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

Chapter 71 What Good Luck

Mo Fan informed Zhang Xiaohou's instructor, Fei Jiao, intending to tell him about the Black Vatican, but was told that Fei Jiao was on a mission and would not be back for at least a day.

The village chief of Huacun and Hong Jun, the Black Vatican member Zhang Chen found in the well, discussed having Hong Jun lead the villagers to the Magic Association so that the Magic Association could make arrangements for the villagers of Huacun.

Hong Jun was under Zhang Chen's control, which he naturally knew, so he went with them to the Clock Tower Magic Association.

A bell tower stands majestically at the central intersection of the ancient city walls. The tower has three eaves and four pointed corners. Its outline tapers from bottom to top, giving it a stable and elegant appearance. It is covered with emerald green glazed tiles, with a gilded finial at the center of the top floor.

The villagers of Huacun waited quietly under the clock tower. Zhang Chen and his group entered the Clock Tower Magic Association. Although the clock tower looked small from the outside, it was surprisingly spacious inside, which was obviously due to the use of spatial magic.

Magicians were coming and going in the lobby on the first floor. At the front desk, there was a familiar figure. Zhang Chen went over and asked, "Zhu Meng? What are you doing here?"

Upon seeing the two of them, Zhu Meng said irritably, "How dare you! What am I doing here? And why are you two running around here instead of preparing for the academy competition?"

"Oh, so you think you can say anything here?" Mo Fan asked. "I'm a super-level mage! What do you think?" Zhu Meng's eyes widened slightly as he said, "Then quickly call over a high-ranking person with important influence. We have important intelligence to report!" Zhang Chen said seriously. Zhu Meng thought of the scene in Hangzhou where he and his group were defeated by the Xuan Snake he released, and said with a headache, "What kind of trouble are you two causing now!"

"Alright! But if it's something trivial, and he keeps asking about it, I won't care!" Zhu Meng still trusted the two of them. "Hmm! Hurry up! The later we go, the more dangerous it becomes in the ancient capital." Zhang Chen and Mo Fan urged. Half an hour later, a middle-aged man with wrinkles around his eyes, exuding an air of authority and composure, walked into Zhu Meng's office.

He noticed Zhang Chen and his group of four and asked directly, "What important intelligence do you have?"

Zhang Chen spoke up: "A catastrophe is about to befall the ancient capital! The Black Vatican is causing chaos!"

"You have to take responsibility for what you say!" Han Ji said seriously. "You can look for yesterday's rainwater in the city! It's exactly the same as the rainwater from the Bo City disaster. If enough accumulates, it could trigger a large-scale demonic disturbance! Also, I discovered that the well water in Weiju Village allows the undead to move around during the day! You can ask him." Zhang Chen kicked Fang Gu beside him. "Moreover, this well water is quite similar to the Earthly Sacred Spring. You should know that the rainwater from the Bo City disaster contained components of the Earthly Sacred Spring, right? Most—"

It's been raining lightly for a while now!

Zhang Chen enunciated clearly, "And this one! He's from the Black Vatican in Huacun; I arrested him on the spur of the moment."

Zhang Chen slapped Hong Jun awake, then waited for Han Ji to process the information.

Han Ji pondered for a moment, glanced at Zhu Meng, and, figuring he wouldn't joke about something like this, took out his phone and made a call to someone, saying, "Go collect yesterday's rainwater and examine it carefully!"

He interrogated Fang Gu and Hong Jun again, and by then he was already five or six parts convinced.

Zhu Meng, who was standing to the side, also changed his expression drastically, and was already thinking about how to protect the safety of the people of the ancient capital if what they said was true.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaohou revealed his Xuan Snake Armor and said, "When I was on a mission, I encountered the Black Church. They were standing by the Abyss of Evil, plotting something. I was discovered as soon as I got close. I was able to escape with my life thanks to this armor."

"But I don't know what methods they used on me, I can't remember exactly what I heard! I only remember the words 'Grand Deacon Hujin,' the leader of that Black Vatican group. I'm very familiar with Grand Deacon Hujin's voice; I'm sure I heard it often in Bo City. He must be in the Ancient Capital now!"

Zhang Chen said, "The thing on the little monkey should be related to the Mind System. I wonder if you know anything about it? If we can unravel it, we should be able to find out who that Tiger Jin Grand Steward is."

Han Ji approached the little monkey, placed his hand on its shoulder, and carefully felt its body.

He sighed and shook his head, saying, "This is a Forgetfulness Worm, a vicious technique that combines mental and curse magic! It's a unique method of the Black Vatican. If it hadn't been incomplete, I wouldn't have been able to sense it, and we have no way to get rid of it. Moreover, once the host recalls his memories, he will be devoured by the Forgetfulness Worm and die."

"So, only the Black Vatican has the antidote? Will this thing continue to grow?" Mo Fan asked. Han Ji nodded. Mo Fan said urgently, "Then give us the list of Bo City residents living in the ancient capital, and we'll go look for it!"

Han Ji was now about 70-80% convinced by what they said, but the rainwater test report hadn't come out yet, so he couldn't let them go.

Han Ji tapped a few times on his phone and said gently, "Tell me about your experiences these past few days, and I'll send it to you once the personnel statistics are compiled."

Zhang Chen knew he wouldn't let them leave until the rainwater test report was available, so he spoke slowly and deliberately.

Zhang Chen naturally wouldn't mention the abnormality of his physical condition, attributing the rain and the discovery of the Black Vatican members to a series of coincidences.

After a long silence, Han Ji glanced at his phone, his usually gentle face hardening as he stood up and said gravely, "Our pharmacists have detected something in the rainwater that can be called 'Nine Nether Dew.' If the undead were to appear during the day, they would need an extremely dense aura of death to ensure their proper breathing. If a torrential downpour were to occur mixed with the Nine Nether Dew—"

Zhu Meng immediately pointed to the extremely dense black clouds outside and said, "Then we must quickly arrange for the residents to enter the inner city's security barrier! This weather could bring a torrential downpour at any moment."

Han Ji said solemnly, "I have already summoned all departments, and we will arrange this matter in a moment."

He then said to Zhang Chen, "I've sent you the list of residents of Bocheng in the ancient capital and their addresses—"

"Okay!" Mo Fan and Zhang Chen didn't waste any time and set off immediately. According to the addresses on the list, almost all the people in Bocheng lived in a place called Bocheng Street.

Since Han Ji and his team had already begun arranging for residents to enter the safety barrier, the two of them didn't have much time to search for each one individually.

Instead, based on the information sent by Han Ji, they learned that Bocheng Street was bought by Mu Bai in the hope that the people of Bocheng could have a place to go, and that Mu Bai's uncle was also in charge of arranging the refugees in Bocheng. So they went to Mu Bai's house first to ask him if there were any strange or unusual people there.

As soon as Zhang Chen arrived at Mu Bai's doorstep, he was hit by a pungent stench. The butler rushed forward and asked, "Who are you looking for? What can I do for you?"

Zhang Chen telepathically told Mo Fan, "What great luck! We found the place on the first try. Don't show anything unusual yet, let's see if there are any more."