Seeing that it was impossible to persuade Bai Wenzhang, Xiao Feng went to look for the no. 2 character in the manor, Cui Shun`en, wanting to seek his help. However, things turned out contrary to his wishes.

  “Treating those abandoned experimental subjects?”

  Cui Shun`en’s eyes brightened. “I’ve long since been interested in Jiang Leng’s situation. Just so nicely, I can observe Sun Mo’s operation process now.”

  “Do you know that this means that all our experimental results will be shown to Sun Mo?!”

  Xiao Feng was extremely angry.

  Cui Shun`en was enthralled by learning, but this didn’t mean he didn’t know the ways of the world.

  After he heard Xiao Feng’s words, he muttered irresolutely to himself before he said, “Xiao Feng, as a great teacher, you first have to understand the meaning of knowledge. Knowledge is something that everyone can learn.”

  “If no one learns it, even if the knowledge could change the world, it would be equivalent to rubbish.”

  Xiao Feng silently sneered. (Bai Wenzhang’s inheritance isn’t yours anyway, so you naturally won’t feel heartache. However, it’s different for me. Everything in this manor will be inherited by me in the future, and I don’t wish to allow Sun Mo to read even a single word of it.)

  “But Sun Mo isn’t someone from our manor.”

  Xiao Feng rebutted.

  “You still don’t understand.”

  Cui Shun`en shook his head and laughed. “If Sun Mo can treat those abandoned subjects, this means that he has the qualifications to learn our experimental results.

  “If he cannot treat the subjects fully, it represents that he doesn’t understand. If that’s the case, even if we showed him the knowledge we have, what use would that be?”

  Cui Shun`en still had this bit of self-confidence.

  Those who could read the research notes of the Dragonspirit Manor and put them into practice had to have grandmaster-level expertise in the study of spirit runes for ten years. These people wouldn’t waste the knowledge they gained.

  Xiao Feng saw that he had no way to persuade Cui Shun`en. Hence, he gave up and went to look for Yan Sui. In the end, it was to no avail.

  After No. 30’s incident, Yan Sui’s interest in Sun Mo had spiked tremendously. He even wished to observe Sun Mo on the spot, so he could emulate him.

  As for Wu Li, he hated Sun Mo very much and had the same thoughts as Xiao Feng. They gathered a group of people and went to complain to Bai Wenzhang, but before they could finish speaking, they were chased out.

  Because of Bai Wenzhang’s condition, the time he had remaining wasn’t a lot. He naturally wouldn’t waste his time on small matters like this.

  Sun Mo had the effect of halos from One Heart Two Uses, Retentive Memory, Complete Focus, and Gushing Thoughts. He ignored sleep and placed all his attention on preparing for the operation.

  He only ended his seclusion five days later.

  After that, he got Li Ziqi to inform Bai Wenzhang that the operation would start tomorrow at 8 a.m.

  …

  In the Dean’s Office.

  Bai Wenzhang was currently reading the proposal in his hand as he nodded occasionally.

  Sun Mo had written all the treatment processes, and everything was backed with logic. Those who read it would be convinced.

  “Might I be so impudent as to ask…for matters like mending energy channels, peeling bones, and growing flesh, can the Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands achieve these?”

  Bai Wenzhang was astonished.

  He had seen miraculous medical techniques before, but they were based on powerful medical arts and top-graded alchemy pills. As for Sun Mo, he achieved it with a pair of hands…

  It was truly a huge exaggeration!

  “Yes!” Li Ziqi nodded. “Jiang Leng is the best proof.”

  “Help me inform your teacher that I will prepare everything well for him.”

  Bai Wenzhang continued reading the proposal. It was truly well written and everything was very clear. In the future, he could also use this method.

  Sun Mo was someone from the modern era, and it was unknown how many reports and proposals he had seen before. This proposal he had prepared for Bai Wenzhang was just something very normal.

  …

  In the morning, over ten people were already gathered in front of the operation room.

  Among them, there were some dark great teachers. They gave Xiao Feng face and agreed to pressure Sun Mo. Hence, in terms of their rankings, the lowest were three-star and the highest were 7-star.

  Honestly speaking, it was like a newbie doing an operation and being spectated by their professors. The pressure would surely be exceedingly great.

  Bai Wenzhang arrived.

  The major characters who were seated immediately stood up to greet him.

  “Mn, good morning!”

  Bai Wenzhang nodded. He then no longer spoke and continued to ponder over his research topic.

  The others also didn’t dare to disturb him. In fact, no one else spoke.

  Not long later, Sun Mo arrived. He brought Li Ziqi, Jiang Leng, and Tantai Yutang with him.

  Li Ziqi could act as his assistant, Jiang Leng was in charge of miscellaneous stuff, and Tantai Yutang understood the principles of medicine and could act like half a doctor.

  Xiao Feng took out his pocket watch and glanced at it. He discovered that Sun Mo made his teacher wait for a whole ten minutes and in the end, his teacher didn’t berate Sun Mo.

  One must know that his teacher’s time was very precious, and he hated wasting time meaninglessly the most.

  The other major characters who were seeing Sun Mo for the first time also discovered this detail. They couldn’t help but be astonished and cast a few more glances at him.

  This extremely young individual was actually so highly regarded by the dean?

  Sun Mo greeted everyone and then instructed Li Ziqi to do the necessary preparations before the operations.

  The little sunny egg had always been responsible for these things.

  Yan Sui took the lead to go in, wanting to occupy a good position. But very soon, he discovered that this girl’s actions were very fast and clean.

  She was absolutely an outstanding assistant.

  …

  Five minutes later, when all preparations were done, No. 37 experimental subject was pushed into the operating room on a bed. After that, he removed his clothes and mentally prepared himself.

  This was the first time No. 37 was stared at by so many people. He was somewhat nervous.

  “Don’t be scared. After this treatment, you will be able to recover to your previous state!”

  Sun Mo smiled. “Are you acquainted with Jiang Leng?”

  “Mn!”

  No. 37 nodded. Jiang Leng was once someone from the manor.

  “When afternoon comes, you will be as healthy as him.”

  Sun Mo encouraged.

  These words were said to achieve a placebo effect. Even if it was useless, Sun Mo would still say them.

  Sun Mo lightly kneaded a few acupoints on No. 37’s body, helping him control his emotions. When he completely calmed down, Sun Mo suddenly stretched out his hand and squeezed his neck, causing No. 37 to faint.

  Anesthesia?

  The negative effects were too many and this was too low-class. Sun Mo would never use it.

  After that, Sun Mo started his treatment.

  Back then in order to treat Jiang Leng, Sun Mo had written over ten treatment plans and personally done the operation many times to completely cure Jiang Leng. Hence, he was very familiar with the process now.

  The genie appeared and started removing the spirit runes on No. 37’s bones together with Sun Mo.

  “Eh? Why did the spirit rune fluctuations on the bones vanish?”

  The major characters were shocked.

  The moment Sun Mo acted, everyone was stunned.

  Because the bones were covered by flesh and blood, no one else could see what was going on. However, these people were all major characters and had done many experiments before. Hence, based on their perceptions, they understood something.

  But people like Xiao Feng weren’t able to understand this. They were completely clueless.

  From their perspectives, Sun Mo merely placed his hands on the subject’s body and kneaded it. There was no difficulty to speak of.

  But when the time came to repair the subject’s muscles, they could see clearly.

  The damaged body, which was lacking a part of flesh, suddenly sprouted muscle fibers at a speed visible to the naked eye. Lastly, even the skin was restored, leaving behind no scars at all.

  “How can this be?”

  Although they had personally seen this, everyone was still dumbfounded.

  Because this was too magical.

  “It’s done!”

  Sun Mo retreated. “Get your assistants to move him away!”

  Li Ziqi meticulously helped Sun Mo to wipe his sweat. As for Jiang Leng, he started to clear up the things they used. For example, gauze that was used for wiping blood, etc.

  “Wait a minute!”

  Cui Shun`en spoke, just when he was preparing to inspect this personally, another major character standing at the side was even quicker than him.

  “It’s gone, even the spirit rune imprints were cleared.”

  “Naturally. His flesh was cut out, so how could there still be any spirit rune imprints left?”

  “I wonder how the recovered patient will be when compared to an ordinary human.”

  The major characters immediately started discussing with each other.

  “Are you guys silly? Instead of thinking wildly, why don’t we ask the main person?”

  Yan Sui felt embarrassed to ask, hence, he encouraged the others to speak instead. In any case, he didn’t believe that these people could endure their curiosity.

  As expected, the major characters surrounded Sun Mo and various questions started flowing out of their mouths.

  Sun Mo patiently explained everything.

  Firstly, he would be able to earn favorable impression points. Secondly, he might also be able to invite these people to be guest professors of the Central Province Academy.

  Even if they just gave three lectures in a year, the Central Province Academy would have benefitted.

  “Such heavy injuries are actually completely cured. This is truly magical!”

  A major character sighed ruefully.

  Sun Mo rested for ten minutes, and the second experimental subject was pushed in.

  There was no suspense. Sun Mo completed the treatment again.

  And then the third subject.

  “This is simple then!”

  Yan Sui stared at No. 24. His injuries were less serious. Hence, he felt that Sun Mo would be able to finish treating No. 24 within ten minutes.

  “On the contrary, this type belongs to the very troublesome one.”

  Sun Mo explained, “For people like No. 37, the majority of spirit runes on their bodies were already damaged. Thus, the treatment could proceed by shaving their bones to get rid of the imprints and helping them grow muscles. However, for No. 24, many of the spirit runes are still undamaged. We have to repair each of them first.”

  “Can’t you simply strip his flesh away?”

  Cui Shun`en’s lips twitched. (In any case, with your massage, you can allow them to grow flesh again.)

  One couldn’t help but say that the minds of these major characters were truly sharp.

  “This idea of Cui-laoshi could work, but the damage to the experimental subjects would be too great. Because, in order to recover, a large amount of their life potential would be exhausted. After I did this, a few years of life would be deducted from their original lifespan.”

  Sun Mo explained.

  “It is still better than them dying!”

  Although his idea was rejected, Cui Shun`en wasn’t angry. On the contrary, he honestly felt that Sun Mo’s address of him as ‘laoshi’ was really not bad.

  This was the sense of superiority of a major character.

  (If an ordinary great teacher addressed me as ‘laoshi’, I wouldn’t give a damn. But for such a talented young man like Sun Mo, since he addressed me as ‘laoshi’, doesn’t that mean he respects me? So, it also means that my prestige is very great, right?)

  “How should we treat this then?”

  Yan Sui was curious.

  Sun Mo didn’t reply because he could no longer afford to be distracted.

  The more the major characters watched, the heavier their expressions became. Because they had thought of a possibility.

  “Could it be that he wants to repair the damaged spirit runes?”

  “By doing so, it can indeed minimize the damage on the subject’s body and allow them to retain their combat strength.”

  “But is this something achievable?”

  Very soon, the answer was revealed because Sun Mo actually did so.

  The major characters were all extremely shocked. They no longer wasted words but rather stared with wide-open eyes, observing all of Sun Mo’s actions. This was especially so after he had completed restoring the muscles and skin and was focusing on mending the spirit runes. Everyone was simply awed.

  They had all drawn such spirit runes before, and the difficulty level wasn’t ordinary. However, in Sun Mo’s skilled hands, the damaged runes soon reverted to their original states.

  “He has only seen these spirit runes for five days, right?”

  Yan Sui was stunned.

  “During these few days, he didn’t merely look at a single spirit rune. The amount of time he spent researching each rune would surely not be short as well.”

  Cui Shun`en sighed ruefully.

  This was what an absolute genius was, right?

  His gaze involuntarily landed at Bai Wenzhang.

  He had only seen such talent in Dean Bai before.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Cui Shun`en +1,000. Respect (1,000/10,000).

  The stronger a major character was, the more they could understand Sun Mo’s might.

  As for Xiao Feng, there was only envy, jealousy, and hatred left in his heart!

  An hour later.

  Boom!

  The spirit rune was completed and large amounts of spirit qi were being absorbed over, forming a spirit qi tornado.

  This meant that not only was the spirit rune mended, but its grade was very high as well.

  Pak! Pak! Pak!

  Everyone applauded from the bottom of their hearts.

  (No wonder the dean would permit him to do the operation.)

  (This standard could probably be ranked in the top twenty when placed in the manor!)

  Cui Shun`en did a rough estimate, but after he saw Sun Mo’s young-looking face, he involuntarily laughed and gave up.

  Regardless of what rank Sun Mo’s expertise was ranked now…

  Five years later, he would be in the top three.

  Ten years later, he would stand equal with Dean Bai.

  “Use 10 grams of springwealth grass, 20 grams of goldwash flower, 3 grams of moluo and take them out after soaking for three hours. After that, grind them and crush them. Add paulownia dew and make them into a paste before smearing the paste on the areas with mended spirit runes.”

  Sun Mo instructed.

  Tantai Yutang immediately wrote them down.

  “You actually know medical arts as well?”

  Yan Sui was puzzled.

  “My teacher is a grandmaster herbalist!”

  The little egg felt glorious.

  (You guys have only seen one-thousandth of my teacher’s awesomeness.)

  “Teacher Sun, what effect does this medicine have?”

  Cui Shun`en was curious.

  They also had a very deep knowledge of medicine for spirit runes, but they had never heard this prescription before.

  “It can reduce the stimulation caused by spirit runes to the body. Simply speaking, it will allow the spirit runes’ adaptability to get better.”

  Sun Mo introduced.

  For any tattooed spirit runes, because of the material used to draw it or the strength of the target’s body, the effect of the spirit runes would constantly weaken.

  “This herb can increase the runes’ lifespan.”

  “How is the effect?” Yan Sui interrupted.

  “After using the medicine, the usable period of the runes will be extended by three years.”

  After Sun Mo finished speaking, the major characters started discussing.

  Three years seemed to be very short, but to the study of spirit runes, it was considered a very long time.

  After that, everyone bowed politely to Sun Mo.

  This was to thank Sun Mo for his generous guidance.

  After all, this prescription was extremely valuable and by being willing to reveal it, it could be seen how generous Sun Mo was.

  “Everyone, there’s no need to be so polite!”

  Sun Mo was merely reciprocating the favor.

  The information gained from the manor, even those experimental subjects, had allowed Sun Mo to improve greatly, broadening his horizons. Giving them a herbal prescription was actually nothing in comparison.

  Even if he couldn’t learn anything, Sun Mo would still do his best to help these kids. Moreover, once he had used the medicine, given the standards of the doctors here, they would easily be able to learn what medicine it was just by viewing the medicinal dregs.

  “Who knows if it is real or fake? It hasn’t been appraised yet, right?”

  Xiao Feng’s lips twitched.

  “Shut up!”

  Bai Wenzhang berated.

  Xiao Feng immediately flushed red and felt so embarrassed that he wanted to die. He no longer dared to say anything else.

  …

  Sun Mo’s treatment went on and everyone continued watching with great interest. It lasted until Tantai Yutang told them that the sky had darkened and the operations had to be concluded. Only then did everyone realize that an entire day had passed.

  “What a truly horizon-broadening experience!”

  Everyone exclaimed in awe.

  (The God Hands do indeed live up to their reputations. I really feel like learning!)

  “If I were someone young, I would surely take him as my personal teacher.”

  Yan Sui joked.

  Xiao Feng was stunned. (When has a major character like you ever been so friendly before? Did you forget how unhappy you were due to quarreling with Sun Mo?)

  “Teacher Sun, I was in the wrong and has offended you badly a couple of days ago.”

  Yan Sui apologized.

  This was the deterrence brought upon by capabilities. It could cause major characters to lower their head and approve of Sun Mo.

  There was no solution to it. As long as one wasn’t blind, they would be able to see Sun Mo’s standard.

  Yes, there was no need to look at his potential as Sun Mo would definitely become a hegemon in the spirit rune world, the kind of hegemon that would shake the entire Nine Provinces just with a step of their feet!

  Chapter 1047: A Genius’s Concept, a Design That Topples One’s Imagination

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  Sun Mo’s prestige was greatly enhanced.

  The first day of the operation had ended, but the major characters didn’t disperse. Instead, they gathered around Sun Mo to ask questions, wanting to dispel their doubts.

  Even the 3-star great teachers here had many questions, but they basically didn’t have a turn to speak.

  Cui Shun`en was the no. 2 character in the manor. His status was very high, and he directly ‘monopolized’ Sun Mo and kept asking questions.

  Luckily, the content of the questions was something others were interested in as well.

  However, not many of them could understand.

  “Little student, your performance wasn’t bad!”

  Seeing that he couldn’t speak with Sun Mo, a 3-star with a bald head decided to respectfully praise Li Ziqi to build up a relationship first.

  “Many thanks for the praise!” The little sunny egg smiled. “But you should address me as Teacher Li!”

  “Huh?” The nearby great teachers started.

  “I just got the champion position in the recently concluded 1-star great teacher examination.”

  Li Ziqi didn’t like vain glory, but right now in this place, she couldn’t help but want to speak about her achievements.

  If you had no achievements, there was no way these major characters would look at you straight.

  Si~

  Everyone inhaled a breath of cold air and stared at the little sunny egg with shock.

  “How old are you? 17?”

  A great teacher with a bald head asked.

  “15!”

  Li Ziqi smiled.

  “So young?”

  The bald great teacher scratched his sideburns, which consisted of a few strands of hair. “I remember that the record holder for the youngest great teacher in history is currently held by the Sect Lord of the Saint Gate, right?”

  “My eldest martial sister has broken that record.”

  Jiang Leng interjected.

  Silent descended, everyone was dumbfounded.

  But after thinking of her performance as Sun Mo’s assistant earlier, they no longer felt that it was strange.

  “It’s all because my teacher has taught me well!”

  Li Ziqi’s modest words boosted Sun Mo’s reputation. “Also, didn’t you ask earlier that by using this method to mend the spirit runes, wouldn’t the flow of spirit qi be cut?

  “The answer is yes. So, we have to use a supreme technique and medicinal herbs with godly effects in addition to the Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands to ensure that the spirit runes are restored to their original state as fast as possible.”

  At this moment, the little sunny egg gave full rein to her deep knowledge and intelligence as she spoke frankly with assurance, with a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing.

  “What a precious little girl!”

  Those great teachers and assistants who weren’t qualified to speak to Sun Mo immediately gathered over and started to blast off questions.

  Li Ziqi meticulously explained everything.

  In order to be a competent assistant, the little sunny egg had devoted her time and effort to research these spirit runes. The amount of time she slept for was even lesser than Sun Mo.

  Bai Wenzhang stared over, feeling envious of Sun Mo’s luck.

  He also wanted such an outstanding disciple.

  “Alright, everyone, let’s head to the lecture theater. This place is too cramped.”

  Bai Wenzhang clapped his hands.

  “The time isn’t early anymore, should we have a meal first?”

  Xiao Feng suggested.

  He no longer dared to let Sun Mo continue talking, or the latter would surely be able to win good will from all the major characters in the Dragonspirit Manor.

  “Why should we have a meal now? We won’t die even if we go hungry for a few days!”

  Cui Shun`en berated. He was deeply afraid that Sun Mo would go for a meal.

  Some people in the great teacher world valued the high-level knowledge they had very much, refusing to teach them to outsiders. Cui Shun’en didn’t know if Sun Mo was such a person or not.

  In order to prevent any unexpected incidents, he wanted to take the chance now that Sun Mo was in a good mood and was willing to speak, to learn all he could from him.

  (I must squeeze as much out of him as I can.)

  After entering the lecture theater, Cui Shun’en activated his ‘questioning mode’.

  The others still didn’t have any way to get a word across.

  For the entire two hours, the conversation was between Sun Mo and Cui Shun`en.

  “Teacher Cui, I want to have a turn too!”

  Yan Sui was unhappy.

  Although Sun Mo’s answers to Cui Shun`en’s questions were of help to him too, he had even more important questions he wanted to ask.

  “Sorry, let me ask three to five more questions before I pass the turn to you!”

  Cui Shun`en smiled awkwardly.

  Xiao Feng stared at these major characters whose hair had turned white. They acted like they were students again… seriously listening to the lecture and recording notes. As a result, he felt so anxious that he wanted to die.

  (This can’t continue.)

  Xiao Feng tugged at Wu Li who was beside him. “We have to stop him or our most valuable research result will be learned by him.”

  Given the terrifying learning ability displayed by Sun Mo, he would surely be able to squeeze the manor dry within a short period, so dry that not even a drop would be left.

  “Mn!”

  Wu Li replied.

  “Find some people with higher statuses so their words would have weightage.”

  Xiao Feng thought of a plan.

  “Mn!”

  “Also, arrange a few experimental subjects who are heavily injured to increase the difficulty of the operations, increasing his failure rate by a few times!”

  Xiao Feng suddenly discovered that this plan of his wasn’t bad.

  (Do I have the potential to become a wise general?)

  “Mn!”

  After hearing this word again, Xiao Feng frowned. He used his elbow to knock Wu Li lightly.

  “You keep ‘mn-ing’, are you like a buzzing fly? Don’t you have any ideas?”

  “Don’t you know you are being an annoyance? Can’t you quietly listen to Teacher Sun’s lectures?”

  Wu Li directly shot back.

  Xiao Feng was stunned. (What’s with your attitude? Are we still from the same faction?)

  Wu Li ignored Xiao Feng. He swiftly wrote down notes in his book, filling the pages.

  “It can’t be, right? You want to take down all of his words?” Xiao Feng was speechless. “Is there a need to do so?”

  “You don’t understand!”

  Wu Li cast a glance at Xiao Feng and no longer wanted to speak to him.

  (You basically have no idea how precious a public lecture of this standard is. After digesting this knowledge from Sun Mo, it’s enough to allow me to save five years as I would take fewer erroneous paths.)

  Xiao Feng suddenly understood that those ‘mn, mn, mn’ were simply entertaining him. This fellow basically wasn’t listening to what he was saying.

  In Sun Mo’s vision, he kept gaining favorable impression points.

  “It’s a pity that favorable impression points from great teachers are the same as those from students. It wouldn’t be better due to their statuses!”

  Sun Mo sighed.

  The 10,000 favorable impression points were the same, but these were contributed by high star-ranking great teachers. The weightage was very heavy.

  …

  For the next two days, Sun Mo did two full day’s worth of operation and caused the major characters of the manor to watch in high spirits.

  It wasn’t an exaggeration to call Sun Mo’s treatment process ‘art’.

  His movements were too smooth.

  Some of the more scheming individuals even started to secretly learn Sun Mo’s techniques, wanting to find out the secret of the Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands.

  Xiao Feng wanted to find a few more allies, and the people he sought out all agreed readily. However, once the operations started, all his allies sank into trying to understand them and had no way to extricate themselves.

  This was an extremely hard-to-come-by opportunity. Only fools would miss it.

  And from the start of the fourth day, Sun Mo changed his work plan.

  In the morning, he was in the optimal state to do operations. After that, he would head to the ancient spirit rune building during the afternoon to study.

  And those books that were originally reserved for a small portion of high star-ranking great teachers were loaned to Sun Mo after Bai Wenzhang’s approval.

  The seventh day!

  “No way, no matter what, I have to make Sun Mo fail today!”

  Xiao Feng was determined to act now. If not, if he continued waiting, there would probably be no one who would object if this fellow became the successor of the manor.

  “Teacher Sun, can I become your assistant today?’

  Before the operation started, Cui Shun`en recommended himself.

  Huh?

  Xiao Feng who had been pondering over his plan for half a day was completely stunned when he heard this.

  (Although you have not officially taken the exam, your standard in the study of spirit runes is also at the ancestor level. Being an assistant for Sun Mo, don’t you find it embarrassing?)

  “I don’t care about losing face!”

  Cui Shun`en laughed. “Don’t have any reservations. Just treat me like an ordinary assistant and command me on what to do.”

  After speaking, Cui Shun`en also didn’t wait for Sun Mo to agree. He directly stood on Sun Mo’s right.

  Yan Sui, who was being squeezed to the side, had resentment in his eyes.

  (That was my place, alright?)

  This time around, even if someone threatened to beat him to death, Xiao Feng no longer dared to stir trouble, or Cui Shun’en would surely destroy him.

  …

  The operations that lasted for a total of 15 days actually allowed Sun Mo to have great harvests.

  These were all valuable experimental subjects. Sun Mo wanted to do the operation personally and regardless of success or failure, the accumulated experience was valuable.

  If he wrote his insights and observations during these days into a book, the entire spirit rune world would go crazy wanting to snatch it.

  As for the favorable impression points and respect he gained, they were unworthy of being mentioned.

  After another day of operations, Bai Wenzhang called out to Sun Mo.

  “Accompany me for a walk?”

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng felt so jealous that he wanted to die.

  His teacher had never been so gentle toward him.

  Seeing Sun Mo and Bai Wenzhang leaving side by side, the major characters immediately started discussing.

  “Sun Mo’s growth is really too terrifying.”

  Cui Shun`en sighed in admiration.

  “Yeah.”

  Yan Sui nodded.

  At the start, Sun Mo’s operation mainly focused on treating the body. For those spirit runes, unless he was familiar with them, he wouldn’t carelessly try and repair them. But now, even if those runes were complicated, he insisted on trying.

  This indicated that his understanding of spirit runes was growing increasingly deeper.

  “Maybe, his standard will soon reach my level.”

  Yan Sui suddenly felt somewhat disappointed. He felt that he had wasted his life despite having lived for so many years.

  “Are you kidding?” Xiao Feng chortled.

  Yan Sui cast a glance at Xiao Feng before turning to leave.

  (What’s there to chat with someone so lacking in judgment? You still want to inherit the Dragonspirit Manor? Sorry! I’ll be the first to disagree.)

  …

  In the silent forest, the soft cries of bugs could be heard.

  “What is your opinion on my research topics?”

  Bai Wenzhang asked but Sun Mo fell silent.

  “It’s fine, just boldly state your thoughts!”

  Bai Wenzhang encouraged him.

  “A very advanced type of thinking!”

  Sun Mo deliberated over his words before uttering them.

  “Don’t you feel that it is a foolish fantasy?”

  Bai Wenzhang counter-asked.

  What was he researching?

  Firstly, spirit runes that could automatically repair themselves, and secondly, using spirit runes to unleash techniques.

  “No.”

  Sun Mo mentally mused that before computers, artificial intelligence, or even steam engines appeared, who would have thought that inventions like ocean liners and airplanes would become reality?

  In this world, as long as there was creativity, nothing was impossible.

  Bai Wenzhang stared at Sun Mo and after seeing the latter’s relaxed expression, he heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that Sun Mo had said that not because he wanted to intentionally fawn on him.

  Honestly speaking, even Bai Wenzhang himself would occasionally be at a loss.

  Because these two research topics were simply too incredible.

  “Allowing spirit runes to automatically mend itself……I feel that the crux lies in the type of ink we use. Could we use dye from some lifeforms?”

  Sun Mo suggested.

  Why was it very rare for cultivators to tattoo spirit runes on their bodies unless they were at a bottleneck and couldn’t advance anymore no matter what they did?

  Because once a spirit rune was damaged, it was too difficult to repair it.

  So, some spirit runists wanted to design a spirit rune that could automatically repair itself. It was just that after countless failed attempts, no one was so stubborn anymore.

  “This is not a bad direction, but it depends too heavily on luck.”

  Bai Wenzhang sighed. He had tried it before.

  “And the number of lifeforms that have dyes with such a unique characteristic shouldn’t be a lot. So, it would be very limited even if we used them to engrave spirit runes.”

  Different spirit runes required different dyes. The effectiveness would differ greatly.

  Sun Mo nodded. Material selection was like this. One had to experiment constantly and depended on luck to find the most suitable one.

  “I feel that it’s better to put in more effort to think about the spirit rune’s core structure.”

  Bai Wenzhang laughed. “And actually, I’ve seen spirit runes that can automatically repair themselves before!”

  “Ah?”

  It was Sun Mo’s turn to be shocked.

  “I’ll show it to you later!”

  Bai Wenzhang kept him in suspense. “With regard to using spirit runes to unleash techniques, what do you think about this idea?”

  “Excellent!”

  Sun Mo praised.

  This concept was to use spirit runes to replicate each move of a cultivation art.

  An example was breaking the dome of the heavens with a single sword strike. It means that after activating a spirit rune, one could release this ultimate move. If it was successful, this type of spirit runes could be tattooed on the body of a cultivator.

  Even if that person didn’t know this sword-type cultivation art, after activating the spirit rune, they would still be able to release that move.

  “But it is too difficult.”

  Sun Mo shook his head.

  “Yeah!”

  Bai Wenzhang sighed. “If we want to do this, other than it being too troublesome, it is truly too difficult to use a spirit rune to unleash an ultimate move.”

  It was very difficult to create a new spirit rune. For some grandmaster spirit runists, they might not be able to create a brand new spirit rune even if they tried their entire lives.

  And even for a great ancestor like Bai Wenzhang who was at the top of the pyramid, he had at most invented 12 new spirit runes in his life. Moreover, the creation of these new runes depended on sudden insights.

  12 spirit runes sounded a lot, but with regard to the millions of moves in the various cultivation arts out there, it was like using a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood.

  Hence, although Bai Wenzhang’s thoughts were beautiful, reality was cruel.

  “Bai-laoshi, I feel that your thoughts are erroneous.”

  Sun Mo smiled.

  “Don’t address me as ‘laoshi’, you have the qualifications to address me as ‘Teacher Bai’!”

  Bai Wenzhang frowned.

  “Alright then!”

  Sun Mo shrugged, it didn’t matter to him.

  “My thoughts are erroneous?”

  Bai Wenzhang listened with respectful attention.

  “What is the greatest function of a cultivation art?”

  Sun Mo counter-asked.

  “To kill?”

  Bai Wenzhang didn’t even need to think about it.

  If one said that cultivation arts were used to safeguard world peace, that person would be lying. The reason cultivation arts were made was to allow one to kill their enemies faster. With them, they could hunt prey with greater efficiency and fill their bellies, allowing them to possess more battle spoils

  “That is correct. Since the ultimate purpose is to kill, no matter the moves, as long as the function is achieved……wouldn’t that be enough?”

  After Sun Mo finished speaking, Bai Wenzhang was stunned.

  (Yeah, this logic is so simple, yet I actually didn’t think of it?)

  Truthfully speaking, it was because Bai Wenzhang’s perception had been shackled by the ‘common sense’ of this era.

  In everyone’s perception, the higher the tier and grade of a cultivation art, the more powerful the destructive might it would produce. Hence, everyone was pursuing powerful cultivation arts.

  And what was Sun Mo’s meaning?

  There was no need to spiritrunize so many ultimate skills. It was enough as long as one turned the most powerful technique into the form of a spirit rune.

  In any case, as long as they used it, the enemy would die for sure.

  After Sun Mo discovered Bai Wenzhang’s research direction, his first reaction was to see whether he could turn his divine-level cultivation arts into spirit runes. By doing so, his students would be able to use them.

  But after seriously contemplating, he discovered that he wasn’t able to do it with his talent.

  After pondering for a few days, he was still clueless.

  But everything changed when he discussed this with the little sunny egg, and she brought up the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Wave Art.

  Li Ziqi said that she simply needed something that could kill an enemy with a single strike. She would be invincible then.

  This sentence brought inspiration to Sun Mo because it caused him to think of artillery.

  Bluntly speaking, it didn’t mean the bigger the caliber, the better it would be.

  Hence, all questions inclined toward the same point. And that was to use a spirit rune to unleash a gigantic blast from the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Wave Art. At its maximum output, it should be able to destroy an entire region with a single blast or even an entire planet.

  “Spirit qi is a type of energy. All cultivation arts are simply methods to use energy. In that case, if we invent a spirit rune, wouldn’t it do if we directly use it to tap on energy? Why is there a need to do an extra step such as incorporating techniques inside?”

  Sun Mo asked again.

  Bai Wenzhang was directly stunned. The spirit pressure radiating from him started to surge and rage wildly. This was because Sun Mo’s words had just opened the door to a brand new world for him.

  [1] the term ‘laoshi’ (old/elder teacher) has been mentioned before…… In this story’s context, it is a much more respectful way of addressing someone compared to simply using the word ‘shi’ (teacher).