Xu Qingtong looked around but saw no sign of Chen Ruoling. He could not help asking, "Where's my sister?"
"That girl from the Du Household came early this morning and took your sister out to have some fun. What? You didn't know?"
Xu Qingtong smiled awkwardly. "I went out to buy a few things this morning. I wasn't with Senior Sister!"
"Oh! Right! I'm going to set up a formation around this house to ward off attacks from evil cultivators." With that, Xu Qingtong began inspecting the area around the house.
He took out the Formation Jade Slip and studied it carefully, then brought out the four little flags of different colors and began setting up the formation around the house.
After several rounds of adjustments, Xu Qingtong finally finished setting up the Little Four Symbols Formation according to the method taught in the Formation Jade Slip. He hid the Formation Disc beneath the millstone in the courtyard, inserted a middle-grade spirit stone, and activated the formation. Light flashed across the entire courtyard, then vanished.
Xu Qingtong took out another jade slip and formed a mudra with one hand, cutting it down to the size of a jade pendant. Then he channeled his divine sense to inscribe a formation pattern inside it. This pendant served as an Identity Jade Token for entering and leaving the Little Four Symbols Formation. Without it, an ordinary person would have little chance of entering the courtyard.
He had just finished inscribing the pendant when he saw Du Siwen and Chen Ruoling returning. Chen Ruoling carried a plump wild rabbit, while Du Siwen held a wild boar that was grunting feebly.
Seeing Xu Qingtong in the courtyard, the two exchanged a smile and ran straight toward him.
With a thump, Chen Ruoling seemed to collide