Translator: Lordbluefire

  The participants who emerged victorious would start the elimination battle to decide the top 8 after one day’s rest.

  For the first round, it was Li Ziqi up against Huang Peng!

  The tickets for the competition soared to a great price, reaching 300 times their original price. Despite this, it was still hard to get a ticket.

  As Sun Mo shot to fame and Li Ziqi broke the record for being the youngest great teacher, their names gradually became well-known. Therefore, their feud with Secondary Saint Zhou was also known by more people.

  In Nine Provinces, saints were the heaven, an existence revered by all. The secondary saints who were just one step away from becoming a saint were also existences that were hard to reach.

  There were too many students rejected by secondary saints.

  Moreover, those who had the right to visit the secondary saints to ask to be taken in under their wings definitely came from a reputable background. After all, how could ordinary people reach the secondary saints’ requirements?

  In the past, they wouldn’t dare to say anything even if they were rejected by Secondary Saint Zhou. They could only blame their children for having mediocre aptitude. However, Li Ziqi’s sudden appearance made them start to consider another possibility.

  Did Secondary Saint Zhou make a misjudgment?

  Of course, some people’s children really couldn’t make it. However, as parents, they’d definitely feel that their children were the best. Therefore, people who hadn’t dared to doubt Secondary Saint Zhou started saying such things.

  (Do you want an example? Isn’t Li Ziqi one?)

  These people had authority, influence, and strong speaking power. When they started to spread such conversation topics in private, Secondary Saint’s reputation took a quick plunge!

  This was also the reason why Secondary Saint Zhou wanted to apply pressure on Sun Mo, arranging for the Ancient Sage Building test.

  However, Sun Mo had unexpectedly broken the record once again. He had gained the Ancient Sage Halo and even invented the Skyward Spirit Rune.

  With martial arts, the victor could always be decided in a competition. However, how did you pick a winner between two equally outstanding articles? There wasn’t a clear set of publicly accepted standards for that.

  Even someone well-learned and knowledgeable like Bai Wenzhang could only be ranked with another person at the top of the spirit runes domain. But now, Sun Mo was proclaimed as the number one spirit runist in the Nine Provinces.

  It was publicly recognized!

  It was indisputable!

  Ordinary citizens wouldn’t consider the value and technical aspect of each spirit rune. They only saw how amazing and cool this thing was!

  The Skyward Spirit Rune could let everyone break away from the restraints of the land, being able to fly. In their perspectives, this was turning dreams into reality!

  Even if this spirit rune couldn’t make them fly fast or could only allow them to float, they didn’t care. It was so cool to just boast about it.

  In Sun Mo’s perspective, if one didn’t have long-range combat abilities such as spirit rune rods or archery techniques, the value of the Skyward Spirit Rune wouldn’t be able to compete against the Dragon Ball Spirit Rune that could induce a berserk effect. However, in terms of coolness, the former could win against all the spirit runes in the Nine Provinces’ history combined.

  Grandmaster spirit runists required a test to obtain their certification, while the ancestors required academic achievements. Even though Sun Mo had academic success, he hadn’t taken the test yet. So strictly speaking, he wasn’t even considered a grandmaster spirit runist. However, people didn’t care about this. They just referred to him as the number one spirit runist in the Nine Provinces.

  Even 1,000 years after his death, no one would be able to surpass him.

  This was how amazing the Skyward Spirit Rune’s meaning was!

  Since Sun Mo had broken new records incessantly in the great teacher examinations, his title as a four-time champion was fixed. Therefore, many people were addressing him as a saint candidate.

  Everyone felt that even if Sun Mo couldn’t become a saint, he’d at least become a secondary saint. After all, he was only 23 years old. ……

  The sunlight was bright and rosy clouds hung up in the sky!

  When Huang Peng got onto the arena, the entire martial dojo fell silent for a few seconds before booing sounds rang out. Some parents whose children had been rejected by Secondary Saint Zhou had spent money to hire people to intentionally make things look bad for the Zhou Clan.

  Wan Xiulin and Huang Peng’s countenances turned grim.

  At the sight of this scene, Li Ziqi wore a faint smile. She then lowered her head and bowed toward Sun Mo.

  “Teacher, I’ll be going!”

  “Be careful!”

  Sun Mo reminded her, also preparing to go in and save her at any moment.

  Their feud with the other party had worsened so badly that they might result in killing!

  “The one who should be careful is Huang Peng!”

  Li Ziqi didn’t walk up the arena but activated the Skyward Spirit Rune. Her entire body floated up, and she landed on the arena.

  Wow!

  This cool and domineering side of her immediately brought about a lot of surprised gasps, followed by thunderous applause.

  Right now, in everyone’s eyes, Secondary Saint Zhou was a villain. After making a misjudgment of a child’s aptitude, he hadn’t reflected on his mistake but instead kept trying to beat her down.

  Also, Li Ziqi hadn’t given up hope because of Secondary Saint Zhou’s words. Instead, she had put in hard work and stood on this stage that had gathered many people’s attention.

  In everyone’s hearts, Li Ziqi’s experience was too inspiring.

  They hoped that Li Ziqi could win!

  Most of the people in this world were ordinary. Hence, they didn’t wish for aptitude to be their destiny maker. They hoped that hard work and effort could determine their success.

  Right now, Li Ziqi represented just that!

  “The two of you, in a personal disciples battle, please do not overdo things!”

  Tong Yiming warned.

  His words were more biased toward Sun Mo because he was worried Huang Peng might hurt Li Ziqi. But after he said that, he felt that he had been worried too much.

  As long as Li Ziqi could fly, she’d be undefeated!

  “Huang Peng, I won’t fly in this battle. This battle will be done on the ground.”

  Li Ziqi announced loudly!

  Hua!

  The ordinary audience didn’t know what the little sunny egg’s words meant. However, cultivators knew.

  If Li Ziqi could fly, then Huang Peng’s choice of battle tactics would be extremely restricted. All the prerequisites of his battle tactics must be to first stop Li Ziqi from flying.

  Li Ziqi’s words meant that she was going to fight against Huang Peng fair and square!

  “I don’t need your charity. If I win, I want to win it flawlessly.”

  Huang Peng’s lips twitched.

  “I admire your courage, but……”

  Li Ziqi raised her chin slightly, looking at Huang Peng. “Before you speak to me, please add the title Great Teacher Li……”

  “Wow, Eldest Martial Sister is so domineering!”

  Lu Zhiruo felt that Li Ziqi was very cool!

  “I didn’t expect that Eldest Martial Sister could be so harsh too!”

  Qin Yaoguang burst out laughing. “Her vicious tongue can really drive people to death.”

  Sun Mo felt very emotional. He knew that Li Ziqi had felt extremely disappointed because of Secondary Saint Zhou’s assessment of her. She had even thought of committing suicide before!

  He wasn’t boasting, but if it wasn’t for him, Li Ziqi would have been crippled even if she didn’t die.

  Huang Peng’s face instantly flushed up.

  However, he was unable to refute her words.

  Li Ziqi was a great teacher. In the Nine Provinces, it was a highly respected occupation. Even an emperor would respectfully address one with their great teacher title.

  No matter how high Huang Peng’s cultivation level was, he’d have to refer to himself as a student in front of Li Ziqi.

  Li Ziqi looked at Huang Peng’s aggrieved expression as if he had eaten a mouthful of feces, then she threw a glance at Wan Xiulin, who had a strong urge to leave this place immediately, feeling exhilarated.

  “Thank you Teacher, for letting me release my grievances!”

  Li Ziqi looked toward Sun Mo, her gaze filled with admiration and fondness.

  “Things are going to be bad for Secondary Saint Zhou!”

  Some great teachers felt very emotional.

  Even if Secondary Saint Zhou were to be here personally, if he were to be disrespectful toward Li Ziqi, she’d still dare to make him address her as Great Teacher Li, let alone Wan Xiulin.

  It was because no matter how strong a secondary saint was, they weren’t a saint.

  It was publicly acknowledged that only when facing a saint would all the great teachers not have the right to address themselves as great teachers. It was because everyone below a saint was considered a student!

  “Sigh, Ziqi will offend Secondary Saint Zhou seriously by saying that!” Jin Mujie sighed.

  “It’s fine. Right now, our Central Province Academy can afford to offend a secondary saint!”

  An Xinhui was willing to carry this burden.

  “Sister An, this is the first time I’m seeing you acting so domineeringly!”

  Gu Xiuxun teased.

  Hearing that, An Xinhui’s face flushed up.

  This was all thanks to Sun Mo. Otherwise, given how down and poor the Central Province Academy had been, how could they have the right to look down on a secondary saint?

  The battle in the arena started.

  As expected, Huang Peng pounced forth to kill at the first instance. However, as Tong Yiming’s note ended, two wind elements appeared, shooting out wind blades everywhere.

  Pa pa pa!

  Huang Peng was a lot more amazing than Sang Qiao from two days ago. His curved blade swept out, crushing all the wind blades, and he continued to press toward Li Ziqi.

  The little sunny egg jumped onto her White Tiger Guard while tearing up five spirit runes at the same time.

  Crackle!

  16 fist-sized lightning balls surrounded Li Ziqi.

  This was lightning protection reinforcement!

  Kacha!

  A huge yellow tortoise enveloped the little sunny egg.

  This was the black tortoise reinforcement!

  Then, golden sparks appeared on Li Ziqi’s body. Amidst the crackling and flickering, her spirit qi instantly surged and her strength increased tremendously. Her black waist-long hair stretched out of her hair tie, standing upright and becoming a brilliant golden color.

  This was the Dragon Ball Spirit Rune!

  Rumble! Lightning flashed like turbulent waves!

  This was the lightning sea attacks!

  Bang! Bang! Bang! Fire sparks appeared, turning into many coconut-sized fireballs which smashed out toward Huang Peng!

  This was the Flame Explosion Wild Dance! ……

  The explosive prowess that had been displayed by the little sunny egg instantly stunned all the ordinary audience. It also made the great teachers speechless.

  This…… Wasn’t this too powerful?

  Spirit runes could be used this way too?

  In everyone’s recognition, spirit runes only had a supporting effect and couldn’t be the deciding factor of a duel.

  However, in Li Ziqi’s hands, they had great prowess.

  “Don’t panic! As long as Huang Peng can hold up against this wave of attacks, things will be over for her!”

  “That’s right. How many of such amazing spirit runes can she prepare?”

  “I only want to know how much money has she thrown away to launch this wave of attacks?”

  Several examinees’ countenances turned pale. They saw that even Huang Peng was having a hard time dealing with this. If they were the ones in his shoes, things would have been over for them.

  Another three wind elements appeared in the arena, protecting the little sunny egg with their bodies. At the same time, they threw out wind blades and performed wide-area attacks.

  “Her spirit control is outstanding as well!”

  All the spirit controllers present were overwhelmed by envy.

  She had been tearing up spirit runes and summoning the White Tiger Guard while moving around. Moreover, she had called forth three wind elements at the same time.

  (Aren’t you afraid to make a wrong pronunciation and receive a backlash from the incantation?)

  (Damn it!)

  (This young girl is a super-genius who can inherit my learnings.)

  (It’s a pity!)

  (Sun Mo has gotten to her first.)

  “Secondary Saint Zhou is really old and his vision has gotten worse. How could he say that such an amazing spirit control genius was trash? If I were to meet him, I’d definitely spat saliva all over his face.”

  A guy started lashing out angrily but immediately regretted it.

  After all, he had just scolded a secondary saint. He threw a glance to the left and right, realizing that everyone was looking at him.

  It was all over!

  He was going to die!

  “Teacher Zhao is right!”

  “I think so too!”

  “Secondary saints can make mistakes too! There’s nothing wrong with that!”

  All the great teachers expressed their agreement, causing this Teacher Zhao to lose his fear and started to lash out about the various bad practices in the great teacher world.

  Windwave Bullet!

  Spirit Wave Art!

  Spirit rune rod!

  Li Ziqi relied on launching these three attacks non-stop. However, the effects were really weak. Someone who could be accepted as a disciple by a secondary saint’s personal disciple was definitely a genius amongst geniuses.

  They’d be terrifyingly strong both in aptitude and experience.

  “Let’s see how long your spirit qi can hold on for.”

  Huang Peng continued to attack fiercely.

  With a lower cultivation base, one’s spirit qi reserve would be limited. Hence, once Li Ziqi expended her spirit qi, she’d just be a clear target.

  Of course, the prerequisite was that she didn’t fly.

  At the thought of this, Huang Peng suddenly felt upset because such a victory was no longer perfect.

  (Given how bad grand-teacher and Sun Mo’s relationship is, I will probably never get a chance to have a Skyward Spirit Rune in this lifetime.)

  (Otherwise, I’d definitely be the coolest guy in the Nine Provinces.)

  Ultimate technique, Broken Waterflow!

  Swoosh!

  A wind element was slashed into two.

  It wasn’t that Huang Peng wanted to kill it but that he couldn’t dodge anymore. Right now, there were 18 wind elements in the arena. The wind blades they threw out were densely packed, and there was no longer any space for Huang Peng to stand on.

  With the wind elements as her shield, Li Ziqi took the opportunity to summon out the Ancient Battle Tree.

  Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

  The moment the ancient tree appeared, its thick and big roots darted out toward Huang Peng, wanting to bind him.

  Huang Peng’s curved blade sent out a ball of silver light. Wherever the light passed by, roots would break and wood fragments would fly.

  “This guy is really strong!”

  Jiang Leng’s countenance was solemn.

  If it wasn’t for Li Ziqi, Huang Peng would definitely become the champion.

  “If Eldest Martial Sister doesn’t fly, she won’t be able to win. She doesn’t have much spirit qi left.”

  Ying Baiwu felt worried.

  Lu Zhiruo and Xianyu Wei were already hugging together, their small faces filled with worry.

  That was true. Li Ziqi was panting vigorously, her face pale and a large amount of sweat was rolling off her forehead.

  “It seems that summoning this big tree has depleted a lot of her spirit qi!”

  Huang Peng was elated. He was a wary person and wanted to observe further, However, he couldn’t hang on much longer either. There was no helping it as the blows dealt by the wind elements, the ancient tree, as well as the lightning sea, and the great flame explosion were too strong.

  He couldn’t wait anymore!

  He would decide this battle with this blade attack!

  Huang Peng put his thoughts to action immediately. Letting out a loud bellow, he broke a root that was wrapping around his leg. Then, with a flash, he disappeared from the spot.

  In the blink of an eye, he appeared behind Li Ziqi.

  Swoosh!

  His curved blade came down like a bolt of lightning, slashing toward Li Ziqi’s head.

  Ultimate killing move……

  Lightchase Strike!

  “Ahh!”

  Lu Zhiruo screamed, closing her eyes. She couldn’t bear to watch this.

  “As expected, cultivation art is a notch higher. A money-spamming battle tactic is just heresy.”

  Just as an ancestor-level great teacher made this assessment, a tremendous wind pressure suddenly gushed out from Li Ziqi’s body!

  Boom!

  The little sunny egg seemed to have turned into a human-shaped gale, sending Huang Peng flying away.

  Chapter 1091: With the Overwhelming Advantage of Having the Wind King on My Side, How Can I Lose?

  The huge wind pressure was stronger than the currents emitted by a jet engine. It had reached a level that could be seen by the naked eye.

  Even the people around the arena, as well as those who were seated at the very front of the spectators stand, could feel the intense power, let alone Huang Peng.

  The air currents smashed into their faces, pressurizing them to close their eyes, unable to keep them open. Their clothes made flapping sounds, and many people fell backward due to the wind pressure.

  Were they going to die?

  It was still manageable for the cultivators, but the ordinary spectators wore horrific expressions. The wind pressure was too great and they were unable to breathe.

  The countenances of the ancestors on the judges’ stand changed drastically.

  What… What did she summon out?

  Even without any communication, everyone got prepared to go into battle.

  Everyone knew that the spiritual beasts summoned by spirit controllers were determined by their masters’ strength. Usually, the spiritual beasts wouldn’t be too much stronger than the spirit controllers.

  Summoning spiritual beasts required a spirit controller to bring a spiritual beast into submission. Otherwise, who’d be willing to slog it out for someone else?

  Even if a strong spiritual beast were to plead to sign a contract with a spirit controller, the latter might not dare to accept it. The greater the difference in strength, the higher the chances of receiving a backlash.

  Right now, the battle pet summoned by Li Ziqi was so terrifying just from the spirit pressure produced. This meant that it must have extremely horrifying strength.

  The ancestors felt that Li Ziqi must have done something rash and foolish to win.

  Take, for example, using a forbidden spiritual control technique!

  The air currents gathered, forming a huge tornado in front of Li Ziqi. Its width was massive and took up one-third of the arena. Its height also surpassed the height of the dome roof.

  “Insignificant ants. Who has disturbed my rest?”

  A deafening voice rang out next to everyone’s ears. This feeling was as if a sharp knife was poking at their eardrums, and it felt extremely painful.

  “To… To think that it’s an element king?”

  When the ancestors saw the crown on top of the tornado, they were stunned.

  Did it have to be so strong?

  Elemental lifeforms were a unique species to the Darkness Continent. Just like how humans could advance in cultivation, they also had their specialized path.

  The strongest elemental lifeforms stood at the very top of their element. There’d also be a crown that would manifest above their head, an indication that they were the king.

  “F*ck this!”

  Wan Xiulin cursed out loud. Could they still continue this battle?

  Although his teacher had always warned him to take note of his demeanor when he was outside, so others wouldn’t think of him as a coarse person, he really couldn’t take it anymore.

  He really wanted to bellow. (F*ck your 18 generations. Even the Wind King has been summoned. How are we supposed to continue the fight? I’m just an insignificant disciple under my teacher’s wings. I have many genius senior martial siblings. Great Teacher Sun, I beg of you, can you go deal with them instead? Don’t be bullying me anymore! With this Wind King, why didn’t you guys go challenge my teacher?)

  Huang Peng half-squatted on the ground, one hand grasping onto the ground tightly so that he wasn’t blown off the arena.

  Right now, he was completely stunned. He finally understood why Li Ziqi had been so arrogant to say that she wasn’t going to be using the Skyward Spirit Rune.

  (If I had such a powerful summoning beast, I’d be arrogant too!)

  Hu! Inhale!

  Li Ziqi panted, feeling pain as if all her spirit qi had been sucked dry. She felt that she was like a piece of rag, not having a drop of water left after it was wrung dry.

  The little sunny egg wasn’t lacking in money. If this was actual combat, she’d swallow an alchemical pill to replenish her spirit qi. However, this wasn’t allowed in the personal disciples battle.

  Of course, with the Wind King’s appearance, it didn’t matter if she were to take such a pill or not.

  “With the overwhelming advantage of having the Wind King on my side, how can I lose?”

  Li Ziqi looked composed as if she had done something insignificant. However, she was overjoyed inside, feeling so proud that she felt like jumping around and cheering out.

  (In order to get the Wind King to submit to me, I’ve paid huge prices!)

  “Ant, who allows you to stand on the same piece of land as me?”

  The Wind King looked down on Huang Peng. Even though it didn’t seem to have taken any action, several tens of huge dragon spears that could kill ancient beasts appeared on top of Huang Peng’s head.

  The sharp spear tips flashed with a piercing glow.

  The Wind King was trying to flaunt its great power. Otherwise, the dragon spears would appear transparent and catch them off guard.

  “Cough cough!” Li Ziqi coughed.

  “What’s the matter?”

  The Wind King paused, communicating with her through their minds.

  “I only want to vent and prove my value. Don’t kill him!”

  Li Ziqi was still kind-hearted. Seeing Huang Peng’s forlorn state, she suddenly couldn’t bear to do it.

  “Soft-hearted!” The Wind King said in disdain, “But you’re my master! You call the shots!”

  “I told you, I’m not your master! We’re allies!”

  Li Ziqi repeated.

  It was impossible even for a saint to rely purely on strength to get an element king to submit to them. Therefore, Li Ziqi took a different approach and chose to take it on intellectually.

  Her teacher had said that intelligence was also a type of power.

  To the Wind King, an existence that had reached an extremity in physical strength, it’d crave for knowledge. However, it might not be able to win against Li Ziqi in terms of pure intelligence.

  Otherwise, why wasn’t it able to break through the seal?

  “Huh, thankfully you didn’t say that we’re friends.”

  The Wind King sneered. An old monster like it no longer believed in lies like friendship after having lived for countless years.

  Strength was the eternal trump card!

  Right now, this Wind King in the martial dojo wasn’t the real Wind King but a projection that was presented through Li Ziqi’s spiritual control technique.

  The Wind King had borne witness to Li Ziqi’s growth over the past few years.

  She had grown from being trash who had been rejected by a secondary saint to becoming a talented great teacher who was unrivaled in knowledge. It could be said that other than her motor skills, she didn’t have any other flaws.

  Moreover, she had also made up for her battle prowess with her wisdom.

  Spirit rune rods, Spiritwave Cannon, and the Skyward Spirit Rune…

  Besides, she had broken the first layer of the Wind King’s seal by relying on her great intelligence, allowing the Wind King to be able to cast a projection and come to the outside world to take in some fresh air.

  (Sign a spiritual contract? Enslaved? I’m the supreme Wind King! There’s no such thing!)

  (Unless I can’t bear with it anymore!)

  Hu!

  (The outside world has changed so much!)

  (And this sky looks so blue! These clouds are so white!)

  The Wind King looked at the sky. Suddenly, those dragon spears started to shoot toward a wall in the east.

  Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

  Those dragon spears were like cannonballs, smashing the thick wall and crumbling it.

  Ah!

  The spectators nearby let out piercing screams.

  “Administer rescue!”

  All the ancestors made a move and sent out attacks, crushing the falling pieces from the wall.

  “What are you doing?”

  Li Ziqi frowned.

  “I’ve been craving to be under the sun for far too long!”

  The Wind King revealed an enjoyable expression.

  The bright sun that rose from the east shone in through the gaps of the martial dojo’s walls.

  “Even so, don’t hurt others!”

  Li Ziqi felt troubled.

  The Wind King didn’t care about this.

  Humans?

  To it, they were just insignificant ants.

  The Wind King turned and looked toward Sun Mo.

  “Sun Mo, you’ve taught a good disciple!”

  “Long time no see!”

  Sun Mo smiled.

  “Why? You don’t dare to come and challenge me?”

  The Wind King sized up Sun Mo. It had thought that Sun Mo would go to the Wind King Hall to get it to submit to him. After all, it possessed unparalleled battle prowess. However, it had been almost three years and Sun Mo hadn’t done so.

  This made it sink into self-doubt as well as feeling a deep sense of defeat.

  (Could it be that I’m unworthy of you?)

  “My time is very tight.”

  Sun Mo shrugged.

  “So tight that you don’t even care for me, the Wind King?”

  The Wind King sneered. “Do you know that conquering me means that you’ve conquered the entire wind element tribe? That’s about one-fifth of the Darkness Continent!”

  Sssss!

  When the great teachers heard this, all of them broke into astonished expressions.

  One-fifth of the Darkness Continent?

  Was it such a big matter?

  However, looking at the crown on the Wind King’s head, they thought that it did have the right to say something like this.

  “Eldest Martial Sister!”

  Lu Zhiruo hid behind Sun Mo and called out. (Is your spiritual beast reliable? Why do I feel like you’re going to have a backlash?)

  “Wind King, he is my teacher!”

  Li Ziqi frowned. “Please take note of your attitude when you speak. Otherwise, I’ll send you back to the hall right away!”

  “I need a reason!”

  The Wind King wore a solemn expression. If Sun Mo’s reply couldn’t satisfy him, it’d kill people. It’d wipe out all of the living creatures here.

  Buzz!

  A wave of mental pressure swept across the entire place.

  Everyone, the ancestors included, felt terrified and was bursting out in cold sweat. They subconsciously wanted to escape. This was the imposing power of a king lifeform.

  Ba-thump! Ba-thump!

  Those who were cowardly dropped to their knees.

  This was when the Wind King didn’t wish to anger Li Ziqi. Its mental pressure hadn’t radiated in all directions yet. Otherwise, those ordinary people would die from terror.

  Boom!

  A golden halo erupted from Sun Mo, protecting his disciples as well as the great teachers and examinees nearby within it.

  “Hmmm? What halo is this? Why did that horrifying pressure disappear?”

  “It must be the Battlegod Protector Halo. I heard that it was the great teacher halo that Great Teacher Sun had gained in the Battlegod Canyon after having decrypted those mysterious diagrams and obtaining the Battlegod Catalog!”

  “To think that he’s going up against an element king. He’s too strong!”

  The spectators were stunned.

  Right now, Sun Mo appeared extremely domineering.

  “It seems that you’ve grown a lot in the past few years. No wonder you don’t care for me!”

  The Wind King smirked. “But you don’t understand how powerful I am!”

  “Wind King, do you know why you were sealed?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  “Hmph!”

  The Wind King refused to reply. This was a thorn in its heart.

  “There are countless paths in this world. Pursuing extreme power is just one of the many! To you, becoming strong might be the only pursuit. But to me and many great teachers, it is insignificant.

  “The meaning of our lives is to inspire every single child, letting them understand their own value so that they do not waste their lives away! We want to let the glow of wisdom shine upon the entire world. Wind King, we don’t just care about ourselves. We have a family! We have a country! We have a world! We also have the whole of humanity!

  “Wind King, my goal is the great ocean of stars! I hope that one day, I won’t be the only one becoming a saint and shattering the void. I hope that all the lifeforms in the entire Nine Provinces can possess the ability to break away from the shackles of the world, being able to go take a look at the world beyond the shattered void!”

  Sun Mo said fluently.

  As a man who had received modern education, as a citizen of a great country, Sun Mo’s perspectives of the world had become very broad a long time ago.

  A domineering existence in the east?

  The strongest country in the world?

  No!

  We want more!

  The eastern citizens who had been nurtured by the 5,000 years of civilization might fall and get sick, but they’d never stop in their footsteps.

  Sun Mo’s disciples and the great teachers nearby fell quiet. The Wind King also fell quiet.

  Other than the ordinary people who couldn’t understand Sun Mo’s words, people with wisdom and their own thoughts could understand how lofty and great he was.

  From ancient times, many great teachers had only thought about wanting to have many students across the world, becoming saints, attaining immortality, and living as an eternal legend in everyone’s hearts.

  They had never thought of the possibility that they could lead the entire Nine Provinces to see the great ocean of stars and to conquer it!

  Sun Mo’s words could be said to have opened up a brand new world for them. It opened up their perspectives to an unlimited level.

  Wan Xiulin was stunned.

  As Secondary Saint Zhou’s disciple, Wan Xiulin had detested Sun Mo from the bottom of his heart. However, his thoughts toward him changed. He felt that Sun Mo was glowing and looked even more like a saint than his teacher!

  His teacher’s life goal was to become a saint and also hoped that the disciples under his wings could become great talents. Regardless if they were to become great sword heroes or blade saints, he hoped that they’d be able to spread their fame across the world.

  In the past, Wan Xiulin had set this as his goal too. But thinking about it now, so what if they could become a blade saint or a sword hero?

  Weren’t they still restricted within the small Nine Provinces?

  “Our goal is the great ocean of stars?”

  Wan Xiulin mumbled this sentence and then suddenly stood upright, bowing at a 90-degree respectfully toward Sun Mo.

  Then, more and more great teachers started to bow. Even the ones on the stands got up with solemn expressions.

  In the Nine Provinces, only those who had comprehended the Self-Taught Halo could become great teachers. And as they gained enlightenment to more and more great teacher halos, their thoughts kept on expanding.

  A nation’s strength was dependent on martial strength, resources, and its citizens. However, when it boiled down to it, it was still dependent on wisdom.

  The great teachers in the Nine Provinces were undoubtedly the most intelligent group of people. Therefore, Sun Mo’s words had given them the greatest blow.

  It was because they understood!

  A few ancestors on the judges’ stand exchanged a glance and stood up as well. They then bowed toward Sun Mo.

  Order of learning wasn’t important! What mattered was the order of achievement!

  Sun Mo’s words were worthy of a bow from the ancestors!

  “It’s no wonder Sun Mo can teach a genius like Li Ziqi. To think that his perspectives are already so vast at such a young age!”

  “This time around, Secondary Saint Zhou has really rammed his toes into a steel board!”

  “I’m going to be a fan of Great Teacher Sun from now on!”

  The few ancestors whispered amongst themselves.

  The gaze of Jiang Zhitong, who was on the spectators’ stand, was in a daze.

  His disciple had been eliminated. The reason he came here, even spending an exorbitant price to buy the ticket to a good position from a middleman, was so that he could see how Li Ziqi got trashed by Huang Peng. However, he didn’t expect to see such a scene.

  “Father, you’re right. Sun Mo isn’t someone I should offend.”

  Jiang Zhitong mumbled. He suddenly understood why his father was in disagreement with him.

  A secondary saint had to come down personally to win against someone like Sun Mo!

  And they might not necessarily win!

  At the very least, Jiang Zhitong had never heard of anyone who had obtained achievements like Sun Mo’s at the age of 23.

  Chapter 1092: Four-time Champion Sun, Break Record, Legend Sun!

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  Back then, the Wind King had relied on his firm will to go from being a wind element to developing intelligence, rising to an overlord, and eventually becoming the Wind King.

  It never knew what inferiority was and only possessed the valor to look down on the rest of the world. But now, when facing Sun Mo who had spoken so fluently, it somehow felt fear in its heart.

  A hint of inferiority started to permeate.

  “Alright, this is the personal disciples battle. I’m just a side character and shouldn’t be stealing the limelight.”

  Sun Mo smiled, looking suave and natural, instantly capturing the hearts of many young ladies that they screamed their loves for him.

  The Wind King threw a glance at Huang Peng and sent out a gust of gale slashing onto his body. While sending him off the arena, it also left a scar on his body as if he had been executed.

  He wouldn’t die, but an injury was inevitable.

  “In the future, don’t summon me out to deal with such weaklings!”

  The Wind King warned.

  “I’ve got it!”

  Li Ziqi nodded very seriously.

  “.……”

  The Wind King felt a little upset. (Do you have to be so docile? I only want to uphold my kingly character. Why don’t you understand?)

  (I’ve been cooped up for so long that I crave to see the blue sky outside! If it wasn’t because your spirit qi level is too low and can’t hold up frequent spirit qi summoning, I’d want to come out and play freely every day.)

  The Wind King disappeared and returned to the hall.

  Tong Yiming climbed up the arena again, let out two coughs, and then announced in a loud voice,

  “This round, Li Ziqi wins!”

  The little sunny egg bowed toward Tong Yiming and flew down, landing next to Sun Mo. Her moves were very graceful, like a fairy, looking extremely cool.

  After the Wind King had appeared, the rest of the duels were uninteresting.

  It was like eating hard plain buns after feasting on the Manchu Han imperial feast. It was hard to palate.

  This continued until the eighth round when Ying Baiwu went up.

  Everyone instantly became spirited, wondering what kind of surprise Sun Mo’s disciple would bring them.

  The iron-headed young girl’s opponent was at the Divine Force Realm.

  The vast difference in their cultivation level made any of Ying Baiwu’s battle tactics appear weak and useless. Therefore, she didn’t talk any crap and flew up after Tong Yiming had announced the start of the battle.

  Thereafter, it was an archery performance.

  A Divine Force Realm expert was powerful. However, no matter how strong they were, they couldn’t keep up with Ying Baiwu’s shooting speed.

  This unlucky guy didn’t cover himself and had nowhere to dodge, so he could only be on the passive end of things and get beaten up.

  He didn’t give up since he was planning on wearing down Ying Baiwu’s spirit qi. However, he couldn’t wait for that moment to arrive because the arrows were raining down densely, and it was getting increasingly dangerous.

  In the end, he could only give up before he was covered in arrows, saving some face for himself.

  With that, the battles to determine the top 16 ended. After resting for one day, the battles to determine the top eight started.

  Ying Baiwu’s victory pushed the Skyward Spirit Rune’s value to a greater height.

  There weren’t many archers in the Nine Provinces because they had a natural flaw. Although they had an obvious advantage in long-distance combat, when the opponents got close, they wouldn’t be able to do anything.

  Therefore, other than people who were gifted in archery, no one practiced it. But now, when paired with the Skyward Spirit Rune, archers would be undefeated.

  Even if they couldn’t win, they could fly away!

  Before the battles to determine the top eight started, another incident happened. All gambling dens, including the official ones, had closed to stop taking in new bets.

  Previously, everyone had thought that even if Li Ziqi and Ying Baiwu could fly, their cultivation levels were far too low. Moreover, they were young and had little experience, so things might be bad for them.

  However, after Li Ziqi brought out the Wind King, who’d be able to win against her?

  Even Huang Peng, who received the greatest support for clinching the championship, had been defeated.

  The only person who had the chance to win against her was her junior martial sister, Ying Baiwu.

  If the gambling dens didn’t stop taking in bets, wouldn’t they just be giving free money to the customers?

  Li Ziqi was still the first one up for the top eight battles.

  Her opponent forfeited directly.

  One might be able to gain experience when fighting against others, but against Li Ziqi, it’d be purely a tormenting experience. They might even lose their lives.

  After all, the lightning sea and big fireballs had no eyes to see who they hit.

  Ying Baiwu’s opponent refused to accept this and had one leg smashed by her. This was the iron-headed young girl showing mercy. Otherwise, her opponent would have lost their life.

  In the battle for the top four, Li Ziqi’s opponent was Zhang Wentao’s disciple, Liu Yuzhi.

  The little sunny egg had made ample preparation because Sun Mo had won against Zhang Wentao in the examination. Therefore, if she were to win, she’d be able to take down the guardsman to the Great Teacher Rankings, letting Sun Mo get onto it.

  Of course, this title didn’t add any more glory to Sun Mo, who now possessed a saint candidate title and was the best spirit runist in the Nine Provinces.

  He was strong enough!

  Anyone would think that Liu Yuzhi would put up an intense fight against Li Ziqi to uphold his teacher’s status. However, she forfeited the match directly.

  “We won’t be able to win, so why go up and embarrass ourselves?”

  Zhang Wentao smiled faintly when his good friends asked him about it. He then walked toward Sun Mo. “Come to the Black-White Academy to play when you’re free. I’ll play host to you.”

  “Alright!”

  Sun Mo admired Zhang Wentao’s graciousness. ……

  Ying Baiwu’s opponent was Bai Xiqing’s personal disciple, Miao Chuandong.

  “Teacher, why did you tell me to forfeit the match?”

  Miao Chuandong was very upset.

  “It’s because your opponent is my idol’s disciple. There’s no way you can win.”

  Bai Xiqing patted Miao Chuandong’s shoulder. “Come with me to meet Sun Mo. Let him give you some guidance.”

  With that, Ying Baiwu won without having to fight. She would be meeting Li Ziqi in the finals.

  “If Secondary Saint Zhou were to find out that the 4-stars great teacher examination would turn out like this, he’d definitely not have created any hindrances!”

  “It’s a case of going for wool and coming home shorn!”

  “His reputation is going to take a plunge.”

  The great teachers actively discussed amongst themselves.

  There were no distinctions between secondary saints, but after the incident with Li Ziqi, Secondary Saint Zhou would become one at the lowest ranking.

  It could be anticipated that from now on, the people from distinguished backgrounds would definitely turn to approach other secondary saints.

  After all, anyone would be worried that he’d make a misjudgment.

  With that, Secondary Saint Zhou’s influence would take a hit.

  That made sense. If a great teacher’s personal disciples consisted only of members of royalty, aristocrats, and direct descendants of wealthy merchants, then his or her influence would definitely be immense. But if their personal disciples were from ordinary families, they probably couldn’t even cover their bills when they were to go out.

  The championship battle didn’t take place.

  It was because both Li Ziqi and Ying Baiwu admitted their losses at the same time.

  This was an extremely rare scene in the personal disciples battle. It hadn’t happened in at least 300 years.

  The disciples would usually be able to boast about getting to the finals even if they didn’t emerge victorious. And Sun Mo ended up having two personal disciples in the finals.

  Furthermore, this had broken the records for the youngest participants to get first and second place respectively. In addition to the Skyward Spirit Rune and the Wind King, Sun Mo’s reputation soared in the great teacher world because of them.

  It probably wouldn’t be long before the entire Nine Provinces would know of his name.

  “Teacher Sun, congratulations!”

  “Teacher Sun, if you’re free, shall we have a drink together?”

  “Teacher Sun, can you please give us a chance to live?”

  All the great teachers took the initiative to chat Sun Mo up. Even the weakest amongst them was a 4-stars.

  (What? 3-stars? Aren’t you embarrassed to get near to Sun Mo?)

  Even those 4-stars great teachers felt a little diffident to be approaching him, fearing that Sun Mo might show them a bad attitude. After all, he had the right to flaunt like this.

  An additional friend would mean an additional path. Moreover, as the vice-headmaster, Sun Mo had to consider things for the Central Province Academy’s future. Therefore, no matter how much he didn’t like to socialize, he had to bear with it.

  Three days passed by in a jiffy, and the star-awarding ceremony arrived.

  Under the gazes of over 10,000 people in the martial dojo, 100 new 4-stars great teachers received the 4-stars great teacher emblems that were personally awarded by Liang Hongda.

  At the same time, Sun Mo also received his fourth champion title in his great teacher life, completing the legendary feat of rising four stars in a row, becoming a four-time champion.

  “Teacher Sun, congratulations on becoming a four-time champion. It’s an unprecedented feat and there might not be anyone who could do it in the future either.”

  Liang Hongda smiled, wanting to build a better relationship with Sun Mo.

  “Try to go for the 5-stars champion too!”

  Tong Yiming encouraged.

  Sun Mo was about to speak humbly when Liang Hongda interrupted him

  “That’ll probably be a little difficult.”

  “Hmm?” Tong Yiming frowned. “Why is that so?”

  “The new year is coming and spring will be here soon. The next 5-stars great teacher examination will naturally be held, and the contents are more or less decided.”

  Liang Hongda lowered his voice. As the Saint Gate’s vice sect lord, he naturally knew about these behind-the-scenes things.

  “Other than comprehending 15 great teacher halos, including Teacher for a Day, Father for Life, as well as grasping a grandmaster-level occupation, the upcoming 5-stars examination will require one to have caught ten dark great teachers.”

  “Huh?”

  Tong Yiming was stunned. “Why is it suddenly a requirement to hunt down dark great teachers?”

  Liang Hongda ignored Tong Yiming but explained things to Sun Mo.

  “The content of the 5-stars examinations or higher will no longer follow a procedural style that is conducted for the 1-star, 2-stars, and 3-stars examinations. It will be adjusted according to the world’s circumstances.”

  People from the Dark Dawn had been too arrogant over the past two years. They had even reached the stage of plotting against the Dragon Subduing Academy. Therefore, this year, the examination content for both the 5-stars and 6-stars examinations would be to hunt down dark great teachers and suppress them.

  “This isn’t targeted against you. Don’t misunderstand!”

  Liang Hongda consoled him.

  Based on the ordinary examination content, Sun Mo might have a chance to get another champion title. However, things would be more uncertain when it was to hunt down dark great teachers.

  Unless you were to kill a Starlord or another major character from the dark great teacher world, how would you be able to prove that your battle achievements were more outstanding than others?

  But to kill a Starlord?

  That was too difficult!

  “I understand!”

  Sun Mo nodded to express that he understood.

  Since he wanted to become a great teacher, he had to go by the Saint Gate’s way of doing things.

  The award ceremony was over.

  That night, when everyone was talking about becoming a five-time champion, Sun Mo told this piece of news to everyone.

  “Isn’t this too dirty?”

  Ying Baiwu was displeased.

  “I’m going to the Saint Gate to complain!”

  Gu Xiuxun felt very angry.

  Everyone’s countenance looked grim.

  “Hey, hey, don’t be acting like this. You guys are making it as if I’ll definitely be able to get the champion.”

  Sun Mo was speechless.

  (Why are you guys more confident in me than I am in myself? This will give me tremendous pressure.)

  “Sun Mo, don’t lose. Who knows, there might be a Starlord who bangs his head into a tree and dies, and maybe you’ll manage to pick him up.”

  Bai Xiqing consoled Sun Mo while drinking mushroom soup.

  Sun Mo threw a glance at this person. (Why are you, an outsider, here when we’re having a gathering amongst us people from the Central Province Academy? Forget it, on the account that you’re my die-hard fan, I won’t hold it against you.)

  “I feel that in this matter of hunting down ten dark great teachers, there’s another more important matter!”

  An Xinhui interjected.

  At this moment, the system’s notifications rang out in great density.