. She, who always had a carefree personality, revealed a rare look of a little girl right now.
“Maintain your interest!”
Sun Mo encouraged. “In the future, if you produce any work, we can converse and interact more!”
Li Ziqi quietly watched this scene and decided to try out writing a literary work as well.
(I don’t seek to be famous. I just want to follow in my teacher’s footsteps.)
“Ai, it’s so difficult to write a novel!”
Lu Zhiruo scratched her head with a face filled with worry. She also wanted to write one for her teacher, but the moment she thought of taking up a brush, her head started to hurt.
There was no solution to this as she really had no talent in this aspect.
“Teacher, before our interaction, could you finish the second part of [Journey to the West] first?”
Qin Yaoguang smiled. “Do you know how many people in the Nine Provinces are currently cursing Gandalf, saying he is a eunuch who ignores the proper ending when writing a story?”
Sun Mo had a face filled with black lines. Right now, he didn’t lack money and truly had no need to write any more novels.
“Ah? [Journey to the West] was written by Teacher?”
Xianyu Wei who was listening at the side was dumbfounded, and she couldn’t help but ask the question out loud when she heard this.
This book was also extremely popular in the Dragon Subduing Academy. This was especially so for that part in the story.
“Great Sage, what’s your purpose for this trip?”
“To trample over the southern heavens, to shatter the sky. If I cannot return…… So be it!”
The personalities of plainsmen were that they dared to hate and dare to love. Hence, the feat where Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the celestial courts could resonate deeply with them.
During this period, the great name of Gandalf was even known to aunties working in the canteen.
She didn’t expect that such a popular classic was actually written by her teacher……
W……wasn’t this a little too impressive?
“You actually don’t know this?”
Lu Zhiruo was surprised. “Do you know about this then? Teacher is also a famous artist and has five famous paintings under his name.”
“.……”
Xianyu Wei stared at Sun Mo. She suddenly felt a little fear and trepidation.
(I’m so weak, how can I be worthy of you? What if I lose face for Teacher?)
(Mama! I’m so worried, I want to go back home!)
“Alright, don’t talk about this topic anymore.”
Sun Mo didn’t wish to talk about such useless things. Moreover, he actually had six famous paintings. There was one more The Kite-Chasing Girl that was left on a peach tree in a peach forest at the Dragon Subduing Academy.
But now, it should have been discovered, right?
Helian Beifang was a youth who loved learning. Because he was a barbarian, he cherished the chance of studying beside Sun Mo even more.
When he started asking questions, he didn’t want to stop.
Sun Mo patiently answered everything.
Half an hour later, it was Ma Zhang’s turn.
“Teacher Ma, shall we proceed to the level above?”
Although Ma Zhang had taken Sun Mo on as a personal teacher, Sun Mo had never treated him as his student.
“Teacher, you are too polite!”
Ma Zhang hurriedly lowered his head. “Also, please don’t refer to me as ‘Teacher Ma’ anymore in the future. I’m your disciple.”
Seeing a 5-star great teacher like Ma Zhang patiently waiting for over an hour, Xianyu Wei felt even more shocked at Sun Mo’s influence.
One must know that 5-star great teachers are all very busy.
“Alright then!”
Sun Mo was helpless. “Xiuxun, do whatever you want. Ziqi, bring Xianyu around to tour the area and get her familiar with the surroundings.”
Sun Mo knew that the reason Ma Zhang took him as a personal teacher was to learn the ancient massaging technique. Hence, Sun Mo didn’t conceal anything and imparted the technique fully to him.
For such a technique, the more great teachers who learned it, the more students they would be able to help.
All the personal students bowed and respectfully sent Sun Mo upstairs with their gazes.
“Junior martial sister Xianyu, if you have any problems, you can just look for me.”
Helian Beifang walked over.
“You are a male, why are you being so eager to partake in the liveliness?”
Li Ziqi rolled her eyes. “Also, we are all under the same teacher. We definitely won’t discriminate against you two just because of your identity as someone from another race.”
“Eldest martial sister, I’m sorry as I’ve misspoken.”
Helian Beifang hurriedly apologized.
His words would easily cause others to misunderstand. Even if he wanted to say that, he should do so in public. If not, wouldn’t that mean he was saying his eldest martial sister was useless and had to depend on a junior martial brother like him?
“Everyone, go and cultivate!”
Li Ziqi urged.
Everyone then left the area. Some went to the second level, some went to the guest rooms, some left the villa, and some went to school to attend other lectures.
“My name is Li Ziqi, I’m the eldest martial sister.”
Li Ziqi smiled radiantly and had a warm and gentle attitude, causing people to see her to immediately feel a favorable impression.
Xianyu Wei unknowingly relaxed her tense heart.
(My eldest martial sister is so elegant!)
Xianyu Wei sighed ruefully. After she entered the guest room Li Ziqi led her to, she was stunned. There was a glowing door inside the room.
From the materials, the gate seemed to have been constructed from clouds in the sky!
This……
Xianyu Wei didn’t understand.
“Don’t be afraid, let’s go!”
Li Ziqi took the lead and entered first.
“Eldest martial sister will definitely not harm me!”
Xianyu Wei drew in a deep breath of air and followed in. After that, her vision turned black. This lasted for two to three seconds before it recovered.
After that, Xianyu Wei screamed.
Before her eyes, there was a vast and spacious great hall. The surrounding walls were filled with crystals that were sparkling with blue light.
Dense spirit qi permeated the surroundings.
Xianyu Wei involuntarily circulated the cultivation method of the Dharma Skyshock Fist before she comfortably exhaled.
Being nourished by such a dense spirit qi was akin to a traveler in the desert who suddenly wandered into an oasis after being thirsty for several days. He could swim in the spring water and eat juicy fruits. The feeling was simply too satisfying.
“Junior sister, wake up!”
Li Ziqi shouted twice.
“Sorry, I forgot my manners.”
Xianyu Wei hurriedly apologized.
“It’s fine.”
Li Ziqi took the lead. “I will do my best to prepare a hall for you as soon as possible. In the future, you can cultivate there.”
“Ah?”
Xianyu Wei started.
Even a fool knew that the denser the spirit qi, the higher the cultivation efficiency would be. But Xianyu Wei wasn’t happy and actually felt trepidation instead.
“T……this is not suitable, right?”
This was such a valuable piece of land, how could it ever be her turn to cultivate here?
“All of our teacher’s personal students can cultivate here.”
Li Ziqi explained. After that, she warned, “But there are some places you must not enter or there would be danger.”
“W……what place is this?”
Xianyu Wei surveyed the surroundings and was filled with curiosity.
“Darkness Continent, Wind King Divine Hall.”
Li Ziqi explained.
“Ah?”
Xianyu Wei had a dumbfounded look on her face. (I thought we were in Jinling? How did we suddenly enter the Darkness Continent?)
“The door you walked through earlier is a teleportation gate transformed by the eight-gate cloud. It could allow humans to ignore distance and instantly appear at the other side of the door.”
Li Ziqi had been secretly observing Xianyu Wei. She wanted to see Xianyu Wei’s reaction when she obtained such benefits. Xianyu Wei wasn’t wild with joy but was filled with trepidation instead. This caused Li Ziqi to be very satisfied.
This meant that Xianyu Wei wasn’t someone whose greed knew no bounds.
“E……Eight-Gate Cloud? Si, the one ranked #10 on the mysterious darkness species list?”
Xianyu Wei inhaled a breath of cold air.
“En. We call it ‘Little Silver’. It is Teacher’s spiritual beast.”
Li Ziqi reminded her. “You have to keep this matter a secret.”
“Mn, Mn!”
Xianyu Wei hurriedly nodded. What a joke. If news of this was to spread, her teacher probably would have to deal with countless assassination attempts and extortion demands.
This was an eight-gate cloud! An extremely valuable entity in the world.
This already wasn’t a case of a poor man possessing a jade piece. It was a poor man possessing hundreds of jade pieces.
However, her teacher was really impressive. He could even subdue an eight-gate cloud.
(Boohoohoo, I’m really fortunate that I’m able to take Teacher Sun on as my personal teacher.)
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Xianyu Wei +1,000. Reverence (22,000/100,000).
“I will bring you to tour the Wind King Divine Hall and inform you of the benefits you will have under Teacher’s tutelage. Remember these.”
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Chapter 923: So, This Is Then Teacher’s ‘Complete Form’!
Although the Wind King Divine Hall was underground and there was no sunlight, it didn’t seem dim nor was the atmosphere stifling due to the light from the spirit stones.
“Firstly, our teacher doesn’t charge a learning fee. There’s also no need to give him any gifts during every new year.”
Great teachers wouldn’t teach for free. Moreover, there were many places that required them to use money.
Meeting with colleagues for meals, participating in literary meets, touring brothels—these needed money. Also, people had to prepare some gifts if they wanted to seek guidance from high-ranking great teachers too, right?
Other than these, they also needed large amounts of money to research their secondary occupations. For example, alchemy and weaponsmithing were the two most money-burning subjects.
The majority of great teachers wouldn’t lack the bit of money students paid for their learning fee. However, the students had to give even if the amount was little because this would create a ceremonial sense, and it represented a type of respect.
Naturally, Sun Mo completely didn’t require his students to do so.
Actually, many high-ranking great teachers had methods to make money - accepting descendants of nobility.
The talent of these students need not be high, but their clans had to be rich. Their parents didn’t really hope that their child could become a dragon. They only wanted to borrow the identity of high-ranking great teachers.
When they went out in society, they could boast that the teacher of their child was so-and-so. It was something that would gain them a lot of face.
Comparison was common throughout all eras.
The great teachers also wouldn’t have high expectations toward these disciples. It was good enough as long as the students didn’t stir up trouble for them. It didn’t matter whether they could learn or not.
These were all the hidden rules of the great teacher world.
There was another portion of great teachers who depended on their secondary occupations to make money. For example, selling alchemy pills, weapons, or spirit runes.
Naturally, those who could depend on their secondary occupations to make money were all extremely impressive great teachers.
“This won’t do!”
Xianyu Wei frowned. Before she came, her father had sold 500 goats and given her a lot of money to spend on the learning fees as well as to cover her cost of living.
Xianyu Wei would feel bad if she didn’t buy any gifts to show her respect for her teacher. Wouldn’t not giving him any learning fee be equal to smacking her own face?
“Do you think our teacher lacks money?”
Li Ziqi asked with a smile.
“Eh!”
Xianyu Wei subconsciously glanced at the surroundings of the great hall. She looked at the spirit stones growing on the walls and understood that as long as one casually plucked off a few to sell, there would be no problem to cover one year’s worth of living expenses.
“Teacher is a grandmaster spirit runist, a famous artist, a calligrapher, and also has a unique medicinal packet prescription that’s extremely popular in Jinling. Right now, the medicinal packets are being sold at 10 times their cost price. In fact, even if he went on the streets to give massages to people, he could still earn a lot of money.”
Li Ziqi’s tone was filled with worship. “Junior martial sister, your understanding toward our teacher is still far from sufficient.”
(When you reach the grandmaster level in a certain subject, it means that wealth will no longer be a problem for you.)
However, her teacher naturally wouldn’t depend on these things to earn money, or that would cramp his style. Also, her teacher didn’t lack money.
In the market, the famous paintings, literary works, and spirit runes personally drawn by their teacher were very rare in supply. Hence, the products created by her teacher would be more valuable.
Naturally, Li Ziqi was also a princess of Great Tang. Just with her fief alone, she had enough to provide and support her teacher.
“Every month, Teacher will give each of his students a monthly allowance. It isn’t a lot. There’s only 20 taels of silver. It’s used for food, buying clothes, and daily essentials.”
Li Ziqi continued to explain the benefits of being under Sun Mo’s tutelage.
“Teacher isn’t being stingy. He doesn’t want us students to get into the habit of spending recklessly.”
“Understood.”
Xianyu Wei understood. Also, 20 taels of silver were already very extravagant. It was enough to allow one to eat meat for every meal. People from ordinary clans definitely wouldn’t be willing to eat like this.
“Hehe, if you have some anxious needs but have spent all your money, you can eat for free with Teacher.”
Li Ziqi told Xianyu Wei another small technique.
Among the martial siblings, Ying Baiwu was the most thrifty. She gave the majority of her allowance to her family and only left enough for her basic food and clothing.
However, even so, it was very rare for her to eat for free with their teacher. Lu Zhiruo was the opposite. She kept running over to find their teacher regardless of whether she had problems or not.
It wasn’t because she wanted to save money. Rather, she simply wanted to eat her meals together with Sun Mo.
“The other benefits are the medicinal packets you need for cultivation, alchemy pills, or material fee you need for your secondary occupation. You can apply for all of these from Teacher.”
Li Ziqi warned. “But you are not allowed to resell them for profit.”
“Moreover, if you are industrious and hardworking and have completed the training plan arranged per month, you will be able to receive a reward. Also, if your results are not bad during the school’s examinations, you will be able to get a reward based on your ranking.”
“Why do I feel like I’ve entered a nest of happiness?”
Xianyu Wei sighed ruefully.
“Xianyu. Being able to enter the tutelage of Teacher is our fortune. So, you have to cherish this chance. If you do anything that humiliates our teacher’s honor, don’t blame me for cleaning up the sect as the eldest martial sister.”
Li Ziqi’s attitude turned solemn as she said all the unpleasant stuff upfront first. She didn’t want Xianyu Wei to say that she wasn’t warned when the time came.
“It won’t happen. I will use my life to safeguard Teacher’s honor.”
Xianyu Wei solemnly vowed.
Truthfully speaking, she had done so before.
Li Ziqi’s eloquence and her composed, noble demeanor allowed her to use just half an hour to ‘subdue’ Xianyu Wei.
Having such a senior martial sister truly put her heart at ease.
“You can go around by yourself!”
Li Ziqi left in a timely manner, giving Xianyu Wei time alone. This would allow her to relax somewhat.
“I’ve troubled Senior Martial Sister.”
Xianyu Wei waited for Li Ziqi to leave. But before she could wander around, she suddenly saw her second senior sister who had a pair of huge papayas currently hiding behind a wall that was over ten meters away. Her head was peeking out as she looked around.
Woosh~
After seeing Xianyu Wei looking over, Lu Zhiruo immediately shrank her head back.
“…”
Xianyu Wei was speechless. (Do you think I’m blind?)
“Hehe, junior martial sister. What a coincidence!”
Lu Zhiruo walked out and waved her hands in greeting. She was very interested in this tall girl and wanted to see if Xianyu Wei needed any help.
After all, she was the second senior martial sister.
Speaking of which, all the younger martial siblings she had were too opinionated or too mature. Even Qin Yaoguang, whom Sun Mo had newly accepted, always made Lu Zhiruo feel that she was the junior martial sister instead when she interacted with her.
Lu Zhiruo wasn’t able to feel the joy from being a senior martial sister!
“Second Senior Sister!”
Xianyu Wei hurriedly stood up straight and bowed.
“Mn, mn. You don’t have to be so courteous!”
Lu Zhiruo appeared calm, but she was very emotional in her heart. (Boohoohoo, I finally have a junior martial sister that’s respectful to me.)
These two girls were not scheming at all and felt like kindred spirits the moment they met. They soon got familiar with each other.
“Eldest Martial Sister has such a lofty demeanor.”
Xianyu Wei thirsted to become a girl like that.
“That’s only natural. How can the princess that’s doted the most upon by the Great Tang Emperor be lacking in terms of demeanor?”
Lu Zhiruo sighed in admiration. “Besides, Ziqi loves to read a lot. Have you not heard of the sentence ‘One who is filled with knowledge always behaves in elegance’? Ziqi’s mind is filled with knowledge.”
“G…Great Tang’s Princess?”
Xianyu Wei was stunned.
In the Central Plains, the Great Tang could be ranked within the top five. It wasn’t too over-the-top to term them as one of the strongest empires.
A princess of such an empire was actually a personal student of her teacher?
“The way our teacher met with Ziqi is very beautiful.”
Lu Zhiruo smacked her lips. “But the way I met with our teacher is also not too bad.”
“Ah? How did you guys get acquainted with each other?”
Xianyu Wei was curious.
“On a drizzling day filled with mist, Teacher was touring Jinling and he found me in a small alley. Now that I think about it, I really have to thank that thief.”
Lu Zhiruo felt somewhat of a lingering fear. If it wasn’t for that little thief stealing her things, she most probably wouldn’t be so lucky as to get acquainted with her teacher.
“…”
Xianyu Wei cocked her head and seriously surveyed this senior martial sister with huge papayas.
(It’s confirmed. The brain of this Second Senior Sister is absolutely not too good!)
…
Time passed quickly.
A week was soon over.
Sun Mo’s life returned to its normal trajectory and he started his classes.
Xianyu Wei was thinking that for her teacher’s first lecture after he returned, she definitely had to support him. In fact, she even went two hours earlier in advance to book a seat, preparing to sit in the first row. But after she arrived, she discovered that the 500-pax lecture theater was already filled to the brim.
“There are so many students in our school that love the study of spirit runes?”
Xianyu Wei was dumbfounded.
She knew her teacher was very proficient in the study of spirit runes, but wasn’t this rallying force a little too scary?
“Did you just transfer here?”
A male student smiled. “This is not a spirit rune lecture. This is a medical cultivation lecture.”
One couldn’t help but say that Xianyu Wei, who had successfully slimmed down, was very beautiful. If she was still that fat girl from before, no guys would take the initiative to reply to her.
“Ah?”
Xianyu Wei had a startled look on her face. (What the hell is medical cultivation? I’ve never heard of this before.)
“This is a subject self-created by Teacher Sun. It is extremely awesome. You will know it the moment you attend one.”
After the guy spoke, he sighed. He woke up so early, but there were still no seats.
“Have you guys heard the story? Teacher Sun seemed to have created a miracle and allowed spring to come upon withered trees by using spirit runes when he was in the Dragon Subduing Academy.”
“I heard another one instead. Teacher Sun refused to retreat even in the face of death when he fought against the Dark Dawn, and he eventually managed to save the princess of the Jin Country.”
“That’s right. I even heard that the vice headmasters of the Dragon Subduing Academy had offered a heavenly price for Teacher Sun to work in their school, but Teacher Sun didn’t accept it.”
The students discussed.
The matter where the Dragon Subduing Academy had been plotted against by the Dark Dawn was too big. It was basically impossible to conceal. Besides, that was also the location of the 3-star great teacher examination by coincidence, and the number of people paying attention to that place was more than usual. Hence, the news about this circulated even more wildly.
Xianyu Wei also noticed that there were over 30 great teachers in the classroom.
Could these people be here to listen to her teacher’s lecture?
Very soon, the bell that signified the start of the class rang.
Even before Sun Mo appeared, the entire classroom had fallen completely silent.
Xianyu Wei, who was in the corridor, clearly sensed this change. She glanced at the classroom next door, but the students were still chatting loudly among themselves although their teacher also hadn’t arrived.
Over ten seconds later, Sun Mo walked into the classroom.
Hua~
All the teachers and students present stood up and bowed.
“Good morning, Teacher Sun!”
Even those great teachers were no exception. They had their heads lowered in a bow.
“Heavenly deities above!”
Xianyu Wei was stunned. Her teacher’s status was so high! In fact, she even saw a great teacher with three stars on his chest bowing.
Sun Mo started his lecture, and he didn’t deviate from his old lecturing method.
He first spoke about the concept of medical cultivation, how to tailor a training plan for yourself according to your own situation, and what problems you should pay attention to when it came to your diet.
For content like this, even Xianyu Wei who originated from a top-level famous school had never heard of it before. It was simply a lecture that could broaden horizons.
When she saw the teachers and students attentively jotting down notes, Xianyu Wei sighed ruefully.
(So, this is Teacher’s complete form!)
But when the Q&A session began, Xianyu Wei then realized that her judgment earlier was wrong. Complete form? There was no such thing!
Her teacher had no limits!
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