Shu Yan's Silence, Encountering Nine Treasures (Seeking Follow-up Reading!!)

As dawn broke, bright, gentle sunlight once again dispelled the darkness. Shu Yan awoke from his sleep, and the moment he opened his eyes, he heard suppressed laughter from beside the bed.

Shu Yan sat up helplessly and looked speechlessly at Ice Empress, who sat on the chair beside his bed, swinging her short little legs.

"Isn't it a little inappropriate to casually enter a boy's room, my dear Ice Empress Sister—"

Ice Empress grinned at Shu Yan and clicked her tongue twice before saying, "Now you're getting shy? I'm doing you a favor. Do you know that if it were anyone else, even if they knelt and begged me, I wouldn't spare them a second glance..."

The corner of Shu Yan's mouth twitched as he said softly, "Can't you learn from Snow Empress? You're a girl too, and this kind of behavior..."

Before Shu Yan could finish, a cool voice suddenly came from the balcony. "What did I do?"

Yes, this balcony was the one connected to Shu Yan's room.

Shu Yan looked at Snow Empress as she openly walked out from his room's balcony. He fell silent for a moment before saying, "Nothing. Let's go have breakfast. Since we have nothing else to do today, we'll travel at full speed. We can rest properly once we reach Star Luo City."

Snow Empress had no objections. Seeing Snow Empress nod, Ice Empress hesitated for a moment before nodding as well.

The two waited for Shu Yan to finish washing up. The three of them went downstairs for a simple breakfast, then hurried south again after leaving the city. They did not stop again until sunset, maintaining their usual speed.

At the speed of the Ice Snow Two Emperors, if they kept going for another night, the three would likely enter the territory of the Star Luo Empire by dawn tomorrow. Long-distance flight undoubtedly consumed a great deal of Soul Power for soul masters, but the Ice Snow Two Emperors were both top-tier powerhouses, so they naturally did not care about such a minor expenditure. If a Super Douluo wished to, flying continuously for three or four days would be quite easy. As for a Limit Douluo, no one had personally tested that yet, but they were surely stronger than Super Douluos.

A soft ice-blue radiance enveloped Shu Yan's body. He took an exquisite Continent Map from his Soul Tool and, using the moonlight, roughly determined the trio's current location.

Since the two continents had fused, the land area had doubled. The locations of several landmark giant cities on the original continent had remained largely unchanged, but the headquarters of many sects and factions had shifted. The most representative examples were the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The route the three were currently taking happened to pass close to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's present headquarters. It could even be said that they had flown straight over the other side's heads.

Shu Yan inexplicably had a bad feeling about this, but when he considered the strength of the two beside him... well, the ones who should have a bad feeling were probably those people from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect...

The night was like water. At some point, the land below had turned into a lush forest. The endless rice fields from before had disappeared, replaced by the unceasing low roars of various soul beasts. Wherever streams flowed, swarms of fireflies drifted low through the air like elves of the night—adorable, yet carrying a hint of mystery.

The three were not flying particularly high, speeding along less than ten meters above the forest canopy. Snow Empress flew slightly behind with Shu Yan, while Ice Empress flew alone in front.

Near the latter half of the night, the three remained alert. After passing over a lake that reflected the moonlight like a mirror, Snow Empress and Ice Empress frowned at the same time. They looked at each other, and Snow Empress then said softly, "About five kilometers ahead, there's the aura of a human Titled Douluo. There are also two Soul Sages. The other auras are very weak, almost all below the Soul King realm. Should we go around them?"

Before Shu Yan could reply, Ice Empress gave a disdainful snort. "Who cares? Judging by his aura, he's at most around Rank 93. A human Titled Douluo of that level, and a fire attribute one at that—if he dares disturb my good mood, I can slap him to death."

Shu Yan rubbed his brow and ignored Ice Empress. He merely said softly to Snow Empress, "Let's go around them if possible. They haven't offended us. Stirring up trouble for no reason isn't a good thing."

Snow Empress nodded. Then, a wave of ice-blue Soul Power swept out. In the next instant, Ice Empress, who had been eagerly rushing ahead, lost control of her body and was carried off to the side by Snow Empress.

Ice Empress was rather annoyed, but she did not dare resist Snow Empress and could only sulk by herself.

Other than Snow Empress, there was basically no one in the Extreme North Land who could compete with her. Her hands had been itching for a long time, but unfortunately, she had never found a suitable punching bag. Now that a punching bag had finally delivered itself to her doorstep, Shu Yan had ruined it again. Ice Empress thought resentfully that she would definitely get her revenge next time...

As for Snow Empress? Don't joke around. How could she bear to blame kind, adorable Xue'er, who was like a fairy? It was all that detestable Shu Yan's fault!

What the three did not know was that at the exact moment they chose to take a detour, a group in the nearby forest was staring tensely at the night sky. Only after a long while did they dare move their stiff bodies slightly, terrified that their heads might be separated from their bodies in the next instant...

The red-robed elder leading the group had neat short red hair. His aged face carried a trace of authority. Simply standing there seemed to make the fire-attributed energy in the surrounding space more active. Clearly, he was the fire-attributed Titled Douluo Ice Empress had mentioned—the unlucky fellow who had narrowly escaped disaster.

At this moment, sensing those two terrifying auras gradually moving away, the red-haired elder finally managed to swallow. His dry throat slowly bobbed before he let out a heavy sigh of relief.

The frozen aura around him gradually dissipated. He turned around, forcing a slightly stiff smile onto his face as he said, "Miss, it's all right now..."

As the elder's words fell, the group of young men and women who had been huddled together behind him slowly spread apart. A Blonde Girl with exquisite features and a noble temperament stepped out amid the crowd. Beside her, the valiant young woman with short red hair also let out a quiet sigh of relief.

Ning Tian looked at the quiet, waterlike night, and her wildly pounding heart finally calmed somewhat.

The trace of battle intent Ice Empress had inadvertently released in their direction had nearly frightened their entire group out of their wits. Some of the younger children had even collapsed directly to the ground, tears spilling uncontrollably from their eyes. Even Elder Wu, the Red Dragon Douluo leading this soul beast hunt, had nearly been unable to breathe under that aura's pressure. At one point, he had even prepared to risk his life to cover Ning Tian's retreat...

PS: I've seen that many readers don't like Ning Tian and Wu Feng, but I don't have time to revise this part of the plot anymore, since I wrote it over twenty days into last month. I've already stockpiled nearly fifty chapters ahead.

Whether they're female leads or not is easy enough to handle. If everyone doesn't like them, then I just won't write them as female leads. Later on, there'll probably be more interest-based dealings, moving toward bringing the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under control. Even if there is a relationship, does a ball of fluff count(?)

PS: Thank you all for your bookmarks, Follow-up Reading, and Votes~