Chapter 630 - 577: So Embarrassing
"By the way, why has she set the rune class and artifact refining class lecture halls in the bamboo forest behind the Preaching Court?"
On the way to the bamboo forest, Great Elder Tie Wanjiang of the Armor Making Hall couldn’t help but ask Master Sanshui of the Mechanical Institute.
Moh Baichun listened with ears perked, thinking perhaps it was because the bamboo forest has a great view, making everyone sit closer together in harmony?
Master Sanshui smiled without saying a word and pointed to the cave entrance ahead, leading to the bamboo forest.
Tie Wanjiang snorted discontentedly and walked forward, with Moh Baichun following closely.
As they stepped through the cave entrance, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, and the entrance behind them disappeared, leaving only the boundless bamboo forest in all directions.
"Is this an array?" Tie Wanjiang frowned and said.
Moh Baichun looked around and saw a small path ahead, signaling Tie Wanjiang to go take a look together.
Not far along, a simple scarecrow appeared before them, holding two wooden signs that swayed with the wind blowing through the bamboo.
Rune Class →
Artifact Refining Class ←
Tie Wanjiang and Moh Baichun exchanged glances and ultimately decided to split up, with Moh Baichun heading to the rune class while Tie Wanjiang went to artifact refining.
Following the sign, Moh Baichun moved forward and soon saw another wobbling scarecrow holding a sign.
A gentle breeze stirred, rustling the leaves.
Green bamboo leaves flew out from the bamboo forest by the path, quickly forming a turtle in front of Moh Baichun.
The turtle in mid-air moved its cumbersome shell as if complaining about how heavy it was, constantly shaking, shedding bamboo leaves with every shake.
At this moment, Moh Baichun realized something.
The shape of the turtle shell formed by the bamboo leaves, and the look after some leaves fell, illustrated the evolution of the ’Turtle Shell Talisman’ from ancient times to present.
Until finally, it evolved into the most commonly used Turtle Shell Talisman today, though slightly different, at least unlike the ’Turtle Shell Talisman’ Moh Baichun usually used.
"Could it be that this girl improved the rune herself?"
The scarecrow swayed, and text appeared on the wooden sign.
[Break the rune, three failures result in dismissal]
"Hmph, just a mere Turtle Shell Talisman."
Moh Baichun, dismissing it, raised a hand and unleashed a gust of sleeve wind at the weakest point of the Turtle Shell Talisman.
Bam!
With a sudden loud explosion, the Turtle Shell Talisman emitted a brilliant light, reflecting Moh Baichun’s sleeve wind back, causing her to widen her eyes and dodge to the side.
The sleeve wind narrowly missed her face, knocking down a large section of the bamboo forest behind her.
Moh Baichun was astonished, "How could the Turtle Shell Talisman reflect damage? Isn’t it only supposed to have a defensive function?"
[Failure, minus one point]
The Turtle Shell Talisman in mid-air quivered, with the rustling bamboo leaves emitting faint glows, offering a hint.
Moh Baichun then realized that the Turtle Shell Talisman in front of her cleverly integrated the ’Anti-Armor Talisman,’ making it easy to fall into the trap if not carefully discerned.
Imagine an enemy thinking the armor has a defensive Turtle Shell Talisman, using full force to break it, only to be hit by the ’Anti-Armor Talisman,’ reflecting their strength back.
That scene, simply marvelous!
"This sneaky girl, she’s really not keeping any secrets!"
Moh Baichun’s eyes gleamed, quickly recording the rune in front of her to use on her own armor later.
"Again!"
Moh Baichun attempted to break the talisman once more.
[Failure, minus one point]
[Fail one more time, get expelled from the array]
Moh Baichun was dumbfounded and couldn’t understand!
She, a dignified Nascent Soul True Monarch, couldn’t even break through a Foundation Establishment Stage rune? This is just the first level, and who knows how many more are ahead?
If this gets out, where would her dignity go?
Suddenly, footsteps came from behind, making Moh Baichun panicky and look around before hurriedly hiding in the bamboo forest.
Soon, a male disciple from the Inner Sect at the early-stage Foundation Establishment hurried over, complaining as he ran.
"I can’t believe I overslept; those bastards didn’t wake me for True Monarch Wangshu’s class."
The rune blocked the way, but the male disciple didn’t even look, pinching a tactic to release a Wind Blade, easily dispersing the rune.
[Success, gain one point, reward one Turtle Shell Talisman]
A Yellow Paper Talisman flew from the scarecrow’s mouth, which the male disciple casually caught.
"Another low-level one, while others get high-level, my luck sucks."
The male disciple stuffed the talismanic paper into his sleeve, quickly passing and disappearing down the path beside the scarecrow into the next level.
Moh Baichun craned her neck, confirming no one else appeared before coming out of the bamboo forest, recalling the male disciple’s method of breaking the rune, and released a sleeve wind.
[Successfully broken, no points]
Reading the line, Moh Baichun felt irrational anger. Why didn’t she get a reward?
Upon thinking again, the Foundation Establishment disciple succeeded on the first try, while she took three attempts. What more could she ask for? How embarrassing!
"No, no, no, it’s just because I’m unfamiliar; those punks probably have gone through multiple times, knowing how to break them. I’m not comparing myself to them."
Moh Baichun comforted herself for a moment, then pondered about Jiang Yuebai’s fascinating new runes hidden here, thinking the teaching method was intriguingly fun. Why hadn’t she thought of it?
"I’m responsible for inspecting the various lecture halls this month. Yes, not stealing ideas, just inspecting!"
Having found a good excuse, Moh Baichun continued advancing through the levels.
After exerting considerable effort, Moh Baichun finally reached the final level, her pockets filled with several talismans, her luck surprisingly good, acquiring three high-level ones.
It’s undeniable; Jiang Yuebai’s talisman drawing skills were remarkable, the runes flawlessly crafted, no wonder those Foundation Establishment disciples opted to grind here instead of attending her class.
If she were in the Foundation Establishment Stage, she’d definitely stay here and wouldn’t leave until all kinds of talismans were ground to the highest level!
But just nine levels seemed too few—they should have made eighty or ninety levels at once.
Moh Baichun speculated that Jiang Yuebai might change the content periodically, keeping those disciples consistently addicted?
Stepping off the path of the final level, Moh Baichun heard noisy discussions, spotting two or three dozen Foundation Establishment disciples gathered in the bamboo forest ahead, assembled before a jade pendant.
"Look, how did Elder Wuchen’s name end up on the scoreboard too? Isn’t she a Nascent Soul True Monarch?"
The elderly?!
Moh Baichun was stunned, elderly? These little buggers!
"Hahaha, Elder Wuchen is only in third place; turns out her knowledge of runes isn’t that great. I feel balanced now."
Moh Baichun clenched her fists, her temple twitching.
"Wuuu, when will I gather enough points to exchange for the Golden Armor Warrior Talisman personally crafted by Elder Wangshu?"
"In your next life."
"I don’t even dare to think about the Golden Armor Warrior Talisman, I just want the method for drawing True Monarch Wangshu’s Continuous Pearl Thunder Talisman, ah, ah, ah, I want it so badly!"
"Does anyone have more chances to brush through the array? Go with me again, hey? Elder Wuchen? Elder Tie?"
The front disciples turned around and saw Moh Baichun, and Tie Wanjiang, who had just emerged from the other side, with slightly awkward expressions, quickly bowing in salute.
Moh Baichun maintained a composed façade, "I’ve come to inspect the classrooms, yes, inspect!"
All the disciples looked at Tie Wanjiang. Tie Wanjiang appeared complex, having been tremendously shocked and humbled along the way, even learning something new.
He felt...extremely embarrassed!
Recalling Jiang Yuebai’s teaching method, Tie Wanjiang lamented over his own class—it wasn’t only the disciples who were dissatisfied; even he felt disdain, what trash!
How could he compare? Completely unmatched!
Moreover, the Taixuan Golden Armor reward from Jiang Yuebai’s artifact refining class, he wanted it too!
But where was Jiang Yuebai? Shouldn’t she be here teaching?
Moh Baichun and Tie Wanjiang suddenly realized that if Jiang Yuebai wasn’t here teaching, where was her spare clone practicing or learning?
Suddenly, Moh Baichun and Tie Wanjiang both felt a chill run down their spines!