Staring directly at the ancient gods for a whole year

#2009 - Fateful Challenge

This application must have been approved with overnight overtime.

Without opening it, Fu Qian already knew what was in Liu Shuang's hands—the mysterious hand axe that crossed two realms and was stained with blood.

His research assistant had emphasized that, to ensure safety, she would send her own assistant to personally escort it.

He wasn't sure where this collectible was specifically stored, but the vicinity of the academy was clearly not within the Ji family's sphere of influence. If it was placed in Silver Mist Manor, which he had visited, considering the distance plus Keke, it must have been a very tiring journey.

And there was absolutely no delay waiting for approval.

He believed this was one of the reasons why Ji Liu Shuang's mood wasn't too cheerful at the moment.

Cooperation was one thing, but this was a bit too cooperative.

Considering her mother's incident back then, the attitude of hoping she would repeat the same mistake was too obvious.

Furthermore, the demigod An Gui was probably also nervously monitoring the progress.

"Did you bring the thing? Just put it here."

While understanding Liu Shuang's feelings, Fu Qian wasn't polite and directly asked her to put the thing on the table.

"Yes, I haven't opened it yet."

Of course, it wasn't that she had just noticed. Although Professor Lisa didn't respect the elderly much, she was quite fond of young people she found pleasing.

Fu Qian believed this curiosity had been brewing for a long time, but since the item was in Liu Shuang's hands, Professor Lisa clearly respected her privacy and didn't pry without her initiative to show it.

As for why Liu Shuang was being so low-key?

On one hand, it did involve personal secrets. On the other hand, she probably wasn't sure what she was going to do with this hand axe, and whether it was convenient for Professor Lisa to know.

Of course, after he explicitly indicated it was convenient, Liu Shuang had no objections.

"You'll know once you open it."

Fu Qian replied to Lisa with a smile. As he fumbled with the box, Ji Liu Shuang had already handed over a small key.

...

Clack!

Although he was confident, Fu Qian wasn't bored enough to show off his skills on the spot, so he honestly took the key and opened it.

He naturally believed Ji Liu Shuang's claim that she hadn't opened it the whole time.

In fact, everyone has curiosity. Regarding this item with which she had a personal connection, Ji Liu Shuang was probably the most curious one present.

The reason she didn't even glance at it was undoubtedly to consider the danger, to avoid being cut on the hand like her mother, and to further eliminate any risks.

Although in this world, many risks are abstract and unreasonable, and it might not necessarily be useful.

But with just this self-control, Lord An Gui should feel somewhat relieved knowing it.

"An axe?"

Amidst the constant praise from this side, Professor Lisa's tone couldn't hide her disappointment.

Her interest had been piqued earlier by the mysterious behavior of the two, and Professor Fu's action of opening the box was as slow as an old man, building up anticipation.

But upon opening it, it was just this thing?

Not a bright golden color, the axe blade was quite sharp, and one could hardly feel any extraordinary aura.

The patterns were quite delicate, even intricate to the point of hollowing out the axe, and the size was miniature, probably even a child could lift it.

"Was it taken out from the Sword Pavilion?"

After only a few glances, her interest waned. Lisa looked at Fu Qian, who was still observing intently, and casually asked for confirmation.

It wasn't surprising that she had such thoughts. It had been mentioned before that although the Sword Pavilion was called that, it was broadly representative of the path of cultivation, except that the image of sword cultivators was too dominant.

Therefore, it wouldn't be strange for the collection in the Sword Pavilion to have other weapons.

Moreover, the hand axe in front of her gave off the impression of an old, ruined weapon, which was very much in that style.

"No, I brought it from my family's side."

At this moment, before Fu Qian could say anything, Ji Liu Shuang had already taken the initiative to reveal the truth.

...

Oh?

Shocked by Ji Liu Shuang's statement, Lisa clearly regained some interest at that moment.

"So what exactly do you want to do with this thing?"

As a result, she lowered her head and looked at it a few more times, but still found nothing. Helpless, she continued to stare intently at Fu Qian.

Too much!

According to her understanding of Professor Fu, there must be another hidden story behind this strange incident, or at least he was planning to research something.

The more it was like this, the more outrageous it was. The lab assistant not only had to do chores but even had to provide test materials?

Such outrageous exploitation, if it gets out, what will become of Apocalypse's reputation!

"A small test. It just so happened that Liu Shuang's family had this thing."

What was shocking was that Professor Fu readily admitted it the next moment, admitting that it was indeed a selfless contribution from an employee, without even blushing.

"Of course, it does look quite ordinary."

Not only that, but the next moment, he grabbed the axe in his hand, his tone even somewhat disdainful.

...

This is the thing that senior spent so much effort to find from Ms. Sissi's house?

It can only be said that it is even more ordinary than the Bronze Lady.

Fu Qian could completely understand Professor Lisa's feelings.

From the perspective of a second-order transcendent, although one could not deny that the thing in front of him had a trace of the transcendent realm, it was too weak.

Back then, that senior needed to rely on Ms. Sissi's self-harm to find it from a pile of collections, so it was not surprising.

But after passing through two realms, it finally fell into the hands of the Ji family so miraculously, and even had that kind of fateful connection with the previous family head, Ji Xue, which made people unable to take it lightly no matter what.

Even if it was finally proven that everything was just a coincidence, the story behind the thing, that is, the one related to that senior, was worth paying attention to.

"Can I help with the test?"

As expected, Ji Liu Shuang was seeing the thing for the first time. While carefully examining it, she watched Fu Qian juggle the axe dazzlingly and took the initiative to offer a suggestion.

The subtext was also easy to understand. The main achievement of this thing back then was cutting her mother's hand, and then the latter immediately ran away from home and eventually gave birth to her as the crystallization of love.

The test method at this time was undoubtedly to imitate what happened back then, first leaving a wound on her body with the axe.

Not even looking at it before was one thing, but Liu Shuang had obviously already made up her mind to challenge in this regard.

"Help? Good."

The assistant volunteered, and Fu Qian's reaction was to agree happily. He finally stopped his movements, held the axe in front of his eyes, and looked at Lisa through the hollowed-out pattern.

"Later, you will come with Professor Lisa and me to fetch the materials."