"Congratulations on becoming the Saint Gate's Sect Leader and stepping onto the peak of the occupation. Reward: 1 mysterious prize!"
The system's congratulatory voice finally rang out.
"System, where have you been these few years?"
Sun Mo teased, feeling as though he had met an old friend again. "You owe me a lot of rewards."
The system didn't reply. It was so quiet as though it had never appeared before. There was only a box flashing with silver light that landed before Sun Mo.
Sun Mo opened it in passing.
There was no 'what' sound of introduction like in the past. It was still as quiet as a winter day filled with snow.
There was only a piece of silver turtle shell floating before him.
"Eh? This thing? "
Sun Mo was astonished. One had to collect seven pieces before they could form a complete turtle shell. As Sun Mo was missing one piece, he had long since forgotten about it. He didn't expect to obtain it as a mysterious prize today.
However, wasn't this too much of a scam?
It didn't feel like a precious item!
"Sun Mo, I still have work to do. I'll be leaving first!"
Mei Ziyu returned to Jixia Learning Palace through the teleportation gate to complete her homework.
Sun Mo took out all the turtle shells. After piecing them together, a beam of light that was over a foot long spurted out like a fountain.
"If you can see this, my mission should have ended. And you should be standing at the peak of the great teacher world. As a reward, I'll tell you the secret of this world."
The voice was from the system, but it should have been recorded in advance.
Sun Mo continued listening. Gradually, his expression turned heavy.
The system's message was too horrifying, causing Sun Mo to be unwilling to believe it. However, when he thought about it in conjunction with reality, there were no loopholes.
After Sun Mo became a saint, he naturally knew how many great teachers there were in the Nine Provinces and what their stars were.
Among them, the number of saints could be counted on one hand. This made Sun Mo feel very strange. After all, there were quite a lot of secondary saints.
Right now, the mystery was solved.
"No wonder I keep feeling that I've forgotten some people!"
Sun Mo got up and walked to the window. He looked at the sky illuminated by the sunset glow and suddenly felt that the world was covered in darkness.
In the following days, Sun Mo pushed away some work and started to focus on spirit rune research.
Someone said that Grandmaster Sun had new inspiration again. This caused the entire spirit rune circle to be agitated. After all, the spirit rune appliances that Sun Mo had invented had already entered every household, bringing about a huge improvement to everyone's lives.
Of course, what was even more impressive was the spirit rune firearms. They allowed ordinary people to have the ability to explore the Darkness Continent. Although the death rate was much higher than cultivators, the rich profits caused those who weren't afraid of death to rush to the Darkness Continent.
It was another year in July, and the sun was as bright as fire.
Sun Mo's invention of spirit runes hadn't been announced yet, but a new topic had erupted in the great teacher world.
A pioneering team discovered an unexplored primordial divine hall on the third level of the Darkness Continent.
As soon as this news came out, the entire Nine States was in an uproar, because this meant that there were undeveloped territories and all kinds of lost secret treasures waiting for everyone to excavate.
The Nine Greats were the first to be unable to sit still. They immediately formed a pioneering team and prepared to go on an expedition.
Usually speaking, after someone discovered a ruin of darkness, the Saint Gate would cover up the news and do their best to keep it a secret. But this time around, too many people knew about it.
Hence, how to distribute the treasures became a problem.
Luckily, great teachers were the heavens in the Nine States. In the end, it was decided that the pioneering team of the Nine Greats and the Saint Gate would be the first tier of powers to explore the place.
After that, it would be the 'A' grade famous schools and the top tier strong countries in the Nine States, like the Great Tang Empire and Great Wei.
In general, it depended on one's strength.
Of course, the Saint Gate and the Nine Greats relied on their reputation to survive, so they couldn't show too ugly of an appearance. Hence, they found an excuse, saying that they wanted to borrow the power of the primordial divine hall to carry out the number one school battle in the Nine States.
Whoever found the most precious secret treasures in the end would be the number one in the Nine States.
This suggestion wasn't bad. The last time the Nine Greats competed against each other was ten years ago. Now, it was indeed time to rearrange the rankings.
This was especially so for the Central Province Academy. They were suppressing a wave of energy, wanting to regain their past glory.
With Sun Mo's care, it was extremely easy for Lu Zhiruo to find a leisurely job in the Saint Gate. However, she didn't. She took Sun Mo as a role model and wanted to educate people and help the children. Hence, she chose to teach in the Central Province Academy.
Although her star rank wasn't too high, she was hardworking and serious. She was like a brick that could be moved wherever it was needed.
Right now, Li Ziqi no longer taught students. Instead, she led a spirit rune team to tackle some technical problems.
For example, she was researching spirit qi steam engines now.
As for the other Calabash Brothers, after hearing about this, they also rushed over to the Saint Gate. If it wasn't for their relationship with Sun Mo, they wouldn't be able to enter the primordial divine hall.
"We can join the Saint Gate's pioneering team!"
Qin Yaoguang giggled and massaged Sun Mo's shoulders.
The Calabash Brothers were all adults, and Sun Mo couldn't interfere with their actions. Hence, he silently agreed.
After the three months of preparation time ended, the pioneering teams of the various famous schools gathered on the third level of the Darkness Continent, outside the primordial divine hall.
When Sun Mo brought the Calabash Brothers here, they saw many tents and people moving about.
"Wow, isn't that the headmaster of the Heavenly Mystery Academy? Even he is here? "
Qin Yaoguang saw so many famous people and couldn't help but be shocked and extremely agitated.
"For the pioneering this time around, other than fighting for the title of the number one famous school, we also have to fight for secret treasures. Hence, the elites of the various famous schools have all come out."
Tantai Yutang rubbed his palms together, preparing to go all out and get a secret treasure of darkness that could be used as a family heirloom.
Upon learning of Sun Mo's arrival, the group leaders of the various famous schools all took the initiative to pay a visit.
"Aunt Mei is leading the team this time around?"
Sun Mo didn't dare to be careless in front of Mei Yazhi.
"Mn!"
Mei Yazhi drank her tea and had an excited look on her face. "However, the two headmasters of the academy have come as well. This time around, we have to clear our name."
Sun Mo welcomed and sent them off. When he saw An Xinhui, he was a little surprised.
"Headmaster An isn't here?"
Sun Mo frowned.
"She is!"
An Xinhui sighed. For some reason, she felt that the distance between the two of them was even more distant now that she saw Sun Mo again.
To them, an unexplored Darkness Ruins placed in front of them was like facing a peerlessly beautiful naked woman. Who would be able to endure it?
When the appointed time arrived, the nine famous school groups impatiently rushed into the primordial divine hall.
"Let's go as well!"
Sun Mo led the Saint Gate's 50-man adjudicator group and entered the divine hall.
Other than them, there were three other groups. After entering the ruin, they would split up and move out.
There was no light in the ruin and it was very dark. However, this wasn't a problem for everyone. Other than having their own lighting tools, high-level cultivators could already see things in the dark environment.
As the sect leader, Sun Mo definitely didn't need to put himself in danger. There was a professional team in front that would measure if there was any poison in the air, if there were any problems with the underground water, and if there were any traps.
The group advanced in an orderly manner.
Two days passed, and the Saint Gate didn't obtain any valuable spoils of war. However, they saw many strange murals.
"Why do I feel that this place is like an alien spaceship?"
Li Ziqi frowned.
"Spaceship? What is that? "
Xianyu Wei was curious.
"..."
Li Ziqi didn't know if she should explain or not. That was something she had seen in a black and white game.
"I wonder how Zhiruo and the others are doing?"
Helian Beifang was worried.
"With Teacher An taking care of them, there will definitely be no problem."
After Qin Yaoguang said that, her ears suddenly moved.
"Be careful. Everyone, keep quiet."
Sun Mo raised his hand, indicating for everyone to stop moving forward.
Very soon, a figure clad in a cloak appeared not far away. His voice was low and deep. "Sun Mo, bring your people and leave this place. If not, all of you will die."
"Who the hell is trying to act mysterious here?"
Zhou Zhiwang berated. He was the vice group leader of this group and was an expert at the legendary realm.
"Sun Mo, leave this place quickly!"
Before the cloaked man finished speaking, Zhou Zhiwang dashed out and slashed out with his blade.
BOOM!
However, he didn't manage to slash anything.
"It must be someone from Dark Dawn. They want to monopolize the treasures here and are intentionally playing tricks!"
Zhou Zhiwang spat out a mouthful of phlegm and told everyone to continue moving forward. He felt that Sun Mo was too cautious. If this continued, all the good things would be snatched away by others.
"Sect Leader, it's not that I want to criticize you, but speed is the key when exploring the Darkness Ruins!"
Zhou Zhiwang shared his insights. "I know you are worried that there might be casualties, but such things are unavoidable."
From Zhou Zhiwang's point of view, Sun Mo was soft-hearted.
"Tell everyone to be extra careful!"
Sun Mo was very worried. He reckoned that it wasn't just Dark Dawn. Those people from the Dark Famous School most probably wouldn't miss out on this feast as well.
After exploring for another hour, the scouting team at the front suddenly let out miserable cries.
"You guys stay here and don't move. Teacher Zhou, protect the team!"
As Sun Mo spoke, he dashed out.
"Sect Leader, save me!"
A scout was dragged into the darkness by a monster that was flashing with blue light.
At the scene, there were no traces of blood or corpses, but the members of the scouting team had all disappeared.
Zhou Zhiwang was very strong and naturally wouldn't wait at the back. He directly followed. "Where are they?"
"I don't know!"
Sun Mo shook his head.
"Sigh, if it was up to me, we should have left together. You insisted on letting the scouts go first, but in the end, they still met with misfortune!"
Zhou Zhiwang felt depressed. If everyone was together, they could still take care of each other.
"Teacher Zhou, if we had gone together, we would have lost even more members!"
Li Ziqi spoke up for Sun Mo.
The other party was able to kill a five-man scout team in five seconds without making a sound. What kind of terrifying strength was this?
"Retreat!"
Sun Mo instructed.
"Why?"
Zhou Zhiwang was unhappy.
"In this team, at least two-thirds of the people aren't a match for that monster."
Sun Mo explained.
"If you want to retreat, you guys can do so. In any case, I won't leave!"
Zhou Zhiwang felt extremely depressed. As the vice group leader, he had the qualifications to get a share of the spoils of war. But if he followed a cautious freak like Sun Mo, when would he be able to pick up a secret treasure?
Now, he still wanted to go out!
"Those of you who don't wish to leave, come with me!"
Zhou Zhiwang prepared to split up. He was at the legendary realm and had the qualifications to do so.
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