Chapter 161: Qingming Festival
Friday is April 3rd, and the next Saturday is Qingming Festival.
Originally, according to tradition, this day was a fixed holiday in the wizarding world, and First University would also take a day off to give students enough time to mourn their ancestors, plant willows and welcome spring, and also prevent the yin qi from rising and ghosts from causing harm to students.
Of course, for students who are on campus at No. 1 University, the latter reason is more like a joke. After all, in the entire wizarding world, ghosts who dare to harm students of First University on the campus of First University have not yet been born.
However, many clubs have taken advantage of these traditions and set up haunted houses, scare mazes and other projects on this day as team building activities to enhance the friendship between students.
It's just that this year is different from previous years.
Because this year's Qingming Festival is on a Saturday, it was originally a holiday day. After a brief discussion, the members of the Joint Conference of Professors of the First University decided that this year's Qingming Festival will not have an additional holiday, and it will be combined with the Saturday holiday.
I have to say that for most students, this is too bad news to be worse.
The somber atmosphere began on Friday night, with a drizzle of rain enveloping the entire campus. But I don't know if it's because of the impact of the festival, or if the students are mourning the lost day of the holiday.
Early on Saturday morning, Zheng Qing got the discharge certificate from the nurse and went straight to Feiyuan, where he was doing morning classes, as usual. Because this morning, he has another thing to do.
It's just that when he arrived under the tree where he usually did morning classes, he unexpectedly saw Yelena's figure.
"Morning wow!" the gypsy witch greeted Zheng Qing with great interest: "It looks like you're recovering well...... Are you all here for your morning classes?"
Zheng Qing nodded cautiously, looked at the witch, and then at Xiao Xiao, who was already sitting on the side and meditating.
Xiao Xiao hugged his old turtle and shrugged, indicating that he didn't know what was going on.
Zheng Qing's gaze fell on Yelena again—she rarely wore trousers and a shirt today, and her long hair that had been scattered in the past was also curled up, tied into a bun, revealing her fair neck, which looked particularly capable. I don't know if it's an illusion, Zheng Qing always feels that today's Yelena is a little more sunny and bright than usual.
"Are you planning to go to the hunting ground?" Zheng Qing looked at the magic book and talisman hanging from the witch's belt, and asked tentatively, "I remember that Matthew's hunting team has not been trained for a long time...... Are you planning to participate in the spring hunt?"
"I have plans to participate in the spring hunt," the witch replied with a smile, stretching her arms, "except that it is not in Matthew's hunting party, but in the caravan hunting party." ”
Spring hunting is spring hunting, which is similar in nature to winter hunting, and is also a practical activity held by the school all year round. As for the caravan hunting team, it is a new hunting team formed by gypsy witches, who participated in the freshman competition last year with Zheng Qing's guilt, but the results were not outstanding.
Hearing that Yelena left Matthew's hunting team and transferred to the caravan hunting team, for some reason, Zheng Qing felt a trace of joy in his heart.
With this stealing joy, even the gloomy weather is a little more colorful.
When Zheng Qing practiced boxing in the drizzle, he felt that the breath on his body was a little more lively than before.
Soon, the morning class ended.
Xiao Xiao left obediently under the gaze of two wizards, a man and a woman. By the way, he also took away a certain little fox who had been tired of Zheng Qing's side - playing with Zheng Qing for a while during morning class was already a habit that Poseidon had developed in school.
"I'll wipe its fur," explained the little wizard as he left, "You see so much rain has fallen on it, and it's not good if it catches a cold." ”
Poseidon whined, was held in Xiao Xiao's arms, and looked at Zheng Qing suspiciously with two big eyes, not knowing why he didn't go along. However, as soon as he thought that without Zheng Qing's restraint, he could play happily for a while, and the little fox quickly left this confusion behind, and happily let Xiao Xiao take it away.
After the 'light bulb' left, the atmosphere between the young male and female wizards was a little more alienated than before.
Zheng Qing took a deep breath, felt the slightly different breath in his nasal cavity, and asked without words, "Have you changed the perfume?" ”
Yelena raised her eyebrows, and there was a smile on her face: "Did it smell good before, or does it smell good now?"
When Zheng Qing heard this, his expression froze—he felt that his question was a bit stupid. What's more, he always felt as if he had gone through the conversation. There is a strong sense of déjà vu.
"It smells the same. The young scholar replied immediately: "In the past, the fragrance was rich and strong, like a red rose, but now the fragrance is elegant and long, like an orchid blooming in the abyss." Chunlan and autumn chrysanthemum, each is good at winning. ”
The gypsy witch snorted, folded her arms over her chest, and took a few steps to the side.
This position made her figure look a little taller.
"Our hunting team is going to train on the outskirts of the Silent Forest in a moment, if you have any materials you want, I can help you collect some. Elena didn't seem to be quite used to the strange atmosphere between the two, and without any more foreshadowing, she went straight to her intentions.
The strange feeling in Zheng Qing's heart became stronger and stronger—coincidentally, he was also going to the Silent Forest today. It's just not in his current identity, but in the identity of a black cat.
A few days ago, Colmar used the pre-agreed channel to inform the 'Black Cat' that he wanted to go to the Silent Forest today to start the first secret search.
Her reasons are very good, on the one hand, for the sake of safety, many students will stay in the dormitory and will not go out at will, on the other hand, the yin qi surging between heaven and earth is very likely to stimulate the secret realm to reveal traces, if you seize this opportunity, it is very likely to complete the contract in one search.
For Zheng Qing, although there was a certain risk in this matter, he felt that he had the care of the vice president of the student union and the rat immortal, and he should be able to deal with the past, so he did not refuse and agreed.
However, under the pretext of safety, he limited the search time to before noon.
That is, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Colmar hesitated, but did not reject the suggestion.
"Why did you choose to go to the woods today? It's not a good day...... And it's not safe in the woods. Zheng Qing thought of his task today, and felt a big headache, and couldn't help but vaguely dissuade the witch: "Maybe your hunting team can discuss and discuss it, and then take a look in two days?"
Yelena patted the law book hanging on her waist very hard, and said indifferently: "The black tide has just receded for a few days, and it is the time for stability in the forest...... Didn't I see those tricksters in the North District seizing this time to go to the forest to collect resources? ”
"It's a good time to take advantage of this opportunity to exercise. ”
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