65: Others need three years to study the course, but you can finish it in just one meal?
At this moment.
Sakura Country… A thousand li of scorched earth, after the typhoon and floods receded, crime rates soared, gangs ran rampant, with men stealing and women prostituting… In Kyoto, at the Yasukuni Shrine… Wisps of green smoke curled upwards, and black-robed monks continuously chanted incantations.
Two men in suits, one fat and one thin, stood among them.
The man with golden hair standing on end was President Dong, the President of Eagle Country, who had just suffered a great disaster.
The thin man was the Emperor of Sakura Country.
“Release your ancestor, and all people of Sakura Country can move to the beautiful new continent of Eagle Country to live.”
“But if we use him, our Sakura Country will have no foundation left to resist…”
“Don’t worry, I will cede one of my six lands to you, and you can establish your own country! As long as we can break through Imperial Dragon City…”
President Dong assured him again.
As the Onmyoji continuously channeled the last of Sakura Country’s national fortune.
“Roar!”
The roof of the Yasukuni Shrine was blown off, and its four beams and eight pillars crumbled with the wind… A giant skeletal hand, rose from the ground.
Immediately after, a mountain-like skeleton crushed the divine pillars, and Susanoo tore through the earth and erupted!
Blood-red eyes blazed with fire, lightning coiled around its left arm, cleaving through the dark clouds that pressed down on the city, and its right palm exploded a Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft in mid-air.
Amidst the soaring malevolent aura, the phantom of Yamata no Orochi shredded the Buddhist incantations… Susanoo stood up.
Within the phantom, a tattered samurai armor over a hundred meters tall and a rusted samurai sword exuded a heavy aura of death… “Which unfilial descendant dared to disturb my peace…”
“Eh~ ! Why has my country’s national fortune been completely depleted!!!”
“I understand, I understand, breaking the Dragon Country’s stabilizing compass will not end well, and none of us will end well!!!”
Susanoo stomped through tall buildings, gazing towards the Dragon Country in the west!
“Dragon Country! Must die!!!”
...Royal Academy Faculty Office.
“Mom, you said that Lin Mo also enrolled in our school.”
“It’s work time, call me Principal.”
“He saved you? And even summoned the founder? He’s so powerful, we must let him study in our Northern Courtyard.”
Fairy Suxin looked at her 18-year-old genius daughter, Lin Xinwan, with immense pride.
Immediately after graduating, she had already reached the professorial level of the strongest Corpse Controller, becoming the Venerable of the Northern Courtyard.
She was as famous as Venerable Li Ruonan of the Southern Courtyard.
These two respectively managed the Southern and Northern factions of the Royal Academy’s various corpse controlling techniques and tomb raiding skills.
They were known as Southern Mountain Mover and Northern Ridge Unloader!
In Lin Xinwan’s heart, such a powerful person as Lin Mo was already her husband.
They just needed to cultivate their feelings… Hehe… National Fishing Guesthouse.
“Sir, your state banquet has arrived…”
Opening the door, a long-legged, stocking-clad young lady pushed a dining cart with the standard four dishes and one soup for a state banquet.
She placed the four dishes and one soup on the dining table.
“This is Boiled Cabbage in Clear Broth, Braised Sea Cucumber with Scallion, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Kung Pao Chicken, West Lake Vinegar Fish, and a jelly pudding dessert.”
After the young lady left.
Lin Mo took two bites and found the taste indeed excellent.
He casually picked up the textbook materials he would be studying at the Royal Academy and began to read while eating… “Maoshan Secret Arts, Wall-Penetration Technique? Earth-Evasion Technique, Body-Fixing Technique?”
“This Wall-Penetration Technique is good; if I learn this, I won’t need to buy a ticket to the bathhouse.”
He opened it to study.
The characters on it were like ghostly scribbles, utterly incomprehensible… “Damn, no wonder these secret manuals aren’t sold on the market. It turns out you can’t understand them even if you buy them; you have to be taught by a teacher to learn them.”
“Presumably, the predecessor of this Royal Academy was the Maoshan Sect.”
Putting down his chopsticks, Lin Mo summoned Zhan Hongchen.
Since this little girl was the Maoshan Old Ancestor, she should be able to understand it.
He handed the study materials to Zhan Hongchen.
She glanced at them and threw them back.
“Hmph! Mere superficial magic, written by a three-year-old. I didn’t expect future generations would still need to learn it. Indeed, the Maoshan lineage is declining with each generation…”
“If I were to learn and master it, how many days would it take?”
Lin Mo asked.
“Each of these skill manuals I wrote is no more than 10 pages. The enlightened will understand, the dull will be slow; idiots shouldn’t even bother learning.”
“Later generations have dissected each of my books into over 3000 pages. I reckon it would take you three to five years to learn, and if you’re an idiot, you could study it for 30 or 300 years and still not grasp it.”
“That long? So, if you teach me personally, can I make rapid breakthroughs?”
“Yes, but why should I teach you? I haven’t accepted you as a disciple.”
Lin Mo pointed faintly at Himiko, who was still kneeling on the washboard over there.
“That’s what happens to the last disobedient one.”
Zhan Hongchen: “…”
【Maoshan Secret Art: Wall-Penetration Technique】
【Realm: Di Sha Corpse】
【Learning Level: Level 0】
【Description: After learning, no barrier can trap you, you are unaffected by control states, and you can freely pass through walls. Wall thickness within 10 meters. Please do not crash into large mountains, or you will get stuck in the rocks】
【Congratulations! You have mastered: Wall-Penetration Technique】
It can also grant immunity to control buffs, which is more useful than he imagined.
【Body-Fixing Technique】
【Realm: Di Sha Corpse】
【Learning Level: Level 0】
【Description: After learning, you can fix and control up to 9 targets for a maximum of 10 seconds, provided the current target’s realm is lower than yours】
“There really is a Body-Fixing Technique. I truly don’t understand why Sun Wukong, after fixing the Seven Fairies, only wanted to eat peaches. That foolish monkey couldn’t even finish the job in 10 seconds, what a good-for-nothing!”
【Earth-Evasion Technique】
【Realm: Di Sha Corpse】
【Learning Level: Level 0】
【Description: Burrow into the ground, disappear without a trace. Can travel 1 kilometer at a depth of 1 meter underground before emerging】
“A mole’s skill, let’s learn it.”
The four dishes and one soup were finished, and the three years of Royal University’s curriculum were also completed.
Lin Mo was about to wipe his mouth but found a piece of pudding he hadn’t eaten.
Just as he was about to take a bite.
He saw Zhan Hongchen looking at him with teary eyes, drooling.
Lin Mo frowned.
“Look how greedy you are. I heard that you corpse ghosts eat rotten flesh. I wouldn’t be able to feed you this stuff, so what’s there to be greedy about?”
Zhan Hongchen immediately came to the table.
“They are Corpse Kings, but I have achieved Corporeal Liberation to Immortality and am an immortal. Of course, I can eat this.”
She was about to reach out to grab it.
Lin Mo immediately pushed her away.
“Go, go, go. Women can’t eat at the main table. Go sit at the children’s table.”
“No, please give it to me. I’ll teach you some real skills. The Maoshan amateurish techniques taught at the school can only fool outsiders like you.”
“There’s such a thing!?”
Lin Mo agreed.
He dialed a number, and the stocking-clad young lady brought paper, ink, brush, and inkstone.
The Xuan paper suddenly moved without wind, and Zhan Hongchen’s fingertip condensed a purple Corpse Fiend Fire as ink, tearing open space wherever the brush tip passed.
In an instant, three secret manuals were created.
They were: 【Wall-Penetration Technique】Advanced Secret Manual → 【Void Walk】(Can step on space cracks to move freely, unaffected by external forces)
【Body-Fixing Technique】Advanced Secret Manual → 【Time Stop Domain】(Enemies with a realm lower than yours within a 1-kilometer radius around you will experience a 33% faster relative time flow)
【Earth-Evasion Technique】Advanced Secret Manual → 【Geomantic Vein Shuttle】(After burrowing, you can instantly shuttle along geomantic veins, unimpeded)
After writing the three secret manuals, she casually drew a 【Immortal Suppressing Corpse Diagram】 on the remaining Xuan paper, grand and magnificent.