After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Then...they froze there.

The teacher lowered his head.

The girl rested her head on her arm, her hands clasped together, tightly clutching her chest.

She was sleeping soundly.

The teacher said that such a curled-up posture is a sign of an introverted and timid girl.

That's true.

Although she appeared to be a cold and aloof ascetic, Shi Yan could still sense the girl's vulnerability.

Shi Hongqi nestled obediently in his arms, just in time to avoid the sunlight.

But... it just seems so.

Shi Yan could sense that the girl's slender, straight legs were almost wrapped around him, which was similar to some of the grappling techniques in Shi Yan's memory.

But don't even mention... that feeling of a girl clinging tightly to you.

It was quite pleasant.

Shi Yan freed up his other hand and gently touched Shi Hongqi's forehead.

The girl's hair on her forehead was fine and soft.

Unlike the playful and cute girls in games that I remember, and unlike the aloof and cold girls I met during the day...

The girl sleeping so peacefully... Shi Yan could only describe her as well-behaved.

They're as docile as a cat that will automatically jump onto your lap when you sit down.

Even... when Shi Yan gently touched Shi Hongqi's forehead, the girl's body would subconsciously shrink her neck slightly and rub against Shi Yan's palm and into his arms.

It's like she's being coquettish.

"Really...asleep?"

"She's still fast asleep."

Shi Yan could feel the girl's gentle breath on his chest.

It's all damp.

Logically speaking, this is something very unorthodox.

Regardless of anything else, Shi Hongqi is a genuine Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

His spirit has already taken hold; the slightest disturbance should be enough to wake the girl.

But... Shi Hongqi was sleeping very soundly.

The changes in his heartbeat and breathing when he woke up, as well as the gentle touch on the girl's forehead, did not wake her.

It's like those people who stay up for a very long time without sleeping.

She fell into a deep sleep immediately, and no amount of teasing could wake her up.

Teacher Yan gently touched the girl's face.

The hand that was used as a pillow for the girl, and which was resting on her waist, didn't dare to move at all.

Looking at the girl sleeping peacefully, she gently circulated her "Snow Cold Technique" to relax her muscles and bones.

Then... Shi Yan suddenly couldn't hold back anymore.

The "Snow Cold Technique" has been running continuously.

Even now, the "Snow Cold Technique" is still in operation.

A trickle of spiritual energy flowed slowly along his arm around the girl's waist. After circulating through her body for a full cycle and growing stronger, it returned from between her knees, which were tightly wrapped around him.

"Snow Cold Technique" has simply switched from normal operating mode to 'sleep mode', which is a slight relief... that's all.

Since the "Record of Departure from Heaven," a mental cultivation method that was always practiced automatically, reached the ninth level, "Perfect Transformation," Master Yan switched all his mental cultivation methods to automatic mode.

I was used to what my teacher said, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

Her lips twitched slightly as she gently touched the girl's face.

It's hard to say whether Shi Hongqi fell asleep or passed out.

certainly--

Shi Yan was certain that the girl had fallen asleep.

Look how soundly and sweetly she's sleeping.

Shi Yan would never admit that it was an unconscious act he performed while asleep that caused the girl to faint due to excessive force while assisting her in her cultivation.

She slowly gathered the spiritual energy of the "Snow Cold Technique".

In Shi Yan's arms, Shi Hongqi's eyeballs were moving noticeably faster under her eyelids.

Shi Yan could feel the girl clinging to him even tighter.

Curled up in Shi Yan's arms, the girl's adorable, enigmatic murmurs melted everyone's heart.

Shi Yan did not completely stop the "Snow Cold Skill," but maintained it at a minimum level, listening to the girl's soothing breathing.

She has always been very patient in this regard.

They waited until the sun had fully risen, and the narrow rays of sunlight streaming through the window had slid from Shi Yan's face to the girl's neck.

Shi Yan even thoughtfully shielded Shi Hongqi from the sunlight while he was in his arms.

It wasn't until this moment that she could clearly feel the girl in her arms' heartbeat and breathing quickening.

Shi Hongqi woke up.

A soft, cute murmur escaped from the girl's lips, and then... came to an abrupt end.

Shi Yan could feel the girl's small hands, which were clutching his chest, suddenly tighten, and the straps on his shoulders, which were about to collapse, also tightened.

At the same time... the girl's legs clenched even tighter.

Immediately afterwards—

It's like a tightly wound spring suddenly being released, completely unleashed in an instant.

All that was left was the girl's small, uneasy hands, completely unsure of where to put them, and they simply clung gently to Shi Yan's chest.

Then, Shi Hongqi's heartbeat and breathing slowed down again.

This time... although the girl's heartbeat and breathing were slow, they were completely different from the frequency she used when she was sound asleep.

The girl is pretending to be asleep.

Shi Yan had one arm around the girl's waist and the other on her shoulder.

She neither lowered her head nor made any other movement.

He didn't even use his divine sense.

but--

However, Shi Yan used the perspective of the Womb Mandala to look down on the mortal world from the sky.

"A little higher."

"Your appearance in the mortal world is so childish, but why is your true form almost like that of a pervert? Why are you always staring at other people's legs?"

The Garbhadhatu Mandala reluctantly shifted its perspective.

Shi Yan could see Shi Hongqi's gently trembling, butterfly-like eyelashes in his arms.

so cute.

Shi Yan simply held Shi Hongqi gently, and Shi Hongqi nestled in Shi Yan's arms, pretending to be asleep.

Perhaps~

For a girl, falling asleep in someone else's arms in such an embarrassing position is actually quite shameful.

Therefore, Shi Yan did not expose the girl's lie.

Anyway, girls' bodies are soft and light, so holding a girl who is pretending to be asleep is a unique kind of enjoyment.

I won't lose out no matter what.

But Shi Hongqi is different.

It's fine when she's asleep, but once she wakes up... it would be too uncomfortable for her to feel the spiritual energy of "Snow Cold Technique" flowing slowly over her like a trickle.

Neither up nor down.

It was even more painful than making her faint.

It's only because Shi Hongqi is used to rigorous training that she could endure it; otherwise, she would have given up long ago.

Even so... the girl's eyelashes still trembled uncontrollably.

This can't go on.

Shi Yan never suffers a loss; she wouldn't mind being held like that all day.

But... I'm about to reach my limit.

The "Yuanxun Technique" of "Huangtian Houtu" is different from ordinary cultivation methods.

The soul and spirit are completely integrated.

Spiritual energy is the soul, and the soul is spiritual energy.

This bizarre cultivation method grants the cultivators of "Huangtian Houtu" a powerful ability to seal the spiritual energy of cultivators of the same or lower levels.

But... when encountering a weirdo like Shi Yan.

The disadvantages of a complete integration of spirit, soul, and energy are too obvious.

The pleasure and feeling brought by the soul are much more direct than those of the physical body.

They might just end up like Shi Wei back then.

The tavern owner only slightly stimulated Shi Yan's Qi Sea, and it was enough to make Shi Wei faint.

Shi Hongqi's current situation is probably not much better than Shi Wei's was back then.