The entire classroom was silent. One could hear summer cicadas crawling on the parasol tree outside the window.
Sun Mo stood on the rostrum and looked straight at Zhou Yong, giving him an expression that said 'you can continue questioning me'.
Zhou Yong was extremely embarrassed. How could he have asked?
It was because they were both 16 years old. Putting aside their other achievements, Zhou Yong couldn't even be compared to Sun Mo in terms of cultivation base.
"Amazing!"
Jin Mujie wanted to applaud. Sun Mo's counterattack was sharp, tyrannical, and filled with a crushing aura.
Didn't you say I'm not a genius?
Then, if I show the results I achieved when I was sixteen years old and prove that I'm stronger than you, yet you refuse to admit that I'm a genius, doesn't that mean that you, Zhou Yong, are trash?
As Jin Mujie was sitting at the back, she couldn't see Zhou Yong's expression. However, she could guess that he must be feeling as if he was constipated.
"But how did Sun Mo know that Zhou Yong was inferior to him? If Zhou Yong's resume is better than his, this counterattack will be seized by others. "
Jin Mujie thought about it and concluded that students like Zhou Yong who loved to cause trouble definitely didn't like cultivating and thus had terrible results.
In reality, this wasn't the case. Sun Mo, who had Divine Sight, had long since seen through Zhou Yong's data.
Zhou Yong's gang of scoundrels had been smiling mischievously, waiting to see Sun Mo make a fool of himself.
Zhou Yong was the beloved son of a wealthy merchant in Jinling. He had been spoiled since he was young, and because of his family background, he grew up to be a troublemaker who loved to embarrass others.
Although he was a scoundrel, Zhou Yong's brain was very good. His methods would often cause his teacher to suffer in silence.
Today was Sun Mo's first public lecture. Zhou Yong was prepared to ruin Sun Mo's first lecture, giving him a shadow that he wouldn't be able to get rid of for the rest of his life. But now, he suffered a setback.
The group of scoundrels couldn't laugh anymore.
"Sit down!"
Sun Mo instructed.
"Hmph!"
Zhou Yong sat down and crossed his arms in front of his chest. His right foot kept tapping on the ground, and he was in a bad mood. He had always been the one toying with others. When had he ever suffered such a loss?
This was the first time!
Moreover, Teacher Xu Shaoyuan had hinted to him that he wanted Sun Mo to lose all his face. If he didn't do this well, he would be implicated. No, he had to think of other methods.
"Teacher Sun is so amazing!"
Qi Shengjia was incomparably excited. Teacher Sun actually caused the big thorn Zhou Yong to suffer.
Ding!
+ 15 favorable impression points from Qi Shengjia.
Prestige connection with Qi Shengjia: Friendly (428/1,000).
"Teacher has won!"
Lu Zhiruo grabbed onto Li Ziqi's clothes, feeling so agitated that her face turned red.
Ding!
+ 10 favorable impression points from Lu Zhiruo.
Prestige connection with Lu Zhiruo: Friendly (253/1,000).
"Calm down!"
Li Ziqi smiled, completely forgetting how she had panicked earlier and was racking her brains to think of a way to help Sun Mo smooth things over.
Two notifications rang out consecutively, causing Sun Mo to feel a little speechless. Wasn't the honest guy and papaya girl a little too prolific? I just beat a student with my mouth. Is that worthy of admiration?
Moreover, he had given quite a number of favorable impression points. As expected, the purer a person was, the easier it was for them to trust others.
Just when everyone thought they could go back to class as usual, a teacher in his thirties opened fire.
"When I was your age, I was still in the Spirit Refinement realm with 31 acupoints opened!"
Whoosh!
Everyone turned their gazes over.
Fang Chen looked at Sun Mo with a sense of superiority on his face. (You think you're worthy to be Headmaster An Xinhui's fiancé?) (Today, I'm going to tear off your inner self and face and trample on them ruthlessly.)
Sun Mo wasn't anxious or impatient. He activated Divine Sight.
Fang Chen, 35 years old. Blood-Ignition realm. Senior teacher, not yet a star.
Strength: 23. Mediocre.
...
Potential value: Average.
Note: Thinks of himself as a genius and is easily complacent. After 25 years old, he won't be able to improve anymore. Predicted that he won't have any achievements in the future.
Sun Mo swept a glance over and quickly searched for the data he needed.
"Oh right, back then, I was also cultivating the Overflow Rain Sword. However, Teacher said that to me, the Overflow Rain Sword is no longer worthy of me. Therefore, he specially found a stronger peerless-grade earth-tier cultivation art for me."
Fang Chen's lips twitched, and the sense of superiority in his tone could drown others.
Sun Mo smiled. "Is that so? What about when you were 20 years old? "
"Hehe, I was personally headhunted by Headmaster Zhang Hanfu."
Fang Chen had a complacent look on his face.
"Then, have you been officially employed?"
Sun Mo continued to ask.
"Eh!"
This time around, Fang Chen's smile froze.
Of course not. All intern teachers had a one-year internship period. Although Fang Chen's aptitude wasn't bad, he wasn't outstanding enough for the school to make an exception for him.
"From the looks of it, you definitely haven't, right?"
Sun Mo smiled. "Then what about me? I'm now an officially employed teacher in the Central Province Academy. Do you want me to show you the letter of appointment?"
"You..."
Fang Chen was so angry that his chest was heaving up and down. Thankfully, he was quick-witted and found a way to argue. "You guys are just lucky. If that batch of intern teachers from back then could also recruit students during the student recruitment meet, I would've passed the examination and gotten the letter of appointment as well."
"Lucky?"
Sun Mo's tone became stern.
"In our batch, there were a total of over 200 intern teachers. In the end, only four of them passed the examination.
"You might say that this result isn't worth mentioning, but open your eyes and look at my batch. Zhang Lan and Gao Ben are graduates from the Nine Greats, and Gu Xiuxun is a top graduate from the Myriad Daos Academy. According to what you said, if I'm mediocre, then they are mediocre as well? Then those 200 or so losers can only be called trash?
"Also, you might doubt my abilities. Then let me tell you, I defeated Qin Fen in the student recruitment competition.
"Who is Qin Fen? A graduate from Jixia Learning Palace! Headmaster An personally headhunted him. Don't you think he's trash? "
Sun Mo fired off a barrage of questions.
"No, that's not what I meant!"
Fang Chen tried to clarify, not knowing where to start his rebuttal. His mind was in a mess, and he temporarily couldn't find a reason to refute.
"Then what do you mean?"
Sun Mo immediately retorted, "Did we go through the back door by giving gifts? Did we get the official letter of appointment by using connections and selling our butts? "
Hearing that Sun Mo's words were interesting, many students and teachers laughed. But after laughing, they realized that Sun Mo did have some capabilities to be able to become an official teacher.
"His eloquence is too bad!"
An Xinhui shook her head. It was no wonder that Fang Chen didn't have any achievements despite being over 30 years old. As a teacher, if he didn't even have a good eloquence, how could he teach?
"Trash!"
Looking at Fang Chen, Zhang Hanfu cursed in his heart. However, Sun Mo was really good at talking.
"Alright, you can sit down now!"
Sun Mo directly pointed out Fang Chen's name, not standing on ceremony.
The color on Fang Chen's face disappeared, and he sat down on the stool.
To speak the truth, he had lost so much face. Hearing the discussions in the surroundings that seemed to be mocking him, he really wanted to leave quickly.
However, he had to stay and find a chance to retaliate. Otherwise, he would become Sun Mo's stepping stone.
The students whispered to each other.
The intern teachers present had grim countenances. It was because they were the losers in this competition.
Pak! Pak! Pak!
Applause suddenly rang out.
Fang Chen was enraged. (Are you slapping my face? I don't want my face anymore. But when he suddenly turned his head and was about to glare at the person who was clapping, his expression stiffened.
It was because the person who was clapping was Jin Mujie, a 3-star great teacher. The moon-white long robe she was wearing represented her status in the school and in the great teacher world.
When the teachers saw this scene, they were stunned for a moment. Then, sparse applause rang out.
Among the teachers who came to watch Sun Mo's first public lecture, some of them were neutral. They had come purely out of boredom and wanted to see An Xinhui's fiance.
At this moment, they applauded, acknowledging Sun Mo's performance.
His quick-witted adaptability and eloquence couldn't be faked. Looking at the students' reactions, one could tell that Sun Mo had the upper hand from the start.
"Impressive!"
Jiang Yongnian's lips twitched. He thought about it carefully. Everyone said that Sun Mo was a softie and graduated from Songyang Academy. They said that he wasn't worthy of An Xinhui, but they were comparing him with An Xinhui.
Who was An Xinhui?
She was the top graduate of the Heavenly Mystery Academy, one of the Nine Greats. She was known as a genius that only appeared once in a hundred years, and she was a great beauty ranked seventh on the Devastating Beauty Rankings.
Such a genius couldn't be found on more than two hands in the various countries of the Nine Provinces.
This was like seeing an ordinary person wooing a national female celebrity. How could everyone accept it?
In everyone's eyes, the fiance of a national female celebrity had to be either a young master from a wealthy family or a national male celebrity of equal status.
Who did Sun Mo think he was?
Therefore, when everyone looked at Sun Mo, they would naturally wear colored glasses, nitpick, and look for his flaws. As long as Sun Mo had a single flaw, it would be magnified endlessly.
In reality, it was true that Sun Mo wasn't worthy of An Xinhui. However, he wasn't inferior when compared to ordinary people. If he was really trash, he wouldn't have been able to get into Songyang Academy.
"Impressive, this sophistry!"
Gu Xiuxun's lips twitched, feeling some admiration for Sun Mo's quick-witted adaptability. It could be said that Sun Mo's rebuttal had borrowed the reputation of the three people who had passed in the same batch as him to raise his value.
"What a trash!"
Zhang Sheng looked at Fang Chen, feeling so angry that he wanted to die. (Have you been a teacher for the past few years? You can't even win against Sun Mo!)
Sun Mo nodded slightly to Jin Mujie as a form of thanks. After that, he hurriedly said, "Since this little interlude is over, let's continue with our self-introductions!"
Sun Mo was really afraid that there would be great teachers who would stand up to rebuke him. One must know that Xu Shaoyuan and Feng Zewen, who had a grudge against him, were both present.
Compared to a mediocre person like Fang Chen, the two of them were genuine elites.
Honestly speaking, that person's aptitude was only above average. It wasn't considered bad, but it wasn't on the same level as a genius. Otherwise, he wouldn't have only comprehended the 'Priceless Advice' halo right before he drowned.
To put it more bluntly, that person had put in all his effort and coincidentally met the exam papers that he was good at. He would occasionally be able to get into the top ten of the class. As for the top ten, he didn't even want to think about it.
As for Gu Xiuxun? She was always in the top few. As for An Xinhui, she was in the first place, and she was the first place who could leave the second place in the dust.
"What's the use of being eloquent? Teachers are still competing on their teaching abilities! "
Feng Zewen was filled with disdain. No matter how extravagant Sun Mo's words were, in the end, it still depended on whether he could guide the students and let them improve. The true test of this public lecture had just begun.
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