Translator: Lordbluefire

  Sun Mo didn’t say anything. He quietly listened to nasty comments people from the Nine Provinces had on darkness seeds and how intolerable darkness seeds were.

  15 minutes later, Sun Mo couldn’t bear it anymore.

  “Speak, what is your bottom line?”

  Sun Mo forcefully endured his anger. The other party did so many superfluous things for the sake of gaining capital when it came to the ‘benefits~exchange’.

  “Xuanyuan Po will be banished. He must return to the Darkness Continent and guarantee to never come back to the Nine Provinces, or he will be hunted down with no mercy!”

  A7-stars seized the initiative to speak. After speaking, he was immediately viewed with contempt by a bunch of people.

  (Why did you expose our bottom line?)

  (How can we negotiate then?)

  But they knew that Sun Mo’s value was simply too high, so everyone would do their best to express their goodwill so as to gain a favorable impression.

  “Impossible!”

  Sun Mo wouldn’t agree. He was someone who had been to the Darkness Continent. The living environment there was extremely vile and if there were no accidents, cultivators probably wouldn’t live past 100 years old.

  This was why darkness seeds had no way to rise.

  Their population was too small and their life cycles were too short. They had no way to effectively pass down the knowledge they acquired.

  “Teacher Sun, we have truly done our best.”

  ‘That 7-stars sighed. “When the Saint Gate captures a darkness seed, they will directly kill it. For individuals like Xuanyuan Po who have outstanding talent, they would be killed immediately to prevent future trouble. If not, he would become a formidable enemy after he matures.”

  ‘This was what everyone was worried about.

  If Xuanyuan Po was a noob, everyone wouldn’t mind closing an eye and allowing him to stay in the Nine Provinces. However, this fellow was so strong to the extent that he had the air of a spear king.

  Who would still dare to want him to stay?

  The price needed to kill him after he became a king of spear kings would be way too great.

  “Sun Mo. Xuanyuan Po’s identity is already exposed. Even if you let him stay in the Nine Provinces, he would no longer be able to survive here. Are you willing to see him being isolated and stared at by different gazes every day?”

  The head judge coldly snorted.

  Sun Mo fell silent, this was indeed a problem.

  Racial discrimination would always be present in any country and was the root of chaos and conflict.

  However, if Xuanyuan Po left like that, he wouldn’t have any hope left!

  “Teacher Sun, just let things be. If you really want to change everything, do your best to become a saint. Honestly speaking, your current fame is very great and you do have the authority to speak. But you are still too insufficient when compared to a saint.”

  ‘That great teacher spotted the main point with a single sentence.

  Bluntly speaking, it was because Sun Mo’s status wasn’t high enough. If he was the Sect Lord and had millions of students under his tutelage, in addition to having an important status in the great teacher world, it would be all too simple for him to decide the fate of a darkness seed.

  “Give me three days!”

  Sun Mo felt very bad. “Let me think about it awhile more!”

  “You best make your decision fast. If not, your enemies might make use of this chance to disgust you further by using various tricks!”

  A teacher reminded Sun Mo out of goodwill.

  ‘The enemy he was speaking about was naturally Secondary Saint Zhou.

  It would be an effortless thing if Secondary Saint Zhou wanted to make use of his connections and condemn Xuanyuan Po to death, under the pretext of justice.

  “Tl remember it!”

  Sun Mo rose and clasped his hands. “I’ve received everyone’s kindness. In the future, I’ll definitely pay all of you a visit with my gratitude!”

  Upon hearing this, everyone had looks of joy on their faces.

  They were so impatient and wanted to befriend Sun Mo precisely because of this. However, their words still had to be modest.

  “We don’t dare, we don’t dare. Teacher Sun, there’s no need for you to be so passionate, all of us cannot accept thi

  Li Ziqi, who was eavesdropping outside the room, heaved a sigh of relief.

  This matter was basically settled.

  The most important thing now was to protect Xuanyuan Po’s life before thinking of other requests.

  When one was out in society, it was inevitable for them to have to form relations with others. Since their teacher was in a bad mood and wasn’t willing to do so, she as the eldest disciple naturally had to fulfill his obligations.

  Li Ziqi tidied her great teacher robes and just when she was preparing to enter to invite everyone for a meal, she suddenly saw a guard rushing over with great haste.

  “y…Your Highness, this is bad. Young Master Xuanyuan was abducted by someone.”

  Swish~

  Sun Mo who heard the commotion directly sped out. He then grabbed the guard with one hand while rushing to the backyard together with the guard. He asked. “Who is it? Where did they go?”

  Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

  The great teachers hurriedly followed.

  ‘They naturally wouldn’t miss out on such an opportunity of doing Sun Mo a huge favor.

  On the roof of the backyard of the villa, Tantai Yutang and Helian Beifang had weapons in their hands as they blocked the path of the mysterious man wearing a black mantle.

  “You guys won’t be able to block me!”

  The mysterious man teased.

  “know, but we can’t watch a fellow martial sibling being abducted by a stranger.”

  ‘The sickly invalid bitterly smiled. He hoped they could converse a few meaningless sentences and delay the time until his teacher arrived.

  “Zhiruo, Baiwu, Xianyu, you guys leave first!”

  Helian Beifang urged, but the three girls didn’t listen.

  “What deep bonds!”

  The mysterious man sighed ruefully. “Xuanyuan, you have such good martial siblings. Are you willing to harm them just because of your ego?”

  In Xuanyuan’s mind, there was only combat. Other than being more respectful to his teacher, he was just a little bit closer to his fellow martial siblings in comparison to ordinary people.

  For example, if something happened to Lu Zhiruo and the others, he would do his utmost to save them, including sacrificing his life. However, that was his principle in life and wasn’t a measure of how deep his feelings were for them. But right now, the steel-heart combat addict felt his heart stirring.

  So this was the feeling of being cared for by others?

  “Oi, why didn’t you mention me?”

  Qin Yaoguang was unhappy. “Could it be that I’m not worthy to have a name?”

  “You are so smart, there’s basically no need for us to worry about you!”

  Tantai Yutang wanted to say that Qin Yaoguang’s ability to avoid danger and seek luck was simply too strong.

  “Enough, such delaying tactics won’t work on me!”

  ‘The mysterious person teased.

  Qin Yaoguang stuck her tongue out. After that, she looked at her fellow martial siblings. “What should we do? He has seen through us. Should we run?”

  Tantai Yutang was speechless. (Junior martial sister are you not a little too gutsy? You are even in the mood for teasing at such a time?)

  On the contrary, the mysterious man admired Qin Yaoguang’s personality very much. “Do you want to join my tutelage?”

  “Nope!”

  Qin Yaoguang rejected him very cleanly.

  “You came to my place to poach people? Isn’t that a little too arrogant?”

  Sun Mo managed to rush over in time. “Also, release Xuanyuan!”

  “Unable to maintain your composure when encountering trouble and you are acting like this in front of your disciples. Your performance is truly bad!”

  ‘The mysterious man shook his head and seemed very unhappy.

  “If you have guts, let him go!”

  Sun Mo’s fists were clenched tightly, and the spirit qi from his body trembled, like the brewing of a tornado.

  “Hmph, a puny fifth-level Longevity Realm cultivator dares to act so impudently before me?”

  The mysterious man chortled and released his spirit pressure.

  Rumble~

  His formidable spirit pressure was like angry ocean waves. Let alone the young people like Helian Beifang and the others, even some great teachers at the Longevity Realm would feel a headache so painful that their heads would feel like splitting as illusions appeared before their eyes.

  “S…Saint Realm?”

  Everyone was stunned. Why would such a formidable enemy suddenly appear?

  ‘The Legendary Realm was above the Longevity Realm, and after nine transformations, the Legendary realm experts could step into the Saint Realm. In the entire Nine Provinces, the number of saints didn’t exceed the number of fingers on two hands.

  One could say that this mysterious man was strong enough to annihilate everyone on the scene!

  “Could he be the Dawn Sovereign?”

  “He may be that most mysterious Zero Saint!”

  “No matter who he is, he’s someone we can’t afford to offend!”

  The countenances of the great teachers all turned bitter. If they knew about this before, they wouldn’t have followed Sun Mo. In such a scene, they weren’t qualified to help.

  “Sun Mo, I have no bad intentions for coming this time. I only want to bring Xuanyuan Po away!”

  ‘The mysterious man explained. “The great teachers of the Nine Provinces discriminate against darkness seeds, but I won’t do the same. I’ll do my utmost to forge him into a king among spear kings and let him turn the skies in the Nine Provinces topsy-turvy in the future.”

  “Lwon’t be your student. Be it in the past, now, or in the future, only one man is my teacher. He is none other than Sun Mo!”

  Each of Xuanyuan Po’s words was as strong as iron. As he spoke, he even punched out toward that mysterious man’s head. But just when his punch blasted out, an invisible energy obstructed it.

  Kacha!

  Xuanyuan Po’s arm broke but he didn’t give up. After that, he tried a headbutt, yet it was also useless.

  All the great teachers cast a glance at Sun Mo and felt some envy.

  To be honest, if they had the chance to take a saint as a personal teacher, their hearts would surely be moved. But this Xuanyuan Po actually rejected with no hesitation.

  They were also veterans in life, old dogs bitten by society. So, they could tell that Xuanyuan Po was not lying. He truly respected Sun Mo.

  Sun Mo suddenly stopped talking as he stared at the mysterious man.

  “What’s going on with Teacher?”

  Lu Zhiruo poked Qin Yaoguang’s arm to request an answer.

  “In the future, Teacher would have no way to teach Xuanyuan Po anymore. Now that there’s a saint who wants him, Teacher must have decided to let him go.”

  Qin Yaoguang explained in a low voice.

  Sun Mo drew in a deep breath before squeezing out a smile. “I feel that all great teachers should have the magnanimous heart of a saint. You wouldn’t mind if I teach him one last lesson, right?”

  “Naturally!”

  ‘The mysterious man released Xuanyuan Po. Given his strength, if he wanted to capture someone, it wouldn’t matter even if that person was defended by an army of thousands.

  Xuanyuan Po had a cold look on his face and was about to attack again, but he was stopped by Sun Mo.

  “Xuanyuan!”

  Sun Mo shouted, “When can you start using your brain to contemplate about living your life and thinking about the future? A person’s life shouldn’t only have combat.”

  “Teacher!”

  Xuanyuan Po felt very sorrowful.

  “Shut up!”

  Sun Mo walked toward Xuanyuan Po.

  “Teacher!”

  The students were badly frightened. (You are too close to the mysterious man, what if he acts to kill you?)

  Sun Mo didn’t care and he finally stood before Xuanyuan Po.

  “Xuanyuan, you are a very hardworking and talented child that doesn’t mind suffering. Any teacher would be fond of you because as long as we have you, you will become the most glorious page in our resume!”

  Sun Mo looked at Xuanyuan Po’s eyes and spoke heavily, “However, I hope that you can find happiness. Can combat bring you happiness?

  “You feel that it can, but in one’s life, one would encounter many different sceneries. I hope that you can sometimes place your silver spear down, lift your head, and take the time to look at your surroundings!

  “Xuanyuan, life is a very long path. Don’t miss out on the birds chirping and flowers, or the bright moon on an autumn night. Maybe there might be a beautiful girl currently standing in a golden field admiring the scenery, waiting to look at you and waiting for you to look at her!”

  Bzz!

  Priceless Advice activated.

  Golden light illuminated the surroundings.

  The people nearby all felt their thoughts churning.

  This was because Sun Mo’s words had influenced them.

  Xuanyuan Po scratched his head and had a vacant look on his face because he didn’t really understand Sun Mo’s words.

  “It’s fine, you will understand in the future. Now, I will teach you the last lesson!”

  After Sun Mo spoke, he thought about all the cultivation arts he had learned before in his mind, all his accumulated experience, and his view on the future of martial dao.

  After that, a white glow shone on his hand as he punched toward Xuanyuan Po’s face.

  Boom!

  A ball of silvery-white light shot out and entered Xuanyuan Po’s glabella, taking seed and germinating in his mind.

  The mysterious man frowned when he saw this scene.

  ‘The other high star-ranking great teachers were all shocked and dumbstruck.

  “Is this a unique halo comprehended by Teacher Sun?”

  “That’s right, I think it’s called Soul Imprint!”

  “Why does this name sound a little wretched?”

  The great teachers were all so curious that they wanted to die. Moreover, they also felt so much envy that they wanted to die twice.

  Many great teachers couldn’t become 8-stars because they had no way to comprehend a brand new halo. But Sun Mo already knew one.

  One could say that Sun Mo had passed the most difficult test required to become an 8-stars great teacher. As for touring the Nine Provinces to give lectures and having a huge learning result in any fields of studies? No matter how inferior Sun Mo was, he would surely be able to achieve this within 100

  years.

  “If he becomes an 8-stars before 30 years old, he would create an unprecedented record!”

  ‘The head judge sighed ruefully. “He’s 28 now. There are only two more years, so it shouldn’t be possible!”

  “Teacher!”

  Xuanyuan Po had tears flowing down his face. It could be said that ever since Sun Mo had accepted him, Sun Mo had always passed down all his knowledge with no reservations despite Xuanyuan Po’s identity as a darkness seed.

  However, there was no way Xuanyuan Po could ever repay him.

  Sun Mo then hugged Xuanyuan Po and forcefully patted his back. “Stop crying. One day after you’ve grown to the extent where no one can block your footsteps, you can come back and look for me!”

  “Go. I’ll wait for that day!”

  After Sun Mo finished speaking, he turned and left.

  “Teacher!”

  Xuanyuan Po shouted and kowtowed three times to Sun Mo. After that, he looked at the mysterious man. “I’ll learn if you want to teach me, but if you want me to take you on as my personal teacher, it is impossible!”

  Huo~

  ‘The unyielding Xuanyuan Po caused everyone to sigh in admiration.

  “You are looking down on me too much!”

  The mysterious man chortled. “I only don’t want to see a fine piece of jade being wasted. As for whose disciple you are, it doesn’t matter to me.”

  ‘This was the magnanimity of saints. They wouldn’t forcibly take someone on as their disciples just because they were a good student!

  Moreover, the strength of the mysterious man was too great. No one could stop him if he wanted to bring Xuanyuan Po away.

  Naturally, everyone ought to do their best and stop the mysterious man from succeeding too easily. But who would be willing to stand out?

  There were no benefits!

  On the second day, Su Taiging arrived. After knowing about this matter, he also didn’t blame Sun Mo for protecting Xuanyuan Po. Instead, he told Sun Mo to be at ease and continue teaching properly, taking the chance to produce a few more geniuses and lead the Central Province Academy into the ranks

  of the Nine Greats.

  An Xinhui also came along with Gu Xiuxun, Mei Ziyu, and Murong Mingyue. However, Sun Mo wasn’t in any mood to chat. After exchanging a few sentences, Sun Mo sat on his eight-gate cloud and returned to Jinling. He then directly headed to the Wind King Divine Hall and started his closed-door

  cultivation.

  “The psychological impact this time around is simply too great for Sun Mo!”

  Gu Xiuxun sighed. Sun Mo was a man that valued emotions, and it was the greatest humiliation to any great teachers if they were unable to protect their students.

  “What does Sun Mo want to do?”

  Murong Mingyue’s beautiful brows were furrowed. “Try to charge toward the 8-stars ranking? To seize status and power?”

  “He probably aims to become a secondary saint?”

  Mei Ziyu felt that setting the target at 8-stars was simply insulting Sun Mo’s talent.

  Chapter 1271: Sun Mo, A Leading Character of the Great Teacher World

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  It had been six months since the conclusion of the Number One Hero Battle of the Nine Provinces, but its popularity hadn’t weakened. Instead, as time passed, news of it spread wilder and wilder.

  Hence, Sun Mo’s fame grew increasingly greater.

  In the past, he was only known as a rising superstar, the leading character of the new generation. But now, some people were already saying that he was the brightest constellation in the entire great teacher world, the most impressive great teacher of all.

  In the past, when people evaluated Sun Mo, they wouldn’t compare him with the other senior high star-ranking great teachers because they felt this would be unfair to Sun Mo. But now, they no longer cared.

  Sun Mo’s outstandingness was rare even in the entire great teacher world.

  When professionals evaluated whether a great teacher was outstanding or not, they would look at his or her star-rank, the standard of their learning, their prestige, and their social connections. But ordinary people would only look at whether a great teacher could teach impressive students or not.

  In this regard, Sun Mo’s students had used their strength to prove that they were the strongest!

  Li Zigi had followed Sun Mo for so long and was naturally influenced by his modem thinking. Besides, she had also been in the Black-White Game before and knew the importance of ‘dissemination and promotion’. Since that was the case, in private, she spent a large amount of money to arrange a large

  number of people to boost Sun Mo’s fame.

  This method could easily enhance Sun Mo’s popularity.

  With regard to Sun Mo’s results, they were all verified. This was different from modern popular celebrities who didn’t even have their own representative work and could only depend on their looks.

  ‘When the poor people heard of Sun Mo’s name, they could only sigh and feel that although this great teacher was good, they were too poor to pay the learning fees.

  When the rich heard of Sun Mo’s name, they immediately brought their children to Jinling. Even if their children couldn’t enter Sun Mo’s tutelage, they wanted their kids to join the Central Province Academy. As long as their kids were in the same school as Sun Mo, they believed that the performances of

  their kids would surely gain Sun Mo’s appreciation.

  As for those nobles who had power and authority, they did their best to look for connections, wanting to treat Sun Mo for a meal and ask some education-related questions regarding their children.

  However, since Sun Mo had entered seclusion, all these letters were placed on An Xinhui’s desk. Who told her to be Sun Mo’s fiancee and also the headmaster of the Central Province Academy?

  “Right now, Sun Mo is the only great teacher in the Nine Provinces that’s in a tier of his own.”

  Gu Xiuxun helped An Xinhui to open the letters and screened through them. As she checked the signatures, they were all from marquises, premiers, princes, and princesses.

  Many members of royalty and nobility had even sent people over to check if there was a chance to enter Sun Mo’s tutelage.

  For many great teachers, if they could accept descendants of royalty as students, that would be equal to building up an additional social network, and it was also a type of recognition. Hence, great teachers usually wouldn’t reject it. This was why the royalty felt at ease to bring their children over to take

  great teachers as their personal teachers.

  However, because Sun Mo’s fame was too great, they didn’t dare to take the risk. If they were rejected, the ones being embarrassed would be their children.

  After all, since he could nurture Li Ziqi, someone who got denied by a secondary saint, into a genius… It was enough to prove that Sun Mo’s judgment had no problems.

  Right now, the two words ‘Sun Mo’ were equal to power.

  “Sadly, he’s in seclusion!”

  An Xinhui sighed.

  At such a time, even if he didn’t take this chance to go on tours to give lectures to expand his influence, he should show his face in school to gain some sense of existence. But Sun Mo actually ran off to the Wind King Divine Hall for closed-door seclusion.

  ‘What did these thousands of letters count for?

  In fact, even the Nine Greats also sent invitations, wanting to respectfully invite Sun Mo over to their schools to give lectures.

  ‘What treatment would he receive?

  (Don’t ask. If you ask, you are looking down on him!)

  The conditions the other parties gave were simply too good. For example, the Nine Greats even proposed a student-exchange program.

  No matter how arrogant An Xinhui was, she wouldn’t assume that the Central Province Academy could win against the Nine Greats. So, one could say that if the students and teachers of the Central Province Academy went there for an exchange for one year, it would surely be greatly beneficial.

  ‘They were simply so generous just for the sake of getting Sun Mo to give a few lectures. Sadly, Sun Mo wasn’t home.

  “When does he intend to come out?”

  Gu Xiuxun frowned.

  “How would I know?”

  An Xinhui kneaded her glabella, feeling an intense headache. Right now, let alone students, even great teachers kept coming to ask her when Sun Mo would exit his seclusion.

  All of them were waiting to consult him.

  Because of the existence of Yang Shizhan and Hu Xingjiang, their spirits had been greatly stirred. In the past, Sun Mo had offered pointers to an 8-stars and helped that person to become a secondary saint. This feat was already impressive enough. But now, he actually helped a secondary saint become a

  saint.

  If it was just once, this might be a fluke, but Sun Mo did this a total of three times. Moreover, Yang Shizhan would always address Sun Mo as ‘Sun-laoshi’ respectfully when he mentioned him.

  How great of an honor was this?

  “Sister Xinhui, you have to pay more attention. I heard that several teachers have agreed privately that they wouldn’t allow the school to let Sun Mo teach in other schools.”

  Gu Xiuxun smiled. “They said that fertile water shouldn’t be allowed to flow to the fields of outsiders.”

  “Don’t mention it anymore. There are many high star-ranking great teachers sending employment letters requesting to work here. I don’t even know what to do anymore.”

  An Xinhui felt a headache.

  Who wouldn’t want a good teacher?

  However, the school currently didn’t lack teachers. If they hired more, they would have to retrench those with weaker capabilities. However, those people had stuck by the school when the Central Province Academy was in dire straits, so An Xinhui couldn’t bear to do such a thing.

  Also, there was a problem with the student supply. It wasn’t the recruitment season, but the number of students applying had exceeded the target, and the more troublesome thing was those who wanted to transfer schools. If An Xinhui didn’t handle this well, she would become the target of a multitude of

  arrows and be isolated by all famous schools.

  It wasn’t that transferring schools were prohibited, but this was such a large-scale transfer and they would surely be despised and boycotted by the original school. If An Xinhui said she didn’t do anything to cause this, no one would believe it.

  An Xinhui only wanted good students, but she didn’t have the information of these students. If she asked the original school, given the bad relationship, the original school definitely wouldn’t tell her.

  “ai, this is a trouble that arose from happiness.”

  An Xinhui was troubled but also happy. Moreover, the number of banquet invitations was several times more compared to the past, and the statuses of people inviting were much higher as well.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Someone knocked on her office door.

  “Enter!”

  ‘An Xinhui had a solemn look and was sitting rigidly upright. But after that, she stood up with happiness because the person that entered was Sun Mo. “Little Momo, you have finished your seclusion?”

  “Sun Mo, don’t enter seclusion so suddenly and silently in the future. We are all very worried about you.”

  After Gu Xiuxun finished speaking, she discovered that her tone was incorrect. It felt like a girlfriend grumbling to a boyfriend. Hence, she snuck a glance at An Xinhui.

  Luckily, An Xinhui was surveying Sun Mo and observing his complexion. She didn’t pay attention to that.

  “I want to go and get the grandmaster-level weaponsmith certification!”

  Sun Mo explained as he passed a list of materials to An Xinhui. “Please purchase all the items on the list for me!”

  “What about Ziqi?”

  An Xinhui was taken aback. In recent months, Li Ziqi didn’t even want to be an emperor, so she got Li Xiu and Zheng Qingfang to handle everything while she herself acted as assistant to Sun Mo. Hence, all this miscellaneous stuff was usually handled by her.

  “The experiment has reached the most critical stage. Ziqi cannot leave halfway!”

  Sun Mo felt very vexed too.

  ‘The grandmaster-level weaponsmith examination was only organized by the Saint Gate once per year. If he missed it, he would have to wait until next year. Besides, he couldn’t delay so he had to participate.

  “The examination set by the Saint Gate is too inhumane. Why can’t one take the ancestor-level exam if they didn’t have the grandmaster certification? How irrational!”

  Gu Xiuxun snorted in disdain.

  An Xinhui didn’t manage to bear it and rolled her eyes at Gu Xiuxun.

  Someone like Sun Mo would probably appear only once every few centuries, alright?

  Besides, great teachers who were qualified to be examiners for the ancestor-level examinations were very few, and all of them were very busy.

  If they didn’t use the grandmaster-level exam to get rid of the majority of people, wouldn’t there be a bunch of people coming to partake in the liveliness?

  After giving some instructions, Sun Mo sat on his eight-gate cloud and directly flew away.

  ‘The grandmaster-level weaponsmith exam this year was held at the Rock Dragon Academy in the Rock Dragon City.

  Early in the morning, the great teachers that were keen on taking the exam were already waiting outside the school gate.

  Among all of them, there was a 30+ years old middle-aged man that attracted the most attention. Over ten great teachers around him were sincerely consulting him.

  ‘This middle-aged man was Luo Pei from the Jixia Learning Palace. He was considered one of the brightest new stars in the weaponsmithing world.

  In his student era, he had invented a type of alloy. By adding it into the weapons, it could raise the weapon’s sensitivity toward spirit qi.

  This invention allowed him to have wealth rivaling a country because many weaponsmiths were begging to purchase this type of alloy from him.

  “In the exam this time around, Teacher Luo would surely rank at the top. All of us will offer our congratulations in advance!”

  Someone fawned.

  Luo Pei flashed a reserved smile and just when he wanted to reply humbly, he frowned and glanced at the sky.

  Mm?”

  Luo Pei was shocked because there was a person descending from the sky.

  The others also followed Luo Pei’s line of sight and glanced over. After that, someone shouted out in surprise. “It’s Ancestor Sun!”

  “Why is he here? Could it be that he wants to participate in the exam too?”

  “[ remembered that he once said publicly that he’s at the ancestor level of expertise for spirit runes and weaponsmithing!”

  “That’s a boast, right? How old is he merely? How could he have so much time to learn?”

  ‘The great teachers whispered to each other. Before Sun Mo landed, all of them had headed over with modest smiles, preparing to greet him.

  Upon seeing this scene, Luo Pei’s countenance darkened.

  He had heard earlier that some in the crowd were scolding those who fawned on him, saying that they didn’t want face. But now, these people ran over to Sun Mo the moment they saw him. (You guys actually ran faster than rabbits!)

  What did this mean?

  It meant that their characters were not so upright and honest. It was just that Luo Pei’s status wasn’t high enough to make them fawn on him.

  Also…their way of address for Sun Mo!

  Luo Pei clearly heard that these people were calling Sun Mo as ‘Ancestor Sun’, but when they addressed him, they merely called him “Teacher Luo’.

  “Ancestor Sun, why are you here at the Rock Dragon Academy? Could it be that you are an examiner?”

  Someone was curious.

  “I came to participate in the grandmaster-level weaponsmithing exam!”

  Sun Mo’s attitude was amiable as his gaze swept through these examinees. Since they came here to participate in this exam, it was sufficient to say that they had some capabilities. He could headhunt a few of them back.

  “ah?”

  Everyone was shocked. (He is truly here for the exam?) After that, they grew depressed.

  Ever since Su Taiging became the Saint Gate Sect Lord, he had initiated a drastic reform to the various old rules and bad habits of the great teacher world. Among them, the ranking examinations took the heaviest hit.

  In the past, as long as the great teachers passed the exam, they would be able to gain the grandmaster title. But now, no matter how many people participated in the exam, only the top 5% could get the title.

  This indicated that only five out of a hundred would be qualified.

  Although this rule greatly lowered the number of ‘grandmasters’ in various subjects, their quality was greatly enhanced.

  Now that Sun Mo was here, he would surely take a spot. Therefore, the difficulty of the others passing just increased.

  Although they were unhappy, the examinees basically didn’t dare to let Sun Mo see their annoyance and unhappiness. They were still smiling as they spoke to him…… There was no solution, who asked Sun Mo’s status in the great teacher world to be so high?