On Friday evening, neither Zheng Qing nor Jiang Yu had any extra classes.
After dinner, however, instead of turning into a cat early and heading to the Cat Fruit Tree for a date as usual, he remained focused on his homework, completing his Petites Mains Mission.
This surprised his two roommates quite a bit.
Then it was time for bed.
Lowering the bed curtains, Zheng Qing counted out five Nightmare Dolls and tucked them beneath his pillow. He then downed a vial of Life-Death Water brewed with sour jujube seeds instead of sloth brains, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes in satisfaction.
Life-Death Water was a potent sleeping magic potion that plunged its drinker into a deathlike slumber. Replacing the sloth brains with sour jujube seeds made its effects gentler, keeping the drinker from truly sleeping like a corpse.
Zheng Qing did not suffer from insomnia.
He took this modified sleeping magic potion on Old Yao's advice—the Legendary Wizard always found unconventional ways to offer inexperienced young wizards effective shortcuts to mastering magic. Taking this modified Life-Death Water, for instance, helped young wizards extend the duration of their Clone Transformation, allowing them to deepen their understanding of the spell through intensive practice.
After his original body closed its eyes.
Only a few seconds passed before the Black Gemstone Cat beside his pillow gradually lost his bewildered look, his gaze growing more discerning.
He blinked, felt something uncomfortable beneath him, and lowered his head, spotting an open notebook. By the moonlight spilling through a gap in the bed curtains, the Black Gemstone Cat skimmed the notebook three lines at a time and gave a tiny nod.
The open notebook contained a "memo."
It listed the things he needed to do after becoming a cat.
In theory, a transformed avatar