Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

"Shadow Escape - Flying Shadow!"

Mo Fan pulled Zhang Chen into the shadows and entered the young woman's house through the darkness.

He rushed to the bathroom and saw the demon about to shed its human skin.

Mind Control - Freeze!

The demon's lunge at the two of them immediately stopped, freezing in place. This was a fourth-level spatial magic enhanced by the Sacred Tree's Star Seed, much like a simplified version of the mid-level Spatial Rhythm - Time Delay. It could only freeze one person in place, and since his current mental state was close to the fifth-level spatial system, it was equivalent to receiving a Soul Seed's blessing. Controlling this demon for a while was not difficult.

"Thunderbolt Yaksha!"

Mo Fan was afraid that the power of the intermediate-level magic was too great and would blow up the entire floor, so he stepped forward and pressed his hands, which were radiating dazzling lightning, against the demon's head, casting an electric therapy spell.

"Mo Fan! Zhang Chen! Behind you!" Lingling's anxious voice came through the earpiece.

Zhang Chen turned his head and saw that the male homeowner, who had been watching TV with his child, had his skin torn open by the scaly demon, who was now lunging at him with sharp claws.

Nen Control - Virtual Claw!

A transparent giant hand appeared between Zhang Chen and the demon, slamming the demon to the ground with a single palm strike.

Mo Fan abandoned the scaly female demon, who was already emitting the aroma of roasted meat, and turned around to shoot out lightning from his hand towards the male demon.

"Thunder Seal - Wrathful Strike!"

Mind Control & Solidification

Just as the scaly male demon used his hands to support his body, he was struck by lightning and sent flying towards the direction of the child. It was at this moment that Zhang Chen froze him in mid-air.

Mo Fan jogged over and used electrotherapy on him.

The child finally realized what was happening and burst into tears.

……

"Cough...cough cough...help...help me!"

"Damn it! Why is my skin peeling again?!"

The scaly mother demon, which had been emitting the aroma of roasted meat, emerged from which crawled a naked woman. She seemed to have endured immense torment, and was crawling weakly on the ground.

Mo Fan stared wide-eyed.

Zhang Chen immediately used his mind to retrieve a blanket and covered the woman, covering her exposed skin, while looking at her warily.

Not long after, the man also crawled out of the scaly demon's body, and both he and the woman were in a very weak state.

The heart-wrenching cries of the children on the field left Mo Fan and Zhang Chen at a loss, wondering whether they should just kill them.

Just then the doorbell rang.

At the same time, there was a clear, ethereal voice saying, "It's me, open the door! Let me in and see."

Mo Fan went to open the door, while Zhang Chen kept an eye on the two of them in case they suddenly attacked.

"It's better to be in the wild. If you see any demons, just kill them. What the hell are these things?..."

Zhang Chen carefully controlled them using telekinesis, letting Lingling observe.

Yoshihisa

"Treat them! They're human!" Lingling said.

"What exactly is this thing? Will it shed its skin again?" Mo Fan asked.

"I don't know, I'll have to go back and check, but I'm sure this thing won't come out during the day." Lingling said with certainty.

"Thank you... thank you both!" the woman and the man said.

Unexpectedly, the demons were actually the two of them.

"So, what about our request? And what about these two people? What if they turn into demons again?" Zhang Chen asked Lingling.

Zhang Chen immediately asked the question that both men and women cared about most. The man preemptively said, "I can add another million. Please give us a thorough examination and completely remove the demons possessing us. I entrust you with this matter, and I can pay you the money right now."

Lingling nodded and said, "Then come with us to the Azure Sky Hunting Grounds. I'll check the origins of the demons that possess you."

……

In the end, it was just a false alarm. The demon that was parasitizing their bodies had been eliminated by Mo Fan. It must be said that Lingling is quite skilled at finding things; she found out the specific information about this demon in less than two hours.

The young woman and her family honestly paid one million and expressed their deepest gratitude to Qingtian Hunting Agency.

"What are you laughing at? You've been so happy ever since you left that young woman's house," Zhang Chen asked Mo Fan, puzzled.

"Really? It's nothing! I'm just a little happy about getting 500,000 for free." Mo Fan laughed it off.

Zhang Chen naturally didn't believe it and probed, "It exploded with a spirit essence? A warrior-level spirit essence?"

"No!" Mo Fan shook his head.

"Oh, guess whether I believe you?" Zhang Chen naturally didn't believe him.

"Damn, do you have a dog's nose? How could you...?"

"Forget it, you can keep it. Go monster hunting during the holidays... You can ask Zhao Manyan if you can buy a lightning-type spirit seed..." Zhang Chen thought for a moment and realized that the spirit essence was useless to him. He might as well enhance Mo Fan's attack power and try to earn tens of millions from him during the holidays, while also taking care of the tree.

"Holy crap, I love it, Commander..."

"Get out of here..."

……

Time flies, and before we know it, it'll be time for the new school term to start again.

"I can't wait to get close to Xinxia..." Mo Fan said excitedly.

"There's still the entrance exam for the main campus at the end of this semester, so busy! But it seems the reward is entry into the Three-Step Tower. If I go in again, I reckon I can make up for the cultivation I lost..." Zhang Chen said casually, looking at the scenery outside the car window.

With the Spirit Thunder, Mo Fan's attack power increased exponentially. During their two-month vacation, the two of them made more than 30 million. Because of the Spirit Seed, Mo Fan took the initiative to suggest that Zhang Chen get an extra 10%, so Zhang Chen received a total of 20 million. Adding the money he earned at the Azure Sky Hunter and his savings, Zhang Chen now has nearly 65 million in his hands, and he is only 35 million away from the 100 million Star River Vein.

He also restored his cultivation in the plant and space systems, bringing them back to intermediate level three and level two, respectively.

Jinyuan Apartment

"Hey, it's Zhang Chen! Where did you go for your studies during the holidays?" Tutu asked as Zhang Chen opened the door and came in.

Mu Nujiao also stopped meditating and started listening intently. She was also curious about how someone as strong as him would spend his vacation.

Seeing that Mu Nujiao had her back to him and was clearly eavesdropping, Zhang Chen felt a mischievous urge to tease her. He quietly walked behind her, leaned close to her ear, and said, "I'm going on a trip to relax!"

Zhang Chen could clearly see that the tips of her ears had turned red. Seeing that she was trying hard to pretend to be meditating, he chuckled and went back to his room to meditate.

School has only been in session for a few days.

Since Zhang Chen and his friend had completed all the available commissions and bounties last semester, Zhang Chen had to come to the Qingtian Hunting Grounds once a day or call Lingling to ask if there were any commissions left.

While waiting for his commission at the Qingtian Hunting Grounds, Zhang Chen saw the commission that made him frown slightly. He stroked his chin with his right hand and fell into deep thought.

"Protect Mo Fan? Right now, the only threat to Mo Fan, who's studying at Pearl Academy, seems to be the Black Vatican. Could it be that the Black Vatican knows Mo Fan drank from the Earthly Holy Spring, or do they suspect the spring is still in Mo Fan's possession, and that someone they know has noticed something...?"

"Hey! Mo Fan, come to the Azure Sky Hunting Grounds." Zhang Chen picked up his communicator and dialed Mo Fan's number.

"What is it?"

You'll see when you get here!

……

"I... what... what's going on?" Mo Fan asked in surprise, holding the commission document.

"Um... can I protect myself? Just give me the commission money directly." Mo Fan's eyes lit up when he saw the commission money behind him.

"It's more like I should be protecting you," Zhang Chen said.

"That won't do. If you die, our Azure Sky Hunting Grounds will lose its reputation. I remember Dasheng came back from the Demon Capital, right? Let Dasheng protect you," Old Man Bao said with a serious expression.

"What about my family? Let Senior Brother Dasheng protect them!" Mo Fan said, frowning.

"Well... what are you going to do then?" Lingling asked.

"It's alright, I'll stay with Mo Fan. If anything goes wrong, we'll look out for each other..." Zhang Chen remembered that he was unusually sensitive to the Black Vatican, and might be able to detect it in advance.

"Yes, the brigade commander is with me." Mo Fan recalled Zhang Chen's keen sense of smell.

……

"Okay then, be careful."