Alchemy Principles of Type-Moon World

"Ten, nine, eight..."

Night gradually fell, and the setting sun cast a dark red glow over the trees, casting a hazy glow on the surroundings. Everything around them finally returned to silence. Occasionally, a breeze would rustle the grass, but no one made a sound.

Xing Qingyu turned his head slightly, a meaningful smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Three, two, one, good!"

He slowly turned around, his eyes sweeping over the messy footprints around him, and sighed softly. The traces on the ground clearly depicted the route the students had hurriedly run.

——Some shoe prints were messy, obviously the result of panicking and not choosing the right path; some were deliberately stepped on the same path, trying to reduce the traces of one's movements, but for him, this kind of concealment was not a challenge at all.

The game begins.

Xing Qingyu raised his head slightly, showing a happy smile, and said in a relaxed tone:

"Okay, kids, hide well."

His voice was so gentle as if he was chatting with them, but the students who heard this only felt a chill on their backs.

"Of course, if you're willing to set a trap and fight me... that's fine with me."

He flexed his wrist, a gentle click from his knuckles, as if he'd prepared for the exercise. But he didn't rush into the woods to find someone. Instead, he slowly bent down and rummaged through a nearby equipment box, finally selecting a dagger that suited his needs. He casually twisted his wrist, feeling the handle, and a slight smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

The game has just begun.

He didn't start immediately, but instead slowly advanced toward the woods, his pace as leisurely as if he were taking an afternoon stroll. Sunlight filtered through the branches, casting dappled shadows. The shadows of distant trees swayed, and occasionally the wind rustled through the treetops. The students had hidden themselves well; at least on the surface, no one could be seen. But the footprints on the ground gave everything away.

Xing Qingwu glanced down and sneered.

"The footprints are so obvious, but you haven't set up a barrier yet? Are you trying to buy time for the other students?"

He gently leaned aside and stepped into the shadows, his footsteps silent and effortless, like a wisp of wind blending into the environment. In just a few seconds, he had found his way behind a dense bush, his eyes locked on the student who was trying to hide.

"caught you."

He suddenly reached out, grabbed the student by the collar, and easily lifted him out of the bushes.

"Wow, teacher, you're walking without making any sound?!" The student opened his eyes wide in horror, his limbs shaking helplessly, obviously not noticing when Xing Qingyu approached.

"...Do you think I don't know how to use concealment magic?" Xing Qingyu sighed helplessly, then turned his wrist and the blade of the dagger lightly passed across the student's neck. Although there was no real injury, the touch of the cold metal still made the student's body stiffen.

"Okay, go wait in front."

The student was returned to the open space with a frustrated look on his face, and walked towards the "death" area with mixed feelings. Xing Qingyu didn't stop, but immediately raised his head, his eyes stern, and his body tensed up.

——Just now, the flow of air subtly changed, and someone was hiding above.

Xing Qingfeng didn't hesitate. He exerted a slight force on the dagger, allowing his magic to flow through his arm and into the blade, instantly increasing its sharpness. The next second, he flicked his wrist, and the dagger pierced the air like a meteor, shooting accurately towards a nearby tree.

"Crack!"

The dagger cut straight through a thick branch, and on the branch was a student hiding. The student had no idea that his hiding place would be destroyed in an instant. He screamed and fell along with the broken branch!

The moment he lost his support in the air, he finally reacted and tried to use magic to create a buffer, but it was too late.

"You're too slow to react, kid."

Xing Qingyu took a step forward, grabbed his collar, and gently pulled him, preventing him from falling face first on the ground in an embarrassing situation.

The student who was caught had a stiff expression, clearly still recovering from the shock of the previous incident. Xing Qingfeng simply glanced at him casually and said in a calm tone:

"I'm already nearby, and you haven't made any move yet? Do you think the barrier you set up is really effective?"

"..."

The student who was being dragged wanted to refute, but he always felt that whatever he said would be refuted. After thinking about it, he sighed and surrendered.

In the distance, the students hiding saw this scene and held their breath.

Xing Qingfeng had already apprehended two people just at the beginning. Excluding the time spent on lecturing, the entire process took less than half a minute.

"I still don't have enough experience..." Xing Qingyu sighed, and he was too lazy to even maintain his concealment magic. He just kept walking quietly and consciously concealed his whereabouts, while continuing to look for people by following the footprints left on the ground.

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes falling on several shallow marks on the ground - some were left by the people he had just arrested, while another one, in a different direction and deeper, showed that someone had stepped out in a hurry and made more obvious footprints.

"He hid quite quickly..." Xing Qingfu's mouth curled up slightly, and he followed the trail with light steps.

Not far away, a clump of slightly messy bushes swayed slightly.

"...quite cautious." Xing Qingyu did not act in a hurry, but approached slowly, deliberately lightening his steps, and even suppressed his breathing to the limit in the last few steps.

The student hiding in the bushes felt his temples throbbing, his heartbeat threatening to leap out of his throat. He cautiously observed the situation outside through the gap, cold sweat dripping down his forehead. Although Xing Qingfeng had stopped performing his Concealment Magic, his silent movements made it difficult to detect his approach.

The next second—

The branches of the bush suddenly flipped up, and a hand reached in as fast as lightning and firmly grasped the student's collar.

"what!"

The student struggled in fear, but only had time to let out a brief scream. The next second, Xing Qingqi pulled him out of the bushes. He was suspended in the air for several seconds before being gently placed back on the ground.

"Yes, you know not to move around, but you've overlooked one thing." Xing Qingyu looked down at him, his tone as calm as if he were explaining a math problem in class. "Although your breathing is slow, your heartbeat is too fast. You're hiding in the bushes and staring outside. At this time, your pupils will reflect a faint light. Do you think I can't see it?"

"..." The student's expression froze for a moment. He obviously didn't expect that even such a detail would be caught.

"Anyway, you're out." Xing Qingyu lightly swung the dagger, and the blade scratched the side of his neck.

The students walked towards the assembly point dejectedly, already thinking about how brutal their extra training would be in the coming week.

Xing Qingyu watched him leave, then clapped his hands and turned his gaze to the deeper woods.

———————————————Weeping for a long time,

I feel like it's a bit too much to let a prisoner who is running around the world and hunting down experienced magicians in North America deal with these students (big sigh)

Flatt might be able to kill him, but unfortunately Flatt himself is a homebody with zero combat awareness, so a counterattack is unlikely.

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Volume 40: Xing Qingjiu's Perfect Arithmetic Classroom: 16 (hexadecimal). It is very likely that Flatt will win, but it is unlikely that Flatt will win.

In the woods in the afternoon, light and shadow intertwine, and the air is filled with the faint scent of soil and leaves.

Xing Qingyu took a few steps and placed his toes firmly on a thick tree trunk. He used the force to jump and leaped lightly into the air, easily pulling out the dagger nailed to the tree trunk.

Sunlight filtered through the branches, illuminating the gleaming edge of the blade in his hand. He shook the dagger slightly to ensure it was still sharp, then rolled over to the ground in a perfectly smooth motion.

The surrounding woods fell silent again.

But in Xing Qingfeng's eyes, this seemingly quiet forest is full of loopholes -

——Some people hide in places too deliberately, as if they are afraid that others will not find them;

—The residual aura of someone's magic is so strong that even a slight perception can detect unnatural fluctuations in magical power;

——Although some people hid themselves, the extremely subtle sounds made when they held their breath and adjusted their posture still could not escape his perception.

too easy.

He casually brushed the hair on his forehead, raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and took a step forward, his steps so leisurely that it seemed as if he was really strolling in the woods.

however--

boom!

A dazzling flash of fire suddenly erupted beside him!

Flames erupted instantly, a scorching heat wave swept over him, and the scorching air swirled, attempting to engulf him. Someone had planted a magic trap here, and if anyone approached, the spell would automatically trigger.

——If it were an ordinary person, he might be frightened by the sudden explosion, or even affected on the spot, but Xing Qingyu didn't even stop.

He simply raised his hand, palm extended forward, and directed his magical power precisely at the crucial point of the opponent's magic. In an instant, the blazing flames in the air seemed to be torn apart by an invisible force. The fiercely burning flames were completely broken into countless tiny points of light before they reached his body, and then slowly extinguished, as if they had never existed.

A breeze blew by, taking away the last bit of the scorching heat, and the air around them returned to silence.

Xing Qingyu casually glanced down at the scorched marks on the ground, then looked up in the direction of the flames. His gaze slowly moved upwards and soon locked onto a vague figure on a tree.

"Hmm... finally, you're a bit more prepared." His tone sounded more like a casual comment than genuine praise. "But the trap is too noisy, and the pre-swing is too long. It's practically telling everyone 'an attack is imminent.'"

The student hiding in the tree froze, his heartbeat accelerating. Oh no! He's been discovered!

Without any hesitation, he immediately activated his magic, hoping to use the airflow to propel himself and quickly move to another place.

But before he could finish the chant, Xing Qingyu raised his foot and kicked hard!

boom!

He kicked the tree trunk, and the powerful impact force vibrated along the tree, causing the whole tree to shake violently!

"Hey, hey, hey?!"

The student hiding among the branches completely lost his balance and fell to the ground in a panic. The moment his body lost its support in the air, he instinctively wanted to continue chanting magic to complete the magic and create distance before landing.

——But the sudden change caused his brain to freeze briefly, and the spell in his mouth paused abruptly.

It was this hesitation that made everything irreversible.

"Why did you stop chanting?"

Just as the student was about to hit the ground, a hand reached out with precision and firmly grasped his collar. Xing Qingfeng easily caught him, preventing him from falling to the ground.

"The magic just now only needs two steps to complete, right? Continuing to chant while falling is enough to allow you to close the distance again." Xing Qingyu said casually while casually shaking the dagger in his hand, as if he was thinking about whether to add another stab to improve the teaching effect.

"You can even do something like this?!" the student's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but scream. "It was so sudden that I couldn't react at all! And he easily broke the trap I had prepared for half a day. This is definitely not something an ordinary magician can do, right?!"

"Actually, I could have easily dodged it." Xing Qingfeng sighed, his tone as helpless as if he were scolding a disappointing child. "There's a gap of nearly two seconds between the time your magic is triggered and the time it actually hits the target. Anyone who stays alert can find a way to escape the attack range during that time."

"Also, you're too close to the trap. Haven't you considered what you'd do if it doesn't work?" He casually let go of the student, turned around, and without even glancing at him, waved his hand casually. "Alright, go wait up front."

The student lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and although he was unwilling, he could only accept his fate and walk towards the 'out' area.

The light and shadows in the forest continued to shift, with sunlight filtering through the branches and leaves, creating dappled spots of light flickering on the ground. The air was filled with the scent of moist earth, and a gentle breeze occasionally rustled through the leaves.

Xing Qingfeng's eyes slowly swept around the surroundings, and he could still sense those hidden auras——

——You’ve been exposed, do you still plan to continue hiding?

He didn't deliberately cast a spell, but instead continued forward at a leisurely pace, as if waiting for his next "prey" to reveal a flaw. Sure enough, within a moment, a low incantation suddenly emanated from another part of the woods.

coming.

Xing Qingqiu's eyes shifted slightly, accurately capturing a hidden magical fluctuation. The student seemed to be trying to use the cover to shield himself and perform magic from a distance, but his chanting speed was not fast enough, and his positioning was terrible—

——Just when the student was about to complete the ritual, Xing Qingfu's figure suddenly accelerated, and the fallen leaves under his feet were lifted up and swirled in the air.

boom!

He practically slid along the tree trunk, circling the student's side and back. Before the student could react, he casually picked up a small stone from the ground and flicked it lightly.

The stone struck the student's wrist, where the magic medium was held, with pinpoint accuracy. The sharp, dull pain caused the student's chant to pause, and the magic's structure collapsed at the last moment, preventing its full release.

"Hey!" The student was startled and immediately wanted to change direction and readjust the rhythm of his chanting, but the moment he turned his head, Xing Qingyu had already approached him and casually grabbed his wrist, gently pushing it back.

Click.

The magic medium slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground.

"The chanting rhythm is unstable, and the speech speed is not decisive enough." Xing Qingyu tilted his head slightly and commented calmly, "If it were a real battle, this level of flaw would only make you be knocked down before the magic trick was completed."

The student's lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to refute something, but faced with such facts, he couldn't say anything.

"Okay, wait in front." Xing Qingyu released his wrist and turned his gaze to another hidden hiding place.

This time, the remaining people obviously realized that something was wrong and tried to change their strategy. They no longer performed magic rashly, but waited for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

Unfortunately, Xing Qingyu didn't pause for a moment. He advanced slowly, as if taking a leisurely stroll, but every time his gaze shifted, it seemed as if he was precisely targeting a hidden threat somewhere.

too slow.

Xing Qingyu sighed slightly, and suddenly, his figure paused, and the whole person seemed to disappear into the air in an instant.

“…Huh?” The student hiding behind the rock was suddenly stunned.

The next second, a hand reached down from above the rock and placed it firmly on his shoulder.

"found it."

"!!!" The student's eyes suddenly widened, and he was about to perform magic to resist, but before the magic power in his hands was fully condensed, the back of his neck suddenly tightened, and the whole person was pulled out by an irresistible force.

At the same time, the student in the treetops on the other side also sensed something was wrong. He gritted his teeth and quickly unleashed the magic he had prepared long ago. The air trembled slightly, and a transparent magical barrier spread out in all directions like a spider web, attempting to form a closed area.

"Success!" He was overjoyed, but the next second -

——The branches shook violently, and he fell from the tree canopy.

Xing Qingfu had appeared under the tree at some point, holding the student in one hand and resting his other hand on the tree trunk. The vibration just now was caused by him hitting the tree trunk with his fist, which completely disrupted the student's balance and made him lose his hiding place unexpectedly.

"If they're hiding in the trees, they should at least make sure they don't disrupt the balance so easily," Xing Qingfeng commented, catching the falling student with his free hand. "The magic barrier is so slow and spreads so widely, doesn't it give someone a chance to invade before it's completed?"