57 Challenging Xue Wei (1/2)

”Your Highness, please introduce us,” a seductive woman said as she looked at the trio with curiosity.

She was clearly aware of who they were, but she also understood that it would be considered rude if she just went towards him and began talking with this young man without addressing the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince smiled amiably and could not help but laugh slightly. ”I do not believe that you have not heard of him before,” he said with laughter in his voice. ”It is Xue Wei, the previously useless nephew of our Primordial Beast Hunter Xiao Lei. He has shocked the entire capital by displaying an outstanding talent for cultivation and for having a special physique that gives him certain benefits compared to other cultivators.”

”The other two are his friends, Miss Luo Zhirou of the Luo family in Tiankong City and Mister Shen Mu, son and heir of the City Lord of Tiankong City.”

As the Crown Prince introduced Luo Zhirou and Shen Mu, they were both greatly shocked by the fact that he knew about them. They were of the impression that they were just unimportant followers, but the Crown Prince had gone out of his way to investigate them. As such, they were not completely invisible.

”Mister Xue Wei! What a pleasure to make your acquaintance!” the seductive woman raised her hand and hid her mouth behind it as she laughed slightly.

”I have heard about your illustrious figure these last few days. To think that such a genius is amongst us.” She continued to laugh as if she had experienced the funniest thing possible, and while Xue Wei frowned a little due to her laughter, the Crown Prince and the other experts surrounding him were all smiling as if it was natural for this particular woman to behave like this.

But it did not seem as if the woman had finished yet; she also seemed to completely ignore the frown on Xue Wei's face as she grabbed his hands and looked deep into his eyes.

”Tell me, is it true that you killed a whole beast horde on your own? Is it true that you have gone from being a mortal to becoming a ninth layer Ordinary Warrior in half a year?”

”I also heard that your strength is many times stronger than any average Ordinary Warrior. How are you able to tell? Have you measured your strength? How did you do so?”

Questions rained down on Xue Wei, and he was unsure of which question to answer if any of them at all.

Others were observing him curiously, waiting to see what he would answer. His words would determine how he would be viewed by many of these experts.

”Our group was indeed unfortunate and encountered a beast horde on the way here,” Xue Wei acknowledged. ”The beast horde was not as terrifying as the ones we have heard of; it mainly consisted of beasts as strong as Ordinary Warriors and a few equivalent to Earth Warriors. They were being led by one beast of the Sky Warrior stage, and there were only a few thousand.”

The Crown Prince nodded his head with a smile as he praised Xue Wei in his heart. To downplay the fact that they had met a beast horde would make others underestimate the young man. It was clear that Xue Wei would rather be underestimated than be respected by these capital noble-born youngsters.

The woman pouted when she heard his story. ”That's it?” she asked in a disappointed way, but a few of the other boys were hesitating slightly.

A few understood that he was underplaying the fact. A beast horde was never simple, and they were always controlled by a Primordial Beast. Even the simplest horde was controlled by one, and thus they were truly dangerous.

Others did not understand this point at all. They thought that the rumors had been blown out of proportions and that Xue Wei had benefited from this.

Many looked down on him. If this rumor was exaggerated, then for sure the others were too. Even if he had managed to go from being a mortal to becoming a ninth layer Ordinary Warrior in half a year, did that not just mean that his foundations were terrible?

Everyone had their own thoughts about the young man in front of them, but while a few had understood that he was not as simple as he seemed, the majority of them looked down on him already.

Some even snorted when he finished speaking. The Crown Prince was one of the few that understood what it truly implied to meet a beast horde; he also understood what it meant to cultivate through nine layers in six months. Even if it was an unstable foundation, it was not something that just anyone could do.

Not to mention, anyone knew what an unstable foundation meant. A few people from the capital had unstable foundations because they had been incapable of giving up on the sudden boost in strength, but the majority had their families knocking on their heads telling them what a proper cultivation base should be like, and thus they cultivated steadily instead.

Those with a cultivation base that was unstable were often looked down upon, and Xue Wei had now been regarded as one of them.

Sensing how the eyes that looked at him contained scorn and schadenfreude, Xue Wei smiled slightly. This way, he had a chance on the dueling platform later if they were to challenge him, but he also understood that it was unlikely that he would be able to do anything other than draw a tie with anyone of the second layer Earth Warrior and above.

”Now that all my guests have arrived, please feel free to share your pointers on the podium. Be mindful of not wounding one another; this is an exchange of pointers, not a life and death battle.”

At the same time as that was announced, Xue Wei, Luo Zhirou, and Shen Mu were led by the Crown Prince towards the group of experts he had been standing with previously.

Here, a few greeted Xue Wei after having greeted the Crown Prince, but the majority deemed him unfit for their attention. Seeing this kind of reaction, Xue Wei felt relieved.