High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 201: Chapter 125 The Bloodstained Ring_1

For a wizard, blood has a myriad of uses, with different bloods serving different purposes.

The blood of magical plants, which is scant and primarily used in magic potions, is relatively singular in its usage. For instance, the Kirin Blood Exhaustion of the palm family can be used to activate blood circulation, relieve pain, heal wounds, and regenerate flesh; the blood of Alder smeared on animals can tame them; the root blood of Mandala Grass, aged over a hundred years, can be used to cure deafness.

The application of magical creatures’ blood is relatively broader. For example, the aortic blood of the Tanggula Ice Chilong can be used to extract Mithril; the heart’s blood of the Changbai Mountain’s Chi Qiu can act as a catalyst in many magical experiments; the ink made from the blood of East Sea Shenlong is a high-end item for transcribing illusion spells; even the blood of seemingly useless Kappa in the eyes of many wizards can be used to feed the offspring of Fish Wives.

As for the blood of a wizard, the uses are even more extensive.

The youthful blood of a young wizard can be used to refine the Philosopher’s Stone; the menstrual blood of a female wizard can be used to dispel evil spirits; a Fu Master can use fresh blood to seal off the vitality of Talisman Paper; a Law Book maker can use fresh blood to refine a more malleable Law Book. Even if one is ignorant of magic involving the use of fresh blood, simply transcribing spells in fresh blood on the Law Book can greatly enhance the power of the spells—of course, this method also significantly damages the wizard’s body.

Zheng Qing looked at the drop of blood revealed after the protein stone embedded in the magic ring in his hand cracked, and his breath suddenly became rapid.

Although the midday sun was shining brightly and the surroundings were bustling with noise, a bone-chilling cold still made him shudder uncontrollably.

”Really?” He raised his head, looking at his companions around him in shock, his voice hoarse with tension.

”I’m used to entertaining the worst assumptions about the people of Alpha Academy,” answered Zhang Ji Xin in a muffled tone.

Xin Fat Man rarely nodded in agreement.

Zheng Qing remained silent.

He did not ask how Xiao Xiao had discovered the secret hidden within the magic ring of the wolf pup; he also did not ask what this drop of blood would be used for.

He just gained a clearer understanding that in this world overflowing with magic, while the sunlight may be brighter, the shadows under the sun are correspondingly darker.

”I thought I just had some minor disputes with those two guys.” Zheng Qing looked at his friends, forcing a slight smile onto his face and whispered, ”I didn’t expect them to go to such lengths.”

As a freshman who didn’t have a long history with the wizarding world and whose interactions with other wizards were also infrequent; Zheng Qing had a strange intersection with these two senior students of Alpha Academy.

As soon as he was the target of someone’s attack from Alpha, he immediately thought of Friedman and Sepulano.

Apart from them, he doubted anyone else cared enough to bother with him.

”A minor dispute?” Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing Zheng Qing’s words and raised his voice a little, ”Suppressing the demonic possession of someone else’s younger brother is a minor dispute? Has anyone ever heard of a wizard being able to return alive from the Black Prison! Or do you think humiliating Sir Friedman is a small matter?”

Zheng Qing nodded subconsciously.

”The ignorance of a layman,” Xin Fat Man shook his head in disapproval from the side, ”To those vampires, longevity is already in their hands, they have few other pursuits. Upholding the honor of the family has become more important than money. You should know, obstructing someone’s path to wealth is akin to patricide, let alone tarnishing the honor of the Blood Race.”

”What else could be left for the Spirits if they even lost their honor?” Zhang Ji Xin also added, ”Do you know what the initial cause of the millennium blood feud between vampires and werewolves was? Nothing more than a dispute over the order of entry to a banquet!”

”But this is Buji Island! The top university! The center of the wizarding world!” Zheng Qing raised his head angrily, looking at the figure in the white robe in the distance, gnashing his teeth and whispering, ”How dare they! How dare he!”

Andrew seemed to have said something amusing, and a burst of laughter erupted from his little circle.

Zheng Qing clenched the magic ring tightly, paying no attention to the pain in his palm from the sharp blood stone and the trembling of his arm due to the exertion.

There was no reason not to be angry.

Although the uses of blood are complicated, for a stranger wizard, stealing the blood of another wizard only serves one purpose.

A curse.

Ancient wizards once said: Cursing means invoking the gods to afflict catastrophe, and praying to the gods to afflict others is called cursing. This implies that a curse is a form of witchcraft implemented by praying to spirits to bring misfortune upon enemies.

Of course, in the course of its long history of development, wizards have imbued this phrase with many new meanings.

As a type of mystical magic, curses come in countless types, varying in strength and application. Even in modern times, with highly developed magical skills, the operating principles of many curses cannot be fully explained using conventional magic theory.

From simple prayer-like curses; using mediators such as hair and blood for cursing; to large-scale rituals involving sacrifices, there are thousands of different types of curses recorded in the ”Wizard World Encyclopedia”.

A weak curse might merely cause the victim to sneeze or have nightmares; a powerful curse, like the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book, can directly snuff out the life force of a great wizard; there are even curses that go down bloodlines, persisting for dozens of generations and implicating thousands of people.

Zheng Qing doesn’t believe that Andrew could make a significant disturbance with this drop of his blood.

But just as with discussing life and death, a curse is a taboo throughout the wizarding world. The ”Wizard’s Code” has even listed curses as being on par with dimensional oscillation experiments in the list of ’Pandora-type Magic Experiments (Forbidden)’.

No wizard would allow others the opportunity to curse them.

”It’s precisely because they dare not that they resort to these despicable means.” Zhang Ji Xin patted him on the shoulder, consoling, ”If the school discovers that they have harmed their classmates, although they won’t be thrown into the Black Prison, they will definitely issue a banning order against them for the whole wizarding world... at that time, perhaps their Clan members will tear them to pieces.”

”Besides, this crude scheme doesn’t look like the style of those two big shots from Alpha.” Xiao Xiao, hugging his notebook, squinted at the freshmen in the white robes: ”As far as I know, Mike Gold Cypress Plano favors educating his opponents with his fists; Sir Friedman prefers more elegant schemes... like isolating you to the point where you have to drop out, or figuring out a way to make you owe a large sum of money to a black wizard.”

”Indeed,” Zhang Ji Xin nodded repeatedly, ”I heard about these two guys from my brother, neither of them is good... but not this stupid.”

”Therefore, there is a high possibility that this is just a way for Taylor’s young master to curry favor with those two big bosses from Alpha.” Xiao Xiao concluded, ”In other words, it’s the subordinates taking the initiative to solve problems for their superiors.”