Just when the public scholarship students looked up in distraction, in the campus, in the Shushan Pavilion, in a secluded corner, the gypsy witch was also staring at a dry branch outside the window in a daze.

In winter, there is not a single leaf on the branches, and there are no noisy birds and tree spirits. The gray-white bark shivered in the white sunlight and was blown by the cold wind.

Just like the witch's messy mood.

She was hesitating to go to the Walking Street.

It's Saturday, and the Sin Hunting Squad – or rather Zheng Qing – has opened a new shop on the pedestrian street of Beta, which seems to be selling simple talismans, potions, and small animals like rats and bugs.

This is not a secret news, and wizards who care a little about campus movements know it.

Because this matter is not only noisy in the astronomy 08-1 class of Jiuyou Academy, but also in Jiuyou Academy, and even in several other colleges, it has also caused a lot of discussion.

On the one hand, the protagonist of this matter is this year's 'upstart' of Jiuyou Academy, a super public-funded student who won the Order of Merlin in his first year;

On the other hand, whether students at First University can do business outside of class has not been given a very clear statement. For most people, including school professors and parents outside of school, the main task of students in school is to learn. Although some practical projects are not excluded, the content of learning should definitely not include doing business outside of school.

However, because the school has always encouraged students to work and study, and the difference between doing business and working is very delicate, both the school and the students have discussed the behavior of Zheng Qing and others.

Fortunately, Zheng Qing is a publicly-funded student with the Order of Merlin, and his academic performance is passable, so he does not feel the real pressure from the school for the time being.

Far from it.

For Zheng Qing to open a store, Yelena knew about it a long time ago.

The young public scholarship student mentioned this more than once in correspondence with her paper cranes.

The invitation to the opening had been sent to the witch a few weeks earlier, and Elena believed she was one of the first few people to get it. But that's why she's hesitant.

Because she has been avoiding any contact with young government students in recent times.

She did this because she felt that things were a little out of her control.

Yelena first met Zheng Qing, not because of his status as a government-funded student. It is true that the status of a public scholarship student at No. 1 University is a shiny signboard from any point of view, and it has a natural attraction for most of the witches in the school.

But what witches value more is the male wizard's attainments in talismanism.

She needed it badly.

Whether it's breaking through the intricate seals in the depths of the school, finding out why the Gypsy witch group is declining, or simply completing her studies at First University, she'll need to master a lot of talisman knowledge.

It takes a lot, more than a registered wizard can master.

So far, there is only one wizard that witches have access to who has this knowledge without being prejudiced or suspicious of her—it's not that she didn't want to wander around to find the help of some dark wizards, but regardless of the high fees or questionable abilities of those wizards, the sheer risk of dealing with dark wizards made her give up on this idea early.

If you have a friend who can help, why go for the distance?

Yes, friend.

Yelena really regards Zheng Qing as a friend.

It's just that she didn't, and won't fully open up to the wizard, and confess everything about herself.

It's impossible.

In addition to the great risks and strict secrecy of what she is doing, the gypsy wizard's natural rejection of sincerity is also a very important factor in this - as a group of wizards who are rich in psychic mediums and soothsayers, gypsy witches are very good at dealing with shady creatures such as demons, and as a result, they are gradually infected by those low-level creatures.

For example, clever words.

To describe it in popular terms, it is good looking and good at rhetoric.

Being good here doesn't just mean lying. Lying is certainly a manifestation of being good at using words, but in addition, many other means such as communicating with others, being convincing, inciting emotions, and leaving traps in communication are also good ways to use language.

Yelena didn't feel like she was lying to Zheng Qing.

She only selectively told him part of the truth, and what she said was true!

The reason why the witch felt that things were out of her control was because she felt that her relationship with the wizard had gone beyond the boundaries of ordinary friends and was sliding in a direction that made her feel uneasy, a direction that a real gypsy witch would not casually touch.

And, with more contact, the speed of the slide seems to get faster and faster.

It scared her.

"We're just good friends. She comforted herself so in her heart, and then she couldn't help but think of a day when heavy snow fell, the calm lake, cold lips, and a little pale.

"He's just helping me...... We just help each other. As if to cheer herself up, she said to herself.

The wizard helped her learn talismans, but what about her?

The witch was silent for a moment, remembering some dirty reptile she had found at school. For some special reason, on the first day of seeing the cobra, the witch discovered its identity.

"The snake must have had bad intentions toward him...... I'll help him look at his back!" Elena thought, and her heart suddenly lightened - as for reminding the public student to pay attention to the snake, she didn't even have to think about it.

On the one hand, she lost this unwarranted reason for helping after being reminded, and on the other hand, she didn't know how to explain her findings to the wizard, and she had no way to deal with the subsequent school investigation.

So, just help him look at his back.

Thinking of this, the witch turned her head to look out the bright window.

Outside the window, by the lake.

A tall, sturdy fish-man had just broken the thin ice on the surface of the lake and climbed up from the shore. It carried a huge fishskin bag on its shoulder, and walked slowly, but with firm steps, in the direction of the pedestrian street.

The gypsy witch knew the fish-man, who seemed to be named Iseni, a young Zhuang member of the fish-man tribe in Linzhong Lake.

She remembered that when Zheng Qing told her the story of the freshman competition, he had mentioned this fish-man to her, as if they were helping each other in the hunting ground, and they were still comrades-in-arms.

"Everybody's gone. She sighed deeply and closed the note in front of her. After clarifying her thoughts, she was less resistant to contacting Zheng Qing.

After standing up, she hesitated for a few seconds before finally pulling a small bottle out of her handbag.

The bottle is not big, only inches high, and the bottle body is transparent glass, without a single mark, pattern, or mark on it.

Inside the bottle, there was a small half-bottle of pink liquid, which had been gurgling and bubbling tiny bubbles.

The witch clutched the vial and stared at the liquid for a long time.

"One last time," she murmured, muttering to herself, as if to cheer herself up, "never ...... next time"

As she spoke, she gently pressed the sprayer on the cap.

The pink liquid rushed down the straw to the sprayer, and then turned into a tiny droplet that landed on the tips of the witch's hair and the corners of her robe.

A rich aroma spreads.