Chapter 170 – Don't Come Over Here!

About an hour later, An Zijin and the other two, having chatted quite happily, stood up to leave.

Just as An Zijin was about to exit the training room, Su Ming called out to her and handed her a spell formula book.

“This is…?”

An Zijin flipped through the spell formula book, glanced at the recorded spell, then looked at Su Ming in surprise.

“This is the spell formula book for [Stasis Lock].” Su Ming smiled at An Zijin and said, “Haven’t you already mastered [Octagonal Crystal Barrier]? Next, you should practice this [Stasis Lock]!”

“Really?” An Zijin seemed quite tempted but still sought Su Ming’s opinion first.

[Stasis Lock] is only the Thirty-Three Forms, slightly less valuable compared to the Fifty-Five Forms [Octagonal Crystal Barrier].

But even so, it’s still an Intermediate Spirit Art, something extremely precious for a student still in their first year.

The previous [Octagonal Crystal Barrier] was already precious enough, and now Su Ming was giving her [Stasis Lock] as well, which truly made An Zijin feel overwhelmed by his favor.

But Su Ming had already decided to nurture this girl next door a bit, so he naturally wouldn’t begrudge a single Intermediate Spirit Art spell formula book.

“You’ve already mastered the Fifty-Five Forms, so unless this type of spell formula doesn’t suit you, the Thirty-Three Forms shouldn’t be hard for you to learn.”

Su Ming said this to An Zijin.

“Take it back and try practicing it. If you can’t master it, I have others.”

As for spell formula books of the Intermediate Spirit Art level, Su Ming had no idea how many he had opened from packages.

Including [Stasis Lock] and [Octagonal Crystal Barrier], Su Ming still had many Intermediate Spirit Art spell formula books in his backpack, with many duplicates—several copies of the same spell.

If not for considering that carrying so many high-sequence spell formula books might cause trouble for An Zijin given her current abilities, Su Ming wouldn’t mind compiling one copy of each sequence of Intermediate Spirit Art, bundling them together, and giving them all to An Zijin to practice.

So, An Zijin’s feeling of being overwhelmed was completely unnecessary.

An Zijin seemed to realize this as well.

“Thank you, Brother Su Ming.” The girl first thanked Su Ming, then asked curiously, “Brother Su Ming, you seem to have many high-sequence Spirit Art spell formula books. Where did you get them all?”

“Of course, I collected them through hard work.” Su Ming said without changing his expression, “I have a little method to do such things, but I can’t really talk about it. So, don’t go around spreading it, okay?”

“O-okay, I won’t say anything carelessly.” Seeing Su Ming’s serious expression, An Zijin thought it involved some big secret and immediately became tense.

“That’s good.” Su Ming nodded while lowering his voice, speaking to An Zijin, “Work hard. Once you’ve mastered the Intermediate Spirit Art, I’ll find a way to get you an Advanced Spirit Art.”

“Ad…!?”

Hearing Su Ming’s words, An Zijin’s eyes widened, and she instinctively almost exclaimed aloud.

Fortunately, Su Ming covered her mouth just in time, preventing Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei, who were playfully fighting ahead, from noticing.

“Shh.” Su Ming said with great seriousness, “Don’t be so loud. It could cause trouble.”

Hearing this, An Zijin unconsciously swallowed and nodded hurriedly.

Su Ming didn’t immediately release An Zijin but continued speaking in a low voice.

“Keep this to yourself. You mustn’t tell anyone, understand?”

Su Ming’s words made An Zijin nod emphatically without hesitation.

This was indeed something that shouldn’t be carelessly disclosed.

Intermediate Spirit Art was still manageable; although precious to students, it wasn’t much in the professional circle, as many Sorcerers among lower-rank Professionals knew them.

But Advanced Spirit Art was different.

Advanced Spirit Art either possessed earth-shattering power or miraculous effects. Its importance and preciousness were far beyond that of Intermediate Spirit Art.

If a spell formula book for an Advanced Spirit Art appeared on the market, it would definitely cause a frenzy among countless Sorcerers, and even major Families would be tempted to intervene.

Even though the descendants of major Families were Hunters who inherited Phantom Demon Bloodlines, an Advanced Spirit Art was akin to a nuclear-level deterrent. Whether used to recruit powerful Sorcerers or to secretly train a strong Sorcerer, it was feasible.

Why had the Sorcerer Guild developed into the world’s top Sorcerer group, making so many Sorcerers willingly join?

The most important reason was that the Sorcerer Guild possessed multiple Advanced Spirit Art Legacies, and only by joining could one possibly learn them.

In such circumstances, if it were exposed that Su Ming could obtain Advanced Spirit Art spell formula books, it would definitely be more troublesome than the exposure of Jiang Wanyu possessing alchemical weapons.

As for how Su Ming managed to obtain such valuable spell formula books, An Zijin no longer cared. Her mind was now filled with a sense of mission to keep Su Ming’s secret and deep emotion.

Such a precious Advanced Spirit Art, and Brother Su Ming said he would find a way to get it for her…?

As expected… Brother Su Ming loves me…! (ｏ^-^)~”☆ミ☆ミ

An Zijin’s gaze toward Su Ming was filled with infatuation, almost moved to tears.

“Uh… You don’t need to react so strongly…”

Seeing this, Su Ming actually felt a bit regretful.

He just thought that if An Zijin’s talent was really that good, seriously nurturing her wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Although Advanced Spirit Art was precious, Su Ming had more than one.

Perhaps he couldn’t casually bring out precious spells like [Vast Karma Brahma Scene] and [Fate Heaven Earth Shift], which were above sequence eighty and would even make upper-rank Sorcerers covet them. But if it was just [Futian Falling Blossom], letting An Zijin learn it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Moreover, the Advanced Spirit Arts in Su Ming’s backpack weren’t limited to these three.

Don’t forget, before Su Ming advanced to second grade, he had opened packages for a whole year, and the first Advanced Spirit Art spell formula book he obtained was still sitting at the bottom of his storage.

The effect of that Advanced Spirit Art was extremely special. Su Ming studied it for a long time but ultimately confirmed he didn’t have the aptitude to learn it, so he shelved it.

But if it was An Zijin, perhaps she could try it in the future.

An Zijin didn’t know all this; she only thought Su Ming was willing to spend great effort, cost, and perseverance to find an Advanced Spirit Art for her to learn, thus immersing herself in emotion.

So, An Zijin pressed down Su Ming’s hand covering her mouth, firmly held his hand, and gazed at him with dazed eyes.

“I will definitely keep this secret and will absolutely not disappoint Brother Su Ming’s kind intentions.”An Zijin’s solemn guarantee.

“Th-that’s good…Su Ming’s mouth twitched, instinctively trying to pull his hand back, but surprisingly, he couldn’t.

Holy crap! How is this girl so strong…!? ∑(っ°Д°;)っ

Su Ming felt that if he hadn’t become a Hunter, with a physique incomparable to before, his hand might have been crushed by now.

“Brother Su Ming…At this moment, An Zijin’s dazed eyes, softened by emotion, gradually became unusual.

That gaze, as if she wanted to devour Su Ming whole—skin and bones—made Su Ming tremble.

“Um, Little Zijin, could you calm down first?”

Su Ming began stepping backward.

“I am very calm, Brother Su Ming.”

An Zijin, meanwhile, started advancing.

“Calm my ass! Your eyes are really dangerous right now!”

Su Ming couldn’t help raising his voice.

“Because I clearly know what I should do next. Isn’t that calm enough?”

An Zijin said this, her eyes turning green.

“Do you really know what you’re going to do?”

“Yes.”

“Don’t you think the thoughts in your head are dangerous?”

“I don’t think so.”

“But I feel very dangerous right now.”That’s your illusion, Brother Su Ming.””

“Don’t come any closer!”

“Brother Su Ming!”

Su Ming ran.

Naturally, An Zijin chased after him.

Fortunately, this somewhat strange chase didn’t last long.

Because two “Messengers of Justice” turned back and dragged away the girl who had turned into a beast.

“Really, just a moment without watching you, and you do something so shocking again.”

“You’re the Academy Beauty, Little Zijin. You can’t do such unladylike things.”

Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei each held one of An Zijin’s arms and dragged her out.

“Wait! Wait! At least let me take advantage of it!”

An Zijin continued to plead relentlessly, but unfortunately, it didn’t earn any pity from her roommates; instead, she was dragged away even more mercilessly.

Do you still want to join in?

Dream on, baby.

An Zijin was thus dragged away.

“Sa…saved…”

Su Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking as if he had narrowly escaped disaster.

“Meeling?”

Little Hai’er, who had been hiding and watching nearby, was completely baffled.

Is this some kind of game?

Then I want to play too…(ˉ﹃ˉ)

……

Night soon fell.

By the time Su Ming left the training room, it was completely dark outside.

“It’s this late already?”

Su Ming glanced at the sky and checked the time on his phone, realizing it was already 11 PM.

“I haven’t even eaten dinner yet.”

As he muttered to himself, Su Ming’s stomach cooperatively rumbled.

“The cafeteria must be closed by now.”

Su Ming walked along the Academy’s night path, sighing.

“Maybe the Commissary is open. If it is, I’ll buy something to eat.If not, Su Ming would probably have to tragically eat instant noodles tonight.

“I wonder if those two animals in the dorm bought anything to eat.”

Thinking this, Su Ming decided to check the Commissary first.

Unfortunately, the Commissary was closed.

“Others are open 24 hours, but this broken academy’s broken welfare society is so willful.”Su Ming felt very unhappy.

The Demon Hunter Academy’s Commissary was indeed willful, opening and closing whenever it felt like it. Sometimes it wouldn’t open at all for a whole day, just staying closed, which had made many people curse.

But there was no helping it. The Commissary’s owner was reportedly a relative of the Sorcerer Department head—uneducated, lazy, and gluttonous, having gotten the job through connections. Despite numerous complaints, he remained unscathed, almost as if he had “someone has my back” written on his forehead.

“This Commissary is bound to collapse sooner or later.”

Su Ming could only curse like this, then turned to leave.

But just then, Su Ming suddenly heard an unusual noise.

“What?”

Stopping, Su Ming turned back toward the Commissary, puzzled.

“Meeling meeling!”

Behind Su Ming, a pleasant sound rang out, reaching his ears.

Su Ming roughly understood its meaning.

“You’re saying there’s a smell of blood here?”

Su Ming glanced at the empty space behind him.

“Meeling!”

Little Hai’er’s call came from there.

Clearly, the mermaid girl was using the power of the shen pearl to hide her form.

“Smell of blood…”

Su Ming frowned, his eyes scanning the Commissary before him, finally settling on one direction.

There, the Commissary’s window was actually broken.

“Seems something happened.”

Su Ming thought deeply.

“Could a Phantom Demon have come into the Academy to harm people?”

Thinking this, Su Ming’s figure flashed, transforming into a gust of wind as he swept through the broken window into the Commissary.

Inside, the Commissary was pitch black, with no lights on.

After becoming a Hunter, Su Ming’s eyesight had improved, allowing him to see even in this darkness.

Su Ming slowly walked further into the Commissary, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings.

Before long, he heard another strange noise.

“Over there?Su Ming confirmed the direction, turned, and swooped towards the source of the noise.

The next second, Su Ming saw.

In front of one of the Commissary’s shelves, a dark figure crouched, frantically tearing open snack packages and stuffing the contents into its mouth.

Su Ming’s arrival seemed to startle the other party, making it stop.

“Who’s there!?”

To Su Ming’s surprise, before he could even question, the other party questioned him first.

Not only that.

The other party abruptly turned and pounced on Su Ming without hesitation.

Its speed was astonishingly fast.

“Expert!Su Ming instantly recognized the other party’s extraordinary nature, and without thinking, directly retreated.

“Boom!A loud roar suddenly erupted in the night Commissary.

The Commissary shook violently as if about to collapse, blowing open the door and window.

Su Ming darted out but was instantly caught up by the dark figure.

“Bang!”

A collision sound abruptly appeared.

(End of Chapter)