Although the search for the Faceless Monster and Liu Feifei's pet had been put on the agenda, it did not take up all of the You Zui Hunting Team members' free time.
Outside of class, Zheng Qing and the others still devoted most of their energy to their studies. Besides that, the recent unrest at Linzhong Lake had also drawn some of their attention.
The main body of Linzhong Lake lay in the central courtyard of Jiuyou Academy, backed by hills and bordered by covered walkways, occupying most of the courtyard.
Besides cultivating sentiment, decorating the scenery, serving as a home for Magical Creatures, and acting as an open-air classroom for some practical courses, Linzhong Lake had another important function: it served as a reserve for the Linzhong Lake Merfolk Tribe, helping it survive and reproduce.
As a reserve, the merfolk naturally enjoyed considerable freedom in those waters. Their judicial, educational, and institutional systems, so different from the Wizarding World's mainstream, along with their distinctive culture and customs, had all been well preserved by the Merfolk Tribe, free from interference by First University, especially from outside wizards.
And the recent unrest was closely connected to this.
Linzhong Lake was large enough to accommodate thousands of merfolk, but it was somewhat cramped for an entire civilization. On ordinary days, the Merfolk Tribe could obtain most of the resources it needed through the waterways and sustain itself within the lake; for resources it could not provide on its own, it could submit a report and apply to First University.
Most of the time, whenever these damp creatures submitted an application, the school would do everything it could to satisfy it. But to many young and vigorous merfolk, this "application-approval" model felt more like charity, even "feeding."
So some dissatisfied young merfolk began