Thursday afternoon was an elective class.
Last semester, Zheng Qing had chosen Life Skills Class. The course taught first-year students some small spells commonly used in daily life, such as a laundry-cleaning spell. It was a great help to those with poor independent living skills.
This semester, Zheng Qing had chosen Merfolk Language. On one hand, having been at the university for over half a year, he had dealt with the Linzhong Lake Merfolk Tribe many times. Learning some Merfolk Language might prove useful. Besides, Iseni, the young merfolk from the Ouroboros Hunting Team, was going to do business with D&K. If they did not want to be cheated out of money by the merfolk, mastering their language was obviously very important.
On the other hand, although Puji Island had a "General Knowledge" spell formation, mastering a "minor language" was quite fashionable at First University.
Take Dormitory 403, for instance. Dylan had studied Werewolf Language, Fatty Xin had studied Centaur Language, and Zheng Qing felt that he ought to learn something different in order to look like a proper wizard.
Besides that, Zheng Qing had another reason for taking Merfolk Common Tongue, one he could not tell outsiders.
Once, when the Judgement Hunting Team had been helping the You Zui Hunting Team train, he had heard Deng Xiaojian say that the final assessment for Merfolk Language was very simple. All one needed to do was hiss a couple of times, and many people could earn a passing score. If one could even hiss out a desolate tune while hissing, one might receive high marks from Professor Garcia.
Professor Garcia was the instructor for Merfolk Common Tongue. His full name was Abu Garcia. It was said that his ancestors had been chieftains of a merfolk tribe on the Scandinavian Peninsula—now part