High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2865: Chapter 1086: Tai Yi and Taiyi

"Taiyi?"

Zheng Qing looked at the gigantic figure in the distance, his mind a jumble of thoughts, yet his memory was surprisingly clear at this moment. He instinctively furrowed his brow: "Is it the... big guy from the Black Prison?"

Even though it happened last year, some images seemed to be etched into his mind by magic.

To this day, whenever he recalls the experiences in the Black Prison, Zheng Qing can vividly remember the myriad rays of light erupting from the bone relic on Giant Zero Three’s forehead, and the main array controllers of the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Array asking, ’Who is below the Xuan’, followed by the awe-inspiring answer, ’My name is Taiyi’, from the bone giant dressed in splendid robes, holding a precious sword.

Old Yao clearly guessed what he wanted to express.

"Black Prison? No, definitely not... well, it’s not entirely unrelated, let’s say there’s a certain connection."

He first denied the young man’s guess, then patiently explained: "The ’Taiyi’ that appeared in the Black Prison was the ’Tai’ of the god who died, the ’Tai’ of Mount Tai; while this one in front of you, named ’Taiyi’ by the project team, is the ’Tai’ of the sun. Same sound, different character. As for their relationship..."

The professor mused, seemingly hesitating whether to continue explaining.

But then he noted the little blue dragon hanging on the young man’s ear and chuckled quietly.

"In the Black Prison, Vice Principal Ruoyu had previously made an agreement with Six Fingers."

Noticeably, upon seeing Zheng Qing’s fleeting confusion, he explained very considerately: "Six Fingers is the president of the Dark Council, also a very powerful legendary wizard."

"Oh, I know about him!" Zheng Qing suddenly realized, a slight trace of irritation in his eyes.

During the hunting season in his freshman year, the large hand that nearly destroyed Su Shijun’s tail belonged to this name. Now thinking back, Zheng Qing might be thankful that they were in a Sandbox Mini World at that time, unable to accommodate excessively powerful wizard forces, thus giving them a chance to maneuver.

A trace of surprise flashed in Old Yao’s eyes.

He could see that Zheng Qing genuinely knew the Dark Council president—there seemed to be a bit of personal animosity—a true disciple of the principal indeed, for a young wizard without even a registered true name to have such entanglements with an eminent figure.

A thought passed, but his speech never paused: "—The two legends at that time agreed that if the Dark Council president won, he could leave safely with his people, and the Alliance would acknowledge the existence of the Dark Council, including the forbidden curse named ’Taiyi’; if Vice Principal Ruoyu won, although Six Fingers could also leave with the Dark Council’s members, they would have to leave the forbidden spell they researched at the school, and they’d need to sign a new contract."

Professor Yao did not detail what the new contract entailed, and Zheng Qing did not inquire. It was no different from the conditions imposed by ’victorious countries’ on ’defeated countries’ in the world of ordinary people.

Just unexpectedly hearing the words ’forbidden spell’ caused his spirits to become a bit tighter.

Although Zheng Qing’s gaze was still on the gigantic figure in the distance, he couldn’t help but raise his ears and subconsciously lightened his breathing.

Professor Yao seemed not to notice the bristling hairs on the back of the young man’s neck, cheerfully sharing a few details he knew: "—After the Battle of the Black Prison, the school confiscated the forbidden spell from the Dark Council, confirming it was not a complete forbidden spell, but rather a series of pathways forcibly combined into a ’semi-forbidden curse’. This was why it never broke through our ’Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Array’ at that time.

Relevant departments dissected the forbidden spell and identified three primary convergence pathways: ’Spirit’, ’Competition’, and ’Yin Yang’, with ’Yin Yang’ being particularly precious. You should know, the ’Yin Yang’ convergence pathway was summarized by wizards on the very first day the concept of a forbidden spell came into existence, but the proper convergence method has never been found.

The wizards of the Dark Council ingeniously thought of using the method of ’dual nature convergence’, attempting to step forward layer by layer and finally converge on the supreme figure, ’Taiyi’. However, they neglected that the entanglement of ’dual nature’ invariably involved ’competition’ or ’struggle’, thus the structure of the entire spell was rather loose. It is unavoidable—had they structured it more tightly, the forbidden curse would fail to form a stable mode and the concept would directly collapse—but the result of a loose structure was that the convergence ultimately fell short of the final goal. Hence it could only be considered a ’semi-forbidden curse’.

After confiscating ’Taiyi’, the school’s relevant departments removed the ’Spirit’ and ’Competition’ paths. The former was too ’biased’ and better suited for wizards on the path towards the starry sky to utilize; the latter conflicted with the path of the ’Dragon Han Disaster’... Hey, the power of the forbidden spell concept is such that even the forbidden spell itself finds it hard to escape its own convergence pathways.

In summary, the relevant departments have corrected and improved the ’Yin Yang’ pathway and added ’Three Powers Convergence’ on top of ’dual nature convergence’, constructing a stable structure with ’Heaven, Earth, and Human’, successfully crossing the final step of convergence. Thus, the sixth forbidden curse of the school was completed."

Zheng Qing had long forgotten his earlier reservations.

Leaning against the nearby stone rail, he tilted his body towards the professor’s direction, staring eagerly, striving to absorb every word he heard today.

He had never expected that his attempt to ’try on a battle robe’ would lead him to hear such secretive magic knowledge.

Especially concerning forbidden curses.

However, after finishing the explanation of ’Taiyi’s’ convergence pathway, Old Yao’s voice suddenly stopped, leaving the young man feeling like his heart was being raked over, staring straight at the professor for a long time before he couldn’t help but urge:

"And then?"

Old Yao squinted his eyes, humorously glancing at him: "And then? No more. Do you think the relevant departments would entrust the core details of the forbidden spell to a big demon like me? The preceding content was the piecemeal information disclosed during the work report meeting with the legends by the relevant departments, I’m not familiar with the more specific details... nor am I interested."

He coughed dryly, as if truly lacking interest.

Zheng Qing’s face scrunched up.

He carefully combes through what Old Yao had just stated.

Eventually finding the thread again: "—So, ’Taiyi’ is the name of the complete forbidden spell that was improved from ’Taiyi’? Also, the school’s sixth forbidden curse?"

He finally realized something, turning in astonishment to look at the enormous figure seated amidst the Cloud Sea.

The voice of the Dean of Jiuyou Academy resonated beside him with a hint of emotion: "—Besides a forbidden curse, what power could allow a low-level wizard to consistently exert the combat power of a legendary wizard? Allow a lower-level consciousness to ignore the laws of heaven and earth, having the capability of a legendary concept, this impossible feat can only be accomplished with a forbidden curse, I suppose."