The sun hung high in the sky, and the Clear Abyss Mountain Range was lush and verdant beneath the blazing sun, its forest sea rolling in waves.
The two did not ride the Somersault Cloud. Li Mo held Ice Block's hand as they strolled step by step toward Cauldron Peak. Such midsummer scenery would be far too much of a pity if no one appreciated it.
The gentle breeze occasionally carried a faint fragrance to their noses. Ying Bing basked in the sunlight at his side, her hairpins and dangling ornaments glittering beneath the sun, yet they were far less brilliant than the radiant splendor in her eyes. She looked like a aloof divine cat sunning herself.
More than a year had passed, yet the girl's appearance had not changed much.
He merely remembered how, back then, she had kept strangers at arm's length, carrying an icy solitude that seemed to rise from the depths of her soul.
Back then, Little Li probably would not have dared dream that she would coax him so softly and gently, her hand clasped tightly around his, unwilling to loosen even a fraction.
'Commanding multiple Great Daos affects the seven emotions and six desires, and Ice Block was influenced by Ying Huang as well...'
Li Mo suddenly seemed to understand where that cold indifference had come from.
To avoid being affected by the Great Dao, she had thus pursued the Supreme Forgetting of Emotions?
In the end, she became the Phoenix Heavenly Empress, yet she had long since...
Fortunately, the one before him was not an Ice Block without him.
"I want to eat ice..."
"Hmm?"
Ying Bing came back to herself. Her crimson lips pressed together as she went along with him, saying, "What did you say you wanted to eat?"
"Ice."
"Ice