"Gu Jie?" Yu Yao, who had been watching from the side, hurried over. "What's wrong?"

"My... my upper body hurts so much, and my... um, my lower body hurts too." She gritted her teeth, her mouth opening wide as she struggled to breathe. "It's a bit hard to breathe..."

Bai Feng rushed over, his brow furrowed. "That shouldn't be! Yu Yao, you were fine during the test! Gu Jie, could you please move your arm a bit? I need to see where the issue is."

"...Can I not move it?" Gu Yueqing turned her head away, asking in a barely audible voice.

"If you don't move it, how can I check the formation..."

Suddenly, Bai Feng realized something and fell silent.

He had never heard of a formation that had requirements regarding body shape!

Could it be that when the formation shrank, the 'golden armor' shrank along with it? Or was it that Gu Jie’s figure was just too impressive?

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed clear that the membrane had become much thinner, as if it were about to burst.

He had miscalculated; had he known, he wouldn't have asked Yu Yao to test it.

At this moment, Yu Yao was still oblivious to what was happening, her face filled with concern as she looked at Gu Yueqing.

"Gu Jie, could you please deactivate the formation? I think I know where the problem lies."

Bai Feng rubbed his head. This formation was just like a program; you never knew where the bugs would pop up.

"Um..." Gu Yueqing nodded, but then her expression turned anxious. "No, I can't deactivate it!"

"That’s impossible!" Bai Feng quickly turned to Su Lanjian, who was nearby. "Su Jie, could you please help deactivate the formation?"

Su Lanjian hurried over, placing her hand on Gu Yueqing, but after a few seconds, she frowned and shook her head at Bai Feng. "I can't deactivate it. The formation hasn't fully activated; it's stuck."

"…"

Bai Feng covered his aching head with his hand. Normally, a regular formation wouldn’t have such a bizarre malfunction, but the problem was that he had created this formation using the 'Thousand Formations' overlay method, which made its activation different from ordinary formations, leading to different bugs.

"The probability of bugs in a formation made with the Thousand Formations technique is even higher than I imagined!"

"We're out of options."

Bai Feng exhaled. Fortunately, he had left several backdoors.

He quickly walked to Gu Yueqing's side and placed his hand on her arm. "Gu Jie, I’m sorry."

Then, a flash of black and white light flickered in his eyes, and the translucent membrane began to weaken. Gu Yueqing's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, but suddenly, the membrane binding her chest and hips cracked, rapidly spreading across her body.

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"Wait, no!"

Bai Feng quickly withdrew his hand, but it was too late.

As the cracks multiplied, the translucent membrane covering Gu Yueqing reached its limit.

Bang!!

The remaining spiritual energy surged out through the cracks, and the membrane shattered under the impact of the energy.

Naturally, Gu Yueqing, being the closest, bore the brunt of the explosion.

Fortunately, there wasn't much spiritual energy left, so with Gu Yueqing's Golden Core cultivation, she would only suffer minor injuries.

But...

Bai Feng watched as Gu Yueqing's cheeks slowly turned red and silently closed his eyes. "I'm sorry."

He took off his robe and draped it over Gu Yueqing, whose body was now tattered and exposed.

At that moment, his mind was not filled with images of two large, white spheres, but rather he was deep in thought about the formation's bug:

Why did this happen? Where did it go wrong?

Was the explosive spiritual energy a remnant from the formation failing to fully activate? Damn it, the formation book didn’t mention anything like this!

No, how could it? He had created this formation using the 'Thousand Formations' technique; the difference was like comparing a game made with the Unity engine to one made with Unreal Engine 5. While the gameplay might be similar, the underlying mechanics were different, leading to different bugs.

As Bai Feng pondered the issue, a pair of small hands suddenly covered his eyes, and he felt his legs being lifted. Though only a few centimeters off the ground, he was successfully moved aside.

"Little Shidi, what’s going on? It was fine when I helped test it before!"

Yu Yao set Bai Feng down, her tone filled with confusion.

It had been perfectly fine during her test! Why did it go wrong with Gu Yueqing?

"Maybe it’s due to body differences?" Bai Feng's eyes were still covered. "Gu Jie is just a bit... um, taller."

"Uh..."

Yu Yao suddenly gasped, feeling a pang in her chest as she glanced back at Gu Yueqing.

At that moment, Gu Yueqing had put on the robe Bai Feng had taken off. Although it was a bit large, her figure still filled it out.

"Gulp..."

Instantly, Yu Yao felt a deeper wound in her heart.

It was Gu Yueqing who had the accident, so why did she feel like she was the one most hurt?

Meanwhile, Bai Yumo also looked down at herself. While she wasn’t as flat as Yu Yao, she was still much smaller compared to Gu Yueqing.

An inexplicable sense of defeat washed over her.

No, Bai Feng might not necessarily prefer larger figures; after all, he had always kept his distance from Gu Yueqing. Yes, it must be that way.

As Bai Yumo consoled herself, Su Lanjian also glanced at Gu Yueqing, her face filled with envy. But her envy wasn’t directed at Gu Yueqing’s figure; it was for the robe she wore.

If only she had been the one testing earlier.

"Yumo, could you let go of me now?"

Bai Feng asked, eager to see the shattered formation and how to improve it.

"Oh, okay!"

Bai Yumo quickly released her grip but stayed close to Bai Feng, her eyes occasionally darting toward the embarrassed Gu Yueqing.

"Gu Jie, I’m really sorry. I didn’t expect this to happen. I’ll fix it as soon as possible." Bai Feng awkwardly cupped his hands in apology. "As a gesture of goodwill, once the formation is repaired, I’ll give it to you for free. I hope you won’t mind."

He just hoped this incident wouldn’t spread; otherwise, it would surely lead to a heap of troublesome situations, and who knows, it might even attract the attention of the fated child.

"It’s fine, it’s fine. I often have accidents while learning archery, let alone with a new formation like this." Gu Yueqing quickly waved her hand, though a slight blush remained on her face. "Besides, Bai Shidi didn’t do it on purpose. I’ll still pay for the formation as usual."

"Let’s talk about this later." Bai Feng shook his head, not wanting to continue the pleasantries. "Let’s head back. Gu Jie, you should change into some clothes quickly. Even though we know it was an accident, it’s bound to attract some gossip if others see."

"Mm."

Gu Yueqing nodded, instinctively tightening the robe around her.

Although she had spare clothes in her storage bag, the incident had happened so suddenly that her mind hadn’t registered it. By the time she remembered, she had already put on Bai Feng’s robe, and now it was too late to change.

Thus, the group hurriedly left the training ground, but often, the more one worries about something, the more likely it is to happen.

Li Ming was walking along the path in the city lord's mansion, chatting amiably with the guards. He seemed to be heading toward the guest rooms.

Then, he ran into Bai Feng and the others, who were also returning to their rooms.

"Gu Jie, what’s going on here…?"

Li Ming's smile suddenly froze.

Why was Gu Yueqing wearing a robe that didn’t fit her, and it looked like it belonged to a man?

Her face was even flushed. What on earth had happened?

"Li Shidi?"

Gu Yueqing's expression was one of shock, completely unprepared for a visit from a disciple of the Chuan Yun Sect at this moment.

Bai Feng also spotted Li Ming right away. He quickly glanced at the system: 'When did this guy arrive? Wasn’t he over in the west side of the city just a moment ago?'

Damn it, when will this system have a notification feature?

Then he sensed a furious gaze fixed on him. Even without looking, he knew it was Li Ming, the fated child, staring him down.

'This is bad. If I had known, I would have left first. No, even if I had left first, it wouldn’t have helped; it would only make me look more suspicious.'

At that moment, Li Ming was glaring at Bai Feng.

Although Bai Feng had changed into a new robe, he was a lazy person. As long as the clothes were comfortable and decent-looking, he wouldn’t bother changing styles, so his clothes were all quite similar.

This meant that even though he was wearing different clothes, it was still obvious where Gu Yueqing's robe had come from.