At noon the next day, a simple and crude courtyard was being constructed at a speed visible to the naked eye, several hundred meters to the west of Xie Ziyou’s courtyard, close to the dormitories of ordinary students and teachers.

The builder was an expert of the earth element. His hands were placed on the ground, and a profound yellow aura emerged from his palms. Accompanied by the whistling of the wind, the aura danced like a snake as it darted into the depths of the ground.

A deafening rumbling sound came from the depths of the ground, and the gentle ground was instantly filled with the sound of wind. Sand and stones flew into the air, and blocks of stone rose up one after another, causing the surroundings to cave in.

In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the basic structure of the courtyard had already been set up.

After the foundation was set up, the slightly exhausted earth element xiuzhe took a few steps back. Then, the wood element xiuzhe came forward and waved his hand lightly. His crystal-clear fingertips drew a graceful arc in the air. Tiny dots of light floated out of his palms and slowly rose into the air like a fairy scattering flowers.

A fresh fragrance of plants floated through the air, and the seeds of all kinds of flowers and plants were sprinkled out of the xiuzhe’s hands. Like the spring rain, they entered the ground and took root.

“Done!”

The wood element xiuzhe was a delicate and graceful girl. Her eyebrows were as beautiful as willow leaves, and she had a warm smile. She turned her head to look at Guan Heng, who was silently waiting at the side.

“The ling seeds have been sprinkled. In half a month, this place will be covered with trees and flowers.”

“I used the wood element of the five elements as the foundation to help you set up the Bright Sun Wood Spirit Gathering Formation.”

She smiled gently and affectionately, and pointed her slender hand at the center of the courtyard.

“That’s the center of the formation. You only need to send your presence into it, and in the future, you won’t be stopped when you enter or leave the courtyard.”

“I purposely left the empty space in the center. When my water element sister comes back from outside, I’ll have her help you dig a pond and connect it to the water of the Thinking Moon Stream. Plant some ling herbs and catch a few golden carps — it will bring you good luck!”

Guan Heng smiled politely and bowed to the girl. He said warmly, “Sorry to trouble you, Miss.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s no trouble!” the girl replied with a smile.

She looked around without leaving a trace. Seeing that there was no one around, she silently approached Guan Heng. Slightly bending down, she suddenly reached out her hand and shoved a jade box into the hands of the youth.

Guan Heng was somewhat baffled, and raised his head to look at the girl in a daze.

The girl’s eyebrows moved, and she blinked her eyes at the lid of the box.

Guan Heng suspiciously opened the lid of the box, and a fresh, light green wood element profound energy drifted out. Inside was a lush green jade, and within it were several dozen Strange Butterfly Orchids that had been nurtured by profound energy and were growing well.

The girl’s thin lips slightly parted, and an extremely subtle voice entered Guan Heng’s ears.

“I heard that you need this. We sisters went to the back mountains overnight to pick them up. There aren’t many of them, so it’s a small token.”

Guan Heng’s slender fingers paused on the jade for a moment, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

The youth’s brows furrowed slightly, but they quickly relaxed. He raised his head and smiled modestly. His attitude was warm, but it faintly revealed a trace of alienation.

“I really do need this, thank you, Miss.” He said in a clear voice, “If Miss has any needs, feel free to ask. I, Guan Heng, will definitely do my best to help.”

Hearing this, the girl’s eyebrows rose, and a trace of joy flashed through her eyes.

She hastily pulled out her sleeve, and carefully took out a scroll. Her cheeks flushed red, and she tentatively put the scroll in front of Guan Heng’s eyes.

“Young Master Guan, seeing that I’ve done my best — — can you help me sign on this page?”

Guan Heng was startled.

He hadn’t expected the other’s reaction.

He lowered his head slightly, and saw the girl tightly gripping the book in her hand, staring at him, her watery eyes filled with anticipation.

“Tyrannical Young Master Guan Falls in Love with Me”?

What was this?

Guan Heng took the scroll from the girl’s hand, flipped through a few pages, and was immediately blinded by the strange contents of the book.

The girl next to him was secretly poking him, rubbing her hands, faintly excited, and forcibly suppressing it. Her voice became a single line as she asked, “Young Master Guan, there’s something else — — can you help me sign?”

Guan Heng: “… Wait, there’s something else?”

The girl reached into her sleeve, fumbled for a moment, and pulled out a few more books. She clenched them into a ball, and shoved them all into Guan Heng’s hands.

Guan Heng casually flipped through them, and saw a few large words on the cover: “Those Years, I Planted Mushrooms in Luo Ling.”

The unfamiliar words exuded a strange sense of familiarity, and he could faintly smell the lingering fragrance of the ink.

Grasping the thin pages, Guan Heng immediately understood. For a moment, he shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Other than himself, the only person he knew about his experiences in Luo Ling, was his dear You You.

After dismissing the girl with a few words, Guan Heng stood outside the courtyard with his hands clasped behind his back, looking up at the courtyard that had already taken shape.

Under the blue sky, the array silently operated, enveloping the outside of the courtyard with a shell as thin as a cicada’s wing and as transparent as flowing water.

Bright and beautiful sunlight penetrated the invisible membrane, scattering into a rainbow of brilliant light. It reflected in the youth’s eyes like glass scattered all over the ground.

“… You You, are you helping me build momentum?” the youth murmured in a low voice, holding the jade box in his hand.

Over the past few days, he had always received gifts of all kinds. The gazes of the students looking at him were still strange, but they were no longer as suspicious and repulsive as before. Instead, they were filled with fervent admiration and faint admiration.

Guan Heng almost thought that it was Wu Cong’s plot to kill him, but he hadn’t thought that this was the real source.

You You’s beautiful face appeared in his mind, and the corners of Guan Heng’s mouth gradually turned up. He couldn’t help but smile.

He could completely imagine what You You would look like when he did these things. The youth’s eyes must be sparkling, and the lines between his brows were like fire. He would furrow his brows and turn his head away, muttering something like “I’m not helping you.” His long, jet-black eyelashes quivered guiltily, and from time to time, he would glance over and over again.

As he imagined, Guan Heng’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He stood in silence for a long time. Finally, he reached into his bosom and slowly took out a piece of cloth.

It was a simple brown cloth, and the cloth was faintly stained with blood. Guan Heng held it in his palm with great care. He pinched the corner of the cloth and slowly unfolded it, revealing a small piece of jade wrapped inside.

The jade was like bamboo, warm and delicate. Under the sunlight, it glowed like a green lake.

Guan Heng walked to the center of the formation that the girl had just mentioned.

Precious and heavy, he imprinted the aura of the jade into the center of the formation.

… …

The day quickly passed. The last glimmer of light in the sky was covered by the dark blue night. The stars climbed up the branches and lit up a faint light on the tip of the tender shoots.

The faint light attracted the faint light, the faint light awakened the faint light. The ink-like night was quickly occupied by the faint light. The tiny starlight gathered into a winding and resplendent river, deep and vast, endless.

Under the starlight, a tiny bee was shrouded in the darkness. The buzzing sound of its wings was muted to a minimum, and it quietly flew into the sky.

Seeing that there was no one inside the wall, the bee turned and left. A few seconds later, a black shadow nimbly and fluttered across the eaves like a black swallow. It climbed onto the wall of the small courtyard that was not yet completed, and leaped lightly into the wall.

The moonlight was like water, reflecting the white shadow of the newcomer. Light flowed faintly on its white skin.

Xie Ziyou’s expression was slightly tipsy, and his cheeks were dyed red. When he leaped, his waist was supple and slender, and his black hair was like sandalwood, swaying in the wind to form a black curtain.

Clutching the storage ring filled with Cunning Butterfly Orchids, he silently snuck into Guan Heng’s small courtyard.

Wu Cong suppressed the news that Guan Heng had been accepted as a disciple by the Dean. It was only today that it was slowly being spread in the courtyard. His courtyard had just begun construction, and everything was very simple and crude. He didn’t have any servants to take care of him.

Xie Ziyou scrutinized the layout of the courtyard and said unhappily to the System, “It’s too lousy.”

“Who did this work? I’ll give him a bad review! ”

The System shook its head and smiled bitterly.

However, there were advantages to the simple courtyard. For example, at this moment, it made it easier for Xie Ziyou to find his target.

He aimed at a row of small pavilions in the center, touched the only one that was lit with orange candlelight, and gently placed the jade ring on the ground.

The jade ring was a rarely seen storage ring, and it was filled to the brim with a thousand Cunning Butterfly Orchids.

Putting down the jade ring, Xie Ziyou concentrated his profound energy in his palm and silently slapped it against the ground.

The recoil trembled slightly, and the cool wind borrowed the force to send the youth up the eaves.

At the same time, the pebble that had been in Xie Ziyou’s hand was pulled out by his fingers and shot onto Guan Heng’s door. Metal and wood intertwined, and in the silent night, an extremely ear-piercing sound rang out.

“Bang!”

Xie Ziyou immediately bent down and held his breath in concentration.

However, he held his breath for a long time, until his cheeks were slightly red, and he didn’t hear the sound of the person in the room getting up and going out.

What’s going on?

Xie Ziyou furrowed his brows in confusion. His peach blossom eyes swirled, and several thoughts flashed through his mind.

The cool wind swept past, and the youth on the ink-colored tiles crouched on the ground, silently mouthing to the System, “Did he fall asleep?”

The System leaned on his shoulder and said softly, “Are you going to go in and take a look?”

“I’m not going.” Xie Ziyou glared at the System and said in a small voice, “I’m not stupid.”

However, after lying on the ground for a long time, he couldn’t suppress the restlessness in his heart, and he couldn’t help but stand up. His ice blue profound energy turned into a whirlwind, sweeping up the white shadow of his dress and slowly landing on the ground.

His white jade-like hand touched the door, Xie Ziyou clenched his teeth, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and lightly knocked on the wooden door three times.

“Knock, knock, knock.”

The candlelight in the room flickered, and the bright yellow light shone brightly.

Xie Ziyou’s body flashed with a swoosh, and his cultivation at level seven was instantly pushed to the limit, leaving behind a series of afterimages in front of the door. In the blink of an eye, he had already shrunk to the corner at the end of the corridor.

However, there was still no one.

Only the wind whistled through the hall, causing the paper windows to flutter and tremble.

Xie Ziyou shrunk his head and pricked up his ears to listen attentively for a long time, but he still couldn’t wait for Guan Heng to come out.

The candlelight in the room gradually calmed down, and the flickering flames flickered on the paper windows. It was as if the light just now was just a normal flickering of the flames caused by the wind.

It was quiet and serene, completely silent.

What was this person doing?

Xie Ziyou’s mind raced, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind — could it be that Wu Cong saw that he couldn’t suppress the main character, so he came to assassinate him with poison?

The moment this thought appeared, it immediately stirred up waves in the youth’s heart. The alcohol he had drunk earlier bubbled up in his heart, and then exploded. His blood surged, and fear grew.

Blood rushed to his head, and Xie Ziyou no longer cared about his identity. He turned around in a panic, and his beautiful eyes were filled with a restless light. His figure flashed, and he suddenly rushed to the door of Guan Heng’s room. He condensed his profound energy into his palm, and pushed out his palm!

The ice-blue profound energy was as dazzling as the stars. How could the ordinary wooden door withstand his fierce attack? With a loud “boom”, it immediately shattered into several pieces from the center.

It was then twisted by the flowing profound light, and shattered into thousands of pieces of wood that fell to the ground one after another.

Xie Ziyou leaped into the room.

But the word “Guan Heng” was still stuck in his throat. Amidst the flying debris, a slender and powerful hand suddenly reached out and accurately grabbed his wrist!

Guan Heng’s palm was warm and dry, and his palm was suffused with a slightly warm temperature.

His fingertips stroked Xie Ziyou’s slender wrist a few times, and it immediately messed up Xie Ziyou’s mind.

His wrist fell into that person’s palm, and he couldn’t break free for a moment. His strength of the seventh level instantly turned into nothing, and in the next second, the unique clean aura of a youth assaulted his face — —

A pair of strong and strong arms came from both sides, and tightly held Xie Ziyou in his embrace.

“You You!”

Guan Heng was laughing, and his voice was carefree and clear.

His head rested on Xie Ziyou’s shoulder, and the heat from his breath blew against Xie Ziyou’s ears.

The puddle of alcohol evaporated in an instant, turning into an endless stream of steam that surged with the wind.

Xie Ziyou felt his ears turn red and hot at a speed visible to the naked eye. The refreshing aura that came at him was like a warm sun, enveloping him in a cage of heaven and earth. He had nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide.

Finally hugging the person he loved once more, and smelling the familiar fragrance of fruits, Guan Heng closed his eyes in satisfaction, and sighed softly.

“You You,” the youth laughed softly. “Why did you come so late?”

“I’ve been waiting here … for a long time.”

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