Chapter 217 Mysterious Species of Darkness

“Your prestige connection with Tantai Yutang has been raised to friendly. You are rewarded with one bronze treasure chest. Please keep up the good work!”

A bronze treasure chest landed in front of Sun Mo. He touched the lucky mascot’s head and then opened the treasure chest.

The glow disappeared, leaving behind a milk-colored medicine packet.

Ding!

“Congratulations, you’ve obtained one spring water beauty medicine packet. If one bathes in the water that’s soaked in this medicine packet, it can heal their injuries. It is especially effective toward wounds caused by blades and swords.”

“Keep it!”

Sun Mo’s expression was neutral. There was no helping it. He already had the prescription for the spring water beauty medicine packet. As long as he could gather all the ingredients, he’d be able to prepare it himself.

As he’d be able to make as many as he wished, this wasn’t something that mattered a lot to him. However, he knew that rewards like the knowledge of 100 types of plants on the Darkness Continent wouldn’t appear that easily.

“Teacher, it’s a rare chance to be sitting with Teacher Jin. Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Li Ziqi sneaked looks at Sun Mo, feeling anxious for him. This was such a good opportunity. He should make good use of it to improve their relationship.

(You’re a guy, and your cultivation realm and social status are both lower than hers. If you don’t take the initiative to speak up, are you going to wait until Jin Mujie strikes a conversation with you?).

“Teacher Sun, are the dishes not to your liking?”

Jin Mujie spoke up.

“They are quite nice.”

When Sun Mo saw that Lu Zhiruo and Li Ziqi only ate vegetables and not meat, he frowned. “Take note of your dietary intake. And Baiwu, don’t just eat meat.”

“Teacher Sun, it’s really regretful that I wasn’t able to see you expelling Zhou Yong at the Entire School Meeting the other time.”

It seemed that Jin Mujie had been busy making preparations in the Darkness Continent for the trip during those few days. That was why she had missed out on the scene in which Sun Mo had made an amazing display.

She felt really angry to not have been able to see the looks on Zhang Hanfu’s face after getting a setback!

“I hope that matters requiring such ‘amazing displays’ will occur less frequently.”

Sun Mo’s mouth twitched.

(Teacher, don’t you know how to talk?)

Li Ziqi was speechless. (Teacher Jin is complimenting you, but look at the kind of reply you’re giving. You should act more humbly, then take the chance to flatter Teacher Jin as well.)

When Jin Mujie heard this, she was stunned for a moment. She then understood the meaning in Sun Mo’s words. Compared to him being in the spotlight and being admired by the students, Sun Mo was more willing to see no school bullies in the school. Then, he wouldn’t need to expel students at the Entire School Meeting

This was a good teacher who spared a thought for the students and the school!

Ding!

Favorable impression points from Jin Mujie +10. Friendly (110/1,000) (1).

“Hmm?”

Sun Mo was stunned when he heard the notification. He threw a glance at Jin Mujie and wondered. (What did I do? Why did you have a good impression of me?)

Women’s thoughts were really hard to guess.

Ding!

“Mission released. Before the visit to the Darkness Continent ends, help each of your students to level up once. The reward will be one bronze treasure chest.”

Sun Mo immediately furrowed his brows so tightly that he could crush a crab to death with them. “System, you think leveling up is like eating meals? That it’s possible to level up at any time?”

This was a process that required accumulation.

“If it’s easy, why would a teacher like you be needed?”

The system retorted, “Great teachers are people who can make the impossible possible!”

Ding!

“Mission released. Let every student chop off a human head, experiencing how brutal the dark world is. The reward will be one gold treasure chest!”

Before Sun Mo could curse out the ‘your mom is a ***’ that he was thinking, the system issued another mission. After hearing the content, he was so shocked that he almost went limp.

“Hey, I didn’t hear that wrongly, right? You want my students to kill?”

“Yes!”

The system explained, “Survival of the fittest, where the strong survive and the weak are eliminated. These are the laws of survival in the natural world. How are they going to grow without taking lives?”

Jin Mujie saw that Sun Mo’s mind had wandered off again and thus didn’t continue to try striking a conversation with him. She lowered her head and ate her meal.

(Teacher, you’re really relying on your own capabilities to remain single.)

Li Ziqi sighed. It was clear that Jin Mujie thought well of Sun Mo, so if he were to put in a little effort, it wouldn’t be a problem for them to be friends, even if they wouldn’t become best friends who would talk about anything with each other. However, Sun Mo’s mind kept wandering off.

“Fool!”

Was SE

Yi Jiamin, who was secretly paying attention to Jin Mujie, couldn’t help but curse. (Sun Mo, if you don’t want such opportunities, then give them to me!)

(Sigh, I don’t look bad either, but why is it that I can’t attract Jin Mujie’s attention?)

Midway through lunch, a big commotion suddenly broke out in the inn. A few minutes later, the customers hurriedly paid the bill and left.

In an instant, the hall was emptied.

“Teacher Du, Teacher Yi, go find out what has happened.”

Jin Mujie instructed.

Not long later, the two of them came back.

“Teacher Jin, it’s said that a spirit qi roaming dragon has appeared at the Coldwave Pool. Those people all went to try their luck!”

Du Xiao reported.

“Spirit qi roaming dragon?”

Even the chill Zhou Shanyi let out a sudden cry when he heard this name, wearing an excited expression. “Is it true?”

“It should be. The news of its appearance appeared three months ago. Recently, some cultivators have been trying to hunt it.”

Yi Jiamin’s tone was agitated and he looked toward Jin Mujie. “Teacher Jin, shall we go try our luck as well?”

Swoosh!

Almost all gazes landed on Jin Mujie, filled with anticipation for her agreement.

The spirit qi roaming dragon was a living creature that lived on the third floor of the Darkness Continent. It fed on fruits that were rich in spirit qi and there were very few of them.

It could be due to their love for food that was rich in spirit qi that the spirit qi roaming dragons were very sensitive toward spirit qi waves.

In the Darkness Continent, there was spirit qi tempest, just like there being sandstorms in the deserts. If one couldn’t avoid them in time and were implicated by the spirit qi tempest, then the strong spirit pressure would instantly crush the cultivator into a pool of flesh and blood.

Spirit qi tides were slightly weaker than spirit qi tempest. They were like the high and low tides of the sea

If cultivators encountered them, they wouldn’t die. However, the intense changes to the spirit pressure would bring discomfort to their bodies, causing them to feel symptoms such as giddiness, nauseousness, bleeding under the skin, damaged organs, and many others.

With a spirit qi roaming dragon, cultivators would be able to avoid the spirit qi tides in time. It could be said that they could freely roam around in the Darkness Continent without needing to worry.

Of course, this wasn’t its greatest value.

The reason why people were crazy for such a mysterious species of darkness was because it liked to build its nests in places with strong spirit qi.

Usually, there’d be a tremendous amount of spirit stone veins. Therefore, if one could capture a spirit qi roaming dragon, it’d mean that they had found one or several spirit stone veins. They’d definitely strike it rich overnight.

Due to this reason, the spirit qi roaming dragon was ranked 36th in the Mysterious Darkness Species List. They were invaluable and couldn’t even be found on the various black markets in the Darkness Continent’s main cities!

It was because they were too precious.

“No. We’ll go according to the original plan and head to the Spiritwind Canyon.”

Jin Mujie didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

“Why? That’s a spirit qi roaming dragon. It’s ranked 36th on the Mysterious Darkness Species List. If we were to catch it, we’d strike it rich.”

Yi Jiamin couldn’t understand.

“I feel that going to the Coldwave Pool for training isn’t bad either.”

Zhang Qianlin interjected. Although he knew that the chances weren’t high, what if he managed to catch it?

“You guys saw it earlier. So many cultivators have made a move upon hearing the news. Now, the Coldwave Pool is definitely overwhelmed with people, so why are you guys going there? To court death?” Jin Mujie’s tone became forceful, sweeping her cold gaze on everyone present. “If you want to seize the treasure, you’ll need to encounter a situation of killing and to be killed. If you aren’t at the divine force realm, you’d just be going there to throw your life away.”

“We can watch on the borders. It would be quite good to let the students experience this ‘competition’ in advance!”

Duan Meng interjected as well.

Seizing treasures was like buying lottery tickets. Although it was clear that the chances wouldn’t be high, people always wanted to give it a try. What if they were to be struck by good fortune?

“I won’t stop those who wish to go to the Coldwave Pool. But once you leave the group, I’ll view it as you’ve given up on your position as the Central Province Academy’s teacher.”

After Jin Mujie said that, she picked up her chopsticks. “Eat!”

The prestige of a 3-star great teacher was still terrifying. Although Yi Jiamin and Zhang Qianlin were raring to move, they didn’t dare to go against Jin Mujie’s orders.

“Senior Martial Sister, is that dragon worth a lot of money?”

Ying Baiwu poked Li Ziqi and asked softly. She knew that their eldest martial sister had read many books and knew a lot of things.

“It’s not worth a lot of money. It’s worth an extremely, extremely huge amount of money. It’s because it can locate spirit stone veins and find heavenly and earthly treasures.”

Li Ziqi explained.

What were heavenly and earthly treasures?

They were treasures born from the accumulation of spirit qi. As the spirit qi roaming dragon was born to be sensitive to the spirit qi, it excelled in searching for natural treasures.

The spirit qi roaming dragon’s battle prowess was extremely weak, but it relied on this ‘spirit qi sensing’ ability to be ranked 36th on the Mysterious Darkness Species List.

Gulp!

Ying Baiwu swallowed a mouthful of saliva. She really wanted it badly.

“Stop dreaming. That isn’t something we can dream of having. Just focus on your cultivation!”

Li Ziqi took things in her stride.

Sun Mo threw a glance around and noticed that Lu Zhiruo, Xuanyuan Po, and Li Ziqi didn’t care about that dragon at all. However, Tantai Yutang and Ying Baiwu were raring to give it a try. The former wanted to join in the excitement, while the latter was in for the money. As for Jiang Leng, he continued to wear his expressionless dead-man face. It was hard to tell what he was thinking.

Although Jin Mujie had used her authority as the leader to suppress this topic, this great beauty with a big butt still noticed the instability in the members’ mindsets.

Not only the teachers, even the students wanted to go and try their luck. There was no helping it, wealth was enticing. People died for money and birds died for food. This was the truth that remained unchanged since ancient times.

“In everyone’s heart, I’m definitely an unreasonable and stubborn person.”

Jin Mujie smiled in self-ridicule but then sensed that Sun Mo was looking at her with an admiring but not lewd gaze.

When Sun Mo noticed that Jin Mujie had discovered his gaze, he quickly lowered his head.

To speak the truth, he admired this woman. Other people might not have the capability to fight for this mysterious species of darkness, but Jin Mujie, being an expert at the Longevity Realm, had the right to do so. However, she gave up on it for the sake of this team.

This was how a great teacher should conduct themselves. In her heart, the students’ growth was more important than a spirit qi roaming dragon.

Sun Mo waited for a few seconds and then looked up. When he realized that Jin Mujie was still looking at him, he instantly felt a little awkward. Cough cough. He squeezed out a smile and then picked up a piece of straw mushroom, putting it into Jin Mujie’s bowl. “Teacher Jin, try this, it doesn’t taste bad!”

Swoosh!

Other than the combat addict who had his head lowered and was eating away, even Lu Zhiruo’s gaze landed on that straw mushroom.

“This is bad!”

Sun Mo felt his teeth aching. He had been trying to think of ways to resolve the awkwardness and forgot to use the serving chopsticks to take the food. So, there was his saliva on that straw mushroom.

“Haha, Sun Mo, you’re going to have it now.”

Yi Jiamin secretly felt happy and was waiting to see Sun Mo getting slammed. (A woman like Jin Mujie with her status and dignity would be particular toward cleanliness, but you, a dirty guy, used your own chopsticks to take food for her? You must not know how the word ‘death’ is written!)

[1] The author might have screwed up the favorable impression points, just read it with a pinch of salt.