The abrupt question instantly interrupted Li Ziran. The voice was frighteningly loud, like a thunderclap.
Li Ziran disliked interruptions during surgery to begin with, and with the atmosphere so good, this fellow was clearly making trouble.
He shot a glare over, then slowly turned toward the old man. "Please ask him to step outside!"
The old man looked at Elephant in the back row and hesitated. Li Ziran probably did not know who he was, so the old man hurried to explain. "Li, that was just a moment of excitement. Mainly because there's pure dark element inside that body, so..."
"You're wasting time," Li Ziran said bluntly. "My lecture only lasts two hours. If you'd rather spend it making excuses, that's fine by me."
The old man still hesitated. He did not understand why Li Ziran was taking this so seriously, but that Elephant...
Just then, Elephant stood up and smiled. "I won't waste your time. I'll wait outside. I hope you'll let me back in for the questions afterward. That's the discussion period, correct?"
Li Ziran nodded.
Elephant walked out, leaving all the animals in the classroom somewhat surprised, as though he should never have been so good-tempered.
But they soon understood. The Shadowfolk being modified on the operating table seemed to be the real key.
Li Ziran worked extremely quickly. He extracted the Shadowfolk's nerves and replaced them with a Dark Elf's, then completely replaced the heart, liver, spleen, and kidneys. The once paper-thin Shadowfolk immediately filled out, but this made everyone frown.
The Shadowfolk were elusive precisely because they could hide within shadows. Their entire bodies were flat, like sheets of paper. Now that this one looked like an ordinary living creature, did it still count as a Shadowfolk?
Their doubts soon vanished.
As an elemental gland