After Wang Dan came down, Tong Yiming passed the results slip to her.
Zero points!
The color on Wang Dan's face faded away. That dazzling number almost blinded her eyes. Shame, vexation, and reluctance caused her tears to gush out.
"You mustn't cry!"
Wang Dan reminded herself, but she couldn't help it.
Ever since she was young, she had never gotten such a trashy result. She even had the impulse to find a tree and hang herself.
"Do your best, there's still one more round!"
Tong Yiming sighed softly and encouraged her.
Every examinee had two rounds of lectures. In truth, according to the usual practice, there should be three rounds. It was because giving lectures to ancient sages was also a form of motivation. However, the number of examinees this time around was simply too many. Hence, they had no choice but to reduce the number of lectures. If not, they wouldn't be able to finish the exam even after three months.
"Mn!"
Wang Dan bowed and quickly left. She wanted to return to her tent and prepare.
"Everyone, don't panic. It might be because her standard is weaker!"
Some examinees encouraged each other and consoled themselves. But very soon, they were smacked in the face.
For the entire day, ten people went up the stage, and all of them got zero points.
"Is the ancient sage barrier broken?"
The bright moonlight cascaded down on everyone's faces. Many of them had expressions of panic and regret. Even those young people who were preparing to rise to fame after a single battle were regretting so much that their intestines turned green.
Pak!
A young master teacher slapped himself on the face.
"Why the f * ck did I join in the fun?"
It was naturally impossible for the ancient sage barrier to be broken. Hence, the lectures continued and the night didn't stop.
There were simply too many examinees.
Each person took one hour without rest, and there were only 24 people in a day. The efficiency was very low.
Three days passed, and three examinees lit up the ancient sage barrier. However, the one with the most only lit up six light spots.
The examinees were panicking and the examiners were also grumbling.
"What kind of exam is this? Are they all going to be annihilated? "
"This is an examination to select 6-star great teachers. Even if one were to use their toes to think, they would know what the results would be like!"
"Let's just look forward to Sun Mo, Zhang Wentao, and Wan Xiulin!"
The examiners felt that only these three would be able to do well.
"Don't you guys think too highly of Sun Mo?"
When Baldy Qian heard this, he was unhappy.
"Sun Mo is very strong and has even surpassed his peers, but that's all there is to it. However, Zhang Wentao is ranked 100th on the Great Teacher Rankings, and Wan Xiulin is Secondary Saint Zhou's most outstanding student. It's said that his true strength is at least 5-star or above."
Baldy Qian made an assertion. "Sun Mo might pass, but the top spot? Don't even think about it! "
"Qian shi, don't be too full of yourself!"
Mei Yazhi spoke.
"Want to make a bet?"
Baldy Qian ran on the bank.
Mei Yazhi's eyes narrowed.
"What, you don't dare?"
Baldy Qian chortled. "If Sun Mo becomes the champion, I'll give you a peerless-grade heaven-tier cultivation art!"
"Old Qian, that's not very kind of you."
Someone spoke up for him, but Baldy Qian ignored him.
"Shut up if you don't dare to compete!"
Baldy Qian was a great teacher from the Skyraise Academy. Although his reputation wasn't as great as Mei Yazhi's, he wasn't afraid of her. Moreover, as a member of Secondary Saint Zhou's faction, he'd naturally hit Sun Mo when he was down.
"Alright, then let's make the bet bigger."
Mei Yazhi threw caution to the wind. "If I lose, I'll give you a saint-tier alchemy pill. If you lose, you'll give me your innate cultivation art!"
Si ~
Hearing Mei Yazhi's words, everyone drew in a cold gasp.
Wasn't this too ruthless?
Baldy Qian hesitated.
The Mei Clan was a great teacher clan. Their ancestors had produced a total of three alchemy grandmasters and countless alchemy grandmasters. Therefore, although a saint-tier alchemy pill was precious to their clan, they could still take it out.
What he cultivated was the Mixed Elements One Qi Art. It was a peerless-grade heaven-tier cultivation art. Although it wasn't saint-tier, its advantage was that it could be mastered quickly.
For those with ordinary talent, they'd be able to have decent strength after cultivating for a few years. It wouldn't be a problem for them to make a living.
"Why? You don't dare to?"
Mei Yazhi returned his words.
"Teacher Mei, don't be rash."
The great teachers who had a good relationship with Mei Yazhi quickly persuaded her. It was clear that she would lose for sure.
"Since Teacher Mei wants to give me the alchemy pill, it would be impolite of me to refuse."
Baldy Qian spoke in a clear voice, "Of course, if Sun Mo gets first place, I'll give you the Mixed Elements One Qi Art."
Baldy Qian was afraid that Mei Yazhi would go back on her words. Hence, he intentionally emphasized the words' first place '.
"Hmph!"
Mei Yazhi turned and left.
"F * * *, I didn't expect this woman to be so unyielding!"
Honestly speaking, although this seemed to be a sure-win bet, Baldy Qian was still very anxious.
From this, one could see the difference between a clan's foundation and an individual's disposition.
Mei Yazhi might lose, but she wouldn't lose.
The great teachers in the surroundings immediately crowded over.
"Teacher Qian, do you want to make a move for that alchemy pill?"
"If it can help one level up, I'll buy it. Don't worry, it'll definitely be a sky-high price."
"Can you show some respect to the elderly? Give me a chance to bid first. "
The great teachers all started talking at once.
"No problem! No problem! "
Hearing this, Baldy Qian secretly heaved a sigh of relief. It should be stable now.
It wasn't a problem for Sun Mo to pass.
But Wan Xiulin wasn't someone who did nothing.
Moreover, there was also Zhang Wentao.
(Wait a minute, it'd be difficult for Sun Mo to pass as well. After all, the personal disciples of these two are still waiting to deal with Li Ziqi.)
...
The examinees naturally had no idea about the conflict between the examiners. However, half of them had already given up.
It was because it was too difficult.
Zhang Wentao only lit up 19 light spots, but this result was the best among all the examinees. Moreover, he was also the gatekeeper of the Great Teacher Rankings.
This cruel reality gave the examinees a huge blow.
Right now, everyone's goal had changed from passing the test to lighting up the light spots. They absolutely wouldn't get any points.
Sun Mo's opponent, Jiang Zhitong, also went up and lit up nine light spots.
This caused his countenance to turn extremely unsightly. However, when he looked at Sun Mo, he smiled complacently. (No matter how bad I am, I'm still stronger than you.)
On the sixth day, it was Sun Mo's turn.
"Sun Mo!"
When Tong Yiming called out this name, the entire first level instantly fell silent. The examinees stretched their necks to look, resembling many weasels.
"Teacher, you can do it!"
The Calabash Brothers encouraged him.
Sun Mo went upstairs and entered the classroom. When he glanced over, he was a little surprised.
It was very modern!
This place was a little similar to the public classrooms back in his university. At the front was a rostrum, followed by the left, middle, and right areas, forming a staircase.
Sun Mo took a look. It could accommodate 1,000 people.
"Teachers, we will be lecturing on the study of spirit runes today."
After Sun Mo cast Lingering Sound on himself, he started the lesson.
His trump card, the ancient massaging technique, couldn't be used anymore. After all, sages didn't have physical bodies. Hence, he could only rely on the strongest study of spirit runes.
After lecturing on the simplified spirit gathering rune, he would usually receive a lot of exclamations. But today, not even a shadow appeared in the classroom.
He could only use the circuit board spirit rune.
"This is the dragon ball spirit rune. It has a violent effect."
As Sun Mo lectured, some firefly-like light rods appeared in the classroom. They gathered together and formed a human figure.
Sun Mo heaved a sigh of relief.
...
On the first level, the examinees were staring at the ancient sage barrier.
"It's not bright yet!"
"Can you be more reserved? Only five minutes have passed."
"Even Sun Sanshou can't do it!"
Everyone chattered, wanting nothing more than for Sun Mo to get a duck egg. This way, even if they failed, they would feel more at ease. After all, even someone as strong as Sun Mo had failed. What else could they not be satisfied with?
Li Ziqi, who was so nervous that she kept praying, suddenly saw the light spots on the ancient sage barrier lighting up. She immediately cried out in joy.
"It's lit up!"
"Teacher is victorious!"
Lu Zhiruo cheered.
Twenty minutes passed, and the light spots stopped at nine.
Upon seeing this scene, Zhang Wentao smiled confidently. As for Jiang Zhitong, he had an unsightly look on his face.
Sun Mo's lesson was only halfway through, but the number of people was already the same as his. This was simply infuriating. After that, the light spots continued to increase, but it was very slow.
"Let's surpass Zhang Wentao!"
Lu Zhiruo pressed her palms together and prayed sincerely.
In the public classroom, Sun Mo maintained a smile from start to finish. However, he was extremely anxious in his heart. (Must I use my trump card?)
The circuit board spirit rune that had never appeared in the Nine Provinces before was still very destructive. It managed to lure out 15 ancient sages, but that was it.
As for those who didn't come out, there was a high chance that they weren't interested in this subject.
It was like when a certain scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics, but other than those in the industry, even if outsiders saw the news, they couldn't be bothered to click on it. If they had the time, they might as well download a blockbuster movie to watch.
"Damn, I can't possibly tell a joke, right?"
Sun Mo really had an impulse to perform a recital.
In order to deal with these ancient sages who were experienced and knowledgeable, Sun Mo had prepared the most top-notch spirit rune knowledge in the Nine Provinces. But clearly, it was still insufficient.
Since ancient times until now, the Nine Provinces had never seen the Imperial Sky Spirit Rune. If he took it out, it should be able to stir up a wave of people. However, who could guarantee that there weren't any spies from the Saint Gate in the surroundings?
This was a spirit rune that could change the entire combat system of the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces. Even if Sun Mo's brain was damaged, he wouldn't say it out loud.
Even if there weren't any spies, it wouldn't do.
The lesson ended, and the number of students was finally fixed at 19, tied with Zhang Wentao.
The entire first level was completely silent.
There was no need to doubt Sun Mo's strength. Being tied for first place was sufficient to explain everything.
"Teacher Sun, very excellent!"
Tong Yiming smiled.
"Teacher Tong isn't teasing me, right?"
Sun Mo smiled bitterly.
"Wait until you're a 6-star. You'll definitely get a better result then."
Tong Yiming consoled.
In the crowd, Zhang Wentao looked at Sun Mo. He decided to reveal his trump card during the next lesson. In any case, he mustn't lose to Sun Mo.
"Damn, is that Sun Mo so ferocious?"
Baldy Qian panicked a little. He was contemplating if he should find a reason to leave the Ancient Sage Building because he couldn't afford to lose. But at night, he calmed down again.
It was because Wan Xiulin had appeared in the afternoon, and the number of students had exploded to 38, surpassing Sun Mo and Zhang Wentao by double.
"As expected of Secondary Saint Zhou's favorite student. She's going to win this round for sure."
Baldy Qian put his heart at ease and even had the mood to drink some wine.
The examination continued, and a small number of geniuses also started to stand out.
Jin Mujie had obtained three light spots during the first lesson. This made people feel so ashamed that they wanted to die.
"Sun Mo, I'm finished!"
Late at night, Jin Mujie sat beside the bonfire and looked at the dim waning moon. She had an impulse to seek death.
"It's not the time to give up yet."
Sun Mo sat opposite to her. "Think about your students."
"Damn, Secondary Saint Zhou is simply a good-for-nothing!"
Jin Mujie cursed. After venting her anger, she looked at Sun Mo. "What are you planning to talk about during the second lesson?"
"Philosophy?"
Sun Mo didn't hide anything.
"Philosophy?"
Jin Mujie blinked. What the hell was this?
"A new subject!"
Sun Mo smiled. "I feel that if we want to conquer those ancient sages, the content of our lessons must be interesting. There must be something that our predecessors haven't done before and something worthy of praise."
Jin Mujie's eyes brightened.
This starting point wasn't bad!
Sun Mo was really amazing. When she was feeling sorry for herself, he was still thinking about how to get first place. His will was really tenacious!
After that, Jin Mujie lay down on the grass.
"You have philosophy to talk about, but I can't."
Jin Mujie was a person with integrity and didn't ask what Sun Mo's philosophy was.
"You can talk about archaeology!"
Sun Mo suggested.
"Sun Mo, stop making fun of me."
Jin Mujie smiled bitterly.
"I'm not joking."
Sun Mo put on a serious expression. "If you talk about archaeology well, it'll be very interesting. You can analyze the evolution of life in the Nine Provinces from those ancient lifeforms and analyze why certain species went extinct..."
The more Jin Mujie listened, the brighter her eyes became.
This was possible!
"You can even fabricate, no, imagine something like Jurassic Park. It's also possible that we humans are raised by some species in the huge cage that is the Nine Provinces. It's just that we don't know about it."
Sun Mo spoke frankly with assurance.
To modern people, these concepts were very common. After all, who hadn't been influenced by science fiction and blockbusters before? But to a native like Jin Mujie, it was simply subversive.
"The Nine Provinces is a cage? We're being raised in captivity? "
Jin Mujie suddenly shuddered at the thought of that possibility and subconsciously looked toward the sky.
"I'm just giving an example. You can use the knowledge from archaeology to expand your thinking."
After Sun Mo said that, he got up and prepared to go back to sleep.
Swoosh!
Jin Mujie executed her movement technique and darted in front of Sun Mo, hugging his arm. "Expand again and talk about it!"
"..."
Sun Mo was speechless.
"I'm begging you, Teacher Sun!"
Jin Mujie whined.
(It's over, Sun Mo really can't resist this. After all, Jin Mujie is too big and too fair.)
"Alright then!"
Just when Sun Mo wanted to sit down, he was stopped by Jin Mujie.
"Wait a minute, go to my tent."
What if someone eavesdropped on their conversation here?
Not giving Sun Mo a chance to reject, Jin Mujie directly pulled Sun Mo into her tent.
Li Ziqi, who had just finished her night lesson, came out of her tent. She wanted to ask Sun Mo if he was hungry and if he wanted to prepare supper, but she didn't see him.
"He's in Teacher Jin's tent."
Qin Yaoguang revealed.
"Ah?"
Li Ziqi was stunned and quickly asked, "How long has he been in there?"
"In any case, it's enough to be pregnant with one child."
Qin Yaoguang thought that it might be two.
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