Chen Ping straightened the stack of blueprints and handed it to the Dragon Girl. He gave her a slight nod before heading toward Qian Duoduo's office inside the Testing Ground.
The Dragon Girl's gaze wandered considerably. Only after she watched Chen Ping enter Qian Duoduo's office without looking back at her even once did she head toward Xian Lin'er's office, her head still somewhat muddled.
Could everything Dean Qian said have been true? Had his student really bought me at auction just to take a little of my blood?
No, human Soul Masters were all jackals from the same hill, weren't they? This had to be one of their usual tricks, prepared beforehand to lull me into complacency. I absolutely couldn't let my guard down.
With that thought, the Dragon Girl hugged the thick stack of blueprints against her chest as though trying to hold herself tight, and headed toward Xian Lin'er's private testing area.
The moment Chen Ping opened the door to Qian Duoduo's laboratory, a fierce wave of heat struck him in the face. Looking closely, he realized Qian Duoduo was conducting a ground test of the Core Array for a new Flying Soul Tool's turbojet aircraft engine.
Compared with the Level 2 Flying Soul Tool array Chen Ping had cobbled together and the Level 4 array used on He Caitou's Flying Fortress, however, the Core Array Qian Duoduo had produced was of an outrageously high level-at least on par with a Level 8 Core Array.
Otherwise, merely injecting a little Soul Power could not have produced such terrifying heat inside the room that it nearly singed off Chen Ping's eyebrows as he pushed the door open.
"Hahahaha! The great hero of our Soul Tool Department has finally come out of seclusion! I thought you'd be staying in