Bai Wenzhang wasn’t someone that would value his old broomstick.
More accurately, he was a human that was infatuated with the study of spirit runes. Other than this subject, he completely had no interest in other things.
Becoming a saint?
Becoming a great ancestor spirit runist?
Bai Wenzhang didn’t care for glories like this.
This globe was something a dean of the Dragonspirit Manor had excavated from a darkness ruin. Usually speaking, if any organization obtained it, they would definitely not show it to outsiders.
Because, upon deciphering it, it would be very possible for one to obtain priceless spoils.
However, Bai Wenzhang didn’t do so. As long as you were a spirit runist, you were welcome to observe it.
Some of these grandmaster spirit runists were at a bottleneck and couldn’t break through. Hence, they wanted to observe this globe to find opportunities to help them. Some were planning to comprehend the secrets of the globe so they could exchange the information with Bai Wenzhang to get some rare books…
But how could things be so easy?
Several people had stayed here for several years. So, everyone was already familiar with each other.
As a result, a new face like Sun Mo, who broke through the first level of the globe, would naturally cause people to pay him a great deal of attention.
“Shh!”
A great teacher indicated for everyone not to be noisy in case they disturbed Sun Mo.
…
“What is this place?”
Sun Mo had an astonished look on his face.
His entire body was like floating in the zero-gravity outer space.
There was no up, no down, no boundaries that dictated what was the sky and the earth. In the surroundings, grotesque and variegated multi-colored lights formed numerous great rivers that continued flowing.
Luckily, there was no feeling of suffocation.
But being in such a situation would cause great psychological and mental pressure.
After all, outer space was too vast and humans were as tiny and inconsequential as a grain of sand.
Sun Mo tried moving a little and discovered that it was as though he was in the water. He could actually use swimming postures to move. Hence, the dog paddle he had learned when he was young could finally be put to good use.
Hu!
An aurora belt charged past him as faculae manifested.
“Eh?”
Sun Mo discovered that these faculae actually had shapes to them.
(Could they be some sort of text?)
Sun Mo was too far from the faculae and had no way to touch them. He could only depend on his memory to memorize how they looked like.
The aurora belt floated with the current, and various shaped faculae flew out from it.
Sun Mo memorized a total of 120 shapes before he started to discover that there were repetitions.
“Could this be some sort of text? Wrong, if these are texts, they are too few. In that case, could it be something akin to Morse Code? If that’s the case, wouldn’t I have been caught unprepared?”
Due to his interest, Sun Mo did research on Morse Code before and knew how they were made up. If these faculae were also something akin to Morse Code, he needed to first understand the actual language used before he could decipher them.
“There’s nothing I can do then.”
“Wait a minute!”
“If this globe was a planet, the origin of the code would be from the race that created this planet. They were probably worried that the code might be cracked if they used text to record directly. Hence, they used a certain type of logic to create these faculae.”
“In that case, there’s a question now. What is the language of this race? System, do you know what these faculae are?”
Sun Mo asked.
The system remained silent. Clearly, it wouldn’t give Sun Mo any technological support.
“Alright then!”
Sun Mo had no expectations toward the system.
It shouldn’t be a language from the Nine Provinces. In that case, could it be some ancient prophecy…
No matter what, Sun Mo was also a linguist. But once he thought of the fact that there were several ancient languages, he suddenly felt a sense of helpless vexation.
Wrong, given the feeling of high technology this planetary globe presented, how could ancient humans from the Nine Provinces create this?
Sun Mo then recalled the Xisi Clan behind the Greenhaze Forest.
That was a super civilization!
(Mn, I can use their language to try!)
Sun Mo spent 200,000 favorable impression points to learn the entire Xisi Language.
It wasn’t as simple as him learning how to read and write. Instead, he learned the origins of the Xisi Language from the start until the end, understanding the whole process and mastering all the intricacies within.
So, when Sun Mo used the thought process behind the Xisi Language to observe these faculae, he discovered that they were actually fragmented pictograms of the ancient Xisi Language.
Bluntly speaking, they were the earliest form of Xisi Language, akin to China’s oracle script.
One needed to be proficient in the Xisi Language if they wanted to decipher this stuff.
After Sun Mo found the train of thought, he no longer wanted to continue because things were too troublesome.
“After such a long time and so much effort, this isn’t about the study of spirit runes but linguistics instead.”
Sun Mo had roughly guessed that this planetary globe should be a map drawn by the Xisi People. They must also have discovered other intelligent species, an example was the ancient people of the Nine Provinces.
In order not to let their results land in the hands of other species, they used this method to record everything.
It was like even though a foreigner might have learned Mandarin and understood the characters, if you wanted them to read oracle script, they definitely wouldn’t be able to do so.
“But, how should I go out?”
Just when Sun Mo stopped thinking and felt like going out, his subconscious suddenly turned white. When he regained his senses again, he discovered that he had awakened.
There were many pairs of eyes in the surroundings looking at him.
“Hello, could it be that you have some discoveries?”
A great teacher clasped his hands and consulted Sun Mo with an amicable attitude.
Sun Mo fell silent. He wasn’t good at lying, but if he said he didn’t know anything, it would be too fake. However, he wasn’t willing to admit it.
This was because he was worried that these people might start bothering him by constantly asking questions.
After all, the origins of the Xisi Language were very troublesome.
However, everyone on the scene was a grandmaster spirit runist with broad knowledge. Sun Mo’s act of falling silent allowed them to tell that he must be onto something.
“It can’t be, right? Do you really have some discoveries?”
“Little friend, why don’t you share them with us?”
“I’m Murong Yao from Jixia Learning Palace. I wonder if sir would be willing to share your experience?”
All the great teachers spoke out respectively.
There was no solution to it. They had been here for too long but had no harvest. Now that they suddenly saw an opportunity, they would naturally feel a sense of urgency.
“Sorry!”
Sun Mo stood up.
“Eh, don’t leave first. We can discuss and negotiate terms!”
Everyone hurriedly stopped Sun Mo when they saw that he was about to leave.
“Sir, I have an ancient spirit rune here and I’m willing to trade this with you in exchange for information!”
That person named Murong Yao spoke.
Benefits were always the sharpest weapons.
Sun Mo turned his head. Great teachers from the Jixia Learning Palace were wealthy indeed.
Murong Yao was very generous. He was also not afraid that Sun Mo might break his words. He directly took a book from his bag. After flipping through it, he tore a page out and folded it before passing it to Sun Mo.
Swish~
The gazes of everyone immediately turned over.
Ai!
It was so nice to look at!
This rune that was taken out by Murong Yao was definitely something good.
Sun Mo didn’t take it. Instead, he looked at this tall male.
“I can’t explain clearly using just a few sentences. Just listen to my advice and give up. Even if you guys stay here and ponder for another 100 years, you won’t manage to comprehend anything.”
Hua~
Sun Mo’s words directly caused a commotion.
“Hmph, what do you mean by this? Are you saying we’re too stupid?”
Some great teachers were unhappy and immediately cursed out.
After all, they were genuine grandmasters and were very learned. Sun Mo’s words sounded as if he was looking down on them.
However, if it wasn’t for the sake of giving Mei Yazhi face, Sun Mo wouldn’t have bothered with this Murong Yao.
“I can add one more spirit rune for trade!”
Murong Yao persisted. “It’s good enough if you are willing to give me the information. As for whether I can understand it or not, you don’t have to care about it.”
“Teacher Murong. I’m a very good friend with a great teacher from your Jixia Learning Palace. If not, I wouldn’t have spoken so much to persuade you.”
Sun Mo mentally mused that this was a very deep and profound language. In the entire Nine Provinces, there probably weren’t many relevant books. Where could these people learn the language from?
Murong Yao fell silent.
“Just give up.”
Sun Mo turned and left after he finished speaking.
“This fellow is probably only 20+ years old, right? How learned can he be? There’s an 80% chance that he’s just acting and wants to tease us!”
Someone doubted Sun Mo’s words.
“Yeah, the spirit runes taken out by Teacher Murong are all top-quality ones. As long as someone is a spirit runist, I don’t believe they wouldn’t feel interested.”
“But since he can enter the Dragonspirit Manor, his standard probably won’t be weak, right? Besides, he did indeed solve the first level of the globe when he just came.”
The great teachers discussed. Ultimately, they still felt that such an opportunity was rare and decided to chase after Sun Mo.
“Teacher, how are things?”
Lu Zhiruo wasn’t qualified to head to the higher level and could only look at Sun Mo, waiting for him to explain.
“Very interesting. But it would waste too much time to decipher it. If your eldest martial sister has time, just let her do it!”
Sun Mo didn’t like tasks like this.
“Go, let us take a look at the second difficult question.”
“Oh!”
Lu Zhiruo followed him. But after a few steps, they halted because that group of great teachers had surrounded him.
“We won’t let you speak for free. We are willing to pay!”
“Yes, what do you want? Name your price.”
“From your accent, you should be someone from Jinling, right? We are from the same hometown!”
All sorts of voices rang out immediately, causing Sun Mo to feel a headache.
The passersby were shocked as well. When they heard that someone had unraveled the secret behind the globe, they immediately gathered around. The number of people also increased.
“What’s going on?”
An imposing and rough-sounding voice interrupted the commotion.
Even those grandmasters immediately shut up when they heard this voice, and they turned to greet the person behind the voice.
“Hi, Teacher Cui!”
The person who spoke was an old man with white hair. However, there were no wrinkles on his face and he looked extremely vigorous.
His name was Cai Shun`en, the number two character in the Dragonspirit Manor. He was also the number one assistant of Bai Wenzhang.
Someone hurriedly explained the situation.
After Cai Shun`en heard this, he frowned and looked at Sun Mo. “You’ve deciphered the secret of that globe?”
“I’m not completely clear about it, but I roughly guessed at something.”
Sun Mo’s tone was neither civil nor overbearing.
He was here as a guest and in order not to be looked down upon, he naturally had to reveal some capabilities. Moreover, only by doing this would he have the qualifications to converse with Bai Wenzhang on equal grounds.
Honestly speaking, teachers would all love talented students.
Bai Wenzhang was no exception. The more outstanding Sun Mo’s performance was, the more harmonious their relationship would be.
(I will think of a solution to get his agreement, so I can copy some of these books and bring the copies back.)
Sun Mo had thought about it. There was no need to copy too much, if Bai Wenzhang could allow him to copy half the books here, it would already be an extremely huge improvement to the Central Province Academy’s study of spirit runes.
Cui Shun`en’s brows furrowed. “What’s your name?”
“Sun Mo!”
After Sun Mo finished speaking, Lu Zhiruo pricked her ears, wanting to hear sounds of exclamations. Sadly, she discovered that there was none. These people basically didn’t know who her teacher was.
“Which school are you from?”
Cai Shun`en asked again.
“Jinling of the Great Tang Empire. The Central Province Academy!”
Hua~
A commotion erupted. There were even sounds of mocking laughter.
In the past, the Central Province Academy was very impressive. But ever since 300 years ago, after it faced the crisis, it declined tremendously.
“Has the old headmaster awakened?”
Cui Shun`en was concerned.
When any secondary saint tried for a breakthrough, it was a major matter that could shake the Nine Provinces. Hence, everyone naturally knew when the old headmaster failed.
Sun Mo shook his head.
“When I just came to the school, the Central Province Academy was still struggling with difficulty in the ‘D’ grade!”
A great teacher’s lips curled and felt that Sun Mo might be lying. How could a rubbish school like that produce such an impressive genius?
(Most probably, the teachers of that school aren’t even as impressive as my students.)
