High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 765: Chapter 113 The Truth About the Black Stone_1

Though Dangdang Ears had some wisdom, could speak, and had a certain degree of survival experience in the wizard world, it was, after all, just a mouse, albeit a clever one.

The world of mice was inherently simple—eat, sleep, play around, with little opportunity to come into contact with concepts such as economics, finance, and currency that emerged after the high degree of civilization development. Thus, when it was suddenly subjected to the impressive but incomprehensible persuasion loaded with fresh vocabulary and unfamiliar definitions from the young student on public expense, it felt dizzy and disoriented, as if its brain had shrunk significantly. Although its brain was only as big as an almond to begin with.

In the language of the wizard’s world, Dangdang Ears had been hit by a magic attack of a mysterious scripture, just like the legendary scriptures of persuasion of Master Sanzang, causing the victims to experience fuzzy consciousness and chaotic thinking.

Let’s not mention the mouse on the tree, with its mosquito-coil-like eyes, looked dull.

Speaking of the dark stone, it fell from the tree and was quickly picked up by Lin Guo.

”Can you tell what kind of stone it is?” the black cat tilted its head, its eyes unblinkingly fixed on the aspiring young wizard holding the black stone, filled with curiosity. It was the first time he had traded with a mouse, and he was truly curious what those sharp-mouthed, long-tailed creatures could offer.

Although considering the gloss of the stone, Zheng Qing no longer expected it to be agate, obsidian, black gemstone, or any other precious stone. But if it was a piece of black meteorite rich in rare metals, or just a plain piece of obsidian, Zheng Qing figured he could accept it.

After all, it’s just a few mice. To exchange them for a piece of obsidian that can be used to inscribe a formation is not a losing proposition.

In response to Zheng Qing’s question, Lin Guo replied honestly: ”No.”

”If you can’t figure it out, let the doctor have a look,” the black cat tone showed a slight impatience, ”you’re just wasting everyone’s time... we still have guests waiting here.”

Xiao Xiao had been standing by, upon hearing the black cat’s, he moved closer, looked at the rock a couple of times, seemed a little surprised, then scratched the stone with his fingernail a few times, gathered some fine powder, and finally looked up with a bitter smile on his face.

”I think, what Lin Guo just mentioned was coal,” said Dr. Xiao.

Dr. Xiao held up his hand, showing the black ash on his fingertip, which was particularly noticeable under the sun, ”To be precise, this stone is not a pure black, but dark brown. In addition, it lacks luster and you can see obvious traces of wood on the cut surface, we can accurately judge this to be a product between peat and bituminous coal, commonly referred to as lignite in textbooks.”

”A type of low-grade coal that produces a lot of dust and smoke pollution when burned.”

”It’s worth very, very little... In fact, I’m curious that there would be this kind of mineral on Buji Island.”

Zheng Qing didn’t care about the doctor’s rambling analysis. As soon as he heard Xiao Xiao’s first judgment, his face dropped, his dark face was even darker than the lignite.

”The object does not meet the wizard’s requirements, transaction canceled!” The black cat gave Mouse King a very concise shake of its paw, then ’poof’ shrank from three meters to a foot high, and turned to the trembling little mice.

Either way, they were still under his control. Fortunately, he was cautious and had a look at the mice’s trade goods in advance.

What a thing! He was actually given a piece of lignite - as a student from a major energy province in northern China, Zheng Qing had seen plenty of this mineral growing up. So, he was slightly more discouraged than anyone else present.

”Where’s my black gold?!” On the tree, Dangdang Ears only reacted after a while after the black cat disappeared, sticking out half of its body, shouting to the people below, ”Hey, you hairless monkeys! If you don’t trade, return my black gold! Are you planning to swindle me? If you don’t give it back to me, I’ll report you to the school!”

The black cat, who was squatting next to the little mice, almost laughed at the absurdity of the foolish mouse’s words.

”Swindle?” He tilted his head, his red cat eyes twinkling, ”Who’s black? Who’s eating who? You want to be black, but we don’t! If you want that piece of lignite, come down from the tree yourself and take it!”

”Actually, that mouse might be right.” biting his finger, Lin Guo quietly analysed from the side, ”You are a black cat, it gave you a piece of black coal...you swallowed its coal, isn’t that ’swindling’?”

The black cat swiped a snowflake with its tail, which hit the young wizard, indicating that it didn’t want to talk to him.

Meanwhile, the surrounding cats and foxes began gathering as the black cat shrank. Especially Poseidon, he was the most active, while the other foxes were still looking around four or five meters away, he was swinging his big tail, wobbling step by step to Zheng Qing.

Similarly, there was that Ragdoll-cat. The moment the black cat shrank, this little cloth cat, who had been hiding behind the forest cat, seemed to have heard the starting gun, and ran to Zheng Qing in small broken steps.

And the mouse up in the tree, dressed in clothes, could not ultimately give up on its ’black gold’. After the cats gathered around the black cat, the mouse finally climbed down from the tree clumsily and asked Lin Guo for the black stone.

When they were giving the stone back, Xiao Xiao suddenly asked, ”What do you use these stones for?”

”What for?” Dangdang Ears was puzzled by the doctor’s question and hesitated for a moment before responding with a haughty look, ”There are many uses! Writing, grinding ink, medicine preparation, heating, building houses, etc., these are just the basics... The more skilled ones in the tribe can refine a kind of shiny little gemstone from it, which can be exchanged for many things from other wizards!”

When it mentioned ’other wizards’, it even emphasized the phrase a little bit, as though it was a great loss for these young wizards from the top university not to do business with it.

Xiao Xiao had been squatting in front of the mouse; seeing it getting excited, he simply sat cross-legged on the ground, completely disregarding the chilly and dirty ground, and took out his notebook with interest, pulled out his feather pen, and started taking notes.

”Shiny, little gemstones,” Dr. Xiao raised an eyebrow, casually pulled out a diamond the size of a pinhead from his pocket and threw it to the Mouse King, ”like this stone?”

Dangdang Ears, which had been cherishing that piece of lignite like a treasure, suddenly lit up its eyes when it saw the diamond Dr. Xiao threw to it, quickly stuffed the lignite under its belly, stretched out its little arms, and caught the diamond.

Xiao Xiao and Lin Guo, who were watching it from the side, moved their lips and turned their faces away simultaneously when they saw where the mouse had hidden the stone.