Many light spots suddenly appeared in the air as if they were fireflies. All of them gathered over and then flew toward Lu Zhiruo.

  “What the hell?”

  All the people standing in front of the Ancient Sage Rampart were surprised.

  It was because there were too many light spots, and it was so bright that it was impossible for them to not see the light. Then, under their gazes, the light spots gathered onto the papaya girl, forming a silver halo.

  “Young lady, I have confidence in you! Good luck!”

  “Possessing intricate thoughts, also magnanimous and benevolent. She’s a kind girl. I’m definitely teaching this student!

  “Study to achieve one’s ideals! Excellent! Excellent!”

  Many imposing voices rang out in the Ancient Sage Building, surprising the over 1,000 onlookers, causing them to be stunned.

  What were these?

  These voices sounded like they came from major characters!

  Moreover, this young lady seemed to be Sun Mo’s personal disciple. That light on her couldn’t be a great teacher halo, could it? They had never seen one like that before!

  Lu Zhiruo had always been easily intimidated and hated to be in the center of the limelight. Therefore, she lowered her head and hid behind Li Ziqi.

  “Eldest… Eldest Martial Sister, what is this?”

  The papaya girl clutched onto the little sunny egg’s clothes, asking in a soft voice.

  “I’m not sure either!”

  Li Ziqi shook her head.

  “It’s an Ancient Sage Halo. Congratulations, Senior Martial Sister Lu, those ancient sages have taken a liking to you.”

  Qin Yaoguang had always been the well-informed one and this time around, it was no exception.

  She explained in detail after seeing that everyone looked stunned.

  Amongst the onlookers, there were members of influential clans and schools who knew about this secret and shared it with the others. After that, undulating surprised gasps kept on ringing out amongst the crowd.

  “Those ancient sages will follow her for her entire life, becoming her great teachers and good friends?”

  “My gosh, there’s such a good thing in this world? Why weren’t I the one to get it? How many good things has she done in her previous life?”

  “It’s not just in her previous life. I reckon that one can only be so lucky after going through nine lifetimes as a kind person!”

  The examinees looked at Lu Zhiruo. The envy and jealousy in their gazes were almost going to engulf her.

  This young lady was only over ten years old and was definitely still a junior student.

  Although everyone else was 3-stars, the Ancient Sage Halo didn’t care about this. (Even if you’re a 9-stars, if you don’t have it, you don’t. And there’s a very high chance that you will never be getting it in this lifetime.)

  “Hold on, you’re saying that when a great teacher teaches a lesson and receives recognition from the ancient sages, they’ll turn into a halo and stay with a person for life?”

  Someone noticed something. “But this girl hasn’t been teaching anything, right?”

  “That’s right. What’s the reason behind this?”

  No one could answer this. Therefore, everyone crowded over, wanting to make sense of things.

  Lu Zhiruo felt even more scared and shrank further behind Li Ziqi.

  As the eldest martial sister, the little sunny egg stood out.

  “I’d like to ask this young student…”

  A male great teacher who was slightly bald had just spoken up when he was interrupted by an examinee beside him.

  “Hold on. She has passed the great teacher examination. You should address her as Teacher Li!”

  This was a kind reminder.

  It didn’t matter how bad they talked about Li Ziqi behind her back, but they must be careful of their words and courtesy when they spoke now. Otherwise, they’d be thought of as being rude.

  “Is she that Li Ziqi who came in first place in the previous 1-star examination?”

  “Isn’t she too young?”

  “Aren’t you saying the obvious? She broke the record!”

  The examinees didn’t recognize Li Ziqi, but everyone would have heard of her name unless they were the old fogies who had been training in seclusion.

  Moreover, the reason everyone had to come to the Ancient Sage Building to participate in the examination, tolerating the pressure that shouldn’t have been borne by them, was all because of the feud between Li Ziqi and Secondary Saint Zhou.

  They had finally seen her in person.

  But to speak the truth, everyone didn’t complain about Li Ziqi. Instead, they felt even more displeased toward Secondary Saint Zhou after seeing how adorable she was.

  (Why are you getting angry with such a young girl?)

  “Teacher Li…”

  The slightly bald teacher spoke up but was interrupted by Qin Yaoguang.

  “Li Ziqi is our eldest martial sister. This is our second senior martial sister who is standing behind her. She’s called Lu Zhiruo.”

  Qin Yaoguang introduced.

  “Huh?”

  Everyone was stunned.

  What?

  The one who had gained enlightenment to the Ancient Sage Halo wasn’t Li Ziqi?

  “Can one comprehend great teacher halos even if they aren’t a great teacher?”

  Someone felt baffled.

  “I don’t think so, right?”

  “This Miss Lu might be a great teacher too!”

  “Are you kidding? This girl looks younger than Li Ziqi.”

  Everyone didn’t believe it. Li Ziqi was a great teacher, and this fact alone was shocking enough. Yet they were being told that Sun Mo’s second disciple was also a great teacher?

  Were they aware that envy could kill?

  “The timing isn’t right either! The 1-star great teacher examination has just passed. If she participated too, she would have some reputation as well.”

  The slightly bald great teacher inferred.

  “Come on, aren’t intern teachers who don’t have the great teacher title but have comprehended Self-Taught Halo considered?”

  Someone felt speechless. (I know that 3-stars great teachers are considered the cores of the great teacher world, but can they not be so conceited?)

  “Comprehending the Self-Taught Halo at over ten years old? That’s also very terrifying!”

  Everyone looked toward Lu Zhiruo.

  “That’s right, my second junior martial sister has comprehended the Self-Taught Halo.”

  Li Ziqi threw a glance at Helian Beifang and Qin Yaoguang, starting to wonder if she should expose them too.

  In such a situation, exposing their names would definitely bring their teacher a great boost in his reputation. However, that’d also bring her junior martial siblings tremendous pressure.

  Sssss!

  The crowd was surprised; their gazes filled with astonishment and envy.

  Wasn’t Sun Mo’s judgment in taking in disciples too good?

  “What are you guys doing?”

  Liang Hongda reproached.

  “Vice Sect Lord!”

  Everyone turned. When they saw that it was Liang Hongda, they quickly lowered their heads to greet him.

  “What’s going on?”

  Sun Mo instantly frowned when he saw the group of people surrounding Li Ziqi and the others. (I’ll crush the head of whoever dares to harm my disciples.)

  “Senior Martial Sister Lu has gained enlightenment to the Ancient Sage Halo.”

  Qin Yaoguang reported.

  “What?”

  Liang Hongda’s expression stiffened up along with the other examiners. All of them subconsciously looked at Lu Zhiruo.

  (Why have you gained enlightenment to this great teacher halo when you didn’t teach any class?)

  However, Liang Hongda’s expression quickly returned to normal and he turned to congratulate Sun Mo.

  “Teacher Sun, congratulations on your great disciple gaining enlightenment!”

  Mei Yazhi offered her congratulations as well.

  Sun Mo quickly returned the greeting but thought to himself that Lu Zhiruo must have touched the hearts of these ancient sages with her noble ideals of letting the world become one, for there to be no wars, grief, pain, hunger, and sufferings.

  Or could it be that she was just purely lucky?

  This was why it was impossible to explain the luck of one with amazing luck.

  Sun Mo had carefully prepared for his class, not resting for three days and three nights, almost taking out a large half of the philosophy and views he had learned in the modern world before he managed to convince these ancient sages. However, Lu Zhiruo suddenly gained enlightenment to it.

  Thankfully she was his disciple. Otherwise, Sun Mo would feel so jealous that he’d lose a few years of his life.

  “Alright, alright. The examination will continue. Jiang Meng, it’s your turn.”

  Tong Yiming called out.

  “Huh?”

  The slightly bald great teacher instantly wore a dejected look. “Can another person go first?”

  (Those ancient sages have just listened to Sun Mo’s teaching and are definitely still immersed in them, waiting for another big feast. If I were to go up now, it’d be as if I’ve brought over a bucket of feces. They’d beat me to death.)

  “Why are you in a daze? Hurry up!”

  Tong Yiming urged.

  “Judge, I’d like to ask. If the class is taught too poorly, the sages won’t kill, will they?”

  Pass?

  Jiang Meng didn’t hold any hopes of passing anymore. His only goal at the moment was to not die in this place.

  Jiang Meng walked toward the stairs by himself, and the other people didn’t crowd in front of the Ancient Sage Rampart either. Instead, they stayed by Sun Mo’s side, hoping that he could share some experience with them.

  “Teacher Sun[1], seeing that we’re all great teachers, can you please help us?”

  Jiang Meng, who was in the midst of walking, turned back again after hearing this.

  “What are you up to?”

  Tong Yiming frowned.

  “I want to listen to some experience!”

  Jiang Meng smiled.

  “When you teach here, don’t think of teaching the things you excel in the most to those sages. No matter how knowledgeable you are, how would you be able to compare to them?”

  Sun Mo wasn’t selfish and shared his experience with them.

  “And don’t be on tenterhooks. Think of presenting your best side to them. Just treat this as a public class and those sages as your colleagues.

  “Lastly, about the contents, just talk about some of your unique discoveries. It’s fine even if it’s fallacies or immature thoughts!”

  Everyone present was 3-stars great teachers and they weren’t stupid. After hearing Sun Mo sharing his experience, they immediately gained some understanding.

  This was like a person was situated in a place filled with fog, but someone suddenly reached out their hand to pull them up.

  “Thank you, Teacher Sun[1] for your guidance!”

  Jiang Meng bowed. He was no longer panicking and had a plan for his class.

  “Thank you, Teacher Sun[1]!”

  The other examinees also started bowing. In this short time, the bunch of people lowered their heads as if they were heavy wheat heads.

  “There’s no need to stand on ceremony!”

  Sun Mo gestured to everyone that there wasn’t a need to display such great courtesy.

  Ding!

  “Congratulations, you’ve won the favorable impression points from close to 1,000 great teachers. You’re rewarded with a seven-colored diamond treasure chest. Please keep up the good work.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations, you’ve received a total of +12,090 favorable impression points.”

  Ding!

  “Congratulations, your disciple has gained enlightenment to the Ancient Sage Halo, taking a big step forward on the great teacher path. Rewarded with one golden treasure chest!”

  The system congratulated and gave a series of three rewards.

  Sun Mo touched the lucky mascot’s head and then instructed the system to open the chests.

  Two skill books immediately popped up.

  One of them was the Spiritual Control Technique Encyclopedia that recorded 100 types of non-mainstream spiritual control techniques.

  The other one was the Beast Taming Secret Art, imparting three rarely-seen beast taming techniques.

  They were both very practical.

  Some great teachers wanted to talk with Sun Mo, but he rejected them on the pretext that he was too tired.

  He wanted to go back and get a long sleep first.

  “Everyone go back and sleep!”

  “The personal disciples battle will be up next. Everyone should just wait quietly and don’t create trouble for Teacher.”

  As the little sunny egg said this, she looked toward Xuanyuan Po. “You, especially. You aren’t allowed to register for it secretly by yourself.”

  “Why?”

  The combat addict was displeased.

  After great teachers passed the first round of the examination, they could register for their disciples—at most three of them. Sun Mo had decided for Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo to take part. Now, both Xuanyuan Po and Ying Baiwu wanted the last remaining slot.

  Chapter 1077: Do I, Xuanyuan Po, Not Deserve to Have A Name?

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  “Senior Martial Brother Xuanyuan, calm down!”

  Helian Beifang tried to mediate things, but it was useless.

  “Scram!”

  Xuanyuan Po pushed Helian Beifang away, glaring at Li Ziqi. “Do I, Xuanyuan Po, not deserve to have a name?

  “You’re the Eldest Martial Sister. I won’t fight you. Lu Zhiruo has Teacher to care for her, so I won’t fight her either. But the third slot should be given to me, right?”

  “Then let’s just fight. The winner will be the one to go.”

  Ying Baiwu wasn’t scared. (I have the Skyward Spirit Rune. Even if you have two more legs, you’ll be defeated by my arrows.)

  “Come on then. Who’s scared?”

  Xuanyuan Po rolled up his sleeves.

  “Can you guys be quiet?”

  Li Ziqi bellowed, “Xuanyuan, can you be more mature? Look at all those opponents. Even the weakest ones are in the Divine Force Realm. How are you going to win against them?

  “I, Zhiruo, and Baiwu are all long-distance fighters. Only then will we be able to unleash the Skyward Spirit Rune’s value to its greatest.”

  The little sunny egg’s head was hurting.

  “Xuanyuan, this time around, you’re in the wrong.”

  Jiang Leng spoke up.

  “If you want to fight, you can just look for them for a duel. You don’t have to insist on fighting them in the arena!”

  Tantai Yutang also chipped in.

  Xianyu Wei also wanted to comment, but as the youngest disciple, she had no right to speak up.

  Xuanyuan Po was stunned. He hadn’t expected that his relationship with others was so bad that not a single one of them would speak up for him.

  Then, his face flushed up.

  “Xuanyuan, please take priority in Teacher’s glory!”

  Li Ziqi said this very solemnly.

  “Teacher, Teacher. Other than Teacher, what else do you have in your heart?”

  Xuanyuan Po sneered.

  “What do you mean by that?”

  Li Ziqi raged, taking two steps forward to stand in front of Xuanyuan Po, staring straight into his eyes. “Repeat what you said if you dare.”

  “I said that you don’t have an ego. You only have Teacher in your heart!”

  Xuanyuan Po retorted angrily.

  Pa!

  Li Ziqi slapped out hard, giving the combat addict a loud slap on the face.

  “Eldest Martial Sister!”

  Everyone was given a shock. Why did they start fighting?

  Therefore, they quickly stepped in to stop them.

  Jiang Leng and Helian Beifang held back Xuanyuan Po at the first instant. Otherwise, if they were to start fighting, their eldest martial sister might get beaten to death.

  “You dare to hit me?”

  Xuanyuan Po’s eyes were very red, looking bloodshot.

  “Yes, I’m hitting you! You ingrate!”

  Li Ziqi’s temper had always been very good, but this time around, she couldn’t hold it in anymore. “This is a 4-stars great teacher examination. To a great teacher, this is an extremely important moment in their lifetime. If they were to pass it, they’d have bright prospects. If they were to fail, they’d lose the chance to enter the Nine Greats.

  “Of course, our teacher doesn’t care about this. But the great teacher world is a place that looks at one’s seniority and glory. Do you know how many people are waiting to see Teacher make a joke out of himself?

  “If he were to fail, many people would feel happy and celebrate! I firmly believe that Teacher is someone who will become a saint in the future. I don’t wish for Teacher to have any stain on his resume, let alone the humiliation of flunking the examination.”

  The little sunny egg was very angry because the combat addict was only thinking of making use of the opportunity to have an exhilarating fight, challenging various experts. He never thought of their teacher’s interest.

  “Teacher has taught you so many saint-tier cultivation arts, imparted you with so much experience, provided food and other basic living needs for you, and let you train without any worry. Is this how you repay Teacher?”

  Buzz!

  Priceless Advice erupted.

  Golden light encompassed the little sunny egg, making her look sacred and awe-inspiring. As the light spots radiated out, Xuanyuan Po instantly felt embarrassed.

  When Jin Mujie heard the commotion outside, she came out to take a look. She didn’t expect to see this scene and was instantly surprised.

  (That can’t be, right? Priceless Advice? You know this as well?)

  Jin Mujie felt that she was going to have trouble competing against Sun Mo’s disciple, let alone against him.

  “Xuanyuan Po, I’ve long since wanted to reproach you for not knowing courtesy and not knowing how to be grateful. But do you know what Teacher said?”

  Li Ziqi looked at Xuanyuan Po, feeling great hatred and resentment.

  “Teacher said that a person can only attain the highest realm and stand at the very top when they are extremely serious about something.

  “Teacher feels that you can become a spear saint, but from what I see, if a person doesn’t even know about relationships and gratitude, so what if they were to become a spear saint?

  “If it’s a person with talent but no morals, even if they are a saint, a sword hero, or a blade saint, I, Li Ziqi, will still look down on them! I’ll spit saliva on you and then walk away.”

  Tantai Yutang looked at the little sunny egg, stunned. (Your consecutive retorts do share some resemblance to Teacher.)

  “I agree!”

  Xianyu Wei raised her hand.

  Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

  The others also raised their hands.

  “Eldest Martial Sister, I’ll back you up!”

  Helian Beifang flashed a big thumbs-up.

  Xuanyuan Po’s expression flickered, but in the end, he lowered his head and admitted his mistake sincerely. “I was wrong! I’ll reflect!”

  It was true that his teacher had treated him very well.

  In the future, he should think more for his teacher.

  Li Ziqi gave off an awe-inspiring glance at her junior martial siblings. “I don’t expect you guys to put Teacher first in everything, but I hope before you guys do anything, think more for Teacher’s sake. It’s because you’re his disciples that your behavior might smear his name.”

  “If someone were to do something that brings shame to our teacher, I, Li Ziqi, would hunt you down and get rid of you even if I had to travel to the ends of the world.”

  As the little sunny egg said this, her gaze eventually fixed on the sickly guy.

  “Why are you looking at me?”

  Tantai Yutang felt very innocent.

  “Why do I not have such a good disciple?”

  Jin Mujie felt so envious that she was about to drool.

  Sigh!

  (Secondary Saint Zhou, you have no idea what you’ve missed out on. I’ll mourn for you for three seconds.)

  In the tent, Sun Mo listened to how the little sunny egg dealt with the problem, having full control over the situation. He broke into a consoled smile.

  (This is how an eldest martial sister should act! In the future, I can be assured even if I’m not by their side. To think that Xuanyuan Po actually apologized? It seems that I still hold a place in his heart.)

  To speak the truth, Sun Mo was human too and wasn’t completely selfless. If Xuanyuan Po were to insist on taking part in the competition, he’d be very hurt.

  The group of three who were going to take part in the competition was decided. They were Li Ziqi, Lu Zhiruo, as well as Ying Baiwu. Sun Mo told them to focus on tempering themselves and not overdo things.

  As Sun Mo’s results were too domineering, people became less interested in the results of the other lectures.

  However, the examiners clearly noticed that due to Sun Mo imparting his experience, the number of examinees that received light spots immediately rose by a lot.

  After all, the examinees were all 3-stars and weren’t lacking in knowledge and experience. Of course, they’d have some reflections of their own.

  “Congratulations, 72 light spots!”

  Jin Mujie, who came down from the stairs, couldn’t believe what she had heard after hearing Tong Yiming’s words.

  (To think that I can get such a good result?)

  This was enough to put her in the top 50 amongst all examinees.

  “Sun Mo, thank you!”

  Jin Mujie felt extremely agitated and hugged Sun Mo. She even gave him a kiss.

  Pa!

  Li Ziqi covered her eyes.

  (I didn’t see anything. If Mistress An asks about it, I’ll say that I don’t know.)

  “F*ck it!”

  Jiang Zhitong, who was in the distance, smashed his fist into the wall. (I can’t even compare to the colleagues Sun Mo had given guidance to, let alone to him.)

  (That is ridiculous. But I still have a chance.)

  “Xu Cong, if you were to encounter Sun Mo’s students, aim to kill them!”

  Jiang Zhitong gritted his teeth.

  “En!”

  Xu Cong stared at Li Ziqi, raring to give it a go. ……

  “Teacher Sun, don’t be proud. Be careful that things can still go wrong!”

  Bai Xiqing got close and told him softly, “Zhang Wentao has been giving private lessons to his disciple, Liu Yuzhi. Wan Xiulin’s disciple, Huang Peng, is also a strong opponent whom many people think will clinch first place.”

  As a proud student of Secondary Saint Zhou, Wan Xiulin was quite capable. He had also performed very well in the second round, with 200 sages attending his lecture.

  This should be a very eye-catching result, but it completely became dim when compared to Sun Mo’s full marks. Moreover, Sun Mo had even gained the Ancient Sage Halo. Even Secondary Saint Zhou might not be able to get this result if he were here.

  With Sun Mo being so strong, Wan Xiulin naturally found it hard to keep up his pride. He’d definitely try to win it back in the personal disciple battle.

  The lecture examinations finally came to an end after three months.

  It was now summer.

  Having received Sun Mo’s experience, quite a number of examinees had better results in the second round—the lectures. At least, they didn’t get zero. Seeing that there weren’t many people who could pass based on the original benchmark they had set, the Saint Gate lowered the requirements for the second round.

  In the end, a total of 302 people passed the examinations.

  These great teachers’ personal disciples would participate in the battle. Eventually, 100 of the best disciples would win 4-stars title for their teachers.

  The tabulation showed that 906 disciples had registered.

  There was no helping it. To increase the chances of success, all the teachers took up the full three slots.

  As the great teachers didn’t place much emphasis on their own battle prowess, this time around, the examination didn’t require the great teachers to compete against each other. The battles between their disciples were the star of the show.

  As it concerned their teachers’ future, the disciples would go all out, putting their lives on the line. Therefore, every year, there’d be a tremendous number of casualties. To ordinary people, a show was good if there were deaths.

  Therefore, the tickets for the personal disciple battles were all fully booked long ago.

  The prices for the tickets had risen to ten spirit stones in the black market.

  That was right. Gold and silver were useless. Only spirit stones were accepted.

  Although the Saint Gate was very wealthy, it wouldn’t be bad to earn more, even if it was just one more copper coin. Therefore, they’d pick the biggest spot there was every year to hold the competition.

  In the Songyang City’s martial dojo that could accommodate 30,000 people, there were no empty seats. Many spectators were even standing around without any tickets.

  “Isn’t Sun Mo too amazing? To think that he got full marks?

  Gu Xiuxun sat in the spectators’ stand, waving a small flag, waiting in anticipation to see Li Ziqi’s performance.

  “You’ve said this three times.”

  Mei Ziyu was speechless.

  “Aren’t you astonished?”

  Gu Xiuxun asked her back and then sighed. “Sigh, how I wish I could take the examination with Sun Mo. It’s a pity that I’m too weak.”

  “Everyone will appear weak when compared with Sun Mo!”

  Mei Ziyu snickered. “I feel that Zhang Wentao and Wan Xiulin are probably feeling very frustrated.”

  “And Jiang Zhitong too!”

  Gu Xiuxun gloated.

  “After this examination ends, Sun Mo will probably enter the top 100 of the Great Teacher Rankings.”

  Murong Mingyue added.