Chapter 1242: What Are You Playing Dead For?

"Teacher Zhang has never been exposed to the Teacher's Word Heavenly Sound before and doesn't understand the nature of the Heavenly Sound Brush. Even though his mental state is strong, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to win!"

"Teacher Song seized on this point and deliberately challenged him in this area. This time, Teacher Zhang's undefeated record is probably going to end!"

"As expected of a quasi-eight-star master teacher, none of them are easy to deal with. It seems he has already seen Teacher Zhang's weakness and deliberately did this..."

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After waiting a while longer, seeing that the brush still showed no movement, the crowd below began to lose patience.

Although the Teacher's Word Heavenly Sound is a form of Heavenly Bestowal of Teacher's Words, it is more difficult. Many master teachers with high mental states and excellent teaching skills find it hard to get the brush to write on their first try. Teacher Zhang might be in such a situation.

"Benefactor, Teacher Zhang he..."

Elder Xu looked over with concern.

This young master of the benefactor was challenged because he wanted to save them. If he ended up being punished or harmed because of this, they would never have peace of mind.

"Don't worry, when it comes to challenges like this, the young master... has never lost!"

Waving his hand, Sun Qiang looked completely unconcerned.

Since he met the young master, nearly a year had passed, and they had weathered countless storms. How could he lose in such a small situation?

Just as he was full of confidence, he saw the young master on the stage seemed a bit tired, stretched, and took a few steps back.

"Done..."

After saying this, he stopped and said nothing more.

Sun Qiang's eyelids twitched, and the fat on his face trembled.

The brush hadn't even moved yet, and he said done... Wasn't the young master invincible?

Could it be that he couldn't continue this time and had to admit defeat?

Seeing his action, Yao Mantian's expression also changed: "Teacher Zhang, the Teacher's Word Heavenly Sound has no time limit; it's decided by the number of characters..."

"I know!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand: "After saying all this, I should be able to beat him, right!"

"Beat?"

Yao Mantian rolled her eyes, almost choking on her saliva.

From the moment you started speaking until now, the Heavenly Sound Brush hasn't moved at all, as if it were asleep... How could you possibly win?

"Not a single character written, and you want to win?"

Similarly stunned, Song Xuan sneered coldly.

For this guy to make all the master teachers of the Qingyuan Empire Master Teacher Academy bow as his teachers and successfully pass the hall challenge, his mental state must be no weaker than his own. He had been worried earlier that he might exceed nine characters, but now it seemed... he had worried too much!

If he had known he was this weak, he wouldn't have consumed his mental state to write the ninth character!

A complete waste!

"Teacher Yao, the result is clear. You saw it with your own eyes. This Heavenly Sound Brush was brought by you. Please announce the result..."

Cupping his fists, Song Xuan stepped forward.

"This..." Yao Mantian hesitated.

Master teacher challenges occur when there is a conflict between master teachers. Once one side admits defeat, the victor can even kill the loser without punishment!

This Zhang Xuan had just killed Qingtian Emperor and saved so many people in Qingyuan Capital... with such immense merit, if the punishment were too severe, it would be hard to explain to the headquarters.

"May I ask... what punishment will Teacher Song give to Teacher Zhang after winning? He has just made contributions to humanity and is a super genius who passed the hall challenge..."

Pausing, she did not rush to announce the result but reminded him.

"Rest assured, Teacher Yao, I won't kill him. But he insulted my dignity and ruined my reputation; I cannot let him off lightly. I want to cripple him, make him like me... and then, the furnace that injured me must have its spirituality destroyed, and he must make a public apology!"

Song Xuan's face twisted with ferocity.

"Like you?" Yao Mantian's mouth twitched.

This guy had been kicked into a eunuch by Zhang Xuan's furnace. Although she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she could tell... To make Zhang Xuan like him, wouldn't that mean castrating him too?

But...

Although this condition was harsh, as long as he bought a Continuation Pill, he could still recover. At most, he would suffer some pain and humiliation.

As for destroying the furnace's spirituality and the public apology, that was even simpler.

"Alright!"

After thinking it over, she looked at Zhang Xuan: "Teacher Zhang, victory and defeat are common in battle. Don't take it to heart. As long as your life is spared, there will always be a chance to turn things around..."

After saying this, she shook her head, looked around, and announced in a clear voice: "Alright, I now announce the result..."

Before she could finish, Zhang Xuan waved his hand: "Teacher Yao, isn't this not over yet? Why are you announcing the result?"

"Not over? Under your Heavenly Bestowal of Teacher's Words, the Heavenly Sound Brush hasn't written a single character. Victory and defeat are already decided. How is it not over?"

Song Xuan sneered.

With so many witnesses and Teacher Yao present, denial was useless.

"Doesn't the Teacher's Word Heavenly Sound have no time limit? The Heavenly Sound Brush hasn't moved now, but that doesn't mean it won't write later..." Zhang Xuan shook his head.

"Later? Are you kidding? The Heavenly Bestowal of Teacher's Words is over. If it didn't move, it didn't move. As a seven-star master teacher, don't you have the backbone to admit defeat?"

Song Xuan sneered.

"It..." Seeing himself questioned, Zhang Xuan shook his head and was about to explain when he heard Yao Mantian sigh: "Teacher Zhang, if the Heavenly Sound Brush hasn't moved, it means you've already lost..."

"Lost?" Zhang Xuan sighed: "Can't Teacher Yao see it either?"

"See what?"

Yao Mantian frowned.

"Since you can't see..."

Somewhat helpless, Zhang Xuan raised his eyes to look at the brush stuck motionless in the air, displeased, and shouted: "Why don't you write quickly? What are you playing dead for?"

Listening to the lecture for so long and not writing, playing dead in the air—it was infuriating.

"The Heavenly Sound Brush has been nurtured by countless master teachers in the Master Teacher Academy and carries the intent of the teacher's way... Shouting at it like this will definitely make it even less likely to write..."

No one expected him to start cursing. Everyone was stunned. Yao Mantian's vision went dark, and she nearly fainted.

The Heavenly Sound Brush was extremely proud. Even their Hall Master He wouldn't dare use such a tone. But this guy just started cursing...

He had completely offended it. Forget about writing; it would be lucky if it didn't paint his face...

Holding her forehead, just as she didn't know what to do, she heard an uproar from the crowd below, and countless screams rang out, as if they had seen something incredible.

"What's wrong?"

Frowning, Yao Mantian looked up and froze in place.

The Heavenly Sound Brush, which had been motionless, suddenly began to shake violently. The entire brush turned from gold to white, as if a warm light was radiating from within.

Then, the spiritual energy in the sky rapidly converged. Within the blink of an eye, the spiritual energy from a hundred kilometers around was drawn in and poured straight into the brush body.

Creak! Creak!

Under the massive impact of spiritual energy, the Heavenly Sound Brush seemed to be reborn, emitting a sound like a cocoon breaking.

"This is... this is..."

Clenching her fists, Yao Mantian's body swayed, and her beautiful face showed disbelief: "The Heavenly Sound Brush... breaking through?"

Although the Heavenly Sound Brush was not a sacred artifact, it had different grades, like the difference between sheep's hair and wolf's hair in writing brushes.

A brush nurtured by a nine-star master teacher would be vastly different from one nurtured by an eight-star master teacher.

Her brush was just an ordinary Heavenly Sound Brush. It was fine for writing the Teacher's Word Heavenly Sound of an eight-star lower-grade master teacher, but it couldn't handle higher levels.

Under normal circumstances, for the Heavenly Sound Brush to break through, it needed to be nurtured by a higher-level master teacher's teacherly aura. How did... this Teacher Zhang's lecture cause it to break through?

And with such a commotion?

Crack! Crack!

Just as she was shocked and at a loss, she saw the brush that had been motionless suddenly shake and begin to write rapidly.

Lines of characters appeared before everyone in the blink of an eye.

"One, two, three... eighty-seven... It's writing too fast; I can't count them..."

Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Look, it's writing so fast that smoke is coming out..."

Another person shouted.

"Smoke?"

His face pale, Song Xuan hurriedly looked at the sky and indeed saw the Heavenly Sound Brush in the distance writing so fast that a long trail of white smoke trailed behind it.

When he had done the Teacher's Word Heavenly Sound, the brush had been like someone constipated, squeezing out characters one by one, not moving for ages... But now, it was like a flood...

The difference couldn't be greater!

"This is... Heavenly Sound Wolf Smoke!"

Unlike the shocked crowd, Yao Mantian swallowed her saliva and spoke with a trembling voice.

"Heavenly Sound Wolf Smoke?"

Song Xuan frowned. Although he was a quasi-eight-star master teacher, he had never heard of it.

"The Heavenly Sound Brush is stingy with words and doesn't write easily, but once it encounters a powerful Heavenly Bestowal of Teacher's Words, it will write like smoke—that is Heavenly Sound Wolf Smoke. This kind of writing can record all the subtleties of the master teacher's lecture in detail..."

Yao Mantian's fair fists turned white.

"In detail? This... how is that possible!" Song Xuan couldn't believe it: "Even in the most perfect Heavenly Bestowal of Teacher's Words, there will inevitably be穿插性的话语. Those words have no great meaning and won't be recorded..."

No matter how complete a lesson or how good a teacher, not every word is meaningful. Some useless words must be穿插. No matter how powerful the Heavenly Bestowal of Teacher's Words, it's not a secret manual where every word is carefully considered.

Because of this, the Teacher's Word Heavenly Sound records words selectively; it can't record everything.

"There are many words without meaning, but... have you forgotten one possibility?"

Yao Mantian smiled bitterly.

"One possibility?"

Stunned, Song Xuan suddenly remembered something, and his body stiffened like a wooden rod: "Could Teacher Yao be referring to... the nine-star master teacher's... every word a gem?"

"Exactly, only every word a gem can produce Heavenly Sound Wolf Smoke..."

Yao Mantian said.

"This... this... but he's only a seven-star master teacher..."

Full of disbelief, Song Xuan looked again.

Sure enough, he saw the brush in the sky writing faster and faster, leaving afterimages. At this moment, above the stage, lines of characters floated in the air, constantly devouring the gathered spiritual energy, as if about to take flight.

"This is too exaggerated... It just won't stop!"

Swallowing his saliva, Song Xuan felt as if he had taken ten thousand points of damage and was about to cry at any moment.