The duration of Qixia's lecture was at least seven days. The content of the lecture would be decided by the lecturer himself. However, the seventh day was a question-and-answer day.
This was the rule of the Saint Gate.
On this day, the main lecturer had to do his best to answer every question raised by the audience. Of course, in order to ensure the quality of the questions, Sun Mo could ignore the questions raised by 5-star and below great teachers if their questions were too simple.
"I'm proficient in spirit runes and weaponsmithing. However, you can also ask me questions about botany, spiritual control, herbology, and puppetry!"
Sun Mo stood on the rostrum and marked out the scope of the questions.
Actually, the study of poison was also fine, but Sun Mo didn't dare to mention it. After all, this subject's reputation wasn't too good.
As the sound of Sun Mo's voice faded, many arms around the rostrum impatiently raised up, resembling a forest.
Everyone had been waiting for the chance to ask questions for a long time, especially the spirit rune masters. All of them wanted Sun Mo to give them a lesson alone.
Sun Mo called out names, listened attentively, and answered.
The process was smooth.
"Teacher Sun, I'm a great teacher from the Skyraise Academy, Seven Star."
After an old man introduced himself, he took out a stone slab and showed it to Sun Mo. "Back then, when I was adventuring in the Darkness Continent, I found this spirit rune in a ruin. After studying it for several years, I still have no idea what it is. Teacher Sun, please enlighten me!"
Sun Mo walked to the side of the old man, but he didn't stretch out his hand to touch the stone slab. He simply stood there and admired it.
It wasn't that he was putting on airs, but it was better not to touch other people's things.
As expected, seeing that Sun Mo was so tactful, the old man heaved a sigh of relief. This stone slab was his treasure and he would play with it for a while before he slept every day. If Sun Mo touched it, he would feel as though his wife was being taken advantage of. The old man wouldn't be able to accept this.
The spirit rune masters in the vicinity also came over and sized him up curiously.
"This is a brand new type of spirit rune, right? Look at the direction of the spirit rune lines. It's so strange! "
The person who spoke was a young man. He had planned to continue, but when he saw Sun Mo casting a glance at him, his heart trembled.
Am I wrong?
The young man quickly shut his mouth.
"These aren't spirit runes!"
Sun Mo made his judgment.
"Hmm?"
The old man was shocked, and he subconsciously blurted out the word 'impossible'.
He couldn't accept this.
If not, it would prove that he was too stupid. He had been researching this spirit rune for over ten years, yet he was like a fool.
"Teacher Sun, look at these runes. I can faintly sense the remnant fluctuations of spirit qi."
The old man introduced.
"Those are the roots of some kind of plant!"
Sun Mo explained.
"Ah?"
Everyone was shocked.
"The roots of a certain dark plant accidentally pierced into this stone slab during its growth. Then, after a thousand years, the plant died and the roots slowly rotted away. However, traces of it were left behind."
Sun Mo deduced, "The place where you discovered this stone slab, was it covered by a lot of dense vegetation? But why are there no weeds growing around this stone slab? "
The old man was stunned. The reason he was able to discover these ruins was because he noticed that there were no weeds growing around the stone slabs.
"Why is that?"
Someone asked.
"From the shape of its roots, this dark plant is called the Celestial Devouring Grass. It has a weak consciousness and will kill all the plants around it, ensuring that all the nutrients in the soil are for itself."
Sun Mo explained.
"Celestial Devouring Grass?"
Many grandmasters in botany were stunned. "Why haven't I heard of this plant before?"
"This is a type of dark plant that hasn't been recorded in the records. It's very normal that you guys don't know about it!"
Sun Mo had seen it from the Mythical Species Encyclopedia.
"..."
Everyone wanted to ask, how did you know about it?
However, no one suspected that Sun Mo had a system. It was because the Darkness Continent was too vast. In some ruins, there were books that didn't exist in the Nine Provinces.
Right now, many of the technological trees in the Nine Provinces were created by relying on the knowledge in those lost books. Therefore, everyone was envious of Sun Mo's good luck.
"Alright, next!"
Sun Mo smiled.
"Teacher Sun, I have a piece of metal here. Do you know what it's used for?"
Another old man took out a piece of metal plate.
"Why does it feel like a hard disk?"
Sun Mo studied it for a few minutes and gave his judgment. "This should be a type of metal medium used to store knowledge. This is only a part of it. There should be an instrument that works together with it."
The old man blushed, feeling a little ashamed.
He was worried that his good stuff would be deciphered by Sun Mo. Therefore, he only brought a piece of metal plate over. He didn't expect Sun Mo to be able to see through it with a single sentence.
Sun Mo didn't care about the old man's thoughts. Given his current status, ordinary secret treasures were no longer able to enter his eyes.
Time slowly passed, and Sun Mo's image of being extremely knowledgeable was gradually imprinted in everyone's minds.
If one were to say that his previous lectures were achievements in theory, then now, he was an expert in practical matters.
In the evaluation system of the people of the Nine Provinces, they pursued the application of what they learned. What you learned didn't count. You had to put it to use.
And Sun Mo's ability to solve problems was simply too amazing.
In the crowd, two people looked at Sun Mo.
"Xiqing, it's already afternoon. Are you not going to ask any questions?"
The man smiled bitterly. He was so tired from waiting.
"Shut up!"
Bai Xiqing glared at the man and continued to look at Sun Mo. (Sigh, I didn't expect that after a few years, he would already be standing on such a grand stage.)
(If I knew this would happen back then, I would have taken him down.)
Finally, it was another chance to ask questions.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The forest-like arms were raised again. At this moment, the public square that was filled with tens of thousands of people was completely silent. From this, one could see how great Sun Mo's influence was.
Everyone instinctively started to respect him and consciously maintained order.
Not only did Bai Xiqing raise her right hand, but she even questioned loudly, "Teacher Sun, I heard that you've invented a type of spirit rune weapon that allows ordinary people to have the ability to kill cultivators. Don't you feel that this type of weapon is too powerful and will bring the world into a quagmire of war?"
Swish!
Everyone stared over, their gazes filled with reproach.
(Your tone is disrespectful to Great Teacher Sun. Some ruthless girls even wanted to drown this freckled woman in a pig cage.)
"Teacher Bai?"
Sun Mo looked over in the direction of the voice. When he saw that it was Bai Xiqing, the fangirl who had once worshiped him, he couldn't help but smile. "Long time no see!"
Bai Xiqing nodded as a form of greeting. After that, she continued to ask, "Other than hoes and sickles, most of the iron weapons in the farmers' homes are kitchen knives. Even if they rebel due to heavy taxation, they won't be able to do much. However, the spirit rune weapon you've invented allows a small group of people to have the power to defeat an entire army. Putting aside the fact that the armies would attack each other, even if they used it to launch a sneak attack on an official, no one would be able to survive."
It wasn't a secret that Sun Mo had created a spirit rune pistol. Those major characters with power and influence had long since used their various connections to beg An Xinhui for help.
An Xinhui had heard from Sun Mo that such a weapon was too dangerous and shouldn't be sold. Hence, she found an excuse, saying that they didn't have enough production capacity. However, those major characters directly increased the price, saying that it didn't matter even if they had to wait for three years. In any case, they had to get a batch of such weapons to protect themselves.
In this era, no one was a fool.
Usually speaking, children from rich clans who were used to living a luxurious life would be inferior to children from poor clans in terms of cultivation. As time passed, their strength would be weaker.
With money, one would naturally be able to buy bodyguards. But what could be more satisfying than personally smashing the enemy's head?
Hence, such a weapon was already extremely popular even before it hit the market.
The Qi King wanted to set up a factory together with Sun Mo because his son was Sun Mo's personal disciple. The Qi King would be in charge of the location, funds, and sales. Sun Mo would only provide the blueprints and technical guidance, and the profits would be split between 10% and 90%.
That's right, the Qi King had paid such a huge price and only wanted 10%.
It might seem very stupid, but in truth, the factory and well-trained workers were all left in Qi Country. Moreover, they even had a good relationship with Sun Mo.
Sun Mo didn't agree. Who asked his eldest disciple to be the Great Tang Emperor?
However, with the Qi King's sincerity, everyone knew that Sun Mo had such a good item. After that, they felt deep trepidation and hatred.
They really wanted to ban such a technology from appearing in the world.
If it wasn't for the fact that Sun Mo's status was too noble and his strength was incomparably tyrannical, there would have been emperors who would have sent assassins to kill him.
"Teacher Bai, you should first ask why the farmers want to rebel!"
Sun Mo retaliated.
Hua ~
Many noises rang out, thinking that Sun Mo was really daring.
It was like how an emperor could issue a decree to convict himself, but one couldn't discuss the imperial court. Otherwise, it would be considered great disrespect and one would be arrested and imprisoned.
If one encountered an emperor who was narrow-minded, they would directly put you in a literary prison, pushing you to the market and executing your entire family!
"I think that if everyone had enough to eat, wore warm clothes, and had some money in their pockets to buy toys for their children, they wouldn't be so foolish as to risk their lives to rebel."
Sun Mo surveyed the surroundings. Although there were all kinds of people in the public square, there was a clear hierarchy.
At the very least, those nobles were sitting under temporary awnings, drinking tea, eating desserts, and iced fruits. They were enjoying themselves much more compared to a great teacher like him.
Those nearer to the podium were the great teachers, and further away were the students. Further away were the cultivators, and the outermost circle were the commoners who came to watch the liveliness.
Under such a situation, even if there were empty seats in front, they wouldn't dare to squeeze over.
"There will always be people who love to rebel. For example, last year, there were people who claimed to be great teachers and recruited followers, bewitching the ignorant commoners. If they had spirit rune weapons, the incidents they caused would definitely cause even more deaths."
Bai Xiqing retaliated.
"Would you not eat because you are afraid of choking to death?"
Sun Mo looked at Bai Xiqing. "The world is developing. In the future, there will be weapons that are even more powerful than spirit rune weapons. What do you plan to do? Continue to ban it? Then the civilization and technology of the Nine Provinces will forever stagnate. "
"Teacher Bai, we shouldn't be afraid of spirit rune weapons. Instead, we should place them in an appropriate position."
Sun Mo persuaded patiently. "For example, in the Darkness Continent, after ordinary people are equipped with such weapons, they can also explore and go on adventures. This is no longer something only cultivators can do."
"If you want the Nine Provinces to be peaceful, you can't just ban weapons. Even if they don't have iron weapons, they still have wooden forks and stone blades. Only by letting everyone eat their fill can we solve the problem from the root."
"Opening up the Darkness Continent is the way of the king."
Wei Ziyou stroked his beard and nodded. A powerful empire should be one whose territory kept on expanding.
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