Ji Jue pinched his chin, scrutinizing the skull in front of him, with the numerous applications of modern alchemy, as taught by Professor Ye, coming to mind...
Could he really create another big explosion now?
He hadn't felt so affluent in a long time. Ever since he had entered the Time Ruins, the suppressed emotions inside him had begun to lighten up.
However, Tong Hua, who was organizing records beside him, appeared to be distracted.
Always daydreaming.
Absent-minded.
Ji Jue looked at her curiously, "What's wrong? Did you find something else?"
"No, not yet. There's just too much miscellaneous information in the archive. It's all quite tangled and will take some more time," Tong Hua rubbed her brow. After hesitating for a long while, she finally ventured to ask tentatively, "Are you... okay?"
"Huh? What's wrong with me?" Ji Jue asked, puzzled, immediately becoming wary. Could it be some kind of curse?
That he had failed to notice from the start?
"Uh, I mean..."
