Hunting High School

Crossing the square and crossing the main teaching building, a large sparkling lake appeared in the eyes of the freshmen.

The surface of the lake is calm, the water is green and blue, and the thick aquatic plants float lazily on the water surface, firmly blocking the sunlight on the water surface. A few fiery red birds floated on the water, hiding their heads in their wings, dozing lazily.

Zheng Qing stepped on the slippery stone embankment by the lake, stretched out his head and looked at the lake water carefully.

A black shadow quickly passed under his eyelids.

Zheng Qing was taken aback and fell off the stone embankment.

"Be careful, we'll talk about the lake later." Nicholas patted him on the shoulder and continued to introduce the school to the freshmen:

"The whole school is well-planned. If the square we passed just now belongs to the vestibule, then this large lake belongs to the atrium."

"The name of this lake is Linzhong Lake—don't ask me why I chose such an unlucky name, I don't know."

Nicholas waved his hands and stopped a few freshmen who were about to ask questions: "You just need to remember that these buildings around Linzhong Lake are the places you visit most frequently throughout the school year."

Zheng Qing looked around.

There are many buildings around the lake.

Nicholas introduced one by one:

"That white tower is the school hospital. If you have nothing to do, don't look twice, it's easy to get bad luck."

"That boxy, small black box-like building is the Jiuyou branch of the Wizards Union Bank in Phuket. You can try to deposit the money in your student card into your student card in a few days."

"The building that looks like a big tripod belongs to the school cafeteria. The taste is average, the portion is full, and the variety is complete. No matter blood, werewolves, ghosts, or even multi-humans, as long as they belong to Jiuyou College, they can find them in the cafeteria. Appropriate recipe."

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"On the other side of the lake, that hill-like building is one of the greatest buildings of our Jiuyou College, the library of Jiuyou - Shushan Library! Time is tight, we probably won't go in today."

Nicholas patiently introduced the buildings on both sides of Linzhong Lake to the newcomers.

Zheng Qing narrowed his eyes, trying to look at the library on the other side.

In the setting sun, the surface of the lake was filled with a faint mist, which obscured his sight.

He could only see a faint shadow.

After introducing the buildings on both sides of Linzhong Lake, Nicholas led the freshmen along the path by the lake.

At the end of the path, there is a small pier built of wood.

At the entrance of the pier, a small wooden house is blocked.

Outside the wooden house, there is an old dog with loose skin. Hearing the unfamiliar footsteps, it just turned its head sideways, its wrinkled eyelids trembled, and it didn't even make a cry.

But the freshmen still walk around it cautiously.

Nicholas knocked on the glass window of the cabin:

"Uncle Verne! I'll take the new students across the lake!"

The old dog slumped in the grass nest groaned a few times, and seemed very dissatisfied with Nicholas for disturbing his sleep.

Nicholas chuckled, took out a biscuit from his pocket, and threw it over.

The old dog twitched his nose, but still did not open his eyes. It's just that it stretched out its claws, and quickly put the biscuit under its belly.

There was an indistinct response from the cabin, and a small wooden sign fell to the window sill.

Zheng Qing didn't even see where the wooden sign fell from.

"Who's in there?" he whispered to Nicholas.

"The owner of the pier, the ferryman on the Silent River. We all call him Uncle Verne." Nicholas greeted the freshmen to board the pier and replied, "It is said that he used to be a professor at the First University, but he has retired now. .”

"That dog looks very old!" Someone next to him said with emotion.

"It's called May, and it's more than twice the age of you guys! It's an old friend of Uncle Verne's. In the future, when you meet it for a walk on campus, be respectful."

The freshmen nodded again and again.

There are many small boats parked on both sides of the pier. The color of the boat is red, and it can only accommodate six or seven people. There is a bamboo pole standing on the bow of the boat, and a small bronze bell is hung on it.

"The name of this kind of small boat is 舴艋, and it is the main means of transportation in Linzhong Lake." Nicholas greeted the freshmen to board a small boat, and said: "If you don't raise a few hippos or buffaloes in the lake, then you have to be old." Honestly take a boat across Linzhong Lake. You know, even though I’ve been in First University for so long, I still don’t know how many scary things are in the lake.”

"Will there be water ghosts?" A little girl asked in a trembling voice.

"Water ghost?" Nicholas snorted disdainfully: "That kind of pest can't even survive a night in this lake. The mermaids in the lake like water ghosts as sacrifices the most."

"Mermaid!" A boy screamed and explained to his companion in a panic: "My grandma said that mermaids eat human flesh, and the Wizards Union has strict restrictions on their habitat."

"This is one of the statutory habitats for the Mermaids by the Wizarding Union." Nicholas showed a gloomy smile on his face: "So, boys and girls! Keep your eyes open! Hold on to the side of the boat! If you fall into the lake, you won't even have a bubble If you can’t spit it out, you will be dragged into the mud by the mermaids!”

Xiao Xiao yawned boredly, watching Nicholas bluffing and intimidating the newcomers.

Zheng Qing stared at the water surface, not letting go of a ripple.

"Sit still!" Nicholas yelled, holding on to the bamboo pole standing on the bow of the boat, and shaking it vigorously.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The copper bell on the bamboo pole swayed, sending out clear tremors.

The boat trembled a little.

The freshmen on the boat were all terrified and grabbed the side of the boat.

"Let's sail!" Nicholas yelled, stamping his feet.

The boat shook violently, causing screams on board.

Zheng Qing saw a black cable at the bow of the boat slowly tightened, drawing a series of ripples of different shades on the water surface.

"There's something ahead!" he yelled.

But the screams of the other freshmen on board drowned him out.

"There's something under the boat!" Zheng Qing hugged the cardboard box tightly with one hand and the side of the boat with the other, turning his head and shouting at Xiao with a smile.

Nicholas standing at the bow looked at these terrified freshmen with a smile.

"It's the boatman!" Xiao Xiao moved, leaned into Zheng Qing's ear and said, "There are boatmen hired by the school in the water. These boats are all driven by these boatmen."

"Boatman?" Zheng Qing was surprised.

"Maybe it's a mermaid, maybe it's a kappa, maybe it's an anaconda. There are so many creatures with brains in the water, everyone wants to earn some jade coins from the wizard." Xiao Xiao grasped the side of the boat with both hands, his face was a little pale: "Don't follow I'm talking, I'm seasick!"

The wide glasses on his face were askew and slid down a bit, but Xiao Xiao was holding on to the side of the boat tightly, not daring to move.

Zheng Qing held back her smile and looked down at the cardboard box in her arms.

The elves were still sleeping peacefully.

It seems that they have no concept of seasickness.

There is a small island in the center of the lake, and a pure white stone tower stands on the island.

The tower is divided into seven floors, with cornices and brackets. From a distance, you can vaguely see the copper bells and silk hanging on the cornices.

The boat passed the island quickly under the drag of the boatman.

"What's on the island?" Zheng Qing pointed to the small tower and looked at Nicholas.

"Forbidden place." Nicholas looked at the new students and warned: "Although your counselor will tell you in a few days, I think you need to say it in advance. The small island in the center of the lake is one of the school's forbidden places. There are very powerful A spell. No one, not even the professors at the school, can set foot on that island without permission."

The freshmen watched in awe as the island slowly disappeared from sight.

No one is foolish to ask about the consequences of landing on the island.

"Do we have to take this small boat every time we cross the lake?" Zheng Qing looked at the tight cable at the bow, always feeling uneasy in his heart.

"Of course not!" Nicholas looked a little annoyed: "Didn't I mention it in the hall, the school has many doors, and you can reach different places by pushing the doors. There are also many corridors in the school, and some corridors even connect to other colleges!"

Zheng Qing nodded repeatedly.