Teacher, I Think I Became a God

In a world where the stars shone, time itself seemed to have been frozen by some unknown great power.

Above the sun, a figure sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed.

The figure was Li Mo. His eyelids twitched slightly, and a moment later, light flew from his eyes.

Huh? I really survived?

Before he could celebrate, Li Mo's vision suddenly went black again.

When he opened his eyes once more, "Teacher Brishisan?"

Oh my god, why did you come in too?

Li Mo jumped, then looked around for a moment before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

So I'd already returned from the world inside the lotus!

Li Mo was about to speak, but Brishisan frowned, his gaze suddenly turning suspicious.

Something wasn't right. Why had this kid's aura changed so much?

After studying Li Mo with a puzzled expression, Brishisan finally asked, "What happened with that lotus? It's only been an instant, so why has your aura changed so drastically?"

Brishisan furrowed his brows. He had the vague feeling that this kid had become stronger?

He could actually feel a sense of pressure just from looking at him!

His aura changed?

Instead of answering Brishisan's question, Li Mo was delighted inside. Only a brief instant had passed outside?

Back in that starry world, he had no idea how much time had passed because there was neither day nor night, but according to his internal clock, it had been a very, very long time!

So long that he thought he would never get out again!

"Teacher, wait a moment!"

Li Mo composed himself, closed his eyes, and began sensing the state of his body.

"It wasn't a dream!" Li Mo slammed his hands together, and the smile on his face gradually turned deranged.

The golden power constantly circulating within him was a full hundred times greater than his previous mana, and its purity far surpassed it. Perhaps even ten portions of mana were not as strong as one portion of that golden power!

"Teacher, I think I became a god!"

That excited sentence left Brishisan, whose expression had been dark as he prepared to smack Li Mo on the head, looking like he had suffered a severe mental breakdown.

No, perhaps in Brishisan's eyes, Li Mo looked more like the one with a severe mental breakdown right now.

You'd only been at the Clock Tower for half a year, and you were telling me you became a god?

What the hell was that if not insanity? Delusions?

This disciple couldn't be kept. No, this stepson couldn't be kept...

Brishisan's expression shifted complicatedly before finally settling into one of heartache. He looked at Li Mo and said gently, "Mō-san, let's go up first. Don't worry, I'll definitely take you to see the best doctor."

Hmm?

Li Mo blinked, completely baffled.

Brishisan stepped forward and vigorously ruffled Li Mo's hair, trying his best to make his expression appear gentler. "Don't worry. I won't force you to learn magecraft anymore, and I'll definitely cure your illness!"

Meow meow meow?

Li Mo looked utterly dumbfounded. "Teacher, I..."

"Don't worry. As long as I'm here, no one will ever hurt you again." Brishisan felt choked up at that moment, his gaze toward Li Mo filled with all sorts of emotions.

This child had suffered so much. I only saw his talent, but I never expected that the pressure I put on him would drive such a good child to this state!

"I... Teacher Brishisan, could you please let me finish?" Finally finding a chance to speak, Li Mo raised a hand glowing with golden light and said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Hmm? Brishisan's expression changed as he looked at the light in Li Mo's hand.

Vast, warm, dazzling but not harsh, powerful yet seemingly harmless.

This thing...

He subconsciously narrowed his eyes. Brishisan had to admit that he had never seen such power in his life.

Then he slapped Li Mo, who was wearing a smug expression, across the head.

"Rebellious disciple! Why don't you just become an immortal while you're at it?"

This power might look stronger than mana, but what did that have to do with becoming a god?

Huh? Li Mo scratched his head. I'd like to become an immortal too...

Smack! Another slap landed as Brishisan roared, "Speak! What do you mean, becoming a god? I want to become a god too!"

Li Mo rubbed his head and said miserably, "I was just too excited..."

Smack! Another slap hit him on the head.

"You think being excited means you can mess with me? I think you're just asking for a beating. So what if your mana turned gold? So what if your talent improved?" Brishisan sprayed spit as he babbled on at Li Mo.

I thought you had gone stupid. So this was all it was?

I worried for nothing!

Li Mo's eyes widened. He tried his best to look obedient and didn't dare talk back.

Two minutes later, Brishisan finally calmed down. He glared and said, "Talk. What happened? What exactly was that lotus?"

After roaring for a while, the refreshed Brishisan finally came to his senses.

Li Mo had been right beneath his nose, and his mana had suddenly turned golden. What else could it have been but that lotus?

Li Mo chuckled, looking obedient enough to earn ten good-boy stickers, and began telling Brishisan about what he had encountered earlier.

As for worrying whether Brishisan would try to seize the lotus?

Li Mo didn't care. The thing had never belonged to him in the first place, and he had seen Brishisan's concern for him just now. Their relationship was no longer as simple as that of teacher and student.

Of course, it had not yet reached the level of family either. After all, they had only known each other for half a year.

After a long while,

"So you're saying you don't know what this withered lotus is either?" Brishisan looked utterly confused, and he could feel the hand tucked in his pocket trembling.

Li Mo nodded and bowed like a sycophant. "That's right. There was no one inside. Other than the stars and the sun, there was nothing at all, and I couldn't find a way out.

"So I just kept training in there. Then I opened my eyes, and I saw you, Teacher Brishisan."

Kept training...

Brishisan clutched his chest with one hand and raised the other toward Li Mo, looking as though he had been deeply wounded. "Don't talk. Let me recover for a moment."

I've come to this place so many times, and I never encountered anything like this!

Yet I brought this brat here once, and he went from a little fishing boat to an aircraft carrier?

And he was telling me he had 365 Magic Circuits now?

How many did I have? How many did ordinary magi have?

Brishisan did not suspect that Li Mo was lying, but right now he desperately wanted to bash himself to death with a brick.

That was right. The 365 Magic Circuits had proven that the method Li Mo came up with when that power was about to burst him apart had been correct!

Perhaps it was because the worlds were different? In any case, after studying magecraft, he had discovered the Magic Circuits in his body, corresponding to the meridians of the human body in his original world.

One hundred and eight meridians corresponded to 108 Magic Circuits.

When he realized he was about to burst apart, a sudden thought came to him. Since 108 meridians corresponded to 108 Magic Circuits, did the smaller meridians in the human body count as Magic Circuits too?

Li Mo had never studied meridians and did not know how many smaller meridians the human body possessed. At the time, all he could do was let the power inside him burrow wherever it could.

He let it drill wherever it could, and after drilling and drilling, he somehow ended up with 365 Magic Circuits...

Of course, Li Mo felt that he could have continued drilling, but he did not know whether that power had run out or whether it was due to his own limitations. After forming 365 Magic Circuits, he could no longer continue.

Grinning foolishly, Li Mo suddenly came up with a bold idea.

"Teacher, with how I am now, if I add Mana Burst to the mix, could I perhaps earn the title of Fifth Magus?"

Brishisan: ???

That was simply the biggest joke in the world!

Smack! A loud slap landed on Li Mo's head. Veins bulged on Brishisan's forehead as he began gathering his emotions.

Then...

"You call that the Fifth Magic? Can this even be called magic?

"You're clearly just a brute! The disgrace of magi!

"Half a year at the Clock Tower still hasn't taught you what magic is? It still hasn't taught you to settle down and properly study magecraft?

"What magecraft do you have that's worth mentioning besides Flower Magecraft?"

Blah blah blah, blah blah blah. Brishisan had learned the secret art: Tang Monk's Chanting!

Though Li Mo was not the Monkey King...

Enduring the spray of spit, Li Mo said, "Mind your image, Teacher! Stay calm! Be refined and easygoing!"

To hell with refined and easygoing!

Clutching his head, Brishisan felt a headache coming on. "Don't talk. I don't want to hear you right now. When we get back, study my magecraft notes carefully. They contain descriptions of magic."

"Also, from now on, you are not allowed to go anywhere. Stay at the Clock Tower for another half year, and don't you dare use that brute-force Mana Burst fighting style again!"

With that, Brishisan sighed and turned toward the warehouse exit. "Let's go up first. I'll bring you back another day."

He did not want to stay here any longer. Who knew whether taking Li Mo for another walk around this place would make the guy ascend straight into the sky?

You never knew when fate would suddenly leap out and kick you, even if it had been smiling at you just moments before.

Though it was thrilling, the power within Li Mo's body felt like nothing more than a bomb to Brishisan right now!

Who knew whether this unknown thing had any harmful effects?

"Sigh." Brishisan sighed.

I'm worrying myself sick over this kid!