"Ah!" Nan Gong Huan couldn’t help but gasp. She paid special attention to the ground and noticed that this seemed to be the residence of a certain elder.

  However, there was no one in the residence at the moment, and she wasn’t familiar with the Summoning Department, so she didn’t know which elder had set up this formation.

  The evil spirits seemed to be able to see her. Suddenly, they surged toward her at an alarming speed, their crimson eyes fixed on her. But they were quickly thrown back by the formation, unable to escape, and could only howl in helpless rage.

  Her consciousness immediately returned, and Nan Gong Huan opened her eyes wide, staring straight ahead, still not fully recovered from the horror of what she had seen.

  "Elder Ling, do you know what this formation is for..." Nan Gong Huan immediately called out to Elder Ling in her heart, describing the ghostly formation she had just seen.

  "This? It’s a very sinister Ghostly Formation," Elder Ling said, lying on a recliner, shaking his head. "Based on your description, it should be a Thousand Ghosts Formation, containing a thousand evil spirits. It will only subside after killing a thousand people."

  "Then its target must be the students in the academy?" Nan Gong Huan began to worry about Ye Sang’s safety.

  Ye Sang was in the Summoning Department. If the Ghostly Formation activated, she would definitely be affected.

  "Their targets will be those with higher spiritual energy, like... you." Elder Ling’s tone didn’t seem worried at all.

  Nan Gong Huan couldn’t help but frown. "You mean they might come after me first?"

  "Don’t worry, disciple. Yan Ji and Xue Ji are their natural enemies," Elder Ling said proudly.

  The evil spirits that come out of such formations usually don’t have high cultivation levels. For ordinary people, they might be difficult to deal with, but for the twins who have been cultivating for a while, they’re like a feast.

  "Then I’ll just take Yan Ji and Xue Ji for a meal. It’s like a buffet falling from the sky!" Nan Gong Huan suddenly felt enlightened.

  "But you need to be careful. There’s usually a Ghost King in there that commands all the evil spirits. If its cultivation level is higher than Yan Ji and Xue Ji, those two little girls will be in danger," Elder Ling reminded her.

  Nan Gong Huan pondered in her heart, planning to report this discovery to Yue Zun later to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control.

  "What are you thinking about, Nan Gong?" Jiang Huairou quietly observed Nan Gong Huan, noticing that she had been staring into space.

  The male student not far ahead was almost too embarrassed by her gaze, nearly mustering the courage to come over and strike up a conversation.

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  Nan Gong Huan snapped out of her thoughts, shook her head, and smiled. "Nothing."

  Her gaze wandered again, sweeping over Jiang Huairou a couple of times. Could this formation also be related to the Divine Blood Hall? She had heard something about the Blood Sacrifice Day approaching.

  "Ah, this crystal doesn’t feel right. I’ll switch to another one," Nan Gong Huan said, shaking her hand and walking toward another normal guardian crystal.

  The moment she removed her hand, the crystal displayed the number three, indicating that the energy she had input was only worth three credits. The credit column on her crystal board also increased by three.

  As Nan Gong Huan switched to a new crystal, the number on the crystal began counting again.

  Jiang Huairou watched Nan Gong Huan walk away, feeling a bit nervous. She wondered if Nan Gong Huan had noticed something wrong and was trying to distance herself.

  Then there was silence.

  Jiang Huairou’s energy filled half a crystal, earning her about thirty credits, while Nan Gong Huan filled two crystals completely, earning another one hundred and twenty credits. The monthly limit for this task was five hundred credits.

  Adding the credits she had earned in the past two days, she now had exactly two hundred credits, which was enough to do many things in the academy.

  "Nan Gong, I also have a hundred credits. Should we change dorms together?" Jiang Huairou happily approached her to test the waters.

  "Let’s wait a bit longer. I need to use my credits elsewhere," Nan Gong Huan shook her head. In the Herb Pavilion, spending two thousand credits would grant her access to the rare herb fields, where she could choose a rare magical herb she wanted.

  Yue Zun had hinted to her that the Herb Pavilion had two magical herbs she needed: Moonlit Encounter and the seeds of the rare Sparse Flower Sunflower in the rare herb fields.

  The entire academy only had one Sparse Flower Sunflower, which produced a dozen or so seeds each year. The best way to get the seeds was to spend credits to enter and collect them.

  Two thousand credits... Nan Gong Huan, with two hundred and three credits in her pocket, calculated that she could come to the Mountain Guardian Pavilion a few more times to earn the monthly limit of five hundred credits, then go to the Herb Pavilion to brew some potions, earning another five hundred credits, and then take on a few tasks from the task board...

  Nan Gong Huan felt incredibly busy, wishing she could split into several clones.

  Every credit had to be used wisely!

  Seeing that Nan Gong Huan wasn’t changing dorms, Jiang Huairou decided not to change either, so she could stay closer to her.

  Over the next few days, aside from class time, Nan Gong Huan was busy earning credits.

  Today, she would go to the Herb Pavilion to brew potions; tomorrow, she would go to the Mountain Guardian Pavilion to input energy; the day after, she would take on tasks in the academy’s task area. She was constantly on the move.

  Of course, she didn’t forget to visit East Field Twelve twice a day, morning and evening. The Dream Spiral Grass was thriving, and through Yan Ji and Xue Ji, Nan Gong Huan learned that the ones who had sprinkled Wan Cao Ku were Nan Gong Qian’er and Lu Sui’an.

  Knowing the time of their next attempt, Nan Gong Huan made some preparations, waiting for them to fall into her trap.

  As for the Ghostly Formation, Nan Gong Huan didn’t act rashly but first discussed it with Yue Zun, who promised to be vigilant and handle it carefully.

  Today was the day of Song Xiran’s tea party.

  Following the address and time on the invitation, Nan Gong Huan was now walking in the Order Zone.

  Originally, the guarding mentor wouldn’t let her in, but after seeing the invitation, he allowed her to pass.

  Nan Gong Huan glanced at the invitation in her hand. The address was in a dormitory in the Order Zone, but the dormitories here...

  Nan Gong Huan was increasingly amazed. The dormitories here could be described as villas!

  Since the Order Zone housed members of the Order Team, they usually lived together in large five-story villas with several rooms connected.

  Nan Gong Huan admitted she was envious. These standalone villas were infinitely better than her bare-bones dormitory, whether in terms of greenery or interior design. She could even see the giant crystal chandelier inside the villa through the window.