Bai Nian saw Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress and struggled lightly. Shui Bing'er immediately understood and set her down on the ground.
After looking over everyone, Shen Hanyu said,
"Since you're all here, stay for lunch..."
Everyone nodded without refusing.
Shui Bing'er sighed softly and headed for the kitchen to cook. The moment Shen Hanyu said that, she understood that she would be the one cooking again today...
Snow Empress gently pinched Bai Nian's cheek from the side but said nothing.
Ever since Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress had helped her slaughter the Sea Iguana pack that had once massacred her parents and her entire village, the little girl seemed to have grown attached to the two of them. She had begun taking the initiative to get close to them and would occasionally speak, though most of the time, she still acted like an invisible little girl.
After lunch, Shen Hanyu sent all the girls, led by Shen Liuyu and Shui Bing'er, back to Skywater Academy, leaving only Bai Nian behind.
Snow Empress brought over a blanket and spread it on the ground, then had Bai Nian sit cross-legged on it.
Shen Hanyu took out the eighty-thousand-year Jade Swan Trunk Bone from his Soul Tool. A jade-green Life Aura instantly spread through the surrounding space, and Bai Nian's gaze fixed firmly on the Trunk Bone, as if it held a fatal allure for her.
Shen Hanyu exchanged a glance with Snow Empress before saying,
"Based on the rate at which the death aura in her body is currently devouring her life force, as well as the total amount of life energy it has devoured so far, she only needs to balance the death aura and life energy in her body before she can begin absorbing a Soul Ring and