At this time, whatever it was outside seemed to have heard her words. The already low temperature in the dorm room dropped even more. Those wearing thin clothes and short sleeves felt that the season suddenly jumped from summer to winter.

At the same time, traces of black mist suddenly filled the air. The black mist became thicker and thicker, and gradually coalesced into a visible form. Sunlight had been shining through the window, bathing the dorm room with bright light. But now, the black mist seemed to have swallowed up the light, and the dorm room got darker and darker.

Everyone was seeing something that went beyond common sense happening right in front of them, and their worldview was crumbling. They shrank into the corner in fear, trembling.

An Rugu could see that the yin qi in the air was getting heavier and heavier. She knew that this was a sign that the ghost would appear, so she closed the exercise book in front of her and sighed faintly, “I only just praised your game planning, but now you do this. Is it too much to follow the rules of the game?”

As if in response to her, the thick yin qi quickly gathered together and formed into the shape of a bow and arrow. The next moment, the arrow suddenly hurtled towards An Rugu, and a whistling sound of wind pierced the air.

Before An Rugu moved, Shang Yue already stood in front of her and waved her hand to block it. The condensed yin qi instantly collapsed and turned into black mist again.

Shang Yue sneered. “Why do you only have this little ability? It’s not even enough for you to feed me a mouthful like this.”

An Rugu was calmly looking at the exercise book in her hand and even had the leisure to analyze the current situation like a scholar. She comforted the ordinary people behind her. 

“There are three lamps on the human body, one on the top of the head, and one on each shoulder. These three lamps symbolize the yang qi. If a ghost wanted to harm humans, they would need to blow out these three lamps.

“Instilling fear in humans was a good way to put out the lights.

“This game planner worked step by step, first descending on you through the ‘Spirit of the Pen’ game, and then designing his own friendly game.

“Your psychological defenses may usually be impenetrable, but when a person sees their life and that of their friends being put on the balance, their psychological defenses will inevitably collapse a little.

“Immediately afterwards, this ghost would ask you to choose between yourself and your friends, who would be the sacrifice? Do you offer yourself or betray your friends? There would then be great fear and entanglement in your heart, and the yang qi in your body would be further devoured.

“When it came time, your two roommates had to make a choice, and by then their psychological defenses had been completely broken. The three lamps on their body were shaking, and its light were almost extinguished.

“By then, it was time for the game planner to come out and reap the rewards.”

Zhang Jingyuan and the others suddenly realized that this was indeed the case.

A burst of high-pitched laughter suddenly echoed in the dorm room, as if in response to An Rugu’s conjectures.

The notebook in An Rugu’s hand felt warm in an instant. She opened the notebook and saw that new text had appeared on the first page.

[You are right, but so what?]

[I already have two friends and I am now a contented person. If you didn’t open this exercise book today, I didn’t actually have the idea of ​​​​asking for a third friend.]

[I am also a perceptive person and I could see that to be your friend would have been amazing. I like you very much, but under the protection of your friend, I can’t take you away.]

[Good luck and goodbye.]

An Rugu: “…” 

… So it turned out that the ghost had also taken a liking to her?

She came back to her senses and pressed her graceful fingers on the text, as if trying to pin the other person down. “I think you may have some misunderstanding about me.”

An Rugu suddenly made a gesture with her fingers and began to recite the ‘Golden Light Divine Mantra’, the —- among the eight divine mantras. 

“Xuanzong of Heaven and Earth, the root of all qi, has cultivated for hundreds of millions of kalpas, and proved my magical powers. Within and outside the three realms, only Dao is supreme, and the golden light covers my body, I can’t see it, I can’t hear it…”

When she began speaking, new words began appearing on the paper: 

[The power of this spell is limited. My notebook is not an ordinary object, and your efforts will be in vain… Wait.] 

As An Rugu chanted more and more, the exercise book became hotter and hotter, and new words no longer appeared on the paper.

The temperature of the exercise book was getting higher and higher, and the paper surface of the originally indestructible exercise book suddenly began to turn black, as if it was being burned by unseen fire.

At the same time, a block of text suddenly appeared on the exercise book. The handwriting was scrawled wildly, symbolizing that the owner’s heart was not peaceful:  [You! How did you do that!?]

Then, ethereal flames began licking the exercise book from the edges, until the edges of the exercise book gradually became charred and blackened, curling inwards. Under everyone’s horrified gaze, the exercise book spontaneously ignited and turned into a handful of ashes that scattered all over the dorm room floor.

An Rugu ignored the group of ordinary people who were so surprised that they all lost their color. She recalled the feeling just now and said thoughtfully, “It turns out that the exercise book is not his body. No wonder I always felt that there was something not quite right.”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

There was a hint of surprise in Shang Yue’s eyes. This exercise book was not the true body of the ghost? But, truly, a lot of effort had been put into making it.

If she were to destroy it by herself, it would have taken her several days to fully devour it and absorb everything.

Unexpectedly, An Rugu solved the problem just by reciting a spell!

She couldn’t help but think how she had seen many people recite such spells before, but the effects of those spells didn’t seem to be all that great.

The power of a spell was closely related to the strength of the person who cast it. If one calculated matters in this way, An Rugu’s strength was really… unfathomable.

Shang Yue shrugged her shoulders, somewhat glad that she did not fight with An Rugu before—otherwise, she too would probably have been burned to ashes!

… …

An Rugu turned to look at Zhang Jingyuan and the others. “I want to find out the ghost’s identity. He wrote his own information in the notes. He was eighteen years old and was also a student of Dongfeng Town No. 3 High School. He was the class monitor… Do you guys know him?”

Zhang Jingyuan and others all shook their heads. “I’ve never heard of him.”

“He’s definitely not our class monitor. That guy is not so hellish.”

“Have there been any murders in your school?” An Rugu asked.

The student used the same exercise book as them and was probably about the same age as them. He also appeared in the school for a reason. It was very likely that he was an earthbound soul who died in the school.

Zhang Jingyuan took out her mobile phone and came up with an idea. “If it’s such a big piece of news, we should be able to find it online. Or if not, there should be people discussing it on the school forum. I’ll look for it.”

“Okay.”

So they tapped away on their mobile phones, searching for major news events that had happened in the school that could parallel this case. Zhang Jingyuan and the others also looked for relevant information on the school forum.

An Rugu was not idle either. She took out her mobile phone and searched online for murder cases that had happened in Dongfeng Town No. 3 High School.

At this time, Zhang Jingyuan suddenly exclaimed in excitement, “I found it! I found it!”

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