Before long, you met with the Snow Emperor at the Que King Palace. She was not as surprised as you were to see you. Clearly, she had long accepted the fact that your perception was stronger than hers, and had therefore guessed that unless you were in secluded cultivation, you would inevitably react to anything she could sense.
Thus, you and the Snow Emperor exchanged a few words. From her, you learned that Xue Que's current state was exactly the same as when she had attempted to break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm in her early years. She did not believe she could have mistaken that aura.
Yet after telling you this, the Snow Emperor still sighed somewhat. Xue Que's aura transformation had come a little too late. Had it happened earlier, you could have chosen Xue Que as aid for entering the Boundary Abyss Sea. Then there would have been three people from the Han Palace among your companions, making accidents far less likely.
But now that things had come to this, even if she could do it all again, the Snow Emperor would still make the same choice. Her nature had always been to seek stability. Before Xue Que showed even the slightest sign of a breakthrough, it had already been destined that he would have nothing to do with this operation in the Boundary Abyss Sea...
In the 5,683,985th year, you and the Snow Emperor guarded Xue Que for more than two hundred and fifty years before his aura gradually calmed. According to the Snow Emperor, Xue Que had essentially achieved the purpose of this period of secluded cultivation. All that remained was to wait for an opportunity.
It was simply unclear whether Xue Que would choose to leave secluded cultivation and seek an opportunity, as Xue