Are We About to Be Exposed Here?

A meeting for self-reflection had been immensely beneficial to the three junior girls.

All three had excellent personalities. They had not ignored Su Ming and the others' admonitions just because they were beautiful and had outstanding potential. Instead, they had humbly taken them to heart, making Su Ming and the other two look at these excessively adorable junior girls in a new light.

Su Ming in particular was surprised. Seeing that Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu, who had often targeted him in the past, had not acted like contrarians at a time like this had made him look at the two girls in a new light.

But in fact, it was not only Su Ming who had gained a new impression of Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu. Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu had also gained a somewhat different impression of Su Ming.

The reason was simple.

"I didn't expect Senior Su Ming to be able to use a Spiritual Art like Form Twenty-One so effortlessly."

Jiang Wanyu seemed to have discovered Su Ming's strengths for the first time, and she looked at him with admiration.

"So Senior Su Ming is actually this amazing?"

Yao Beibei also looked at Su Ming as if she were reassessing him.

"Brother Su Ming is obviously the greatest!"

An Zijin naturally wore a smug expression.

This was not without reason.

"I heard the senior students at the academy say that in the Sorcerer Department, aside from top students and elite students, ordinary students generally only know low-level Spiritual Arts."

"Among low-level Spiritual Arts, which range from Form One to Form Thirty, it really is impressive that Senior can casually use one from the later forms."

Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei praised Su Ming one after another, but their words inexplicably caused his vigilance to rise.

Did I overdo it again?

Su Ming, who aimed to become a Side Character, once again had that thought.

Su Ming hurriedly laughed it off.

"It was only a low-level Spiritual Art. There are plenty of people in the academy who can use it. It's nothing special."

Su Ming began putting on an act.

But An Zijin was unwilling to let that stand.

"That's not true!" An Zijin hurriedly said. "When I entered the Sorcerer Department, many senior students told me that, leaving the top students and elite students aside, among the ordinary students ranked below the top hundred, not many could successfully use spells above Form Twenty, especially among first- and second-year students!"

Under circumstances where only top students and elite students could use mid-level Spiritual Arts, while ordinary students could use only low-level Spiritual Arts, those capable of using the later forms above Form Twenty were indeed concentrated among the upper-year students.

As for the lower-year students in their first and second years, very few could use Spiritual Arts of this level.

In other words, in An Zijin and the others' eyes, aside from the top students and elite students, Su Ming's ability ranked near the top of the Sorcerer Department.

And how many top students and elite students were there in the Sorcerer Department?

At most, there were only a hundred.

Even including the Hunter Department, there were only two hundred top and elite students.

For Su Ming to rank near the top among ordinary students was already extremely impressive.

Ye Bai had felt this deeply as well.

"I've always felt that it was strange for your grades to hover around the middle with ours." Ye Bai patted Su Ming on the shoulder and said, "I still haven't learned any Spiritual Arts above Form Twenty, but you've mastered more than one. Logically speaking, with your ability, even if you couldn't make the top hundred, getting into the top two hundred would be effortless. How could you be ranked in the middle?"

The entire Hunter Academy had several thousand students. The ratio of students in the Hunter Department to those in the Sorcerer Department was roughly seven to three. Even if the Sorcerer Department did not have a thousand students, it still had seven or eight hundred. Ranking in the middle meant being around three hundredth place.

Su Ming's strength was clearly more than that. He should have been able to rank in the top two hundred. That was what Ye Bai and the others thought.

"If I remember correctly, you didn't use many spells above Form Twenty during the year-end assessment, did you?" Lei Hao looked at Su Ming suspiciously. "And every time the year-end assessment came around, you were always so perfunctory and completely unmotivated. You never crammed with us at the last minute, either. You always seemed uninterested. Thinking about it now, that's pretty strange."

"That's right." Ye Bai immediately stared at Su Ming. "You didn't do that on purpose, did you?"

At those words, sweat began to trickle down Su Ming's forehead.

He was starting to panic.

Am I going to be exposed here?

I was already being very restrained!

"Isn't it just a Spiritual Art above Form Twenty? It's still a low-level Spiritual Art, isn't it?" Su Ming forced a smile. "You're all making too much of it!"

Su Ming tried to muddle through with a cute act.

Unfortunately, almost everyone present was half a shrewd person. They had plenty of tricks and schemes in their hearts, so they all expressed doubt toward Su Ming's explanation.

"Perhaps this doesn't count for much in professional circles." Jiang Wanyu spoke very directly. "But in the academy, it should be considered a pretty impressive ability, right?"

"I-I think so too." Yao Beibei quietly echoed. "At least, Senior's performance was even more impressive than I imagined."

"Brother Su Ming is still as amazing as ever!" An Zijin wanted nothing more than to praise Su Ming to the heavens. She kept saying, "Just like when we were little!"

The three junior girls expressed their opinions one after another.

"That's what they say about you, huh?"

"Your heart must be feeling pretty good, right?"

Lei Hao and Ye Bai could not help but become sarcastic.

"You're making too much of it!" Su Ming could only say. "Are you trying to praise me to death? Please don't say things like that in front of outsiders! If being proud of being able to use a slightly later low-level Spiritual Art gets me laughed to death by the top and elite students, wouldn't that be ridiculous?"

After saying that, Su Ming changed the subject.

"Instead of making fun of me here, you might as well hurry up and collect proof that we completed the mission. We're still a long way from each getting 10,000 Contribution Points!"

After leaving those words behind, Su Ming immediately turned and ran toward the Blade Fiend's corpse without waiting for anyone to respond.

"Hey! Why are you running so fast?"

"It's not like we're going to eat you. What's the rush?"

Lei Hao and Ye Bai hurried after him.

"Brother Su Ming!"

An Zijin also ran toward Su Ming.

That left only Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu, who looked at each other.

"Sure enough, this senior isn't that simple."

Jiang Wanyu spoke first.

The two of them had deliberately said those things just now to test Su Ming's reaction.

As a result, Su Ming's reaction had clearly been somewhat off.

"He doesn't seem to want others to think he's too powerful." Relying on her intuition, Yao Beibei said, "I can feel that Senior really wants to avoid this topic."

If it had been an ordinary person, Su Ming might have brushed it off.

But in front of Yao Beibei, who was investigating him intentionally and possessed sharp intuition, Su Ming had been somewhat unable to hide himself.

"What exactly is he thinking?" Jiang Wanyu asked doubtfully. "Shouldn't it be something worth being happy about if other people knew what he was capable of?"

"Perhaps Senior has some difficulties he can't talk about." Yao Beibei spoke softly. "Wanyu, do you think Senior might still be hiding something?"

"For example?" Jiang Wanyu turned to look at Yao Beibei. "Have you discovered something?"

"No." Yao Beibei thought for a moment, then shook her head. "But I always feel that Senior isn't a simple person."

"That's true." Jiang Wanyu rolled her eyes and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"

"I think we should get closer to Senior." Yao Beibei said, "Perhaps I can discover something else."

Yao Beibei now felt as if a kitten were scratching at her heart.

Her sharp intuition told her that Su Ming was hiding something important.

But whatever that thing was, Yao Beibei could never quite sense it.

She felt that she was very close to the answer, yet also seemed very far from it.

That feeling truly made Yao Beibei unbearably itchy with curiosity.

"Then let's create another opportunity later and take a good look at what exactly this senior is hiding."

Jiang Wanyu seemed to have been aroused by curiosity as well.

"Mm!"

Yao Beibei nodded repeatedly.

"Beibei! Wanyu! What are you doing?"

On the other side, Su Ming and the others had already finished sorting through the spoils, and An Zijin was waving at the two girls.

"Hurry over! We're going back!"

An Zijin's sweet shout jolted Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu back to their senses.

"Coming~~~||ヽ(*￣▽￣*)ノミ|Ю"

The two girls immediately scampered over.

After completing the Blade Fiend subjugation mission, Su Ming's six-person team smoothly obtained 3,000 Contribution Points.

When missions were carried out by teams like this, the Contribution Points obtained would be divided equally among everyone. At most, those who contributed more would receive a little extra.

However, after An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu insisted, the Contribution Point reward from this mission was not divided equally. Instead, the three senior students received a little more.

In their eyes, they had indeed received care and gained valuable experience. On top of that, their performance had not been very good, so it was only natural for them to take fewer Contribution Points.

After some discussion, the six of them finally decided that Su Ming and the other two would split 2,000 Contribution Points, while An Zijin and the other two would divide the remaining 1,000.

The three girls even stated that Su Ming and the other two should take the larger share of the Contribution Points they obtained afterward.

The three men did not agree or object. They merely said that they would decide after seeing how things developed.

Of course, Su Ming's gains consisted of more than just Contribution Points. He also had the Blade Fiend's corpse.

Lei Hao said he was somewhat interested in the Blade Fiend's blades and seemed to intend to use them to make a weapon. Jiang Wanyu also took some materials, while the others had little interest in the Blade Fiend.

Thus, Su Ming openly took the remaining parts of the Blade Fiend, tossed them into the Marketplace, and directly exchanged them for Crystals.

Afterward, the six of them accepted two more subjugation missions. They subdued two Phantom Demons whose missions had gone unclaimed because they were relatively troublesome, obtaining another 5,000 Contribution Points.

At An Zijin and the other two girls' insistence, Su Ming and the other two ultimately still took the larger share, splitting 3,000 Contribution Points among themselves, while An Zijin and the other two divided the remaining 2,000.

And so, the day's mission time passed.

Su Ming's six-person group had all gained quite a lot. Each person had obtained a substantial number of Contribution Points, bringing them considerably closer to 10,000 Contribution Points.

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