Chapter 12

Chapter 12: I Just Want to Be a Minor character

Demon-Hunting Academy, male dormitory.

Night had fallen, but the clamour and noise of the male dormitory still continued.

“Su Ming! Come out here!”

“You have the guts to spread rumours about Xu Qianqian, so why don’t you have the guts to open the door?”

“Open the door and let us pay our respects to your face. No, let us pay our respects to your esteemed face!”

“Don’t be scared! We just want to have a chat with you!”

“That’s right! Chat with you!” (This was accompanied by the sound of sharpening swords.)”

Shouts like those came one after the other, and the door was pounded on so hard that it almost broke.

Lei Hao and Ye Bai, who were blocking the door, were terrified.

“Holy shit! These guys really won’t give up!”

“If not for the fact that they’d get punished for damaging dormitory property, the door would have been torn down by those muscleheads long ago.”

At this point, Lei Hao and Ye Bai were also trembling in fear.

“…”

Su Ming was hiding in his bed, listening to the incessant banging on the door. His mind had long since broken down.

“Agh!”

He wanted to curse, but he had no strength left.

Especially when his two friends were still making fun of him.

“Hey, Su Ming, why don’t you simply go out and take your punishment? Otherwise, we won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

Lei Hao suggested to Su Ming.

“Get lost!”

Su Ming spat out a single word.

Ye Bai spoke up for Su Ming.

“If you go out now, you’ll really get tied up and whacked with a sword, right?” Ye Bai said. “We can’t sell our brother out this time, Young Master Lei!”

The tone of his voice sounded very righteous, but the words made Su Ming want to beat him up.

Furthermore, Su Ming felt he was only speaking up for him because he still wanted Su Ming to deliver the message.

If not for this guy, who had helped him distract the burly men when he was in a pinch, Su Ming would’ve definitely had to use that slender and flexible steel sword he had hidden away.

For that reason, he would let him go for now.

For now

Ye Bai, who was focused on blocking the door, suddenly felt a chill behind him.

As for Lei Hao, he seemed to be rather nonchalant about blocking the door.

There was nothing he could do about it.

“Who told you to flirt with our goddess?” Lei Hao said angrily.

“Who flirted with her?” Su Ming said as he clenched his teeth. “I’d rather stay far away from her!”

“Then give me the note.” Lei Hao’s eyes rolled. “I’ll go on your behalf. How about it?”

“Take it.” Su Ming tossed the note to Lei Hao without hesitation. “Go tonight and I guarantee you’ll bring back a beauty.”

“I’ll believe that when I see it!” Lei Hao took the note but didn’t open it. Instead, he cursed.

He was only joking around, or perhaps he really did have such delusions, but he didn’t dare to act on them.

After all, Xu Qianqian had invited Su Ming, not him, Lei Hao.

If he really went to the date, Xu Qianqian would definitely not be nice to him.

And clearly, Lei Hao didn’t dare to provoke Xu Qianqian.

He didn’t want to become one of those heroes who had been scolded by her.

“You should go to the date yourself.” Lei Hao tossed the note back to Su Ming reluctantly, then sighed as if lamenting the decline of morality in the world. “Senior Qianqian must have something important to say to you, otherwise she wouldn’t have chosen someone so insignificant in the academy. I wonder what it is about you that she sees.”

At this point, Lei Hao’s tone of voice couldn’t help but become a bit sour.

“Do you think I care?”

Su Ming crawled out from under the covers and sighed.

He clearly only wanted to be a Minor character. He had been doing it well up until now, so why did he suddenly run into such a troublesome situation?

Could it be that this was a trial added by the world’s will?

Was it unwilling to see him effortlessly achieve unparalleled success and become invincible, so it was making things difficult for him?

It had to be!

Damn you, heavens, don’t forget that the so-called protagonist is Wolf Exterminator, who dares to defy even the will of the world!

Su Ming looked at the note in his hand in a terrible mood. He needed to think carefully about whether he should accept Xu Qianqian’s invitation.

If it were any other time, Su Ming definitely wouldn’t have accepted it.

You’re just inviting me because you said so? Just because you want me to go, I have to go? What right do you have? We still haven’t settled our grudge yet, and you want me to be nice to you?

Are you thinking about peaches?!

I, Su Ming, like to say no when someone is acting high and mighty and determined to get what they want!

While Su Ming could ignore Xu Qianqian’s charm, he couldn’t ignore her influence.

“I’ve been watching you for a long time.”

Xu Qianqian had indeed said that.

Su Ming felt he needed to understand what she meant by that.

Although the incident today had made him angry, it was nothing more than gossip. It didn’t affect Su Ming’s plan to become the Sishiluo Sword God.

Could it be that because he had come into contact with the goddess and some rumours had spread, the academy and the Base City would make Su Ming carry out dangerous missions to fight against dangerous spirit demons?

No.

As long as Su Ming didn’t expose his strength, the academy and the Base City wouldn’t push him to the forefront. At most, he would be a source of amusement for others.

Therefore, although this incident would have some impact on Su Ming himself, it wouldn’t affect his plans. At most, it would only cause some trouble.

But Su Ming couldn’t help but pay attention to Xu Qianqian’s words.

“Has that crazy woman really been paying attention to me for a long time?”

If it was true, why?

Had he exposed himself somewhere? Or did she discover something?

If that was the case, Su Ming would have no choice but to confront Xu Qianqian face-to-face.

It wasn’t for any other reason; he just wanted to eliminate the hidden danger.

“If that crazy woman exposes my strength to the academy or the base city’s higher-ups, it will really affect my plans.”

Especially since Xu Qianqian’s status was truly extraordinary.

As mentioned earlier, the so-called hunters were actually humans who had obtained the power of a spirit demon.

Spirit demons ate blood because it was the source of their power. Therefore, if one obtained the blood essence of an entire spirit demon and refined it into an illusion potion, then the person who consumed the potion would have a certain chance of obtaining the bloodline of the spirit demon and becoming a hunter with its power.

Of course, one would still need to consider whether or not they could adapt to and successfully utilise the power, but this was indeed the only way for ordinary people who could not awaken a spiritual constitution or become warlocks to obtain such power.

Bloodlines could be inherited.

In other words, the descendants of hunters would inherit the bloodline of their ancestors and naturally possess the power of a spirit demon.

Thanks to this, there were many hunter clans in this world.

Why did Su Ming and Ye Bai call Lei Hao “Young Master” from time to time?

Because Lei Hao was a hunter who had inherited his ancestor’s bloodline and naturally possessed the power of a spirit demon.

Of course, it was obvious from Lei Hao’s Minor character-level performance that his bloodline wasn’t anything special.

Bloodlines were indeed hereditary, but as they passed down through generations, they would become weaker and weaker until they disappeared completely. It wasn’t at all strange.

Lei Hao’s family was a small clan with a rather weak bloodline. Even the power of that ancestor who had consumed the illusion potion wasn’t particularly strong. It was only natural that after passing it down through generations, it would end up like this.

Xu Qianqian was different.

Xu Qianqian was also born into a hunting family, but her family was far stronger than Lei Hao’s.

It was said that Xu Qianqian’s family had always married hunters with powerful bloodlines to maintain their own bloodline and prevent it from weakening.

There were quite a few hunting families like Xu Qianqian’s. They generally placed great importance on bloodlines and did everything in their power to prevent them from weakening, to the point where they even allowed close relatives to marry each other.

This was why there were rumours within the academy that Xu Qianqian had already been betrothed and that her family had arranged a marriage for her.

In this manner, the Xu family expanded and maintained their bloodline while continuously broadening their influence in the human world. They had long since become one of the strongest hunting clans in Longyao City.

Even in other base cities, few people were unfamiliar with the Xu Family of Longyao City.

The Xu family had a large number of powerful hunters and people who held positions in the base city’s higher-ups. Even if they didn’t control half of Longyao City, their every word and action could influence the city’s policies and direction.

Xu Qianqian’s father was the second son of the current head of the Xu Family of Longyao City.

In other words, Xu Qianqian’s grandfather was the top dog of the Xu Family, and her father held a position in the city’s higher-ups. He was one of the highest-ranking people in all of Longyao Base City.

This was why Xu Qianqian was said to have been born into a family with noble blood, and why she was regarded as Longyao City’s future supernova.

Even if her strength were lacking, her influence would still be significant. Never mind that she wasn’t weak at all.

If Xu Qianqian really exposed Su Ming’s strength, the school and the higher-ups of the Base City would definitely take notice.

If that happened, it would be a real big trouble.

“For now, I’ll put aside all other concerns. I need to find out how Xu Qianqian noticed me. I need to investigate this properly.”

Therefore, Su Ming could only accept the invitation.

Of course, Su Ming knew Xu Qianqian had some sort of goal since she mentioned the incident from that night.

“What exactly will she do?”

Su Ming couldn’t figure out what Xu Qianqian was thinking.

This person was from a different world than Su Ming. They had never crossed paths before, so Su Ming naturally couldn’t guess what she was thinking.

“Whatever.”

Su Ming opened the note.

“Let me see what you plan to do.”

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