Translator: Lordbluefire

  After so many years, Sun Mo’s disciples had long since become famous.

  There was no need to mention anything about the female emperor of Great Tang, Li Zigi. She had become the youngest great teacher in history. As for Xuanyuan Po and Ying Baiwu, one was given the title ‘the number one spear king’ among the younger generations, and the other one was known as an

  archery goddess.

  During these few years, many people had come to find Xuanyuan Po due to his fame, but they had all been defeated by him.

  Before the Hero Battle started, some people had even said that he was the strongest attacker in the Nine Provinces. The truth had proven that Xuanyuan Po could indeed live up to this name

  His fights were either insta-kills or settled within three minutes. Hence, one could say that he was tyrannically strong.

  Yuan Yuan was also a spear user and was naturally unconvinced. So, the moment the battle started, both parties started attacking without holding back. They wanted to see who could kill the other party first before they got killed.

  And after five minutes of a furious clash, Yuan Yuan was in a disadvantageous position.

  Be it cultivation art or combat experience, both parties were at the same level. But in terms of will, Yuan Yuan was a shade inferior. He would feel pain and when he came face to face with attacks that could really kill him, he would become nervous. This caused his moves to be delayed slightly and his form to

  be weakened.

  On the other hand, Xuanyuan Po was as calm as water in an ancient well. It was like the blows that struck him weren’t striking his body at all.

  ‘There was no solution to it. Yuan Yuan knew that if this continued, he would lose for sure. Hence, he decisively switched to defense from offense, preparing to stay on guard.

  As long as Xuanyuan Po couldn’t break his defense and lose his momentum, he would be the eventual winner.

  Upon seeing this scene, exclamations of shock rang out through the crowd. This meant that Yuan Yuan had admitted that he was inferior to Xuanyuan Po when it came to attacking.

  One must know that from the start of this competition, Yuan Yuan had also relied on a silver spear to slaughter his enemies all the way.

  “Is that fellow a monster?”

  Outsiders looked at drama, while experts could see the true essence. All the cultivators were dumbfounded when they saw Xuanyuan Po who was unafraid of death.

  Death was the greatest fear in life, and it was a brand carved into one’s instinct. Yet, this youth truly didn’t care about that.

  “This is truly the supreme martial path. He has no more distracting thoughts in his mind!”

  A 6-stars great teacher, who had been talking bad about Sun Mo all this while, felt so envious that he almost drooled. (This youth would surely become a king among all spear kings.)

  “It’s stable now!”

  Lu Zhiruo and Xianyu Wei high-fived to celebrate. After that, they hugged each other and cheered happily.

  Others felt that Xuanyuan Po was unrivaled when it came to attacking, but only his fellow martial siblings understood that the most terrifying thing about the combat addict was his immense spirit and his off-the-chart recovery capability.

  Yuan Yuan wanted to wait for Xuanyuan Po’s strength to be exhausted?

  What a joke.

  The combat addict could sustain 15 minutes of such high-momentum attacks!

  As expected, after Yuan Yuan was fully focused on defense, Xuanyuan Po could fully concentrate on attacking, unleashing various techniques.

  “Beautiful!”

  Those experts cheered again.

  This fight showed beautiful offense and defense. It was just that Yuan Yuan couldn’t say anything because he discovered that it was getting increasingly strenuous for him to block the attacks.

  If this continued, he would surely lose.

  This discovery caused him to feel very disappointed.

  Because this indicated that he was inferior to Xuanyuan Po. However, an instant later, Yuan Yuan adjusted his mental state and started to think of solutions.

  Since he couldn’t outlast his opponent, he had to decisively settle it within a short period. In that case, the only solution was for both of them to compete with their ultimate techniques.

  Yuan Yuan roared in rage as the spirit qi in his body gushed forth.

  Spear God Possession, Hundred Battle Shadows!

  Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

  Seven clones that looked exactly the same as Yuan Yuan separated from his body and surrounded Xuanyuan Po. After that, each of them unleashed an ultimate technique.

  This was none other than Yuan Yuan’s absolute ultimate skill. He could split a part of his soul and transform it into spear shadows that could attack automatically.

  Blazing Flames Ignite, Heavens Burial, World into Ashes!

  BOOM!

  Xuanyuan Po’s entire body emitted steam. After that, he directly turned into a human torch, and the flames on his body ignited anything they touched.

  Asa result, those spear shadows were like candles and began to burn.

  ‘The experts among the judges immediately acted to contain the impact so they could protect the audience from being burned to death.

  But even so, the audience was frightened. At this moment, the platform was covered with a sea of flames. The scorching temperature was painful enough to cause the audience to subconsciously retreat.

  Some great teachers had even tossed out calming-type halos, or the stampede formed from the panic would definitely trample many to death.

  Boom!

  After a while, a body burning in flames flew out of the sea of flames and fell down the platform.

  Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!

  The medical staff who were long since prepared immediately rushed forward and started emergency treatment.

  “The victor has been decided!”

  ‘The great teachers glanced at the platform. On it, the sea of flames had died down and Xuanyuan Po’s silhouette along with his silver spear could be seen. His body was riddled with wounds that had stopped bleeding due to the high heat.

  “Isn’t this battle a little too violent?”

  “This battle absolutely has the feel of a legendary-realm battle!”

  “Fascinating!”

  ‘The audience discussed as they applauded loudly.

  “Oh yay, we won!” Lu Zhiruo and Xianyu Wei cheered. The former immediately prodded Tantai Yutang. “Why are you in a daze? Quickly go and treat Xuanyuan!”

  “Haha, the championship is in our hands, how satisfying!”

  Helian Beifang laughed uproariously. (Who would have thought that the very finals of the Number One Hero Battle would be decided between two of our martial siblings? We are destined to get the top two places, are you afraid or not?)

  Helian Beifang had originally wanted to congratulate his teacher, but when he turned his head, he discovered that his teacher had a heavy look on his face. This was the same for his eldest martial sister.

  Mn?

  Helian Beifang frowned. Just when he wanted to ask what’s the problem, everyone in the judging panel suddenly stood up in unison. That head judge even started to instruct the security group to come over.

  “Capture him!”

  ‘Him referred to Xuanyuan Po.

  Although they didn’t know what was going on, the order of the head judge was undoubtable. Hence, the security guards immediately charged up the platform.

  “What’s going on?”

  ‘The students all glanced at Sun Mo.

  “You guys wait here!”

  Sun Mo instructed and activated the Skyward Spirit Rune. His entire body then flew up and landed before Xuanyuan Po.

  Wow!

  This scene caused many people to widen their eyes.

  After all, the ability of flight, no matter in which era, represented the most beautiful dream and utmost freedom.

  “Eldest Martial Sister!”

  Lu Zhiruo grew anxious. She could also tell that something was wrong.

  “You guys, wait here!”

  Li Ziqi gritted her teeth. After warning everyone, she also floated in the air and moved toward the stage.

  Given how solemn the judge and great teachers looked, something major must have happened. The little sunny egg didn’t want her martial siblings to be implicated, or their future might be affected. However, all his martial siblings were united against a common enemy.

  Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

  All of them also flew up.

  (Wow!)

  Let alone the ordinary folks being wowed, even great teachers with wide horizons and high prestige couldn’t be calm at this moment. A bunch of people flying up in unison—the shock brought by the sight of this was simply off-the-charts.

  “Is this the Skyward Spirit Rune? I finally have the fate to see it. It’s too cool!”

  “In that case, did Ying Baiwu go easy on her opponents? If she could fly, wouldn’t she be the champion already?”

  “But using flying might seem a little like cheating?”

  “That’s an ability granted by her teacher. It’s like the money your parents give you; it will surely be your money in the end!”

  Everyone started discussing, but they soon discovered that this argument was meaningless because the top two places already belonged to Sun Mo’s disciples. However, why was the current atmosphere so tense?

  In the crowd, Square-face and his companions who had once stopped Li Ziqi and the others were also observing the situation.

  Upon seeing this, all of them drew in a breath of air.

  “What’s supposed to happen has happened after all!”

  Square-face sighed in sorrow. “No matter how talented Xuanyuan is, to people of the Nine Provinces, he is an aberration, an existence that has to be killed.”

  “T originally thought that given how great Great Teacher Sun’s fame is, he should be able to protect Xuanyuan. But from the looks of things now, I was hoping for too much.”

  Little Chestnut clenched his fist tightly. “Elder bro, what should we do?”

  “Let’s take a step at a time!”

  Square-face indicated for everyone to stay calm.

  The commotion on the platform caused many low star-ranking great teachers to realize that something was wrong. All of them gradually fell silent.

  “Teacher Sun, from the looks of it, you already knew Xuanyuan Po’s identity?”

  ‘The head judge questioned.

  Several major characters frowned. If Sun Mo admitted to it, this matter would be extremely troublesome.

  “Xuanyuan’s aptitude is so strong, so I have long since had my guesses about his origins, but I only confirmed it after he displayed his innate divine ability.”

  Sun Mo spoke in a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing.

  Upon hearing the words ‘innate divine ability’, plenty of major characters who knew some secrets involuntarily inhaled a breath of cold air.

  Because this term was used to describe darkness seeds.

  There were a total of six levels in the Darkness Continent, and each level had different laws. So, for some of the darkness seeds born there, they might be lucky enough to gain some miraculous ability when they were born.

  For example, for Xuanyuan Po, his skin and muscles could absorb moves powered by spirit qi and weaken the strength of those moves by a portion.

  In the past, Xuanyuan Po was afraid his identity might be exposed, hence, he didn’t dare to use it. But for this battle, his opponent was too powerful and he had to give it his all. Besides, they were both enjoying such a satisfying battle. He felt that if he held back his strength, it would be a form of disrespect to

  his opponent.

  Hence, his secret was discovered.

  “Teacher Sun, I respect you, that’s why I have to ask you to leave. Do not interfere in this matter!”

  The judge spoke again.

  “Teacher Sun, quickly come down!”

  Some great teachers whose relationship with Sun Mo wasn’t bad persuaded him out of goodwill.

  “What’s going on?”

  ‘The audience was dumbstruck. For something like darkness seeds, let alone ordinary people, even some low-star ranking great teachers wouldn’t have heard of this term.

  This was a taboo topic that the Saint Gate had forbidden people from discussing. If someone spoke about this topic and it was discovered, they would be punished.

  Li Zigi snuck a glance at her teacher and felt somewhat conflicted.

  ‘The head judge had given sufficient face to her teacher. As long as her teacher stepped aside, everyone wouldn’t speak of Xuanyuan Po’s true identity and this could be settled privately. It wouldn’t damage Sun Mo’s reputation.

  However, once this was divulged, Sun Mo would be thought of as someone who had eyes but was blind. His reputation would be stained by a darkness seed forever. Moreover, those who hated Sun Mo could always toss in some rumors to harm him by saying that despite Sun Mo knowing that a darkness seed

  was the Saint Gate’s taboo, he had still taught and nurtured one meticulously…

  If this was confirmed, leaving aside the fact that Sun Mo might no longer be able to be a great teacher, he might even be banished to the Darkness Continent.

  As someone born in royalty, Li Ziqi already understood that when someone did things, it didn’t matter whether it was right or wrong. The authority to decide right or wrong only lay in the hands of those with power.

  Secondary Saint Hu wanted to help, but he was stopped by Yang Shizhan.

  “Wait a little more!”

  Saint Yang swept his gaze at the great teachers and observed their expressions.

  “Great Teacher Sun, don’t make a mistake!”

  When the head judge saw Sun Mo not replying, his tone became extremely severe…


  Chapter 1267: Sun Mo Loses His Temper, Corpses Littering the Ground!

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  “Teacher, a man should take responsibility for his actions. You don’t have to worry about me!”

  After Xuanyuan Po said this, he passed Sun Mo by and walked forward while roaring at the judge. “Target me if there’s anything. It has nothing to do with my teacher!”

  Pak!

  Sun Mo stretched out his hand and grabbed hold of Xuanyuan Po’s shoulder, pulling him behind.

  “It’s not the time for a young kid to speak.”

  Sun Mo berated.

  “Move back! I’m already an adult!”

  Xuanyuan Po might argue, but he felt warmth in his heart because he knew that his teacher was protecting him.

  Sigh!

  Li Ziqi sighed deeply in her heart. She knew that her teacher wouldn’t abandon Xuanyuan Po, but honestly speaking, when she saw this scene, she felt a sense of gratification and worship in the depths of her heart.

  Her teacher wasn’t someone who would give up on a personal student just for his own future.

  “Teacher!”

  Lu Zhiruo panicked.

  “Things are troublesome now!”

  Qin Yaoguang kneaded her glabella.

  Saint Gate’s view on darkness seeds had never changed. If Sun Mo wanted to protect Xuanyuan Po, he would have to go against the entire great teacher world.

  Why couldn’t the Saint Gate accept darkness seeds?

  Because their parents were great teachers who had committed wrong-doings in the past, and the Saint Gate had banished them. Who would believe it if people said that they wouldn’t hate the Saint Gate?

  There was also another point. These darkness seeds possessed very strong talent and techniques. It was one thing if they remained in the Darkness Continent, but if they came to the Nine Provinces and spread their progeny, allowing their talents and techniques to spread, wouldn’t they grow stronger and

  stronger and extremely powerful clans would be formed?

  With regard to this matter, the major characters of Saint Gate would absolutely not permit it.

  ‘The birth of a powerful clan meant that the pie needed to be split in another way.

  The head judge flicked his sleeves and coldly spoke, “Sun Mo, you better accept face when you are given it. What is your intention in publicly protecting a darkness seed?”

  ‘These words caused the other judges to feel frightened. All of them had dumbstruck looks on their faces as they stared at the head judge. (Why would you say the word ‘darkness seed’? Are you afraid that everyone in the world wouldn’t know?)

  “What is a darkness seed?”

  “It doesn’t seem to be anything good?”

  “In any case, there’s a good show to watch!”

  No one had expected that such a change would happen. For a time, everyone pricked their ears, deeply afraid of missing out on a single word.

  “So what if he is a darkness seed? He didn’t commit any crimes nor has he done anything immoral or worthy of condemnation. Does he have to be captured just because he is a darkness seed?”

  Sun Mo questioned.

  “That’s right. Darkness seeds are the descendants of criminals. Deep in their bones, they are bad guys.”

  The head judge persisted.

  “In that case, do you mean that the descendants of criminals are not worthy to live? Why don’t you kill them all?”

  Sun Mo mocked. “You cannot implicate the kids just because their parents did something wrong!”

  “Dragons will give birth to dragons and phoenixes will give birth to phoenixes. A rat naturally will give birth to a rat!”

  The head judge roared, “Besides, the example you gave is wrong. Darkness seeds are even more terrible compared to criminals. They ought to die as they are the source of chaos in society.”

  Although the other judges felt that the words of the head judge were too tyrannical and overbearing, all of them still supported the idea of putting all darkness seeds to death.

  If they died, there wouldn’t be any future trouble. If they lived, there would always be a risk.

  “Teacher Sun, it isn’t easy for you to accumulate so much fame. Moreover, your accomplishments would at least be a secondary saint in the future. Don’t destroy your future just because of a darkness seed!”

  An old man sincerely persuaded him.

  “That’s right. By giving up on a darkness seed that everyone has the obligation to kill, everyone will understand your decision and it won’t affect your reputation.”

  Amajor character spoke. He also yearned for Sun Mo’s Skyward Spirit Rune. If something happened to this fellow, how would he still be able to fly?

  (Even if you want to get into trouble, you should give me the flying spirit rune first!)

  Some persuaded him, while some attempted to force him. After all, many great teachers here were unhappy with Sun Mo. Now that they had a chance to cast a stone when he was down, they definitely wanted to crush him.

  “Sun Mo, don’t think that because you are a 6-stars, possessing God Hands, and also a great ancestor-level spirit runist, you would have the qualifications to rebel against the Saint Gate!”

  A middle-aged man snorted in disdain. “Killing all darkness seeds is a rule set over ten thousand years ago by noble sages who were great teachers. Who do you think you are to defy it?”

  The ordinary people didn’t know what a seed of darkness was, but after hearing that this was a rule set by the noble sages of the past, they suddenly felt that Sun Mo was in the wrong for ignoring the big picture.

  (It’s fine for you to love your disciple, but you should have principles!)

  “You left out one of my titles. I’m also a great ancestor-level weaponsmith!”

  Sun Mo rebutted. “Also, who the hell are you? I’m arguing with the judges, so why is a noob like you interrupting us?”

  “Who did you say was a noob?” The middle-aged man was extremely enraged. “This daddy is a 6-stars!”

  “May I ask how old you are this year?”

  Sun Mo’s lips twitched.

  ‘Eh!

  ‘The face of the middle-aged man immediately became the color of pig liver because he understood what Sun Mo meant.

  “No matter how I look at it, you are older than me, right?”

  Sun Mo berated. “Yet, your star rank is actually the same as mine? Have all these years you’ve been living gone to the dogs?”

  “If you have the face to brag loudly to educate me, why don’t you scram back home and study harder to improve your star-rank and character?”

  “You……”

  The middle-aged man was so angry that he almost coughed up blood. “I want to fight you!”

  “Old Zhang, calm your anger!”

  ‘A few good friends of the middle-aged man tried to persuade him.

  Let alone this Great Teacher Zhang, even all the great teachers on the scene felt very embarrassed. (Someone like you would only appear once every ten thousand years, alright?)

  (But Sun Mo’s expertise in weaponsmithing is also already at the great ancestor-level? Isn’t this a little too strong?)

  “A fight? Sure!”

  Sun Mo smiled malevolently. “Let’s make it a life-and-death battle. Do you dare?”

  “Gurgle!”

  Great Teacher Zhang gulped down a mouthful of saliva. Truthfully speaking, he didn’t really dare to accept it, but there were tens of thousands of people here looking at him. If he lost his guts now, his reputation would be destroyed.

  “Come on then, who is afraid of who?”

  (Damn, this daddy is going all out. I don’t believe you have time to cultivate when you already have ‘great ancestor-level’ expertise in two subjects. This daddy will definitely be able to crush your head.)

  “Sun Mo, fifth level of the Longevity Realm. Please guide me!”

  Sun Mo introduced.

  “Huh?”

  Great Teacher Zhang blinked as a look of dumbfounded amazement appeared on his face. However, his heart was panicking, and a buzzing sound was ringing in his ears.

  (Did I hear wrongly?)

  (Why is his cultivation base the same as mine?)

  (One must know that I’m currently 145 years old. I feel like my years living have all gone to the dogs.)

  Whispers abounded in the surroundings as countless sighs of surprise and shocked gazes gathered on Sun Mo. They were looking at this outrageously young man.

  “Quickly get on with the introduction?!”

  Sun Mo urged.

  “Z……Zhang Zechun, fifth level of the Longevity Realm!”

  Usually, Zhang Zechun would feel a sense of superiority when he reported his cultivation level because his cultivation speed could be considered very fast. But at this moment, he felt so unsightly that he wanted to dig a hole and hide.

  Honestly speaking, Zhang Zechun didn’t want to fight anymore.

  From the cultivation arts used by Sun Mo’s personal students, he could tell that Sun Mo’s combat strength was definitely top tier.

  (Damn, am I brain damaged? Why did I want to fight?)

  Zhang Zechun snuck a glance at the head judge and the familiar great teachers around him.

  (Why didn’t you guys say something to persuade me earlier? If you guys did, I could just follow the flow and step down gracefully.)

  In the blink of an eye, Zhang Zechun understood.

  These fellows were also curious about how strong Sun Mo was and wanted to personally witness his strength. So he was treated like a white lab rat by them.

  “Can we begin?”

  Sun Mo asked in an annoyed tone.

  “S……sure!”

  Just after Zhang Zechun finished speaking, he felt his vision being dazzled. A silhouette had appeared before him and unleashed a heavy punch.

  Hu~

  A gust of wind blasted his face, and the intensity was like a level 13 hurricane on the wind scale. Even his hair was blown away.

  Invincible Buddha Fist!

  Sun Mo attacked ferociously.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Zhang Zechun didn’t dare to receive the attack head-on, but despite him giving his all in defense, he could only receive three punches. After that, he felt like his bones were about to shatter.

  Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

  Zhang Zechun executed his movement art and retreated with explosive speed, wanting to lengthen the distance between them. He could see that Sun Mo truly had the intent to kill. Evidently, Sun Mo wanted to use him to shock and scare the others.

  (This won’t do! I have to concede now!)

  Although he couldn’t ‘harden’ anymore, he could still use his fingers. After all, the world was so large and there were still so many beauties waiting for him to visit.

  Sun Mo stood still, but violent waves of spirit qi gushed forth from his body. After that, it took the form of an angry-faced arhat that surged forward and threw out a heavy punch at Zhang Zechun.

  “THER.

  Zhang Zechun didn’t have time to curse. His inner organs were pulverized by that arhat, causing him to cough up blood and some pieces of his shattered organs.

  Zhang Zechun wanted to forfeit and didn’t want to resist anymore. Hence, he turned and fled, wanting to get off the platform.

  (I’ve given up, he probably wouldn’t chase and kill me, right?)

  Zhang Zechun’s thoughts painted a pretty scene, but an icy voice soon rang out behind him.

  “You what?”

  Zhang Zechun’s countenance drastically changed. (When did he appear behind me? Wrong, who’s the Sun Mo in front of me, then?)

  (Is this a clone? But why is it so real? This is almost comparable to the clone from the ultimate divine art of the Skyraise Academy – the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art.)

  Zhang Zechun no longer had any opportunity to understand because this punch of Sun Mo exploded his head.

  Huala~

  White-colored brain matter mixed with blood splattered around as a cruel picture was painted on the ground.

  “Who else wants to fight a life-and-death battle with me?* Sun Mo swept his gaze through the surroundings.

  Bang!

  As the sound of the corpse hitting the platform rang out, the entire place fell silent. Everyone began to inhale coldly.

  (This Sun Mo, isn’t his speed of killing people a little too fast?)

  Honestly speaking, the vast majority of people couldn’t see what had happened clearly.

  Why did Zhang Zechun die in the blink of an eye?

  There wasn’t even time for a clown’s performance.

  “No wonder the disciples of Sun Mo are so powerful. With such an impressive teacher, if his students couldn’t learn anything, they might as well jump into the river to commit suicide!”

  Some of the older people in the crowd were now looking at Sun Mo with glowing eyes. They really wanted him to be the teacher of their students.

  “Sun Mo, you are too lawless!”

  The judge berated. “Killing someone just because you are angry. Do you still have the magnanimous heart and noble demeanor of a great teacher?!”

  “You want me to not kill my opponent in a life-and-death battle? Do you think we are playing house?”

  Sun Mo surveyed the head judge and activated Divine Sight. However, it only showed ‘unknown target’. Although he couldn’t see the head judge’s cultivation level, Sun Mo wasn’t bothered.

  “If you are unhappy, how about fighting me?”


  Chapter 1268: Saints Appearing, Strongly Reinforcing Sun Mo!

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  Sun Mo’s battle invitation directly heated the atmosphere up.

  The ordinary people naturally didn’t give a damn about who was right or wrong. They were only here to watch the drama. Hence, all the current spectators were shouting, wanting the head judge to go and fight.

  However, the great teachers knew that there was a high chance that nothing would happen.

  The head judge was over 300 years old, ten times older than Sun Mo. It was only normal if he won. But if he lost, he would lose all his face.

  No one would do such a disadvantageous thing.

  “Saint Yang, let’s act. We cannot allow this matter to continue worsening!”

  Hu Xingjiang took the lead and jumped up the platform. After that, he clasped his hands and bowed. “Everyone, please calm down. If there’s anything, let us first return to the Saint Gate before we speak!”

  jiang’s thoughts were very simple. He wanted to avoid Sun Mo being watched by so many people. For this matter, the fewer the number of people who knew about it, the less likely the rumors would get out of hand.

  “Damn, my teacher has died. If Sun Mo doesn’t give everyone a reply today, there’s no need for him to think about going anywhere!”

  “Darkness seeds are heresy. By protecting him, Sun Mo is also a heretic. His character is bad, so what if he’s very talented? Kill him!”

  “That’s right, kill him!”

  The personal students of Zhang Zechun were crying out loud, wanting to take revenge for their teacher. They didn’t mind even if they had to die.

  “That was a life-and-death battle. Since he is dead, it simply means that his skill was inferior!”

  Li Ziqi shot in rage and even activated Profound Words. After all, after being emperor for many years, she was already used to speaking wise words, causing her to comprehend Profound Words. “If you guys are unhappy, fight a life-and-death battle with me!”

  “Zigi, please speak a few sentences less.”

  Hu Xingjiang persuaded. “Also, you guys should stop shouting. It’s useless!”

  “Who do you think you are?”

  “Scram and eat shit!”

  “”p*** yourself!”

  Zhang Zechun’s disciples directly cursed.

  Due to Hu Xingjiang’s bad experience back then, he didn’t like the great teacher world. This was why he chose to hide in the Prison of Desolation to wait for death. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was moved by Sun Mo’s words, he basically wouldn’t have left.

  So, even though he was a secondary saint, he wasn’t egoistic and proud. Even the teacher robes he was wearing had worn out due to being washed too many times. He didn’t pursue aesthetics.

  Therefore, these disciples immediately felt contempt for Hu Xingjiang when they saw his robes. From their points of view, this great teacher must be not doing well for himself.

  With regard to this behavior of looking down on others, Hu Xingjiang didn’t mind it. Instead, he sighed and removed his ‘Unknown Obscurity’ halo.

  A strange fragrance immediately permeated the air. Those who smelled it felt joy in their hearts, and their fatigue also vanished completely.

  “S…… secondary saint?”

  The great teachers widened their eyes and surveyed Hu Xingjiang with looks of astonishment.

  Who was this fellow?

  Why did a secondary saint suddenly appear?

  Such a bodily fragrance was the symbol of a secondary saint. It could drive bugs away and prevent poison from coming near. It could also boost one’s mental state and allow people to be in the most optimal learning condition.

  There were too few saints, and it was too hard to be one. Because of this fact, a secondary saint was considered a peak existence in the great teacher world. If they stomped their foot, the entire great teacher world would tremble thrice.

  However, they had never heard of this old man before.

  “Old Hu?”

  Some aged great teachers recognized Hu Xingjiang.

  Recently, everyone’s attention was on the large-scale Number One Hero Battle of the Nine Provinces, so they didn’t pay too much attention to Sun Mo and only knew that he had succeeded in raising his rank. But as for the specific process, they didn’t investigate further.

  Zhang Zechun’s disciples all tuned pale immediately because insulting a secondary saint was a heavy crime!

  Luckily, Hu Xingjiang didn’t want to look for trouble.

  “Everyone, if we continue quarreling, the reputation of great teachers would be destroyed by us. Let us come to a conclusion after returning to the Saint Gate, alright?”

  iang sincerely pleaded. “I hope everyone can do things with an emphasis on the bigger picture.”

  “What is the bigger picture?”

  ‘The head judge had a stern look on his face and spoke harshly, “I don’t care if you are a secondary saint or a saint. Today, I’m going to administer justice and kill the darkness seed. This is a tradition of the Saint Gate. We have to maintain the law and discipline of the Nine Provinces to protect its peace.

  Since this is a rule set by the noble sages of the past, it isn’t something you can rebut with Sun Mo.

  “Also, we are great teachers. There’s nothing that cannot be said publicly. If we want to do something, we will do it openly. There’s no need for us to sneak around.”

  At this moment, the expression of the head judge was as though he was a justice incarnate.

  “Well spoken!”

  A moment later, many of the people spectating shouted out in agreement.

  However, some great teachers were frowning. Given the star rank of the head judge, if this was truly what he thought, Priceless Advice would surely be activated. Since that didn’t happen, it meant that he had a selfish motive.

  (But then again, if I were in his shoes, I would also want to suppress Sun Mo and make him suffer a bit.)

  “What is tradition?”

  Avoice rang out, not loud but it clearly spread through the entire place. Everyone felt that the speaker was just beside them.

  “There are good traditions and bad traditions. All things in the world have to undergo development. We can’t possibly use a rule that was set 10,000 years ago to handle matters of the current era.”

  Yang Shizhan spoke.

  Swish~

  Tens of thousands of people on the scene turned their heads in unison to look over.

  This was a saint’s talent. Even if they didn’t cast any halo, their words would naturally attract the attention of everyone.

  Secondary saints and saints both had the automatic ability to exude a striking presence to everyone. So, they would usually cast the ‘Unknown Obscurity’ halo on themselves to shield the perceptions of those around them.

  After all, they didn’t want to be looked at like monkeys in a circus.

  Unknown Obscurity meant that one was ordinary and common, and that no matter how different the vantage points of everyone were, no matter how high their achievements were, they still treated themselves as an ordinary person.

  Yang Shizhan then slowly walked toward the platform.

  There were many people before him, and the battle platform was quite high as well. Ordinary people would either have to climb or jump before they could get up, but Yang Shizhan directly walked up in the air.

  Every step he took caused a lotus to bloom underneath his feet, perfectly supporting his body in the air.

  “He can also fly!”

  “Fool, that’s Lotus Step!”

  “My heavens, he’s a saint!”

  ‘The audience was shocked. After that, some great teachers also subconsciously bowed although they knew Yang Shizhan couldn’t see them.

  It wasn’t just Lotus Step. As Yang Shizhan dispelled Unknown Obscurity, the surrounding spirit qi gathered before him and formed into a peach tree that was filled with pink petals, blocking the blazing sun for him. After that, a plum tree that was filled with fruits materialized, providing their juice to

  quench his thirst.

  This was a saint phenomenon – Peach and Plum filling the World.*

  Only true saints could evoke this phenomenon, and there was no way to fake this. Hence, the great teachers all revoked their expressions and started to bow in greetings.

  “Greetings, Saint!”

  “Dispense with the ceremonies!”

  Yang Shizhan’s expression didn’t change, but he was sighing ruefully in his heart. He had once anticipated this scene, but after he entered the Prison of Desolation, he had given up his hopes of becoming a true saint.

  He didn’t expect that two hundred years later, his hopes were realized.

  It was simply like a dream.

  As expected, all of this was thanks to Sun Mo.

  Upon thinking of this, Yang Shizhan’s respect toward Sun Mo deepened even more.

  “He seems to be in Sun Mo’s group?”

  Everyone was incomparably shocked. When a secondary saint spoke for Sun Mo, it was already very powerful in terms of impact. Yet, a saint suddenly appeared now?

  Zhang Zechun’s disciples were so scared that they lowered their heads and shrank back. They wanted nothing more than to hide their heads in a hole.

  “With regard to how we should handle darkness seeds, I will raise the case with the Saint Gate and request for a re-discussion. So as for today, just let this matter be!”

  Yang Shizhan didn’t discuss whether darkness seeds ought to be killed or not. He just wanted to delay things.

  ‘The lips of the head judge twitched, but he no longer argued because saints did have the qualifications to command him, so he could only comply. “I’ll comply with Saint’s order.”

  After agreeing, the head judge continued. “But in order to avoid this darkness seed fleeing, I suggest that we have the guards of the Saint Gate imprison him.”

  “No way!”

  Sun Mo immediately rejected this. Who knew if these people would punish and torture Xuanyuan secretly?

  ‘They might not kill Xuanyuan Po, but they could use other methods such as crippling his body. If that happened, let alone wielding a silver spear, he probably wouldn’t even have the strength to use a clutch in the future.

  Sun Mo naturally had to be on guard against such tricks.

  “Sun Mo, you best not want a mile after getting an inch!”

  The head judge berated.

  “You guys have also seen Teacher Sun’s attitude. If this continues, no result will come out of this. How about both parties taking a step back?”

  Yang Shizhan took the initiative to undertake the task. “I’ll monitor Xuanyuan Po. If he flees, I’ll be the one responsible!”

  ‘The great teachers were all dumbstruck. (What relationship do you have with Sun Mo? Why are you backing him up so much?)

  From their point of view, Xuanyuan Po’s identity was already exposed and he would surely flee if he had a chance to. However, their shock hadn’t ended yet because Secondary Saint Hu also spoke.

  “Ican vouch for Xuanyuan Po as well!”

  Secondary Saint Hu glanced at the combat addict. “His spear arts have entered the ‘Dao’ level and there’s a type of persistence within. I believe someone like him wouldn’t flee.”

  Asaint and a secondary saint… when their voices were added together, their power was very heavy. Hence, the head judge no longer dared to insist and could only let things be.

  He had planned to send a team of guards to monitor the villa Sun Mo and his disciples were staying in. But in order to express respect to Yang Shizhan and Hu Xingjiang, he gave up that notion.

  The competition ended, and it also meant that the Number One Hero Battle of the Nine Provinces had completely concluded with Jiang Leng being the champion.

  After all, as a darkness seed, even if Xuanyuan Po wasn’t put to death, he wouldn’t have a chance to participate in the championship anymore.

  Asa result, Jiang Leng won the championship cup for free, but he wasn’t happy at all. At the same time, Sun Mo also looked solemn.

  No matter what, this Hero Battle would be the most talked-about topic for years to come, including Sun Mo’s reputation, his personal disciples hogging the top ranks, and also the identity of a darkness seed.

  In any case, there was just a single sentence. Sun Mo and his disciples were now completely famous that everyone in the Nine Provinces would know of them.

  In the room, the students were in a discussion with each other.

  “This time around, our teacher is in deep shit!”

  Qin Yaoguang felt a headache. “Darkness seeds are taboo. In any case, I’ve never met one who was discovered but able to continue living.”

  “although I dislike Xuanyuan, other than him being brainless, he has not committed any bad deeds before!” Tantai Yutang shrugged.

  “This is a racial problem!” Jiang Leng rolled his eyes. “It has nothing to do with good or bad.”

  “If Teacher wants to protect Xuanyuan, he would definitely have to pay an extremely high price!” Helian Beifang analyzed. “Besides, he might not succeed.”

  “aren’t Saint Yang and Secondary Saint Hu speaking up for us?”

  Xianyu Wei hoped.

  “You wouldn’t possibly assume that the statuses of all saints are the same, right?”

  Qin Yaoguang sighed. “Those two have left the great teacher world for far too long and basically have no more foundation. If other saints appear and speak against them, their words would be insufficient.”

  “In any case, Secondary Saint Zhou would surely try to stir trouble!”

  Ying Baiwu was playing with a dagger. “And what’s going on with that head judge? He seems to be deliberately targeting our teacher at every turn?”

  The iron-headed girl wanted to kill that head judge.

  “I feel that we better watch Xuanyuan properly for now. If that brat flees, the trouble would be even greater.”

  The sickly invalid rose and prepared to check up on the combat addict.

  “Tl go with you!”

  Helian Beifang clutched the hilt of his blade. (If Xuanyuan Po wants to flee, he better not blame me for not being polite.)

  In any case, there was just a single thought in his mind. Protect his teacher first before protecting Xuanyuan Po.

  (1] The raws for this is also an idiom that means having students all around the world……