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

Chapter 45 The Mystery of the Sacred Tree

The water of West Lake gradually turned black, and the originally calm surface began to churn. The entire West Lake rose upwards, forming an arc in the middle. The lake water sloped down from the arc and slowly rose until it revealed two golden vertical eyes like the sun, staring at Zhang Chen.

"Oh no! Teacher Tang Yue, is it trying to eat me?" Zhang Chen, seeing its hostile gaze, immediately hid behind Tang Yue. Tang Yue also noticed the black snake's unfriendly look and said, "It's alright, big guy, this is just one of my students, there's no danger!"

Turning to Zhang Chen, he asked, "Have you broken through to the advanced level?"

Zhang Chen nodded emphatically, fearing that the black serpent would suddenly attack and devour him at any moment, and he didn't know if he could escape from it by transforming into a spirit form.

"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Tang Yue said with a reproachful tone. "You didn't even ask!" Zhang Chen was speechless. "Sigh, this big guy is about to enter its molting period. It's extremely sensitive to the aura of high-level and commander-level beings. If it senses even the slightest threat, it might become agitated. Luckily, it didn't attack directly." Tang Yue said while comforting the Xuan Snake. "Never mind then, I think I should go with Mo Fan and the others to investigate the cause of death of those two corpses. Otherwise, what if it eats me after you leave?" Zhang Chen said. "It's okay. Look, the big guy is calm now, isn't it? Do you want to pet it?" Tang Yue pointed at the Xuan Snake. "Is that alright?" Zhang Chen didn't feel much fear, only worry that it might eat him the next second.

Tang Yue gestured for him to try it. Zhang Chen looked into the eyes of the black snake, stepped forward, and slowly reached out to touch it. It felt cool and smooth to the touch, and he had to admit it was quite nice to touch.

Seeing that the black snake really didn't have any bad intentions, Zhang Chen gradually became bolder. He grabbed its lips to see what was inside, and was licked all over with saliva by its suddenly flicked tongue.

Tang Yue couldn't help but laugh. Zhang Chen said with a sullen expression, "Alright! I'll keep watch here for you. I heard that the skin shed by this creature is a good thing. Just give me some after this is over."

"Hmm—hmm, I would have given it to you even if you hadn't asked. By the way! When did you awaken your Space element? Wasn't your second element Healing?" Tang Yue tried to suppress her smile. "Ah?! Oh, like Mo Fan, I awakened two elements the first time." Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, but quickly thought of the girl in the awakening room at the time, and said, "I didn't expect her to be a student of Pearl Academy. What a coincidence."

"You two are really dishonest! Hmm—I'm leaving now, you can handle things here." Tang Yue glared at him, and at the same time, her communicator rang. After glancing at it, she said, "Okay."

After Tang Yue left, Zhang Chen took out the Sacred Tree and began to meditate and cultivate. Just as he closed his eyes, the Xuan Snake emerged from underwater again. It seemed very excited to see the small tree next to Zhang Chen. As it approached, its huge body rapidly shrank, eventually becoming a small snake less than half a head long, and then it burrowed into the red canopy of the Sacred Tree.

Unaware of Zhang Chen's presence, two men in black stealthily jumped to the second-floor window of the Hangzhou Medical Hospital late at night and gently opened it, careful not to disturb others.

After checking that the room was empty, they entered. "Our mission this time is to destroy the two corpses in section B of the morgue. After that, someone from above will promote us to full-fledged judges!" one of them whispered, peering through the crack in the door. It was clear this wasn't their first time doing something like this. The other, his eyes brimming with excitement, said, "Then let's hurry!"

"Okay! Stick close to me!" With that, he opened the door and ran off, with the other person following closely behind.

Most people were in a drowsy state and didn't notice the two of them at all, and successfully arrived at the morgue to find the body.

Flames surged from their hands as a magical fluctuation suddenly appeared behind them, triggering their senses. They immediately turned and threw the flames at the source.

But they missed their target. When the smoke cleared, they found no one there. Just when they thought they were imagining things due to their nervousness,

Mo Fan emerged from their shadows and delivered two swift hand strikes, causing both of them to fall to the ground.

Mo Fan thought for a moment, then picked up the two corpses and ran.

"Mo Fan! Didn't I tell you to take a sample? Why did you carry the body out?" Lingling said. "When I went there just now, two people tried to destroy the body! There's definitely something fishy going on here!" Mo Fan said decisively. "Hmm! There must be some clues on this body that made them so eager to erase them." Lingling had already taken out something that looked like a test strip and was collecting a sample from the body.

"Let's go! We'll go to my sister's place to have someone examine it," Lingling said, slinging her little schoolbag over her shoulder. Mo Fan glanced at the message on his communicator, summoned the Howling Moon Wolf, and said, "This is too slow! Teacher Tang Yue said the Inquisition is already planning to take measures to eliminate the Xuan Snake! Show me the way."

As he spoke, he picked up Lingling and jumped onto the Howling Moon Wolf. Lingling glared at Mo Fan from his arms, knowing that things were urgent, and pointed him in the right direction.

"Big guy! Big guy!" Teacher Tang Yue anxiously called out to the Xuan Snake from the small island in the middle of West Lake. "Why isn't the Xuan Snake coming up!" Before Zhang Chen could finish speaking, he saw something move in the canopy of the sacred tree in his hand. Zhang Chen parted the canopy and saw a tiny snake, about the size of a thumb, that had already shed half of its skin. He asked Tang Yue with some doubt, "Does that Xuan Snake have the ability to change its size?"

"No! That big guy is the progenitor of poisons, how could he have spatial abilities! Why are you asking this! Hurry up and call for that big guy!" Tang Yue said somewhat angrily. "Hmm? Then what is this thing?" Zhang Chen held the Sacred Tree in front of her. After Tang Yue saw it clearly, she said incredulously, "This—what's going on! How did that big guy become so small, and it's almost finished molting?"

"Damn it, will it suck my little tree's stuff again? You'll have to make it pay me back later!" Zhang Chen sensed something was wrong when he heard that the molting was almost complete. He really wanted to get it out, but he was also afraid that it would eat him.

"So, should we still run? After it sheds its skin, it seems like no one in Hangzhou can beat it, right?"

Tang Yue was caught in a dilemma. "Why don't we just stay here? Mo Fan and the others have found out there's definitely something wrong with this matter, and they should have results soon. We can wait here and see who's going to harm the Xuan Snake!" Zhang Chen said. "Alright! What exactly is this little tree?" Tang Yue thought Zhang Chen's words made sense, but she had some doubts. "I remember he showed me this little tree when I was in high school, and the seeds didn't seem unusual. Could it be a totem too?"