"Huh?"
"What?"
"What were you thinking?"
The flood of other meaningless exclamations proved just how astonishing Old School Striking King's out-of-the-blue move had been.
The clan leaders and senior officers of the Heaven-Defying Alliance who had yet to get burned themselves had all managed to keep quiet when Xue Yunfeng exposed his own love story.
Of course, that also lent considerable weight to certain views Perfect Baldhead held... such as the similarities between Susu and Old School Striking King in certain respects.
Ordinary clan members probably would not see it, but the clan leaders and officers who had spent years dealing with Susu had begun to get a vague sense of something.
Ball Ball had never been quite so intimidating back then.
But even the best at playing dead could no longer stay silent now.
Even if they could not make a louder noise, they still needed to express their surprise.
As for the only person who had maintained her dignity by asking Old School Striking King a proper question rather than blurting out an exclamation, that was naturally Cunlü, who knew her friend very well.
"Couldn't I just have good instincts and good luck?" Old School Striking King protested.
"Girl, you used up all your best luck after that time you inexplicably went to Edna to change clothes. All you've got left is a conscience.
"Besides, what instincts do you have? It's all impulse." Cunlü's reply was truly merciless.
Although most of them agreed wholeheartedly with the latter half, only Cunlü dared say it aloud.
They certainly believed that Old School Striking King had chosen to leave the Verdant Codex above because she had sensed something amiss, but it could not have been much, and she had no idea where it came from.
Old School Striking King might have