In a treasure trove, Sun Mo saw the gift Bai Wenzhang wanted to give him.
This was a silver metal box that looked like a speaker box. There were all sorts of runes on its surface.
"What's inside?"
Sun Mo was curious.
Such a huge treasure trove, yet there was only a single box. Most probably, it contained something extremely precious.
"I don't know!"
Bai Wenzhang looked at the box and felt a little regretful. "I hope you can solve this riddle in your lifetime!"
"So difficult?"
Li Ziqi was shocked.
Bai Wenzhang couldn't solve it himself, and he didn't think highly of Sun Mo, who admired him a lot. In that case, how difficult would the riddle be?
"Not only is it difficult, but it's also troublesome!"
Bai Wenzhang pointed to a nine-grid diagram on the box. "This is a spirit rune lock. If you want to open it, you have to move these runes and form a correct diagram.
"You can only try it once a year. Once you try it too many times within a short period of time, it will lock onto you. You can only try it again after tens of years or even hundreds of years."
Sun Mo felt a little speechless when he heard Bai Wenzhang's words. Why did it sound like a phone unlocking function? Also, he wanted to ask if there was a fingerprint on it.
Or facial recognition?
"When I was young, I went to a ruin on the fifth level of the Darkness Continent and killed over 100 opponents. I obtained this as my spoils of war!"
When Bai Wenzhang said this, he was filled with a sense of superiority.
It was already an impressive achievement to be able to go to the fifth level of the Darkness Continent. Moreover, he had won against over 100 opponents. This was definitely something worth bragging about for life.
"Now, I'll give it to you."
After Bai Wenzhang said this, he heaved a sigh of relief. The few most important 'worries' in his life had been resolved by half.
"Headmaster, may I be so impudent as to ask what the third world difficult question is?"
Although Sun Mo wasn't interested in deciphering it, there was no harm in looking at it more to increase his knowledge.
"Haven't you seen it before?"
Bai Wenzhang teased.
"Ah? It's that corpse? "
Sun Mo was surprised.
"Mn, the manor has a rule that one can only look at the third question after solving the first two. In truth, other than the previous headmasters and the most outstanding personal disciples, no one else can even look at it."
Bai Wenzhang sighed.
"Actually, there are many primordial spirit runes that are similar to those two puzzles in the treasure trove just now. We threw them out just to expand the manor's influence and maintain its mysteriousness."
An organization must have treasures that everyone yearned for and that everyone could bring to the table.
Take the Central Province Academy for example. Many great teachers who aimed to enter the Nine Greats actually didn't think highly of this school. However, because they wanted to use the darkness illusion dojo to improve themselves, they decided to join it.
From now on, the ecological garden would become one of the signboards of the Central Province Academy.
"Let's go!"
After Bai Wenzhang showed all the accumulations to Sun Mo, he brought Sun Mo back to his study.
Creak. The door opened.
Xiao Feng rushed in immediately.
"Teacher, are you alright? Do you want to take a bath and change your clothes? "
Xiao Feng smiled eagerly. After sweeping a quick glance through the study, he glanced at Sun Mo and Feng Ling from the corner of his eyes, wanting to see if there was anything different about them.
After that, the silver box that Li Ziqi was carrying attracted his attention.
"What is this? Why haven't I seen it before? "
Xiao Feng was suddenly very unhappy.
He felt like he had lost a million dollars.
If Sun Mo knew what he was thinking, he'd definitely give him a sentence. This wasn't a million dollars but ten billion dollars.
"Ziqi, pay attention to your diet and rest more. Three days later, I'll help you draw eternal spirit runes!"
Bai Wenzhang instructed. After that, he looked at Sun Mo. "I might as well help you all the way. Get your other students to make their preparations!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng grew anxious. "Teacher, your body..."
Naturally, this was just an excuse. The main reason was that Xiao Feng was jealous.
Given his teacher's status and skills, he wouldn't act easily. If he did, he'd charge a sky-high price. Also, the other party had to be of equal status...
In the end, he was selling them cheaply.
How many students did Sun Mo have?
Nine, right?
If he were to collect money, he'd go bankrupt countless times.
"Many thanks for Headmaster's kind intentions."
Sun Mo clasped his fists. "But forget about the others."
It wasn't that Sun Mo was biased. Rather, he didn't want everyone to develop a bad habit of relying on spirit runes.
In the Nine Provinces, there had never been a world-class expert who became famous by relying on spirit runes all over their bodies.
Li Ziqi really had no solution to this.
"That's good too!"
Bai Wenzhang felt very gratified.
"Hehe!"
Xiao Feng was joyful. (Do you know what you missed out on?)
"In any case, given your standard, you'd be on par with me in at most ten years. At that time, if your disciple needs an eternal-spirit rune, you can do it yourself."
Bai Wenzhang praised.
"Ah?"
Xiao Feng was stunned. Why was his teacher's evaluation of Sun Mo so high? However, what made him even more depressed had yet to come.
"Teacher Sun, I'm preparing to conduct an experiment ten days later. I hope that you can be my assistant."
Bai Wenzhang pleaded.
"Alright!"
Sun Mo was duty-bound.
"Teacher!"
Xiao Feng grew anxious. "How can we hand such a heavy responsibility to him?"
Xiao Feng felt sour in his heart. It was like someone had stuffed a large lemon in his mouth.
He had been his teacher's personal disciple for 15 years, but he hadn't gotten the job of an assistant even once. Yan Sui and Cui Shunen had always been the ones in charge.
Because if this experiment failed, the losses would be tremendous. There would also be a life.
"Shut up!"
Bai Wenzhang berated. "Don't be rude to Teacher Sun."
Xiao Feng felt aggrieved.
"Also, don't be so rude in the future. You have to treat Great Teacher Sun like a disciple."
Bai Wenzhang warned.
"Based on what?"
Xiao Feng was unhappy.
(He is younger than me, but his seniority is higher than mine?)
(I can't accept this!)
"Based on the fact that he is 10,000 times more outstanding than you!"
Bai Wenzhang's words were like a steel blade that pierced into Xiao Feng's heart.
"Am... am I really that much inferior?"
Xiao Feng didn't believe it.
"If you still don't work hard, you won't even have the qualifications to be compared with him a year later."
Bai Wenzhang sighed.
...
After Sun Mo and the others walked out of the study, the people who had been waiting outside immediately came over.
"Teacher Sun, the effects of your treatment are excellent. The experimental bodies are recovering very well!"
Cui Shunen looked at Sun Mo, his gaze filled with admiration.
If it wasn't for the fact that he was too old, he really wanted to learn the Ancient Dragon Capturing Hands from Sun Mo.
"You praise me too much!"
Sun Mo was humble.
"Sigh, if you came earlier, we could have saved many lives!"
Yan Sui felt regret. After that, he became happy again. "Why don't you join us? It's not too late now! "
Everyone immediately looked at Sun Mo with anticipation.
"..."
Sun Mo didn't know what to say.
Li Ziqi, who was following behind, secretly laughed. (My teacher is about to become your dean.)
"Teacher!"
The Calabash Brothers also came over and hurriedly greeted.
"Are you alright?"
Ying Baiwu surveyed Sun Mo. After ascertaining that he wasn't injured, she heaved a sigh of relief.
"Where's Zhiruo?"
Sun Mo frowned. It was understandable that Xuanyuan Po didn't come. He must have gone to cultivate, but the papaya girl wouldn't. Given how much she worshipped him, she would surely be waiting for him at the entrance every day.
"Senior sister is solving the second difficult question!"
Xian Yuwei squeezed to the front, silently musing that they should give her a chance to show her face!
Lu Zhiruo felt anxious when she saw Li Ziqi following beside Sun Mo and performing outstandingly while her second martial sister couldn't do anything.
Coincidentally, she made some discoveries at the stone house. Hence, she worked hard, wanting to seek a breakthrough.
...
For the next three days, other than checking on the recovery of the experimental bodies, Sun Mo spent the rest of his time understanding the eternal spirit rune and the details of the surgery.
Although Bai Wenzhang was the one personally performing the surgery, Sun Mo still wanted to understand it in case of emergencies.
If Bai Wenzhang made a mistake, he could make up for it.
Finally, the time for the surgery arrived.
"Eldest martial sister, you can do it!"
Lu Zhiruo waved her fist.
Sun Mo didn't allow everyone to follow them to the surgery room.
After Sun Mo and Li Ziqi left, Lu Zhiruo sat on the chair nervously.
Her eldest martial sister wanted to draw a spirit rune. This was a major matter, so Lu Zhiruo was very worried. She didn't have the mood to solve the riddle.
"Did you gain anything?"
Tantai Yutang was curious.
"I feel that there are many ferocious beasts howling there. Maybe, she didn't use spirit rune techniques to solve the riddle but used spiritual control techniques instead."
Lu Zhiruo was deducing other things after knowing that the first difficult question had to be solved using language.
"Baiwu, where's the silver box that Teacher brought back? Why don't you take it out to take a look?"
The sickly invalid felt bored and decided to find some fun.
"That's right, take it out to take a look!"
Qin Yaoguang helped.
Ying Baiwu took out the box because she knew that her teacher wouldn't keep it a secret from everyone.
"Just look at it, don't touch it recklessly!"
The iron-headed girl warned.
The few Calabash Brothers looked at it for a while and lost interest.
"As expected, I have no talent in spirit runes!"
Lu Zhiruo sighed, but she didn't give up. She leaned on the table and stared at the patterns on the box.
The duration of the surgery was a little long. Tantai Yutang and the others waited for a while and lost their patience. All of them got up and left.
Until noon, Jiang Leng's ears suddenly moved.
"Teacher is back!"
After speaking, Jiang Leng darted out.
Ying Baiwu hurriedly followed.
"Wait for me!"
Lu Zhiruo stood up. In the end, because her movements were too hurried and too big, her knees knocked into the leg of the table. Then, the silver box on the table fell down.
"Oh no!"
Lu Zhiruo turned pale with fright and hurriedly went to help him up, but it was still too late.
Pa!
The box fell to the ground.
"Don't break it!"
Lu Zhiruo was on tenterhooks. She placed the box back on the table and discovered that the runes on it had lit up.
When she went to pick up the box, she accidentally touched the spirit rune lock.
"It's over!"
Lu Zhiruo was very anxious.
Junior Sister Baiwu had instructed him not to touch it.
"What should we do? What should I do? "
The papaya girl was worried that she would be reprimanded by Sun Mo. Hence, she racked her brains to think of a way to salvage the situation. "Can we just move the spirit rune lock back to its original position?"
"Luckily, I still remember its previous appearance!"
Lu Zhiruo immediately started to move. However, those runes were like a Rubik's cube. They looked simple, but the more she moved, the messier they became.
"What's going on?"
Lu Zhiruo was so anxious that she broke out in cold sweat. Her movements of fiddling with the runes grew increasingly faster. This was especially so when she heard voices coming from outside the door. She was so nervous that she almost died.
"I'm dead for sure! I'm dead for sure! "
Lu Zhiruo's face was covered in tears. "After this, I might not be Teacher's favorite child anymore."
Just when the papaya girl was preparing to kneel down and admit her mistake, she heard a cracking sound coming from the silver box. After that, a startling light lit up.
The box opened!
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