The Nuo mask at Zhu Lingxi's waist swayed gently as she held a red piece of paper used for blessings in her hand.
“Xiao Yao.”
“Is this the right direction?”
Cen Yao was lying on the ground, drawing the final line.
“Yes.”
“A little more to the left.”
Zhu Lingxi obediently took a step.
“Here?”
“Yes, right there.”
Pei Tinglan sat not far away.
He had originally wanted to help, but he truly didn't understand space magic circles at all.
In the end, he could only be responsible for handing Cen Yao her materials.
When Cen Yao wanted silver powder, he handed her silver powder. When she wanted space crystals, he handed her space crystals.
When Cen Yao said, “Bring me that bottle of blue potion,” he handed it over, only for her to look and see it was green.
Cen Yao: “...”
Pei Tinglan: “...”
Zhu Lingxi slowly reminded him, “Master Pei.”
“That's green.”
Pei Tinglan coldly swapped it for another bottle.
“I know.”
Cen Yao didn't call him out. After all, the color difference was very small. Really small.
When the magic circle was completed, a sudden gust of wind rose in the yard.
The vines on the flower trellis began to sway.
The candy beans on the candy-shrub clinked together, sounding like a light rain of candy.
Cen Yao stood in the center of the array and raised her wand.
“Space Extension Spell.”
Magic power flowed along the tip of the wand and into the runes of the magic circle.
The ground trembled slightly.
The small patch of open ground right next to the yard wall seemed to be slowly pulled apart by an invisible hand.
No visible cracks appeared in space, but the yard wall receded bit by bit before everyone's eyes.
The space, which had been only two or three meters wide, gradually expanded to nearly ten meters.
New, flat land appeared before them.
Standing by the door, Lu Xiuying and Cen Qihang were already speechless.
Cen Qihang opened his mouth.
“This... this yard can actually get bigger?”
Cen Yao put away her wand, her face slightly pale.
This had consumed a significant amount of magic power.
Still, she nodded with a smile.
“Of course.”
“We can plant whatever we want in the future.”
Cen Qihang walked in a circle around the newly expanded ground.
He squatted down to touch the soil, then looked up at where the wall used to be, completely immersed in a very simple kind of awe.
“Amazing.”
In the end, he could only squeeze out those two words.
Lu Xiuying was the first to snap out of it.
“Yao Yao, are you tired?”
“I'm fine.”
Cen Yao waved her hand.
“Next up is digging the fish pond.”
Zhu Lingxi looked at the open space.
“So, we dig a hole?”
“Let's do it!”
Cen Yao handed her a small shovel she had prepared in advance.
“My parents said the fish pond needs to have deep and shallow areas and can't be too small. Let's dig out the rough shape first, and then I'll reinforce it with magic.”
Pei Tinglan stared at the shovel Cen Yao held out to him.
“You want me to dig?”
Cen Yao blinked.
“You can dig while sitting.”
“What if my wheelchair gets stuck?”
“It won't. I'll put some wooden planks down for you.”
Despite Cen Yao's nonsense, Pei Tinglan still joined the digging squad.
He had finally realized that while they didn't treat him like a disabled person, they didn't treat him like a normal human being either.
Once the fish pond was dug, Cen Yao used magic to reinforce the pond walls and laid down a layer of impermeable stone.
Cen Qihang went to the riverbank to pick up a few bags of fine sand and pebbles.
Lu Xiuying arranged a few pots of aquatic plants around the edge.
The little white cat watched the entire process from the side.
When the fish pond was finally filled with water, it squatted by the edge, staring at its own reflection for a long time.
Then, it raised its paw and experimentally patted the water.
Water splashed up, scaring Xiaobai into jumping half a step back.
Cen Yao couldn't stop laughing. She quietly whispered, “Aren't you a White Tiger? How can you be afraid of water?”
Xiaobai turned its head to glare at her.
In those golden slit pupils, an extremely faint trace of majesty briefly flashed.
But it was too small right now.
Before the majesty could last even half a second, it was completely washed away by its round, chubby cat face.
Cen Yao reached out and scooped it up.
“Alright, alright, I won't laugh at you.”
Once the fish pond was completely finished, Cen Qihang stood by it and admired it for a long time, looking more and more satisfied.
“Not bad.”
“I'll go next door in a couple of days to ask for some fish fry.”
Their neighbor was a fishmonger who used to send them fish from time to time.
“We can even go fishing then.”
Lu Xiuying also nodded. “We can place a couple of chairs next to it.”
“When we sunbathe in the afternoon, we can sit right here and watch the fish.”
Watching them already starting to plan for the future, Cen Yao let out a quiet sigh of relief.
This was great.
With Xiaobai guarding them, and the fish pond and the plants in the yard to keep them entertained, even if her parents didn't go out, they wouldn't be cooped up in the house all day.
She could also enter the dungeons with more peace of mind.
Three days after finishing the fish pond, the System prompt finally appeared again.
【Countdown to the next dungeon: 00:10:00】
Cen Yao was sitting in the yard sorting candies.
Seeing the numbers on the panel, her movements paused.
Ten minutes.
Zhu Lingxi and Pei Tinglan received the notification at the same time.
The three of them exchanged glances.
It was time to go.
Half a month of rest had restored their minds and bodies to their peak condition.
Everything they needed to prepare had been prepared.
A few days ago, Cen Yao had taken out the team card she had exchanged from the System Mall.
It was a silver-white card with extremely fine runes carved along the edges.
The three of them wrote their names on the card one by one.
Cen Yao.
Zhu Lingxi.
Pei Tinglan.
The moment the names were written, a soft white light floated up from the card.
Their player panels popped up a prompt at the same time:
【Confirm establishing a fixed team?】
Cen Yao was the first to press confirm.
Zhu Lingxi didn't hesitate at all.
“Confirm.”
Pei Tinglan stared at the panel, his fingertip pausing for a moment.
Ultimately, he also pressed confirm.
【Fixed team established successfully.】
【Please name your team.】
The three of them stared at the blank box that popped up on the panel.
Zhu Lingxi spoke first. “Do we need to name it?”
Cen Yao felt a headache coming on.
“Let's not name it yet.”
“We can do it later.”
Pei Tinglan raised an eyebrow. “We can even do this later?”
“Why not?” Cen Yao said righteously.
“A name is a big deal.”
“We have to think of a resounding one.”
Zhu Lingxi nodded seriously. “We indeed need to be prudent.”
Looking at the two people procrastinating so solemnly, Pei Tinglan didn't say anything more.
【Team name not set yet.】
【Can be modified at any time.】
Cen Yao nodded with satisfaction.
“See? How user-friendly.”
After the team was formed, she took out three small cloth bags she had made in advance.
The bags looked very ordinary.
They were made of jet-black fabric, tied with silver drawstrings at the opening, and embroidered with simple runes in extremely fine stitches on the outside.
Cen Yao handed two of them to Zhu Lingxi and Pei Tinglan.
“These are for you.”
Zhu Lingxi took hers and squeezed it.
“A coin purse?”
“It's a storage bag.”
Cen Yao said, “A simplified version.”
“I got the inspiration from the Space Extension Spell and rushed to make them. Each can hold about ten cubic meters of things and will last for a month.”
Pei Tinglan looked at the tiny bag.
“Ten cubic meters?”
“Yeah.”
“The space inside is unstable, and it won't last long. It will automatically collapse after a month, so don't put anything too valuable in there,” Cen Yao reminded them.
“Food, drinking water, changes of clothes, basic medicine, and the candies we've saved up over this period can all be put inside.”
Holding the bag, Zhu Lingxi's eyes filled with novelty.
“It's so small, yet it can hold so much?”
“Of course it can.”
Cen Yao instructed her, “Just put your hand inside and think of the item you want to retrieve.”
Zhu Lingxi did as she was told.
She pulled out a box of candy she had just put into the storage bag, then placed it back in.
“Wow, that's amazing.”
Cen Yao smiled. “Right?”
Pei Tinglan also tried it.
His storage bag contained a few changes of clothes, some bottles of water, instant noodles, bread, common medicine, and two full jars of candies with different effects.
Cen Yao had originally wanted to stuff two more jars in for him.
Pei Tinglan coldly refused. “That's enough.”
“Do you want to treat me like a mobile warehouse?”
Cen Yao said righteously, “It's ten cubic meters. It's such a waste not to fill it up.”
“Why didn't you fill yours up?”
“I did!”
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