“Our Central Province Academy has risen to the ‘B’ grade!”

  Lu Zhiruo, who had always been standing at the side, was very unhappy about the attitudes of these people. They were looking down on her school. She immediately became like a loyal dog and started baring her teeth, biting people.

  “Also, my teacher is a near-ancestor spirit runist. He is stronger than all of you.”

  “‘B’ grade?”

  A short fatty sneered. “From your tone, you don’t seem to know about the existence of the Nine Greats? Oh right, a near-ancestor spirit runist? Who gave him that title? Were you the one who did that?”

  “Haha!”

  Several people laughed.

  (Everyone will admit it if you said that Sun Mo was impressive. After all, those who can be here will surely have some capabilities. But you actually said that he is a near-ancestor spirit runist? Please speak of your fantasies only in your dreams. Who isn’t a grandmaster here?)

  Hence, they understood how difficult it was to become an ancestor. For some great teachers, even if they worked hard their entire lives, they wouldn’t be able to reach such a height.

  How old was this young man merely?

  “If he is a near-ancestor, I’ll admit that I’ve wasted my life.”

  The short fatty spoke confidently.

  He had stayed here for seven years and hadn’t even touched a single woman since then, having to resort to self-mast*rbation. Wasn’t all of this for the sake of breaking through his bottleneck?

  In the end, a young man came and said that he had discovered the secret after viewing it for half an hour. Whose face was he trying to smack?

  (Don’t I, Wen Tai, want face?! This young man is simply angling for fame. Sadly, I don’t know Sharp Tongue or I would have scolded you to death.)

  “You…”

  The papaya girl was angry and wanted to retaliate, but she was stopped by Sun Mo.

  “Sir, might I inquire about your name?”

  Sun Mo stood up straight and had his right hand placed behind his back. He calmly stared at the short fatty.

  “I won’t change my name no matter what I do or where I am. I’m Wen Tai!”

  The short fatty laughed coldly. “Why? You want to spar?”

  “You can’t even use the Bone and Muscle Growth Spirit Rune properly. What qualifications do you have to talk big here?”

  Sun Mo sneered.

  Sun Mo’s personality was one that refused to suffer a disadvantage. Besides, he was leading his personal students out on a tour this time around. Hence, he couldn’t even lose a little bit of face.

  “Eh!”

  Upon hearing Sun Mo’s words, Wen Tai’s expression changed as his heart thumped rapidly.

  (How did he know?)

  When Wen Tai was young, he was fat and short like a dwarf. For the sake of growing tall and becoming handsome, he had secretly applied a spirit rune that stimulated bone growth on his legs.

  During the first half of the year, the effect was very good. But as time passed, Wen Tai was undisciplined and his love for food harmed him. In addition to the fact that his drawing techniques weren’t good enough, a mutation happened and caused his legs to deform, becoming bow-legged.

  In order to mask this flaw, he would always wear teacher robes that were a few sizes larger.

  “Naturally, you could say that you were impulsive during your youth and committed a mistake due to ignorance. But now, why are you not amending that mistake?”

  Sun Mo mocked.

  “Ha, as expected…you know nothing. Do you think that mending spirit runes is something so easy?”

  Wen Tai snorted in disdain. “Because it’s impossible to remove spirit runes, we can only mend it by increasing or decreasing the runic lines. This required an extremely profound technique. And those who can grasp such a technique must be at the very least at the near-ancestor level.”

  “I can do it!” Sun Mo smiled.

  “Stop farting!”

  Wen Tai sneered. “Even in the manor, only a few people can achieve that.”

  After speaking, Wen Tai felt that his sentence might offend people. Hence, he hurriedly apologized to Cui Shun`en.

  Cui Sun`en didn’t say anything, but he had decided to chase this fellow away tomorrow.

  (I don’t like people who don’t know how to speak.)

  However, Wen Tai’s words weren’t wrong. If mending spirit runes was so easy, the manor wouldn’t have discarded so many experimental subjects.

  “If you kneel now and beg my teacher, he might decide to help you cure your bow-leggedness if he is in a good mood.”

  Li Ziqi came over.

  “Are the disciples you taught all so arrogant and rude?”

  Wen Tai mocked Sun Mo.

  “I’ll call junior martial brother Jiang over for you to take a look!”

  Lu Zhiruo snorted at Wen Tai and turned away.

  “What will you do if my teacher can accomplish that?” Li Ziqi asked.

  “Can’t I simply apologize to him?” Wen Tai rolled his eyes.

  “Apologizing? Sure, but you must add in three kowtows while kneeling.”

  The little sunny egg smiled craftily.

  “I can even give him 9 kowtows. But if he cannot do it, he just has to kowtow to me thrice.” Wen Tai chortled.

  “No problem.”

  “Are you not going to ask if your teacher is panicking?” Wen Tai jeered.

  “For a small matter like this, I can make the decision on behalf of my teacher.”

  Li Ziqi snuck a glance at Sun Mo and discovered that he didn’t blame her. She then silently heaved a sigh of relief.

  “Boring!”

  Cui Shun`en shook his head and prepared to leave. He couldn’t be bothered to care about such a conflict.

  “Teacher Cui, please wait. Could you please be the witness?”

  Li Ziqi requested.

  The other great teachers were very excited as well. After all, their days were spent researching spirit runes for long periods, and it was truly too boring. Now, since a rare-to-come-by entertainment had come, they naturally wanted to be happy and watch it.

  “Let’s bet!”

  A man with a punk-head hairstyle immediately started the bet.

  “I’ll bet 10,000 taels on Teacher Wen’s victory!”

  “I will use a Lantian Jade as my bet. It is worth 100,000 taels!”

  “I’ll put up an ancient spirit rune!”

  The great teachers commented noisily.

  “It can’t be like this. You guys are all betting on Teacher Wen’s victory, so how can this bet continue if no one bets on the other guy?”

  The punk head grumbled.

  “I’ll bet ten million taels!”

  The other people originally wanted to ridicule him, but in the end, they were completely stunned by Li Ziqi’s words.

  Although grandmaster spirit runists didn’t lack money, ten million taels were still considered a huge sum to them.

  “Do you have so much money?”

  The punk head frowned. Actually, he was joking around and just wanted to bet small to while the time away. Who knew that this ordinary girl would actually take this for real.

  “I’m Li Ziqi, a princess of the Great Tang Empire. I have three fiefs and several tens of thousands of slaves. Is my title and identity worth ten million taels?”

  Li Ziqi counter-asked.

  Wow!

  Everyone was shocked. Also, their gazes toward Sun Mo had changed somewhat. Their gazes were now filled with astonishment, doubt, and a hint of envy.

  The Great Tang Empire was one of the top few empires in the Nine Provinces. A princess who could get three fiefs was naturally someone doted upon by the Emperor and surely had a very high status.

  This young man could actually become her teacher?

  Also, the young girl seemed to worship him a lot?

  This was somewhat impressive then!

  “Could he be a liar?”

  The gazes of some great teachers were filled with unfriendliness when they looked at Sun Mo. Because there were plenty of people feigning to be great teachers to swindle others.

  Cui Shun`en was a very busy man. He naturally wouldn’t waste time being a witness to such a thing. However, after he heard of Li Ziqi’s identity, he changed his mind.

  Jiang Leng was now back down in memory lane, feeling complicated in his heart. He was also worried that his comrades might be banished from here due to defying the rules of the Dragonspirit Manor. Hence, he kept following them.

  When he saw Lu Zhiruo urgently running over, he immediately took the initiative to ask her what had happened.

  Hence, swiftly later, the two of them rushed over.

  “You…”

  Cui Shun`en’s previously casual attitude immediately vanished the instant he saw Jiang Leng. His countenance turned heavy instead.

  “Teacher!”

  Jiang Leng greeted Sun Mo first. After that, he looked at Cui Shun`en. He was naturally acquainted with this number one assistant of the manor.

  But now, how should he face him?

  One must know that this man was also one of the people who contributed to the judgment to cripple him.

  “Y…you are Jiang Leng?”

  Cui Shun`en was stunned.

  There was no mistake. The word ‘cripple’ on this youth’s forehead was in the Dean’s handwriting.

  Back then, Jiang Leng was the child touted as the one with the most potential. The dean had extremely high hopes for him, but in the end, the experiment failed.

  In a fit of anger, the Dean had carved the word ‘cripple’ on his forehead.

  “Mn!”

  Jiang Leng nodded. He decided to act cold and detached.

  “Your body…”

  Cui Shun`en rushed over and stretched out his hands, wanting to touch Jiang Leng.

  He had done too many experiments. Even if he was touching someone through their clothes, he would be able to tell the condition of the experimental subject. And as for now, Jiang Leng evidently was filled with vigorous qi and blood, and his vitality was powerful…

  (How can this be possible? You should be in a state of half-death and be tormented so badly by the disrupted spirit qi cycle in your body that you would rather die than live. Wrong! According to the time, you should have been dead!)

  Jiang Leng’s body trembled, but he didn’t dare to evade.

  Pak!

  Sun Mo took a step forward and blocked Cui Shun`en.

  “Teacher Cui, please conduct yourself with dignity!” Sun Mo warned. “Right now, he is my student!”

  BOOM!

  Cui Shun`en erupted forth with a vast amount of spirit qi. Terrifying spirit pressure directly blasted out, and just when he was preparing to shout the words ‘scram’, an even stronger pressure gushed forth from Sun Mo’s body, blasting toward him.

  Battle God’s Will!

  RUMBLE~

  The surrounding great teachers shivered as fear appeared in their hearts.

  This fellow was so powerful!

  “I’ve already said it. He is my student. If you want to take action, you have to seek my opinion first.”

  Sun Mo’s voice was ice-cold.

  Cui Shun`en stared at Sun Mo before glancing at Jiang Leng. He then took two steps back. “What did you want to learn by coming here?”

  From his point of view, Sun Mo came here because he needed help with something. Hence, he basically had no qualifications to stop him.

  “Mind your tongue. It’s Dean Bai who invited me over.”

  Sun Mo corrected.

  “F***!”

  The spectators spewed vulgarities. (Do you have to brag so much? Do you know what identity Cui Shun`en has? Can you please speak honestly?)

  “What?”

  Cui Shun`en was stunned too.

  What identity did Bai Wenzhang have?

  For someone who was qualified enough to be invited by him, that person would definitely be an ancestor-level character, a lofty mountain in the spirit rune world.

  Sun Mo took out the letter and waved it in his hands.

  “I have his invitation letter here. Do you want to check it?”

  Cui Shun`en’s expression immediately became one of dumbstruck amazement. He was simply too familiar with Bai Wenzhang’s handwriting. There were no problems with the letter.

  Had the dean gone mad?

  He had personally written an invitation letter to a junior among juniors?

  To an ancient antique like Cui Shun`en who had lived for several centuries, Sun Mo was undoubtedly an extremely little junior.

  “You should be familiar with Jiang Leng’s situation. Right now, he is standing here perfectly fine. Don’t you feel that I’m the winner of this bet?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  Cui Shun`en didn’t even need to inspect Jiang Leng to understand the situation. Otherwise, as an ancestor-level spirit runist, it would mean that his eyes were blind.

  “You have lost!” Cui Shun`en looked at Wen Tai and spoke bluntly.

  “Ah?”

  Wen Tai was in a daze. “B…but why?”

  Who would be able to bear it if they had to kowtow to a young man in public?

  “Because I said so!” Cui Shun`en coldly snorted. “Do you have an objection?”

  “…”

  Wen Tai could only grumble resentfully within. How would he dare to have any objections? (But even if I lost, you should convince me thoroughly, right?)

  “This Jiang Leng was an abandoned student from our manor, and he originally ought to have died. But now, he is still living well. This alone is sufficient to indicate Sun Mo’s standard in the study of spirit runes.”

  Cui Shun`en explained.

  “Wen Tai, don’t struggle anymore. Quickly kowtow and apologize!”

  Li Ziqi berated.

  Wen Tai, who originally didn’t know how to deal with this, suddenly felt joyful in his heart when he heard Li Ziqi calling him by his name.

  His expression turned grave as he roared.

  “How dare you! How can a great teacher like me be commanded around by a student like you? Why are you not slapping yourself yet?”


  Chapter 1039: You Have Truly Overestimated Yourself, You Can’t Even Defend Against My Words?!

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  Everyone respectively shook their heads when they saw this scene.

  This princess from Great Tang must be arrogant and bossy because of her identity. This was why she dared to be so rude to a great teacher, showing such a vile attitude.

  However, she had no idea this place wasn’t the Great Tang Empire. It wasn’t a place where she could act atrociously.

  Firstly, Wen Tai wasn’t someone from Great Tang, and he wasn’t a softy either. So what if he offended a princess? In fact, he even seemed to be a dark great teacher, and if he was offended too badly, he might even kill to vent his anger.

  “Sun Mo clearly had the advantage before this, but because this girl was too mouthy, the situation has changed.”

  Someone sighed ruefully.

  In the Nine Provinces, great teachers were respected by everyone. If a student had such a disrespectful attitude, let alone making them slap themselves, great teachers could even beat the student half to death.

  “Slap yourself!”

  Wen Tai shouted in rage.

  He actually didn’t want Li Ziqi to really slap herself. He only wanted a way out of the bet.

  “Wen Tai, pay attention to your attitude. Don’t act like a snob.”

  Li Ziqi berated.

  “Audacious. If you don’t take action, don’t blame me for being rude.”

  As Wen Tai spoke, he wanted to move forward to execute this himself. But the moment he took a step forward, he halted in shock.

  Because Li Ziqi had taken out her 1-star great teacher insignia and showed it to everyone.

  “Damn it, did I see wrongly?”

  Wen Tai’s vision was extremely good. Hence, he could see the words on it. This was indeed Li Ziqi’s insignia. But……

  (You are so young, how are you a great teacher? Could it be that you depended on connections to get it?)

  The other great teachers were also discussing fervently.

  They didn’t suspect whether this great teacher insignia was a counterfeit because only a few blacksmiths had the required expertise to forge one. Besides, the more serious thing was that once someone was found making or using a counterfeited great teacher insignia, their direct family and relatives would be banned from taking the great teacher examinations for three generations.

  Also, the individual would be exiled to the Darkness Continent.

  For the 1-star examination, it also wasn’t that there was no way to manipulate it secretly. Given Li Ziqi’s identity as a princess, she could pass the exams if she wanted to play some tricks.

  “Hmph, has the Saint Gate declined? They actually gave a great teacher insignia to someone like this!”

  Wen Tai snorted disdainfully.

  No matter how Li Ziqi obtained this insignia, Wen Tai was no longer qualified to take action because her status was equal to his. There was no problem for her to call him by his name directly.

  “Your heart is so narrow that it is like a chicken’s gut. As for your eyes, you are sitting in a well while viewing the sky. Don’t you know that there’s something called a genius?”

  Sun Mo ridiculed him. “Let me tell you something. My student is the legitimate champion of this batch of 1-star great teacher examination. Also, she has broken the record and became the youngest person to become a great teacher.”

  “…”

  The surrounding spectators were dumbfounded. So, this young girl was so impressive.

  (Wait a minute, she’s Sun Mo’s student.)

  Everyone’s gazes landed on Sun Mo again.

  “What’s there to brag about? It was a mere 1-star examination!”

  Wen Tai was unyielding.

  “I’m sure everyone has heard of Secondary Saint Zhou’s beloved grandson Zhou Wenbin, correct?”

  Sun Mo swept his gaze around.

  Everyone nodded.

  He was the most outstanding junior from the Zhou Clan. If there were no unexpected incidents, he would become the clan leader in the future.

  “He has also participated in the same examination, but regardless of the halo segment, written segment, or the martial segment, he lost all three rounds to my eldest martial sister!” Lu Zhiruo bragged.

  “My eldest martial sister obtained full marks in her written examination. During her lectures, she had the highest accumulated points and broke the record. Tong Xugao consulted her for guidance publicly. Oh, I forgot to mention that Tong Xugao is a 7-star great teacher from the Black-White Academy. However, in order to learn more about the study of spirit runes from my teacher, he has joined our Central Province Academy and become an assistant of my teacher.”

  Lu Zhiruo was very complacent.

  “Also, during the martial segment, the opponent my eldest martial sister defeated is none other than Zhou Wenbin!”

  “.……”

  In the corridor, there was only silence.

  Everyone was a veteran in the spirit rune world, so how could they not know of Tong Xugao’s great name? In the end, this man actually went to join the Central Province Academy because of Sun Mo?

  Something like this was definitely not false as they would know the answer just by casually asking around.

  But wasn’t the ‘resume’ of this young girl a little too terrifying?

  How did this young man manage to teach such a student?

  “Can I ask this great teacher? When you were 15 years old, did you already have such achievements?”

  Sun Mo questioned.

  “If not, apologize to my student immediately. Your doubts and suspicions are an insult to the relentless effort she put in every day and night!”

  “…”

  Wen Tai’s countenance alternated between shades of green and red.

  Right now, he felt sullen and regretful. Usually, he could scold any youth he wanted to based on his identity as a grandmaster spirit runist. He wouldn’t feel any psychological pressure.

  But who would have guessed that he would ram his toes into a steel board today?

  (What to do? Apologize? No way, I absolutely won’t kowtow to this brat. Yes, I should pretend to be mad from anger and lose my rationality, challenging him to a fight. Since I can’t win in a verbal war, let’s fight then. I don’t believe a little brat like you can defeat me, an expert in the Longevity Realm!)

  Wen Tai, whose thoughts spun rapidly, immediately pointed his finger at Sun Mo. “Brat, I want to fight you.”

  “Hehe, you want to resort to fighting because you lost in logic?”

  Sun Mo coldly smiled. “How shameless. Even someone like you is qualified to be a great teacher? You have truly thrown the face of this title! You want to fight? Sure, let me teach you a lesson then! Firstly, don’t dictate success based on age. You’ve lived so long, but it has been for nothing. Why? Are you unconvinced? Then why can’t you decipher the secret of the globe?

  “Sorry, I really know the answer. Are you angry? But I purposely won’t tell you.”

  Sun Mo’s ‘scolding mode’ was activated and he was now like a mad dog that started to bite people ruthlessly.

  “Also, please remember that grandmaster-level spirit runists are nothing special. This status shouldn’t be your capital for posturing.”

  Sun Mo pulled out his wooden blade.

  “For some people, even if you learn for a hundred years, you won’t be qualified to judge them.”

  “F*** you…”

  Wen Tai was badly infuriated. He had never suffered such humiliation before. Just when he wanted to retort sarcastically, those words that were spoken by Sun Mo actually transformed into numerous half-transparent arrows that shot over.

  “Damn, what is this?”

  “My heavens, is this Sharp Tongue?”

  “So impressive? It’s over. Wen Tai is dead for sure!”

  An uproar immediately arose in the corridor. Even Cui Shun`en was staring at Sun Mo in a dumbstruck manner.

  The instant when the arrows of light shot out, Wen Tai’s countenance turned ashen and then pale-white. He wanted to evade, but it was useless.

  Sharp Tongue made use of sound waves. When one heard the words, the attacks would have come in contact with them, piercing their bodies and souls.

  This was a double-attack.

  The arrows of light pierced Wen Tai’s body. He dodged instinctively, but it was in vain.

  Ci! Ci! Ci!

  The arrows of light penetrated Wen Tai, causing him to retreat several steps. After that, he coughed up a large mouthful of blood from the impact.

  BOOM!

  Wen Tai felt intense pain all over his body. His legs grew soft as he knelt on the ground.

  “Wow, now there’s even no need for combat!”

  Many great teachers were envious. This was what a genius great teacher should be!

  (You want to fight me? You have truly overestimated yourself. You can’t even block my verbal shots!)

  “He has comprehended ‘Sharp Tongue’? How many people has he scolded?”

  All the great teachers were curious.

  In the modern era, ‘Sharp Tongue’ meant that the words of a person were incisive and penetrating, akin to swords and sabers. At most, they would only drive the blood pressure of their targets up and cause them to be dizzy.

  But in the Nine Provinces, this halo could injure people. For light cases, the target would cough up blood. In serious cases, they might even die on the spot.

  Great teachers would all care about their identity and wouldn’t act easily. After all, if a fight occurred, even if they won, their faces might be swollen from the beating. So, if one could shoot their mouths off and injure their opponents, things would be much ‘cooler’ and ‘stylish’.

  However, it wasn’t easy to comprehend Sharp Tongue.

  You had to be confident in yourself that you made no mistakes. Also, the content of your words when scolding others had to be based on fact, making it so that even if the target denied it verbally, they would still be convinced in their heart.

  Bluntly speaking, this was based on strength.

  Sun Mo’s earlier words were extremely incisive. This was especially so for the first part: ‘you’ve lived so long, but it has been for nothing’. This simply caused Wen Tai to feel so sullen that he wanted to die.

  “Wow, Teacher is so imposing!”

  Lu Zhiruo applauded happily.

  “Ze, I haven’t attacked, but he has already fallen?”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched. “Isn’t he a little too weak? Are you really a grandmaster? Don’t tell me you are some random Tom, Dick, or Harry impersonating a grandmaster?”

  These words still contained the Sharp Tongue effect. They slammed into Wen Tai and caused him to be unable to sit up as he lay on the ground…

  “Forget it, if I accept an apology from someone like you, it will only lower my status. Just scram!”

  Sun Mo turned and left.

  His students quickly followed him.

  This was especially so for the papaya girl. She was in high spirits and she strode forward with extreme pride.

  (Teacher is so impressive! I really feel exceptionally awesome!)

  “Why do you look that satisfied, eh?”

  Jiang Leng teased.

  “I’m a personal student of our teacher, almost like his daughter. This is why Teacher’s glory is also my glory. Can’t I be a little proud?”

  Lu Zhiruo counter-asked.

  “Teacher Sun, please enlighten me regarding that globe!”

  Murong Yao bowed with his hands held in front. “I’ll thank you in advance. In the future, if you have any instructions for me, I’ll be sure to do my utmost.”

  Hua~

  Everyone exclaimed in shock.

  Murong Yao was going all out for the sake of obtaining the answer.

  His words meant that he would owe Sun Mo a favor. In the future, as long as Sun Mo asked for something, Murong Yao would do his utmost to achieve it.

  One must know that this person was a grandmaster spirit runist of the Jixia Learning Palace. His promise was worth quite a lot of money.

  “I don’t have any instructions for you, but on account of Sister Mei Yazhi, I will tell you that the globe has no connection with the study of spirit runes at all. You have to rely on linguistics to decipher it.”

  Sun Mo silently mused that even if he told them, they wouldn’t be able to decipher anything either.

  (Because you guys basically have nowhere to learn the Xisi Language from.)

  “Linguistics?”

  Everyone had dumbfounded looks on their faces. But as for Cui Shun`en, his spirits stirred. This was because he had read through the records kept by the past deans. Five of them, including Bai Wenzhang, had the same opinion as that of Sun Mo.

  “Which language?”

  Some great teachers asked.

  “Hehe!”

  Sun Mo revealed a smile that seemed to indicate ‘you wouldn’t understand’.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations, you’ve obtained a total of 7,100 favorable impression points.”

  Although the points weren’t that many, one must know that the people present were all high star-ranking great teachers. Their judgment was extremely high.

  And Sun Mo had evidently obtained their recognition and approval.

  “I’ve merely not returned to the Nine Provinces for five years, so how could a genius of his level appear so suddenly?”

  A great teacher sighed ruefully.

  “Yeah, if this really had a connection with linguistics, it would be useless even if we persevere on. We might as well return!”

  “Speaking of which, that fellow is named Sun Mo? How is his fame?”

  “I guess it’s still passable? If he is famous far and wide, how is it possible that he still stays in a place like the Central Province Academy? He should have been headhunted by the Nine Greats long ago.”

  The great teachers discussed with each other. After this minor episode, they felt free from their obsessions and began to reassess their lives.

  “Jiang Leng, bring me to the training chamber for the experimental subjects! I want to take a look.”

  Sun Mo instructed.