High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 1530: Chapter 274 Lies and Truth

When Furry Bean appeared in front of Zheng Qing once more, he was carrying a Jade Talisman on his back.

It was an octahedral piece, engraved densely with tiny spell formulas and Magic Script.

Zheng Qing held the Jade Talisman in his hand, and as its clear light flowed, it transmitted a message. The warlock immediately understood the function and effect of this talisman. It could verify a demon’s identity and create invisible shackles to lock down demon aura and magic power.

With it, Zheng Qing no longer needed to constantly point a gun at Nikita.

Of course, this Jade Talisman also had another unspeakable purpose. If Zheng Qing truly fell, at the moment he obtained the Jade Talisman, all his abilities would be sealed by it.

Watching Zheng Qing pick up the Jade Talisman and hang it on Nikita, the last bit of doubt within the Absolution Hunting Team was dispelled.

The Blue Giant deflated like a leaking balloon, with a hiss, transforming from a colossal entity dozens of meters high back into a chubby little boy with pale blue skin. Xiao Xiao put away the turtle shell he had been holding above his head, and Jiang Yu stuffed the law book back into his bag.

Only Zhang Ji Xin’s gloves, whether worn or not, didn’t make much difference, so he didn’t remove them.

”How did you disappear from the team?”

This was the first thing Xiao Xiao said to Zheng Qing when the two teams met: ”I remember very clearly, when we passed Aoxi Street, you were still on that mat... Then, less than five minutes later, you disappeared.”

As for how he left the straw mat and appeared deep within the enchanting forest, Zheng Qing was also uncertain. The only thing he could be sure of was that it wasn’t due to his use of magic or his own volition.

”I don’t know,” the young cost student spread his hands, speculating: ”Perhaps it’s a particular ’phenomenon’ belonging to the Dreamland, or maybe Destiny is playing a joke.”

As he spoke, he reached out a finger, pointing at the colorful clouds above.

”What about that three-headed Black Flood Dragon?” Unlike Xiao Xiao, as the chief hunter of the Absolution Hunting Team, Zhang Ji Xin was more interested in things with a ’magical aesthetic,’ and immediately squatted in front of Nikita, hurriedly asking: ”Are you the owner of that Black Flood Dragon? Can you sell it to me at a discount...”

”It was confiscated,” Zheng Qing interrupted Zhang Ji Xin’s suggestion full of student naivety, quipping: ”She is a demon, giving her jade coins is useless... Or do you plan to make trades with demons?”

Students from the First University’s Jiuyou Academy doing business with demons—especially when one party is the brother of a ’prospective Lei Zhe’—if this got out, the editors of the ”Beta Town Post” could be excited for an entire month, maybe even securing their annual bonuses.

”Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue.” Zhang Ji Xin immediately realized, turned back, giving everyone an embarrassed smile, and then put on a serious face, asking: ”Ahem, that Black Flood Dragon... is it still alive?”

Being at the mercy of others, Nikita naturally didn’t want to argue seriously over such matters.

”I don’t know.” She repeated what Zheng Qing had just said, raised her wrist, showing the black bracelet: ”Look, this is the Black Flood Dragon, a gift from the captain... normally it turns into a bracelet... theoretically, it’s still alive.”

”Theoretically?” This even made Zheng Qing a bit curious: ”You don’t even know if it’s alive or dead?”

”No idea.” Nikita glanced at the young cost student with resentment: ”Ever since you blasted that part of the enchanting forest flat with a shot, it hasn’t moved at all... I don’t know if it got scared to death... in short, I’ve summoned it several times, and it hasn’t responded. Um, I feel like it’s in a state similar to a turtle’s hibernation?”

Zheng Qing didn’t know that his shot had such an effect.

However, based solely on the female demon’s words, it wasn’t enough to completely dispel everyone’s concerns. Jiang Yu quickly found a new Jade Pendant and, along with Zheng Qing’s Town Seal symbol, wrapped the black bracelet like a zongzi.

As they were ’wrapping the zongzi,’ the witch occasionally glanced at Zheng Qing, and finally couldn’t contain herself, quietly asking: ”Your eyes... why did they turn red? Is it related to that forest?”

Zheng Qing knew what she wanted to say, and he also knew what the others wanted to ask. But he didn’t think it was the right decision to tell everyone about the Forbidden Curse matter.

Some truths bring the shadow of death upon knowing.

”An old ailment,” the warlock explained lightly: ”Like when I was first on the school admission airship and got stimulated by Nikita’s demon aura, my head ailment relapsed... it’s the same this time, saw her a few more times, and started having headaches again... I suspect our eight characters clash.”

Nikita rolled her eyes.

She also felt she clashed with Zheng Qing; ever since meeting him, everything had gone so unlucky. On the admission airship, she messed up the captain’s plan; after entering the Dreamland, she was disrupted by Zheng Qing once again.

If she weren’t already a demon, she would’ve certainly gone to the Atlas Academy to seek advice from some divine spirits for dispelling evils over a long talk.

”But the monitor said you exploded before?” Zhang Ji Xin frowned, suspiciously scrutinizing Zheng Qing: ”Are you sure everything is alright?”

”Exploded... exploded?”

For a moment, Zheng Qing almost thought everyone knew his little secret, but then he realized that even Jiang Yu didn’t know what had occurred last time in the small world of Silent Forest. He let out a dry laugh and waved his hand:

”How could one explode as a person... misunderstandings, it’s all misunderstandings. I merely used a more powerful Fu Bullet, a Fu Bullet made by my gentleman, extremely powerful. Last time, in Silent Forest, due to unfamiliarity, I got heavily injured from it, maybe the monitor has some misunderstanding...”

”The power of your Fu Bullet really isn’t something those three words ’extremely powerful’ can describe.” Xiao Xiao turned back, taking a glance at the flattened forest not far away, shaking his head: ”Previously, the Fu Bullet that almost hit Sepulano was also made by your gentleman? It seemed that Fu Bullet had slightly less power.”

Zheng Qing didn’t expect Xiao Xiao to connect these two events, leaving him momentarily stunned.

Every lie requires more lies to cover up.

And the way to reduce lies is to get everyone to stop focusing on matters related to the lies.

”That Fu Bullet was made following my gentleman’s method,” he mumbled, skipping over this topic, and gave everyone a big reveal: ”In fact, I’m currently not doing well.”

As expected, upon hearing this, everyone’s attention immediately shifted from the Fu Bullet, the demon, the destroyed forest, and other topics, all looking at Zheng Qing.

The warlock’s heart felt a bit tense.

He recalled what he had seen and heard in his previous dream, without mentioning parts related to the ’fact’ and Forbidden Curse, set himself at ease, and began recounting what happened after he separated from the Absolution Hunting Team.

Especially the ’gift’ from The King in Yellow.