High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 211: Chapter 135: 5 Boxes_1

Putting down the law book where he had copied only one spell, Zheng Qing turned his gaze to the amulets.

When he was studying at the San You Bookstore, he did manage to exchange some fragmentary amulets from the Hui Zi Ji. However, the naive him at that time could only scare a few immature ghosts with the amulets he had picked up from the market.

After some thought, the only reliable one seemed to be the black donkey’s hoof he had bought from the Wandering Bar.

Perhaps this donkey’s hoof had been used as an amulet for a long time. Its entire body was wrapped in an almost glaze-like patina, proving that it had long been in the hands of people for play.

The pure black hoof shell would sparkle with dazzling colors under the light, the grey and white hair at the wrist were neatly trimmed, gathered on the milky white donkey bone.

According to the wandering wizard, this black donkey’s hoof originated from Jiao Zhou. It came from a well-aged donkey that lived to eighty years old and was especially effective against all kinds of undead -- whether zombies, vampires or those spirits wandering at the edge of life and death.

However, Zheng Qing had reservations about these exaggerated claims.

Because he had more than once put the donkey’s hoof in his pocket and lurked around Dylan and Matthew. Apart from attracting their strange looks, he didn’t seem to notice any discomfort from their expressions.

It was understandable for Dylan, after all, he had both vampire and werewolf bloodlines and was a warm-blooded creature, so his insensitivity to donkey’s hoof was forgivable.

But Matthew Karen’s non-reaction to the black donkey’s hoof was telling. It should be noted that Matthew came from the Karen family, a very pure-blooded vampire - surely it wouldn’t be necessary to stuff the donkey’s hoof into his mouth for it to take effect.

Although Zheng Qing was curious about the effect of the black donkey’s hoof, he certainly wouldn’t risk getting beaten up by the old vampires of the Karen family to carry out an irrelevant experiment.

Compared with law books and amulets, Zheng Qing felt that his most reliable means were those talismans.

As a disposable item, talismans were considered a rather extravagant means for most wizards. But for Zheng Qing, who was good at drawing talismans, this was nothing.

In his mind, the biggest advantage of talismans was their diversity, which could provide him with ample coping methods due to his lack of skills.

If you want to calm down, the first choice is the ’Calm Heart Talisman’; If you encounter unknown evils, you can first throw a few ’Evil Suppressing Charms’ to suppress the shock; If the enemy is too strong and you need to run, there is the ’Rapid Armor Horse Charm’, which is said to have been popularized by the ancient great wizard Divine Travel Dashi. When tied to the leg, it can travel thousands of miles a day.

Besides, the ’Spirit Breaking Charm’ can break through the barriers of unknown formations or spirit realms; the ’Exploding Charm’ can act as a simple hand grenade; when the ’Light Charm’ is ignited, it will form an effective lighting area of more than ten meters in radius; the ’Super Fast Flying Crane Charm’ is an upgraded version of the crane letter delivery, which can help the owner to make contact with other wizards in the shortest time.

Thinking of this, Zheng Qing turned his gaze to the grey bag on the table.

This grey bag was a fifteen birthday gift from Mr. Wu. The bag was grayish white, woven from some unknown soft grey skin. The bag was only the size of a palm and shaped like a swimming fish, resembling a fish bag purse. The front side of the purse was embedded with jade stones. The edges were embroidered with small and delicate runes in white silk thread. It looked quite quaint, so Zheng Qing also gave it an old-fashioned name: the grey bag.

The grey bag is a Qiankun bag. According to the more fashionable saying in the school, this bag is a piece of space equipment. The capacity of the bag was not large, only about three to five cubic feet.

For Zheng Qing, this space was already quite ample.

Most of the time, besides books and stationery, he didn’t have many other things to stuff into the bag.

Just like now, Zheng Qing only stuffed five wooden boxes of different colors and sizes into the bag.

One of the boxes was made of Phoebe zhennan wood, with silver inlays and Ruyi shaped handles; the corners and crevices were also wrapped in leather, filled with magical patterns. This box was filled with Zheng Qing’s textbooks, as well as the extra reading materials he borrowed from Book Mountain Library. It was the heaviest one among all the boxes.

The second item to be put in was a toolbox. The box, golden and white in color, was made from hundred-year-old cypress, offering exceptional anti-corrosion and demon-proof properties. The box was filled with tools that Zheng Qing needed to bring himself for the experiment classes, which included two pairs of deer-skin gloves, a dozen disposable silk gloves, a crucible, a mortar, a scalpel, a bone saw, tweezers, etc., all of which were cleaned diligently and neatly arranged in the box.

The most valuable item was a small red sandalwood box. Mr. Wu had awarded this to him for collecting stationery after he had recited all the runes silently for the first time. The turtle shell inkstone, the Pine Script Ink, Yellow Talisman Paper, and purple brush that Zheng Qing often used when drawing talismans were stored securely inside, along with other stationery that Hui Zi Ji Granny Cai had given him, including several blank Talisman Scrolls.

The largest poplar box contained miscellaneous items. For example, several commonly used potions given to Zheng Qing by Deng Xiaoxian, also known as Pan Lv Er, the owner of the small drugstore on Hui Collation, a few plaster patches that the shop owner Li from the Ben Cao Ju on the Hui Collation had given to Zheng Qing, a red paper board written with the character ’Wu’, and even the incense, white candles, yellow paper, etc., as well as a small bundle of Zheng Qing’s daily clothes, were all stuffed in this box.

The most inconspicuous item in the whole grey bag was a small box made of phoenix tree wood. This red box was specifically used by Zheng Qing to store the finished talismans.

Not only were there inferior talisman with an expiry date within three months, but there were also standard talismans with an expiry date of three months, and even a few boutique talismans.

Zheng Qing pulled out the small red box from the grey bag and solemnly opened the lid.

Eight Evil Suppressing Charms, five Spirit Breaking Charms, four Armor Charms, six Armor Horse Charms, as well as two Explosion Charms, and one Light Charm.

These were all the results of Zheng Qing’s efforts accumulated over the past week, spending considerable time outside of class.

They were also his greatest confidence for tonight’s patrol.

Looking at those talismans that could not even fill the bottom of the box, and were so few that they could be counted on hand, Zheng Qing had an urge to cry bitterly.

Before coming to school, this box was filled with finished talisman papers - he originally planned to use these talismans to exchange for some living expenses.

Close to 1500 talismans of all sorts filled the small red wooden box to the brim.

Picking it up each time gave one a quite heavy sense of satisfaction.

However, it only took a weekend to deplete.

He merely circling around in the bar, and the thousands of talismans painstakingly drawn by Zheng Qing all disappeared without a trace.

Including more than 30 boutique talismans, over 400 standard talismans, and over a thousand talismans within the standard range.

Gone without a trace.

Not a single piece of paper was left.

Zheng Qing shook the grey bag in his hand, and shook the small wooden box next to him, hoping to shake out a few talismans he might have forgotten.

Unfortunately, not even a bit of paper dust fell out.

”Rich guy, I think the number of armor charms you prepared for the patrol is a bit small,” Xin Fat Man who was eagerly massaging Zheng Qing’s shoulders smiled flatteringly, ”As the saying goes, offense is the best defense. I have some powerful guys here, why not use the Evil Suppressing Charms to get some? I see you have a lot of Evil Suppressing Charms, you probably won’t need them.”

As he said that, Xin slightly shook the Peach Charm hanging from his chest, his eyes blinking quickly.

”I would spit sulfuric acid in your face,” Zheng Qing, looking at the familiar Peach Charm, gave him the middle finger decisively.