Outside of the main campus of First University, there are many small, relatively secluded areas of the school. Although these areas are also under the management of the First University, they have semi-independent territories, not in the territory of the Nine Colleges or the Alpha Castle, but similar to those in the research institutes, hidden in a corner of the Silent Forest.

Of course, these territories are also covered by the school's guardian array.

And the bridge between these territories and the academy, in Jiuyou Academy, is the deep corridor that surrounds the school.

The main body of the corridor is made of obsidian, and the roof of the gallery is decorated with many beautiful sculptures, and in the summer it is covered with thick, dense vines, which make it appear more secluded, and in the winter, the main body of the corridor is exposed to the cold wind because of the withering vines, which is much brighter and colder.

There are many pavilion 'nodes' in the promenade around the province, which are the gateways to those semi-independent territories. For example, Pavilion No. 3 is the territory of the 'Feiyuan' that leads to Zheng Qing and others for morning classes, Pavilion No. 7 is the office building leading to the University Working Committee, and Pavilion No. 4, which was bustling with people not long ago, leads to the No. 1 Hunting Ground of the First University, and so on.

A few minutes earlier, the forest cat leading the way had also passed by a gazebo with a black cat.

It's just that at that time, the black cat was only listening to other people's words and thinking wildly, and for a while he forgot to pay attention to which pavilion they turned into - including the fat man and other people also ignored this question.

"It doesn't matter, it's all in school anyway, what's the matter!" After hearing Lin Guo's nervous voice, the black cat immediately gave him a reassurance: "I have so many cats under my hands, I can't lose you!"

As he spoke, he raised his little white paw and waved it back—the big and small cats behind him meowed very cooperatively, and for a while it seemed that his cat leader was majestic and spoke with a lot of weight.

"You have a cat under your hand, what does it have to do with us getting lost?" the fat man asked with a puzzled expression. He was not afraid of getting lost, and he easily felt a bag of fried potatoes from his watch, as if he really thought that this search trip was from the wild.

He asked that question purely as a 'professional journalist', and he always likes to find fault when he has nothing to do.

"Have you ever heard of 'Old Horse Knows the Way'?" The black cat pulled his ears, glanced at the fat man, and snorted: "The old horse can know the way, and the kitten can naturally do it...... Wait a while to follow the cat, how to come and how to go back, you can't lose it. ”

His remarks weren't all taken for granted.

Many small animals, including cats and dogs, have savage habits such as rubbing smells, peeing markers, and burying prey. On the one hand, these habits are used to fence down territory and warn other animals not to invade at will, and on the other hand, they are also a reminder to themselves not to get lost—in some ways, this natural and gifted way of guiding the way is much better than most wizards' minds.

Along the way, although Zheng Qing didn't notice which pavilion they turned into, he clearly knew that more than one cat had left a 'mark' on the side of the road. Based on these strong-smelling marks alone, he could conclude that he couldn't lose them.

"Well, you're a cat, you're up to the crackers. The fat man muttered, and stuffed a handful of potato lattices into his mouth.

The little Ragdoll cat that was running outside the crowd smelled the oil, slipped back silently, leaned at the fat man's feet, meowed, stared at a pair of big eyes from afar, and looked pitifully at the food in his hand.

"Tsk, I really can't stand your little eyes...... "As soon as the fat man lowered his head, he immediately forgot the conversation with the black cat, and happily took out a piece of potato grid and handed it over.

The Ragdoll sniffed carefully, took a small bite, then spit it out, and then turned around and jumped back into the group of cats in front of him without looking back. The fat man who looked straight at him was dumbfounded.

Unlike the fat man who has a wide heart and a fat body, and has a flirtatious cat, the little wizard riding on the back of a black goat is relatively much more nervous.

"How do I feel like I've never been to this territory? ”

"Have any of you been here? Who knows which territory behind this pavilion is and which department of the school is in charge?"

"Why have you been walking for so long, and you don't even have a figure? Even in the Flying Garden, there are pets from the pet garden when no one is around...... Don't you think it's too quiet?"

Lin Guo didn't say it, Zheng Qing didn't feel it yet. But with the little wizard's chatter, the black cat couldn't help but feel a little numb on his scalp, and the hair on his back involuntarily exploded a small piece.

After hesitating for a moment, he silently chanted the 'Big and Small Mantra' a few more times in his heart, and made his height a little taller—to be precise, he was now two meters tall at the shoulders, and if he stood up on his hind legs, he looked a few points taller than the crooked-necked willows next to him.

"Ahem!" the black cat coughed heavily, and after attracting all attention, raised its paws and motioned for everyone to stop.

Then he held his tail and grabbed the big tree next to him, stood up on his two hind legs, and inspected it privately. The cats saw the majestic appearance of their leader, and they all barked as if they had been stimulated.

Unlike the excited cats, the black cats who stood up slowly sank into their hearts.

His front paws gripped the trunk of the tree, his gaze just past the top canopy, and he looked around, and as far as the eye could see, there was a patch of ash—if it were summer, he would have seen a lush greenery. However, it is winter now, and most of the trees have lost their leaves, except for some evergreen trees.

All the black cat could see was patches of bare branches, shivering in the cold wind. In the distance, a collapsed ruin could be faintly seen, looming in the pale cyan mist.

The fog seemed to be alive, slowly tumbling, as if it was still expanding in all directions.

Where does the fog come from in broad daylight, fall!

The black cat fell back to the ground with a spirit, and its body shrank rapidly with the 'poof', and in the blink of an eye, it changed from two meters to about half a meter.

"It's a little weird in this territory. Zheng Qing hesitated, and began to describe what he saw to several of his companions, and expressed his guess: "I heard that there is a cemetery in the school, it seems to be in a certain territory...... Isn't it here?"

"The legendary cemetery, the cemetery that is said to have housed several dead heads for thousands of years?" Lin Guo screamed, and then his eyes lit up, as if he wanted to immediately pounce into the depths of the territory.

Contrary to his performance, the blue, who had always been fearless and expressionless, frowned at Zheng Qing's judgment and pressed it on the shoulder of the little wizard, stopping his impulsive intentions.