After sending Su Mei away, Chen Lin returned to the backyard, his expression darkening.
Cultivation required peace and quiet. In an environment like this, he could not even enter meditation.
"Looks like I'll need a formation."
Chen Lin walked over to the stone table that served as the core of the Spirit-Gathering Formation and took four low-grade spirit stones from his Storage Ring.
He was no formation master, but the Introductory Array Formations he had acquired earlier recorded several basic support formations.
The Soundproofing Formation was one of them.
With four flicks of his fingers, the spirit stones turned into streaks of light and sank precisely into the soil at the four corners of the backyard.
Humm-
An invisible ripple spread outward from the stone table like ripples on water, forming a transparent dome over the entire backyard.
In an instant, the clamorous voices outside vanished without a trace, as though someone had pressed the mute button.
The whole world fell silent.
Only the rustling of wind through the leaves and the faint sound of water from the distant reservoir remained.
"Now that's more like it." Chen Lin nodded in satisfaction.
He walked toward the corner of the wall, and the two kittens chasing butterflies immediately ran over and rubbed affectionately against his trouser legs.
Chen Lin bent down and picked up Bright Moon, the more timid of the two, then rubbed the kitten's furry head.
"Little one, I have a job for you."
He sent a thread of divine sense into Bright Moon's mind. "Stand guard outside the formation. If Su Mei or Xiao Yue has anything urgent to tell me, call me through our mental link. Understand?"
"Meow~ (Understood, Master!)" Bright Moon nodded obediently, then leaped lightly onto the courtyard wall and sat upright like a dutiful sentry.