While still outside the Yu Household, Su Jiu had sized it up from a distance. It was probably four times the size of the Su Family estate.
Two guards stood motionless before the Yu Household's gates, each carrying a longsword on his back. Unlike the Zheng Household's servants in gray, they wore black garments. Both also had Golden Core Stage cultivation.
As the four approached, wariness and distance immediately crept into the guards' eyes.
Su Jiu offered a slight bow. "Su Jiu of the Azure Tide Sect, here to pay a visit. May I ask whether your Young Master Yu Jin is home?"
Understanding flashed through one guard's eyes, and some of his reserve faded. "You must be Miss Su, whom our young master has been waiting for. Please follow me."
"It looks like they were prepared," Yun Huanling whispered.
Under the guard's guidance, the group wound through turn after turn before finally arriving outside a courtyard.
The guard stopped outside its entrance. "We are not permitted to enter this courtyard. Seventh Young Master Yu is waiting inside, but I must ask you to make the rest of the journey yourselves."
With that, the guard left.
Qiao Zirong and Yun Chao were slightly puzzled. Weren't they already at the entrance?
Su Jiu's eyes flickered faintly in understanding.
Sure enough, once the four stepped into the courtyard, all the trees within began moving at tremendous speed.
They soon formed an array of scattered trees and plants, while the single path before the group became four.
Su Jiu sighed softly. "From here on, stay close to me."
Yun Huanling immediately took out his Formation Disk. Its needle spun rapidly, and only after several breaths did he say, "It's a type of Confounding Trapping Array."
Su Jiu nodded, leading them forward as she