"The item is right here with me. If Your Excellency wants it, I can hand it over at any time. It's just..."
Hua Lou Song suddenly put on a helpless expression, as though she had some unspoken difficulty:
"If it were anyone else, I would simply give it to you. But Glory Prince Manor has always had ties with your school, so I must remind you—the Rock Ghost's finger bone does not appear to be merely the remains of a sacred beast. The power within may involve the laws of heaven and earth, seizing the creations of sun and moon. Its depths are unfathomable. In the hands of a good person, there would naturally be nothing to worry about, but if it fell into the hands of petty villains..."
Lioz was left thoroughly dizzy by that string of Eastern rhetoric. He paused to consider what she meant, maintained his aloof persona, and answered blandly:
"There is no need for Your Highness to worry. Grand Tutor Shanaer has bestowed upon me an advanced teleportation technique, so there is no need to worry about transport security. (Necromantic) Why does she have to talk in such roundabout circles? Who can understand this?"
"Hehe, Soul Offering Priest, I'm afraid you have misunderstood my meaning."
Hua Lou Song suddenly said in an ambiguous tone:
"The Rock Ghost's finger bone is a national treasure of Great Liang. This time, I exhausted myself crossing the seas before I could deliver it to Your Excellency. But without giving an explanation, the loss of a national treasure will certainly arouse that dog emperor's suspicions. Although Prince Rong and the Grand Tutor are close friends, and he may not notice for now, if he learns that the national treasure is missing, the entire nation will surely be thrown into an