48 Hours a Day

Chapter 922: Exam Week

As far as Zhang Heng knew, there were many types of game items. However, items that allowed its user to deal extra damage to mythical creatures had always been rare. Even the old man in the Tang suit did not possess such a game item. He wouldn’t have borrowed the spear to deal with Moresby if h did. If Zhang Heng was right, then the old man’s spear was probably the famous Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Destiny, the spear the soldier had stabbed Jesus with.

And now, the blade in Zhang Heng’s hand was on the same level as the Holy Lance.

Zhang Heng then asked the bartender lady beside him, “Why are there question marks on his name?”

“Because it’s fresh out of the furnace. The craftsman is supposed to name it, but he refused since he said he wasn’t the one who made the blade. Strictly speaking, all he did was give the blade a new body that suited it better.”

The bartender continued after a pause, “I guess what he tried to say is that he forged this blade with one more man. In other words, none of them are qualified to name it. Besides, this is your blade. So, I’ll let you name it. You can call it whatever you want.”

Zhang Heng thought for a while before saying, “Let’s call it Shrouded Sheath.”

This blade was immensely powerful. If the wounds it inflicted were deep enough, there would be no cure for whoever it hurt. Another reason why Zhang Heng named it Shrouded Sheath was to remind himself never to use this blade unless it was his last resort.

With his current skillsets, using a Grade-B weapon to deal with his enemies would be overkill, and thus, he swore only to unleash his Shrouded Sheath to deal with overwhelmingly powerful enemies.

After that, Zhang Heng spent another ten game points to order a scabbard made of tule wood from the bartender. As for the upgrade, Zhang Heng also consulted the bartender about it.

According to the bartender lady, there were not many upgradable game items in existence. Most of them were either Grade-E or Grade-F items. It was the first time she laid her hands on an upgradable Grade-B game item. Different game items, however, required different upgrading methods. So, it would be difficult for her to provide Zhang Heng any useful tips. Even if he expressed his willingness to pay a certain amount of game points, the only advice the bartender could give was for him to slash a few people with it.

…

After leaving the bar, Zhang Heng temporarily stored his Shrouded Sheath and Heart of Kreis in the trunk of his Polo. Once that was done, he went back to the school to take a shower.

In the next few days, he stopped wandering around, and instead, stayed in the library revising, preparing for the exam next week. Zhang Heng also met Shen Xixi several times in the library, the latter, busy with her revisions as well. After the dismissal of the union, Shen Xixi did not need to deal with so many things, and she had a little more time for herself.

As for Fan Meinan, Zhang Heng wondered why she never mentioned anything about her school even though she looked to be his age. At this age, she should be studying in college. However, she never talked about it, nor did she talk about her majors or classmates.

Zhang Heng was a relatively quiet person in the university. Even though he disliked taking part in group activities, he still fancied hanging out with Chen Huadong, Wei Jiangyang, and others that lived in the same dormitory. In contrast, Fan Meinan would always be alone.

During the Lego quest, Zhang Heng knew that Fan Meinan’s family lived in Yangcheng. She had a father, a mother, and a younger brother. Other than that, the lady with sunglasses who stole the Dreamland of Death from the auction under the nose of the three major guilds seemed to be Fan Meinan’s long-lost sister too.

Beyond that, Zhang Heng’s understanding of Fan Meinan was very limited.

Fan Meinan might look cold-blooded and did not care about a single thing in this world, but Zhang Heng could feel that this was simply a facade she used to cover up her true nature, especially when the two met for the last time. Fan Meinan still smiled when she talked to Zhang Heng, but she seemed worried about something.

And the two had been out of touch since then.

…

Zhang Heng was a little distracted when he was taking his exam. However, after he gulped, he quickly focused on his test paper and put a full stop to his last sentence. And that marked the end of his semester.

After that, he put down the pen in his hand and rechecked the answers. He seemed to have accidentally dropped his pencil on the ground, so he bent over and it up. After that, he tidied up his things, got up, and handed the test papers to the podium.

At the same time, Chen Huadong, who was six seats away from Zhang Heng, took advantage of the invigilator paying attention to Zhang Heng. He immediately leaned over and picked up the eraser that rolled to his feet. He then took off the eraser’s cover and saw two rows of answers written on it, almost causing him to cry out loud.

Chen Huadong had always claimed that he only needed to do last-minute studies to pass exams. However, his relationship with Nanako Mukaiji had been getting better recently. He had spent most of his time with his girl, and he was in no mood to do any revision. Thus, a little extra midnight oil had to be burned to take care of his previous papers. As for the last paper, he could barely squeeze out the time to study for it.

Thus, he could only seek Zhang Heng’s help. Zhang Heng promised Chen Huadong that he would write down the correct answers for the multiple-choice questions on an eraser and throw them to him. However, something unexpected happened before the test started. The invigilator suddenly asked Chen Huadong to swap his seat with a girl. So, he was forced to move to a seat that was further away from Zhang Heng.

Chen Huadong instantly turned pale. He felt like he had been just handed a death sentence.

Fortunately for him, Zhang Heng was much more skillful than he thought. He still managed to accurately throw the eraser to his feet from such a long distance, and he even created an opportunity for him to pick up the eraser.

Chen Huadong suddenly felt that the two Pizza Hut meals he promised to buy were absolutely worth it. He did not waste this rare opportunity, instantly copying the answers to his answer sheet. Then, he started to make up something to answer the essay questions.

The final score of this paper was divided equally among the multiple-choice questions and the essay questions. Combined with Chen Huadong’s other results, he would not fail this paper as long as he did not get zero marks on his essay questions. Of course, he did not dare to copy all answers to the multiple-choice questions that Zhang Heng had given him. He was smart enough to fill in some wrong answers. He still had to find a way to get some points for his essay questions.

In the end, Chen Huadong managed to fill up all the blank on the test paper. Other than the fact that he wanted to test his luck, he also wanted to impress his teacher by showing that he put a lot of effort into finishing the exam paper. However, he did not know if this strategy would work well for him.

When the invigilator asked the students to stop writing and collect the papers, Chen Huadong felt that he had performed exceptionally well in this test paper. So, he breathed a sigh of relief.