The negotiations with the two mice had a precondition: they were to replace the spit-upon carpet in the D&K with a new one—the one soiled by the spit of the Rat Immortal.
The two mice agreed without hesitation, even kindly offering to take care of all the related expenses themselves.
This made Zheng Qing greatly surprised; he thought the mice were playing some sort of "to gain something, one must first give" trick.
It was not until Xiao Xiao quietly reminded him that the young, publicly-funded student realized: to the young wizards of First University, the carpet was merely dirty with the spit of a mouse, but to those talking mice in various-colored vests, acquiring a carpet imbued with the aura of their ancestral spirit was probably a spectacularly good fortune.
"Speaking of which… is your ancestor a bit, you know?"
