Monster Hunting High School

Beta Town is a small town outside Alpha Academy.

The wealthy and generous senior wizards of the First University are the best customers in the eyes of all businessmen in the wizarding world. The young and immature students in the school are the best choice to cultivate a loyal customer base.

However, the heavily guarded First University is not a good place to do business. Strict security protocols restrict merchants' logistics, and high on-campus rents eat into merchants' profits.

But capital is fleeing war and strife - its nature is timid. In the wizarding world far away from First University, peace seems extremely fragile. Any shrewd demon will not hesitate to waste some of his cannon fodder, break through the paper defenses of those small markets, and plunder the rich loot in the market.

Therefore, businessmen in the wizarding world chose a compromise method under the dual threats of demons and profits.

They opened bazaars outside the defensive perimeter of the four colleges of the First University.

I have to say, this is indeed a good idea.

A capable demon would not bother to risk being an enemy of the First University by robbing a few shops; an incompetent demon would not risk his life to test the scope of the First University's defense circle for a little gold.

As for First University, it doesn't care that several businessmen are under its wing. In fact, many old professors in the school hope to use the power of the school to protect more weak wizards.

As time passed, three of the markets that merchants started outside the four colleges withered away.

The tall walls of Jiuyou College restrict the access of students, and the rich and diverse materials in the college dwarf the products of merchants. The neglected market made the merchants gradually give up on this useless market.

Atlas students are accustomed to living a life of asceticism. For the colorful goods in the market outside the college, they regard them more as God's tempering. When the merchants found that not only could they not sell a single coin of goods, but they were also losing money because of the monks who came to collect donations from time to time, they decisively abandoned this loss-making market.

The market outside Starry Sky Academy was destroyed time and time again in the unscrupulous fights of the students, so much so that those gentle-tempered and far-sighted businessmen were no longer willing to invest a single coin in this piece of land. This market went bankrupt.

Only Alpha Academy, adhering to the concept of freedom, allowed the market to slowly rise outside the castle moat.

As time slowly passed, the town gradually grew and became the only commercial town affiliated with First University.

Following Nicholas, the freshmen listened to the history of Beta Town briefly described by the old student Mawei, felt the atmosphere of prosperity in the town, and praised them repeatedly.

"So who is under the jurisdiction of this town now?" Zheng Qing couldn't help but ask: "Do the merchants in the town still need to pay taxes? Are there any requirements for opening a shop in the town?"

"The town belongs to the school, and the school working committee manages the tax. Although the school does not care about this tax, the rules are the rules. Every businessman who opens a shop in the town needs to pay a jade coin to the school every year." , Nicholas stopped in front of a juggler who was playing cards on the roadside.

Zheng Qing lowered his head thoughtfully and stopped.

Scholarships for publicly funded students are very limited. According to Thomas, those scholarships are only enough for Zheng Qing to study the required courses in school. If he wants to take two more elective courses, he will need to find a way to raise funds to purchase textbooks and experimental materials. Not to mention the retake fees you have to pay if you fail a required course.

Being prepared has always been Zheng Qing's motto. He will not make hasty plans until the last moment.

Making money, something that was still far away from other students, began to weigh heavily on his heart.

Listening to Nicholas' introduction, Zheng Qing was a little moved.

If you open a small shop in the town, you may be able to fundamentally solve your troubles.

Young people are always full of ambition and impulsiveness.

He did not consider operating issues such as costs and benefits; nor did he consider what business to make money from; he did not even think about whether he had enough capital to open a store and whether he had time to run the store.

He simply thought that opening a small shop would give him peace of mind.

Then I decided happily.

The sound of clanging copper coins interrupted his thoughts and reverie.

Zheng Qing raised his head.

Nicholas was throwing a handful of coins into the box in front of the magician.

The magician stood at a dark corner of the street, with a rusty iron box in front of him. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to spot him. The wizards coming and going glanced at the corner, not bothering to stay in this shadow for a second.

He wore an old brown robe with thick patches on the corners and a pointed hat. His face was covered by a long beard and messy hair, and Zheng Qing could only see a pair of focused but cloudy eyes on his face.

He focused on the playing cards in his hands.

The cards jumped briskly between his fingers, creating layers of ghost images. His fingertips rubbed rapidly, making a series of crisp finger snaps. With every snap of the fingers, a bunch of cards disappear; with every snap of the fingers, another stack of cards pops out of the void.

The clear collision sound of copper and iron box woke the magician up.

He raised his cloudy eyes, looked at the tall and thin figure in front of him, and put away all the playing cards:

"Merlin bless you, kind young master."

The old magician clumsily performed a wizard's greeting ceremony, his voice a little excited and uneasy. Then he clapped his hands together heavily, and countless playing cards rushed out from all directions, building a gorgeous castle in front of Nicholas.

"This is what Alpha Castle looks like!" a freshman shouted excitedly.

The crisp finger snaps sounded continuously.

The cards collapsed gorgeously, and then quickly piled up another building.

"This is Jiuyou Academy!" Another freshman shouted: "That's the main building! There's also Shushan Hall!"

"Screen wall in the vestibule!"

"There's a wall around it!"

These freshmen were very excited, pointing at the buildings that had just left an impression in their memory.

"If his craftsmanship still satisfies you, then you should show corresponding generosity." Nicholas reminded sullenly behind them.

The newlyweds felt like waking up from a dream and donated generously one after another.

The hat in front of the old magician was soon filled with shining coppers.

It can be seen that these copper coins frightened the old man.

The crisp snapping of fingers suddenly stopped, and Jiuyou's school collapsed.

"This is the value of your craft." Nicholas respectfully returned a wizard's salute to the old magician, turned around and left.

The other freshmen were a little overwhelmed.

Some freshmen also bowed awkwardly to the old man, but more freshmen rushed to chase Nicholas, who was leaving quickly.

Zheng Qing nodded friendly to the old man and left quickly.

Behind him, the old magician covered his face and cried silently.

Not far away, the urgent and excited voice of the freshman counselor came:

"The school didn't ask me to take you on a tour of this street."

"But I think you need to remember something before you study."

"You are new students who know nothing, so you still retain respect for this craftsman."

"I hope you remember that respect."

"I hope you won't forget this respect because of other people's eyes."

"The wizarding world is not just composed of difficult experiments and powerful professors at the First University."

"There are also many weak wizards and simple tricks."

"For them, copper is also very generous."