Chapter 921: Students Who Were in the Midst of Growing
Sun Mo was in the midst of a break, but Gu Xiuxun was not. She had to teach later on. But because it had been quite a few months since she last saw Sun Mo, she wanted to hang out with him a little more.
Hence, she soon found an excuse.
(This opportunity is rare, I can take this chance to see how Sun Mo teaches his students.)
After that, Gu Xiuxun followed Sun Mo with a clear conscience and entered the villa.
In the living room, Li Ziqi and the others immediately stood up when they saw Sun Mo entering. They lined themselves up in a row and bowed as they greeted.
“Good morning, teacher.”
Their voices were loud, resonant, and filled with an imposing aura. Anyone could tell that they were full of youthful energy.
Xianyu Hui hurriedly cast a glance and couldn’t help but praise in her heart.
Wow!
There were a total of four female martial siblings present. Each of them had their own unique aspects and they were beautiful.
All of a sudden, Xianyu Wei felt a sense of inferiority.
(I’m so ugly, I will definitely lose face for Teacher, right?)
There was no solution. Girls would immediately pay attention to other girls when they met.
This was something very common.
“Mn!”
Sun Mo nodded and sat in the Tais.h.i.+ Chair. “This is Xianyu Wei, a personal student I recruited from the Dragon Subduing Academy.”
“Xianyu, come over and greet your senior martial siblings.”
Xianyu Wei immediately bowed respectfully.
Dong He and Little`E then started to serve them tea.
“Junior martial sister Xianyu, there’s no need to be so courteous!”
Everyone spoke. After that, Li Ziqi stretched out her hand and helped Xianyu Wei up from her bow on behalf of the other martial siblings.
“Wow, she’s so tall. She’s even taller than Baiwu!”
Lu Zhiruo exclaimed in shock.
Ying Baiwu had the tallest figure. She was roughly equal in height to Xuanyuan Po and easily surpa.s.sed Jiang Leng and Tantai Yutang. However, when compared to Xianyu Wei, she was a little shorter.
“Oi, catch it!”
Qin Yaoguang shouted and tossed a piece of pearflower candy over.
Xianyu Wei caught it in a fl.u.s.ter and hurriedly thanked her.
“Are you from the Xianyu Tribe?”
Helian Beifang was very happy. There was finally a junior martial sister that was also a tribesman like him.
“Yes!”
Xianyu Wei respectfully replied and snuck a glance at Helian Beifang. Although he was clad in attire from the Central Plains and his hairstyle had changed, the unique tribal characteristic and habits were something that couldn’t be changed easily. She could tell he was also from the gra.s.sy plains with a single glance.
“You were a student from the Dragon Subduing Academy and should be very strong, right?”
Xuanyuan Po surveyed Xianyu Wei and was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with desire. “Let’s fight?”
“Eh!”
Xianyu Wei wanted to say she was very weak, but she also didn’t want to be looked down on by everyone. Hence, she fell silent.
Honestly speaking, before she got acquainted with Sun Mo, she was a complete newbie in fighting. The type where even her ex-personal teacher would take the initiative to dissolve their relations.h.i.+p.
“If you want to fight, go find Helian and Baiwu.”
Qin Yaoguang acted familiar and walked to Xianyu Wei’s side. She hugged her by the shoulders. “Ignore him, that fellow is simply a combat addict. Other than fighting, he is a brute that doesn’t know anything else.”
Although Xianyu Wei looked tall, her personality was very meek. Someone like her would always pander to others. No one would be able to achieve anything by provoking them.
“Xianyu has just come to the Central Plains; she doesn’t know anything. You guys have to take care of her more.”
Sun Mo instructed.
“Teacher, is she very strong?”
Xuanyuan Po’s brows were tightly furrowed. His instincts told him that this girl exuded a dangerous smell. The sense of danger from her was even stronger than what Ying Baiwu gave him.
Ying Baiwu’s ‘strength’ was in her personality, her iron-headedness, and her reluctance to admit defeat. She was strong in her will. But for Xianyu Wei, she was strong because she was born with innate divine strength.
“You can spar, but you can only use 50% of your strength.”
Sun Mo instructed.
“Alright. Next, do you guys have any questions? Feel free to raise them now. Let’s start from Ziqi!”
Xianyu Wei then obediently stood to the side.
After that, she was shocked. Earlier, she had been in awe at the beauty of her senior martial sisters and hadn’t seen that there was actually an old man with white hair among her senior martial brothers.
The more important thing was that he was clad in a teacher robe of the Central Province Academy.
The stars above the school insignia…
1 star…
2 stars…
…
(My heavenly deities above, there are actually 5 stars? T…this is a 5-star great teacher, right?)
(A great teacher of this level is actually also Teacher’s personal student?)
Xianyu Wei was so shocked that her mouth was wide open, so large that she could stuff two chicken eggs into it.
Cough, cough!
An intense coughing sound disrupted Xianyu Wei’s complex thoughts. After that, she saw one of her senior martial brothers taking a handkerchief and covering his mouth as he coughed intensely.
The snow-white handkerchief was soon dyed red. Evidently, he coughed up a lot of blood. Besides, sweat dotted his forehead.
This feeling…was like he was heavily sick and about to die!
Xianyu Wei glanced to the left and right but discovered that everyone was used to this scene. No one showed any signs of being concerned about him.
But very soon, Xianyu Wei could no longer be concerned with the sickly invalid senior brother because the eldest martial sister who was currently being called by their teacher was asking a series of questions.
A newly designed seven-chained flame explosion spirit rune? How should the spirit rune formation co-exist if there are many of them?
(Wait, she means that this is a spirit rune she designed?)
(I must have heard wrongly, right?)
Among the great teachers in the Dragon Subduing Academy, there were only one or two who could create spirit runes themselves. This was a very high-end research topic.
Just when Xianyu Wei wanted to listen more attentively, she discovered that her eldest martial sister changed to another question.
What was the mechanism within the operation of a spiritual divine language?
Why would those few words be able to invoke such a strong contractual effect?
The paralysis toxin of the white fragrant gra.s.s actually had a slight hallucinogenic effect. In that case, could one remove the components of the paralysis toxin and only leave the hallucinogenic effect behind? By doing so, would one be able to create a new type of hallucinogenic alchemy pill?
Also, for the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Wave Art, she was unable to get the gist of it during her recent cultivation. She had no idea what went wrong.
…
Upon hearing Li Ziqi’s words, Xianyu Wei started to doubt life for a time.
(Who am I? Where am I? What did I hear?)
This girl with a slender finger and elegant demeanor was someone who could be destroyed by Xianyu Wei with a single punch. But the questions she asked were so all-encompa.s.sing.
The study of spirit runes, the art of spiritual control, botany, cultivation problems…
(Heavenly deities above, how many things do you know exactly?)
The more crucial thing was that their teacher answered all her questions perfectly.
Wasn’t this a little too impressive?
“Alright, let’s chat privately next time.”
Sun Mo saw that the little sunny egg still had questions, so he tactfully stopped her. After that, he lectured the sickly invalid, “Tantai, I got you guys to listen by the side not because I want you all to learn from this. Instead, I want you all to experience how others would ask questions and increase your own knowledge. Why are you not paying attention and in a daze?”
“I was wrong.”
Tantai Yutang apologized.
Other than getting his vengeance and the medical arts, he truly wasn’t interested in anything else.
“Zhiruo, your turn.”
Sun Mo called out.
While heaving a sigh of relief in his heart, Sun Mo also reminded himself that he had to work harder.
Ziqi’s learning ability was too terrifying.
There would be a day where she caught up to him.
With the pride of a teacher, he absolutely wouldn’t permit something like this to happen.
Just think about it. Li Ziqi was extremely intelligent and had the Retentive Memory halo. Her desire to consume knowledge was also vigorous. Her ‘top student’ path was simply too smooth-sailing.
The only regretful thing was that her motor nerves were too inferior.
(I have to find a nature fruit to help Ziqi breakthrough to the Longevity Realm at the very least. If not, it would really be a waste of her talent.)
Sun Mo decided.
“Eh?” The papaya girl froze.
“What’s the matter?”
Sun Mo frowned.
“I…I…”
The papaya girl felt very awkward because she had no questions at all.
In cultivation, her progress was slow. Although she encountered difficulties, Ziqi, Baiwu, and Jiang Leng could explain and guide her.
As for beast taming, all the little animals were very obedient…
(It’s over. What if Teacher thinks that I’m slacking?)
Just when Lu Zhiruo was racking her brains and preparing to find a question to ask, Sun Mo suddenly spoke.
“You’ve maintained your muscles pretty well. You must have been very industrious in cultivating recently!”
Sun Mo complimented.
His lucky mascot was the most guileless. But looking at her face, he instantly knew what she was thinking.
“Hehe!”
Lu Zhiruo immediately smiled and scratched her hair in embarra.s.sment.
(I would feel embarra.s.sed if you praised me like this.)
Xianyu Wei’s gaze was fixed on Lu Zhiruo’s chest. She subconsciously drew an arc before her own chest.
(My heavens, aren’t her papayas a little too large?)
However, this senior sister didn’t look too smart. Could she be an idiot?
(I feel she would be easily swindled! Sigh! Even though she is gullible, she has large papayas.)
Xianyu Wei lowered her head and looked at herself. She was originally very confident, but she started to feel down now. However, when her gaze landed on Li Ziqi…
(Eldest martial sister, it’s fine. You are still growing.)
“Xuanyuan?”
Sun Mo looked at the combat addict.
“I have no questions. Teacher, when do you have time to spar with me?”
Xuanyuan Po licked his lips and lovingly touched his spear. “My Silver Paste is already unbearably thirsty.”
(Who the h.e.l.l is Silver Paste?)
Xuanyu Wei had a face full of astonishment. (Do you mean…? Is Silver Paste your weapon? Speaking of which, a burly guy like you should have named your spear as Tyrant King, Heavenly Thunder, or World Extermination. That would then be normal, right?)
“Maybe in the afternoon,”
Even without Xuanyuan Po’s suggestion, Sun Mo would spar with all his personal students.
“Baiwu?”
With regard to this disciple, Sun Mo always felt some tenderness for her, showing more concern.
“Teacher, I have no questions.”
Ying Baiwu’s thoughts were simple. Other than making enough money so she wouldn’t have to worry about food or clothing, she wanted to become the most doted student of her teacher.
Besides, given her apt.i.tude and hard work, there was nothing in what they were learning that could pose difficulty to her.
“She is so confident in herself!”
Xuanyu Wei could sense the aura emitted by Ying Baiwu. She was like an unsheathed sharp sword. Honestly speaking, she admired this iron-headed girl’s personality the most.
“Mn!”
Sun Mo then glanced at Tantai Yutang. “How’s your body so far?”
“Still in the same old condition.”
Because Sun Mo was gone for over three months, although he had left the ancient ma.s.saging technique spirit runes for Tantai Yutang, the genie that the runes summoned naturally wouldn’t be better than Sun Mo. Hence, Tantai Yutang’s sickness became a bit more severe again.
“I’ll help you inspect it later on.”
Sun Mo also had no way to completely cure the root of the sickly invalid’s blood poison.
“I would have to trouble Teacher then.”
Tantai Yutang could feel Sun Mo’s concern for him. He couldn’t help but feel warmth in his heart.
(Is this sickly invalid a genius?)
Xianyu Wei guessed. Usually speaking, great teachers would only accept geniuses as their personal students. For sickly invalids like this, one could tell they had no future with a single glance, and the great teacher would only have endless trouble to deal with if they recruited one. There would be no benefits at all.
But very soon, Xianyu Wei discovered someone who was even more problematic compared to the sickly invalid.
The senior martial brother named Jiang Leng actually had the word ‘cripple’ on his forehead. Although his hair blocked the view of the word somewhat, one would still be able to see it if one focused on it.
How rubbish must his apt.i.tude be for someone to tattoo the word ‘cripple’ on his forehead?
Could her teacher have misjudged them?
Xianyu Wei was worried.