Strange Logic

Even Gang Zong knew that the Snow Empress was about to undergo her tribulation, so naturally the Ice Empress knew as well. Not long ago, the Snow Empress had sent Xiao Bai there to prepare for the Heavenly Tribulation.

When the Tribulation Cloud had gathered earlier, the Ice Empress had been observing from afar. Now that the Heavenly Tribulation was over, she was going to find the Snow Empress.

The plan had been perfect, but something she had never expected happened. When she arrived, she did not see the Snow Empress at all. Instead, she saw a man and a little girl. The key was that the little girl's appearance was carved from the same mold as the Snow Empress's, and she even carried the Snow Empress's aura.

"Where is the Snow Empress?"

"Isn't she right here?" Seeing that the other party was looking for the Snow Empress, Ye Qing pointed directly at the shrunken Snow Empress. But he had not expected his honest answer to cause trouble.

"So you're the one who got the Snow Empress killed?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't I tell you she's right here?"

What Ye Qing meant by pointing was that this little girl was the Snow Empress—she had simply become smaller.

The Ice Empress understood it as this: the Snow Empress had died in childbirth and vanished here, leaving behind this child.

Then the Snow Empress's death had to be because of the man before her. Killing him would avenge the Snow Empress. The Ice Empress felt her logic was perfectly sound, and her scorpion tail shot straight toward Ye Qing. Unlike other scorpions, her tail was shorter, with only five segments. Every segment was emerald green, and its hook was covered in diamond-like granules, while the tip gleamed with a silver-white mirror sheen. Though she was stronger, having fewer segments sacrificed flexibility. Neither her emerald stinger nor her silver-white pincers could touch Ye Qing.

Ye Qing figured she was probably a friend of the Snow Empress who had misunderstood something, so he did not fight back and merely dodged. Seeing that she could not touch him at all, the Ice Empress abandoned her cumbersome beast form and transformed into human form. Ye Qing had not expected this giant scorpion to look like this as a human.

She had a delicate, pretty face. Compared to the adult Snow Empress, she had less arrogance but more icy beauty. Four emerald-green Magic Marks ran down each side of her fair, lovely face, and her dark green hair flowed behind her. Her skin was as white as ice and snow, with a translucent quality.

Judging by her height, she was only around 1.5 meters tall. Considering her face, figure, age, and the time the Ice Empress had been established in the Northland, she seemed to be legal.

"Look carefully. This little one is the Snow Empress you're looking for. If you keep this up, I'll fight back!"

"Do you take me for an idiot? I've never heard of anything like this. You dare do it but won't admit it?"

"You dare do it but won't admit it?" Ye Qing no longer merely dodged as he watched the Ice Empress grow more unreasonable. As she attacked, he seized her and grabbed both her hands. Their strength was not even on the same level, and before long, Ye Qing had bound both of the Ice Empress's hands together with one hand.

"That doesn't sound quite right." Looking at her face and figure, Ye Qing simply could not connect her with a Spirit Beast hundreds of thousands of years old.

"What's wrong with it?"

A question mark slowly appeared. When I use a question mark, it isn't because I have a question—it means I think you have a problem. Ye Qing had not expected this scorpion's way of thinking to be so different from everyone else's.

"Figure out what's going on first before you say anything else."

"An opening!" Taking advantage of Ye Qing letting down his guard while speaking, the Ice Empress's scorpion tail suddenly sprang out behind her, its massive stinger stabbing toward Ye Qing's throat.

"Got him!" Seeing Ye Qing fail to dodge, she thought she had succeeded. Instead, a clash of metal rang out, and her tail was knocked aside.

"You really aren't obedient at all. Looks like you need a proper lesson."

"Y-you, what are you doing?!"

Ye Qing said nothing more and directly changed their positions. With one hand, he seized her hands and tail and pinned her to the ground. He held down her legs with one of his own, pressing her whole body into the snow.

"When dealing with naughty children, of course you have to teach them a proper lesson." Since her tail and hands were held together, Ye Qing seemed to glimpse green-and-white striped clothing beneath her outer garments as she struggled.

Then a series of sounds rang out as Ye Qing's other hand smacked down on her skirt.

"You bastard! I will definitely kill you, ah!" The Ice Empress cursed, her face changing color even in the bitter cold. It was a red unlike frostbite. She admitted that she could not defeat him, but she could never concede. The result was that Ye Qing's rhythmic movements continued for a while, until the Snow Empress woke up.

When the Snow Empress woke, she heard a series of sounds. Then she saw Ye Qing and the Ice Empress in a highly ambiguous position, doing something strange.

"What are you doing?"

"You're awake. Come explain to her who you are and where the Snow Empress is." Seeing that the Snow Empress had awakened, Ye Qing spoke to her.

"Look over here. Let your Sister Xue'er personally explain what happened."

"You bastard, you actually treated me like this! I will get revenge!"

"You're welcome to try anytime. But if you still can't beat me, I'll keep punishing naughty children."

"Enough, stop arguing. Bing'er, this person saved me during the Heavenly Tribulation. Otherwise, you wouldn't be seeing me now."

"You're the Snow Empress? How did you become like this?"

"This is the Heavenly Snow Woman's self-protection mechanism after her origin is damaged. Let Bing'er go. I guarantee she won't keep acting recklessly." Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, cries for help suddenly came from below.

"Help! Boss, save me! Your mount is about to be eaten!"

An Ice Bear was currently chasing Gang Zong. The Ice Bear was Xiao Bai. In her panic, the Ice Empress had forgotten about him entirely. Fortunately, he had not been too far away, so he ran over himself. On the way, he happened to encounter Gang Zong, who had come looking for Ye Qing. Having met his natural predator, Gang Zong began his desperate escape.

"That bear is mine. Want me to stop him?"

"No need. That pig won't die. Doesn't he even look at his opponent's cultivation before running... Let him learn a lesson."

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