Paper Cranes Soar Through the Sky, Black Cats Chase Across the Ground

The seeds Zheng Qing had asked Zhang Jixin for were naturally not flower or grass seeds.

Granted, Professor Li Qihuang of Potion Class strongly approved of young wizards trying to grow some herbs with less demanding cultivation requirements in flowerpots during their spare time. But Zheng Qing was definitely not included among them—heaven have mercy, if the little elves he kept had not occasionally sprinkled some dew on the bouquet of daisies in their dorm room, he would not have been able to keep even a potted plant alive, much less herbs.

What Zheng Qing had asked Elder Zhang to find for him were seeds of Trumpet Flower and Shadow Recording Grass.

Though they sounded like plants, the seeds of Trumpet Flower and Shadow Recording Grass were actually very standard Alchemical Products. Growing—or rather, "using"—them did not require setting up harsh external conditions or waiting through the long growth periods of other Magic Plants. One only needed to follow the usual rules for using Alchemical Products, flexibly preparing auxiliary materials such as Time Sand and Setting Water, and the seeds could be turned into finished products in a very short time.

That said, theory and practice were ultimately different. For inexperienced wizards, growing magical herbs or alchemical seeds did not differ much—there was still a far greater chance of failing to grow them at all, or growing something deformed, than successfully producing a normal result.

Zheng Qing was precisely that sort of inexperienced wizard. That was why he had specifically asked Zhang Jixin to advise him on the matter.

After leaving the woods, the black cat did not go to Book Mountain Hall or return to the dormitory. Instead, he secretly released a paper crane, then followed behind it as it headed straight for Zhang Jixin.

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