"I can do it!"
Huo Yi's words rang with unshakable conviction.
The moment he finished, voices of agreement rose one after another, rolling outward in wave upon wave. Everyone present was swept up in his resolve.
"I'll leave the rest to you, Nana." Huo Yuhao turned toward Ghost Nana.
Truth be told, he knew he was leaving most of the work to her.
The gloom that had once shadowed Nana's pale face was gone. Her eyes shone with determination as she nodded solemnly to Huo Yuhao. "Yes, Master! Nana won't let you down."
Under her earnest gaze, Huo Yuhao felt an inexplicable twinge of guilt and lowered his eyes.
He looked up at Ning Tian and Meng Hongchen beside him, his tone returning to normal. "If there's nothing else, I'll head back to the academy."
"You're going back so soon?" Meng Hongchen frowned, confusion filling her eyes.
Ning Tian remained calm. She had long since grown used to Huo Yuhao's way of doing things and understood his reasoning. "All right, Yuhao. I'll help Nana with the work ahead."
Huo Yuhao was about to leave when his gaze fell on Nana again, and an idea struck him.
He raised a hand, and two Jade Abacuses emerged from his Soul Tool Storage Device. One was gray; the other glowed a clear ice blue.
"These are Jade Abacuses. Ning Tian can show you how to use them."
Huo Yuhao had originally intended to give only the gray Jade Abacus to Nana, but with Meng Hongchen there, he decided to hand over the blue one as well.
After giving each of them a Jade Abacus, Huo Yuhao dared not linger. He slipped away as if his feet had been greased and vanished into the outpost's shadows.
Leaving the outpost, he hurried through the academy,