Chen Shi

The period between seven and nine in the morning, also known as Shi Shi, refers to that time.

Originally, "Shi Shi" was breakfast time. But for the young wizards of Dormitory 403—or rather, the members of the You Zui Hunting Team—although they were in Shi Shi, they had no time to eat.

From the moment they got up at the start of Mao Shi, these young wizards had been rushed off their feet, shuttling back and forth between the campus and Pedestrian Street like wildly spinning tops. Yet in truth, even Zheng Qing, who had made four or five trips between the shops and the dormitory, had no idea what everyone was busy with.

For instance, on their first trip, after several of them had worked in the shop for half the day, they discovered they had forgotten the rags. Though they were all wizards and had brought their spellbooks, compared with chanting a spell for ages to summon a snail maid to wipe away a speck of dust from the table, a rag was clearly much faster and more convenient.

So Zheng Qing tied a Jia Ma Talisman to his leg and raced back to the dormitory like the wind, bringing back a pile of buckets, rags, brooms, dustpans, and the like. Though they could have bought these things on the street, it was still too early, and even Green Grocery Store had not opened. If they wanted to use them, they could only make do with the dormitory's supplies.

Not long after returning with the rags and other things, the young publicly funded student discovered that he had to make another trip.

This time, it was because he spotted a nest of smug-looking Human-faced Spiders behind the sign hanging above the shop entrance.

Those colorful eight-legged insects had