High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 461: Chapter 130 Sacred Will and Judgment_1

Zheng Qing and Deng Xiaojian didn’t spend too much time in the Hunting Team Management Office.

Thus, when they exited the administrative building of the school work committee, the moon had not yet risen high in the sky.

From a distance, the faint noise of a ball came from the Lakeside of Bell Lake. Occasionally, one could see dazzling fireworks slowly rising from the night sky, hanging between the treetops, looking like blooming flowers.

The beautiful music wafted with the night breeze, evoking many delightful images.

The corridor leading to the academy was very quiet, apart from the weak light from the fireflies with bulging bellies in their sleep, and the occasional gust of wind blowing through the corridor, not a single person could be seen.

Although, the environment was a little eerie, Zheng Qing didn’t feel uneasy due to the presence of an upperclassman at his side.

Of course, it could also be attributed to the constant chatter of the Blue Robe Wizard by his side, which dispelled the gloomy atmosphere around them and made his senses less sharp.

Perhaps due to Deng Xiaoxian’s letter, Deng Xiaojian treated Zheng Qing with much more care than an average senior would. Therefore, while returning, he, as an ’Old Hunter’, continuously imparted various hidden experiences to his junior.

For example, against different terrains such as desert, snow, dense forest, etc., the hunting team must prepare different talismans, array plates, and alchemical goods in advance. Apart from the essential medicinal pills and talismans, every hunter should also imprint a spell for emergency aid inside the cover pages of their Law books.

Another example, when the hunting team encounters a swarm of demons, they should not swarm in unorderly. They should prioritize killing the Wild Demon King of the swarm. Without the Demon King, the swarm becomes chaotic and easy to break up.

Also, during hunts, team members should avoid calling each other by their real names on the hunting ground.

”Those demons are very sharp-eyed beasts. Perhaps at a moment of carelessness, they may catch your name and through the vague connection, curse you,” Deng Xiaojian warned earnestly, ”On the hunting ground, this is a very dangerous thing...”

”Therefore, normally, each member of the hunting team has their own code name — for example, I am called Deng Zi, Qi Qinglan is called Lan Zi, Hoffman is called Lang Zi — because of this, every member of your hunting team also needs to determine their code names. I hope that during training in a few days, you can already use these code names to call each other.”

Since there are currently no available hunting ground rights, the training time for the Absolution hunting team can only be confirmed after the Judgment hunting team gives its consent.

But Deng Xiaojian is clearly optimistic about this, guessing that if Old Yao really stepped in, then this matter would most likely be settled.

Of course, in addition to the rational experiences mentioned above, Deng Xiaojian also imparted some taboos to Zheng Qing that sounded bizarre — such as not washing your face the day before the hunt, offering a sacrifice to heaven and earth when you hunt your first demon, and strictly abstaining from lust during the moon hunting period — especially the last one, which left Zheng Qing speechless and laughing foolishly when he heard it.

As a boy, especially a boy with a bit of self-esteem, he was too ashamed to admit to his senior that he was still a virgin.

After laughing dryly a few times, the young cost-student recalled a question that had been bothering him for a while.

”I’ve always been curious about one thing.” Zheng Qing looked at Deng Xiaojian before finally asking, ”Why is your club called the ’Holy Will’, but the hunting team is named ’Judgment’?”

He had asked his dormitory mates this question before, but even Xiao Xiao was evasive and ambiguous in answering it.

This clouding of truth made him even more curious.

As expected, when he heard this question, Deng Xiaojian’s face crunched up, looking a bit conflicted.

”If it’s not convenient to say, it’s okay,” Zheng Qing quickly explained, ”I’m just a little curious...”

”...In fact, there’s nothing inconvenient about it.” Deng Xiaojian waved his hand, hesitated for a moment, then said, ”You are a public student of Jiuyou Academy. You would have known this sooner or later...it’s just that this issue is a bit complicated. You’ll have to be patient.”

Zheng Qing immediately nodded.

He had nothing else to do this evening, he had time.

Deng Xiaojian mused for a moment before slowly saying, ”The two different names are actually associated with the history of the Holy Will.”

”’Holy Will’ is a student organization born out of Jiuyou Academy. But initially, it was not named that. Initially, it was simply called ’Will’, an organization of students that inherited the ’justice and equality’ of Jiuyou Academy.”

”Due to successive generations of wise ’Lei Zhes’, as well as countless organizational members who have worked steadily for ’Will’, this originally mundane student organization gradually became the most powerful student organization in the academy.”

”So much so that for a long time, the ’Will’ of Jiuyou Academy has been recognized by the students of the entire school, and there was even talk of ’First Will’.”

Zheng Qing swallowed hard, but he resisted the urge to interrupt.

In his view, if the ’Will’ of Jiuyou Academy is indeed recognized by all the students of the school, why do the other three academies in the First University still exist? — he committed this question to memory, planning to pose it to Deng Xiaojian after he had finished speaking.

He then perked up his ears and continued to listen.

”But as it is said in the secular world, there are clans that have lasted for a thousand years, but no empire has lasted for a thousand years.”

”Without the hub of a bloodline, it is difficult for ’Will’ to shine continuously based only on those loose regulations... any inheritance, under the slow erosion of time, will eventually change.”

”You might think that the organization has been corrupted, degenerated; perhaps the original ideas of ’Will’ are outdated due to the changing world; or perhaps it’s just because the students were tired of there only being one ’Will’ in the First University...”

”In any case, there was a time when no one in Jiuyou could completely inherit the title of ’Lei Zhe’... the organization, with a long and glorious history, once fell into disarray, with senior members each doing their own thing and infighting.”

”Let me think, hmm, that period should have been less than a hundred years ago... due to the chaos then, ’Will’ was nearly completely removed from the First University.”

In the course of speaking, they had already arrived at a pavilion.

This was a place within the corridor used for rest and relaxation.

The pavilion was octagonal, with carved beams and painted rafters, and flying eaves supported by eight huge pillars, quietly protecting this exquisite world.

As the cold wind blew past, a faint lustre flashed on pillar tops. The delicate runes engraved on them, resembling tadpoles, swam joyously in the moonlight, from one pillar to another, swirling up trails of misty blue smoke.