The sight made the middle-aged scholar even more uncomfortable.
Before Feng Sanniang could say anything else, he abruptly stood, his face stern, and said,
"I'd like to return to my room and meditate for a while. We can discuss the formation later!"
With that, he flicked his sleeve and left the hall.
The young married woman gave the others an apologetic look, then followed him out.
"Hmph! What's he so arrogant about? Just because his master is an island lord?"
Red light flared around Yan, and he spoke with irritation.
The old man's and Feng Sanniang's expressions shifted slightly, but the old man immediately regained his impassive look.
Feng Sanniang forced a smile and invited Naruto and Han Li to sit, apparently unwilling to discuss the scholar.
"Shouldn't there be six of us? Is Fellow Daoist Xue also helping to operate the formation?"
Naruto sat down without ceremony and asked the question directly.
Han Li quietly took a seat beside him.
"There's also Fellow Daoist Dou from Huaming Island, but I hear he's cultivating a powerful technique and won't leave his room for the next few days."
Feng Sanniang smiled as she explained.
"Oh, I see." Naruto nodded and said no more.
Feng Sanniang, however, seemed keenly interested in Naruto and kept asking him questions on all manner of subjects. Han Li, seated beside him, found it rather surprising and could not tell what she was after.
But when she asked whether Naruto understood the Still Water Formation, he immediately denied it.
In truth, Xin Ruyin had already explained the formation to him thoroughly before he came.
Feng Sanniang smiled and said the others did not know it either, then began explaining its intricacies to the three of them.
To their surprise, Feng Sanniang was a formation master, a rare