In the study room, Liang Hongda’s emotions were in a whirl.
(This Li Ziqi, is her talent that excellent or is Sun Mo’s teaching that good?)
“It should be the latter, right?”
Liang Hongda analyzed. After all, Secondary Saint Zhou had personally met Li Ziqi before. If she had outstanding talent, why did he refuse to accept her under his tutelage?
One must know that Li Ziqi wasn’t the child of an ordinary family. By rejecting her, it was equal to rejecting the Great Tang Empire.
As long as she, a princess, had a little bit of aptitude, Secondary Saint Zhou wouldn’t have rejected her so cleanly, right?
If that was the case, then Sun Mo should be the one who had taught her well and excavated her potential!
But if they acknowledged this result, wouldn’t it cause people to feel envy and hatred?
After all, how old was Sun Mo?
He was just 22 years old. After a few more years, wouldn’t he just rise to the heavens?!
All of a sudden, Liang Hongda felt some regret that he had sent a letter to Secondary Saint Zhou. Even if Sun Mo became a Secondary Saint at 100 years old, he would still dominate the great teacher world for several centuries after that.
(If he knew I secretly exposed the information today, he would surely hate me, right? Wait a minute, am I thinking too much? Why am I afraid of a 3-star great teacher like him?)
Liang Hongda self-mockingly smiled, but this consolation didn’t make his mood better.
Truly, Sun Mo’s unprecedented results were simply too tyrannical.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Liang Hongda +1,000. Respect (5,100/10,000).
As for headhunting Li Ziqi, Liang Hongda didn’t even think about it. Even if she was a fine steed, one needed to understand her to be able to dig her potential out.
…
After sending Liang Hongda away, Sun Mo and An Xinhui returned to the villa. They then headed to the Greenhaze Forest using the teleportation gate.
This secret realm had been activated by Sun Mo three days ago, and it had flown away from the second level of the Darkness Continent.
Because it had appeared suddenly before this, its sudden disappearance also didn’t alarm anyone.
However, those people with friends who were still exploring the Greenhaze Forest felt very sad. Even if they wanted to help their friends, they didn’t know how to do it.
“What if those aboriginals don’t agree with your terms?”
An Xinhui was worried.
“That won’t happen.”
Sun Mo was very at ease because no one would reject a better life.
The two of them sat on Little Silver and swiftly flew into the airspace above the greenhaze tribe.
After the aboriginal scouts discovered them, they immediately sounded the alarm.
“Fangcao, we meet again!”
Sun Mo acted familiar as he greeted her. He even brought some gifts along.
“Mn!”
The green-skinned female nodded, but her emotions weren’t good because her father had just died.
“Please accept my condolences!”
Sun Mo sighed. The green-skinned female’s father was none other than that chieftain who was in the war faction. However, his daughter was actually from the peace faction. This was really strange then.
However, this actually made his plan easier to proceed with.
“Let’s head into the house.”
Lian Fangcao was still very polite toward the person who had saved her life.
A while later, the remaining upper-echelons of the greenhaze tribe gathered in the great hall. All of them had unfriendly looks in their eyes as they stared at Sun Mo and An Xinhui.
The Greenhaze Forest continued drifting and managed to escape the sights of those invaders. This made the aboriginals very happy. But not long later, they saw Sun Mo appearing here.
After learning that this fellow could come and go as he wanted to, their mood became worse.
They thought of killing him before, but they weren’t able to do it.
Because Sun Mo brought a lot of resources here as well as a cooperation plan.
If the chieftain and elder were still here, Sun Mo most probably wouldn’t even have a chance to speak. But right now, the aboriginals were fragmented. Each of those in the upper echelons had different thoughts and their own plans.
“Don’t you guys feel that hunting for a living is too arduous and tiring? And even so, you guys would frequently not be able to fill your bellies and not have enough warm clothes. Look at us humans, we enjoy delicacies every meal and wear silk and gauze.”
Sun Mo activated his ‘marketing mode’.
“Help me to plant some crops and medicinal herbs. I will provide support, technology, and skills for your tribe. You guys just have to be responsible for farming and when harvest time comes, I will purchase everything at a high price from you.”
As Sun Mo spoke, he allowed them to taste the delicious pastries he brought over.
An Xinhui listened quietly.
There was no solution as she was not proficient in matters like this.
However, she understood that there were various traps covered with technique in Sun Mo’s words.
For example, he stated his request outright and had a cooperative attitude. If he succeeded, he would be able to establish his presence in the Greenhaze Forest.
“Alright, if you guys don’t wish to plant medicinal herbs, normal grains are fine. I can still purchase the excess one. At the same time, I also want to purchase the prey you guys hunt.”
Sun Mo stared at the members of the upper echelons and looked as though he was thinking for them.
For something like hunting, leaving aside that it was very dangerous, the result was also not consistent. Sometimes, they had to return empty-handed. Also if they encountered continuous rain, they could only eat stored rations, and there would also be times where they didn’t have enough to eat. Even if they had enough, some of their rations would rot due to it being too much and become wasted.
The aboriginals fell silent because this was normal to them.
It wasn’t easy to preserve beast meat and wild fruits. This was definite.
“Salt, various types of alcohol, beautiful clothes. Whatever you guys want, I can bring them here!”
Sun Mo turned his head and glanced at those kids hiding near the door and peering over here.
“As men, aren’t we working so hard because we want to let our wife and kids have a good meal and can be warmly clothed?
“In the past, you guys had no opportunities. Now, an opportunity is here, why are you guys not grabbing it?
“It is one thing that you guys are willing to suffer so much. But could it be that you also want your descendants to suffer as much as you did?”
Before Sun Mo entered the room, he had cast Model Teacher on himself. Hence, now that he was trying to stir their emotions, it felt very enticing.
An Xinhui stood up timely and began to distribute the pearflower candies she brought over to the children.
At the start, those children were still hiding. But after a brave kid tried one, the others also gradually started trying the sweets. They then began to crowd around An Xinhui.
An Xinhui immediately started telling them stories.
Children were the most guileless souls. Whoever gave them happiness, they would be fond of mingling with that person.
“We are both great teachers, and we can teach your children how to read and write, letting them learn a skill or capability. At least, they won’t starve to death in the future. And most importantly, they might even be able to obtain some great achievements, becoming a world-famous person.
“Also, the bows and arrows used by the tribe are too simple and crude. I can arrange for great teachers to teach you guys how to forge and refine weapons.”
After Sun Mo said all this, his words had started to sway some of the aboriginals who could no longer sit still.
A good weapon meant that they could easily capture prey. It also meant that the risk of death was lower. This was the most direct benefit.
“I hope you guys can release the teleportation gate and permit us to visit your cities.”
A substitute elder spoke.
“The teleportation gate is no problem. But if you guys visit our cities, you all might become slaves.”
Sun Mo sighed. “Don’t forget your appearances. To the people of the Nine Provinces, you guys are like aliens.”
The aboriginals fell silent.
They suggested this because they wanted to skip interacting with Sun Mo and depended on themselves to procure necessities. But Sun Mo’s words were very logical.
“Even if I allow you guys to go, won’t you all have difficulty with communication? Maybe we can speak about cooperating later. I can arrange someone to teach you guys the language of the Nine Provinces.”
Sun Mo showed an expression that he was taking a step back and was willing to make a concession.
After the aboriginals finished discussing, they agreed.
An Xinhui quietly shook her head. Sun Mo was bullying these aboriginals for their lack of knowledge and narrow horizons. When those language teachers imperceptibly influenced them, displaying the delicious food and culture to the aboriginals, she didn’t believe that these aboriginals would still reject Sun Mo’s suggestion.
Even if some of those older stubborn ones refused to do so, after they died, the next generation aboriginals would agree.
An Xinhui and Sun Mo thanked Lian Fangcao but politely rejected her invitation for dinner. They then returned to the villa.
“Relax, these aboriginals would become our tenant farmers in the future.”
Sun Mo wasn’t worried. As long as he visited them a few more times with ‘gifts’, they would compromise.
“Mn!”
An Xinhui was very excited. The herbs and animals in this forest would belong to them. Also, the environment here was very good, and many farming fields and medicinal herb fields could be proportioned out.
With ration in their hands, there would be no panic in their hearts. One could say that the Central Province Academy would never need to fear famine again.
As for medicinal herb fields, how many famous schools in the Nine Provinces would have such a large field?
(In the future, we will be the largest herb distributor in Middle-Earth.)
“If we can monopolize the market and become a magnate for medicinal herbs, our Central Province Academy’s authority to speak in the alchemy world will become greater as well.”
(What? You refuse to be obedient? We won’t sell you our herbs then.)
Upon thinking of those alchemists who couldn’t concoct due to the lack of herbs, Sun Mo would laugh even in his dreams.
As a modern man, he knew that a monopoly would bring the greatest profits.
Peaceful days would always pass quickly.
The 1-star great teacher examination this year would be held at the Golden Cherry Academy in the Song An Prefecture. Some participants who were living far away had already set off on a journey.
Sun Mo planned to bring Li Ziqi there in advance to get used to the environment. If she couldn’t get acclimatized to that place, things would be bad.
Naturally, it was very expensive to do this.
But both Sun Mo and Li Ziqi didn’t lack money.
…
At a small county town roughly 30 miles away from the Song An Prefecture, a young man whose body was covered in blood jumped into a dark and shadowy alley.
“I should have shaken him off, right?”
The young man clutched at his wounds and leaned against a wall as he panted.
“I’m afraid you are in for a disappointment.”
A teasing voice drifted down from above, causing the injured young man to be extremely alarmed and subconsciously wanted to run away. However, a large hand grabbed his hair and slammed his head against the wall.
Bang!
The injured young man grew dizzy.
“Aiya, I forgot. I almost damaged your face. I still need to use it.”
The person who hit him was another young man dressed in white.
“W…what do you want to do?”
The injured young man grew afraid. These words sounded so terrifying.
“It naturally means I have to borrow your facial skin for usage.”
The white-robed young man smiled in a very charming manner. “After all, it would be too troublesome if we used our identities to participate in the great teacher examination.”
“Y…you are a dark great teacher?”
The young man was so frightened that he peed his pants.
“I can be considered one I guess!”
The white-robed young man choked the neck of the unlucky guy. “Don’t worry, I’ve sent your disciples to their death. You guys won’t be lonely on the way to the underworld. As for you, do you have any last words?”
“You…”
Kacha!
Before the unlucky guy could finish speaking, the white-robed young man already exerted force and broke his neck.
“Aiya, sorry. This is accidental.”
The white-robed young man apologetically cut away the facial skin of this unknown great teacher, while he immersed himself in the anticipation of how his own student would slaughter everyone in the great teacher examination.
