In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since Chen Yu returned from Black Mist Marsh.
That day, Chen Yu was sitting cross-legged, cultivating the Yi Wood Heart Sutra.
Suddenly, a voice sounded outside his window.
"Junior Brother!"
It was Senior Sister Lü.
Lü Yanyan stood outside the window with a bundle of branches in her arms.
Chen Yu stopped cultivating and opened his eyes.
"Senior Sister, what are you doing?"
"A while ago, I kept feeling something watching me from the shadows. It might have been a wild beast, so I decided to build a fence around my home. That feeling hasn't come back these past few days, but the fence is already half finished, so I might as well finish it." Senior Sister Lü glanced around as she answered.
Nine-Bend Peak had few residents, and most of its disciples were only at Qi Refining. Surely no one could spy on her without being discovered.
"Oh."
Chen Yu nodded.
The feeling Senior Sister Lü described probably came from him observing her with his divine sense.
At first, Chen Yu's control over his divine sense had been clumsy. He might have used too much force, allowing Senior Sister Lü to faintly detect it. By now, however, he could wield his divine sense with great proficiency and ensure that she noticed nothing.
"I interrupted your cultivation because I wanted to enclose both our houses together. That way, your place will be safer too," Lü Yanyan said.
"Sure."
Chen Yu nodded.
As for the security of their homes...
Chen Yu had originally intended to set up a Star-Dipper Maze Formation around his and Senior Sister Lü's residences. But he had no idea what was going on with Shen Fei. He had clearly dropped a hint, yet an entire month had