Xu Taiping turned to look. It was Xu Ziyan.
"Senior Sister Ziyan."
Xu Taiping rose and walked toward Xu Ziyan.
"How is the Formation Barrier coming along?"
He asked Xu Ziyan.
"It's almost ready."
Xu Ziyan nodded with a smile.
"The Formation Barrier we've set up this time is also called the Golden Scale Formation. It uses seven pieces of precious qilin bone as formation nodes, together with seven Treasure-grade Formation Flags, supplemented by over a hundred spirit stones and gemstones to replenish the barrier's spiritual power. Once the formation is activated, even ghost creatures on the level of Flying Jiangshi won't be able to break in. It will be enough to sustain us until the barrier opens again."
In excellent spirits, Xu Ziyan happily explained it to Xu Taiping.
"Thank you all for your hard work, Senior Sister."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping secretly breathed a sigh of relief as well.
The formation's completion meant that their mission was nearing its end.
It was not that he was anxious to return, but the half-month deadline when the Ghost-Sealing Talisman would loosen was drawing ever closer. He feared that if it acted up here, it might jeopardize things.
"The only drawback of this formation is that it's far too complicated to set up and takes too long to take effect. Luckily, we had you here this time. Otherwise, with two Hairy Jiangshi appearing at once like yesterday, we would certainly have had to interrupt our work on the formation."
Xu Ziyan thanked Xu Taiping with deep gratitude.
"You're too kind, Senior Sister Ziyan."
Xu Taiping shook his head, then said quite honestly:
"This was what the Sixth Peak invited me here to do in the first place. Besides, if anything happened to you, Senior Sister, how would I answer to Second