The arrival of two Dou Huang experts: the Heavenly Poison Lady and the Misty Cloud Sect Master join forces to storm Jia Nan Academy

Seeing this little money-grubber shatter her integrity all over the floor for a few resources, An Yi laughed despite his irritation.

Zi Yan coaxed him sweetly for quite a while longer before An Yi finally "reluctantly" relented and agreed to give her thirty percent as promised.

Sitting nearby, Xun'er watched the two clowns and could not help covering her mouth with a soft laugh.

Just then, the pavilion door swung open, and Hu Jia strode in like a whirlwind.

"Xun'er?!"

Seeing Xun'er sitting in the hall, Hu Jia froze, then hurried over, her face full of surprise. "You're finally back?! Where on earth did you go? How could you disappear for months without a trace? I thought you'd gone missing in the Inner Academy!"

Xun'er explained with a smile, "We went deep into the mountains with Brother Yi to look for medicinal herbs. We weren't at the academy."

Hu Jia looked them up and down with an odd expression. "What kind of peerless divine herb were you looking for? How did it take so long?"

Xun'er explained, "Simply looking for medicinal herbs wouldn't have taken so long, but besides searching for herbs along the way, Brother Yi also needed to spend a lot of time refining the herbs he found into pills on the spot. Between refining pills, he took us wandering through the mountains and forests, and whenever we found somewhere scenic, we stayed a few extra days. So it took a little longer."

Noticing Hu Jia's somewhat anxious expression, Xun'er asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen? Is someone causing trouble for Pan Gate?"

Hu Jia sighed, walked over to the table, poured herself a cup of water, and drained it. "Nothing too serious. With Elder Nangong's name shielding us, the other veteran student factions in the Inner