After Sun Mo poured a cup of tea, he sat beside a table and tidied up the cultivation arts he possessed.
Although the Grand Universe Formless Divine Art and Immemorial Vairocana might be quite powerful, they belonged to the ‘teaching’ category.
As for movement arts, Sun Mo had the Wind King Divine Steps, and it could be considered very impressive.
As for archery skills, Sun Mo possessed the Wind King Divine Art. His long-range attacking capabilities were very strong. But other than improving the six senses, there was nothing much to it. Also, it was very rare for Sun Mo to use a bow in combat. He didn’t see himself using a bow for combat often in the future either.
Right now, Sun Mo lacked a powerful close-range cultivation art designed for attack.
This Dharma Skyshock Fist was a peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art and had a total of nine levels. It was a divine art that could shock heaven and earth, the bane of souls, ghosts, and demons.
It was said that Bodhidharma himself was the origin of this cultivation art. He created this for the sake of eradicating evil, to slay demons and devils. Hence, the power of this cultivation art was very immense.
However, there was another problem. Its style of combat was bare-handed fighting!
As it wanted to display the mercy of Buddhism, there were no weapons involved.
In Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, swords and blades were the main weapons. Spears and halberds weren’t a bad choice either. If one fought bare-handed, honestly speaking, their style points would plunge.
Fighting bare-handed wasn’t cool enough!
If you looked at the various dramas about immortal cultivators, was there ever any male lead that dominated the world bare-handed? Even the enemies wouldn’t be bare-handed!
“Forget it, it’s still a peerless saint-tier cultivation art regardless. I’ll practice it!”
Sun Mo was conflicted for half a day but eventually decided to cultivate it.
Given the Central Province Academy’s current performance, there was an 80 to 90% chance that they would need to fight in the third round. If Sun Mo didn’t upgrade his strength, he was worried that he wouldn’t be able to carry the group.
After all, many people were overflowing with talents under the heavens.
“System, use all the time emblems to upgrade the Dharma Skyshock Fist!”
Sun Mo instructed.
“So extravagant?”
The system was astonished. “You have five time emblems now!”
“Yup, so extravagant!”
Sun Mo’s thinking was very simple. Either he wouldn’t train in it or he would make sure he raised the proficiency level to the max. There was no meaning in being average.
“As you wish!”
The system didn’t mind.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The green glow shone on Sun Mo and vanished, repeating itself five times!
Sun Mo immediately felt that there was an additional mysterious thing in his body, causing him to feel a sense of satisfaction and strength, as well as the more important sense of security.
After that, a vast and magnificent illusory scene appeared in his mind. All random thoughts vanished, leaving behind an inconsequential and tiny feeling.
It was like he was a firefly flying on a gigantic mountain. He was insignificant.
All of a sudden, the illusory scene vanished, transforming into a gigantic buddha who was smiling at Sun Mo.
Sun Mo directly shivered. He felt something flowing out of his body. After that, his entire person became calm.
No sorrow, no joy. No desires, no demands!
The current Sun Mo had achieved the state of ’emptiness’!
Ding!
“Congratulations, you have learned the Dharma Skyshock Fist. Proficiency level: 1 step away from the grandmaster-grade!”
Usually, Sun Mo would curse, “This daddy spent 50 years but didn’t even manage to reach the grandmaster-grade? Isn’t this too shady?”
However, at this moment, his heart was calm and composed. There was even a smile on his face.
He looked at everything in this world and felt that things were so beautiful and harmonious.
Only five minutes later did Sun Mo exit from that state. After that, he shivered when he recalled the experience and started to rage.
“System, what the hell is this cultivation art?”
Sun Mo was in so much shock that he was perspiring madly.
Back in his world, he didn’t have a girlfriend and depended on adult videos to ‘work out’. He would then experience this state after ‘working out’.
It was very simple. After masturb*ting too much, he would enter such a state of ’emptiness’.
To put it in a more artistic way, it meant that one was as horny as a devil before masturb*tion and as holy as a buddha after.
“What do you mean by ‘what the hell’? This is a true buddhist-type cultivation art. If you cultivate it to the extreme, spirits and ghosts won’t be able to stand your presence. You will be immune to all evil influence and reach a mental state of saintly pureness, creating a body quality that’s incorruptible by filth.”
The system explained.
“I will believe your shit if I’m crazy. System, you are truly bad!”
Sun Mo wanted to cry but no tears were coming out. “Would I forever be in that mental state after mastering this cultivation art? Damn, I’m still a virgin and have never slept with a girl before. I don’t wish to become a monk!”
Sun Mo fantasized about Yui Hatano in an air stewardess attire or Miku Ohashi in a secretary outfit. It was over, he wouldn’t be able to get hard anymore in the future.
“Amitabha. Benefactor, please stay calm. It’s just a sensation of pleasure. Other than that, it serves no other pleasure at all. You might as well cut it off!”
The system ridiculed him.
“Go f*** yourself!”
Sun Mo pointed a middle-finger.
“Alright, I’ll stop joking. For all so-called saint-tier cultivation arts, when they are practiced to the extreme limit, the cultivator will exude a type of aura from within. The Dharma Skyshock Fist is no exception. You were only temporarily influenced by the saintly concept of this cultivation art.”
The system explained.
Bluntly speaking, it was a type of aura that belonged to an expert. Why did a sword hero, a blade saint, and a famed monk feel so strong when people looked at them?
Because their auras were powerful!
“Can I still get erect in the future?”
Sun Mo was a little worried.
“There are so many brothels in White Dew City. Wouldn’t you find out if you go and try? It’s not like you have no money.”
The system felt that Sun Mo was too argumentative.
Sun Mo thought about it but still felt that he shouldn’t be so unrestrained. “Forget it, I’d rather do it myself!”
“Idiot!”
The system felt a bit of disdain.
…
Today, Sun Mo brought the students to a public bath. He then used the spring water giant medicine packets and spiral spirit gathering medicine packets to revitalize the students to their peak states. After that, he gave each of them a massage using the ancient massaging technique.
The student group from Sky Orchid Academy and Weima Academy had also returned. At this moment, the champion of this year would be among these four schools if there were no unexpected accidents.
The headmasters of the other schools could only watch with envy in their eyes, helpless to do anything.
For the second round, the judges would start to count down after the first student group had returned with their mysterious species of darkness. Three days later, the students who didn’t return in time would be eliminated from this round.
Five days later, if the student groups hadn’t returned, they would lose the opportunity to participate in the third round.
However, all of this had nothing to do with Sun Mo. After all, his goal was the championship.
Although the new student group from Central Province Academy had finished the round, Zhang Hanfu still went to the Jadewave Pavilion every day to watch the situation.
In the past, no headmasters would care about him. But now, people were taking the initiative to speak to him.
Zhang Hanfu knew that this respect was because of Sun Mo’s outstanding performance. This caused him to feel agony despite being happy.
This was especially so when he thought of the bet between him and Sun Mo.
“What should I do if the new student group really becomes the champion? Should I really resign?”
Zhang Hanfu felt a headache coming. “No, it can’t be. Mingshao is too strong, and they will surely get first place. Also, there’s still Sky Orchid and Weima, so it’s impossible for Sun Mo to win!”
However, when he thought about Sun Mo’s performances after joining the school, Zhang Hanfu felt his heart growing increasingly heavier. He was even suffering from insomnia and constipation recently.
…
On a clear and refreshing afternoon, the representative group of Central Province Academy returned.
“Third place!”
Upon hearing the ranking, Zhu Ting waved his fist in excitement.
“Only third?”
Liu Mubai frowned. His target was first place.
“It’s already acceptable!”
An Xinhui’s face was filled with fatigue. After hearing the ranking, she finally heaved a sigh of relief. As long as their representative group’s ranking was high, their overall ranking wouldn’t be too low.
“I wonder what our new student group’s rank is. I hope they won’t drag our school down!”
Xu Xun was deeply worried.
“With Teacher Sun in the new student group, their results would surely not be too bad.”
Cai Tan felt that Xu Xun was too pessimistic.
“Che!”
Xu Xun’s lips curled in displeasure. He couldn’t be bothered to reply.
“What do you mean by this?” Cai Tan questioned. Xu Xun was a personal student of An Xinhui, so everyone would give in to him but not Cai Tan. In his heart, Sun Mo was the best.
“You should know what it means!”
Xu Xun spoke bluntly.
“Enough!” An Xinhui berated, “Xu Xun, if you continue acting weird, scram back and face the wall for me!”
“Teacher, I’m only speaking the truth. The new student group had good luck during the first round because everyone was underestimating them. During the second round, everyone will be more prepared. It’s not going to be easy if Teacher Sun wants to win by fluke.”
Xu Xun analyzed.
Naturally, this was because he felt very unhappy toward Sun Mo. Sun Mo was his personal teacher’s fiance. That was Sun Mo’s original sin.
“That’s prejudice!”
Cai Tan shook his head.
“Hehe, if Teacher Sun can lead the new student group and obtain the first ranking. Oh, it’s impossible to get first. How about the top three? No, just the top five will do. I will clean your shoes for half a year then, how about it?”
Xu Xun sneered, provoking Cai Tan. “If Teacher Sun cannot do it, you will be the one to clean my shoes for half a year.”
“Speak less!”
Xia Yi tugged Xu Xun’s arms.
An Xinhui frowned. She didn’t hope her personal students to view Sun Mo like this. Just when she wanted to admonish Xu Xun, Liu Mubai spoke.
“Xu Xun’s analysis has no problems. Ming Xian from Mingshao, Chunyu Kong from Sky Orchid, and Beitang Ziwei from Weima Academy are all extremely strong.”
Liu Mubai wasn’t a saint. He was fond of An Xinhui or he wouldn’t have come to the Central Province Academy to teach.
Naturally, he also didn’t feel that his words were discrediting Sun Mo. The truth was as such.
“So, it’s impossible for Teacher Sun to be in the top five!”
“Hehe!”
Xu Xun grew joyful. He winked at Cai Tan. (Even Teacher Liu said this, do you feel a lot of despair?)
“Sure, I will accept that bet!”
Cai Tan gritted his teeth.
“Wow, is there a need to be so ruthless? Why would you accept a bet that you’ll lose for sure?”
Xu Xun was shocked.
“Who says that I will lose?”
Cai Tan argued back, “Let me tell you this. Teacher Sun is a man who can turn the impossible into the possible!”
The other students didn’t say anything. They silently watched as Xu Xun and Cai Tan quarreled. As geniuses of the Central Province Academy, they were naturally very rational in terms of their judgment. Hence, they felt that there were no mistakes with Xu Xun’s words.
Teacher Sun might be very strong, but when he was compared with all the genius teachers in the 108 schools of ‘D’ grade, he might not be among the top.
Besides, there were four participating teachers for each student group. No matter how strong Sun Mo was, could he defeat four people at the same time? If his group mates didn’t help him, would he have a solution?”
“Xu Xun, shut up!”
An Xinhui berated and brought everyone back to the hotel. But before they could go far, the headmasters, who had received news that the Central Province Academy had returned, quickly rushed over.
“Xinhui, congratulations. This time around, the performance of your Central Province Academy is really excellent!”
“Headmaster An, congrats. As long as you guys remain steady and don’t screw up in the third round, you guys will ascend to the ‘C’ grade.”
“Yeah. The second place is really impressive!”
A group of headmasters came over with smiles on their faces. Honestly speaking, even men who were so old that they had lost control of their bowels would wish to talk to beauties.
“Headmaster Zhang, we got third place, not the second!”
Liu Mubai had a dark look on his face. He felt that this Headmaster Zhang was intentionally humiliating them.
“Third place?”
Headmaster Zhang started. After that, he glanced to the left and right and subconsciously asked, “Old Wang, if I didn’t remember it wrongly, the Central Province Academy got second place, right?”
