The quiet living room was lit by a hazy yellow glow spilling from beneath the lampshade, illuminating the central area.
Tang Qi had cleared off the coffee table.
Only a dagger remained on it, along with the Erthos Ghost Grass pinned beneath it—or rather, Professor Rick Cassel. Beside him sat a glass of water.
The two were engaged in a strange conversation.
Tang Qi had uncovered the reason behind the سلسلة of gruesome cases at Messer University, then brought back the true "culprit"—Professor Cassel, who had become an Activated State Shadow Caged Mushroom. Of course, it was not because Tang Qi sympathized with what had happened to him.
This old professor deserved no sympathy, whether by law or by morality.
Tang Qi had brought him back because he possessed something Tang Qi needed.
And more than one thing at that.
Tang Qi slowly withdrew his gaze from the stack of handwritten notes, then looked at the caged mushroom and asked, "Where did you acquire your knowledge of Secret Medicine Studies?"
If Professor Cassel had still been human, he would probably have immediately shown a look of horror upon hearing that question.
This was the greatest secret he carried. Having it exposed in a single sentence would naturally have changed his expression.
Unfortunately, he was now nothing more than a strange plant.
Only his slick, pitch-black tentacles twitched instinctively. Then, realizing his current situation, he did not intend to hide anything. Dipping himself in the water, he wrote his answer on the coffee table.
"While investigating a shipwreck from the Old Calendar Thirteenth Era, I accidentally discovered several books that would not decay. They contained a great deal of secret medicine knowledge. Since there was a thunderstorm that day, I was the only one willing to sort through those things. The