Director Su fell silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled. "It's fine. Spirit Hall won't believe it."
Teacher Li froze. "They won't believe it? Why?"
"Think about it." Director Su stood and paced around the office. "Only the people present can hear Lin Yi's Heart Voice. That ability itself is already unbelievable. Who would believe that someone could reveal so many secrets just by speaking in his mind without experiencing it firsthand?"
He turned to Teacher Li and added, "Besides, Su Yuntao already came here with people, and they really were investigating this matter. So if anything similar happens again later, they won't believe it either."
After Director Su's explanation, Teacher Li's tightly furrowed brow eased slightly.
He lowered his voice. "You mean... even if someone brings this up again, Spirit Hall still won't believe that the Heart Voice is real?"
"What do you think?" Director Su sat back down and tapped the desk. "After all this, if someone goes to Spirit Hall with information again, how do you think they'll react?"
Teacher Li paused, then suddenly understood. "They'll definitely think that person is messing with them."
After a brief pause, he added, "But what if someone from Spirit Hall can also hear that child Lin Yi's Heart Voice?"
The office fell silent for a moment.
Teacher Li's question was indeed a hidden danger.
From what they had seen so far, aside from Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, so many people could hear his Heart Voice.
Perhaps people from Spirit Hall could hear it too.
If they wanted to prevent that from happening, they would have to keep Lin Yi away from Spirit Hall personnel.
Director Su stroked his chin and thought for a while before speaking leisurely. "That is indeed something we need to consider, but we cannot restrict his freedom because of it."
"Then what do you mean...?"
"Let nature take its course." Director Su's expression turned serious. "But we must also prepare ourselves. If we act too obviously, it may instead arouse his suspicion."
"Also, tell the other teachers that Spirit Hall came here. Try not to let the students find out, so as to avoid unnecessary panic."
"Understood, Director." Teacher Li nodded. "I'll make the arrangements right away."
With that, Teacher Li left the office.
The door closed softly behind him, and the office returned to silence.
Director Su's gaze fell upon the student file on his desk.
The name Lin Yi stood prominently on its cover.
"Lin Yi, Lin Yi..." Director Su murmured. "Who exactly are you? And where did these abilities of yours come from?"
He opened Lin Yi's file and examined it carefully once more, but still found nothing unusual. Only the line "parents unknown" carried an air of mystery.
Director Su closed the file and recalled the expression on the orphanage director's face when he had brought Lin Yi to the school... as though he wanted to say something but held back.
That child's background was probably not simple either.
One was Tang San, the son of the Clear Sky Douluo; another was Xiao Wu, who had undergone a Soul Beast Transformation; and then there was Lin Yi, whose Heart Voice revealed secrets.
Director Su sighed. He could only feel that these few were the most difficult batch of students he had ever taught.
Meanwhile.
At the academy gates, a corner of a carriage curtain was slightly lifted. Through the gap, Su Yuntao looked back at the gradually receding gates of Notting Academy, his brows faintly furrowed.
"Deacon." The female assistant closed her notebook and asked softly, "Do you think what Director Su said is credible?"
Su Yuntao let the curtain fall and leaned back against the carriage seat. He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. "Half true, half false. The academy is definitely hiding something, but it may not be what we are looking for."
"Those rumors..."
"Rumors are often exaggerated." He slowly opened his eyes. "The oldest students in that academy are only twelve, and the youngest are six. They can foresee the future? That is simply too absurd."
He curled his lip and continued, "I am more inclined to believe that someone deliberately spread information in order to draw Spirit Hall's attention."
The female assistant was somewhat puzzled. "Who would do something like that?"
"Who knows?" Su Yuntao rubbed his brow. "Perhaps some faction wants to use Spirit Hall to eliminate someone, or perhaps a game among children was simply exaggerated. In any case, before we have solid evidence, we should not act rashly."
The female assistant nodded and said nothing more.
For a moment, the carriage fell silent.
Suddenly, the female assistant recalled something and cautiously asked, "Deacon, I remember that you presided over the martial soul awakening ceremony in Holy Soul Village. That Tang San... do you think he could be someone with Twin Martial Souls?"
At those words, Su Yuntao's gaze abruptly sharpened. He shot the female assistant a glare. "Don't speak carelessly."
"I was only..."
The female assistant shrank back, but she was quickly interrupted.
Su Yuntao said gravely, "Tang San's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. While Innate Full Soul Power is rare, it is not without precedent."
"You should understand what Twin Martial Souls signify. Speculation without evidence will only bring disaster upon that child."
The female assistant hurriedly nodded. "This subordinate understands."
Su Yuntao glanced at her, then lifted the curtain and looked out the window.
In truth, he had his own doubts. Back in Holy Soul Village, Tang San had indeed left a deep impression on him.
An abandoned martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power was already unusual in itself.
But doubts were merely doubts. Su Yuntao had his own principles.
Unless he saw it with his own eyes, he would not report any unverified speculation.
After all, that was the most basic respect one could give a Soul Master, as well as responsibility toward his own duty.
He shook his head and instructed, "After we return to the branch hall, write a routine report. Be cautious with the wording. Only say that everything is normal in Nuoding City, and mention nothing else."
"Yes."
As those words fell, only the rumble of carriage wheels remained. It also meant that Spirit Hall's investigation had come to an end.
Elsewhere.
In the classroom dormitory area, inside a plain room, Yu Xiaogang sat facing his prized disciple.
Tang San stood before him, travel weariness on his face, though his eyes remained clear.
He had only just returned from Holy Soul Village. Before he had even settled into his dormitory, Yu Xiaogang had called him over.
"Teacher, you wanted to see me?"
Yu Xiaogang nodded, gesturing for him to sit. Then he took a file from the drawer and pushed it in front of Tang San.
"This is the result of my investigation during this time."
Tang San accepted the file and skimmed through it quickly.
It was no different from what he had seen before: born to ordinary villagers, parents unknown, recommended for admission by an orphanage, an auxiliary-type martial soul called the Myriad Star Core, Innate Soul Power at level three...
He set down the file, his brows slightly furrowed. "Teacher, this is no different from before. It's very ordinary."
"Ordinary." Yu Xiaogang nodded. "So ordinary that it seems forged."
Tang San was slightly taken aback. "Teacher, what do you mean?"
Yu Xiaogang stood and looked out the window. "I used my old network of connections in Spirit Hall and searched through the records of Nuoding City and the surrounding areas, yet I found no other records of anything unusual about him, nor any records of his parents."
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