It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly.
In the small plaza, there were close to ten thousand people. At this moment, all of them were silent, waiting for Cao Xian to give his question.
"Please!"
Other than being a little young, An Xinhui actually had the grace and bearing of a headmaster.
Although Cao Xian used a questioning tone, the Central Province Academy didn't have the right to reject him. In fact, they didn't even have the thought of changing the topic.
Naturally, even if there was, An Xinhui wouldn't use it. This was the confidence of a famous school.
It was like how an ordinary famous school would challenge the Nine Greats. They would just stand there, allowing you to ask any question and crush them.
The reputation of a powerful school was built from the many great teacher group battles they had gone through.
If the Central Province Academy wanted to rise again, there would definitely be a lot of things like the Myriad Daos Academy coming to challenge them.
"In that case, how about the spiritual control technique this round?"
After Cao Xian spoke, a middle-aged man walked out from the great teacher circle behind him. Although he wasn't completely bald, the amount of hair on the top of his head was clearly much lesser.
"I am Huang Chengguo!"
The middle-aged man clasped hands and then produced a statue. Without saying anything, he simply waited.
Everyone immediately turned their gazes over.
The statue was in the shape of an insect. It was vivid and lifelike, about the size of a fist. It was originally blue, but because of the passage of time, the paint was mottled and peeling. There were even signs of being burned, and there were many cracks.
"Isn't this a dung beetle?"
Along with a surprised voice, laughter suddenly floated in the small square. Dung beetles fed on animal dung.
It was recognized as a dirty bug, and even children would not catch it to play.
Could it be that this round was a competition of summoning dung beetles?
"What do you mean?"
Lu Zhiruo didn't understand. "Why not?"
"He's already given the question."
Li Ziqi explained.
Lu Zhiruo dug her ears. "Why didn't I hear it?"
"This statue is the question. If you can't even understand the question, then there's no need to come out and accept the challenge."
Tantai Yutang explained.
"I see!"
The papaya girl was enlightened.
"Deliberately mystifying things!"
Ying Baiwu's lips twitched. She really wanted to kill this fellow with a single arrow. As for Xuanyuan Po, he left after watching for a while.
He was not interested in fighting at all.
"It's not a weapon forging competition?"
An Xinhui's lips twitched.
"He's not stupid."
Jin Mujie came and sighed after hearing this. The Central Province Academy still had a very deep foundation in the area of weaponsmithing. Even if Cao Xian's brain was damaged, he wouldn't compete in weaponsmithing.
An Xinhui turned her head and glanced at the great teachers of her school.
To be honest, the pressure was immense.
This was because the school did not have any powerful spiritualists.
Among the many subjects, divination and fortune-telling were the most mysterious. It could not even be considered as a subject. If one wanted to learn it, they would have to study it with the Heaven's Secrets Chart or the Push Back Chart.
He really didn't know how to teach this thing.
Then, there was the study of spirituality, which was not inferior to fortune-telling. This was because this subject involved too many things. It was not just spirituality summoning, which was only the basics. Further up, there was the out-of-body experience, the wandering of the divine soul, communicating with the dead, and other unimaginable contents.
There were many great teachers who studied the art of spiritual control, but honestly speaking, the number of great teachers who were able to make a name for themselves were much lesser. Most of the time, spirit controllers were no different from scammers.
Therefore, the various schools would only hire great teachers who specialized in summoning spirits. If they specialized in the study of souls, then sorry, they would have to go back to where they came from.
"Qian shi?"
An Xinhui asked.
"Cough cough, I caught a cold yesterday and my body isn't feeling well."
Qian shi smiled bitterly and pretended to be helpless. However, he was extremely regretful in his heart. (Why did I come here to join in the fun?)
If he lost in such an occasion, it would affect his reputation greatly. It was better for him to keep a low profile.
An Xinhui was an amicable person and didn't insist after hearing that. However, she didn't dare to mention names recklessly. If she was rejected again, she would lose a lot of face.
"Sun Mo got full marks for the spiritual control test in the written examination of the 2-star great teacher examination."
Jin Mujie reminded.
An Xinhui fell silent and pretended not to hear it. She had been paying attention to Sun Mo's examination results and naturally knew about this. However, she was worried that Sun Mo wouldn't be able to handle it. That would damage his reputation.
Upon seeing this, Jin Mujie rolled her eyes. (You haven't married him yet, but you're already thinking for him?)
"Hehe!"
Cao Xian had a complacent look on his face as he looked at An Xinhui who was about to break her head from worry. There was nothing wrong with hitting a person's weak spot.
"Lass An, don't blame me. Who asked you guys to not have a powerful spirit controller?"
Cao Xian stroked his white beard. He was filled with pride toward the matter of him recruiting Yue Rongbo back then.
Huang Chengguo was a member of Yue Rongbo's great teacher group and majored in the art of spiritual control. Actually, back then, Cao Xian despised this fellow a lot.
He had even treated Huang Chengguo as a freeloader. If it wasn't for him wanting to win over Yue Rongbo, Cao Xian would definitely not want Huang Chengguo.
Just when An Xinhui was racking her brains, pondering how to break out of this situation, a slightly hoarse voice rang out.
"Leave this round to me, alright?"
Cao Xian turned his head and saw a woman in her twenties. She was dressed in white sackcloth robes and separated the crowd, walking out.
"Who is this?"
Cao Xian frowned and asked his assistant. There was such a person in the Central Province Academy?
The assistant's forehead was drenched in cold sweat because he couldn't answer. If the headmaster misunderstood that he didn't put in the effort to gather information on enemy schools, he would definitely be fired.
"Bai Shuang? Why are you here? "
An Xinhui was astonished. She knew this woman because they were from the same generation. Back then, when she went to the Skyraise Academy for an exchange, she had some interactions with Bai Shuang.
"Headmaster An!"
Bai Shuang calmly greeted. After that, she walked up to Huang Chengguo and surveyed the sculpture in his hands. "Can you let me take a look?"
"Headmaster An, this is..."
Cao Xian asked.
"She is Bai Shuang, the top graduate of the Skyraise Academy. She has extraordinary attainments in the art of spiritual control and is a quasi-grandmaster."
An Xinhui casually introduced and then surveyed Bai Shuang.
Compared to the past, she was thinner and her eyes were more bloodshot. She was still as reticent as before and was immersed in the art of spiritual control, unable to extricate herself.
"Bai Shuang? The one ranked # 11 on the Great Teachers Hero Rankings? "
Cao Xian was greatly shocked. He looked at Bai Shuang and spoke in an unhappy tone, "Why are you here to join in the fun? This is a matter between our two schools! "
Cao Xian's attitude was a subconscious reaction of self-defense. After all, a person's reputation was like a tree's shadow. As a top graduate of the Skyraise Academy, one would know how high her standard was even if they used their knees to think.
Cao Xian didn't wish for things to go awry.
"So this is Bai Shuang!"
The great teachers whispered to each other, all of them looking at Bai Shuang with curious gazes.
What was a famous person?
This was it!
There was no need for more introductions. Everyone was familiar with this name.
Bai Shuang stared at the beetle sculpture and ignored Cao Xian.
"Teacher Bai, please conduct yourself with dignity!"
Cao Xian's tone became heavier. This was a situation he was sure to win, and he mustn't allow anyone to disrupt it.
"Teacher Bai, please leave. Don't affect our competition!"
Cao Xian didn't feel good to be violent, but his assistant didn't have such worries. He quickly walked over and stretched out his hand, wanting to pull her away.
"Oh, I'm representing the Central Province Academy!"
Bai Shuang replied.
"You aren't a great teacher from the Central Province Academy?"
Cao Xian grumbled unhappily.
"I am!"
Bai Shuang's reply was concise and comprehensive.
"What? The top graduate of the Skyraise Academy is taking up a position in our school? It must be fake, right? "
"Of course, it must be fake. If a genius like Bai Shuang were to leave, the headmaster of the Skyraise Academy would break the legs of everyone in the HR department, reattach them, and break them again."
"As expected of the rumors. She is a spiritual control freak!"
The great teachers mumbled.
An Xinhui glanced at Sun Mo. Her intuition told her that this must be related to her childhood sweetheart.
Sun Mo had a strange expression on his face. He didn't expect Bai Shuang to come so quickly.
"Headmaster Cao, there's something you don't know. In the Great Teachers Battle, Teacher Bai lost to Teacher Sun. Because of the bet, she has to come to our school to teach for three years."
Xia Yuan explained.
"What?"
Cao Xian had a look of surprise on his face. He knew how strong Bai Shuang was, but Sun Mo could actually defeat her in the Great Teachers Battle?
(Don't say anymore, my heart hurts. Let me calm down!)
Once again, Cao Xian was filled with regret because he didn't manage to headhunt Sun Mo.
Sounds of discussion rang out in the surroundings. After that, favorable impression points started to flow into Sun Mo's account.
Defeating the top graduate of the Skyraise Academy was a relatively shocking achievement.
If it was someone else, they would surely feel depressed if their defeat was exposed. However, Bai Shuang wasn't depressed. In her eyes, there was only the art of spiritual control.
"Headmaster Cao, it's fine. It's the same no matter who comes!"
Huang Chengguo consoled her. He was very confident that even he, a 3-star great teacher, couldn't understand the sculpture after researching it for ten years. They wouldn't be able to either!
Bai Shuang received the sculpture Huang Chengguo handed over and immediately chanted an incantation, placing her right hand on the back of the sculpture.
Bzz!
The sculpture actually emitted the sound of flapping wings. However, it was clearly a stone sculpture. Such a magical scene caused many great teachers to click their tongues in wonder.
All of a sudden, a ball of purple light lit up on Bai Shuang's right hand. After that, she grabbed with her five fingers and exerted force to pull it out.
Jiji!
A spiritual beetle screeched and was forcefully pulled out from the sculpture by Bai Shuang.
The beetle was completely black and was shrouded in a dense fog. It struggled with all its might in Bai Shuang's hand.
Jiji! Jiji!
The sound of the beetle was incomparably sharp, piercing the eardrums of everyone.
Upon seeing this scene, Huang Chengguo's expression changed. He immediately retracted the contempt in his heart.
She was able to capture the soul of the beetle just by looking at it for a few minutes. This Bai Shuang truly lived up to her reputation.
Cao Xian's lips twitched fiercely as he looked at Huang Chengguo. He wouldn't screw things up, right?
After Huang Chengguo gave Cao Xian a 'don't worry' gaze, he asked, "Teacher Bai, what do you think of this beetle sculpture?"
Shh!
Bai Shuang indicated for Huang Chengguo to be quiet. After observing for over ten minutes, she suddenly slapped her palm toward the sculpture.
BOOM!
The sculpture trembled intensely. After that, black light shone brightly and a wisp of black fog gushed out, instantly condensing into a scarab the size of a calf.
This time around, Huang Chengguo's expression changed drastically. He was no longer as calm as before. He was going to lose this match.
"Teacher Sun, come and take a look."
Bai Shuang still ignored Huang Chengguo and called out to Sun Mo.
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