Tai Yi continued questioning Su Yuntao:
"Then what about the social connections of Tang San that I asked you to investigate?"
Hearing this, Su Yuntao became excited and quickly said to Tai Yi:
"My lord, after investigating, I learned that there is another genius by Tang San's side—a girl named Xiao Wu. Her Soul Power is on par with Tang San's, and she can even suppress him at times. The two of them also have the optimal Spirit Ring configuration."
Upon hearing this, Tai Yi understood. After learning Xiao Wu's age and Soul Power, Su Yuntao had realized that her Martial Soul was not some useless Martial Soul like Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, so he wanted to recruit Xiao Wu into Spirit Hall.
Sure enough, Su Yuntao's next words confirmed Tai Yi's thoughts:
"My lord, I don't know who awakened Xiao Wu's Martial Soul, but how could they fail to recruit such a genius into our Spirit Hall?"
Hearing this, Tai Yi no longer wanted to hear about that, so he asked:
"Other than Xiao Wu, who else is Tang San close to?"
Su Yuntao replied:
"My lord, aside from that little girl Xiao Wu, Tang San is only close to one other person at Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy. That is a freeloader at the academy named Yu Xiaogang, who calls himself Grandmaster and claims to be the person who understands Martial Souls best on the entire Douluo Continent. If you ask me, he is just trash. I heard he will never break through to Soul Elder in his lifetime."
Tai Yi naturally knew this, so he did not want to hear any more and asked Su Yuntao:
"Is Yu Xiaogang still in Notting City?"
Su Yuntao immediately answered:
"My lord, when I went to ask around, I learned that Yu Xiaogang left Notting City yesterday as well. I heard he went to that academy in Suotuo City."
Tai Yi nodded. Since Yu Xiaogang had left too, Tang Hao was probably completely gone from Notting City. That meant he could go retrieve what he needed.
Tai Yi then said to Su Yuntao:
"Good. I now know what I wanted to know."
Tai Yi looked at Su Yuntao and asked:
"Now, I'll give you two choices. One is to make you the person in charge of the Notting City Spirit Hall Sub-Hall. The other is for you to leave Notting City and go to Spirit City, where you will work for Spirit Hall. Which do you choose?"
Su Yuntao was stunned at first upon hearing this, then became too excited to speak. Either choice was beyond anything he had ever imagined.
After a brief moment of thought, Su Yuntao made his choice and said to Tai Yi:
"My lord, I choose the first one."
Su Yuntao was no fool. Although Spirit City was the holy land of Spirit Hall and offered more opportunities, he understood that he was merely an ordinary Spirit Master. Even if he went to Spirit City, he would not achieve much. But if he stayed in Notting City and became the head of the Notting City Spirit Hall Sub-Hall, everyone in the entire sub-hall would answer to him. Besides, his friends and family were in Notting City. Why should he leave?
Tai Yi nodded upon hearing this and said:
"Very well. Then, in the name of an elder of Spirit Hall's Worship Hall, I appoint you as the highest-ranking person in charge of the Notting City Spirit Hall Sub-Hall. I hope you will lead the Notting City Spirit Hall Sub-Hall well."
After saying that, Tai Yi took out a letter of appointment and handed it to Su Yuntao. Su Yuntao excitedly bowed to Tai Yi after receiving it. Tai Yi merely waved his hand, then said to Qian Renxue:
"Let's go, Xue'er. We'll find that thing. On the way, I'll tell you what I know."
Naturally, Qian Renxue did not waste any time. She desperately wanted to know why her mother had disliked her from the moment she was born and had even wanted to get rid of her.
Thus, Qian Renxue quickly left the Spirit Hall Sub-Hall with Tai Yi. They boarded a carriage and headed for Holy Soul Village.
The instant Qian Renxue and Tai Yi left, the people in the sub-hall found Su Yuntao. Ma Xiunuo asked him:
"Yuntao, are you all right?"
Hearing this and seeing Ma Xiunuo—the only person who had dared to speak up for him back then—Su Yuntao answered:
"Uncle Ma Xiunuo, not only was I not harmed, I also received enormous benefits."
As he spoke, Su Yuntao took out the letter of appointment Tai Yi had given him. After reading it, Ma Xiunuo could not help sighing at Su Yuntao's luck. Ever since the previous head of the sub-hall had died, everyone in the sub-hall had wanted that position. Some had sought connections everywhere, and there had even been several Soul King contenders. Yet in the end, it had fallen into the hands of Su Yuntao, a young man who had not even broken through to Soul Elder.
Ma Xiunuo said to Su Yuntao:
"Good for you, Yuntao. You'll be the head of our sub-hall from now on. You must lead us well!"
Hearing this, the people of the sub-hall were struck dumb. They immediately crowded around to inspect Su Yuntao's letter of appointment. Some marveled at Su Yuntao's luck, while others were unwilling to accept it but had no choice. After all, Tai Yi, who appeared to be some high-ranking young master of Spirit Hall and had taken out an elder's token from Spirit Hall's Worship Hall, had appointed him. How could they dare harbor any objections?
Thus, some of those Soul Kings resigned themselves to following Su Yuntao from then on. Of course, others refused to accept it and prepared to use their connections to transfer to other cities.
Si Si naturally saw Su Yuntao's letter of appointment as well. She gazed at him affectionately. Seeing the woman he had once loved and recalling what Si Si had done back then, Su Yuntao made the same choice she had. He moved a little closer to Ma Xiunuo and ignored Si Si's gaze. He was now the highest-ranking person in charge of the Notting City Spirit Hall. What kind of woman could he not find?
Ma Xiunuo nodded at the sight. The foolish boy had finally come to his senses.
Then everyone in the Spirit Hall Sub-Hall surrounded Su Yuntao and showered him with flattery.
Su Yuntao smiled and said:
"It is only because my lord thinks highly of me. I hope everyone will cooperate with me in the future."
Hearing Su Yuntao's words, they replied:
"Of course."
"I'll be relying on your care in the future."
And so on, all flattering voices.
Su Yuntao laughed. From now on, I won't have to work myself to death running to villages to awaken Martial Souls for others. I've gone from being the most insignificant person to someone important in Notting City.
Tai Yi had considered this as well. After all, he did not want Su Yuntao, who had awakened Martial Souls for the most gods in Douluo Continent, to continue awakening Martial Souls for others. (doge)
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