Chapter 646 - Black Tiger and Shilezhi
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Chapter 646: Chapter 315 Black Tiger and Shilezhi Zheng Qing took a punch to the face. The punch was heavy, heavy enough to send the young wizard flying.
But the true power behind the punch was light. When the fist hit his face, it was painful but not bone-crackingly so. It only left the burning sensation of a swollen face.
Even so, the young grant student was dumbfounded by the sudden punch.
As he was gingerly getting up from the ground, the other members of the Absolution Hunting Team were already rushing over. Xin Fat Man scrambling forward with surprising agility, helping Zheng Qing up.
"Why did you hit me?!"
The young grant student rubbed his face, glancing at Zhang Ji Xin with a hint of anger and confusion. The others turned away purposefully, avoiding his questioning gaze.
"Why? You donât know why?!" Zhang Ji Xinâs face turned purple with rage, his retort thunderous. His fists clenched audibly and it seemed he was barely restraining himself from landing another punch on Zheng Qing.
Zheng Qing instinctively took a step back, his voice growing weaker.
"I actually didnât know that those demons were after me," he figured that everyone was blaming him for leading the demons to their group, nearly causing the hunting team to collapse, so he couldnât help but try to defend himself," As soon as I found out, I immediately lured them away..."
"Idiotic." Blue Bird, who was standing on the outskirts of the group, suddenly interjected, cutting off the grant studentâs explanation.
His face was somewhat pale and somewhat transparent, likely due to the aftereffects of the âKarmic Reincarnation Techniqueâ. The purple mink Diaoâer was perched on his shoulder, its head hanging listlessly. Seeing Zheng Qing, it didnât even bother to wag its tail, completely unlike its usual active and cheeky self.
Zheng Qing caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of his eye and quickly looked away.
Strictly speaking, he had already been responsible for Blue Bird and Diaoâerâs death once before, thus he couldnât help but feel guilty when facing them again. Hearing Blue Birdâs words, he began to consider whether he had to genuflect to express his sincerity in apologizing.
"Is that why you got punched?!" Zhang Ji Xin shouted, his eyes bulging with rage, even more displeased than before: "Weâre part of a hunting team, every one of us has to be prepared to be gored or eaten by demons!"
"What if you did lead a group of demons to us? What then?!"
You would all have been devoured without a trace left behind, Zheng Qing silently retorted in his heart, but with a serious look on his face, he nodded in agreement with the red-faced male wizardâs words.
"Of course, avoiding being devoured is always the best option." Xin Fat Man added with a chuckle, patting Zheng Qingâs shoulder and suggesting, "So where do you think your biggest mistake lies... your biggest mistake on the hunting ground today?"
Zheng Qing pondered deeply and finally had a spark of insight.
âWhen I used the âTriple State of Slumberingâ, should I have not cast the final âSleep Without Wisdomâ?" He looked at Zhang Ji Xin with questioning eyes and tentatively answered, "Actually, I only wanted to put you guys to sleep for a while, but by the time I realized, I had already uttered the three incantations..."
He was discussing the incident where he had knocked down his own team members with the spells âSleep Without Hearingâ, âSleep Without Perceptionâ, and âSleep Without Wisdomâ after the Absolution and Tail-Snake hunting teams were under siege by a horde of demons.
However, he seemed to have underestimated the shock this incident would have given Zhang Ji Xin.
"Donât stop me! I want to leave him incapacitated!" Upon hearing Zheng Qingâs answer, Zhang Ji Xin thundered with rage, hopping mad. If it wasnât for Xin Fat Man barring his way, Zheng Qing believed he would be nursing another swelling on his face.
"Alright, alright... stop picking on him." Xiao Xiao suddenly interjected, interrupting Zhang Ji Xinâs rant, speaking in a very flat tone: "As an introverted man, he couldnât even bear the thought of being a hero. You shouldnât expect him to admit his mistakes out loud."
"Perhaps what you think of as mistakes, are not mistakes in his eyes."
"And it seems that after that black cat appeared, it likely took away a lot of...things. Itâs conceivable that he âlost his mindâ a bit."
The three sentences choked Zheng Qing.
If it wasnât for the delicate situation at the moment, he would have already rushed up with his dumpling-sized fist and hammered a few punches on this professorâs head.
Fortunately, Xiao Xiaoâs words seemed to be somewhat effective with Elder Zhang Da. Although he was still caressing his fist and huffing with anger, he finally stopped threatening and no longer struggled to rush up and beat up Zheng Qing.
Once he regained his, senses, Zheng Qing immediately ignored the many âmistakeâ descriptors in Xiao Xiaoâs speech just now and instead asked, "Black cat? That tiger demon? Do you know whatâs going on? What did it take? When I asked Old Yao, he was vague and circumspect, not clear at all..."
"Tiger demon?" Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses, sounding somewhat surprised: "That black cat? Who told you it was a demon? It was in front of a thousand spectators when it ran out from you..."
"Ran out from me?!"
Zheng Qing repeated the statement, staring dumbfounded at the serious-looking Xiao Xiao. He then turned to look at the others, trying to discern any playful meaning in their eyes.
But everyone looked at him seriously, nodding to confirm it. No one looked like they were joking.
"You guys are saying, the black tiger came out of me?" Zheng Qing felt his thoughts were messy and his logic was becoming increasingly confused: "But, Iâm a male... Can males give birth too?"
The other young wizards looked at each other dumbfounded.
Xin Fat Man was the first to react, laughing uproariously. Then Zhang Ji Xin; facing Zheng Qingâs self-analysis, he was at a loss for words, finally putting away his fight gloves with a resentful expression, muttering something like âI wonât argue with a foolâ.
"Coming out of you doesnât necessarily mean you âgive birthâ to it." Xiao Xiao said with an emotionless expression, patiently explaining: "Besides natural childbirth, there are many other âseparationâ methods and forms."
"For example, separating a small part of the soul to create a âSoul Boxâ, thatâs a witch demonâs favorite thing to do; Or cutting away oneâs inner demons, to overcome the three corpse-worm calamity, that is a method many old-school ascetics use to avoid disasters... Even the shadow that Su Daxu took from you not long ago can also be considered as a type of âseparationâ."
"If Iâm not mistaken, that big black cat should be related to the shadow that escaped from your body in the lab, and the projection in your heart. Since itâs an inter-dimensional existence, it probably didnât want to lodge in you anymore... Didnât you realize that after the black tiger appeared, your âIQâ decreased quite a bit?"
"As for how much your shadow took with it and how much it left behind, thatâs something you need to investigate yourself ... Iâm not you, So I donât know the details."
Facing this logical analysis, Zheng Qing was tongue-tied, speechless.
Finally, he could only contradict Xiao Xiaoâs conclusion.
"The greatest problem with your explanation is its conclusion." Zheng Qing brandished his Merlin Medal, waving it in front of everyone: "Iâm a grant student, understand? One of the brightest of Jiuyou Academy. What do you mean by IQ decrease? Perhaps youâre the one who lost your mind!"
Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses, made no reply, just emitted a doubtful snorted from his nose.