Su Yuntao's Unwillingness!

"Should we take on another mission now? The guard mission seems to be in three days, right?" Tang San asked.

"Yes."

Xiao Wu belatedly realized what was going on and tore off the task paper that was supposed to be Xiao Chenyu's sparring partner. She chuckled and said, "My hands are itching. I'll go beat Xiao Chenyu up. There are twenty Gold Soul Coin it. You guys have to hold me back so I don't end up crippling him and then I'll have to pay for his medicine."

Zhou Qing and Tang San looked at each other, and could only agree to the task.

After bidding farewell to Miss Alice, Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left the Nuoding Guild. After asking passersby for directions to the City Lord's Mansion City Lord's Mansion, they headed towards it.

On the way, the three of them encountered Su Yuntao, who had extremely dark circles under his eyes.

"Bro Tao, what... how many days have you not slept?" If Su Yuntao weren't a little bit more handsome than the average person, Zhou Qing would hardly have recognized him with his unkempt and slovenly appearance.

What's going on?

Sisi ultimately chose to embrace the city lord, to the point that Su Yuntao lost his appetite, couldn't sleep, and suffered from insomnia.

However.

The truth was even more outrageous than Zhou Qing had imagined—

That night, Su Yuntao followed Zhou Qing's advice and prepared to visit the city lord to explain the situation and let Sisi make a choice.

But the closer he got to the City Lord's Mansion, the more nervous he became. In the end, instead of finding a reason to visit, he sneaked in, found the city lord's room, lifted the tiles, and looked down to watch the city lord and Sisi's intimate moment.

But to everyone's surprise, the scene was unacceptable to Su Yuntao!

I thought it was just the city lord alone.

But who would have thought that in that bedroom, there was not only Sisi and City Lord Xiao, but also another burly fat man— Dales.

Su Yuntao naturally wouldn't tell Zhou Qing and the other children the specific details of the "sandwich cookie" incident, but through Zhou Qing and the others' Eight Trigrams, they still learned that Sisi had a relationship with the city lord of Nuoding City... no, with the city lord of Falling Star City.

"Ugh~ Nobles are disgusting!" Xiao Wu said with disgust.

But Zhou Qing remained calm, after all, there were even more chaotic situations in medieval Europe... and during this Douluo I era, the overall background of the Heaven Dou Empire was not much different.

Moreover, Zhou Qing strongly suspects that it is precisely because of the existence of Soul Master with extraordinary power, including female Soul Master, that the status of women in this world has been elevated, and they no longer need to be completely dependent on men.

However, because the path of Soul Master cultivation is difficult, some female Soul Master who feel hopeless about breaking through will choose to rely on stronger male Soul Master by taking advantage of their physical strength.

Sisi is a typical example, and she's the kind who's "two-timing".

Although this behavior is truly outrageous...

"Where are you going?" Su Yuntao sighed, but still asked Zhou Qing and the others politely.

"I accepted the guild's mission and am preparing to go to the City Lord's Mansion to be Xiao Chenyu's sparring partner."

Xiao Chenyu is a typical spoiled brat.

He basically doesn't attend classes at the academy; he just goes there. According to Zhou Qing's observation, it's highly likely that he's being forced to do so by his father.

reason?

Naturally, they want to build good relationships with talented Commoner Soul Master.

Unfortunately, Xiao Chenyu himself could not fully understand his father's intentions. He only knew that he could not offend the scions who were suspected of coming from a powerful family. In most cases, he still mingled with other noble scions of Nuoding City and often amused common students and work-study students. It was only recently, after losing to Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu, that he quieted down a bit.

"To the City Lord's Mansion?"

Su Yuntao's cloudy eyes suddenly cleared a little. He grabbed Zhou Qing's shoulder and said anxiously, "Can you take me with you? Please! I can give you my entire month's salary!"

"It's not that it's impossible, it's just—"

Zhou Qing had no good ideas for Su Yuntao, who was deeply involved, so he could only grant his wish, "Bro Tao, are you not getting too excited?"

"No! I promise, absolutely not!" Su Yuntao grasped at a straw, even wanting to swear an oath.

But Zhou Qing stopped him.

This is just a side matter; there's no need for Su Yuntao to take it so seriously.

Tang San asked, "Grandmaster Su Yuntao, don't you have any other matters to attend to? Also, Sisi didn't return to the Spirit Hall yesterday or the day before?"

"My main responsibility is to awaken the Martial Soul of eligible children in various villages. Apart from going to the Spirit Hall every day to handle relevant documents, I'm quite free. Most Soul Master in Nuoding City basically don't go to the Spirit Hall except to receive subsidies. I've also registered as an adventurer with the Nuoding Guild..."

While sighing, Su Yuntao explained his duties in the Spirit Hall, "With my cultivation as Soul Grandmaster, I choose to awaken the Martial Soul of eligible children in various villages every year in order to accumulate experience and strive to become the Hall Master of the Spirit Hall Branch before the age of thirty."

In small cities like Nuoding City, where the Spirit Hall is a branch, there's no need to apply to a higher-level Spirit Hall Sub-hall to select Hall Master. Anyone who has reached the Soul Grandmaster level and made sufficient contributions can take the position.

The name of the new branch hall master can be reported later.

After all, every town on the continent has Spirit Hall, but the real power in managing these towns comes from officials and nobles within the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. In addition, transportation is inconvenient in this era, so if a new branch hall Hall Master is to be selected, it is necessary to report to the next higher-level sub-hall. A letter can take at least half a month, or even longer, to travel back and forth.

Therefore, the eight levels of the Spirit Hall — the Worship Hall, the Papal Palace, the Hall of the Elder Hall, the Holy Hall, the Main Hall, the Sub-Halls, the Branch Halls, and the Offices—are all located in Spirit City, except for the Worship Hall, the Papal Palace, and the Elder Hall. The other six, namely the Holy Hall in the capitals of the Two Great Empires, the Main Halls in the provincial capitals, and the Sub-Halls in the major cities, only require an application to a higher level to select a new Hall Master.

Because the Spirit Hall Sub-hall is located in a larger city, far more prosperous than a small city like Nuoding City, it naturally deserves more attention.

The remaining branch halls in small towns like Nuoding City, and the Martial Soul Hall Office in places like Holy Soul Village that are directly managed by the village chief, are decided by the relevant officials in the towns and villages themselves. They just need to report their identities and names afterward.

If a problem arises, the next higher-level Spirit Hall Sub-hall will intervene and arrange for a new Sub-Hall Master to come over.

The selection criteria for the Hall Master of the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch are that Soul Power Level reaches level 20 or above and one has accumulated a certain amount of experience.

Among these methods, trekking through mountains and rivers to awaken the Martial Soul of eligible children in various villages is the fastest way to accumulate corresponding merits.

According to Su Yuntao's estimate, he could become a candidate for the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch in three more years.

At that time, I was considered a prominent figure in Nuoding City, and I could marry Sisi in a grand and glorious manner.

He didn't have such grand ambitions, and he knew his Martial Soul talent wasn't great; he just wanted a peaceful life and a happy family...

But who knew—

Just as Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo predicted, Sisi's ambitions are too big!

But he really can't let go!