Xiao Wu, You Don't Want Anyone Discovering Your Secret, Do You?

Feeling the pressure around his neck, Luo Yan let Xiao Wu ride on his shoulders.

He turned and kicked.

Tang San, who had tried to sneak up on him, hadn't expected Luo Yan to react so quickly. He was sent flying again, and after hitting the ground, he spat out three mouthfuls of blood.

"Stop!"

Just as Luo Yan was about to keep humiliating Tang San and raking in Resentment Points, a low voice rang through the hall.

It wasn't loud, but it carried remarkably well.

Hm?

Luo Yan furrowed his brow and looked toward the voice.

An old man emerged from the innermost room of the Spirit Hall, accompanied by a young man and a young woman. The three headed straight toward Luo Yan and the others.

"Greetings, Hall Master Matthews!"

Everyone in the hall who recognized Matthews hurried to bow.

Matthews nodded to the onlookers.

As he reached Luo Yan, the young man beside him spoke up before he could say a word. "You three, stop at once! Don't you know this is the Spirit Hall?!"

"Lord Su Yuntao, this is our first time at the Spirit Hall. This person has a grudge against us, and I couldn't help myself. Please forgive me, sir!"

Tang San struggled to his feet and bowed to the young man.

Oh? Blind Douluo Su Yuntao?

Hearing how Tang San addressed the young man, Luo Yan looked at Su Yuntao with interest.

"You three, the Spirit Hall forbids fighting. If you insist on brawling, don't blame me for stepping in!"

Matthews, standing in the middle, finally spoke.

Then he looked at Luo Yan.

The meaning in his eyes was clear: he wanted Luo Yan to stop immediately and leave without causing any more trouble.

Anyone with eyes could see that this looked like a fight between three people, but was really Luo Yan toying with a mouse. If Luo Yan wanted to stop, he could simply walk away.

"Tang San started it."

"Besides, what can you do if I don't stop? You're only a Spirit Hall Branch!"

Luo Yan gave Matthews and the other two an amused look.

[Matthews felt looked down on by a mere boy and grew angry. Resentment Points +7645!]

[Su Yuntao felt humiliated by you, and his vanity flared up. Resentment Points +999!]

[Si Si resented you for shooting your mouth off. Resentment Points +754!]

[...]

Sure enough, the moment Luo Yan finished speaking, system notifications began ringing wildly in his mind.

"Impudent! The Spirit Hall isn't some backwater outfit you can insult!" Su Yuntao was young and hot-blooded. Naturally, he couldn't stand being humiliated.

As he spoke, he released his Martial Soul. A white Soul Ring and a yellow Soul Ring appeared around him.

"Yuntao!"

Matthews reached out to stop Su Yuntao.

"Hall Master, that brat just insulted us to our faces! Are we really going to do nothing?" Su Yuntao wasn't happy with Matthews for holding him back.

"You jerk! You were the one who insulted Tang San first. Otherwise, why would he have attacked you?" Xiao Wu shouted from Luo Yan's shoulders.

As she spoke, she repeatedly pounded Luo Yan's head with her little fists.

Unfortunately, her blows felt like tickles to Luo Yan and couldn't hurt him at all. If anything, it was like she was giving him a massage.

"Xiao Wu, I didn't expect you to be so enthusiastic the first time we met!" Luo Yan smiled.

Then he grabbed her by the leg, pried her off his neck, and pulled her into his arms.

Just as Xiao Wu was about to struggle, Luo Yan leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Xiao Wu, you don't want anyone finding out you're a Soul Beast, do you?"

Everyone present was only at the Soul Elder level. None of them could hear what Luo Yan had said.

"What did you say?!"

At Luo Yan's words, Xiao Wu jolted and instantly went still.

"Don't worry. I'm the only one who knows. I'll wait for you across from your academy tonight. I hope you won't disappoint me!"

"Ke ke ke!"

Luo Yan rubbed Xiao Wu's rabbit ears, then let her go.

Though she was free, Xiao Wu stood there in a daze, lost in thought.

"Xiao Wu, don't listen to him. Whatever he said, he was definitely lying! That man's a fiend who's done every evil imaginable!"

"Damn it, what did you say to Xiao Wu?"

Seeing how intimately Luo Yan had just acted with Xiao Wu, Tang San flew into a rage.

But Luo Yan's kick had nearly crippled him. All he could do was sit on the ground and struggle.

[Tang San saw you acting too intimately with Xiao Wu and felt murderous. Resentment Points +1000!]

[Tang San sensed that Xiao Wu had been swayed by you and felt a crisis brewing. Resentment Points +800!]

[...]

Luo Yan ignored Tang San. After sweeping his gaze over everyone around him, he turned and left.

Before stepping through the Spirit Hall's doors, though, he left them with a casual remark:

"I never thought the Spirit Hall, the greatest power on the continent, would be too afraid to even fight!"

"And the Soul Masters of Nuoding City—how did you ever become Soul Masters?"

[Matthews had finally calmed down, but you shattered his composure again. Resentment Points +6584!]

[Su Yuntao saw that you still dared to run your mouth and wanted nothing more than to kill you. Resentment Points +954!]

[...]

The moment Luo Yan stepped out of the Spirit Hall, a huge pile of Resentment Points poured in.

"That felt great!"

"I remember the Notting Junior Soul Master Academy is holding a competition tomorrow. I can't wait!"

Inside the Notting City Martial Soul Hall Branch.

After Luo Yan left, everyone in the hall remained where they were, standing in a daze.

Their tightly clenched fists said it all.

Though they felt humiliated by Luo Yan, none of them immediately left the Spirit Hall to take their anger out on him.

"Hall Master, why did you stop me from stepping in just now? You should've let me teach that brat a lesson and show him the Spirit Hall isn't to be trifled with!" Su Yuntao shouted at Matthews, displeased that Luo Yan had walked away unscathed.

"You can't beat him." Matthews paid no mind to Su Yuntao's resentment. After leaving him with those words, he slowly walked over to Tang San.

Then he reached out and helped Tang San to his feet.

Tang San had recovered somewhat by then and could just barely stand.

"Boy, you should know your limits before you pick a fight." Matthews brushed the dust off Tang San, then turned and left.

Su Yuntao and Si Si glanced at Tang San and Xiao Wu before leaving as well.

The other attendants came over to clean up the scene.

After circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill to tend to his injuries, Tang San went over to Xiao Wu and asked with concern, "Xiao Wu, are you all right?"

"I'm fine." Xiao Wu gave a slight shake of her head.

But from her expression, it was obvious that Luo Yan's words still had her lost in thought.

Tang San didn't know what else to say. He could only clench his fists in silence and hope Xiao Wu wouldn't go looking for Luo Yan tonight.

At the same time, he wondered: if Xiao Wu went to meet him tonight, he would bring his teacher and the dean along and follow her.

Better yet, he'd get the dean to kill Luo Yan!