This small grove in the academy could be said to be the exclusive territory of Jiang Chen and Jing Wuming.
The teachers would not come here, and the students knew this was Jing Wuming's place, so they dared not approach even more.
In the few days since arriving at the academy, Jiang Chen had hardly returned to the dormitory at all. He cultivated here during the day and continued cultivating here at night.
While they were chatting idly, the sky had already darkened, and Su Yuntao had also returned to Notting City.
When he got home, Sisi had already finished work and come back.
"Sisi, good news." As soon as Su Yuntao entered the door, he shouted happily.
"What good news?" Sisi was very surprised. Today, the two of them had been kicked out, so how could Su Yuntao suddenly be so happy?
"Hahaha, Jiang Chen isn't dead after all. The village chief of Holy Soul Village told me personally, Jiang Chen is currently studying at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy."
"Really?" Sisi couldn't quite believe it.
Back then, Ma Xiunuo had told her personally, and she still clearly remembered Ma Xiunuo's expression at the time; it was extremely certain.
"It's true. The Holy Soul Village chief personally sent him to Notting Academy a few days ago, and another child named Tang San came along with him."
"Tang San? Today I received a child who came for soul master certification, and he was also called Tang San," Sisi said.
Su Yuntao was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Did you go back to work at the Spirit Hall?"
Sisi shook her head and immediately told him about Jing Wuming coming to find her, as well as the plan for revenge against Ma Xiunuo.
A moment later, Su Yuntao clapped his hands and laughed loudly, the laughter incomparably carefree.
Ever since Ma Xiunuo had toyed with Sisi, he had harbored hatred toward Ma Xiunuo. Today, Ma Xiunuo had gone back on his word with Sisi again and even driven them out. Su Yuntao already hated Ma Xiunuo to the bone.
From Sisi's plan, he could already foresee Ma Xiunuo's miserable end.
"Sisi, do you really not know who that young man who came to find you is?" Su Yuntao asked.
Sisi shook her head. "I don't know. He refused to reveal his identity. Perhaps he's someone Ma Xiunuo has offended over the years."
Su Yuntao hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm wondering whether we should still submit Jiang Chen's awakening report to the higher-ups. After all, once your plan succeeds, Ma Xiunuo's position will definitely be unstable. At that time, if we use Jiang Chen's achievement as credit, perhaps we can truly take control of the Notting City Spirit Hall."
Sisi thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait until Ma Xiunuo is finished. This matter can't be rushed. Right now, he still holds the most power, and all documents have to pass through his hands."
Su Yuntao nodded. "Then I'll just wait to see how that old guy dies."
Jiang Chen had originally thought there were no more important matters that needed monitoring, so he had recalled Little Black Sparrow and did not discover Su Yuntao and Sisi's plan.
...
Time passed in a flash, and another day went by quickly.
Early in the morning, Sisi arrived at the Spirit Hall. The main doors of the Spirit Hall were tightly closed because today was the Spirit Hall's rest day.
She did not enter through the front door but quietly slipped in through the back door.
Following behind Sisi was a fat middle-aged woman, around forty years old, with thick powder caked on her face and garish lips, looking somewhat frightening.
Not to mention normal men, even Sisi, as a woman, felt a bit nauseated looking at this middle-aged woman.
This was a brothel woman she had found, specially prepared for Ma Xiunuo.
Because of her advanced age and having contracted a terrible disease, this woman had been driven out. She happened to be selected by Sisi.
Faced with Sisi's monetary temptation, the woman, who was already on the verge of starvation, had no reason to refuse Sisi's request and agreed very readily.
She had already received five gold soul coins as a deposit, and there would be another five gold soul coins after completing the task. So much money, she couldn't earn that much even working hard for a whole month before.
After hiding the woman properly, Sisi quietly waited in Ma Xiunuo's room.
Around ten o'clock in the morning, the Spirit Hall's main doors opened, and Ma Xiunuo walked in with a face full of spring breeze, casually closing the door behind him.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Sisi added a little more hot water to the cup.
"Sisi, I'm here~" Ma Xiunuo's excited voice rang out as he rushed upstairs impatiently.
When he saw the seductive pose Sisi had struck, his eyes practically shot out flames.
Looking at Ma Xiunuo pouncing over, Sisi signaled him to stop and picked up the cup of water.
"Darling, drink a cup of water to quench your thirst first."
Ma Xiunuo had come from home and happened to feel a bit thirsty, so he took it and drank it in one gulp, then prepared to get to work.
"No~ This time, can we change to a different place?" Sisi said coquettishly.
"Where?" Ma Xiunuo's breathing was already becoming irregular.
He only felt a surge of desire burning fiercely in his heart, incomparably intense, even more so than when he was at his youngest and strongest.
"Let's go to the reception hall on the first floor," Sisi said.
Ma Xiunuo's eyes lit up, and he gave a lewd smile. "You really know how to play. Then I'll keep you company this once. Outside is the bustling street with people coming and going, and we'll be right in the hall, thinking about it is exciting!"
As he spoke, Sisi had already run downstairs, and Ma Xiunuo hurriedly chased after her.
By the time he got down, Sisi had already disappeared. Ma Xiunuo's desire grew even stronger; he felt like he was about to explode.
"Sisi, Sisi." He kept calling.
Suddenly, the fat woman Sisi had brought earlier walked out, smiling coyly as she approached Ma Xiunuo.
From her hiding spot, Sisi saw this scene and nearly vomited.
However, Ma Xiunuo excitedly shouted, "Sisi, where did you run off to just now?"
With that, he grabbed the fat woman in an embrace and began frantically.
Seeing that things had reached this point, Sisi quietly slipped out through the back door and came to a teahouse across from the Spirit Hall's main entrance.
She went upstairs, where Su Yuntao was already waiting.
"Sisi, did it go smoothly?" Su Yuntao asked hurriedly when he saw Sisi arrive.
Sisi smiled and nodded. "No accidents. We'll just sit here and watch the good show."
Su Yuntao looked expectantly toward the Spirit Hall's main doors. Soon, very soon, he would see that shocking scene.
At a window on the second floor of a restaurant next door sat a teenager and a six-year-old boy, both staring intently at the Spirit Hall's main entrance.
These two were none other than the newly arrived Jing Wuming and Jiang Chen.
Past ten o'clock in the morning, the street had already begun to bustle, especially this street where the Spirit Hall was located; it was one of Notting City's prime sections, now even more crowded with people.
Almost everyone passing by the Spirit Hall showed expressions of respect and solemnity.
In most people's eyes, the Spirit Hall was an extremely sacred place. Whether ordinary people or the majority of soul masters, in their hearts, the Spirit Hall was sacred and inviolable.
However, today the Spirit Hall's dignity would be thoroughly trampled, and perhaps the entire Spirit Hall would become the laughingstock of the Douluo Continent.
Just as those passersby gazed at the Spirit Hall with reverent looks, the Spirit Hall's main doors were pushed open from inside.
Immediately after, an eighty-something-year-old man and an ugly woman covered in fat rolled out without any regard for appearances...