"I support Master Ma Xiunuo."
"I support Master Ma Xiunuo."
"I vote for Si Si."
"I support Deacon Wang."
...
Soon it was Su Yuntao's turn. Without any hesitation, he said, "I support Si Si."
In the end, only Ma Xiunuo and Si Si remained.
Si Si already had a smile on her face. "I vote for myself."
There were fifteen people in total. Ma Xiunuo already had seven votes; she had four, and the last one, Deacon Wang, only had three.
Ma Xiunuo had promised her that after he was elected, he would voluntarily step down and recommend her to become the Hall Master for this term.
What she didn't know was that almost all the deacons had received instructions from Ma Xiunuo. Even Deacon Wang's participation in the election was arranged by Ma Xiunuo, just to make it look less fake.
At this moment, Ma Xiunuo stood up and said with a smile: "Thanks to everyone's trust and the consistent support over all these years, I'll shamelessly let myself shine and contribute for a few more years, making greater contributions to the Notting City Spirit Hall branch. I vote for myself."
Warm applause broke out. At this moment, Si Si was stunned.
Wasn't Ma Xiunuo supposed to recommend her? Why was he recommending himself?
Anger flashed across Su Yuntao's face. He immediately stood up. "I disagree."
"Oh? Do you have any objections?" A beautiful and melodious voice sounded. It was Deacon Zhou asking.
She still had quite a good impression of this young man who had picked her up, so she wanted to hear his opinion.
"I..." Su Yuntao opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.
Yes, was he supposed to expose the scandal between Si Si and Ma Xiunuo? If he did that, Si Si would probably never have the face to stay in the Spirit Hall again.
Si Si's face turned pale. She reached out and tugged at Su Yuntao, her eyes carrying a hint of pleading.
"Nothing." Su Yuntao sat back down with a gloomy expression.
Deacon Zhou nodded. She could guess there must be some hidden story behind it, but she didn't have time to deal with these trivial matters.
She looked toward Ma Xiunuo and said, "Master Ma Xiunuo, you currently have the highest number of votes, but you are already quite old. Are you sure you still want to take on the position of Hall Master?"
Ma Xiunuo immediately raised his head and chest, speaking passionately: "Deacon Zhou, my body is still very strong. Serving the Spirit Hall for another ten or more years is absolutely no problem."
Deacon Zhou nodded and asked no more questions. She had only come to witness the election anyway.
She personally awarded Ma Xiunuo the Hall Master token and declared him the new Hall Master.
Deacon Zhou was in a great hurry and immediately took her leave.
After seeing Deacon Zhou off, Ma Xiunuo was beaming with pride. His old face seemed to have grown ten or twenty years younger.
He didn't return to the meeting hall. Right in front of everyone, he directly said: "Thank you all for your support. I am very honored to become the Hall Master. From now on, just call me Hall Master, no need to be formal."
"Also, the position of Grand Deacon is vacant. I plan to let Si Si take it. Do any of you have objections?"
Everyone looked surprised. Ma Xiunuo hadn't mentioned this to them before, and Deacon Wang's face had already darkened.
Previously, Ma Xiunuo had promised him that the Grand Deacon position would be his, but now it was being given to that young girl, Si Si.
Yet he didn't dare to flare up. Ma Xiunuo was now the Hall Master. If he dared to object, he would definitely suffer the consequences.
"No objections."
"No objections."
Everyone agreed. Si Si's expression wasn't good, and she remained silent.
"Ma Xiunuo, you damn turtle bastard, you old dog, how is your face so thick?!" Su Yuntao could no longer hold back and cursed loudly on the spot.
The smiling expression on Ma Xiunuo's face sank. He had originally planned to deal with Su Yuntao slowly, but he hadn't expected Su Yuntao to erupt first.
"Su Yuntao publicly insulted the Hall Master. How should this be handled!" Ma Xiunuo shouted.
Immediately, someone fawningly replied: "He should be stripped of his deacon position, expelled from the Spirit Hall, and never allowed to step foot inside again."
Ma Xiunuo revealed a cold smile and nodded: "Very good. Carry it out."
Su Yuntao roared in anger and transformed, wanting to attack Ma Xiunuo to get justice for Si Si.
"Yuntao, don't!" Si Si screamed.
Ma Xiunuo panicked and hurriedly retreated, waving his hands left and right as he shouted: "Throw him out!"
Not long after, Su Yuntao, bruised and battered, was thrown out.
Si Si hurriedly ran out.
"Yuntao, are you alright?"
Ma Xiunuo walked out, frowning as he said, "Si Si, you are now the Grand Deacon. How can you be with this person who insulted me?"
"Ma Xiunuo, I don't care about this Grand Deacon position! Yuntao, let's go!" Si Si turned back and shouted angrily, then supported Su Yuntao as they left.
At this time, a crowd of onlookers had quickly gathered at the main gate of the Spirit Hall.
Ma Xiunuo watched the two leave with a gloomy expression, rage burning in his heart.
He never expected that Si Si, who had always craved power, would choose Su Yuntao.
The only young and beautiful female soul master had left. Ma Xiunuo was very unwilling, and a trace of killing intent even rose in his heart...
...
Inside Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, Jiang Chen revealed a smile.
Kneeling beside him, Jing Wuming saw this and asked: "Young Master, did that old guy Ma Xiunuo become the Hall Master?"
Jiang Chen nodded. "Things went pretty much as expected. Ma Xiunuo became the Hall Master. What surprised me was that Si Si actually gave up the Grand Deacon position for Su Yuntao."
He immediately explained the situation to Jing Wuming.
Jing Wuming had never cared about right or wrong. He had some good feelings toward Si Si and immediately said angrily, "That old guy deserves to die!"
Jiang Chen said, "No rush. If he wants to die, it won't be that easy. Remember what I asked you to prepare earlier? Find an opportunity to lure Si Si out alone..."
Jing Wuming's eyes grew brighter and brighter. After hearing Jiang Chen's plan, he clapped his hands in approval.
"Young Master, this move of yours is truly brilliant. This time, Ma Xiunuo will definitely live a life worse than death."
Suddenly, Jiang Chen's ears twitched, and he smiled: "It seems someone is fighting. Let's go take a look."
The direction the sound came from was near the academy's back gate, not far from here.
After exiting the back gate, there was a small hill and a patch of woods.
Just as Jiang Chen and Jing Wuming stepped out the back gate, an angry roar sounded: "If you've got the guts, just wait. I'll go call my boss over."
Immediately after, Xiao Wu's disdainful voice rang out: "Call him then. Are we Working-Study Students afraid of you?"
"Hiss... Isn't Boss Xiao the strongest in our academy? How does he have a boss? Could there be someone even stronger than him?" Someone exclaimed in shock.
Then a wave of disdainful voices followed: "You Working-Study Students are dead for sure. Once our real boss makes a move, a hundred of you wouldn't be enough."
Suddenly, Wang Sheng, among the Working-Study Students, seemed to remember something. He sucked in a sharp breath and anxiously said, "Third Brother, Sister Xiao Wu, we need to leave quickly. If we're too late, we're dead for sure."
"Why are you so timid? Third Brother and I aren't afraid. What are you afraid of?" Xiao Wu said discontentedly.
Wang Sheng became even more anxious: "Sister Xiao Wu, they're not wrong. Once that person arrives, none of us will be able to leave."