"Silver Paste? Pu? "
Tantai Yutang couldn't help but laugh.
The gazes of the students immediately turned over. How could you still laugh at such a time? Alright, actually, we also wanted to laugh, but this murderous aura was like a cold wave, it could really freeze our cheeks!
"Oh my god!"
Li Ziqi facepalmed. As expected, the brain of the combat addict was only filled with muscles. They hadn't even entered the Darkness Continent and he had already brought trouble to her teacher.
"Teacher Pei!"
As the group leader, it was one of her missions to ensure that the members in the group had a harmonious relationship.
"I won't lower myself to the level of a student!"
Pei Yuanli chuckled. "Moreover, I quite admire this fellow's character. He is courageous and domineering. In the future, he will definitely be as awesome as me!"
"No, I will be more awesome than you!"
When Xuanyuan Po said this, his expression was completely serious.
"Hehe, then I shall wait and see!"
Pei Yuanli's lips twitched as he urged everyone, "Hurry up, hurry up. The Darkness Continent is much more interesting than Jinling City."
"Lunatic!"
Zhang Qianlin was very disappointed. Why couldn't they fight? However, there was no need to be anxious. The tour this time around would last for half a month. Troublemakers like Ying Baiwu and Xuanyuan Po would cause trouble sooner or later.
After entering the main hall of the plaza and walking a little further into a side hall, one could see a huge door made of stone and some kind of unknown metal.
The mysterious spirit runes engraved on the door were shining brighter and brighter. In the middle of the door was a spinning nebula that looked like a vortex.
"Queue up. You are not allowed to push each other. Otherwise, you will be stripped of your qualifications to enter the Darkness Continent."
A middle-aged administrator wearing the Saint Gate's uniform was currently lecturing in a loud voice, maintaining order.
The students who saw the portal for the first time couldn't help but feel nervous. They didn't speak but stared at the portal, guessing what the world on the other side would be like.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The teleportation gate trembled, and the light of the spirit runes also reached its brightest.
"Depart!"
After the administrator finished speaking, the cultivator in front of him couldn't wait to get in.
The long line of people entered the whirlpool in a single file. Their figures flashed in the whirlpool and disappeared.
"Teacher!"
Lu Zhiruo felt a little worried and involuntarily pulled on Sun Mo's sleeves.
Li Ziqi was both nervous and perturbed. Her body trembled slightly. After that, she placed a hand on her shoulder.
The little sunny egg turned her head and saw that it was Sun Mo. He was currently smiling and looking at her encouragingly. His calmness caused Li Ziqi to feel at ease.
"Yeah, Teacher is right behind me. What am I afraid of?"
Li Ziqi smiled radiantly and stepped into the teleportation gate.
Sun Mo's original self had been to the Darkness Continent before. However, the memories he left behind were all negative. He was nervous, depressed, and filled with a sense of defeat that was hard to accept.
Competition exists in any society.
Outstanding people, or those whose parents were outstanding enough, could earn more money, own luxurious mansions, expensive sports cars, change girlfriends every ten to fifteen days, and enjoy more social benefits and resources …
Even when students were in their prime, there was still competition. Students with good grades could enter the top classes, go to a better high school or university, and enter a better company after graduation.
However, this competition was not blatant. Even if he lost, it would not affect his life much. At worst, he could just be an ordinary person and live a stable life.
But in the Darkness Continent, the strong preyed on the weak. If you were strong, you would be able to obtain everything. If you were weak, you might lose everything.
Here, it was heaven for the strong and hell for the weak.
Honestly speaking, Sun Mo's original self wasn't very outstanding. Hence, he felt that it was very strenuous for him to compete with the strong. It was like he was struggling in a swamp.
When his original self came to the Darkness Continent to train, he had encountered a few great fortuitous encounters. However, due to his strength and luck, he didn't gain anything. Hence, he felt a sense of hatred toward this continent from the bottom of his heart.
"The mentality of a weakling!"
Sensing the emotions in his mind, Sun Mo's lips twitched. After that, he stepped into the teleportation gate.
His body suddenly felt a damping sensation as though he had jumped into water. His limbs were restricted, but two to three seconds later, this feeling disappeared. What replaced it was a sense of pressure.
His heartbeat quickened, and the blood in his body flowed faster. His spirit also became violent. His mind was like a rubber band that was gradually being pulled taut.
Sun Mo followed the crowd and walked out of the great hall, arriving at the public square.
"Wow, so beautiful!"
The female students exclaimed in shock.
At this moment, the sky was filled with several dazzling light ribbons. They were like auroras, twisting and swaying, exhibiting a magnificent and deep aura.
"Spirit qi has different densities at different heights. When they surge, the spirit qi of different densities will be compressed and fused together, resulting in such a unique phenomenon. Over here, they are known as spirit auroras!"
Gu Xiuxun explained.
Jin Mujie turned her head and swept her gaze across the group.
Some students had astonished gazes as they stared at the sky, admiring the magnificent scenery. Some students were frowning or unconsciously twisting their bodies.
The greatest natural phenomenon in the first level of the Darkness Continent was the presence of spirit qi tides.
The spirit qi in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces was stable, and it was the same no matter where it was. However, the first level of the Darkness Continent was different.
When the density was different, there would be convection.
Such convection was everywhere. If cultivators couldn't adapt to it, they wouldn't be able to survive in the Darkness Continent.
The Saint Gate didn't choose the location of the teleportation gate randomly. For example, spirit qi tides wouldn't erupt here, and the density of spirit qi was similar to that of the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces. As the initial landing point, it wouldn't bring about great discomfort to cultivators.
"If you feel any discomfort, don't force yourself. You must tell me immediately!"
Jin Mujie reminded them.
Gu Xiuxun surveyed her five personal students and felt very satisfied. All of them felt discomfort, especially Zhang Yaozong. He even had a vomiting reaction. This meant that they were very sensitive to weak changes in spirit qi.
The stronger their sensitivity was, the better their aptitude would be.
As she treated Sun Mo as her opponent, Gu Xiuxun also paid attention to his six personal students.
The most famous one, Xuanyuan Po, actually had no reaction at all? This was a little surprising. It could also be that his nerves were too strong and he directly endured this kind of discomfort.
Next, it was the iron-headed girl who was recruited by Fang Wuji. She was like a pregnant woman who was vomiting. She vomited on the ground.
Li Ziqi used a handkerchief to cover her mouth. Her countenance was slightly pale. The papaya girl who was tugging on Sun Mo's sleeves blinked her innocent and beautiful big eyes. She looked at the spirit aurora in the sky agitatedly and didn't have any reaction.
"Heh, so what if you have big breasts?"
Gu Xiuxun suddenly felt a sense of superiority. Having big breasts didn't mean that you could do whatever you wanted. At the very least, when the heavens gave you a pair of big breasts, they didn't give you the aptitude to be proud of!
As for the young man with the word 'trash' above his head, he also didn't have any reaction. However, this was within Gu Xiuxun's expectations. His damaged spirit runes had long since destroyed his sensitivity to spirit qi. Bluntly speaking, this young man had no future.
Finally, it was the sickly invalid who had the most intense reaction. He used a handkerchief to cover his mouth and kept on coughing. Green veins popped up on his forehead, and his face was flushed red.
Let alone him, even others would feel uncomfortable when they heard him coughing. They felt as though their lungs were going to be coughed out.
"Out of Sun Mo's six students, only that iron-headed girl is worth looking at!"
The teachers who came along with the group soon made their judgment. As for Xuanyuan Po, he was a special case and they had to observe him from a comprehensive perspective.
The students didn't know that the moment they stepped out of the teleportation gate, the competition had already begun. Those with good aptitudes would receive special attention and would be able to obtain more resources in the future.
It wasn't that the school was utilitarian and couldn't treat everyone equally. Rather, it was because the same amount of resources spent on students with good aptitudes would cause their cultivation bases to soar rapidly. As for those with ordinary aptitudes, the effects would be negligible.
Correspondingly, there was also time. The lifespan of humans was ultimately limited.
Cultivators with good aptitudes would live longer. Their contributions to the cultivation world, or rather, their very existence was a type of contribution.
For example, just the cultivation experience they had accumulated would be helpful to their descendants.
It was like Einstein, Madame Curie, and the other scientists. Every day they lived was a type of wealth to humanity.
In truth, there had always been such a debate in the great teacher world. Should they treat everyone equally and teach according to their aptitudes, or should they carry out elite education?
"This is the Spiritwind City. It's a main city that can accommodate 100,000 people. Cultivators would come here to trade for the herbs they found in the Darkness Continent or the mysterious species of darkness they captured. At the same time, this is also a place for them to rest and replenish their supplies."
Jin Mujie explained to everyone.
"The Spiritwind City is guarded by the troops sent by the Saint Gate. Its defense is very strong, so there's no need to worry about any unexpected attacks. Also, even if you guys beat the brains out of the other party outside, as long as you enter here, you have to coexist peacefully. Once you start fighting, you'll be expelled by the Saint Gate. In serious cases, you might even be executed."
The students looked into the distance. There were many people on the streets, but most of them didn't have a smile on their faces. They were all in a hurry and looked travel-worn. Even for women, many of them had unkempt hair and dirty faces.
Everyone came here to increase their influence or to strike it rich. Strolling on the streets? That didn't exist.
"Alright, next, we will be staying in the Spiritwind City for six hours. Everyone, sit quietly and meditate."
After Jin Mujie spoke, she took the lead and sat down.
The students had just arrived at the Darkness Continent, and their bodies needed some time to adapt to the changes in the spirit pressure. If there was a rejection reaction, they had to receive emergency treatment immediately. Otherwise, it would be too late once they left the main city.
The words of a 3-star great teacher carried a lot of weight. The students immediately sat down. However, as they had just arrived, everything was new to them. It was a little difficult for them to enter meditation.
"Do you want to go back?"
Sun Mo didn't care about Ying Baiwu. He walked to Tantai Yutang's side and gave him a massage.
"No, I can't afford to lose my face."
Tantai Yutang smiled, exuding a sense of toughness from his bones.
"I think you guys are going to cough to death. Why don't we go back?"
"That's right, your body is so weak. It's useless even if you stay!"
"It's so good to be Sun Mo's student!"
The students at the side persuaded. Some of them sighed ruefully. From their point of view, Tantai Yutang basically didn't have the qualifications to enter the Darkness Continent. The reason why he could come here was because he had acknowledged Sun Mo as his teacher.
"That's why I said it's really good to have an impressive teacher!"
Some students felt envious. This was especially so when they saw Sun Mo giving Tantai Yutang a massage. This was God Hands.
"Hehe, I rely on my brain to make a living. It doesn't matter if my body is weak or not."
Given Tantai Yutang's pride, he actually wanted to push Sun Mo's hand away. However, because it was too comfortable, he couldn't bear to do so. Hence, he felt extremely conflicted.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Tantai Yutang + 20. Friendly (110/1,000).
Sun Mo didn't give Ying Baiwu treatment because this was a normal reaction for cultivators who had just entered the Darkness Continent. It was like falling sick. Only after self-recovery would antibodies be produced.
In this place, only by adapting to the changes in the spirit pressure wouldn't there be any rejection reaction.
"Teacher Jin, I wish to make a trip to the bank!"
After the students quietened down, Zhang Qianlin was the first to ask for leave from Jin Mujie.
"Go on!"
Jin Mujie approved his request.
After that, the teachers left one by one for the same reason.
Roughly 15 minutes later, Gu Xiuxun returned and called Zhang Yaozong and the others to her side.
"Here, these are spirit stones, one for each of you. Whatever you want, you can go and buy it when you are free."
Gu Xiuxun gave each student a stone that was the size of a fingernail.
"Are these spirit stones?"
The students immediately crowded over and looked at them curiously.
The spirit stones were the size of fingernails and flashed with a faint golden glow. They looked even more alluring than gold.
In the Darkness Continent, gold and silver no longer had the function of currency. They were replaced by bartering or using spirit stones for transactions.
Spirit stones were ores filled with spirit qi. Cultivators could absorb the spirit qi from them for cultivation.
One must know that spirit qi was the source and foundation of all cultivation. Hence, spirit stones had become the hard currency of the Darkness Continent.
The quality of spirit stones could be divided into inferior-grade, medial-grade, superior-grade, and peerless-grade. The better the grade, the more spirit qi it contained and the purer it would be.
Above peerless-grade spirit stones, there were also the extremely rare spirit diamonds.
Gao Ben and Zhang Lan returned and similarly gave each of their personal students an inferior-grade spirit stone.
This caused the other students to be extremely envious. After that, their gazes landed on Sun Mo. This person had God Hands, so he would most probably be even more generous, right?
"Teacher?"
Tantai Yutang looked at Sun Mo, revealing a pleading expression. He was like a house cat waiting to be fed dried fish.
"You sickly invalid, you actually want to make things difficult for Teacher? I will definitely teach you a lesson! "
Li Ziqi was very angry, but at this moment, it was most important to help her teacher out of this predicament. Hence, she stood up. "Teacher, I will go and help you to retrieve your spirit stones!"
Because the laws of the Darkness Continent and the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces were different, there was no way to bring spirit stones back to the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces. Once brought back, even if the spirit stones contained vast amounts of spirit qi, they would dissipate completely within three days.
Hence, after everyone ended their adventure and returned to Middle-Earth, all the spirit stones they had would be stored in the Saint Gate's bank.
"I don't have spirit stones, where are you going to retrieve them?"
Sun Mo knew that the little sunny egg had good intentions and didn't want him to make a fool of himself. However, he wouldn't take a student's money.
"Teacher, have you forgotten? Didn't you ask me to safekeep them? "
Li Ziqi did her best to signal Sun Mo with her eyes. (Teacher, everyone is watching. You mustn't be inferior to the other teachers.)
(Moreover, isn't my money your money?) (There's no need to stand on ceremony with me!)
"Everyone, don't make a fuss. Gifting a spirit stone to a personal student is a tradition of the Central Province Academy."
Zhang Qianlin intentionally emphasized the word 'tradition' because he wanted to make things difficult for Sun Mo. After all, everyone could see that Sun Mo hadn't given a spirit stone to his student yet.
"Eh? There's such a tradition? "
Lu Zhiruo was overjoyed. After that, she looked at Sun Mo. "Teacher, I will definitely keep the spirit stone you gave me carefully and treat it as my lucky talisman."
"Aiya, you silly papaya girl, why are you adding to the mess?"
Li Ziqi was so depressed that she wanted to cough up blood. However, she also knew that Lu Zhiruo worshipped Sun Mo very much and was his crazy fan. Hence, she had never thought of something as embarrassing as Sun Mo not having spirit stones.
"Hehe!"
Zhang Qianlin's expression didn't change, but he was laughing in his heart. (This time around, I don't care what your hands are. You're going to lose face for sure.)
"Aiya, how awkward. If it was me, I'd definitely be so embarrassed that I wouldn't be able to show my face, right? No, given my intelligence, I won't allow myself to fall into such a situation. "
Gu Xiuxun was proud, waiting to watch a good show.
Jin Mujie frowned. How did things turn out like this in the blink of an eye?
Before they left, An Xinhui had looked for her and given her 100 spirit stones, telling her to find an excuse to pass them to Sun Mo. She was worried that Sun Mo would encounter a situation where he needed spirit stones.
But who knew that Sun Mo would encounter trouble before Jin Mujie even gave them to him? It wouldn't be appropriate if she were to give them now.
"It's all my fault!"
Jin Mujie felt a little self-reproach.
Honestly speaking, Jin Mujie couldn't be blamed. As the leader of the visiting group, she had to be responsible for the safety of 50 students. Jin Mujie had many things to handle, so how would she have the time to care about such a small matter?
It was mainly because Gu Xiuxun and the other two wanted to make their presence known that they had given spirit stones to their personal students at the first instant.
As for why An Xinhui didn't personally pass the spirit stones to Sun Mo, it was naturally because she was worried that it would hurt his pride.
"Teacher Sun? Why aren't you saying anything? Oh, I forgot. You just graduated not long ago and might not have any savings. If you don't have spirit stones, I can sponsor some for you. There's no interest. "
Zhang Qianlin put on a very magnanimous attitude.
"This fellow is so loathsome!"
Li Ziqi was unhappy.
Zhang Qianlin said that Sun Mo had just graduated. Although it seemed like he was explaining things to Sun Mo, he was actually slandering him. One must know that Gu Xiuxun and the other two had just graduated as well. Why would they have spirit stones?
To put it bluntly, it was because the school Sun Mo graduated from was too inferior. His capabilities weren't good enough and he wouldn't be able to earn much spirit stones.
The better the school, the more slots the students would get to enter the Darkness Continent. Naturally, the chances of earning spirit stones would also be higher.
Sun Mo's original self didn't come to the Darkness Continent many times. He had already exhausted all his effort to complete his graduation mission. How would he have the time to earn spirit stones?
"Teacher Zhang, there's no need to trouble yourself. It's just six spirit stones. It's simple!"
Sun Mo smiled and rejected Zhang Qianlin's sponsorship.
"Teacher is going to earn spirit stones?"
Ying Baiwu's eyes brightened.
"That's right. Let's set a small goal first. I want to earn 100 spirit stones!"
Sun Mo smiled.
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