Chapter 179: Prejudice
An Xiyu fell silent.
She couldn't refute Xiang Beifei's words.
Xiang Beifei was indeed different from the average student.
Xiang Beifei was just a freshman and someone who had no interest in the career of a guardian at all! He had the strength to kill so many desolate beasts and, logically, would have a greater need for Beast Pills, yet he didn't take a single inner core!
In An Xiyu's view, this was exceedingly rare.
"I thought you had no plans to become a guardian."
An Xiyu's prejudice against Xiang Beifei was mostly based on this.
She believed that Xiang Beifei had the potential to be a guardian, and his parents were also pioneers, yet he expressed his unwillingness to follow that path, unwilling to use his abilities as a guardian or a pioneer.
Yet, it was precisely this kind of student, who had no intentions toward being a guardian or a pioneer, that Professor Guo still treated Xiang Beifei as a cherished student and protected him.
Therefore, she couldn't approve of Xiang Beifei, thinking that Professor Guo's teaching him would be a mere waste of effort, and might even end up cultivating a student who was selfish and only looked out for himself.
An Xiyu was very concerned that Xiang Beifei would become another Wu Shixuan.
"Regardless of what I plan to do in the future, it won't interfere with fulfilling my duties."
Xiang Beifei's words remained calm.
After a moment of silence, An Xiyu finally said, "You are right."
—Perhaps I was wrong.
This thought flashed through An Xiyu's mind.
These hundred or so Beast Pills were not particularly precious, but even the smallest bit of power was enough to add a little more resistance to the city walls against the desolate beasts.
"I'm just here to learn; these desolate beasts should belong to you all anyway," Xiang Beifei said.
In principle, these desolate beasts could have been cleared out long ago, but An Xiyu was originally here to instruct Xiang Beifei. Although the goal was not achieved, the original intention was still very clear to Xiang Beifei.
It was then that An Xiyu's look at Xiang Beifei finally changed, the resistance in her eyes diminished slightly, and the chill in her eyes also softened a lot.
—He probably wasn't the kind of person she had imagined.
An Xiyu pondered in her heart.
She also remembered that Wu Shixuan, an SSR-level talent, had the ability to kill desolate beasts, but every time he killed one, he would take all the Beast Pills, never once showing the intention to leave any behind.
Professor Guo had said that students at the Meridian Opening stage must start following the rules, turning in as much as they are required to.
However, Wu Shixuan had only been enrolled for half a year when he entered the Meridian Opening stage, yet he still didn't follow the rules!
Probably because Wu Shixuan was of SSR-level talent, the professor thought he needed more Beast Pills to improve himself, so he didn't say much, took Wu Shixuan's share upon himself, and then went to the outer desolate lands to turn it in on Wu Shixuan's behalf.
But in reality, Wu Shixuan, of SSR level, was not an ordinary student, and it was very easy for him to kill desolate beasts! Whatever he wanted, he could obtain by making a trip to the outer desolate lands on his own.
Yet, he still chose to exploit the convenience of being a student to kill desolate beasts on this side of the city walls and take everything. What's more important, Beast Pills from beasts at the Qi-Controlling stage weren't of much use to him, yet he wanted them all.
This was because Wu Shixuan knew that Professor Guo would make up for it, so he always took them with a clear conscience.
An Xiyu came to understand this situation because there was a list in Professor Guo's computer. Every time a student killed a certain number of desolate beasts and needed to compensate, he would record it and then turn it in on the student's behalf according to the list.
As Professor Guo's teaching assistant, An Xiyu saw in the list that Wu Shixuan from enrollment until graduation never turned in a single Beast Pill—Professor Guo had covered for them all!
This made her quite angry with SSR-level Wu Shixuan.
Wu Shixuan never added an ounce of defensive power to the city walls; he only knew how to take, never to give!
Yet, the most ironic part was that such a student worked for the Jiuzhou Alliance Defense Command after graduation, managing the guardian affairs of the border and occupying a position higher than Professor Guo.
But, both being geniuses—
Xiang Beifei left another strange impression on An Xiyu.
"He's better than Wu Shixuan," An Xiyu couldn't help but think.
Perhaps her prejudice against him was too strong?
She suddenly realized that perhaps because of Wu Shixuan, she had a preconceived bias against Xiang Beifei, which caused her attitude to be very poor all along.
Maybe not all students are like Wu Shixuan.
An Xiyu wasn't sure in her heart.
But she was very eager to verify whether Xiang Beifei was the kind of person she wanted to see—someone who learned their skills from Professor Guo and Professor Luo and remembered the favor, treating the two elders kindly.
As long as Xiang Bei didn't turn out like Wu Shixuan and hurt Professor Guo and Professor Luo, An Xiyu could let go of any prejudices against Xiang Beifei.
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After a while, An Xiyu asked again, "Do you want the desolate beasts' corpses? They can be distributed like the Beast Pills, and students can take them away to exchange for credits with the black technology research department or the dissection teachers."
"No need."
"Then I will donate them to the school in your name. Many of the school's dissection teachers need desolate beast corpses, and those people at the black technology development center also need them for research. This way, it will be very convenient for you to apply for those tools to combat desolate beasts in the future," An Xiyu said.
"Eh? There are such benefits?"
Xiang Beifei had not thought of this, because the last time he went to the outer desolate lands, it was Fan Kai and Sun Yushan who applied for the black technology, he had not been there and was unclear about the requirements for application.