"Ahem-Ming Hui, are you all right?"
The moment Dongfang Minghui lifted the tent flap, she ran into the considerate Mu Sheng. Blushing, she wished she could dig a hole and bury herself in it. She hurriedly waved her hands. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Seventh Sister would like Mother and Uncle to come over. There's something she needs them for."
Mu Sheng cast a discreet glance over her and nodded before leaving, only to suddenly turn back. "There's nothing wrong with having fun, but wait until the dead of night, when everyone's asleep."
Dongfang Minghui's face flushed scarlet, falling just short of a monkey's bottom.
After saying that, Mu Sheng felt terribly awkward himself and hurried off to fetch Uncle and Qian Mama.
The heat in Dongfang Minghui's cheeks still hadn't faded when Wooden Uncle and Qian Mama arrived. She stood there motionless, her face rosy red.
"Mother, I want the three of us to combine our strength and place a seal on Ninth Sister."
"A seal?"
"Yes." Qian Wanyu explained the small formation seal she and Qing Mo had devised to the two of them. Combining their strength would triple its protection. Unless someone possessed spiritual power greater than all three of them combined-and such people were virtually nonexistent across the Seven-Colored Continent-it would hold.
Qian Ziyan and Qian Yiling asked no further questions. They merely glanced at Dongfang Minghui. "Shall we begin now?"
Qian Wanyu carried Little Fatty out and handed her to Mu Sheng, then sent Little White Ball outside to stand guard. Dongfang Minghui likewise released Little Lecher and warned quietly, "Don't fall for that enchantress's tricks. Don't look, don't listen, and whatever you do, don't smell anything she gives me."
Plants were especially sensitive to scents carried through the air, so Dongfang Minghui repeated her warning.