High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 183: Chapter 107 Seven-Color Flower and Strip Grass_1

”The little spiritual wizard has fainted again!”

”Her eyes are still open, but she’s unconscious.”

”Did that flower steal her soul?”

”The plants in the Hundred Herb Gardens are too scary!”

”No, no, it’s not that terrifying! Everyone stay calm, don’t panic.” Tang Dun, standing at the back of the group, orders loudly to maintain order: ”The flower probably has a hypnotizing effect, Li Meng should have just fainted, everyone, don’t panic!”

The boys and girls of Astronomy Class 08-1 formed a tight circle, casting careful glances at the unconscious Li Meng in the center of the venue, whispering behind cupped hands to each other.

Jiang Yu bent over Li Meng, muttering something quickly in her ear.

Zheng Qing presumed she was casting a spell to awaken the unconscious.

However, this commonly effective method seemed utterly useless within the Hundred Herb Gardens.

Li Meng remained unconscious.

Jiang Yu looked anxiously around, causing the onlooking students to grow more anxious.

”Control the atmosphere.” Xiao Xiao stood behind Zheng Qing and lightly nudged him.

Zheng Qing was startled, then realized.

Because of this minor accident, the freshmen were all somewhat anxious.

However, Tang Dun, as the class monitor, still insisted on maintaining order at the back of the line, in accordance with the professor’s instructions.

As for the deputy class monitor Jiang Yu, if Li Meng didn’t wake up, Zheng Qing assumed she would continue to hold her like this.

While the top student, Liu Feifei, with a horrified look on her face watching the unconscious Li Meng, was clearly not the right choice to soothe everyone.

As one of the only two fully-funded students at Jiuyou Academy this year, the classmates had a certain respect for Zheng Qing, so this responsibility inevitably fell on his shoulders.

”Everyone, quiet down!” Zheng Qing reluctantly stood up, trying to reassure them, ”Everyone, first pay attention to the environment around you, so you don’t accidentally touch any plants.”

The previous buzz of discussion suddenly silenced.

Each person carefully turned their body, examining their surroundings carefully, being wary of any strange plants appearing.

”The professor is here!” Duan Xiao Jian was shouting at the outskirts of the crowd, breaking the just stabilized atmosphere, ”Make way, make way.”

With a stern face, Professor Li Qihuang strode through the crowd to Li Meng’s side.

”What happened?” He asked softly.

”Li Meng touched a plant with seven-colored petals earlier, and the flower made a leaking sound.” Jiang Yu lifted her head, with an anxious expression but speaking quickly and logically, ”Then Xiao Meng lost consciousness.”

”Seven-colored petals? Lost consciousness?” Professor Li raised his eyebrows.

”Even though her eyes are open, her pupils do not react to any external light. However, other body functions are intact, and there’s a condition reflex to external stimuli. The ’sobriety spell’ didn’t work, and the ’anti-coma spell’ didn’t either.” Jiang Yu reported every check she made just now.

”Very good.” Professor Li nodded satisfactorily, pressed slightly on several acupoints on Li Meng’s forehead and hair, and let out a sigh of relief: ”Don’t worry, she’s just allergic to the pollen of the seven-color flower... you, go find Uncle Sistanda for a few reeds.”

Duan Xiao Jian quickly squeezed out of the crowd and ran to the front of the line.

”Allergy?” Hearing Professor Li’s explanation, Zheng Qing asked curiously, ”Shouldn’t allergies cause sneezing? I’m allergic to poplar fluff, and I sneeze and have a runny nose all the time.”

”If you don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t butt in!” Xiao Xiao scowled, forcefully dragging the ignorant fully-funded student backward.

An amused, exasperated expression appears on Jiang Yu’s face.

”Ah, the allergic reaction to Seven-Color Flowers is somewhat different from the one to willow catkins.” Professor Li also laughed, he didn’t avoid Zheng Qing’s question but instead seriously explained: ”When the Seven-Color Flower is externally stimulated, it will contract its flowering house and eject some irritating gas from inside the flower - most of these gases have hallucinogenic effects.”

”Since it’s a gas that sprays from inside the flower house, it is bound to carry some of the pollen from the Seven-Color Flower.”

”Most of the time, the hallucinogenic gases will cause the creatures that hurt the flowers to lose their sense of direction, leading to symptoms such as dizziness, memory loss, or temporary blanking of the brain.”

”However, if the creature that’s hurting the flowers is allergic to pollen, then this gas mixed with pollen, the harm it causes will dramatically increase, potentially leading to symptoms such as coma or shock. In severe cases, it could even cause the wizard’s magic power to riot.”

”Magic Power Riot!” Jiang Yu’s face instantly lost its color, she looked at the professor in horror and cried out: ”She can’t have a Magic Power Riot... she’s a Spirit Witch.”

Zheng Qing took a deep breath in shock.

He was no longer a rookie in the wizarding world, he knew what would happen if a Spirit Witch had a Magic Power Riot, which he learned from an incident at the Wandering Bar a few days ago.

Simply put, a riot of Magic Power in a Spirit Witch is a disaster.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, it’s like a nuclear leak in the wizard’s world.

”A Spirit Witch?” Professor Li didn’t seem nervous, instead, he seemed quite interested and looked at the unconscious little witch with understanding: ”I see... Don’t worry, ’Reed Grass’ is very effective for symptoms related to ’Loss of Soul’, especially the ’Reed Grass’ in the Hundred Herb Gardens, which is always considered top-grade in the Alliance. Also, this little girl’s allergic symptoms are not severe, she should not lose control of her magic power.”

This explanation clearly relieved many of the surrounding students.

”But, Professor,” Liu Feifei, who was standing next to them, suddenly spoke up, interrupting the professor and stuttered, ”From what I remember, Reed Grass is a herb used to cure scabies, I haven’t heard that it can heal ’Loss of Soul’...”

Perhaps it was only after she spoke did she realize she was questioning the professor, and her voice increasingly became softer, eventually becoming inaudible.

The crowd watching suddenly fell silent.

Questioning the school’s Pharmacy Professor about the usage of herbs, there could hardly be anything more audacious.

If Liu Feifei was not Jiuyou Academy’s top student, she would have certainly been silenced and pulled away.

Many people watched the scene in front of them, excited and nervous.

”Very good!” Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Professor Li was not angry at all, but appeared very pleased, ”What is your name?”

”Her name is Liu Feifei!” Someone in the crowd immediately answered that question.

”Her name is Liu Feifei, she’s this year’s scholarship student, Professor!” Others eagerly added, ”Also, she’s our academy’s top student!”

”Very impressive.” Professor Li casually coughed, and the students nearby immediately fell silent.

”In pharmacology, there are two kinds of plants known as Reed Grass.” The professor’s words brought a sense of realization to everyone:

”One looks similar to leeks, with white flowers and black fruit. Eating its fruit can cure scabies. This kind of Reed Grass is rare but it’s frequently used in some ancient prescriptions.”

”The other kind of Reed Grass resembles sunflowers, with red flowers and yellow fruit, the shape of the fruit looks like a baby’s tongue. Consuming this can relieve confusion.”

”The Reed Grass I was referring to earlier was the second kind, and only this type of Reed Grass is grown in the Hundred Herb Gardens.”

Liu Feifei’s face gradually turned red, she stuttered, then suddenly bowed deeply to Professor Li: ”I’m sorry!”

”What do you need to apologize for?” Professor Li widened his eyes, sounding incredibly surprised, ”As an excellent student who is unafraid to question, I should reward you with a credit!”

Liu Feifei stood up, her face flushed and her eyes welling up with tears, but the smile on her face was simply uncontrollable.

Other students looked on with envy, approaching to offer their congratulations.

Zheng Qing sighed silently to himself.

Such credit, earned through solid knowledge, was truly enviable.