The difficulty of the operation wasn’t high. But because this was his first case, Sun Mo was extremely serious and meticulous. He spent a total of five hours.

  “It’s completed!”

  Sun Mo glanced at the clean and bright spirit rune filled with an artistic aura on Li Ziqi’s back, and he revealed a satisfied smile.

  “Teacher, you will stun the world two months later!”

  Li Ziqi knew that this wasn’t simply a spirit rune. It was also her teacher’s glory!

  “I don’t care whether it is the Ancient Sage Building or the Saint Building. I will definitely give you the chance to be on the stage.”

  Sun Mo went all out.

  This time around, he wanted for the little sunny egg to get into the Hero Rankings and ruthlessly smacked Secondary Saint Zhou’s face.

  (I didn’t look for you to stir up trouble, but you want to make me stumble? Alright then, this daddy will fight it out with you.)

  “Eldest Martial Sisters, how are things?”

  After seeing Sun Mo and Li Ziqi coming out, the other students who had waited for a long time hurriedly came over.

  This time around, even the combat addict who only had training in his mind had come as well.

  “Let’s head to the manor to test it out the day after tomorrow.”

  Sun Mo then glanced at Ying Baiwu. “You should prepare yourself. I will tattoo this spirit rune for you in the afternoon.”

  “Eh? Shouldn’t it be my turn as the second senior martial sister?”

  Lu Zhiruo pursed her lips and felt a little sullen.

  “Silly. This is because our teacher cares about you. After all, Teacher will gain more experience the more he operates, so the risk of the operation failing would be lower for the people being operated further down the sequence.”

  Tantai Yutang teased.

  “How is it possible for Teacher to make a mistake?”

  Lu Zhiruo rolled her eyes.

  Tantai Yutang was speechless. (Braindead fans are truly scary.)

  “Don’t think too much. I won’t tattoo this for you because your constitution is different from the others.”

  Sun Mo explained.

  Every time when Lu Zhiruo achieved a breakthrough, the amount of spirit qi she absorbed would be seven or eight times more compared to her peers at the same cultivation level.

  Even now, Sun Mo had not discovered the reason why.

  …

  The Clearwater Manor lay in the outskirts of Jinling. It was a huge mansion with an extremely huge garden.

  Because it was winter, all the flowers and leaves had withered, and this caused a hint of desolation in the air. However, all the students had excited and impatient expressions.

  “What’s going on with you guys?”

  Gu Xiuxun felt strange. “Can Sun Mo’s invention make everyone feel so agitated?”

  “Teacher, later when you see it, you will surely want one!”

  Qin Yaoguang teased.

  After the horse carriage traveled for an hour, they arrived at the manor.

  When Sun Mo got down from the carriage, he saw over ten slaves already standing at the manor’s entrance and awaiting his arrival respectfully.

  “Slaves greet master!”

  “We also pay our respects to Your Highness!”

  A bunch of slaves shouted loudly as they knelt, kowtowing to Sun Mo and Li Ziqi.

  They had never seen Sun Mo in person before. However, Sun Mo was the number one great teacher of Jinling, and there was only one man in the middle of so many females. They would definitely not recognize him wrongly.

  “Everyone, please get up!”

  Sun Mo wasn’t used to such behavior. “You guys can have three days worth of off days. Leave the manor immediately.”

  “Ah?”

  The butler of the manor started. After that, he hurriedly jogged over. “But what about the daily necessities of master and the other valued guests…?”

  “There’s no need for you all to care!” Li Ziqi stood out. “Leave quickly.”

  Since the princess had spoken, the slaves naturally didn’t dare to neglect it. However, the butler didn’t dare to leave and he chose to wait outside the garden. As a servant, one should act as a servant.

  “I originally thought that the slaves from the royal palace wouldn’t be so easily handled!”

  Xianyu Wei was taken aback. “These people are so honest!”

  “Their slave contracts are in our teacher’s hands, do you think they would dare to be disobedient?”

  Qin Yaoguang rolled her eyes.

  Let alone sleeping with his maids, the authorities wouldn’t be able to do anything even if Sun Mo wanted to kill them for no reason at all.

  “I also have my own subordinates staying here!”

  Sun Mo then glanced at the large manor and sighed ruefully. He heard that this manor was worth fifty million taels of silver and was one of the top-class manors in Jinling.

  Other than the Eldest Princess Li Xiu’s manor, this place was one of the best.

  “When summer comes, I can invite my friends to feast on a barbeque. It will surely be extremely fun!”

  Sun Mo thought about it and discovered that he had very few male friends. Anyway, he knew plenty of beautiful female great teachers. (Aiya, I feel a little agitated just by thinking about this.)

  They then entered the manor and after settling the horses and washing up, they gathered in the large garden.

  The grass here had turned yellow, but it was fine as they were not here to ‘tread the green’.

  “Sun Mo, can you begin?”

  Gu Xiuxun was already very anxious.

  “Ziqi!”

  Sun Mo spoke.

  “Mn!”

  The little sunny egg nodded. She drew in a deep breath and calmed her emotions. After that, she channeled her spirit qi into the Skyward Spirit Rune on her back.

  Her body immediately grew lighter. She was like a willow petal floating in the wind. After that, Li Ziqi’s legs left the ground and her entire vision started to expand.

  “This…”

  Gu Xiuxun was directly dumbfounded as she stared at Li Ziqi flying up toward the sky.

  An Xinhui, Mei Ziyu, Murong Mingyue, and Jin Mujie all had dumbstruck expressions because this scene was truly too shocking.

  Flying could be said to be the dream everyone had when they were young, but no one felt that this was possible. Because humans had no wings.

  However, Li Ziqi also had no wings, but she was truly flying in the air.

  “A…are my eyes spoiled?”

  Jin Mujie mumbled.

  “How is this possible?”

  Gu Xiuxun inclined her head and stared at Li Ziqi while repeating this sentence like a broken record.

  An Xinhui stared at Sun Mo with eyes filled with admiration. As for Mei Ziyu at the side, she was already biting the back of her hand because she was afraid she might scream.

  This scene was truly too emotion-stirring.

  Li Ziqi stared downward at her teacher and martial siblings who seemed to be from Tiny Country. For a time, she felt like she was in a dream.

  (So this is the feeling of flight? It’s so comfortable!)

  Li Ziqi lowered her head and peered downward.

  The terrain here could all be seen in her vision. Hence, she couldn’t help but stretch her hand, wanting to try and grab at the various shapes.

  “Eldest Martial Sister, how is it?”

  Lu Zhiruo called out.

  “…”

  Li Ziqi thought for a long time but wasn’t able to find a suitable term to describe her current emotions.

  “Pay attention to your safety and don’t fly too high.”

  Sun Mo reminded her.

  “Teacher, can I do it?”

  Ying Baiwu was already impatient.

  “Mn, but pay attention to your safety.”

  Sun Mo warned.

  After that, the iron-headed girl flew toward the sky before everyone’s eyes.

  Pak!

  Gu Xiuxun grabbed Sun Mo and started to shake him lightly. “How did you do this? Could it be the effect of a spirit rune? Quickly say it!”

  “This is the Skyward Spirit Rune that Teacher has invented!”

  Helian Beifang explained.

  “Skyward Spirit Rune?”

  Gu Xiuxun muttered to herself irresolutely. After that, she continued to shake Sun Mo. “Give me one, no give me ten! Tattoo my entire body with this new spirit rune!”

  “Entire body?”

  Sun Mo subconsciously glanced at the masochist. After that, his eyes turned to Jin Mujie.

  (I didn’t expect spirit runists would have such ‘benefits’!)

  “I can’t wait anymore, let’s go quickly!”

  Gu XIuxun urged and wanted to pull Sun Mo away.

  “Xiuxun, don’t make trouble.”

  An Xinhui spoke.

  If Sun Mo really grasped this skill, he definitely wouldn’t be stingy.

  “That’s flying! How can you still be so calm?”

  Gu Xiuxun didn’t understand. She then shouted loudly with no hints of being reserved, “Sun Mo, there’s nothing to say. If you can allow me to fly, you will be my bestest of all best buddies in my entire life!”

  Sun Mo smiled. He wanted to ask how ‘best’ was ‘bestest’?

  (Is it the type where I can lean on your thighs when I’m tired?)

  Chapter 1070: Famous Painting Appears: [Dragon Ball Girl Qi-Eruption Painting]

  After Li Zixing died, Li Xiu was the figure with the most power and authority in Jinling.

  With no enemies, Li Xiu started to enjoy life. During autumn, because she was busy managing her business at the sea, she didn’t want to participate in the autumn hunt. Hence, during these few days of break, she went to the royal manor in the outskirts to rest.

  “Prime Minister Zheng, I’m toasting you!”

  Prince Consort Qi enjoyed listening and watching performances, poetry, drinking, and music more compared to hunting. Since his wife wanted to come here to relax, it wouldn’t be good for him to reject it too. Hence, he dragged Zheng Qingfang along to accompany him.

  It was impossible for Zheng Qingfang to stay there for a long period. So, when he wanted to return to Jinling, Prince Consort Qi would have an excuse of sending him back to return to Jinling as well.

  “Ai, if little friend Sun Mo was here, how good would it be. We could write poems and admire paintings together!”

  Zheng Qingfang sighed.

  This time around, Sun Mo went to the Darkness Continent for close to a year, and Zheng Qingfang felt extremely lonely.

  “Don’t you feel Sun Mo is a little weird? The other famous artists would spend all their time researching paintings and want to create famous paintings every day. But he doesn’t care for matters like this that could aid him in leaving his name behind in the long rivers of time.”

  Zheng Qingfang couldn’t understand.

  In the annals of time, all great teachers disappeared one after the other. The only ones who could leave their names behind were saints. And for famous artists, as long as they could produce famous paintings, they would be able to do so.

  Naturally, the significance in the meaning of the former and the latter was completely different.

  It was like no matter how famous [Along the River During the Qingming Festival] was, could it be more famous compared to Confucius?

  “He also has [Journey to the West]. He is the first person who produces this vernacular creation, and once he completes it, it will surely leave its mark in history. But he actually only did half of it. Do you think it is infuriating or not?”

  When Zheng Qingfang thought of this, he felt filled with regrets.

  As Sun Mo’s fame increased, something like his painting skills would be considered insignificant when compared to becoming a saint.

  “Let’s not talk about it anymore and just enjoy the drinks.”

  Prince Consort Qi raised his wine cup and just when he wanted to gulp it down, he suddenly paused. This was because at the far end of his vision, other than clouds floating in the sky, he actually saw a tiny figure rising through the air.

  (Has my eyesight turned blurry?)

  Prince Consort Qi rubbed his eyes.

  “What’s the matter?”

  Upon seeing the look of astonishment on Qi Mu`en’s face, Zheng Qingfang also glanced in the direction of his vision. “What are you looking at?”

  “There seems to be someone there?”

  Prince Consort Qi didn’t dare to be sure.

  “…”

  Zheng Qingfang mentally mused. (Have you drunk too much?)

  Qi Mu`en turned his head and looked at the maids standing at the side. “Did you guys see a human flying in the sky earlier?”

  The maids shook their heads.

  They were serving their master, so how would they dare to look around randomly?!

  “Haha, please forgive me for my impropriety.”

  Prince Consort Qi felt very embarrassed. He mentally reminded himself to drink less, or he might suffer sudden death on his bed tomorrow.

  Look, he was even suffering from illusions now.

  “Let’s finish this up!”

  Prince Consort Qi wanted to touch cups with Zheng Qingfang. In the end, Zheng Qingfang spat out a mouthful of wine at Qi Mu`en’s face.

  “…”

  Qi Mu`en wiped his face. (What’s going on with you?) After that, he heard Zheng Qingfang shouting.

  “H…human, flying in the sky!”

  At the next instant, the screams of the maids filled the air.

  The guards also saw that. They wielded bows in their hands as they immediately ran over. They felt so nervous and so shocked that they wanted to die.

  Why was there someone flying in the sky?

  “Master, that seems to be the princess?”

  The guard leader was at the Divine Force Realm, and his vision wasn’t bad. He could tell that the tiny person flying in the skies bore a resemblance to Li Ziqi.

  “Ah?”

  Prince Consort Qi and Zheng Qingfang were both stunned. After that, their hearts thumped wildly. If she fell from such a height…

  “Who does the manor on the other side belong to?”

  Zheng Qingfang stood up.

  “Sun Mo’s.”

  When Qi Mu`en spoke, he also stood up. He and Zheng Qingfang both hastened their steps without prior agreement and hurried over.

  …

  Li Ziqi’s motor ability was very weak. Even though she was in the air, her movements were very slow and steady. However, Ying Baiwu was different.

  After a simple round of getting adjusted to it, she started to do some slightly more dangerous actions. Somersaulting in the air was nothing much, so she even soared to a height where she could no longer see the scene below clearly and suddenly retracted her spirit qi, causing her to fall.

  Hu~

  The wind could be heard gushing through her ears, and everything on the ground grew increasingly closer in her vision.

  “Careful!”

  Li Ziqi jumped in fright and flew back with her fastest speed, wanting to grab Ying Baiwu. Sadly, she missed.

  “Ahhh!”

  Everyone on the ground was badly shocked and hurriedly sprinted to the location where the iron-headed girl would fall to, wanting to save her. However, just when she was five to six meters away from the ground, it was like she had suddenly stomped on a break. Her falling momentum abruptly halted.

  After that, she flipped over and adjusted her posture before sitting cross-legged. However, she was still floating in the air.

  “What are you doing? Do you want to scare us to death?”

  Jiang Leng grumbled.

  This was the first time they did the flying experiment. If a mistake occurred, it would have a very huge impact on their teacher.

  “Baiwu, you are too brash.”

  Sun Mo reproached.

  “Teacher, I was wrong!”

  Ying Baiwu hurriedly stood up and lowered her head as she apologized. However, there was still a look of excitement on her face, and she was still floating in the air.

  The feeling of flying was simply too cool.

  “I want one too!”

  Gu Xiuxun tugged Sun Mo’s sleeves, feeling extremely impatient. “Quickly tattoo one for me!”

  “Can the flying speed be a little quicker?”

  Murong Mingyue was curious.

  She also wanted one.

  “After I’m used to being in the air, I think I can still speed up.”

  Ying Baiwu frowned and did an analysis. “But no matter how fast it is, it cannot be faster than a galloping horse. Also, there’s a problem with its stability. During flying, our body will sway, and the driving force behind our backs causes it to be somewhat awkward when we wish to adjust our posture.”

  “You can’t compare it to moving nimbly when you are on the ground.”

  Helian Beifang felt that Ying Baiwu was nitpicking too much.

  The people from the plains were also called a tribe that lived on the back of horses. They could even sleep on horses. However, he felt that Ying Baiwu’s movements were more relaxed compared to the movements of a ten-year soldier seated on a warhorse. This was already enough.

  “Mn!”

  Sun Mo took out a notebook and took notes. At the same time, he reminded everyone. “This is only the first version of the Skyward Spirit Rune, and it isn’t perfected yet. I’ll tattoo it for you guys after I’ve invented a perfect one.”

  “This is already very perfect.”

  Gu Xiuxun immediately wanted it.

  “Yeah, there’s no need to burden yourself too much.”

  Murong Mingyue felt that Sun Mo was too fastidious.

  Jin Mujie didn’t say anything, but she wanted one right now as well.

  “Hehe!”

  Sun Mo shook his head and couldn’t help but laugh. (You guys have never seen how powerful the skill ‘flight’ is in Dragonball. Only that can be called flying.)

  Right now, this could at most make one levitate in the air.

  “Let’s go and hurry back to our school!”

  Gu Xiuxun urged and dragged Sun Mo away. She was so impatient she didn’t want to wait anymore.

  The others had no objections and followed after them.

  When Sun Mo saw this, he understood that he couldn’t persuade them otherwise and could only follow the majority.

  “In any case, your Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands can dispel the spirit rune any time, right? At that time, you can just replace the old one with the new for us.”

  Gu Xiuxun wasn’t reserved at all. (We are best buddies, right?)

  As for letting Sun Mo view her body?

  (Aiya, since I want to fly, I shouldn’t care about these small details.)

  Sun Mo narrowed his eyes and glanced at Gu Xiuxun. (If you continue acting like this, do you believe that I’ll tattoo a little butterfly on you?)

  Their dreams of flying were interrupted. Just when they led the horses out, Qi Mu`en and Zheng Qingfang had arrived.

  “What’s going on earlier?” Qi Mu`en was extremely anxious. “I saw someone flying in the sky?”

  Zheng Qingfang’s gaze landed on Li Ziqi.

  “I invented a type of flying spirit rune!”

  These two weren’t outsiders and there was no need to hide this. Sun Mo originally prepared to explain more, but just after he said this, Prince Consort Qi immediately shouted.

  “You can fly?”

  Prince Consort Qi was as though his balls got kicked by a Ferghana horse. His entire face was filled with shock. “Quick, try flying for me to see!”

  Explanation?

  To these major characters, they didn’t need to understand the process. They only wanted to see the results.

  When Ying Baiwu soared into the air, Prince Consort Qi immediately went over to hug Sun Mo.

  “Great Teacher Sun. From today onward, you are my brother.”

  Prince Consort Qi had a very agitated look on his face. He patted his chest and guaranteed. “No matter what crimes you commit in the future, as long as it isn’t rebellion, I will guarantee that nothing will happen to you.”

  “You are Ziqi’s uncle.”

  Sun Mo was speechless.

  “It’s fine, let us get back on this matter.”

  Prince Consort Qi chortled. He lowered his voice. “I managed to purchase a beauty from Yang Zhou. She is skilled in music, poetry, chess, and the classics, and I’m preparing to nurture her into the number one courtesan of Jinling. Now, there’s no need for that. Tomorrow, no, I’ll send her to your place tonight!”

  “You can just tell me whatever you want,” said Sun Mo.

  Prince Consort Qi glanced at Ying Baiwu. “I want this.”

  Sun Mo frowned.

  After seeing Sun Mo’s expression, Prince Consort Qi understood he had said the wrong thing. He hurriedly explained, “I’m talking about the flying spirit rune.”

  (But speaking of which, this young girl is even prettier than the beauty I purchased from Yang Zhou.) After thinking of this, Prince Consort Qi couldn’t help but turn his head and swept his gaze around.

  Alright then!

  Each of the girls here had their own flavor.

  Even the tall and strapping barbarian girl from the plains could stand way above the crowd in Jiangnan, which was famed for its delicate beauties.

  All of a sudden, Prince Consort Qi’s gaze toward Sun Mo changed.

  (Could it be that you only accept disciples based on their looks?)

  “Uncle!”

  Li Ziqi was very embarrassed. (How can you give my teacher something like this as a gift?)

  The crucial point was that her teacher’s wife was at the side. (Are you not finding trouble for my teacher? Moreover, other than doing laundry and folding bed quilts, I can also take up the responsibility of warming my teacher’s bed!)

  Since there were guests now and Sun Mo didn’t wish to keep moving around, everyone decided to remain here.

  “How did you achieve this?”

  Qi Mu`en was very curious.

  Even ancestor-level spirit runists wouldn’t be able to achieve this.

  Sun Mo shrugged.

  “I know that I won’t understand even after you explain. I only wish to know interesting facts that led you to invent it. After this, I will be able to brag when I head out to socialize.”

  Qi Mu`en felt that this matter was sufficient to brag for 20 years.

  Everyone smiled and chatted for a while more before Zheng Qingfang could no longer endure it.

  “Since this is such a memorable moment, why don’t you paint something in celebration?”

  Zheng Qingfang ‘lay a trap card’.

  “Yeah!”

  Prince Consort Qi hurriedly agreed. “Famous Artist Sun, we will all depend on you then.”

  “Famous paintings are not like eating meals. How can someone draw them just because they want to?”

  Sun Mo shook his head.

  “Little friend Sun, are you intending to participate in the great teacher examination? There’s definitely no problem for you, but what about your disciples? Shouldn’t you draw a painting to encourage them?”

  Zheng Qingfang tried again.

  “Yeah, Sun Mo. Hurry up and paint!”

  As Gu Xiuxun spoke, she personally went to take the brush, ink, and paper.

  “It’s truly a joyous matter to be able to watch Teacher Sun painting!”

  Jin Mujie smiled. Her eyes were filled with anticipation as she stared at Sun Mo.

  “Speaking of which, I’ve never seen Sun Mo paint something before!”

  Mei Ziyu and Murong Mingyue didn’t say anything, but their gazes toward Sun Mo already said everything.

  The students also were trying their best to persuade him.

  Sun Mo had no choice and could only agree.

  The stone table was moved over, and high-class paper and ink were present. Sun Mo took up his brush and stood before the drawing paper.

  (What should I draw?)

  Mei Ziyu looked at Sun Mo who was deep in contemplation. His clear features emitted the aura of a sage, and her heart couldn’t help but thump in admiration as she blushed.

  She truly felt very envious of An Xinhui because she was Sun Mo’s fiancee.

  Gu Xiuxun and Murong Mingyue already had no interest in the famous painting. They felt that looking at Sun Mo like this wasn’t bad either.

  “It’s over, it’s over. In the future, wouldn’t Teacher’s harem become an asura ground?”

  Li Ziqi sneakily glanced at the surroundings and saw that all the teachers were looking at Sun Mo like how they would look at their dream lovers. She immediately felt a headache.

  “Teacher, quickly act!”

  Qin Yaoguang urged impatiently.

  Swish~

  Over ten gazes filled with reproach immediately turned over.

  Sun Mo smiled and dipped his brush down.

  The vast earth extended toward the distance. One could see a red-colored sun slowly rising in the horizon.

  The sky was azure and the white clouds were flowing!

  Li Ziqi, who was clad in a battle attire with the word ‘龟’, appeared vividly on paper. She was floating in the air and had a serious expression on her face, having bloodstains and wounds on her. Spirit qi could also be seen gushing from her body.

  When everyone saw this scene, they immediately knew that she was facing an enemy so powerful that it would cause others to despair.

  Sun Mo gradually became immersed in the drawing.

  Youths were all hot-blooded. They believed that they would never lose.

  Sun Mo hoped that Li Ziqi could puff her chest up and face any difficulties, rumors, gossip, and formidable enemies she would meet in the future courageously.

  (Since you are so intelligent, you should be able to achieve what others cannot.)

  (Since you are so hard-working, you should enjoy success.)

  (Since you always think about the common people, you should have the qualifications to stand at the peak of the great teacher world and enjoy their fresh flowers and applause!)

  …

  Sun Mo hoped that the little sunny egg could achieve her goal and complete her ambition of building the largest library in the Nine Provinces. He also hoped that her noble dream of distinctionless education in this world could be realized.

  This painting was the encouragement he wanted to give to her!

  Under this heart state, Sun Mo was completely focused. All of a sudden, motes of light flashed in the air. They were like fireflies and gathered around his brush.

  As Sun Mo painted, the painting was suddenly endowed with brilliant colors.

  “T…the Wondrous Blossom Realm?”

  Just when Prince Consort Qi wanted to exclaim in admiration, his mouth was hurriedly covered by Zheng Qingfang who reacted very quickly.

  (If you disturb Sun Mo and affect the birth of a famous painting, we won’t be friends from now on.)

  “…”

  Prince Consort Qi was shocked. He also knew that famous paintings weren’t things that could appear just because someone wanted to draw them. Hence, he didn’t harbor too great of a hope. But Sun Mo’s skill had stunned everyone.

  A [Dragon Ball Girl Qi-Eruption Painting] gradually appeared.

  Gu Xiuxun was not surprised at all because this was Sun Mo’s usual performance. He was always so outstanding.

  Although Murong Mingyue had personally witnessed Sun Mo drawing the [The Kite-Chasing Girl], she still felt very stunned when she saw him creating another famous painting.

  Mei Ziyu was prepared, and the image-recording stone in her hand had long since been aimed at Sun Mo.

  At the same time, after Li Xiu who woke up from her nap learned that her husband and Zheng Qingfang were next door, she went to wash up before heading over.

  [1] The orange battle attire with the word ‘龟’ is similar to the one Son Goku wore in Dragon Ball

  Chapter 1071: The Start of the 4-Star Great Teacher Examination

  The painting was completed!

  Because Wondrous Blossom had occurred, the black-white painting was now endowed with various colors.

  The orange-colored battle attire, the golden spirit qi, and the long hair that was burning like flames…

  “Although the style of this painting is completely different from the frequently seen Traditional Character Paintings, I don’t feel it’s bizarre at all. There’s a different sense of beauty arising from its magnificence.”

  Prince Consort Qi evaluated.

  It was like someone who was used to traditional painting first viewing an oil painting. That person would surely feel ‘what the hell was that?’. They wouldn’t be able to experience the charm of oil paintings in terms of their aesthetic senses.

  It was like a world-famous painting like Mona Lisa. How many people could understand the beauty within it? But if one took out the [Along the River During the Qingming Festival], no matter if they could understand or not, they would at the very least be stunned and exclaim ‘Damn!’.

  Its drawing, concept, and essence were all top level.

  “This should be an effect caused by Wondrous Blossom, right?”

  Qin Yaoguang guessed.

  “Definitely not!” Mei Ziyu shook her head. “This is because Sun Mo’s painting technique is too excellent, which causes the character painted to display its own charm.”

  An Xinhui and Zheng Qingfang nodded. As for the others, their appreciation ability was weaker, and they couldn’t tell the reason.

  Sun Mo’s character painting technique was at the grandmaster level. Moreover, he also adopted some aspects from manga when he drew the characters and some aspects from movies when it came to space and composition, perfect for the short-range scenery and long-range view.

  The most fascinating scene was Li Ziqi erupting forth with spirit qi, fighting against the great devil king.

  “Teacher, please continue to paint!”

  Lu Zhiruo urged.

  “I feel there should be more things!”

  Xianyu Wei didn’t understand painting, but she kept feeling that the piece wasn’t finished yet.

  “The intent is profound, seeing a mountain but not as a mountain. Wonderful! Wonderful!”

  Zhang Qingfang stroked his beard and sighed. There was a look of agitation on his face.

  Li Ziqi covered her mouth and was so emotional that tears could be seen in her eyes. She didn’t know what to say.

  “How beautiful!”

  Ying Baiwu felt envious. She also wanted a portrait painting of herself.

  “What are you all doing?”

  Li Xiu arrived.

  Given her identity, although she entered Sun Mo’s manor, there was no need for the servants to report her arrival.

  “You came at a good time. Quickly look at Sun Mo’s painting!”

  Qi Mu`en showed off.

  Li Xiu cast a glance over and was immediately stunned.

  This painting was so bizarre, but its aura was extremely sharp. There was an intense spirit of dauntlessness and it felt so vivid that it was seeping out from the drawing paper.

  “What is its name?”

  Li Xiu was curious and glanced at Li Ziqi.

  Everyone turned to Sun Mo.

  “Ziqi, this is a gift for you. Why don’t you give it a name?”

  Sun Mo was very incompetent at naming things.

  “Teacher, please grant this painting a name!”

  Li Ziqi smiled sweetly.

  As long as the name was something her teacher came up with, even if the name was ‘doggy leftovers’, she would like it nonetheless.

  “Let’s call it the [Dragon Ball Girl Qi-Eruption Painting] then?”

  Sun Mo encouraged. “I hope you can become famous after a single fight in the personal student battle.”

  “This student has remembered this.”

  Li Ziqi bowed.

  “This…”

  Zheng Qingfang’s eyes twinkled as he smiled. “Ziqi, why don’t I temporarily keep it on your behalf?”

  “Nope!”

  Li Ziqi rejected it and cautiously kept the famous painting.

  “Ai? There’s no rush, please allow everyone to admire it for a while longer, please?”

  Zheng Qingfang knew how much Li Ziqi worshipped Sun Mo. She would definitely not give the painting up. If not, he would have tried to fight for it.

  Sigh!

  (I feel so regretful that I cannot collect Sun Mo’s masterpiece!)

  “Great Teacher Sun, how much time do you usually spend on drawing?”

  Li Xiu was curious. “According to what I know, you already have six famous paintings, not including this one?”

  “There should be a total of seven. There’s another one named [Riches and Honor, Solitary Life Painting]. You guys should know it!”

  Zheng Qingfang was very familiar with this.

  “Also, he drew seven of them within three years!”

  Li Ziqi blinked and stared in astonishment at her teacher. By calculating like this, her teacher was truly impressive. He was a famous painter that was delayed by his great teacher occupation.

  “If my teacher fully focused on painting, he might really be able to leave his name behind in history forever!”

  Qin Yaoguang was stunned.

  Some famous painters didn’t even have so many masterpieces in their entire lives.

  “Just a minor skill!”

  Sun Mo truly had no interest in drawing, and he definitely couldn’t draw any masturb*tion materials or it would be too embarrassing if his disciples discovered them.

  “What a pity!”

  Li Xiu felt some regret while looking at the painting. She had missed the creation process. When she thought of this, she aimed a light kick at Qi Mu`en.

  “Why didn’t you wake me?”

  Everyone then enjoyed a feast in the manor and returned to school during the evening.

  For the next three days, Sun Mo didn’t give any lectures or do any research. He merely slept and rested to relax himself and wait for the exam date to be announced.

  When the first snow of the winter landed, the Saint Gate’s announcement also arrived.

  The 4-star great teacher examination this year would be held on the third level of the Darkness Continent. All examinees who had registered themselves had to arrive at Songyang City before the first of November.

  If they were not there on time, it would be treated as if they had failed.

  The content of the examination was actually to lecture in the Ancient Sage Building. This was an extremely important place to the Saint Gate. So, other than for the examination, this place would be closed.

  Also, the examinees were only allowed to bring their personal students with them. One could say that this was a relatively discreet examination.

  Gu Xiuxun had planned to follow Sun Mo to broaden her horizons. But after listening to Mei Ziyu, she could only give up.

  Three days later, Sun Mo’s preparations were done and he brought all his personal students along with him.

  Jin Mujie and her own personal students set out together with Sun Mo’s group. However, these people had heavy looks on their faces.

  “If I knew about this, I wouldn’t have registered myself!”

  Jin Mujie sighed.

  If it was an ordinary 4-star examination, she would definitely have no problem passing it. The difficulty lay in the personal student battle. But this time around, Jin Mujie wasn’t confident in herself.

  This was giving lectures to ancient sages. If one wasn’t capable enough, one definitely wouldn’t be able to convince them.

  Everyone first rushed to Shangjing. They then directly arrived at Songyang City through a teleportation formation.

  Once they arrived at the Darkness Continent, Ying Baiwu immediately started to puke. In fact, her body could be seen swelling at a speed visible to the naked eyes.

  “Why is this happening?”

  Lu Zhiruo didn’t understand.

  Usually speaking, the weaker one’s body was, the greater the adverse effects would be. But Ying Baiwu’s body and constitution definitely belonged to the same level as Xuanyuan Po.

  “Do you want to return?”

  Sun Mo asked while he used the ancient massaging technique to treat the iron-headed girl.

  (There’s an 80% chance that there’s some hidden secret on this girl’s body.)

  After all, it was still unknown who her real father was.

  “No!”

  Ying Baiwu shook her head and stubbornly tried to stand.

  “Yaoguang, Xianyu, you two take care of her.”

  Sun Mo instructed.

  Five days later, the assembly date arrived. During the early morning, Sun Mo and Jin Mujie brought all their personal students and headed to the branch of the Saint Gate in Songyang City.

  At this place, both Sun Mo and Jin Mujie had to take the first segment of the exam, and that was to confirm whether their number of great teacher halos was sufficient or not. As for the personal students, their identities had to be verified to avoid people feigning to be students for the sake of touring the Ancient Sage Building.