Teacher, I Think I've Become a God

In a world where stars shone brightly, the passage of time seemed to have been halted by some unknown great power.

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

The figure was Li Mo. As his eyelids fluttered slightly, light shot out from his eyes.

Huh? Did I really survive?

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

When he opened his eyes again, "Teacher Brishisan?"

My god, you're here too!

Li Mo was startled. After looking around for a moment, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

So I'm back from that world inside the lotus!

Just as Li Mo was about to speak, Brishisan frowned, his gaze towards Li Mo suddenly filled with suspicion.

No, why has this kid's aura changed so much?

Brishisan looked Li Mo up and down with a confused expression before speaking, "What's with that lotus? How did your aura change so drastically in just an instant?"

Brishisan furrowed his brow, feeling as though this kid had somehow become stronger.

When he looked at him, he could actually feel a sense of pressure!

A change in aura?

Without answering Brishisan's question, Li Mo rejoiced inwardly. Only a moment has passed outside?

Before, in the starry world, although there was no day or night so he didn't know the time, according to his biological clock, a very, very long time had passed!

It felt so long that he thought he would never get out!

"Teacher, wait a moment!"

Li Mo calmed his mind, closed his eyes, and began to sense his internal condition.

"It's not a dream!" Li Mo clapped his hands together fiercely, a perverted smile spreading across his face.

The golden power circulating within him was a full hundred times his previous mana, and its purity far surpassed it. It was possible that ten units of his old mana weren't as strong as one unit of this golden power!

"Teacher, I think I've become a god!"

His excited declaration turned Brishisan, who had been looking displeased and was about to knock Li Mo on the head, into a state of severe cognitive impairment.

No, perhaps in Brishisan's eyes, Li Mo at this moment looked more like someone with severe cognitive impairment.

It's only been half a year since you came to the Clock Tower, and you're telling me you've become a god?

What the hell is this if not cognitive impairment, or delusion!

I can't keep this disciple, oh no, I can't keep this adopted son...

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

Huh?

Li Mo blinked, completely bewildered.

Brishisan stepped forward and vigorously rubbed Li Mo's head, trying his best to make his expression gentler. "Don't worry, I won't force you to study Maguscraft anymore, and I'll definitely cure your illness!"

Meow meow meow?

Li Mo was utterly confused. "Teacher, I..."

"Don't worry, with me here, no one will be able to hurt you anymore," Brishisan felt a blockage in his chest. His gaze towards Li Mo was filled with all sorts of emotions.

This child has truly suffered. I only saw his talent, but I never expected that the pressure I put on him would push such a good child to this point!

"I... Teacher Brishisan, can you let me finish speaking!" Finally finding an opportunity to speak, Li Mo's hands glowed with golden light, and he said with a wry smile.

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

Vast, warm, dazzling yet not blinding, powerful yet seemingly harmless.

This thing...

He squinted instinctively. Brishisan admitted that he had never seen such power in his life.

Then, he slapped Li Mo, who was looking smug, on the head.

"Rebellious disciple! Why don't you just ascend to immortality!"

Although this power seemed stronger than mana, how could it be related to becoming a god!

Huh? Li Mo scratched his head. I wish I could ascend to immortality...

"Slap," another slap. Brishisan roared, "Speak! What do you mean by becoming a god? I want to become a god too!"

Li Mo rubbed his head, his face looking distressed. "I was just too excited..."

"Slap," another slap to the head.

"Being too excited is an excuse to mess with me? I think you're just asking for a beating. So what if your mana turned golden? So what if your talent is great!" Brishisan spat as he went on and on at Li Mo.

I thought you were an idiot, but it turns out this is all it is?

What a waste of worry!

Li Mo's eyes widened, and he tried his best to put on a "I'm a good boy" expression, not daring to reply.

Two minutes later, Brishisan finally calmed down, glared, and said, "Speak, what's going on? What exactly is that lotus?"

After roaring, the refreshed Brishisan finally realized what had happened.

The person was right before his eyes, and his mana suddenly turned golden. If it wasn't that lotus, what else could it be?

Li Mo chuckled, acting like a perfect obedient student (x10), and began to tell Brishisan about what he had encountered.

As for worrying if Brishisan would try to snatch the lotus?

Li Mo didn't care. The thing wasn't his to begin with, and he had seen how worried Brishisan had been for him just now. Their relationship was no longer just a simple master-disciple one.

Of course, it hadn't reached the point of family yet, as they had only known each other for half a year.

After a while, "So, you don't know what this withered lotus is either?" Brishisan looked utterly bewildered, feeling his hands in his pockets tremble slightly.

Li Mo nodded and bowed repeatedly, like a sycophant, saying, "Yes, there was no one inside, nothing but the starry sky and the sun, and I couldn't find a way out.

So I just practiced and practiced inside. Finally, when I opened my eyes, I saw you, Teacher Brishisan."

Practiced and practiced...

Brishisan clutched his chest with one hand and raised the other towards Li Mo, as if deeply hurt, "Don't talk. Wait for me to recover."

I've been here so many times and never encountered such a situation!

Yet, the moment I bring this kid, he goes from a small fishing boat to an aircraft carrier?

And he's telling me he now has 365 Magus Circuits?

How many do I have? How many do ordinary Maguss have?

Brishisan didn't doubt Li Mo was lying, but at that moment, he desperately wanted to find a brick to smash his own head with.

That's right, 365 Magus Circuits. Li Mo's idea, conceived when he was about to be blown apart by that power, was correct!

Perhaps it was a difference in worlds? After he began practicing Maguscraft, he discovered the Magus Circuits within his body corresponded to the meridians in the human body in the main world.

108 meridians corresponded to 108 Magus Circuits.

When he realized he was about to explode, he had a sudden thought: since it already corresponded to the 108 meridians, did the finer meridians within the human body also count as Magus Circuits?

Li Mo had never studied meridianology and didn't know how many finer meridians the human body had. All he could do at that time was let the power within his body flow freely.

Wherever it could flow, it flowed, and through this process, it eventually resulted in the current 365 Magus Circuits...

Of course, Li Mo felt he could have continued to expand, but whether it was because the power was depleted or due to his own limitations, after forming 365 Magus Circuits, he couldn't expand any further.

Grinning foolishly, Li Mo suddenly had a bold idea.

"Teacher, looking at me now, if I were to use Mana Burst again, could I claim the title of Fifth Magus?"

Brishisan: ???

This was simply preposterous!

"Slap," a loud smack landed on Li Mo's head. Brishisan's forehead bulged with veins as he began to gather his emotions.

And then...

"You call that the Fifth Magic? You call this magic!

You're just a brute! A disgrace among Maguss!

After half a year at the Clock Tower, haven't you learned what magic is? Haven't you learned to calm down and study Maguscraft properly?

What's the only Maguscraft you have to show for it, besides Flower Maguscraft?"

Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, Brishisan had mastered the secret technique: Monk Tang's Chanting!

Although Li Mo wasn't Sun Wukong...

Enduring the spittle, Li Mo spoke, "Mind your image, Teacher! You need to be calm! You need to be refined and amiable!"

To hell with your refined and amiable!

Rubbing his head, Brishisan felt his temples throb, "Don't talk. I don't want to hear you speak right now. Go back and carefully read my Maguscraft notes. They contain descriptions of magic."

"Also, from now on, you're not going anywhere else. You'll stay at the Clock Tower for another six months and are forbidden from using that brute-force Mana Burst style!"

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

He didn't want to stay there any longer. Who knew if this guy would ascend to the heavens if he browsed around here a bit more?

So you never know when fate will suddenly kick you, even when it was smiling at you just before.

Although it was exciting, the power within Li Mo's body at this moment felt like a bomb to him!

Who knew if this unknown thing had any harmful effects?

"Sigh!" Brishisan sighed.

I'm truly worried sick about this kid!