Who said this card is outrageous?

In addition to making cards, Zhang Che has been frequently showing up at the Adventurers' Guild lately, and over time, he has become quite well-known.

Most people knew of this fourth-tier card maker's existence, and even if they had never spoken to him, they recognized his excessively youthful face.

The crowd automatically parted to both sides, and Zhang Che slowly approached the center along this "human tunnel".

In the distance, he saw what was surrounded in the middle—the corpse of a harpy.

No, it's not an ordinary harpy.

The corpse had a complete human form and a pretty face that was indistinguishable from that of a human woman; it was a fourth-tier harpy.

Zhang Che was very familiar with it, after all, he had one lying in his magic pocket.

Someone hunted down a fourth-tier harpy commander?

However, compared to the death of a mid-level transcendent, what intrigued Zhang Che even more was the group of guys who were surrounded—or more accurately, the special emblem belonging to the university alliance on their uniforms.

What are the people from the university alliance doing in Hezhou City?

Chapter 195 Peaceful Times

The adventurers' actions quickly attracted the attention of the people from the university alliance.

The group of people, who had been talking in the crowd, noticed the commotion and simultaneously looked up in Zhang Che's direction.

At first, they didn't pay much attention when they saw Zhang Che's overly young face, but soon someone in the group realized something and their expression changed.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhang Che?" The man quickly stepped forward, leaning slightly forward, his tone respectful.

With so many cards active on the front lines against the harpies, Zhang Che's name is already known to everyone in the superhuman circle of Hezhou City.

Although he wasn't a combatant, everyone who had been on the battlefield knew the power of those cards. It could be said that without the cards Zhang Che created, the casualties on the front lines in Hezhou City would have been at least 20% higher.

Although these people from the university alliance had only just arrived, they had all heard of this name to some extent. Coupled with that excessively young face, the answer was self-evident.

“It’s me.” Zhang Che wasn’t surprised that he was recognized. He nodded calmly before looking at the harpy leader’s corpse lying on the ground.

It was a remarkably well-preserved corpse. Although it had lost its life force, the unique energy pressure of a fourth-tier transcendent creature still lingered, causing the surrounding low-level adventurers to instinctively keep their distance.

"Did you get this?"

"Yes," the person who had spoken earlier quickly replied, then gave a brief explanation.

"Dean Zhang heard that you've been staying at the Adventurers' Guild lately, so he asked us to bring it to you. The dean said you're the only person in the city who can handle it."

That's true.

In Hezhou City today, apart from Zhang Che, there are no other production-type superhumans at the intermediate level of superhuman.

After all, apart from the occasional fourth-tier extraordinary creatures causing trouble in the Dead Zone Rift around Hezhou City, you basically won't encounter extraordinary creatures of this level at other times.

Such unstable material production simply cannot support the daily needs of a mid-level extraordinary individual.

Without the necessary materials, mid-level extraordinary beings in production-related fields would naturally not stay. Even if a gifted individual occasionally succeeded in advancing, they would usually be immediately sent to a better city to avoid wasting their time here.

Unfortunately, the appearance of the harpies completely shattered the original balance.

However, when Zhang Che heard that the harpy commander had been sent to him, he did not show any surprise or delight.

His expression was calm, even somewhat indifferent, and he simply asked, "What does your Dean Zhang want?"

Zhang Che didn't believe anyone would be so generous as to give away the corpse of a fourth-tier harpy commander for free.

The people in the university alliance are definitely not doing charity work; there must be something they want behind this "gift."

"This one……"

Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances for a moment, their faces showing a troubled expression.

They stated that they were only responsible for running errands and were unaware of the decisions made by higher-ups.

After a moment, someone cautiously replied, "After Dean Zhang finishes meeting with his friend, he will come to you personally to explain the situation."

"Alright, in that case, I'll keep the items for now." Zhang Che didn't ask any further questions, and raised his hand to put the harpy leader's corpse into the [Magic Pocket] he had made in the past two days.

He really couldn't refuse this gift.

Having gained experience from the previous [Wings of Weapon] card, Zhang Che already had a direction for researching the new [Harpie Lady] card.

The fourth-tier [Harpie] had always been on his list of plans, but he was hesitant to act due to a lack of materials.

Now that there's an additional corpse of a fourth-tier harpy commander, his margin for error has increased considerably.

It can be said that he is currently in dire need of materials.

Whether or not to accept this gift ultimately depends on what Dean Zhang's true intentions are.

As long as the other party doesn't go too far, Zhang Che won't mind suffering a slight loss.

On the other side, after personally handing the items to Zhang Che, the members of the University Alliance, having finally completed their mission, did not linger any longer. They bowed to Zhang Che and soon left the Adventurers' Guild.

Seeing the adventurers still gathered around watching the commotion, Zhang Che waved his hand and said, "If there's nothing else, you can all leave now."

After saying that, he ignored everyone else and left the Adventurers' Guild, heading home.

……

That afternoon, when Dean Zhang came to the door, Zhang Che was sitting in the living room helping Wang Xinran take care of her nephew.

Well, actually, Ah Li was mainly in charge of doing the work, while Zhang Che was just lounging on the sofa and slacking off.

He had used up a lot of his mental energy in the card-making room that morning, and now he really couldn't muster the energy to do anything. He slumped lazily into the sofa, sometimes not even wanting to pay attention to Ahri's cries for help.

"Oh well, you have nine tails anyway, what's wrong with giving one to the kids to play with?" Zhang Che said lazily, his eyes closed, as if he were talking in his sleep.

"But it really hurts..."

Ah Li turned around with tears streaming down her face, her two big, watery eyes looking pitifully at Zhang Che.

The little guy, Tuantuan, was sitting behind her, his two little hands tightly gripping the fur on her tail.

Card-summoned creatures don't die, but they still get hurt when they need to. Ahri's tail is one of her most sensitive parts; the tingling sensation of having its fur pulled is something only those who have experienced it firsthand can truly understand.

"Stop fooling around. With Tuantuan's meager strength, how could she possibly hurt you?" Zhang Che mercilessly exposed the vixen's clumsy acting.

With Ahri's physical strength equivalent to a fourth-tier superhuman, the strength of a child under two years old wouldn't even be enough to tickle her.

"Tch, bad master..."

Ahri curled her lip in disdain, then stopped pretending. She yanked Tuan Tuan off her tail, hugged him tightly, and glared at him fiercely, lowering her voice to say, "Hmph, your uncle has messed with me, I'm going to eat you up!"

Unfortunately, Tuantuan wasn't afraid at all.

Or rather, at his age, he simply doesn't know what fear is.

The little guy just happily stretched out his two little arms to the pretty older sister who was so close to him, and mumbled "hug, hug" incoherently.

Ahri was immediately captivated by the little guy's cuteness, and just as she was about to lean in for a closer kiss, Tuantuan grabbed her ear.

Then grip tightly.

"Ah, it hurts!"

Five seconds later, Ahri rubbed her ears and glared angrily at Tuantuan, who was lying on the ground grinning foolishly. She was furious.

Zhang Che couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw this scene.

Chapter 196 The Extraordinary Academy of Hezhou City (Two chapters today)

Fortunately, the knocking at the door stopped the impending storm in time.

"Boom boom boom——"

At Zhang Che's prompting, Ah Li angrily ran over to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Ah Li's voice came back: "Master, two guests have come to see you!"

Immediately afterwards, an unfamiliar voice rang out, its tone filled with obvious excitement.

"Fox race? Demi-human! You're that purple card?!"

Unfortunately, Ah Li completely ignored him. She rolled her eyes at him, closed the door, and then happily trotted back to Zhang Che and that little tyrant.

……

"Mr. Chang Cheh, it's been a long time."

Pan Yue was the first to greet them, with his usual smile on his face. He was dressed casually today, looking like he had just come from home, much more relaxed than when he was at the city hall.

Upon recognizing the person as an acquaintance, Zhang Che quickly stood up from the sofa and responded. Then, his gaze fell upon the person who had come with Pan Yue.

The man was dressed in fairly decent clothes and looked to be about forty or fifty years old, similar in age to Pan Yue.

He has regular facial features and a medium build, looking like an ordinary middle-aged man.

However, Zhang Che still keenly sensed the heavy spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the other party.

A mid-level transcendent?!

Judging from this person's relationship with Pan Yue, they must have a very good relationship. Zhang Che thought to himself that although the Pan family had declined, their connections were still quite extensive.

Clearly, Pan Tingting's talent played a very important role.

With a quick thought, Zhang Che roughly guessed the other party's identity.

"This must be Dean Zhang, right?" Zhang Che said, extending his hand while using the mental link to command Ahri to take the child away first.

Although Ahri was reluctant, she obediently picked up the little guy and walked into the inner room.

Soon only three people remained in the living room.

At this moment, Pan Yue pointed to Dean Zhang and said again, "Let me introduce you. This is Zhang Wenhe, the dean of the Alchemy College of Suzhou University in Suzhou City."

He paused, then added, "He's also my childhood friend."

"Hello, Dean Zhang." This time, Zhang Che took the initiative to speak, his attitude neither humble nor arrogant.

He knew about Suzhou. It was located in the north of the Southeast Province and was one of the three major cities in the Eastern Province, second only to the provincial capital. In terms of overall strength, it was at least one level higher than Binhai City.

Based on what I learned at Binhai University, the dean of a prestigious university in a sub-provincial city like this isn't someone who rotates every few years like in Binhai City; it's a truly long-term job.

Those who can hold such positions are either highly capable, have a strong background, or, more often, possess both.

At this moment, Zhang Wenhe also spoke up, looking at Zhang Che with a smile: "I heard that you served as the assistant dean at Binhai University for a period of time?"