Chapter 27: Spatial Arts

“Then... you don’t have anything to do these next few days, right?”

Tianchen Yun nestled in Beitang Xiaoyang’s arms, playing with his hair.

“Nothing left. I’ll stay and keep you company properly.” Beitang Xiaoyang pinched Tianchen Yun’s cheek.

He knew he couldn’t come out often, so he made sure to spend every spare moment with him.

“Is it okay for all these days?”

“Mm, it’s all fine.” Beitang Xiaoyang held Tianchen Yun tightly.

“That’s great.” Tianchen Yun planted a loud “smack” of a kiss on Beitang Xiaoyang’s lips.

Beitang Xiaoyang chuckled. “Are you always this happy whenever you hear I’m staying?”

“Of course I’m happy,” Tianchen Yun said, his voice brimming with a smile.

“Alright, get to sleep early. We’re setting off tomorrow morning.”

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Backyard of the Gucheng Inn

“Mei’er, you have two spaces, right? One is your own innate space, and the other is the living space opened up by the Purple Flame Ring.” Nan Qingcheng looked at Qing Mei before him and asked.

“Mm, yeah.” Qing Mei was chewing on a foxtail grass, sitting under a tree.

Nan Qingcheng looked at Qing Mei’s slouching posture and shook his head helplessly.

“Do you know what the Art of Space is?”

“I don’t know...” Qing Mei tilted her little head, thinking.

Suddenly, Nan Qingcheng rushed to Qing Mei’s side. Qing Mei tried to stand up, but found her movements had become incredibly slow, as if she were in slow motion. Then, just as suddenly, everything returned to normal.

Qing Mei looked at Nan Qingcheng in shock.

“Is this the Art of Space? Changing the flow of space around you?”

“Mm, that’s exactly it. Changing the space around you as you wish. I only slowed down the space by ten times just now.” Nan Qingcheng felt that Qing Mei’s comprehension was actually quite good.

“Alright, how you proceed from here depends on your own realization.” Having said that, Nan Qingcheng sat down under the tree, imitating Qing Mei.

Qing Mei sat cross-legged beside Nan Qingcheng, thinking and thinking, staying like that until the middle of the night.

Suddenly, Nan Qingcheng felt a ripple in space. When he turned his head, he noticed his own movements had slowed down slightly.

“How was that? Not bad, right?” Qing Mei looked at Nan Qingcheng with a beaming smile. It had taken her so long to learn the basics of the Art of Space.

“Mm, it’s passable. You controlled it to five times, and the range... is only enough to accommodate one person. Overall, today’s lesson was a success,” Nan Qingcheng summarized seriously.

“Fine then... Sigh, I’m tired. Going to sleep.” Qing Mei stretched and walked toward her room. Nan Qingcheng followed quietly behind her.

When Qing Mei reached the door of her room, she looked around and didn’t see Nan Qingcheng, feeling a sense of emptiness. As she opened the door, she muttered to herself

“Didn’t you want to share a room with me so badly? We argued for so long, and now you’re nowhere to be seen.”

Suddenly, Qing Mei felt someone behind her. She quickly pulled the dagger she had chosen in the space last time from her robes and gripped it in her hand.

However, she bumped into an embrace, and a familiar scent filled her nose.

“Does Mei’er want me to share a room with you that much?” Nan Qingcheng said with a grin.

Qing Mei stomped on Nan Qingcheng’s foot, but his expression remained unchanged. “Hmph, who wants to share a room with you? You stay in this one, I’m going to that one.” Saying this, Qing Mei started to walk toward the door.

Nan Qingcheng grabbed Qing Mei’s hand. “Mei’er, I let someone else stay in that room. We can squeeze into this one, and I gave that room to someone else,” Nan Qingcheng said with a straight face.

“Fine then, I’m sleeping on the bed, and you’re sleeping on the floor.”

“No! I want to sleep with you!” Heavens, was our Seventh Prince actually acting spoiled? If Tianchen Yun and the others saw this, they would surely be shaken to their core.

(PS: Ning Qi is updating late today, sorry. I’ll be earlier next time. I believe everyone already knows what kind of relationship Tianchen Yun and Beitang Xiaoyang have, so I don’t need to explain it, right? Goodnight everyone, Ning Qi is off to do homework~~)