Chapter 934: First Wave of Spoils of War
Translator: Lordbluefire
Li Ziqi had a pure heart and had been with Sun Mo for so long. With just a frown from her teacher, she would be able to guess what he was thinking.
Seeing Sun Mo’s gaze, Li Ziqi immediately went up and persuaded him, “Teacher, we mustn’t let our emotions affect our decisions at a time like this. Even if we’re aggrieved, we should bear with it for a while. After all, a 5-stars great teacher is a great pillar.”
“Eldest Martial Sister, what do you mean by that?”
When Xuanyuan Po heard this, he felt displeased.
Ying Baiwu frowned, her gaze switching between their teacher and Li Ziqi. Although their eldest martial sister couldn’t fight, her compet.i.tiveness would definitely not lose out to others.
Begging for help?
This was something that Li Ziqi would definitely not do..
“Hmmm? Why are you guys quarreling?
Lu Zhiruo became nervous. “Xuanyuan, be quiet. Eldest Martial Sister is doing this for the good of everyone too!”
After saying that, the papaya girl looked toward the little sunny egg. “Eldest Martial Sister, everyone understands your sentiments, but to seek shelter under someone just for the sake of living is really lacking in integrity.”
Jiang Leng was a young man who might look clumsy on the outside but was actually meticulous on the inside. After giving it some thought, he understood what Sun Mo meant and chipped in, “I feel that Eldest Martial Sister is right. Teacher, why don’t we bear with it for a while?”
Qin Yaoguang chewed on pearflower candy and squatted on a tree fork, watching everyone quarreling with great interest. As for Tantai Yutang, he only covered his mouth with a handkerchief and kept on coughing non-stop.
“What should we do?”
Xianyu Wei stood beside Helian Beifang, secretly poking his arm with her finger. Her seniority was the lowest and she had just come to Jinling. She had no right of speech.
“Just watch from the side!”
Helian Beifang instructed in a soft voice.
Seeing the group of students start quarreling, the teachers and students from Bozi Academy instantly revealed a proud expression. A few of them even wore sneering expressions.
“Teacher Zou, these people have gotten into an internal strife.”
“That’s for sure. Who wouldn’t want to live when facing a dangerous maze?”
“It seems that this is all there is to Central Province Academy’s Sun Mo!”
Bozi’s great teachers started talking amongst themselves.
Zou Qi’s expression changed. “Teacher Sun, we can let you come with us, but you must use 100 ‘ma.s.sages’ as the price.”
“You must be daydreaming.”
Mei Ziyu lashed out, “Do you know how precious Sun Mo’s G.o.d Hands are? All the top-notch n.o.bles and wealthy people in Jinling would have to queue for it even if they were to offer great gifts.”
“Teacher Sun, let’s go. I don’t believe we won’t be able to break out of this maze by ourselves.”
Mei Ziyu pulled Sun Mo and wanted to leave.
“Teacher Sun, it won’t be just 100 times when we meet next time.”
Zou Qi smirked.
Cui Xiangxin wore a solemn expression, his gaze moving on everyone in Sun Mo’s group. He then gradually revealed a baffled expression.
…
Sun Mo’s group left, only stopping after they traveled for five lis.
“Li Ziqi, if you do this again next time, I won’t recognize you as the Eldest Martial Sister anymore.”
Xuanyuan Po was very displeased. He hated cowards the most.
“That’s enough. Can’t you tell that it was just an act earlier?”
Tantai Yutang persuaded.
“Hmmm? Act… acting?”
Lu Zhiruo looked stunned. “Why is there a need to act?”
“The t.i.tle of a 5-stars great teacher represents strength and a sense of security. We’re now in a dangerous situation. If we encountered them and didn’t seek help but looked like we couldn’t wait to leave, what do you think they’d be thinking?”
Li Ziqi asked.
“What would they think?”
The papaya girl subconsciously asked and then mumbled, “Is a 5-stars very amazing? Why don’t I have that feeling?”
But she wasn’t to blame for this. Back at home, she couldn’t see any 5-stars great teachers. The weakest ones would be 6-stars.
“They would think that we have found a way to break out from this dangerous situation. Wouldn’t we suffer a loss if they were to follow us?”
Li Ziqi smiled. “That’s why we need to find a reasonable excuse to leave.”
“So that’s how it is.” Xianyu Wei was struck by a realization.
“…”
Xuanyuan Po suddenly felt that he was like a fool.
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“Sun Mo, you’ve thought of a way to break out of this situation?”
Li Ruolan interjected, “There should be no one following us now. Let’s hurry up and solve the problem.”
“Let’s go a little further!”
Sun Mo urged.
After they walked for another 10 lis, Sun Mo chose an area that provided a good vision. He then had his personal disciples hide before he took out a bottle of ancient whale oil. After that, he opened up the cork and poured it on a tree trunk that was seven to eight meters tall.
The strong fragrance immediately permeated.
In less than three minutes, a commotion broke out in the forest. A lot of ferocious beasts came charging over.
The ancient whale oil was good stuff. While ordinary ferocious beasts might not be able to notice it, those who were over 100 years old would definitely be able to.
Li Ziqi understood it now. Their teacher was planning to use the divine language of spiritual control to summon all the living ferocious beasts in this area. The older they were, the more familiar they’d be with this maze.
“The ecosystem in this area hasn’t been destroyed. This shows that the one who created this maze doesn’t have their guards up against the native living creatures.”
Sun Mo explained.
He had read a lot of books in the old headmaster’s library and there was also a lot of information on species of darkness in his brain. Therefore, he knew that even secret treasures and species could only be born from their reliance on the environment.
The first ones to fly over were birds. They landed on a tree fork and peaked on the ancient whale oil.
Suddenly, a thick python darted out from the lush tree crown, swallowed a few birds, and then flicked out its tongue to lick the ancient whale oil.
Once it took in the whale oil, the python started trembling agitatedly and even made hissing sounds non-stop, warning the other ferocious beasts not to come over.
“This can’t be the boss in this maze, right?”
Looking at the big snake that had green scales all over its body, Sun Mo wondered if he was going to imitate Xu Xian [1] and be someone who ‘plays’ with snakes too?
If he didn’t take action, the ancient whale oil was going to be finished. However, just as Sun Mo was about to toss out Land Proof, a monkey suddenly came down from the sky.
The money was holding onto a thick ‘rock spear’ in its hands.
This rock spear was formed from binding three vines together and attaching a sharp rock tip that was one-arm length and had clearly been sanded down.
Sun Mo thought that the python’s scales would be very hard, but that rock spear actually pierced through them without any obstruction, entering into the flesh.
Pffft!
Blood splattered.
Ssss!
The python let out an agonizing cry and fell down. However, before it landed, it curled its tail around a tree trunk, swung its head, and then smashed toward a big tree next to it.
It was going to use this method to smash the monkey on its back to death.
Bang!
The python smashed onto the huge tree and tree leaves fell, looking like falling snow.
Squeak!
However, the monkey jumped onto the tree trunk in time, avoiding the collision. Then, with a rebound, it landed on the python’s back and attacked with its spear again.
The python darted around crazily like a galloping wild horse, while the monkey looked like a horseman that was taming it. Its rock spear pierced all over the python’s body.
“This monkey is really amazing!”
Xuanyuan Po was surprised.
“You can’t be thinking of fighting the monkey, can you?”
Ying Baiwu frowned. If that was the case, she wouldn’t see the combat addict as her strong rival anymore.
“Sun Mo, that rock spear’s tip is something good. It must be some kind of rare ore!” said Mei Ziyu.
“En!”
Sun Mo had activated Divine Sight.
Greenhaze Macaque. It understands human nature, has high intelligence, and can sense spirit qi, capable of cultivating. But this one is just seven years old and is still young.
Note: It is very rare. The reason it hasn’t been listed on the mysterious darkness species list is because it is too rare. To date, the great teacher world still doesn’t have detailed information about it.
Astral ore, one of the three hardest ores in the world. After grinding it, it is abnormally sharp. Moreover, after it comes into contact with blood, it will excrete a type of poison that will cause the skin and flesh to rapidly soften and rot.
“We’ve struck it rich!”
Sun Mo felt at ease. With this rock and the Greenhaze Macaque, their school’s grade would probably not drop.
The macaque was still too young and slightly weaker. Hence, the python managed to escape.
Squeak!
The macaque let out a displeased cry and went onto the tree trunk, looking at the ancient whale oil on it. It first took a whiff, dabbed some of it with its finger, and then put it into its mouth to suck on it.
Ssss!
This was good stuff!
The macaque broke into a wide smile, hopping around to celebrate. However, its expression suddenly changed and it ran off. It was like a sharp arrow, shooting toward a tree fork that was over ten meters away.
There wasn’t such liquid in the forest, so it was likely to be a trap. Regardless if it was a trap or not, it should flee first.
Swoos.h.!.+
Sun Mo felt that this wasn’t good. He threw out Land Proof and at the same time darted out.
“Surround it!”
Sun Mo let out a low bellow.
Swoos.h.!.+ Swoos.h.!.+ Swoos.h.!.+
All his personal disciples darted out. Ying Baiwu held tightly onto her longbow, sending arrows raining down to suppress it.
Swoos.h.!.+
Just as the macaque dodged the first Land Proof, it was. .h.i.t by the second.
Squeak!
Much information suddenly gushed into the Greenhaze Macaque’s brain, so much so that it was unable to process all of it. It felt very groggy and became unstable on its feet, falling down.
Hu!
Sun Mo heaved a sigh of relief. Things had almost gone awry.
Squeak!
The macaque looked at Sun Mo and broke into a smile.
“Teacher, it’s a success!”
Xianyu Wei congratulated.
“Hmm?”
Sun Mo was about to nod when he was taken by surprise. That wasn’t right. The effect of the divine language of spiritual control wasn’t so fast. But why was this monkey already smiling amicably at him?
Was it scheming something?
As expected, at the next second, the rock spear in the monkey’s hand pierced out toward Sun Mo’s eyes.
This attack was fast, accurate, and vicious. It had clearly been practiced over 10,000 times.
Swoos.h.!.+
Sun Mo dodged and the rock spear brushed past his brows, tr.i.m.m.i.n.g off a few hairs.
“Why am I so unlucky?”
Sun Mo was speechless. Although Land Proof was a divine language of spiritual control, there were a few percentages of failure. But Sun Mo didn’t expect he would fail.
He was really downright unlucky.
Squeak!
The macaque thrust out again when the first attack failed.
It could tell that this guy was the leader of these two-legged humans. As long as it could deal him a serious injury and have him as its hostage, it’d be able to leave safely.
Thinking of escaping?
There were no more chances. There were enemies everywhere.
Sun Mo didn’t have the time to generate another Land Proof and could only draw his blade to put up a block.
Since the gentle way didn’t work, then he’d do it the hard way. He’d hit it until it gave in.
But at this moment, a golden light halo smashed onto the macaque. It then contracted into a choker that hung around its neck.
“Lay down!”
Lu Zhiruo let out a loud bellow.
Ba-thump!
The macaque’s face landed on the floor and it lay down flat. Its limbs struggled, sending a lot of soil splattering. However, it was futile. The macaque was unable to get back up.
“What’s going on?”
Xuanyuan Po asked. Jiang Leng had moved toward Lu Zhiruo at the first instant. He was worried that the monkey would harm the papaya girl.
“My… my spiritual control technique hit.”
Lu Zhiruo explained.
“Junior Martial Sister Zhiruo, congratulations!”
Li Ziqi rushed over from the back. “This monkey seems very strong.”
“Huh?”
Lu Zhiruo scratched her head. She didn’t care if this monkey was strong. The reason she caught it was for her teacher’s plan.
“What is the background of this monkey?” Li Ruolan asked.
“It is a rare species of darkness!” Sun Mo explained to everyone.
After hearing it, everyone offered their congratulations to Lu Zhiruo.
To beast tamers and spirit controllers, the stronger the pets they caught, the higher their status would be.
However, the papaya girl didn’t wear any happy expressions. She walked to the macaque’s side and put out her hand to pat its head.
“There’s no need to be nervous. After you help us to find the way out of this place, I’ll return your freedom.”
Lu Zhiruo liked small animals from the bottom of her heart. She wasn’t out for any self-interests.
The irritable macaque gradually fell quiet under Lu Zhiruo’s consolation.
“This disciple of yours is really lucky!”
Li Ruolan exclaimed. If this monkey was really as amazing as Sun Mo had suggested, then this stupid girl definitely had it good.
Lu Zhiruo took out a bag of small dried fish from the bag she was carrying and fed it to the macaque.
Pa!
The macaque hit the dried fish away.
However, the power of a contract couldn’t be defied. An amicable feeling toward the papaya girl started to rise in its heart.
“Let them be alone for a while!” Sun Mo instructed.
“Teacher is really magnanimous!” said Qin Yaoguang.
“What do you mean?” Xianyu Wei was baffled.
“This monkey should have been Teacher’s pet, but even though Zhiruo got it, Teacher didn’t mind it at all,” Qin Yaoguang explained.
“Aren’t you looking down on Teacher too much?” Xianyu Wei was speechless. “Why would Teacher care about such a monkey?”
It was true that Sun Mo didn’t care about it. After having subdued the ancient dragon soul, his requirements for pets had become very high.
Half an hour later, Lu Zhiruo came back.
That macaque stood on the papaya girl’s back, holding onto its rock spear and pointing the papaya girl in a certain direction.
“Why do I feel that you’ve become a ride?”
Ying Baiwu frowned.
“That’s not true. Little White is very friendly!”
The papaya girl grinned.
“Little White?”
Everyone looked at the monkey. It was covered in gray fur, so why did she call it Little White? But this wasn’t a problem they were concerned about.
“Do you know the way out?”
Xianyu Wei asked.
“Junior Martial Sister, you should ask why there’s a maze here. Is it because there’s a secret treasure here? If so, where is it?”
Tantai Yutang pointed out.
“Little White says that there’s a vine in this forest that will cause one to lose themselves when you get close to it.”
Lu Zhiruo did a pose of stuffing her ears. “We must block our ears to be able to walk out.”
“Why go out?” Xuanyuan Po swung his spear. “Let’s go look for that vine.”
“We’ll die.” Lu Zhiruo looked at Sun Mo. “Little White says that it’s very dangerous.”
“We have to go even if it’s dangerous.”
Sun Mo consoled her. (What reason is there to return empty-handed from a treasured mountain?)
Lu Zhiruo’s amiability was off the scale. Maybe it was due to her pair of big papayas that she managed to get along well with that monkey not long later.
The monkey led the way willingly, but it rode on the papaya girl’s neck, treating her as a two-legged ride.
Lu Zhiruo grinned, not finding it embarra.s.sing at all.
[1] Xu Xian is a semi-mythological figure and a scholar. He is the main character in the Legend of the White Snake.