Xu Qianqian's Taste Is Truly Awful

For the chief of the Hunter Department, the number one hunter student in the academy, Su Ming had naturally heard of Li Wei's great name for a long time.

Although this fourth-year senior didn't have as many halos as Xu Qianqian, that was only because Xu Qianqian's halos were too dazzling. It didn't mean that Li Wei had no halos of his own.

Putting aside everything else, just talking about strength, this senior was undoubtedly the number one in the Hunter Department. Even Xu Qianqian was slightly inferior to him, and so far, there had never been a record of surpassing Li Wei in terms of grades.

Even though this was because Xu Qianqian was a year younger than Li Wei and had only trained in the Demon Hunter Academy for two years, it wouldn't be strange for this young lady from a family of hunters to have received elite training since childhood. Li Wei being able to suppress Xu Qianqian like this was enough to prove that even if his talent and potential were inferior to Xu Qianqian, they wouldn't be too far behind.

After all, this senior's background was also extraordinary. He came from the famous Li Family of Longyao City, a top hunter family that was not much inferior to the Xu Family.

However, Li Wei was not a direct descendant of the Li Family, but a collateral one. Compared to Xu Qianqian, whose grandfather was the head of the family and whose father was one of the high-level officials in the Base City, he was naturally inferior.

But it was said that Li Wei's bloodline was naturally very pure, and there were signs of a reversion to his ancestors. He was not inferior to the direct descendants of the Li Family at all, and even surpassed them. Therefore, Li Wei had now been brought back to the main family for training, and there was a faint trend of him becoming the leader of the Li Family's new generation.

This created Li Wei's current talent, potential, and even strength, allowing him to surpass Xu Qianqian by a small margin, and he was considered an object of admiration for many junior students in the Demon Hunter Academy.

Now, seeing Li Wei in person like this, Su Ming realized that the rumors were not exaggerated at all.

Although he hadn't seen Li Wei take action yet, just by relying on his spiritual perception, Su Ming could vaguely sense the aura emanating from Li Wei.

That aura was not weaker than those regular professional hunters Su Ming had seen.

In other words, Li Wei's strength was conservatively estimated to be no weaker than a professional, and it was very likely that he was not just a one-star.

Such strength was completely different from Lei Hao's.

"Impressive."

Su Ming silently praised in his heart.

While Su Ming was sizing up Li Wei, Li Wei was actually secretly sizing up Su Ming as well.

He glanced at Su Ming, but didn't talk to him. Instead, he kept talking to Xu Qianqian.

"Everyone is looking for you, Qianqian."

Li Wei said this with a gentle expression.

"I'm just taking a walk."

Xu Qianqian's expression was still so indifferent, completely different from when she faced Su Ming.

When facing Su Ming, although Xu Qianqian didn't show obvious emotions, she wouldn't always maintain a cold appearance. Sometimes she would laugh softly, and sometimes she would be surprised and stunned. There was more humanity in her words and actions.

In contrast, when facing Li Wei, Xu Qianqian was as aloof and strong as the rumors in the Demon Hunter Academy said.

Su Ming didn't see too much disgust from Xu Qianqian towards Li Wei, but it seemed like she didn't want to be too close to Li Wei either.

But Li Wei didn't seem to feel anything, or maybe he was used to it, and didn't care at all.

"I know you don't like being surrounded by too many people, but after all, our top students have already formed a team. Leaving the team at will is not a good thing."

Li Wei smiled with some distress and doting.

Behind him, the students nodded one after another, seemingly agreeing with Li Wei's statement.

These people were the top students in the Demon Hunter Academy.

In the Demon Hunter Academy, whether it was the Hunter Department or the Sorcerer Department, those who ranked in the top 100 in terms of grades were called elite students, and those who ranked in the top 10 were called top students.

Therefore, there were ten top students and one hundred elite students in the Hunter Department, and there were also ten top students and one hundred elite students in the Sorcerer Department, adding up to a combination of twenty top students and two hundred elite students in the entire Demon Hunter Academy.

In this situation, as the chief of the Hunter Department and the undisputed number one hunter in the Demon Hunter Academy, Li Wei's team was naturally full of top students.

Xu Qianqian was also in Li Wei's team.

That's right, Xu Qianqian joined Li Wei's team.

According to her, this was a requirement from the academy, seemingly planning to gather a group of the most top students into one team, concentrating the most outstanding combat power in the academy to carry out more difficult tasks.

When Su Ming knew about this, he praised his wit.

"Didn't I say that being too prominent in this world is not a good thing? Didn't she get arranged?"

In order to deal with the threat posed by the Phantasmal Demons and the Spirit Fiend Abyss, whether it was the academy or the Base City, it was common for them to ask powerful professionals to take on difficult tasks and form teams with each other.

And it was impossible to disobey the arrangement.

Because you don't know if the task you rejected will become the reason for the destruction of the entire Base City, and whether your relatives and friends will die because of it.

In addition, the various privileges and benefits of professionals far exceeded the level of ordinary people. If you didn't want to have your license revoked, honestly obeying the arrangement was the only way.

This was the helplessness of this world.

Faced with the Phantasmal Demons and the Spirit Fiend Abyss, humans were truly weak, and it was impossible not to do everything they could.

Hunters and sorcerers were not freelance professions, and their positioning was more like soldiers and super soldiers.

Of course, professionals were not as strict as soldiers. When there were no emergencies, they could still choose their own tasks. This was also a benefit that the Base City gave to professionals, trying to relax them as much as possible when it was not important. Unilaterally restricting them would only arouse the resistance of professionals.

At this time, those unimportant small professionals who would not enter the vision of the higher-ups would naturally get the greatest degree of freedom.

After all, even if there were really any high-difficulty tasks that had to be completed, they would not fall on these small professionals with insufficient strength.

In view of this, whether it was in any Base City, mid-level and grassroots professionals were the most free. On the contrary, those high-level professionals needed to run around for the safety of mankind, traveling north and south, going through fire and water, and it was not strange when they lost their lives.

Su Ming admired these high-level professionals who did their best for the survival of mankind, but he didn't want to imitate them.

The reason was simple, he just didn't want to die.

As someone who inexplicably transmigrated from a peaceful world, Su Ming would find it difficult to risk his life for people he doesn't even know.

Rather than risking life and limb every day for a sliver of survival, Su Ming prefers to amass overwhelming power before steamrolling through everything.

That way, he wouldn't have to fight tooth and nail and could still contribute a bit of his strength as a human. Wouldn't that be great?

That's why Su Ming decided to play it safe and develop, formulating his Sword God of Ten-Mile Slope plan.

Xu Qianqian clearly doesn't have such a convenient position. For the sake of the so-called greater good, she can only join Li Wei's team.

However, this campus belle clearly doesn't like being around these top students.

"Can't I just chat with my friend?"

Xu Qianqian replied to Li Wei so bluntly, not giving Li Wei any face at all, just like the rumors said, her tone full of confrontation.

"Friend?"

Li Wei didn't mind Xu Qianqian's attitude, but he reacted to Xu Qianqian's statement.

Not only Li Wei, but everyone else's expressions became strange.

There's no helping it.

"This is the first time I've heard you say you have a friend, Qianqian."

Li Wei said it just like that.

Yes.

This is the first time Miss Xu has admitted to having a friend.

In the past, this young lady was quite independent, with basically no close classmates or friends around her, including of the same gender.

But now, this young lady has said it in public.

Therefore...

"I really want to get to know your friend."

Li Wei, expressing himself in this way, finally turned his head and cast his gaze on Su Ming.

Then, Li Wei smiled.

"Presumably, you are the rumored Su Ming, junior Su?" Li Wei extended his hand towards Su Ming, and said, "I've heard so much about you."

Hearing this, the whole place suddenly fell silent.

Everyone looked at Li Wei and Su Ming, some with strange expressions, some with playful looks, all kinds of reactions.

"Brother Su Ming..."

An Zijin couldn't help but hug Su Ming's arm.

Lei Hao and Ye Bai also showed some worried expressions.

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu looked at each other, holding their breath, not daring to breathe loudly.

Xu Qianqian frowned even more, just about to say something, but was interrupted by Su Ming's actions.

"What great name could I possibly have? Senior Li Wei." Su Ming gently broke free from An Zijin's hand, met Li Wei's gaze, and politely said, "If we're talking about hearing so much about someone, then it should be me hearing so much about your great name, right?"

As he said that, Su Ming also extended his hand and shook hands with Li Wei.

"Don't say that." Li Wei's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "To be valued by Qianqian and recognized as a friend, you must have something extraordinary about you. Junior, you don't need to be so humble."

"Then senior is probably going to be disappointed." Su Ming showed a seemingly helpless smile, and said, "I know my own capabilities very well."

Indeed, no one knows Su Ming's strength better than Su Ming himself.

Therefore, he won't expose it.

Li Wei seemed to doubt Su Ming's statement, or rather, he just wanted to test Su Ming and see if Su Ming had anything special about him.

"Junior is really humble." Li Wei squinted his eyes and said: "I believe in Qianqian's judgment."

"Really?" Su Ming said jokingly: "Could it be that senior hasn't secretly thought in his heart that Xu Qianqian's taste is really bad, actually being friends with an unknown ordinary student like me?"

As soon as this was said, everyone present was stunned.

Even Xu Qianqian raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, hahahaha!"

Li Wei couldn't help but be stunned for a while, then laughed loudly.

"You really are interesting, junior."

As Li Wei said this, the hand that was shaking with Su Ming's had already tightened unconsciously.

This reaction gave Su Ming a little insight into Li Wei's character.

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