The little black sparrow was very fast; its eyes were just like Jiang Chen's eyes. Many scenes of Notting City flashed quickly through Jiang Chen's mind.
Following the sensation in his heart, he guided the little black sparrow in flight, finally landing on top of a massive building.
He sensed that Su Yuntao was inside.
After circling the building once, the little black sparrow stopped at a window.
"Holy crap! This is really explosive!" Jiang Chen, who was at Notting Academy, couldn't help but curse, his eyeballs nearly popping out.
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At this moment, inside Spirit Hall, on the first-floor hall, Su Yuntao had a face full of conflict.
This morning, he had finally remembered what that smell he often detected in Ma Xiunuo's room actually was. As a guy who had been single for over twenty years, how could he not understand what it meant?
It was just that Ma Xiunuo's office was a sacred place, so he had never let his mind go in that direction before.
And thinking back, almost every time that smell appeared, Si Si was inside Ma Xiunuo's office. Su Yuntao panicked; his chest felt as if a thousand-jin boulder was pressing down on it, making it almost impossible to breathe.
Moreover, Ma Xiunuo often praised Si Si for being beautiful and capable, which seemed to carry other implications.
Just now, he had planned to invite Si Si to have lunch together and subtly probe her to see if things were really as he had guessed.
But before he could go find Si Si, he saw her enter Ma Xiunuo's office…
This was exactly why he was conflicted. One was an elder he respected. When he first joined Spirit Hall, it was Ma Xiunuo who had brought him in. The other was the girl he liked, whom he had been pursuing for more than two years.
Besides, eighty-one years old and eighteen years old, it was hard to connect the two in that way.
"Sigh, I'll go up and take a look. What if I'm overthinking it?" Su Yuntao comforted himself as he headed upstairs.
But another voice in his heart said, "If it really is like that, then what should I do?"
In truth, if it really was like that, he himself didn't know what he would do.
The closer he got to Ma Xiunuo's door, the more violently his heart pounded, almost jumping out of his throat.
A few meters from Ma Xiunuo's door, he heard unusual sounds.
Those sounds seemed to be heavily suppressed, instantly making Su Yuntao's face turn deathly pale.
"As expected…" An incomparable sorrow filled Su Yuntao's heart.
If it were any other time, hearing such sounds would definitely make him feel hot and bothered, but at this moment, endless rage surged within him.
All this time, Si Si had been smiling sweetly in front of him, often giving him little hints of affection, yet secretly she was enjoying herself with someone else. Just what did she take Su Yuntao for?!
And that hypocritical Ma Xiunuo, who treated him so well on the surface but behind his back had touched the girl he liked, how could he accept this?
In this moment, blood rushed straight to Su Yuntao's brain; he felt like he was about to explode.
His mind was filled with rage, no longer caring about any consequences. He directly kicked out with one foot.
The iron door was instantly deformed and flew inward under this kick, showing just how furious he had become.
The instant the door vanished, Su Yuntao saw the entangled pair; his eyeballs rapidly filled with blood, nearly bursting.
At that moment, Ma Xiunuo and Si Si were both scared senseless.
Pop~ Like a bottle cork being pulled out, Ma Xiunuo hurriedly pushed Si Si away.
"Heh heh heh… Hahaha…" Su Yuntao laughed maniacally. His martial soul activated uncontrollably; the Lone Wolf automatically possessed him, and a frenzied, tyrannical aura continuously emanated outward.
Ma Xiunuo's heart trembled. Although he was a few levels higher than Su Yuntao, they were both still Great Spirit Masters, and he was already old while Su Yuntao was young and vigorous; he could probably claw him to death in just a few moves.
"Yuntao, things are not what you think you saw." Ma Xiunuo hurriedly said. He was truly afraid Su Yuntao would go berserk.
Su Yuntao's blood-red wolf eyes stared fixedly at Ma Xiunuo, and at Si Si, whose gaze was dodging.
Then, he turned around and, under Ma Xiunuo's astonished gaze, rushed out and directly jumped down to the first floor.
The commotion here had long since alarmed the others in Spirit Hall. People had just wanted to come up to check when they saw Su Yuntao rushing out from inside and charging out of Spirit Hall.
"This has nothing to do with you all. Go do whatever you were doing!" Ma Xiunuo's authoritative voice rang out, immediately dispelling the crowd's urge to go up and see what was happening.
"What do we do?" Si Si's pretty face was pale, filled with extreme panic.
She was afraid this matter would spread and ruin her future. In just two more days, it would be the hall master election. If the envoy from above heard bad rumors…
"We absolutely cannot let that kid run around talking nonsense." Ma Xiunuo said in a deep voice.
His worry was the same as Si Si's. At this critical juncture, if bad rumors spread about him, it could very well cause him to fall short of success.
In this moment, he actually had the thought of killing Su Yuntao, but after thinking it over, he temporarily suppressed the idea.
"You go find him right now. Act pitiful in front of him as much as possible. I know him, that kid likes you so much, he'll definitely keep the secret for you. Once you've become the hall master, you can use the hall master's authority to kick him out of Spirit Hall. By then, no one will believe anything he says." Ma Xiunuo said.
"But… but what if he refuses to keep the secret for me?" Si Si asked worriedly.
"If he doesn't know what's good for him, then don't blame me for disregarding our many years of friendship." Ma Xiunuo said coldly.
"I permit you to use any means, remember, any means. If he doesn't agree, come back and tell me immediately."
"Mm, I'll go find him right away." Si Si hurriedly walked out.
In a dark corner of the room, a pair of eyes quietly watched all of this. No one had noticed…
Ma Xiunuo slammed his palm on the desk, splashing a large amount of water, and said coldly, "Su Yuntao, I hope you're smart enough not to force me to act against you…"
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Under the gazes of many Spirit Hall colleagues, Si Si hurriedly left Spirit Hall and began searching for Su Yuntao.
These people were extremely puzzled, not understanding why Su Yuntao had suddenly gone mad, and why Si Si had now run out after him.
An older deacon, who looked to be in his fifties, revealed a meaningful smile on his face.
"I think I know what happened." He said in a low voice.
"You know what? Hurry up and tell us." A group of people gathered around gossiping.
The middle-aged man glanced at Ma Xiunuo's office, saw that Ma Xiunuo hadn't come out, and then quietly shared his guess.
"No way, isn't Master Ma Xiunuo already so old? Can he still do it?" A twenty-something young man exclaimed.
"And it's Si Si, my goddess!"
"Shut up, you want to die?! With your short, poor, ugly self, she wouldn't even glance at you." The middle-aged man slapped the young man's head.
He continued, "Those of you who came later don't know, but back in the day, Master Ma Xiunuo had a very famous nickname."
"What nickname?"
"Master Ma Xiunuo's martial soul is a dog. What do you think his nickname was?" he asked.
Everyone shook their heads, indicating they didn't know.
The middle-aged man looked somewhat pleased and said proudly, "His nickname was 'Stud Dog'!"
"Ah, so now he's an old stud dog? No wonder he's still so fierce." That young man let out a strange cry.
"Shh! If you don't want to die, don't spread this around, got it?"