Chapter 1246: How Did He Escape?

Translator: Lordbluefire

(Did I make a misjudgment? That’s impossible!)

Although Sun Mo did not major in psychology, he had read many books on this subject to lead his students well.

Given Yang Shizhan’s personality, he was clearly the kind of person who would first find fault with himself after making a mistake. He would put all the blame on himself and then end up in a blind alley.

To put it simply, such people were too harsh on themselves and too tolerant toward others.

Moreover, it had only been six months since Sun Mo had taught him the Undying Mystic Art. Had he already mastered it?

“Who escaped?” Yu Lin rolled up his sleeves. “I’ll help you catch them!”

“Scram back into prison!”

Ji Han glared at Yu Lin.

“Have precautionary measures been taken?”

Sun Mo frowned. “The most important thing now is to close off the entire prison and not let anyone leave!”

“That has been done!”

Ji Han still had this bit of ability. “And we even launched a large search, but we didn’t manage to find him. That’s why the prison warden asked me to come and get your help in this.”

“Is it Yang Shizhan?”

Sun Mo was a little worried. That guy was very strong. If he were to escape and join the Dark Dawn, it would cause great damage to the Nine Provinces.

“Secondary Saint Yang?”

Ji Han was stunned. “He has become a human swine and doesn’t even have limbs. How can he escape?”

“I know, it’s Kong Yuxin, right?”

Yu Lin clapped his hands and revealed an expression that said, ‘That’s right, it’s definitely him.’

Ji Han raised his leg and kicked him, letting out a sinister laugh. “You must be his accomplice. Come, let’s bring you to the detention room!”

“Boss Ji, I was wrong! I’ll shut up!”

After Yu Lin said that, he shut his mouth forcefully and even made a gesture as if he was sewing up his lips with a needle.

“Kong Yuxin?”

Sun Mo thought for a moment. “I don’t think I’ve met this person before.”

Thinking back, it had been almost two years since Sun Mo came to the Prison of Desolation. Although he had advanced a tier and learned a lot, he hadn’t made any progress in the mission for the examination.

“He was locked in the detention room most of the time!”

Ji Han’s face darkened. At the mention of this prisoner’s name, he was filled with anger.

“Hmm?”

Sun Mo knew that there was a detention room on the sixth floor of the Prison of Desolation. If a prisoner did something wrong, they would be thrown in.

It was a kennel that was pitch-black as ink.

This was not a description but the truth. It was a very small and narrow kennel. If an adult were to stay inside, they would only be able to stand and could not even curl up or lie down because there wasn’t enough space.

This cruel punishment made many prisoners obedient, and they’d tried their best not to do anything wrong.

But now, from what Ji Han said, this Kong Yuxin had been in the detention room the entire time?

“That guy refuses to change his ways no matter how many times he’s been taught. He escapes frequently and as a punishment, the longest time he’s ever been in detention is two years.”

Yu Lin said.

Kong Yuxin was considered a famous person in the Prison of Desolation.

Although everyone would have thought of escaping after coming to this place, they gave up after thinking about how they would have to face the vast and endless sea once they rushed out of the prison. However, Kong Yuxin did not. His greatest attempt was when he had managed to head out 15 kilometers into the sea. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was unlucky and encountered a storm, he might have been able to escape.

“Why is he escaping? Was there an injustice?”

Sun Mo was impressed. Was this an act of The Shawshank’s Redemption?

“I’d believe it if others were wronged, but Kong Yuxin deserves it!”

Yu Lin spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm with great force, his expression filled with contempt. “He actually fell in love with his personal student. This is absolutely a huge violation of teaching ethics.”

“...”

Sun Mo didn’t know how to reply to this. It was taboo for teachers and students to be in a love relationship even in the modern world, let alone in the ancient era. Even if the teacher and student had true love for each other, eventually becoming husband and wife in private, they still had to pay attention and act normal in public.

“Kong Yuxin’s brain is screwed up. If you really love each other, wouldn’t it be fine to run to and live in a place where no one knows you? Even the Darkness Continent would be an option! However, this guy refuses to do that. He even publicly announced that he loves his student and wants to marry her to give her a lifetime of bliss!”

Yu Lin started gossiping away, becoming noisier than 500 ducks together. “He wants their wedding to be blessed by his friends and family. In order to get married, he even announced that he was going to give up his identity as a great teacher.”

“He is a vicious person!”

Sun Mo was impressed.

“Then he was taken down by the Saint Gate and thrown into the Prison of Desolation.”

Yu Lin mocked. “His way of doing things is simply giving the Saint Gate a tight slap on both sides of their face. It would be strange if those old fogies from the Saint Gate would let him off.”

“I have no idea why this guy is so persistent about it.”

Ji Han also wore a helpless expression.

There were some things in this world that could only be done and not said. After all, humans lived for their pride. However, Kong Yuxin insisted on holding a grand wedding.

“How many years has he been locked up here?”

Sun Mo was curious. “And how many times did he try to escape?”

“It’s been 30 years.”

Ji Han did the math. “The number of times he successfully escaped from the Prison of Desolation is 36. The number of times he was discovered and promptly stopped is even more.”

“This mean that he attempts to escape once every year or so?”

Sun Mo was shocked. What kind of determination was this?

Many people in his shoes would probably feel despair after repeatedly attempting to escape and then failing.

“The crucial point is that 30 years have passed and they haven’t met once. All their love must have withered, right?”

Yu Lin felt that Kong Yuxin had actually gone crazy.

“It doesn’t matter if it has wilted or not. Let’s find him first!”

Ji Han was very nervous. Ever since the Prison of Desolation was built, no one had managed to escape. If Kong Yuxin were to succeed, then Ji Han’s name would become the laughingstock in the great teacher world.

“Teacher Sun, please help us out!”

Ji Han put down his pride and humbly pleaded.

It couldn’t be helped. Kong Yuxin’s escape record was too terrifying, and he had also successfully escaped from the isolated island before. Therefore, Ji Han couldn’t care less about his reputation at this moment.

“Which cell was he in before he escaped?”

Sun Mo hastened his steps. “Bring me there!”

...

Even though Kong Yuxin was a 4-stars great teacher—not a high star-level—he had been imprisoned on the fifth floor due to his repeated attempts to escape.

The cell in which he was confined had simple furnishings. Other than a stone bed and some dried grass, there was not even a single blanket.

The prison was made of heavy metal gates with a spirit rune lock on it. This kind of lock was specially made. Without a key, as long as one came into contact with it for five seconds, there would be an ear-piercing alarm.

Now the lock was broken.

“Kong Yuxin must have an insider working with him on this. Look at his lock-picking skills. There’s at least an ancestor-level spirit runist helping him.”

Sun Mo had just arrived when he heard a man spouting nonsense.

The other party looked ordinary, the kind who couldn’t be found in a crowd. However, the expression on his face was one of confidence and arrogance, as if he was the number one person in the world. It made people want to give him a few punches.

Sun Mo knew this person. His name was Zhang Qingmin, and he was a 4-stars great teacher. As he was discovered by the Saint Gate to have researched forbidden arts, he was imprisoned here.

Sun Mo had approached him previously and ended up getting lashed at by him.

In short, he was an arrogant person who thought that everyone else was a fool.

“There are more than ten grandmaster-level spirit runists among the prisoners in the Prison of Desolation, but it’s impossible for there to be an ancestor-level spirit runist.”

Ji Han retorted.

“Old Ji, you’re too rigid.”

Zhang Qingmin tapped his own temple and then lectured Ji Han. “Can’t they continue to study hard in the years they’ve been imprisoned?”

This tone was very provocative, but Ji Han endured it. After all, this guy’s intelligence was really not low.

“Oh right, don’t we have the youngest ancestor-level spirit runist in the Nine Provinces here? He might be the one helping Kong Yuxin escape!”

Zhang Qingmin glanced at Sun Mo, his tone hostile.

He saw himself as a peerless genius. Even when he performed experiments in forbidden arts, it was for the sake of the people and not for his selfish desires. However, the Saint Gate refused to listen to his explanations and suppressed him.

That was atrocious!

The great teachers in the Nine Provinces, including the Sect Lord Su Taiqing, were a group of frogs at the bottom of a well. They were a bunch of people who were restricted by existing boundaries.

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Zhang Qingmin looked at Sun Mo, who was ridiculously young, and his heart was filled with jealousy and anger. (If it wasn’t for the bullsh*t Saint Gate being a busybody, my research would have been completed. I would then also be a renowned great ancestor-level spirit runist.)

“Zhang Qingmin, don’t speak nonsense.”

Ji Han scolded.

“Hmph, it’s not just him. Everyone in the prison has suspicions!”

Zhang Qingmin’s gaze swept across everyone present. “There are no traces left in the prison. The other party left without anyone noticing. Other than there being an insider, tell me, what the other way out is?”

“Go, gather all the prisoners and prison guards here. I’m going to give them a lecture!”

Zhang Qingmin ordered arrogantly.

Ji Han did not move but looked at Sun Mo.

“I need all the information on Kong Yuxin, as well as how he escaped from prison each time. You guys should have records, right? Bring them over now!”

Sun Mo instructed.

“Hehe, by the time you’re done reading, he would have returned to the Nine Provinces.”

Zhang Qingmin sneered.

“No, he has only left the cell for two days. There’s not enough time.”

Sun Mo shook his head.

“Uh!”

Zhang Qingmin choked. (I’m mocking you. Why are you giving such an honest answer? Insufficient EQ?)

“Why is it two days?”

Yu Lin asked. He had also shamelessly followed over. As he was a godly thief and knew a lot of things, Ji Han felt that he might be able to help.

“Because this spirit rune lock was opened the day before yesterday.”

Speaking up to this point, Zhang Qingmin glanced at Sun Mo. This kid had some capabilities. He must have a deep understanding of spirit runes to be able to tell this.

“Teacher Zhang, haven’t you thought of the possibility that Kong Yuxin might have fled long ago? That he could have intentionally left behind traces on the spirit rune lock in order to lure us over?”

Sun Mo asked, “For Kong Yuxin to be able to escape so many times, there must be nothing wrong with his intelligence, right?”

“...”

Zhang Qingmin’s countenance sank. This possibility was basically confirmed.

“Then how do we accurately judge the time when Kong Yuxin escaped?”

Yu Lin was curious.

“It’s not about when he escaped, but when he left the prison!”

Sun Mo looked around. “He might not have left the prison yet!”

“Who can’t make guesses like this? The important thing is the evidence!”

Zhang Qingmin looked at Sun Mo provocatively. “Do you have any?”

Swoosh!

Everyone’s gazes stared at Sun Mo.

Sun Mo shrugged.

“I really do have!”

As Sun Mo spoke, he bit his index finger and cast a spiritual control technique to summon the Holy Pharaoh.