As the three hunters of the You Zui Hunting Team raced across campus for a bite of delicious Hujiao meat, the two wizards they had just mentioned were walking one ahead of the other, unhurriedly making their way down the long, seemingly endless white corridor of the Applied Magic Institute at First University.
Professor Yao walked in front with a pipe clenched between his teeth, while Nicholas followed behind with his hands hanging at his sides.
The Enoch Elemental Magic Laboratory, which studied Classical Magic; the Kabbalah Life Magic Laboratory, which studied mysterious magic; the Druid Magic Laboratory, which studied Transformation Spells; the Totem and Field Theory Laboratory, which studied Shaman Magic... The names of one Applied Magic Laboratory after another flashed past the corner of Nicholas's eye, leaving him dazzled and overwhelmed.
Just as he glanced at a new plaque—Two-Dimensional Evolution Laboratory—and thought it seemed familiar, as though he had heard someone mention it before, the professor walking ahead suddenly stopped.
Caught off guard, Nicholas nearly ran into Old Yao.
"Sorry... sorry!"
The flustered young wizard immediately bowed and apologized to the dean of Jiuyou Academy. "I was a little distracted just now and didn't notice. I'm truly very sorry!"
"Nothing, nothing."
Old Yao patted Nicholas on the shoulder with the hand holding his pipe. His gaze swept over the ponytail at the back of Nicholas's head as he reassured him, "Who actually focuses on walking while they walk? Don't worry about such a trivial matter... There, we're here."
As he spoke, he pointed at a small black door before them.
A brass plaque was fixed to the door, engraved with a line of elegant cursive lettering—Jabir and Valentine Alchemy Magic Laboratory.
Nicholas had never heard the names Jabir and Valentine. Or perhaps he had heard them before, but