Small Tricks

Zheng Qing had never imagined that he would have anything to do with the term "Forbidden Curse."

Of course, in Old Yao's philosophy class, he had briefly learned about the principles behind the creation of Forbidden Curses—because this world was infinitely vast and difficult to describe, wizards used dimensional formulas to converge it. Through convergence, the world's characteristics were reinforced, ultimately giving rise to Forbidden Curses. That was the only clear understanding Zheng Qing had of them.

As for rumors that First University stored four Forbidden Curses, that demons hid one or two of them, that the school had a mysterious department dedicated to managing Forbidden Curses, and so on—there were plenty of such tales, but they were a mix of truth and falsehood, difficult to believe, and naturally did not count as any real understanding.

So when Su Shijun solemnly told him that his shadow had used a Forbidden Curse to blow up more than a thousand 2D Worlds, Zheng Qing's first thought was, Is this some kind of scam? Did the school set its sights on the hundred-odd jade coins I just earned?

Of course, that thought vanished in an instant.

After all, this was First University, home to the most Archwizards, alchemists, potion masters, Array Masters, Talisman Masters, and so on in the Wizarding World. The jade coins earned from even a few scraps leaking out of those Research Institutes would be enough to drown Zheng Qing. Not to mention his hundred-odd jade coins—he probably could not even buy one of the hexagonal stone platforms beneath any of the giant glowing spheres outside.

"My shadow used a Forbidden Curse to blow up more than a thousand worlds? That's impossible!"

"If I knew a Forbidden Curse, wouldn't I know it?"

"Look at it another way: if I knew