High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2765: Chapter 986: A Long-Awaited Commission

The job of killing insects is more tedious than the students imagined.

Due to the ban on many forms of magic in the Hundred Herb Gardens, a mechanical sprayer is used to apply the potion. Students were divided into pairs, first picking up sprayers from Old Man Sistanda and then collecting undiluted magic potion from Professor Li Qihuang.

The dilution process needs to be done by the students themselves.

With a dilution ratio of one thousand to one thousand five hundred times, they use the snow water stored from last winter, and stir clockwise with a glass rod for one minute, stirring speed should not be too fast—just ensure the liquid does not splash above the surface—Professor Li will carefully check each group’s dilution results and add a drop of Earworm secretion to the diluted potion box, continuing to stir for another minute.

”I think just thirty stirs should be enough.”

Seeing Jiang Yu seriously stirring with her wrist supported, Zheng Qing couldn’t help but softly advise, ”—I just took a look at the doctoral student with Xin Fat Man, and they definitely didn’t stir for a full minute!”

Earlier, when the Potion Class Professor announced that students should form their own teams, Zheng Qing quickly moved to Jiang Yu’s side—since Li Meng was absent today, there was a vacancy beside her—which also meant Xiao Xiao, Xin Fat Man, and Zhang Ji Xin had to find other partners.

By then, the male warlocks in the class had already found partners, leaving only the Gypsy Witch Carmen, who was temporarily inserted into the class as a sophomore, alone.

”Sima is your History of Magic teacher... you don’t want to fail that class, do you?” He looked earnestly at the two remaining companions.

The Fat Wizard immediately clung to the doctoral student’s arm: ”—Everyone knows, it’s not easy for me to find someone, Senior Linda’s intelligence network spans all over Buji Island! I can’t team up with other witches!”

The only one left, Zhang Ji Xin, his cheeks turning a deeper shade of crimson, eventually smiled awkwardly and teamed up with Carmen.

”Let’s not worry about what others aren’t doing, just focus on what we need to do.” The witch did not stop her work, seriously looking at the boy.

Zheng Qing was not foolishly perceptive; if it were up to him, he could easily tackle the entire insect-killing task—from potion preparation to stirring and even applying the potion—all on his own, with Jiang Yu merely ’supervising’ by his side.

But Jiang Yu wasn’t someone who could comfortably sit back and enjoy the fruits of another’s labor.

She insisted on evenly dividing the task content with Zheng Qing.

Just like now, Zheng Qing was in charge of spraying the potion, while she was responsible for potion preparation and stirring.

As one minute quickly elapsed, the potion in the liquid box became much clearer; the originally diluted light purple potion turned deep purple after a second stirring and emitted a faintly pungent odor.

A potion capable of killing insects can generally kill people too.

”—Everyone take care, if you don’t want to experience skin irritation and boils, then make sure to wear protective clothing when spraying the potion! Including a mask, check the seal carefully!”

Professor Li tirelessly reminded the students about the taboos of applying the potion, and before concluding, he added: ”Moreover, as I mentioned earlier, if any of you find the clusters of bugs on the tree unnerving... If you are confident in your magic level, you can try releasing ’Frost in September’ or ’North Wind’; these spells can paralyze the bugs on the trees, making spraying them much more efficient...”

At this point, Professor Li paused slightly, seeing all the students’ eyes focused on him, he emphasized in a heavier tone:

”Attention! I just mentioned ’confident in your magic level’, meaning you can control the spell’s range to precisely cover the Shatang Tree you are responsible for, before attempting the spell! Many plants in the Hundred Herb Gardens are very sensitive to magic, if your spell loses control and affects other valuable herbs in adjacent fields, the consequences will be your responsibility... Furthermore, if needed, you’re only allowed to use the two spells mentioned earlier! Do not attempt to use ’Sleeping Spell’ or ’Chaos Spell’, these spells are of different nature, do not use them in the Hundred Herb Gardens!”

This warning was very timely.

Zheng Qing clearly saw Matthew not far from him, with a sullen face, putting away his law book—if he wasn’t mistaken, he probably intended to release the Sleeping Spell, as the vampire student had mastered this spell very well.

”Professor, is the Ice Seal okay?” Zheng Qing raised his hand to inquire.

The Potion Class Professor raised an eyebrow: ”Seal? Well, the Ice Seal is naturally fine, similarly, Cold Wind Seal and Frosthallow Seal are also acceptable... If you don’t mind wasting them.”

The latter sentence was addressed to the rest of the class.

However, Zheng Qing felt that few students in the class currently possessed these talismans, not because they were particularly precious, but because talismans had quality assurance periods, and this somewhat obscure talisman was rarely prepared for long-term use. Zheng Qing prepared a few Ice Seals for himself, having consumed too many blood-replenishing pills and was somewhat heated, so he could chill his drinks.

”Were you thinking about drawing and selling talismans on the spot?”

Jiang Yu noticed the boy’s wandering eyes, obviously guessing what he was thinking.

Zheng Qing gave a dry smile.

”Just contemplating slightly,” he didn’t deny the witch’s guess and self-mockingly added, ”Back when I was poor, my first reaction in situations like this was whether I could make money... Now I don’t need that anymore.”

Every month, just the Fu Bullet trades with the Trident Sword yield over seven hundred jade coins, and he truly wasn’t keen on typical talisman trades anymore.

While speaking, he reached into the grey cloth bag to feel for the few Ice Seals he drew earlier, but the next moment, his fingertips touched something mildly warm, and his eyebrows subtly raised.

Immediately, he calmed down, casually pulled out an Ice Seal, and handed it to Jiang Yu by his side.

”What’s the matter?” Jiang Yu, without revealing any expression, moved closer to him and asked softly.

Zheng Qing didn’t expect even his fleeting expression change was noticed by her, hesitated slightly, then quietly replied, ”It’s the ring from the Devil’s Association... someone’s calling for a meeting tomorrow night.”

”Seven Sins?”

A familiar voice abruptly sounded inside Zheng Qing’s hood, and the next second, the Gem Cat cautiously poked half its head out, its two front paws on the boy’s shoulder, with a slightly fawning tone, ”—I’ll go for you tomorrow, how about that? Don’t worry, they’d never guess about the relationship between you and me! You can go to the Cat Fruit Tree for me!”

Jiang Yu’s expression was somewhat subtle.

Zheng Qing was taken aback and nervously looked around: ”How did you get in?”

In the distance, Professor Li was inspecting another group’s potion with his back turned, even further away Old Man Sistanda was crouched by the field grabbing soil—this allowed the boy to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

”Hiding in your hat!”

Gem Cat waved a paw and grumpily explained, ”Relax, I’m not a child, won’t cause trouble... many of the school rules are too rigid... see Old Li, isn’t he sneakingly allowing you guys to release spells in the garden? Really, it’s not a big deal, you’re just scaring yourselves!”

Whether the prohibition of magic in the Hundred Herb Gardens was a scare tactic, Zheng Qing did not know.

But the Gem Cat indeed frightened him.

Therefore, he had no intention of bargaining, decisively gestured a hand jue to undo the Art of Body Transformation, then tucked the now quiet black gemstone deep into the grey cloth bag.