Chapter 1154: Ancient Academy Records, Lots of Fun 41

The room grew quiet, but Xie Yuancheng found himself unable to sleep; he yawned and sat up from Jin Chen's embrace, his eyes hazy.

"Go sleep on the bed." Jin Chen raised a hand to gently rub Xie Yuancheng's earlobe, his eyes filled with utmost tenderness.

"Mm..."

Xie Yuancheng nodded dazedly, then lunged back into his embrace, wrapping his arms around his waist and rubbing lightly, "Hold me."

Jin Chen was naturally happy to oblige.

Holding him, he went to the bed; the resting chamber prepared by Cloudrise Kingdom was spacious enough, more than enough for two people to sleep.

Xie Yuancheng rolled around on the bed once, feeling uncomfortable, then rolled back into Jin Chen's embrace, his arms and legs clinging like an octopus, unwilling to let go, his face buried against his chest.

"I'm a little worried about tomorrow—what if I lose? Feng Zian will surely laugh at me."

Whenever this happened, Xie Yuancheng felt that even his status as crown prince was a kind of confinement; no matter how confident he was, he still worried about losing or failing.

He could not afford to lose, otherwise he would lose face for the Tianxuan Royal House.

"You won't lose, and even if you do, it doesn't matter," Jin Chen said, pulling Xie Yuancheng closer. "Our points are already more than enough, plus we still have five points from the final showdown."

He lightly pressed his forehead against Xie Yuancheng's, his voice low and gentle, "Have confidence in our tactics."

Wrapped in the scent of sandalwood, Xie Yuancheng's subtle worries faded away; he clung to Jin Chen's neck, closed his eyes, and rubbed gently, "Kiss me."

Jin Chen cupped his face with one hand and kissed his lips, delicate and tender, like a warm spring breeze brushing over, soothing the agitation in his heart.

After a long kiss, Xie Yuancheng drew a soft breath, his tone languid and pliant, "All right, I'm not nervous anymore."

But tonight Xie Yuancheng seemed to have endless words; after settling that question, he snuggled back into the embrace and asked, "What if I encounter danger tomorrow?"

Used to putting on a brave front, the little crown prince now had a pillow-side confidant; he could say anything, ask anything, without worrying that his status would prevent him from speaking.

This question had no correct answer; Xie Yuancheng just wanted to hear Jin Chen coax him a little more.

"I'll kill whoever puts you in danger," Jin Chen replied, his palm gently stroking the cheek of the person in his arms, without hesitation.

Xie Yuancheng blinked, then laughed, "How can you not follow the rules? In arena matches, outside help is forbidden."

Jin Chen lowered his gaze, locking eyes with his smiling ones, and curled his lips, "No one will notice; they're not as strong as I am."

Hearing that, Xie Yuancheng poked Jin Chen's cheek with a finger, his smile widening, his tone lighthearted.

"How wonderful— the person I like is the world's number one expert."

【Villain Heartthrob Value +5, total 95!】

The world's number one expert, Jin Chen, embraced his lover in his arms, pulled the blanket over them, and said, "All right, go to sleep."

The candle was blown out, Xie Yuancheng stared with his round, shiny eyes, unable to sleep.

His mind was full of Jin Chen's suave, graceful figure on the arena today.

Thinking and thinking, he ended up getting himself excited.

He wriggled his body, a bit restless; Jin Chen pinned his wandering hand and said helplessly, "Yuancheng."

"What?"

Xie Yuancheng, a little dissatisfied, turned over and lay prone in Jin Chen's embrace, his chin resting on his chest.

Jin Chen opened his eyes, lightly pinched his cheek, his voice hoarse, "You still have a match tomorrow."

"That doesn't matter either," Xie Yuancheng insisted, lifting his chin to kiss the corner of Jin Chen's lips, "Just be gentler."

Jin Chen: "……" The difficulty is a bit high.

But he couldn't resist the little crown prince's allure, so Jin Chen could only soften his approach.

He was tossed about by the waves.

Finally, Jin Chen went to fetch water to wash the finally exhausted little crown prince.

As he drifted off to sleep again, Jin Chen, in a daze, heard Xie Yuancheng's murmured sleep-talk, "I like you."

Xie Yuancheng nestled into Jin Chen's embrace; the sleep-talk was faint, but still precisely captured.

Jin Chen's lips lingered with a lasting smile as he kissed his slightly swollen lips.

"Go to sleep."

——

On the second day of the competition, Jin Chen observed as Feng Zian and his group arrived, noting that the three assassins who had been idle the day before had indeed already prepared for battle.

It seemed they still intended to directly change the order and go up consecutively.

On their side, the first three to appear today in order were Xie Yuancheng, Ye Susu, and Si Ning.

Jin Chen lowered his eyes in thought, deciding not to change yesterday's discussed tactics, but needing to alter the order.

"Si Ning, you and Wan Zhou switch places—let him go out third, and you face off against ordinary opponents together with Yuancheng."

Si Ning and Wan Zhou exchanged a glance, then both turned their heads toward Jin Chen, saying, "Okay."

They didn't ask for reasons, anyway Jin Chen's tactics would never be wrong.

The first bell rang.

Xie Beiyao leapt onto the stage, his aura mighty and fierce; all the spectators were excited, and based on yesterday's experience, they regarded each contestant from the Heavenly Mystery Country as destined to win.

But looking at today's North Wind Country contestants, they seemed considerably stronger than yesterday.

Feng Jin smiled cruelly; as an assassin trained for sharpness, what he feared least was encountering a strength-type warrior—and this person before him was exactly that.

Even if he couldn't kill him, he had to beat him half-dead to appease the Crown Prince's anger.

Feng Jin lowered his stance and sprang forward with agile movements.

Xie Beiyao circled to meet his attack, like someone walking a dog, not taking the initiative to attack, simply constantly probing Feng Jin's speed limit.

Below the stage, Wan Zhou stared intently at them, silently comparing his own speed and agility with Feng Jin's in his mind.

He finally concluded, "I can be faster than him."

Feng Jin also gradually sensed something was off, completely baffled as to what this person was doing, just running laps around the stage.

Xie Beiyao twisted his body to dodge a punch, saw Wan Zhou nod in his peripheral vision, then stepped onto the edge of the stage.

In everyone's astonished gaze, he fell down in a very strange posture.

On the platform, Feng Jin: "???"

He instantly withdrew his move, incredulously looking at Xie Beiyao.

"Ouch, I lost."

Xie Beiyao chuckled, turned and went to the rest area.

The onlookers were also dazed, all turning left to watch Xie Beiyao's relaxed departing back, and all turning right to see Feng Jin on the stage with a completely bewildered face.

Everyone felt that the person on the stage was the most embarrassed.

I originally thought this was just an accident.

Who would have thought the next two would be the same.

When Ye Susu sparred with Feng Mu, she was even more perfunctory; the bell had just rung not long ago, Ye Susu probed and found that this person's ability was strength-based, completely different from Feng Jin just before, but his footwork had some similarities.

After probing, Ye Susu fell with a patter, clutching her waist and crying out in pain a few times, then immediately left.

Wanzhou's speed was even faster, bringing Feng Shui to lap the field several times, running faster than anyone, running and running, he ran himself off the platform.

The onlooking crowd: "……"

What are you doing, Heavenly Mystery Squad! Weren't you vigorous and high-spirited yesterday!

How did you become so slack today!

Although the three dead warriors won, in everyone's eyes it was Heavenly Mystery actively giving away points, and they couldn't even harm anyone in the Heavenly Mystery Squad.

Even if Feng Zian's brain is really bad, he can sense that something is wrong.

The most likely possibility is that Jin Chen already knows they have dead warriors on their side, and wants to conserve his stamina for the upcoming battle.

This way, all ten members of the Heavenly Mystery Squad are unharmed, making their chances of victory much greater!