Class reunion, Qiu Antai

"Well..."

Li Feng hesitated at Qu Bo Ming's invitation.

To be honest, he had no desire to attend a class reunion.

Although he had absorbed his predecessor's memories, he was not his predecessor, after all. There were many things he simply could not relate to.

Attending a class reunion would be no different from gathering with a bunch of familiar strangers. There really wasn't much to talk about.

"Come on. I heard our class beauty—the school beauty, too—is coming.

Heh heh..."

"Class beauty? School beauty?"

Li Feng was baffled. What did this class beauty or school beauty have to do with him?

And why was Qu Bo Ming laughing so sleazily?

No matter how hard Li Feng searched his memories, he found no connection between his predecessor and this class beauty-slash-school beauty.

They had just been ordinary classmates.

Well, perhaps there had been a faint hint of a crush.

But that had merely been an appreciation for something beautiful, nothing to do with romance, much less any drama about unrequited love.

"Yeah, the school beauty from our class is coming too.

She was the gorgeous girl who once had the whole school swooning...

Besides, Tao Yulin and Wan Shuchun are both coming..."

Tao Yulin and Wan Shuchun had also shared their dorm room and were friends of his predecessor.

With the conversation having reached this point, Li Feng could only agree with a resigned nod.

"...All right!"

After hanging up, Li Feng opened the group chat.

Sure enough, the Classmate Group Chat showed 99+ messages.

He opened it and found the class monitor's announcement about a reunion in three days, followed by everyone's acknowledgments.

After a moment of silence, Li Feng finally sent an acknowledgment too, then put his phone away and headed home.

For the next three days, Li Feng continued studying and training diligently, gradually bringing his skin tempering closer to perfection.

Within his mind space, Li Feng did not rush to visualize the other floors. Instead, he refined the fifteenth floor in greater detail.

The elevator, stairs, rooftop, outer walls, and everything else were all replicated and refined, one by one.

As a result, the spiritual radiance of the fifteen-story building standing in the void gradually grew more subdued. Though its appearance became plainer, its underlying substance grew stronger, and its various abilities continued to improve.

It was almost twice as powerful as before, if not more.

Three days passed in a flash...

At two in the afternoon on October 9, Li Feng stood outside the Cloud Summit Hotel, shading his eyes with one hand as he looked up.

Although the Cloud Summit Hotel could not compare to the Aroma Pavilion, it was still one of Yuanyang City's leading luxury hotels.

The class monitor had clearly put some thought into holding the reunion here.

Amid the greeters' welcomes, Li Feng stepped into the hotel lobby.

After giving the floor and room number, Li Feng followed the lobby manager's directions to the elevator off to one side.

Room 808, on the eighth floor.

Li Feng opened the door, and the hubbub immediately reached his ears.

Hearing the door, everyone stopped talking and turned toward him, instantly silencing the noisy private room.

"Hey, everyone!"

Looking at his familiar yet unfamiliar classmates, Li Feng had no idea what to say. He could only raise a hand in greeting with a stiff smile.

"Li... Feng?!"

"You're Li Feng?!"

"You've changed so much!"

"Holy shit, you little madman! What have you been eating? How have you changed so much?"

Qu Bo Ming, who was sitting four or five people away, pushed back his chair, strode up to Li Feng, and punched him in the left side of his chest.

Though he barely felt it, Li Feng leaned back with the blow.

"Come on, Little Ming. You're one to talk. Haven't you changed a lot too?"

A glint flashed through Li Feng's eyes as he looked at Qu Bo Ming, whose aura was concealed beneath the surface.

Judging by that aura, he was probably nearing the intermediate danger level.

Even with his mind fog devouring supernatural entities, monsters, and demons for energy, Li Feng's own cultivation was currently only comparable to an ordinary low danger level being.

And Qu Bo Ming? He was just a normal human from this world, with no illustrious family background.

That could only mean Qu Bo Ming was a genuine, extraordinary genius.

"Tsk!"

For a moment, Li Feng could not help marveling inwardly. He had never expected to have such a prodigious genius for a friend.

"Huh? Not bad, you little madman. Looks like you've made some big gains too."

After hearing Li Feng's words, Qu Bo Ming gave him a surprised look, even overlooking being called Little Ming.

To detect the difference in him, Li Feng clearly had some special means at his disposal.

And in the Investigation Department...

That probably meant the special supernatural power of the Ghost Eye.

"You... became a full-fledged Investigator?!"

Suddenly, Qu Bo Ming's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Feng with some excitement.

"Yeah!"

There was nothing to hide, so Li Feng openly nodded in confirmation.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to become a full member before me."

Qu Bo Ming happily patted Li Feng's shoulder, genuinely pleased for him.

Once the two sat down, the others cast envious glances their way.

Most of those present knew that Qu Bo Ming belonged to the Night Patrol Bureau and that Li Feng was an Investigator.

Even those who had not known learned it from their conversation.

For a while, everyone came over to chat with smiles on their faces.

Before long, the class monitor returned from an errand, prompting another round of greetings.

"Class monitor!"

"Class monitor!"

The class monitor was named Xu Changsheng. Rumor had it he was a direct descendant of a prominent family, though not a particularly favored one.

As he passed beside Li Feng, something stirred in Li Feng's mind.

Perhaps because his skin had been repeatedly tempered, even shedding and regrowing, his senses had become extraordinarily keen.

Right now, for instance, he could sense an immensely powerful force, deeply restrained, within Xu Changsheng.

It was even stronger than Qu Bo Ming's—the aura of someone who had truly reached the intermediate danger level.

Li Feng could not help looking at him in surprise.

Was this another extraordinary genius?

If so, their class really had produced an abundance of prodigies.

Li Feng could not help marveling inwardly.

Tsk. You really can't underestimate anyone.

He had his mind fog, born from the mutation of his soul after transmigrating.

Naturally, others would have their own opportunities too.

Who was stronger and who was weaker would ultimately depend on how their cultivation progressed.

Seeming to notice Li Feng's gaze, Xu Changsheng turned to look at him.

"Class monitor!"

"Li Feng, you're doing pretty well for yourself these days, huh?"

"Haha, not at all. How could I compare to you?"

The two exchanged smiles and a few pleasantries.

Xu Changsheng simply sat down beside the two of them.

Qu Bo Ming looked at Li Feng, then turned to look at Xu Changsheng.

He kept feeling that something had passed between them.

As everyone chatted, their classmates continued arriving.

By the time Tao Yulin and Wan Shuchun arrived, almost everyone was there.

They had barely exchanged a few words when Yun Shang, the school beauty Qu Bo Ming had specifically mentioned, pushed open the door with a smile.

Clouds called to mind her robes, flowers her face; the spring breeze brushed the railing, dew-laden blossoms gleaming...

Yun Shang lived up to her name. With skin like creamy jade and a face as lovely as peach and plum blossoms, she possessed an ethereal, cloudlike grace, like an immortal maiden among the clouds.

The moment Yun Shang appeared, everyone turned toward her, their gazes burning with a hint of infatuation.

Even Tao Yulin and Yang Chunshu, sitting nearby, had their eyes light up.

Qu Bo Ming's gaze was also intent, but his eyes remained clear, and he still had the presence of mind to joke with Li Feng.

"Well? Didn't I tell you? Just getting to see a school beauty this gorgeous makes the trip worthwhile..."

"Hah. Women would only slow down my sword draw..."

Li Feng tilted his gaze skyward at a forty-five-degree angle and spoke with considerable disdain.

"Tch! Quit pretending. Don't tell me you have no thoughts when you see a beautiful woman."

"Tsk. How vulgar. Do I look like someone that shallow?"

Despite his words, Li Feng's gaze never strayed from Yun Shang.

Appreciating and pursuing beauty was an instinct shared by all living things, and Li Feng had never denied that he liked beautiful women.

But that did not mean he wanted to possess every beautiful woman he saw.

It was simple appreciation—appreciation for something beautiful.

"Class monitor, everyone..."

"Our school beauty is here..."

Seeing Yun Shang, Xu Changsheng, who sat on Qu Bo Ming's other side, immediately stood to welcome her.

Looking at the ardor in Xu Changsheng's eyes, Li Feng instantly understood. Here was another admirer of the school beauty.

Come to think of it, though...

Li Feng studied the two. They really did make a fine match—a talented man and a beautiful woman.

Moreover, their intimate interaction clearly suggested they were more than friends, but not quite lovers yet.

What Li Feng had not expected, however, was to discover through sensing her aura that Yun Shang was also a supernatural practitioner, not much weaker than him.

Well, not much weaker than his current physical self.

Tsk, tsk, tsk...

Li Feng could not stop marveling inwardly. He had always heard Yuan Chengfang and the others talk about how rare supernatural practitioners were.

Yet, to his surprise, their class already had four.

No, someone else in their class seemed to have joined the Response Department too.

His name seemed to be...

Li Feng frowned in thought.

Click!

"Qiu Antai!"

"Qiu Antai!"

Just as Li Feng remembered who it was, the door opened again. The final attendee at last arrived, and quite a few people immediately called out in greeting.

"Heh!"

Beside Li Feng, however, Qu Bo Ming gave a quiet sneer, a trace of disdain flashing across his face.

They had never gotten along back in school, and relations between their two dorm rooms had been strained as a result.

"Hahaha, you're all here...

Ah, something came up at our Response Department today, so I was delayed a little. Please forgive me."

As he spoke, Qiu Antai cupped his hands in greeting to everyone.

"Not at all, not at all. Your work comes first, Antai..."

"What are you saying? Call him Big Brother—Big Brother Qiu..."

"Right, right. Big Brother, Big Brother Qiu..."

"Don't forget us old classmates when you make it big, Big Brother Qiu..."

"Hahaha, of course, of course..."

His face wreathed in smiles, Qiu Antai held his head high as he surveyed everyone.