High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 775: Chapter 123 Paper Cranes Fly in the Sky, Black Cats Chase on the Ground_1

The seeds that Zheng Qing was looking for from Zhang Ji Xin weren’t ordinary plant seeds.

Indeed, Professor Li Qihuang of the Magic Potion class highly encouraged young wizards to try planting some herbs with less stringent growing conditions in their free time. However, this most certainly did not include Zheng Qing- heaven knows, if it were not for the few elves he kept occasionally watering his dormitory daisies, he would not even be able to keep a potted plant alive, let alone grow herbs.

What Zheng Qing requested from the Elder Zhang Da were the seeds of Speaker Flowers and the Shadow Preserving Herb.

Although they sound like plants, the seeds of Speaker Flowers and Shadow Preserving Herbs are in fact very standard Alchemy Products. Planting, or rather, ’using’ them does not require setting up harsh external environments or referring to the long growth time of other magic plants. All that is needed is to follow the general rules for using alchemy products, adjusting the auxiliary materials such as Time Sand and Defining Water as needed, and in a short time, the seeds can be transformed into finished goods.

Despite this, there is a difference between theory and practice. For inexperienced wizards, whether it’s planting magic herbs or alchemy seeds, there isn’t much difference - the probability of not being able to plant them or of plant deformity is still far higher than the probability of growing them normally.

Zheng Qing is an inexperienced wizard. Hence, he specifically asked Zhang Ji Xin for advice on this matter.

After leaving the forest, the black cat didn’t go to the Book Mountain Library or back to the dormitory. Instead, it quietly released a paper crane, then followed behind the paper crane directly to find Zhang Ji Xin.

Compared with chatting with a mouse, the young scholarship student clearly considered finding a seed to be of greater importance.

Braving the cold wind, he weaved his way through the withered lawn and rustling shrubs.

The black cat moved like a flash of black lightning, with light footsteps and a hidden path.

The paper crane twisted and turned in mid-air, avoiding the hunting of sparrows and the chill of the wintry air. After crashing into several pieces of transparent glass, the young scholarship student worried that the paper crane would ’break down halfway through the journey’. But, perhaps due to some kind of magical enhancement, the paper crane miraculously got past all the hardships and eventually found the red-faced male wizard.

At that time, Zhang Ji Xin was sitting on the edge of a hunting ground, watching the chase of several hunting teams, and shaking his head while jotting down their tactics and making notes.

When he received the paper crane, the red-faced male wizard was surprised for a moment. He didn’t know who else would use this method to contact him—this surprise reached its peak when he opened the note.

Because apart from the header and the closing, the note was blank, with no other content at all, like a practical joke.

But when he put the note down, his inner doubts were answered.

Because a black cat was lying in front of him, sticking out its tongue, appearing half-dead.

”Water...water... It’s so cold, and I ran myself to death!” The black cat whimpered weakly, collapsed on the ground, and a few wisps of thin white steam slowly rose from its head and limbs. The cold wind wrapped around the steam, making it disappear.

Zheng Qing originally thought following the paper crane to find someone was a ’smart’ idea he came up with. Little did he know that flying in the sky and running on the ground were two completely different concepts. Putting aside the fact that the paper crane had to locate and evade various airborne threats, inevitably leading to wrong turns and detours, just the difference in vertical distance almost cost Zheng Qing his cat life—each time the paper crane flapped its wings in the sky, he had to run his legs off.

Fortunately, he was at Jiuyou Academy, and Zhang Ji Xin’s location was not too far from him. Cats are particularly able to ’shuttle’ around, which allowed Zheng Qing to barely keep up with the paper crane’s traces and not lose track of it.

Even so, he felt like he had lost half of his cat life from the run.

The young scholarship student quietly vowed to himself to never do such a foolish thing again.

”The ground is cold, aren’t you afraid of the chill?” Seeing the black cat plop directly onto the ground, the red-faced male wizard shook his head, put down his notes, and patted the law book beside him.

A light green halo rose up, and several slender vines stretched out from nowhere, gently circling the black cat’s limbs, half-lifting and half-dragging him onto the wooden bench where the wizard was sitting.

A warm breath came from between the vines, easing the soreness in the muscles. The black cat lazily slumped in mid-air, allowing the vines to manipulate him.

Zhang Ji Xin pursed his lips, took out a small set of tea equipment from his embrace, and skillfully manipulated it. In just a moment, a hot aroma rose up in the cold wind, emanating a tempting fragrance.

”Come on, taste my Kung Fu tea; it’s refreshing and invigorating - just what you need right now.” Elder Zhang Da, with an air of experienced wisdom, put a small cup of light yellow tea in front of the black cat.

”Hoo, hoo.” The black cat blew hard a few times, sniffed the tea when it had cooled down a bit, and then gulped it down.

Only then, he had the energy to criticize the red-faced male wizard’s previous actions: ”I was so thirsty, couldn’t you have simply given me some plain clean water? Always dealing with these vague things, dawdling.”

”If you want to drink, drink, if not, spit it out... too much talk.” Zhang Ji Xin gave the black cat a sidelong glance and snorted.

Only then did the black cat calm down and continued to gulp down his tea.

Although the process was a bit cumbersome, it must be admitted that having a hot cup of tea on a freezing day greatly improved the mood.

Watching as Zheng Qing drank four or five cups of tea in succession and finally regained his strength, Zhang Ji Xin, stroking his chin, wondered: ”Speaking of which, why did you turn into a cat again? Is the transformation potion for free?”

”Didn’t Andrew give me a box of it before? I want to use it up before it expires.” The black cat waved his paw, glossing over the matter and turned the topic to the reason he had come here: ”You had Lin Guo notify me...have you found the seeds?”

The red-faced male wizard realized: ”I was just wondering why you’d changed your ways and were willing to come to the hunting grounds to learn from the other hunting teams... I was overthinking!”

The black cat’s face turned red, and with a flick of his tail, he turned his gaze to the side.

As the leader of the Absolution hunting team, he should be responsible for matters related to the team’s tactics and experiences. But due to many recent trivial matters and Zheng Qing’s lack of interest in those areas, he had dumped all that onto the team’s main hunter, Zhang Ji Xin.

”Our team has a dual leadership, haven’t it? You’re doing a good job, a very good job.” The black cat chuckled in an exaggerated way, his words revealing an unnatural guilt: ”I trust you to handle things!”

Zhang Ji Xin snorted heavily and did not pursue the topic further.

In fact, there was no point in pursuing it. He had complained to Zheng Qing about this matter more than once. On one hand, he didn’t hate this extra responsibility, on the contrary, he enjoyed it. On the other hand, if Zheng Qing didn’t want to study hunting matters, could he really force him?

After all, Absolution was only an ’informal’ and ’amateur’ team. Seeing things with a lighter heart made everything easier.