High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 208: Chapter 132, Pavilion No.3 and Flying Garden_1

The venue for the morning class is called the Flying Garden. It’s not within Jiuyou Academy, but it’s located in the public area of the first university.

The way to reach it is the same as with other common areas. Starting from the West Chinese Garden, we walk along the secret corridor built next to the academy’s wall, and then turn off at Pavilion Number Three, you can arrive at your destination.

The environment of the Flying Garden is very similar to Green Valley, with soft grass underfoot and surrounded by endless bamboo forests.

However, compared to the elongated Green Valley, the terrain here is broader and flatter. If you say that Green Valley is a narrow valley, then this would be a mini basin.

Flying Garden does not mean that many avian magic creatures are bred here, nor does it imply this is an Enclave of the first university - strictly speaking, all the public areas of the first university are enclaves.

The original meaning of Flying Garden is ’Abandoned Garden’. It’s rumored that this was originally a hunting ground abandoned by the school. After several transformations, it was turned into an area suitable for students to do morning workouts or classes, and it is commonly referred to as ’Abandoned Garden’, which means an abandoned hunting garden.

But then, it’s not known when the ’First University’ redefined it as ’Flying Garden’.

When Zheng Qing first heard of this story, he was really taken by surprise.

Originally he thought that the first university’s level of activity could be understood as a form of artificial intelligence, which should belong to a more mechanical kind of intelligence. However, the act of naming ’Flying Garden’ clearly goes beyond the pattern of ordinary mechanical thinking. The ability to avoid taboos and choose more elegant puns means that the wisdom of the first university is far beyond his imagination.

There was a time when he worried whether this kind of powerful intelligence of the first university could bring disaster. But after experiencing various magical enchantments, he thought he was making a fuss over nothing.

Let alone the mysterious and unpredictable ’divine beings’ from beyond, even the arch-enemies of wizarding world - the demons alone can destroy this world countless times. In comparison, the intelligence of the first university doesn’t seem significant.

Furthermore, there’re registered wizards above ordinary wizards, grand wizards above registered wizards, and even more mysterious beings above grand wizards.

If the sky falls, there will be tall ones to hold it. Any disaster seems too distant for Zheng Qing.

Because of the vastness of the Flying Garden and its open view, the school often chooses here to host outdoor celebrations or small-scale Hunting team competitions. Therefore, the school has specifically built lined stands and chairs among the surrounding hills.

In Zheng Qing’s view, this is like a massive sports field.

Walking not far from Pavilion Number Three in a bamboo forest, we are now at the Flying Garden main venue.

Standing on the hill and looking into the distance, the green carpet beneath your feet slowly unfolds, dotted with a few low shrubs here and there.

Shadows on the lawn for morning classes, apart from many students from the first university, also include those cute and charming little pets.

On the sky, various sparrows, pigeons, geese fly, on the ground, various cats, dogs, toads, snakes, mice, jade rabbits, etc. run. They vary in kind and are numerous in number.

As Zheng Qing just stood on the hill for a while, a blue and white fur ball ran over yelling enthusiastically.

It was Poseidon.

Zheng Qing picked up this little fellow who was frolicking around, patted his furry body, and the slight depression in his heart disappeared without a trace.

After the morning class, seeing Poseidon twirling around his trouser leg, Zheng Qing suddenly wondered.

”Why can they come here in the morning?” Zheng Qing asked with a big tongue, ”I remember school banned these little things from running around.”

He was lying on the grass, comparing with Poseidon, who could extend the tongue longer.

”Actually they can come anytime,” Xiao Xiao looked at her dumb partner in speechless amazement and said, ” but you only appear here in the morning.”

Zheng Qing quickly retracted his tongue when he heard this, looked at the Little Fox feeling sorry.

”And, the school doesn’t prohibit small animals from sauntering in the campus. It’s just that, due to certain dangerous areas such as Lin Zhong Lake’s Fishmen, the graveyard in the backyard of the academy, the ’First University’ would restrict the range of activities of unintelligent creatures.”

”The ’First University’ again,” Zheng Qing commented and he keenly noticed the emphasis in Xiao Xiao’s speech, ”So does that mean, if one is intelligent enough, they can freely roam the campus?”

”Some creatures with a keen sense of danger also have this privilege,” Xiao Xiao added, ”Even if their intelligence doesn’t meet the standard.”

”Poseidon is clever!” Zheng Qing rubbed the fur ball in his hand, asked happily: ”So can I bring this little guy along on tonight’s Lake patrol?”

Poseidon happily wagged its tail, not sure if it was happy for Zheng Qing praising it smart or excited about wandering around the big lake with its owner tonight.

”Are you asking me?” Xiao Xiao drooped his eyelids, looking at him as if being teased, ”I’m not the ’First University’, how would I know the methods of assessing an animal’s intelligence...of course, you can also ask the duty officer of the repair office or the teacher leading your patrol team. They should have a special method.”

”Oh, my poor Poseidon.” Zheng Qing grabbed the Little Fox’s front leg roots, lifted it up, measured it, and sighed, ”I don’t know if you will get scared and pee yourself when you see Fishman.”

Poseidon’s little pink tongue drooped at the corner of its mouth, looking like it was on the brink of death. It didn’t seem to like Zheng Qing’s movement very much, so it curled up its limbs, swayed its head irritably, trying to find a more comfortable position in this state.

”Your fox is not wearing pants, naturally it won’t pee its pants.” Xiao Xiao commented mercilessly, ”Also, I’ve always been curious, why did you give such a masculine name to a female fox...Can it be so-called contrast-weeb?”

”Female fox!” Zheng Qing lifted up the Little Fox and was taken aback, ”I always thought it was male.”

”Whoa!” Poseidon waved its big tail and gave Zheng Qing a smack.

”Ignorance.” Xiao Xia laughed up his sleeve.

Zheng Qing frowned, staring at the blue and white fur of the Little Fox in front of him, thinking hard, but couldn’t remember why he gave it such a masculine name.

It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with gender, he finally concluded, it must be because of its wave-like fur.

Little Fox didn’t care at all about whether its name suited its gender.

It finally broke away from Zheng Qing’s clutches, climbed onto his shoulder along Zheng Qing’s arm, and then stuck out its pink tongue, comfortingly licking his earlobe.

Zheng Qing turned his head to the side and didn’t mind.

Because he found something more important.

A small dark blue paper crane.