Chapter 1293 - Taking On a Heavy Responsibility, Main Examiner
Chapter 1293: Taking On a Heavy Responsibility, Main Examiner
Translator: Lordbluefire
“Our school got selected as the exam venue for the 1-star great teacher examination next year.”
Gu Xiuxun was very happy because this was the best proof of their influence.
“That shouldn’t be the case, right? Our school is an ‘A-grade’ school no matter what, why would we organize an exam of this level? Moreover, the other famous schools wouldn’t agree, right?”
Sun Mo was puzzled.
For the 1-stars examination, there would be a huge number of participants every year. These people would have to spend on their food, drinks, and lodging, so the city where the school was located would surely enjoy a huge economic upturn.
In order to seize the chance to become the hosting venue, those low-grade famous schools would surely go all out.
A-grade schools wouldn’t be bothered to vie for this. Firstly, it was because they felt embarrassed to ‘snatch food’ from those below them. Secondly, it was because the level of the 1-star great teacher examination was too low. Hence, they would usually only host examinations for 3-stars and above.
“Te done an investigation. Didn’t you just obtain the title of the Number One Great Teacher in the Nine Provinces? Every household knows your name, so the Saint Gate plans to make use of your fame to publicize the great teacher occupation. At the same time, it is to spur those intern teachers to work
harder and take you as a role model, eventually becoming a great teacher as outstanding as you.”
Gu Xiuxun stared at Sun Mo with a look of worship in her eyes. “Moreover, I feel that this is because the upper echelons of the Saint Gate want to get into your good book.”
“They have no need to do that, right?”
But even so, Sun Mo enjoyed such a gaze very much.
“You don’t know this, but I heard that when Liang Hongda gave this suggestion, not a single member of the upper echelon objected to it. Even those famous schools who were initially in the consideration to be the host for the 1-star exam didn’t dare to make any noise.”
Gu Xiuxun felt very proud. This was Sun Mo’s influence. Even though those famous schools hated Sun Mo so much that they wanted him to die, they wouldn’t dare to show such an attitude publicly.
Sun Mo laughed.
“No matter what, after the exam ends next spring, the locals who earn money will surely feel gratitude toward you.”
Gu Xiuxun patted Sun Mo on his shoulder. “So, you have to perform well. Right now, you are the chosen of our Jinling, no, our Great Tang!”
And three days after this, the Saint Gate sent an official letter to An Xinhui’s desk to invite her and Sun Mo to head to the Saint Gate’s headquarters to discuss matters pertaining to the 1-star exam.
‘They specially requested that Sun Mo must be present.
“Right now, your fame is much greater compared to me, the headmaster.”
An Xinhui passed the letter to Sun Mo, and there was a hint of happiness in her tone.
Ever since her childhood sweetheart became an 8-stars great teacher, everything related to the school had proceeded extremely smoothly. Many people were willing to go all out and make things convenient for the Central Province Academy because they wanted to obtain some things from Sun Mo.
They couldn’t be unwilling, after all, Sun Mo was the only person with God Hands, Skyward Spirit Rune, the spirit re handgun, and various spirit rune instruments.
“Let’s talk about their requests after I become a secondary saint!”
Sun Mo smiled. “We can take the chance to see if there are any good seedlings in the 1-star examination, then we can recruit all of them in one go.”
[have precisely the same intention!”
An Xinhui also laughed.
The two of them didn’t dare to slight such a major matter. They hurriedly rushed to the Saint Gate’s headquarters.
Liang Hongda went to welcome Sun Mo before Su Taiqing.
“The Saint Gate is prepared to let you be the main supervisory examiner. You have to do this well!”
After Liang Hongda finished speaking, he glanced at the surroundings and lowered his voice. “If you wish to join the Saint Gate, this opportunity is an excellent one for you to build up social connections. Don’t miss it.”
‘The so-called main supervisory examiner meant that he was the person with the highest authority in the upcoming 1-star exam.
“Many thanks for your guidance, Sect Lord.”
Sun Mo wasn’t keen on joining the Saint Gate, but since the other party had shown his good intention, Sun Mo naturally wouldn’t be arrogant. “Let’s have dinner tonight at the Drunken Immortal Inn. Sect Lord, how about giving me some face and come along?”
“Haha, Teacher Sun is too polite. I should be the one treating!”
Liang Hongda chortled. He liked how tactful Sun Mo was being.
Su Taiqing admired Sun Mo a lot as well, but he didn’t show his admiration in such a clear-cut manner like Liang Hongda. He only told Sun Mo the news that Sun Mo was chosen as the main examiner.
“This is a heavy responsibility. It is also the trust the Saint Gate has toward you.”
Su Taiqing reminded him. “Each great teacher is a precious wealth of the Saint Gate. You have to do your best to choose those elites and block those who would harm the reputation of great teachers outside the door.”
Sun Mo nodded.
“Great teachers are different from other occupations. If a great teacher is lousy, the lousy one isn’t only him or her. They might also affect many students.”
Sun Taiqing sincerely spoke. He was worried that Sun Mo didn’t understand, hence he made it very direct. “If someone wants to look for you and walk through the back door of connections…”
“For the 1-star examination this year. I won’t relax the rules for anyone.”
Sun Mo guaranteed.
He was no longer an innocent child and understood the logic of ‘clear water contains no fish’.
For exams in ancient times, it wasn’t that there was no cheating. Rather, it wasn’t exposed because the power and background of the cheaters were too great. Ordinary people basically didn’t know this.
‘The great teacher world was no exception too. Some heirs of these great teacher clans didn’t have many capabilities. Hence, they wanted to ‘purchase’ a 1-star great teacher title, so they would at least have some face. If not, it wouldn’t be easy for them to get jobs at famous schools.
Even the Nine Greats had such a situation. For the son of an 8-stars ancestor, even if the ancestor didn’t say anything, you would still have to arrange an idle position for him.
This was an open secret.
“Lbelieve in you!”
Su Taiqing had been in his position for some years and had made every effort to improve and remove many of the bad habits and practices of the great teacher world. However, it was impossible to make such an organization become better within a short period.
Look at the successive dynasties. All famous subjects who could leave their names behind in history had wanted to save their dynasties from collapsing. But in the end, didn’t those dynasties still collapse after all?
“Also, there’s a high chance that the Dark Dawn would cause trouble. You guys have to be extra vigilant!”
Su Taiqing further instructed them on things to take note of and some concerns before Sun Mo and An Xinhui left.
“Why do I feel that Sect Lord Su seems to be specially nurturing you. Is he treating you like a successor?”
An Xinhui surveyed Sun Mo suspiciously. Although Su Taiqing didn’t display an attitude that was as passionate as Liang Hongda, all the things he had instructions for were heavy responsibilities.
“It can’t be, right?”
Sun Mo didn’t plan to become the Saint Gate Sect Lord. To him, being a headmaster was already his limit.
“Luckily, Su Taiqing doesn’t have a daughter, or I would be suspicious whether he’s treating you like a son-in-law.”
An Xinhui teased.
Sun Mo mentally mused that An Xinhui was wrong. (Su Taiging did have a daughter and she would often prance around you.)
Winter came and the Central Province grew even more popular.
Many great teachers had always come to visit Sun Mo every day, hoping to be able to meet him and consult him for his guidance. However, now that Sun Mo became the main examiner, the number of visitors grew even greater.
A small portion came to form connections, and some of them decided that they wanted to be the examiners next year because Sun Mo would be the head examiner.
In the past, to be the examiner of a 1-star exam was something tiring and had no benefits. Usually, only low-stars great teachers would be one, and great teachers above the 3-stars rank would never choose to do something like that. But as for this year, many 5-stars and 6-stars vied with each other to
register themselves, each wanting to become an examiner.
In fact, even 7-stars great teachers wanted a piece of the action, which caused the staff from Saint the Gate who was responsible for this exam to sigh ruefully. They had never been so relaxed when it came to finding people to be examiners before. In fact, they wanted nothing more than for Sun Mo to just
continue being the examiner every year.
Actually, everyone understood that all these great teachers didn’t really want to become one. They only wanted to look for a chance to get close to Sun Mo.
Right now, Sun Mo’s fame was very great, and he was usually very busy. It wasn’t easy if ordinary great teachers wanted to see him.
At the start, Sun Mo still politely received visitors. But after being ‘cheated’ by a few great teachers, he handed over all the prep work to An Xinhui while he went to ‘seclusion’.
“Some of those great teachers actually impersonated themselves as examiners to come and visit my teacher. This is simply too infuriating.”
Lu Zhiruo was very angry. Her teacher trusted them and didn’t verify their identity. In the end, Sun Mo got swindled by quite a few people.
“Who asked our teacher’s fame to shake the Nine Provinces? You guys don’t even know how many kings and emperors came and looked for me.”
Li Zigi also felt a headache.
Those royals who could speak before her were roughly of equal statuses, and it wouldn’t be too good to reject them. But if she bothered her teacher for them, she would blame herself for it.
“Given your status, do you still need to care about their feelings?”
A voice suddenly interjected, causing Lu Zhiruo’s expression to flash with joy. She then stood up. “Tantai, why did you return?”
Ever since Sun Mo had concluded his Jixia Rostrum Lecture, the sickly invalid had gone for a tour around the Nine Provinces. As he consulted famous doctors, he also gave free medical treatment for the poor.
By doing so, not only could he accumulate experience, but he could also improve his own fame and his teacher’s.
“The Dark Dawn might try to stir some trouble, so I naturally have to come back and support Teacher.”
Tantai Yutang chortled. “I will take the chance to capture a few of them to test out my new medicine
“Captives are humans too.”
Lu Zhiruo frowned.
Li Ziqi wasn’t bothered by such a minor matter. Instead, she surveyed the sickly invalid. It had been a few years since she last met him. He was currently much more optimistic than before and no longer exuded a spiritless aura.
“Where are the others?”
Tantai Yutang sat down.
“Jiang Leng and Baiwu went to the Darkness Continent to adventure and train their combat skills. As for Yaoguang, she is currently acting as an assistant for our teacher. Ah, Helian returned to the plains. Half a year ago, I supported him with some resources and I heard that he had built a unit of soldiers.
Junior Martial Sister Xianyu went to help him.”
Li Ziqi introduced the situations of everyone.
She truly had no interest in being the emperor, but she wanted to build a better world so she needed this identity. Hence, she would spend two-thirds of her time handling matters of the throne, and the remaining time was spent on researching spirit rune technology.
A year ago, Lu Zhiruo had obtained the 1-star title and was currently an intern teacher in the school. However, she had not officially started teaching lessons and also had no students.
“Tantai, after the exam ends, you should head to the plains and help Junior Martial Brother Helian. The medical skill there is very backward.”
Lu Zhiruo was very worried about her junior martial siblings.
“Sure. I will help him by becoming a strategist too!” Tantai Yutang laughed uproariously. “You guys just wait for us to conquer the plains!”
“Try to kill less!”
Li Zigi reminded him. It wasn’t that she was worried about the two of them. Instead, she was worried that their actions might affect their teacher’s reputation.
Speaking of which, all of them had learned something under their teacher’s tutelage, and they were starting to fight for their own dreams. (Ai, I wonder how Xuanyuan is doing?)
‘The snow of winter finally melted, nourishing the earth. Green shoots sprouted everywhere and the silhouettes of small animals could be seen running through the wilderness once again.
Along with the spring, intern teachers who wanted to participate in the exam rushed to Jinling from various places of the Nine Provinces.
On the brightly-lit Qinhuai River, pleasure boats could be seen everywhere. Both of the shores were filled with brothels, and these flowery streets, where one could experience an enchanted dream, became the most beautiful memories in the lives of these foreigners.
Many people decided that they had to become 1-star great teachers and stay in this city. They wanted to buy a large mansion on the most flourishing street and start leading a life of a top dog…