Decision to Fuse

When Xue Lingyun returned to the Ice Palace, Snow Empress was sitting on the Ice Crystal Chair with her eyes closed, regulating her breathing.

Xiao Bai lay by the entrance. Hearing the footsteps, his ears twitched. When he saw it was Xue Lingyun, he buried his face back in his paws, his tail sweeping twice behind him with a faint rustling sound.

Xue Lingyun walked over to the Ice Platform and sat down. He fished out the bag of jerky from his Storage Soul Tool, tore it open, and took a bite.

Ice Empress drifted down from his shoulder, took human form, and sat on the ice chair beside him. She raised a hand to smooth the hair the wind had tousled.

Her hair would not actually get messy in her spirit form, but she had kept this habit for hundreds of thousands of years and could not change it.

"Everything's taken care of." Xue Lingyun spoke vaguely as he chewed on the jerky.

He said that to Snow Empress. It was not a report, but more like an assurance.

Like saying, "I'm going out to take care of something," before leaving, then saying, "It's taken care of," upon returning.

As for what exactly he had taken care of, he had not said yet, but Snow Empress did not press him.

Snow Empress opened her eyes, her ice-blue gaze fixed on him. The corner of her lips shifted slightly, forming a faint curve that only those closest to her could understand.

It seemed to say, "It's good that you're back," and also, "Sit down and tell me slowly."

Xue Lingyun swallowed the jerky in his mouth, took a gulp of Ice Nectar, and then began recounting everything that had happened over the past few days in full detail.

Huo Yuhao