After being reincarnated, I cultivated immortality.

When Bai Shu heard her ask him, he said, "There is a protective array on the stone tablet at the entrance of the village. A cultivator in the Qi Refining stage in the village said that he saw someone do something to the stone tablet some time ago. I observed it carefully and found that wisps of black gas were coming out of the stone tablet. I don't know exactly what it is."

After Bai Shu finished speaking, he asked Ling Lili, "Lili, what was discovered at the end of the village?"

Ling Lili said, "I overheard that there is a treasure hidden in this village, and no one knows exactly where it is. Also, there is a family in this village who are cultivators, but their cultivation level is not very high."

After Ling Lili finished speaking, she looked at Jin Haoyu, and everyone's eyes also turned to him.

Jin Haoyu grinned and said, "Let me tell you, this discovery of mine is really unexpected. I went through a lot of trouble to find the highest point to see the whole village. The moment I stood on the mountaintop..."

The others interrupted him speechlessly, "Get to the point!"

Jin Haoyu awkwardly touched his nose before speaking, "You really have no patience. The key point is that the layout of the entire village is a formation. I didn't see it at first, but then a light suddenly appeared, and I could see it a little. But I can't tell what kind of formation it is. I'll draw it for you."

As Jin Haoyu spoke, he took out a piece of paper and quickly drew the general layout of the village.

The crowd gathered around and saw that the lines on the paper were intricate and complex. Jin Haoyu had drawn it very roughly, but it was clear that it was an extremely sophisticated formation.

“This looks like a defensive formation,” Bai Shu said thoughtfully, staring at the blueprints.

“But it’s not quite like…” Ling Lili frowned slightly, feeling that there was something strange about this formation.

Hua Rongyi carefully examined the array diagram in front of him, his brows furrowing slightly, clearly having noticed something strange about the array.

Chi Yi asked him, "Hua Rongyi, what did you see?"

Hua Rongyi nodded, then shook his head.

Jin Haoyu was confused and asked directly, "What do you mean? Did you even figure it out?"

After pondering for a long time, Hua Rongyi said, "This is not a simple defensive formation. It is more like a formation that combines defensive, protective, and offensive formations into one, and its power is doubled. It is very ingenious, and the person who set it up has a very high level of skill in formations."

Yunfan asked, "You can't do it either?" In his impression, Hua Rongyi's formation was very powerful.

Hua Rongyi shook his head and said, "I can't perfectly fuse three formations into one. At most, I can only fuse two different formations, and the power won't double." His tone revealed a hint of uncertainty.

Listening to his words, Hua Rongyi was already very impressive to Chi Yi, a complete novice.

She encouraged him, "Hua Rongyi, I believe you can do it too!"

Ling Lili, Bai Zhu, Yun Fan, and Jin Haoyu chimed in, "Yes! We believe it too."

Kong Bai nodded affirmatively at Hua Rongyi.

Seeing how much they believed in him, Hua Rongyi's slightest bit of self-doubt vanished. Just because he couldn't do it now didn't mean he couldn't do it in the future; he would just keep trying!

Hua Rongyi smiled and said, "I believe in myself too!"

"Let's talk about the present. Based on the current situation, I suspect that someone discovered that there is a treasure hidden in this village, but they couldn't get it due to the protection of the formation or other reasons, so they tampered with the stone tablet at the entrance of the village," Hua Rongyi concluded with a serious expression.

Jin Haoyu asked, "What is the connection between that and that mysterious temple?"

Chi Yi replied to him, "There are two possibilities. One is that the person has nothing to do with this matter and it's just a coincidence that they were not far away; the other is that the person was waiting nearby for the formation to malfunction so that they could use evil magic to absorb other people's lifespan."

Hua Rongyi nodded in agreement with Chi Yi's statement.

Jin Haoyu seemed to understand and continued, "So what do we do next?"

Hua Rongyi spoke up: "Let's wait and see!"

Early the next morning.

Chi Yi watched as Han Xiaobao brandished a small wooden sword in the yard. Beads of sweat rolled down his little cheeks, and his face was flushed, indicating that he had been practicing for a while.

Chi Yi would occasionally step forward to correct Han Xiaobao's posture.

As soon as Aunt Wang stepped out of the room, she saw this scene and said with a smile, "Girl, this little child is so young and already working so hard. Isn't it too tiring for him?"

Chi Yi looked at Granny Wang and said softly, "Nothing in this world is without hardship, Granny Wang, don't you think?"

Aunt Wang smiled and stopped talking, after all, what she said made sense.

After Han Xiaobao practiced for a while, Chi Yi gently patted Han Xiaobao's shoulder, signaling him to take a break.

Han Xiaobao, panting heavily, said to her firmly, "Master, I will definitely become stronger!"

Chi Yi smiled and patted his head, "Xiao Bao is the best! But remember to balance work and rest."

Han Xiaobao nodded and went to rest on the side.

After Han Xiaobao finished breakfast, the group said goodbye to Aunt Wang and left her house.

The group walked slowly through the village, their steps light, as if afraid of disturbing the peaceful atmosphere.

However, just then, a sudden sound came from ahead, interrupting everyone's thoughts—it was a woman's voice, with obvious sobbing and pleading.

"Uncle Wang Wen, please, please save my Er Gouzi! He's still so young..."

The voice was filled with endless sorrow and despair, evoking pity. Then another voice rang out: "Yes, Uncle Wang Wen, look how pitiful these orphans and widows are! Please have mercy and help them..."

These words struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer, instantly turning the previously calm scene into a tense one.

Everyone quickened their pace and headed towards the source of the sound to see what was going on.