Gu Changqing raised his head, looking in the direction of the voice.
Outside the Formation light barrier that enveloped the entire spiritual field, stood an graceful figure in a pink cotton dress.
It was Sun Tingting, whom he hadn't seen in half a month.
Seeing Sun Tingting appear, a hint of vigilance flashed deep within Gu Changqing's eyes.
But it quickly hid, replaced by an expression of pleasant surprise.
He immediately clapped his hands, stood up from the spiritual field, and quickly ran to the edge of the Formation.
He patted his Storage Pouch at his waist, taking out the small green flag that could control the Formation.
Holding it in his hand, he gently waved it.
As the flag unfurled, a green light shot out, landing on the Formation light barrier.
The surface of the light barrier immediately rippled with light, revealing a circular opening large enough for one person to pass through.
Sun Tingting walked in through the opening, and Gu Changqing immediately showed a happy smile:
"Tingting, why have you come?"
"Hmph, don't even mention it."
Sun Tingting snorted softly, gave Gu Changqing an annoyed look, and complained in a wistful tone:
"After a certain heartless person left, he didn't even think to come back and look for such a long time, so I had to come myself."
"Cough."
Gu Changqing scratched his head awkwardly, explaining:
"I just got here and I'm not familiar with these Spirit Medicine yet, so I didn't dare to leave for too long."
"Alright, I was just teasing you."
Sun Tingting chuckled, her anger turning to joy, and she took out a bundle from her Storage Pouch and handed it to Gu Changqing, saying:
"Father knows life on Qingyun Slope is hard, and it's inconvenient to buy various supplies, so he asked me to bring you a few clothes and some daily necessities."
"Thank you, Uncle Sun."
Gu Changqing took the bundle and thanked him.
At this moment, Sun Tingting stepped to the edge of the spiritual field.
She curiously looked at the ziyang flowers growing in the spiritual field.
She reached out a finger and gently touched a purple petal a few times, saying with some surprise:
"What kind of Spirit Medicine is this? It's growing so vigorously even in the dead of winter."
"These are called ziyang flowers."
Gu Changqing smiled slightly and explained to Sun Tingting:
"Not only is there a Spiritual Vein converging beneath this spiritual field, but there's also an underground water vein passing through, so it won't freeze even in the dead of winter."
"Coupled with the Formation isolating it from wind and snow, the spiritual plant can grow normally even in winter."
"The oldest ziyang flower in this spiritual field has been growing for almost sixty years."
"I didn't expect you to know so much."
"Just read a few spiritual plant books, and you'll naturally know," Gu Changqing said with a smile.
While talking to Sun Tingting, he also paid close attention to her tone and expression.
However, after observing for a long time, he couldn't detect any abnormalities, which made Gu Changqing ponder.
If it's truly as I suspect, that this father and daughter have been caring for me for ten years, deliberately getting close, just to pry into the secrets on my body.
Then I can only say that their acting skills are truly too good.
About half an hour later, Sun Tingting bid farewell to Gu Changqing and left.
Gu Changqing "reluctantly" saw Sun Tingting off a long distance before returning to Qingyun Slope.
Upon returning to his wooden house, he immediately opened the bundle Sun Tingting had brought and meticulously inspected it.
There weren't many things inside the bundle.
Only two winter coats, and some daily necessities like spices and lamp oil.
Gu Changqing first checked the miscellaneous items, finding nothing unusual.
Finally, he picked up the two winter coats.
These two winter coats were not new; they were old clothes that Sun Xiaochuan had worn before.
Since Gu Changqing lived frugally, Sun Xiaochuan often gave him old clothes to wear, so this was nothing out of the ordinary.
However, when Gu Changqing picked up one of the winter coats and examined it closely, he discovered something.
Inside the sleeve of the winter coat, in a hidden spot that would normally be hard to notice, some of the stitches were new.
This discovery immediately made Gu Changqing's gaze sharpen.
He immediately found scissors, carefully picked open the stitches, and rummaged through the torn opening.
Eventually, from a pile of slightly yellowed cotton, he found a yellow Talisman!
The moment he saw this Talisman, Gu Changqing's heart sank, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
If he had only been suspicious a few days ago, now, he could almost definitively conclude.
The Sun Family father and daughter's various acts of care for him over the past ten years were all false pretense.
They were merely plotting to uncover the secrets hidden within him!
For ten years, he had unknowingly lived under their covetous gaze.
Fortunately, before his father's death, he had used some secret technique to Seal that segment of his memory.
Otherwise, at only 6 years old, he certainly wouldn't have been able to keep such a big secret.
He would have long since been interrogated, lost everything, and fallen victim to their poisonous hands!
"Wang Xing and his wife occupying my parents' Immortal Cave and bullying and humiliating me for years are indeed detestable."
"But this Sun Family father and daughter, in order to plot against the secrets on my body, actually maintained their disguise for a full decade."
"They are ten times more sinister and ten times more vicious than all those who have bullied me!"
Gu Changqing took a deep breath.
At this moment, he once again had a deeper understanding of the words his father left him before his death.
"This Cultivation World is indeed a place where the strong prey on the weak, incredibly cruel!"
"To establish oneself within it, one must always remain vigilant, wary of everyone around them."
"Especially those who are inexplicably good to you!"
Gu Changqing immediately picked up the second winter coat and rummaged through it.
Soon, he also found an identical Talisman in that winter coat.
Staring at the two Talismans, Gu Changqing's brows furrowed tightly, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
"Unfortunately, I know too little about Talisman and can't recognize what kind of Talisman these two are."
"However, since they sewed the Talisman into the clothes and gave them to me, it should be a type of investigative Talisman, used to monitor my movements."
"If I directly destroy the Talisman, or put these two winter coats away and don't wear them."
"It will definitely arouse their suspicion, which is equivalent to openly telling them that I have discovered the problem with these two winter coats."
"My current strength is too weak; it's far from the time to show my hand."
"So the best way is to pretend not to have noticed."
"At the same time, I need to quickly find a way to figure out what exactly these two Talismans do?"
"A Cultivator cannot release his Divine Sense from his body until he reaches the Foundation Establishment Realm."
"He's such a long distance away; he can't possibly monitor my every move just with these two Talismans, can he?"
"This is definitely not something a Qi Condensation Stage Cultivator can achieve!"
Gu Changqing's eyes flickered with resolve.
He immediately found paper and pen, carefully transcribing the patterns depicted on the two Talismans, stroke by stroke.
Then he sewed the two Talismans back into the clothes, pretending not to have discovered anything.
He directly put on one of them and continued to weed in the spiritual field outside.