Hunting Moon Wrap-Up

November 11.

Tuesday.

The fourteenth day of the tenth lunar month.

Suitable for: sacrifices, prayers, opening market, travel;

Unsuitable for: burials, digging well, acquiring property.

This was the eleventh Tuesday Zheng Qing had welcomed since enrolling, as well as the first complete Hunting Moon he had experienced. From October 17 until today, including Saturdays and Sundays, a total of twenty-six days had passed. The First University's 2008 academic year "Academy Cup" hunting competition would draw to a successful close today.

Though this year's Hunting Moon was somewhat shorter than in previous years and had not quite lasted a full month, there were reasons for that. On one hand, the area around the school had been anything but peaceful, with undercurrents and shifting dangers everywhere. On the other, the following day happened to be the third day of the week, which was the Lower Yuan Festival. According to regulations, the school would have a day off. Some classes at Atlas Academy would hold assemblies to ward off calamity, many Wizarding Families would offer sacrifices to the dead and pray for the Lower Yuan Water Official to dispel their troubles, and in keeping with ancient customs, the Wizard Alliance traditionally prohibited hunting and slaughter on that day, while also postponing execution dates.

On top of that, today was an auspicious day, especially suitable for sacrifices and prayers. Thus, the school had set it as the final day of this year's Academy Cup hunting competition.

For that reason, the morning divination classes had all been canceled.

The hunting competition's closing ceremony had been scheduled for nine thirty in the morning. After finishing his morning classes, Zheng Qing did not return to his dormitory. Instead, he slipped quietly into Book Mountain Hall, found a secluded corner away from the sun and the crowds, and