High School of Demon Hunting-Chapter 406 - 75: Elder Zhang’s Hobbies_1

"The Bologna bound edition, lavish in one volume..."

In the giant advertising space, a line of colorful fancy letters revolved incessantly. Plump little angels holding trumpets, sporadically spit out a string of brilliant fireworks, curling around the blank spaces.

Centrally positioned within the advertisement, a charming witch made some inexplicable gestures then transformed into a ray of light, disappearing into a beautiful law book. Then, a string of magnified images flashed continuously to demonstrate the exquisite structure and decor of that book.

Enchanted by such beautiful images, the young scholarship student couldn’t help but take a second glance.

"Is there a beauty?" A sudden voice echoed in Zheng Qing’s ear, startling him.

Raising his head, it turned out that Xin Fat Man and Duan Xiao Jian had somehow left their seats and were peeping at the newspaper he held in his hands.

"Are you not afraid for your lives?!" The scholarship student exclaimed, his face aghast.

"That’s what we should be saying to you." Xin Fat Man sneered, shaking his stubby finger, "So engrossed in the newspaper you didn’t even hear Old Yao speaking. Truly a model scholarship student..."

"The meeting’s over?"" Zheng Qing seemed to regain his composure a little.

"Not yet, Old Yao is assigning tasks to the two class monitors." Duan Xiao Jian enthusiastically explained, casually snatching the newspaper from Zheng Qing’s hands.

Looking up, Zheng Qing saw that indeed onstage, Tang Dun and Jiang Yu were standing next to Professor Yao, all three of them whispering about something.

The classroom, bereft of a topic, gradually reverted to its lively buzz.

Many began whispering and attending to their own tasks.

"What a terrible advertisement." Duan Xiao Jian flipped through the pages; never finding the witch who disappeared into the law book. He then returned the newspaper to Zheng Qing, complaining, "The Beta Town Post is getting more and more neglectful... By the way, I heard today’s paper has news about Witch Bailing. Do you know which page it’s on?"

"The entertainment news is on the last few pages." Zheng Qing flipped through his newspaper, shaking his head, "You’d better check with Elder Zhang... It’s probably with him."

’Elder Zhang’ is a new nickname that has recently been circulating for Zhang Ji Xin.

Just as everyone knows that when referring to Dr. Xiao, they’re referring to Xiao Xiao.

Ever since Li Meng said in front of everyone that Zhang Ji Xin looked old, the nickname ’Elder Zhang’ started to spread.

At first, it was only the witch students who would address him as such. Confronted with their bright smiles, Zhang Ji Xin could do nothing but blush even harder. Gradually, the male students also started to use this nickname.

Zhang Ji Xin once tried to retaliate by giving Li Meng the nickname ’Bean Bean’, but no one besides him responded to his call. After being chased around by a plush bear four or five times, the blushing wizard finally gave up, accepting his new nickname.

However, Zheng Qing was quite skeptical about Zhang Ji Xin’s self-reported ’resistance.’

After all, in the private room of the Wandering Bar, Blushing Wizard had once sung ’Three-Year Start, Maximum Death Penalty’ along with Xin Fat Man. What’s more, Zheng Qing couldn’t figure out how that plush bear, even its claws made of yarn, could possibly chase a big, brawny man.

In short, when Zhang Ji Xin happily announced in the 403 dormitory that he had accepted his new nickname, the young scholarship students always felt his smile was sinister.

Upon hearing his name mentioned by Zheng Qing, Zhang Ji Xin immediately grabbed the newspaper and turned around.

"Bailing was drenched in a ’Ganges Rain’ by a black wizard at her concert in Kolkata," the red-faced boy disgustedly handed a newspaper to Duan Xiao Jian, warning, "I wouldn’t recommend looking at the pictures... It’s a complete nightmare."

"No matter, no matter." Duan Xiao Jian hunching over, flipping open the newspaper with indifference, nodding continuously: "I just want to see what new joke the most clownish Brahmin wizard in the Alliance has come up with... I heard that the rain was a blessing from Indian wizards for Bailing."

"You believe the news from Brahman Times?!" Xin Fat Man on the side retorted: "I know about this news, it’s completely the Indian wizards boasting about themselves. In reality, a black wizard caused trouble and splashed a heap of Ganges Water on Bailing’s concert, the pickled stuff in the water almost suffocated our little fairy."

"Taking a completely messed-up situation and explaining it from a different angle, acting as if everything is fine and undoubtedly successful, it’s indeed Brahmin wisdom."

After finishing speaking, the fat man turned around and explained to the puzzled scholarship students: "Brahman Times is a newspaper with a high circulation among Indian wizards, it’s rarely seen on Buji Island... Our campus newspaper editorial department has a subscription."

"Speaking of Bailing, I wonder if they’ve invited any stars to this year’s school hunting party." Duan Xiao Jian shook his head while flipping through the newspaper: "Even those Brahmins had a popular star at their ceremony... "

"Don’t set your hopes too high." Zhang Ji Xin lifted his head, his mouth practically twisted to the back of his neck: "Having no expectations for any hope is the healthiest thought... I initially thought that the ’Clear Spring’ group would sing at this year’s Champions League opening ceremony, who knew they didn’t even invite a few sirens!"

"This matter cannot be blamed on the EU Champions Committee, it’s said that the Under-Moon Parliament has slashed a big portion of their budget this year..."

Zheng Qing was a bit dizzy listening to the heated discussion of the wizards around him.

Having been in the school for over a month, he originally thought he had completely integrated into the life of the wizarding world. But after this discussion, he soberly realized that to become a true wizard, there was still a long way to go.

So he cleared his throat.

"Champions League?" The young scholarship student interrupted his friends’ discussion with a well-timed voice: "This name sounds familiar... I think I heard Mr. Thomas mention it."

"It’s a league within the Europa region where only gold-rated hunting teams can participate... Of course, due to successful commercial operation, in recent years the Champions League has begun to invite some famous hunting teams from outside of Europa to participate... Last year’s Champions League featured nine gold-rated hunting teams contending for the Zeus Cup."

"Zeus Cup?"

"The highest honor in the Champions League... Like its name suggests, only the king of hunting teams can lift this trophy." Zhang Ji Xin, with a passionate expression, waving the newspaper in his hands, his cheeks glowing red: "I personally believe that the Golden Shell Team has a very high chance of winning in this year’s Champions League, as they have one of the world’s strongest main hunters, Albert Hettris Jin, who is said to have escaped from major monsters more than once."

"Wishful thinking!" Duan Xiao Jian immediately retorted: "Have you forgotten the Firebird team? Have you forgotten the Golden Palm Team? Apart from the main hunters in a team, the auxiliary hunters and wandering hunters are also very important! Firebird’s Flamenco De is the man who won this year’s World Cup Best Auxiliary Hunter award! You know, he’s also participating in this year’s Champions League... "

"You can’t discern the primary from the secondary, yet you dare to show off in front of Luban." Zhang Ji Xin scorned: "The main hunter is the soul of a hunting team, every hunting team has a couple of auxiliary hunters, have you heard of a team that has two main hunters?"

Seeing the topic slide increasingly into something he couldn’t understand, the young scholarship student didn’t even know how to pitch in.

After flipping through Elder Zhang’s favorite hunting page for a bit, he quickly lost interest.

After all, he wasn’t someone keen on star-chasing, moreover, he knew very little about hunting activities. He completely couldn’t understand what was implied by the fact the smile of the golden team leader had one more wrinkle on the left side compared to the right.