While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

When I returned to the college, the sky was already turning yellow.

The setting sun cast a long shadow over the entire building, which fell obliquely on the entrance steps.

Haibara Yu walked with a slight limp, Nanami Kento lowered his head, looking dejected like a corporate slave who had just finished three days of overtime, only Tenen looked normal, with a slight smile on his lips, and his steps were as light as if he had found money.

As soon as the three entered the gate, footsteps could be heard in the corridor.

Moth just came out from around the corner, carrying a folder. When she saw them, she paused for a moment, then looked at Tianyan and the other two. She scanned them and, seeing that no one was injured, nodded in satisfaction before subtly looking away.

"It seems your mission went smoothly this time, and you handled it quite quickly, returning much earlier than Xia Youjie and Wutiao Wu."

After thinking it over, Tianyan figured that with Xia Youjie and Wutiao Wu's combat strength, a mere ordinary Special Grade Illusionary Cursed Spirit - Kuchisake-onna shouldn't waste their time. He guessed that Wutiao Wu had seen something interesting over there, so he encouraged Xia Youjie to stay and play with him.

Listening to the helplessness in Moth's words, I guessed that my guess was pretty much right.

Haibara Yu stood to the side, his expression clearly showing that he wanted to say something, but after looking at Tenen, he swallowed his words.

After all, Tianyan had already made it very clear on the way: "You don't need to report the details of the domain matter. Just know that the cursed spirit has been dealt with."

The reason is also very practical: the domain memories have been erased, so Haibara Yu and Nanami Kento couldn't say anything anyway, and as for his own part... there are some things that don't need to be known in too much detail by the school.

It wouldn't be a big deal if Zen-in-senpai Tengen, who seems like a very reliable senior, found out, but if the adults in the academy found out, he might start thinking about dropping out!

Nanami: Yes! That's right! That's how it is!

In this matter, Tianyan did not allow them to report in detail about the situation in this special-grade area, not only because they did not know many details, but also because there were some things he wanted to hide from the school.

For example, the pink flame left behind after the death of a certain top-tier cursed spirit, or the pink flame that can still be ignited in his palm at any time.

Tianyan took out a piece of paper from his pocket, on which the general outline of the incident was written.

"An abandoned dance hall in Kabukicho, four level-three cursed spirits, one near-level-two, two level-two... and one special-grade cursed spirit hidden in the domain."

"Top-tier?"

Night Moth's voice rose slightly as he was startled, but he quickly suppressed his worry when he saw that the three people in front of him were unharmed.

"You're lucky. It doesn't sound like a particularly aggressive cursed spirit. Otherwise, the chances of an ordinary sorcerer surviving an encounter with a top-tier cursed spirit would be extremely slim."

"It seems we need to report the situation and designate that area as a danger zone. Once we have more manpower, we must immediately send someone to exorcise the cursed spirit!"

Tianyan paused, then added, "Regarding that, Teacher Ye'e doesn't need to report it anymore, because the cursed spirit has been exorcised."

Night Moth was taken aback. It had already been exorcised? He didn't recall the higher-ups sending anyone there, nor had he received any reports of a top-tier cursed spirit appearing. Could it have been someone from Kyoto who did it?

Then he saw the way Haibara Kuma and Nanami Kento were looking at Zenin Tenen, and an absurd thought suddenly popped into his head: Masaka...

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "You didn't... you took it all by yourself, did you?!"

"right."

Tianyan nodded calmly and said succinctly, "Although the special-grade cursed spirit's innate domain was very special, it was not good at direct combat and has already been dealt with by me."

Upon hearing the word "special," Haibara Yu and Nanami Kento both lowered their heads simultaneously, as if some unbearable memories had been evoked, their ears turning red.

"As for the two junior students, they performed very well in their first real battle, and they will soon be able to become independent sorcerers."

After a moment of silence, Moth Masamichi revealed a rare, subtle smile: "Well done. People from the Zen family are indeed quite capable. Give me a detailed report tomorrow."

"As for now, all three of you should go to the infirmary for a thorough check-up to avoid any long-term effects!"

After saying that, he turned and left, his back view showing a hint of relief, at least this transfer student hadn't caused him any trouble.

These days, most sorcerers have a few flaws in their personality. To put it nicely, people with strong abilities are all a bit eccentric. To put it bluntly, everyone has the potential to be admitted to the Aoyama Spiritual Academy without taking the entrance exam.

These days, reliable sorcerers like Zen Temple Tianyan are extremely rare!

Only after Haibara Yuu and the other moths disappeared at the end of the corridor did he mutter under his breath, "That's it? That's it?!"

Nanami Kento coughed lightly, reminding him, "That's just how Professor Yagami is."

After everyone had their bodies checked, there was nothing wrong, except that Nanami and Haibara Yu were a little exhausted.

Leaving the infirmary, Tianyan turned and headed down another corridor, casually tossing out a remark: "Go back and catch up on your sleep. Overexertion is no small matter; remember to replenish your protein intake afterwards!"

"Ah, oh, yes!"

Haibara Yu instinctively stood at attention, but by the time he realized it, Tenyan had already disappeared, leaving only a quiet corridor and a faint silhouette at a corner at the end of the corridor.

He stood there, scratched his head, and turned to look at Qi Hai: "Senior Tianyan is truly reliable!"

Qi Haijian nodded earnestly.

......

The college's laboratories are located on two underground floors.

Normally, this place is where potions are mixed and magical artifacts are researched. At night, there are few people, the equipment is complete, and the smells are mixed. Occasionally, a few assistants who are obsessed with research are still working inside, but they all have an unspoken understanding: they don't ask, don't look, and don't comment on what others are doing.

Tianyan pushed open the laboratory door, looked around, and saw no one, but he still chose the worktable in the far corner.

The lab bench is equipped with measuring cups, grinding vessels, condensers, and alcohol lamps.

He hung his coat on the back of the chair and placed the things he was carrying on the table: medicinal herbs for making healing medicine and a frying pan.

To be honest, this thing is really useful. I used this pot to refine Qi-restoring pills before, and it was successful on the first try.

He still wanted to refine healing medicine this time. He could have made it directly in his dormitory, but after obtaining the Pink Flame today, he had a different idea. That's why he came to this laboratory, wanting to use these ready-made tools to see if his idea would work.

Following the prescription for the healing medicine, Tianyan put the Chinese herbs he bought today into the frying pan in the correct proportions, then raised his right hand and summoned the cluster of pink flames from his palm.

He guided the powder fire to the bottom, carefully controlling the range of the flame so that it burned close to the bottom of the pan, without overflowing or leaping wildly.

After all, he had just obtained a new flame, so he needed some time to adapt. The flame he used to refine medicine before was actually a flame generated by his incantation power. Although it was still a flame, its size could be controlled by adjusting the incantation power.

Furthermore, he has never actually been able to ignite his magical power in battle to create flames for attack. He has tried, but never succeeded. It seems that he can only successfully summon flames with the help of an invisible giant hand when refining medicine.

The pink flame has already merged with his spell power vortex, so it can directly summon and generate flames just like spell power. This is different from before, which is why Tianyan is worried about the control of this pink flame.

However, his worries were obviously unnecessary, because after trying it for a while, the pink fire quickly became as easy to control as an extension of his body, and the difficulty of operation was no different from before.

I took a deep breath and decided to officially begin my work.

"bring it on."