High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 599: Chapter 268: Paper Turtle Town_1

”What the hell?”

”What did you grab down there?”

Zheng Qing’s sudden outburst immediately drew the attention of the other hunters in the absolution team, accurately speaking, it was Zhang Ji Xin and Xin Fat Man who were alert.

As for Xiao Xiao, he had clearly noticed the uninvited guests on top of his head earlier: ”I think they are behaving quite normally.”

”I didn’t notice anything unusual either.” The young scholarship student nodded, admitting, and meanwhile, commanded the vines on his head to bring down those few captives, then released them: ”But being careful never hurts...as you just said, this is not the backyard of the academy, it’s not a safe place.”

As the vines slowly loosened, several small birds with blurred flesh and blood from being strangled appeared in front of everyone.

”Well, you can tell that they are indeed normal.” Zhang Ji Xin came closer and commented.

”It’s a bit of a pity.” Xin Fat Man smacked his lips, regretfully said, ”Next time you use a spell, you can exert a little less force, don’t crush their bones...if they were in good shape, I could have roasted some nice afternoon tea snacks for you. I brought a full set of picnic utensils, and also the seasonings.”

Upon noticing the eyes of those around him, especially Xiao Xiao’s serious ones, the fat man immediately raised his hand and added, ”Okay, okay, I know the definition of second-degree murder in the ’Wizard’s Code’ and a series of judicial interpretations, you and ’Mister’ have mentioned it enough times... I am not that wealthy enough to casually hunt wildlife and pay a heavy consumption tax. It’s just that as I remember, many of the rules in the code do not apply in the outside world, am I right?”

With that, he looked at Xiao Xiao with an inquisitive eye.

”Mmm-hmm.” Xiao Xiao grudgingly nodded, but still kept his face straight and emphasized, ”Though in places like this there is no need to strictly adhere to the ’Wizard’s Code’, it is much harder to form a good habit than to break a good one...sooner or later, your big mouth will get you into deep trouble.”

”I hope that day comes a lot later.” The fat man grumbled, ”It’s best to wait till I finish my last dinner.”

”This isn’t the academy! And it’s not a picnic either!” Zhang Ji Xin also glared at the fat man, with his index finger pointing towards the sky above their heads, he reminded, ”Don’t forget the puppet who sent us here... Your Highness!”

”Moreover, who knows what these little things carry on them?” Zheng Qing also chimed in, cautiously saying, ”Just a few minutes ago you were trying to get someone else’s pet to eat your bacon smeared with Datura concentrated liquid.”

While speaking, he took out of a grey cloth bag things like silkworm skin gloves, a dissecting knife, reagents, forceps and other tools. He began to dissect the first prey of the absolution team while adding, ”I must admit, these little sparrows are much more dangerous than your strip of bacon... after all, they can move, and they have a stomach that can be packed with a lot of things.”

He lifted the forceps and shook the inflated object in front of everyone, ”If you don’t open it and take a look, who knows what’s inside this little bag?!”

But to his surprise, the interest of the onlookers didn’t seem to be on the little sparrow’s stomach.

Zheng Qing noticed out of the corner of his eye that the others were surreptitiously exchanging looks.

”If you have a question, ask it! Once I finish dissecting these little creatures, you’ll be really busy.” The Captain of the Absolution Team impatiently said.

”I mean, ” Zhang Ji Xin hesitantly began, seemingly still choosing the right words: ”Was what you just said true?”

”So what you just said, about you giving a gift to Nanjian...!” Xin Fat Man quickly asked, ”Was that true?”

”Most importantly, you’re saying the gift you mentioned is my paperweight?!” Xiao Xiao adjusted her glasses and emphasized, ”My paperweight?!”

”Oh, that one?” Zheng Qing deftly tossed the dissected sparrow parts into different solutions. As she labelled them, she responded with a light-hearted tone: ”Yes indeed! I think it’s such a waste for the Doctor to use that as a paperweight... but for that young girl, a black turtle paperweight is the most suitable gift.”

A black turtle, originating from the Mysterious Water on Chou Yang Mountain, is a peculiar type of turtle. It has the same basic structure as regular turtles, like a head, tail, four limbs, and a shell. However, it differs from normal turtles in that it is black and red in color, has a bird-like head, and a snake-like tail. Its cry sounds like the sawing of wood.

The turtle’s shell has numerous effects, such as reducing heat and inflammation, promoting cell vitality, and rejuvenating the skin among others. But its greatest and most unique function is that it can cure hearing loss when worn.

”Do you have any idea how much gold that paperweight cost me?” Xiao Xiao squinted her eyes, glancing at her team lead.

”Based on your daily expenses, I guess it was likely a small amount.” Zheng Qing stated confidently while consoling her, ”Cheer up, even piles of gold cannot compare to the happiness of helping others. I can help you find a better paperweight at the Wandering Bar when we get back.”

”I want a paperweight carved from Ice Chilong bone.” Xiao Xiao didn’t hesitate in making her big request: ”I remember, there was a paperweight at the Wandering Bar last week - an Ice Chilong’s cranial bone carving. It looked pretty good.”

”No problem!” Zheng Qing agreed readily.

”You have that much money?” Xin Fat Man quickly realized something was off and raised his doubts, ”If my memory serves right, you sold all your talismans to the Wandering Wizard to repay your debt a month ago... cause we had bought a bunch of amulets at that time.”

While saying this, he pulled out his Five-Color Peach Talisman from his waist and waved it in front of Zheng Qing.

Zhang Ji Xin suddenly coughed loudly a few times.

Realizing what this was about, Xin Fat Man hurriedly tucked the Peach Talisman back into his waist.

”Glad to see you remember that.” Zheng Qing curled her lips into a smirk as she passed the dissected bottles and vials to Xin Fat Man, ”It will be your task to test them with different reagents and observe any abnormalities... including any unique properties of the organisms in this world.”

Then, she stripped off her silken gloves, threw them into the fire pit in front of Xiao Xiao, and pointing at the leftover sparrow bones on the ground added, ”There are some leftover bones here, I am guessing you would probably need them for your divination.”

”They might be a bit broken, but they would be more than enough for smoke divination.” Xiao Xiao nodded reluctantly, her eyes still fixed on Zheng Qing, ”So, how do you plan to buy me a new paperweight from the Wandering Bar, run a tab? Even though you’re a gold card member, I don’t think you have that much credit left... I remember the starting bid for the Tanggula Ice Chilong bone paperweight was thirty jade coins.”

”Right here.” Zheng Qing pointed at her temple, ”All my wealth is here... Do you remember where my shadow came from? I trust that Su Daxu will give me a good price. By that time, it will not matter if it takes thirty or three hundred jade coins, it’d probably just be equivalent to a day’s worth of interest I earn.”

Xiao Xiao had a sudden realization.

”Even though she’s Su Daxu, I still want to remind you, when dealing with a fox spirit, don’t be too cunning... or you may end up losing everything, including your underpants.” Xin Fat Man, while tinkering with the bottles and jars on hand, muttered under his breath: ”I’ve heard that they’re willing to give a little advantage to fools, but they love to con the clever ones.”

”Trust me, I have more experience in this area than you,” Zheng Qing commiserated, patting Xin Fat Man on the shoulder.

”Hey! All of you!”

From the side, the long-silent Zhang Ji Xin finally raised his head and called out, ”Seems like we have a little problem... come take a look.”