Helian Beifang had long since been prepared that he wouldn't be taken in as Sun Mo's personal student. Hence, he wasn't disappointed. As for that agreement, he didn't think much of it.
After all, even if Sun Mo kept his promise and didn't discriminate against him because he was a barbarian, he might still look down on his aptitude.
Therefore, Helian Beifang planned to stay in Jinling City for half a month, sightseeing and enjoying the scenery of this famous city before preparing to return home.
Although the Central Plains is good, it is still not my hometown.
…
"That youth's aptitude is very good. Aren't you afraid that he'll be snatched away?"
Gu Xiuxun was curious.
"That means we are not fated to be together."
Sun Mo shrugged.
When the native great teachers of the Nine Prefectures saw a good seedling, they couldn't help but want to take them in immediately. After all, to them, the value of a great teacher was to nurture students who were renowned throughout the Nine Prefectures.
The more impressive your students are, the more famous they are. In that case, you will be the strongest great teacher.
Although Sun Mo had been in Jinling for over a year, his mentality hadn't changed yet. He still felt that it was enough to teach more students.
He was no different from a personal disciple.
Hence, Sun Mo would do his best in every lesson and impart everything he knew. Even if the students were the personal disciples of other great teachers, he wouldn't be stingy with them.
By doing so, he had unknowingly won a lot of praise for himself and gained a lot of favorable impressions.
…
Sun Mo spent his day in the battle dojo. He also discovered a few pretty good new students, but they were merely outstanding. They weren't outstanding geniuses.
After dinner, Sun Mo returned to his study and started to research the spirit rune books he had taken from the old headmaster's library. But not long after, he heard a commotion outside.
When Sun Mo came out, he saw that lousy crane chasing after the papaya girl. It used its wings to grab a wooden club and beat her up.
"…"
Sun Mo was speechless.
Caw!
After the broken bird screeched at Sun Mo, it continued to chase after Lu Zhiruo.
"What happened?"
Sun Mo frowned. "Stop, or I'll stew you!"
"Ga!"
Broken Bird spat out a mouthful of saliva.
"…"
Sun Mo was enraged. "Xiao E, go get me a kitchen knife and boil some water."
The little handmaiden, Yi Cui`e, was very obedient and ran off with her short legs.
Caw!
Seeing that Sun Mo seemed to be serious, the broken bird stopped in its tracks. It used its wings to point at the plates on the ground and left angrily.
"Zhiruo prepared rice and water for it, but it didn't seem to be to its liking, so it started beating Zhiruo."
Dong He explained.
"Don't red-crowned cranes eat rice?"
The papaya girl hugged her head and felt very wronged. "If it's just meat and fish, how can I look like an immortal?"
In Lu Zhiruo's heart, a bird like the red-crowned crane had to eat spirit fruits, drink mountain springs, and live among the green pines. Only then would it be in line with its demeanor.
She definitely couldn't find any spiritual fruits, so she personally picked some plump grains of rice and cooked them. She even added dates and longans, but it was still rejected.
"It should be fish, right?"
Sun Mo wasn't sure either. In the city he had lived in in in the past, there weren't any red-crowned cranes in the zoo. There were only many swans and various types of parrots.
The 50 yuan entrance fee was really not worth it. It was not even comparable to the red-crowned crane at home.
Although this stupid bird's personality wasn't good, looking at its appearance, to be honest, it was full of spirit and spirit. It definitely wouldn't be a problem for it to pretend to be an immortal bird and cheat people.
"It didn't say that it wants to eat fish."
The papaya girl felt very wronged. "It wants to eat stewed meat."
"Stewed meat?"
Sun Mo's brows furrowed tightly.
The papaya girl realized that she had said the wrong thing. She immediately lowered her head and shrunk her neck, pretending to be a quail.
"Did something happen?"
Sun Mo asked.
"That red-crowned crane ate a big pot of stewed meat in the canteen during the day and even beat up three chefs."
Dong He explained in a low voice.
The ecological environment of the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces was very well protected, and red-crowned cranes weren't rare. Hence, the chefs didn't have any reverence in their hearts. When they saw it stealing food, they wanted to take it down, wash it, and braise it.
If it wasn't for Lu Zhiruo arriving in time, this stupid bird would have challenged all the chefs and dominated the entire Central Province Academy's canteen.
"Are its injuries serious?"
Sun Mo's lips twitched a little. He felt that his reputation might be ruined by this stupid bird.
"Not serious."
Lu Zhiruo rubbed her eyes. "I've bought a gift and apologized to it."
This was the fault of her teacher's spiritual beast. She had the responsibility and obligation to settle this matter. She mustn't let her teacher worry about this.
"Mn, you've done well."
Sun Mo nodded and rubbed the papaya girl's head.
"System, open the treasure chest!"
Ding!
"Congratulations, you've obtained 1x divine force fruit."
Another level was stabilized.
Such an easy level-up caused Sun Mo to feel extremely happy. He finally experienced the joy and joy of those players with pay-to-win money.
Other people had to work hard to level up, but the rich could buy an experience potion and gain several times the experience. After that, they could use top-grade weapons to kill people when their level was maxed out. It was simply too satisfying.
"Don't be too complacent. You can obtain nature fruits as a reward through the system, but those top-notch aristocratic clans in the Nine Provinces can obtain nature fruits through vast amounts of wealth. Calculating it, those genius second-generation clans have obtained more resources than you."
The system felt that Sun Mo's eyesight was too shallow.
Just eating a few Divine Force Fruits and you're already this happy? You're just a frog at the bottom of a well. Do you know how those geniuses from the rich and powerful clans break through?
They soaked in top-grade medicinal baths every day, ate top-grade medicinal meals, had the guidance of the most impressive great teachers, and had outstanding opponents to spar with.
"I understand!"
Sun Mo's lips twitched.
How did the saying go again? All roads lead to Rome. But some people were born in Rome. This was a saying Sun Mo had heard when he was in secondary school.
Later, when he was working, he came to know the second part of the sentence, which was that some people were born with Rome as their own.
Never despair?
Even if you worked hard all your life and received the care of the goddess of luck, the ending you could reach wouldn't be comparable to the starting point of others.
If it was when he was still a student, Sun Mo would feel that it was very embarrassing to take such a shortcut. But now, he was already used to it.
The only problem was, what would he do if the system went on strike?
Hence, it was extremely urgent for him to build his own ecological botanical garden. At that time, he would plant a few divine force fruit trees. Not only could he eat them, but he could also use them as rewards. The Central Province Academy's attractiveness to students and great teachers would multiply.
It was simply perfect!
As Sun Mo thought about his plan to strengthen the school, he patted the papaya girl's head and continued to open the treasure chests.
This time around, before the purple fog dissipated, a silvery-white glow could be seen.
"Is this a new reward?"
Sun Mo's spirits stirred. He had never seen such a glow before.
Ding!
"Congratulations, you've obtained 1x Spirit Rune Design Magic Cube. Usage time: 72 hours."
"Note: Using it, you can verify the concept of your spirit rune design. If it works normally, the actual object built according to it will also be effective. If it doesn't, it will fail."
"In other words, it can save you the time needed to build a model."
The system introduced.
The reward was good, but Sun Mo didn't feel agitated. Instead, he calmed down and stared at the magic cube, sinking into contemplation.
The so-called magic cube was actually many building blocks. Using them, one could build all sorts of different models.
One could say that the reward this time around was mainly used to build all sorts of spirit rune buildings.
In Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, building a spirit rune building was too time-consuming and laborious.
Just think about it, drawing spirit runes on paper already had an extremely high failure rate. If it was used to build a building, how high would the failure rate be?
One must know that buildings were constructed from bricks and soil. If there was a mistake in the spirit runes on a brick, it might cause the model to fail.
To a spirit rune master, he wouldn't know if the spirit rune he designed was ineffective or if there was a mistake during the splicing process.
If it was the latter, he would just need to change a brick. But if it was the former, the entire building would have to be changed.
Because of this, there weren't many spirit rune buildings in the entire Middle-Earth Nine Provinces.
The ones that existed were either left behind from ancient times or were built according to the blueprints excavated from the ruins of the Darkness Continent.
Because these blueprints had already been verified to be feasible, if the spirit runes on the buildings weren't effective, there would definitely be a problem with the builder.
Sun Mo had long since wanted to build a spirit gathering pagoda.
After getting used to the spirit qi density in the Wind King Divine Hall that was several times higher than in Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, he felt like he had become a fish that was about to die of thirst when he returned to school.
However, it was too difficult to design a spirit gathering building. Sun Mo understood that this was a domain that only great ancestors of spirit runes dared to set foot in. Hence, he wisely gave up.
But now, with the spirit rune designing magic cube in his hands, Sun Mo had a new chance.
He could use the magic cube to keep on trying and making mistakes until he finally designed a perfect building. But if he did it normally, he would have to keep on making the model.
No matter how fast he was, it was already not bad if he could make two mistakes in a month. Moreover, the manpower and material resources he had to spend would also be a huge sum.
"Good stuff!"
Sun Mo sighed ruefully. After getting Lu Zhiruo and Dong He to leave the study, he impatiently took it out and started to play with it.
The material of the magic cube was a type of jade stone that Sun Mo didn't know the name of. He counted it and found that there were a total of 1,000 pieces. At the same time, it was equipped with a carving knife. No matter how much strength he used, the marks left on the jade stone would be the same.
Sun Mo could carve spirit runes on some jade stones and then arrange them into different combinations to test if the spirit runes could be used normally.
It was definitely impossible to draw a single spirit rune on a wall. It would be too much of a waste of space. At such a time, he would need to draw two, three, or even five spirit runes.
This also meant that on the surface area of a single spirit rune, the effect of five spirit runes would appear.
"Spirit gathering pagoda? Not a bad idea. If you can do it, you would be the number one spirit rune master in the Central Province. "
The system sighed ruefully.
"Not the number one in the Nine Provinces?"
Sun Mo counter-asked.
"Do you think those great ancestors of spirit runes who have lived for a few hundred years are all idlers?"
The system was speechless.
"It's fine, I'm young. I can outlast them to death."
Sun Mo consoled himself.
"You aren't even in the Longevity Realm, yet you want to outlast them to death? By the time you wet your shoes with the wind, they would still be going against the wind. "
The system spoke in disdain.
(At the very least, old people at the Saint Region Realm are stronger than you.)
After obtaining a new toy, Sun Mo was immersed in it and couldn't extricate himself. He played for an entire night until Li Ziqi came to pay her respects. Only then did he reluctantly end this rubik's cube game.
"Let's go, we must recruit a student today!"
Sun Mo was bathed in sunlight as he headed toward the campus.
...
In a teahouse in Jinling, the place was bustling with noise.
Liu Tong brought his personal disciple Zhang Pan in and saw that it was packed with people.
"As expected of a metropolis. There are people everywhere."
Zhang Pan sighed ruefully. The number of people he saw in a year couldn't even compare to the number of people in Jinling City in a day.
"Let's go over there!"
There was a table in the corner. The customers had just finished eating and hadn't left yet. Liu Tong quickened his pace and sat down, wanting to occupy the table first.
"The two of you, what do you want to eat? Our restaurant's roasted goose is the best in Jinling. Even Great Teacher Sun has visited before and said that it's good. "
The waiter tidied up the table as he asked.
Liu Tong's expression changed. Just when he wanted to ask, someone else beat him to it.
"Which Great Teacher Sun?"
A middle-aged merchant smiled and asked.
A young man sat beside him.
"Who else can it be? Naturally, it's Great Teacher Sun Mo. God Hands, that Sun Mo who is like a dog in front of the door. "
The waiter's tone was amiable. He then glanced at the child beside him. "You are also bringing your child to the Central Province Academy to acknowledge a teacher, right? Let me tell you, after you eat my roasted goose, you will be able to get close to Sun Mo in advance. "
"Hehe, give me one."
The merchant didn't believe in such nonsense, but it was still a must for good luck.
"Teacher Sun's fame is so great!"
Zhang Pan was surprised.
"Yeah!"
Liu Tong also didn't understand.
Logically speaking, a big city like Jinling should have 7-star and 8-star great teachers. But why was Sun Mo's fame so great?
How outstanding must he be for people to mention Sun Mo's name when promoting their signature dishes?
"Speaking of which, waiter, who is the most impressive great teacher in Jinling now?"
An outsider was curious.
"This customer, I don't know who is the most impressive, but I know that the most famous one would definitely be Great Teacher Sun."
The waiter continued.
"Eh? Why haven't I heard of this before? Among the younger generation, the most famous ones are Liu Mubai and Fang Wuji. They are known as the twin jade annulus of Jinling. "
Someone doubted again.
"That's old news. The two you are talking about participated in the great teacher examination together with Great Teacher Sun. Guess what happened?"
The waiter intentionally paused for a while, keeping everyone in suspense and attracting the attention of the customers. He then said, "Their rankings are very high. If it was in the past, they would be new rising stars worthy of being written about. But this year, they encountered Great Teacher Sun."
"Great Teacher Sun is a two-time champion, stepping on the top graduates of the Nine Greats to climb up. Don't you think he's amazing?"
As the waiter spoke until here, his tone was filled with envy and worship.
(The salary that Great Teacher Sun earns in a day would most probably be equivalent to what I earn in a year, right?) (Moreover, he can even sleep with beautiful great teachers. He's unlike me. I've spent a lot of money and gifts, but I can't even sleep with a kitchen maid.)
"A few days ago, Headmaster Cao of the Myriad Daos Academy personally brought a great teacher group to challenge Jinling. In the end, Great Teacher Sun single-handedly wiped out half of the great teacher group. Who can accomplish this?"
The waiter flattered, feeling a little regretful. It was a pity that Sun Mo wasn't someone from Jinling.
"You guys don't know this, but during these few days, the entrance gate of the Central Province Academy has been trampled by the new students."
The waiter sighed. If it wasn't for the fact that his age wasn't right, he would also want to go and seek knowledge.
Upon hearing this, Liu Tong and Zhang Pan gulped and exchanged glances.
"T... teacher, why don't we not go?"
Zhang Pan glanced at his lame leg. If he wasn't Liu Tong's student, he wouldn't even be able to enter a rural school, let alone a famous school like this.
"Don't panic, I'll take care of everything!"
Liu Tong drank his tea.
Zhang Pan's lips twitched. (Teacher, can your hands not tremble when you're holding the tea? You're spilling the tea here.)
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