156 He is Handsome (1/2)
Xue Wei understood this idea. Talented people would not have a lack of friends, but that did not mean he did not have his misgivings about it.
He had experienced such shallow friendship before. He had seen how those who sought to befriend him would sacrifice him the moment it could benefit themselves.
He had seen it when he was with Tie Haolong. Tie Haolong had eventually been cheated by his own group of friends, selling him out and causing him to ultimately lose his life.
Xue Wei was not interested in finding friends for mutual benefits. He believed that such friends would end up causing problems rather than helping him out, since in those moments he might need their help the most, they were unlikely to be there for him.
Seeing that Xue Wei did not fawn over Xiong Bing as the other women had expected him to do, their faces underneath the veils turned slightly surprised.
Although their faces were hidden, no one doubted that these women from the Argent Moon Sect were incredible beauties and that every man wished to gain the favor of such a woman, especially one as esteemed as Xiong Bing.
”Is he gay?” one of the girls muttered to her friend at the side. Although she spoke with a low voice, Xue Wei heard it.
Both his and Hei Gou's faces twitched. The girl who had been asked this glanced at Hei Gou and whispered back, ”He might be, look how handsome his friend is.”
”Then it makes sense why he is wary of Senior Sister Xiong Bing. He might even feel hostility towards women since they always gather around good-looking men. He must feel inferior.”
The two were deeply engaged in their discussion, but their words made Xue Wei's face turn dark. If Hei Gou had made such a joke, Xue Wei would have hit him jokingly and teased him back, but that was because their friendship was genuine, a feeling of brotherhood connecting them.
These girls were actually making fun of their relationship, and this was something he could not accept.
”So you think that any man should behave like a brainless chicken the moment he is spoken to by a beautiful girl?” Xue Wei snorted, clearly aiming his words at the two women who were speaking together. His voice was cold.
”Well, is it not natural to want to make a positive first impression on a beautiful girl?” the woman retorted. This, however, made Xue Wei laugh.
”Why should I be grateful for some attention from a person who does not even deign me important enough to see her real face? Hiding behind a veil, making it so that no one will ever be able to recognize the person in question. Is this your kind of goodwill?”
”I am supposed to be a gentleman? I know nothing of you women, but I know that women are not always righteous creatures. Some women are much more cunning than men; some will never hesitate to achieve their goals.”
As he was saying this, Xue Wei thought of the Ice Harpy, which made him seethe with anger. She was an unrivaled beauty, but she was also the vilest and most evil creature he had ever encountered.
Meeting her had indeed given him a phobia towards people approaching him with a chummy attitude for no reason.
Xue Wei's biting words rendered the girls a little stumped for words. They had never expected that someone saw women like that.
Then Hei Gou started laughing. ”I think your sweetheart will be very jealous if she heard that you have fallen in love with me,” he grinned.
”But what can I do, my appearance can entrance both men and women. Traveling with me for so long, how can you be unaffected?” Hei Gou continued to act as if what the women had said were the truth. Xue Wei shook his head.
”Your narcissism really knows no bounds,” Xue Wei grinned, before turning his head to look at Xiong Bing. ”Well, pretty lady, if you want to become friends with me, then you should get down from your high horse.”
”I don't mind you being arrogant because of your strength, but don't think that all men will flock to be beneath your skirt just because you are a beautiful woman.”
Xiong Bing was silent as she looked at Xue Wei, but seeing that she had no intention of answering, Xue Wei and Hei Gou turned around and left.
”I still think that they are a couple,” the first girl said. Xiong Bing glared at her. Her reply was cold and clear, ”Clearly they are not a couple, their relationship is real brotherhood! That is the deep kind of relationship that you ought to fear! They will not hesitate to die for one another. Such a brother or sister will make life worth living.”
”But he is even more resolute than I expected. I fear that he is the darkest horse at the tournament. He will become a serious thorn in our side, and we cannot just let him be. He shows no mercy to women, so winning against him solely relies on our individual strength. It is already very good if he lets us live when we encounter him in the arena.”
”I should not have told him that the winner can take the loser's items if they kill their opponent. I fear that he will cause a massacre now.”
While the disciples of the Argent Moon Sect were discussing Xue Wei, Xue Wei and Hei Gou were also discussing the incident that had just occurred.
”We have insulted two out of three great sects now,” Hei Gou pointed out. But Xue Wei just shrugged his shoulders. ”I assume that we can kill them in the tournament. That Wan Qiang guy is going to make some sort of contract stating that no one can take vengeance for the results of a match.”
”If he does not do that, then I fear that no one will be willing to kill the experts from the three great sects, while the independent experts will die one after another.”