Giving It Their All, the Central Main Courtyard Was Completed

Wooden boards rose one after another from the walls and slotted into the grooves between the pillars, fitting seamlessly. The window frames were installed, followed by the window panes and window paper. The doors were the same, each one fitted into place.

Roof tiles rose like raindrops, landing one by one upon the rafters in neat, overlapping layers. Seen from below, the dark bluish-gray tiles were arranged like fish scales, packed so tightly that not a drop could pass through.

Last came the interior partitions, stairs, flooring...

Everything was completed in an incredibly short time.

When the final floorboard was laid, the entire Main Courtyard was complete.

Everyone stood in the courtyard, staring at the magnificent structure that had suddenly appeared before them, speechless for a time.

"This is... way too fast..." Ning Rongrong murmured.

Dugu Yan gave Xiao Yun a deep look, the shock in her eyes even greater than before.

Tang Yuehua slowly stepped forward and ran her hand over one of the pillars, feeling the smooth warmth beneath her palm. She looked up at the exquisite bracket sets, the upturned eaves, and the cloud-patterned sparrow braces, an indescribable glimmer flashing through her eyes.

"This architectural style..." she said softly, "I've never seen anything like it."

Xiao Yun smiled faintly without explaining.

He knew that this pure classical Chinese architectural style was indeed one of a kind in this world.

"Come on, let's take a look inside."

He pushed open the front doors and entered the main hall first.

The main hall was spacious and bright. A white wall stood at its center, where calligraphy and paintings could be hung or a long table placed in the future. Smooth wooden flooring covered the ground, warm beneath one's feet. Sunlight streamed through the window lattice, casting mottled patterns of