This so-called university town was already far away from the urban area. Although there were three universities here, as well as the newly moved No. 1 High School, other places were still open to the public. Cranes and construction vehicles could be seen everywhere. After crossing a road to the west, there was a village called Paper House Head. Beyond Paper House Head, there was already a piece of open wilderness.
Half Moon Bay, also known as an artificial lake, was originally a wild marsh within the campus area of the Institute of Engineering. It was not large, but it was not small either. It was about the size of a dozen basketball courts. Originally, it was planned to fill in and build a dormitory building. However, when it was only halfway filled, an accident happened. It was said that someone died. No one knew how it was resolved later. About half of the original water surface was left, and it was now the artificial lake. It was regarded as a campus greening attraction, and also a holy land for the three universities nearby.
"Hey, how do you know this place so well?" Weiwei looked at Du Kang who had already walked to the lake.
Du Kang turned around and leaned against the railing. He put his hands on it and looked at Weiwei with a wry smile. "I told you that this is the holy land for the three universities nearby. I used to come here often."
"You have a girlfriend?"
Weiwei seemed to have heard a fantasy story. She circled Du Kang from left to right. "That's not right. If you have a girlfriend, why are you still a virgin?"
"Who said that if you have a girlfriend, you must sleep with her? Do you have to be so dirty?"
Du Kang really lost to Weiwei. However, after being interrupted by her, the melancholy mood of the mountains and rivers just now became better. He turned around and leaned on the railing, looking at the calm lake. "Sister Chu, do you know why this place is called Half Moon Bay?"
Weiwei pinched her chin and looked at it. She walked to Du Kang's side and put an arm around Du Kang's shoulder. "It's not a problem for me. Look at this lake, it's curved like the first moon in the sky, so it's called Half Moon Bay."
"You can say that. In fact, there is a legend about this Half Moon Bay." Du Kang smelled the sweet strawberry fragrance on Weiwei's body again. He couldn't help but sniff and felt itchy. He rubbed it with his fingers and continued, "On the first day of every month, the surface of the lake will be covered with a faint layer of silver light. It's very dreamy, like the crescent moon in the sky falling on the earth. If a couple who truly love each other prays together, they can even see a fairy and receive her blessing."
"Please, is this the time to be romantic?" Weiwei pushed Du Kang and hooked her finger at him.
"What?"
"First aid kit, what do you want!"
Weiwei rolled her eyes and snatched the first aid kit from Du Kang's hand. She put it on the ground and took out a transparent tray the size of an ashtray. The surface was engraved with the Eight Trigrams of Yin and Yang, and there was a dent in the middle.
She swiped her finger and took out a talisman from her waist. She waved it at Du Kang. "You're my contractor, and your job is to assist me. Therefore, you still have to master some necessary knowledge. For example, this is the Resentment Trial Talisman. It can absorb the evil energy of resentment and help us sorcerers determine what kind of opponent we're facing."
As Weiwei spoke, she squatted by the lake and dipped the Resentment Trial Talisman in the lake water. With a shake of her hand, the Resentment Trial Talisman spontaneously combusted. A wisp of black smoke floated out, but it was absorbed by the crystal plate in Weiwei's hand.
The originally clear and colorless crystal plate glowed with a faint black color. It faced the talisman at the center of the lake and lit up with a red light from Weiwei.
"Yes, that thing is indeed at the center of the lake. It's a malicious spirit, so it's not a big problem."
Weiwei waved her small hand twice, and a hazy white smoke rose from the crystal plate. The white smoke dissipated, and the crystal plate returned to normal.
Du Kang looked at the crystal plate in Weiwei's hand and was deeply attracted. Not to mention the exquisite workmanship of this thing, it was like a work of art. Du Kang, who had been interested in ghosts and spirits since he was young, could not stop looking at it.
"That … That, Sister Chu, what treasure is this?"
"Oh, you're talking about this. This is the Yin Yang Disc, an upgraded version of the compass. It's my standard," Weiwei said as she waved the Yin Yang Disc in her hand like a fan. She found that Du Kang's eyes were fixed on the Yin Yang Disc in her hand. Wherever the Yin Yang Disc moved, Du Kang's eyes followed, "You like it?"
"Yes, I like it." Du Kang nodded hurriedly, "Sister Chu, can you show it to me?"
"When I'm done with this, I can ask Sherlie to make another one for you, but the cost will be deducted from your salary."
Weiwei said as she put away the Yin Yang Disc. When she looked up, she saw Du Kang's disappointed look. She smiled and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry. Follow me, and there will be fun things for you. Oh, by the way, look at my memory."
Weiwei trotted back to her car, took out a plastic bag from the trunk, and ran back. She handed the plastic bag to Du Kang and said to Du Kang in a mysterious low voice, "Guess what treasure this is?"
"Treasure!?"
Du Kang flipped the plastic bag in his hand and looked at it twice. The plastic bag was a grocery bag from the convenience store, and it had the advertising slogan "1314 Convenience Store, the convenience store near you" printed on it. The outside of the bag was casually wrapped with adhesive tape a few times. He weighed it in his hand and found that it was quite heavy. From the shape, it didn't look like the peach wood sword used by Taoists. He could only shake his head and say, "I can't guess."
"I knew you couldn't guess. Hurry up and open it. See if you like it." Weiwei was as excited as a little girl, urging Du Kang to open the so-called "treasure".
Du Kang was too lazy to remove the tape layer by layer, so he used a simple and rough method to tear the plastic bag.
If it was an ordinary girl who saw her gift being treated so rudely by the other party, she would definitely be very unhappy. But Weiwei was not like this. She nodded with a smile and said, "Simple and direct, very much like your sister."
At this time, Du Kang took out the "treasure" that Weiwei was talking about from the plastic bag. He waved it in his hand and turned to look at Weiwei, who looked like a little girl waiting for praise. He tilted his head and looked at the "treasure" in his hand, "Well, it fits well."
"Yeah, I knew it."
Weiwei jumped up happily. She pulled Du Kang's hand and said, "Don't be fooled by its strange shape. It's a very powerful artifact. Well, of course it's not as good as mine, but it's still very powerful."
Du Kang looked at the "treasure" in his hand. It was a six-sided wooden pole that was more than a foot long. Each side was engraved with a different deity or demon, and the bottom was densely engraved with the size of a grain of rice. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't recognize a single one of them. The handle was engraved with a pattern of auspicious clouds, and in the clouds, eight heavenly dragons were faintly visible. At the top of the wooden pole was a palm-shaped racket made of an unknown material. It was slightly larger than an adult's palm, and on the back of the hand was an unknown tree. In the center of the palm was a lotus with twelve petals, and on the lotus pod was a Buddhist word for "swastika".
"A very powerful artifact …" His expression was just short of writing "I'll be a fool if I believe you" on his forehead. But seeing that Weiwei was so happy, he was too embarrassed to show it, so he asked her what kind of treasure it was.