Chapter 1992: Fateful Challenge
This application must have been approved after a whole night of overtime.
There was no need to open it. Fu Qian had already confirmed what Student Liu Shuang was carrying: the mysterious hand axe that had crossed between two worlds and been stained with blood.
His research assistant had once stressed that, to ensure its safe delivery, she would specifically send her own assistant to escort it in person.
He wasn't sure exactly where the collectible had been stored, but the academy was clearly outside the Ji Clan's sphere of influence. If it had been kept at Silver Mist Manor, which he'd visited before, then Jia Keke must have had quite a difficult journey.
And the approval hadn't delayed things at all.
He believed this was one of the reasons Student Ji Liushuang didn't seem particularly excited at the moment.
Cooperation was one thing, but this was a little too cooperative.
Given what had happened to her mother back then, the desire to see her repeat the same mistakes was simply too blatant.
Besides, demigod Angui was probably watching the progress anxiously as well.
"You brought it? Just put it here."
Understanding Student Liu Shuang's position, Fu Qian didn't stand on ceremony. He simply told her to set it on the table.
"Yes. I haven't opened it yet."
Her gaze passed over Professor Lisha without a trace of anything unusual in it. Ji Liushuang spoke in the same calm tone as before and handed over the dark metal case.
"What's inside that's so mysterious?"
The case had a fairly complex locking mechanism. But before Fu Qian could study it, Professor Lisha, who had been standing nearby, showed intense interest and couldn't resist reaching for it.
Of course, she hadn't only just noticed it. Professor Lisha might