The Snow Empress's Fine Control: She Withdrew the Chilling Energy in Ten Seconds, Astonishing Yan Shaozhe

Snow Empress walked ahead, her long white hair trailing behind her, wearing a white dress, her steps graceful.

Behind her followed Ice Empress, her bright green twin tails gleaming, her eyes darting around curiously as she scanned the room.

Ma Xiaotao's shoulders tensed instantly.

Her physical memory is faster than her brain's.

Yesterday, when I was Ice Seal, the chill that seeped into my bones, the feeling that made my soul tremble, is etched so deeply into my memory.

It was a feeling of extremes, Ice and Fire Dual Heavens, a bittersweet experience.

Now that Xue Qingyao has just walked in, she instinctively wants to stand up.

Ma Xiaotao forced herself to sit down on the stool. As a senior student from the Inner Academy, she couldn't stand up in front of a group of junior students from the Outer Academy.

But her fingers did indeed grip the hem of her dress tightly around her knees.

After entering the room, Snow Empress first scanned the people present.

Yan Shaozhe nodded slightly to her with a friendly smile.

Ma Xiaotao sat on the stool, her expression stiff, her shoulders taut beneath her red outfit.

Snow Empress absorbed all of this into her senses and then spoke.

"Considering that you were only urgently seeking help yesterday and did not intend to offend me, and that you were exposed to the cold all night, we will let this matter drop."

Snow Empress's voice was not loud, but carried a condescending indifference.

Ma Xiaotao was stunned for a moment.

She hadn't expected the other party to be so decisive.

She was mentally prepared to be difficult, to be given conditions, and even to be ridiculed, but it was all just turned over so easily?

Yan Shaozhe secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What he feared most was that Xue Qingyao would hold onto yesterday's events, otherwise he would lose face.

After all, Ma Xiaotao was his student, and it was indeed Ma Xiaotao who provoked him first yesterday.

"Xue Qingyao is very generous. I thank you on behalf of Xiaotao." Yan Shaozhe quickly went along with it.

Snow Empress ignored Yan Shaozhe and walked directly to Ma Xiaotao.

Ma Xiaotao subconsciously leaned back a bit.

Snow Empress raised her right hand, palm facing forward, and vaguely pointed towards Ma Xiaotao's chest.

"Don't move."

Ma Xiaotao dared not move.

An extremely subtle icy fluctuation emanated from Xue Emperor's Palm and entered Ma Xiaotao's meridians.

Ma Xiaotao shuddered, but then she realized something was wrong.

The icy chill wasn't attacking her; it was pulling her back.

When she was Ice Seal yesterday, a large amount of Ultimate Ice cold penetrated into her meridians and bones. Although the Ice Seal melted overnight, the cold remained in her body.

Yan Shaozhe her relieve some of the coldness last night, but even he couldn't help with the deeper chills; she could only digest them on her own.

Now, the Snow Empress is drawing back that cold air.

It's like someone sucking spilled water back into the pot.

Less than ten seconds later, Snow Empress withdrew her hand.

Ma Xiaotao's complexion improved almost visibly.

Her lips, which had been purplish, regained their color, the dark circles under her eyes faded considerably, and her overall appearance was as if she had been given a completely new look.

Yan Shaozhe sat in his chair and saw the whole scene clearly.

His fingers tightened slightly on his knee.

With his Titled Douluo- level cultivation, he only managed to expel a small portion of the cold energy from Ma Xiaotao last night by using his Soul Power to activate her blood circulation.

He tried several methods to get rid of the remaining, deeply ingrained remnants of Ultimate Ice.

As a result, Xue Qingyao reached out and withdrew her hand completely within ten seconds.

Clean and neat, without even a trace of residue.

As expected of the owner of Ultimate Ice, no amount of suppression can compare to the thoroughness of taking it back personally.

Ultimate Ice is just that domineering.

While Yan Shaozhe was inwardly impressed, he raised his assessment of Xue Qingyao's strength even further.

A level 65 Soul Emperor, Ultimate Ice, possessing the precision to precisely extract the cold energy he releases from specific points within the body's meridians.

This level of precision in controlling Soul Power is something many Seven-Ring Soul Sage cannot achieve.

Ma Xiaotao sat there in a daze for several seconds.

She looked down at her hands.

My fingers are no longer turning blue, the temperature at my fingertips is rising, and the tightness in my chest no longer feels like a block of ice is pressing on it.

A whole night of torment, resolved in ten seconds.

Ma Xiaotao raised her head and opened her mouth. She wasn't good at saying thank you, but this time she was genuinely grateful.

"Thanks."

He spoke those two words haltingly.

Snow Empress nodded slightly, offering no further comment.

"As for suppressing the Evil Fire within her," Snow Empress paused, "We'll discuss that next time."

These words startled both Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe had assumed that now that the cold energy had been absorbed, the next logical step would be to discuss suppressing the Evil Fire. However, Xue Qingyao simply retorted, "We'll talk about it next time."

But Yan Shaozhe was a shrewd man, and he immediately understood.

This is the hand left standing.

The chill was caused by Xue Qingyao yesterday, so it's only right to take it back; it's not a favor.

However, suppressing the Evil Fire is a different matter and requires separate negotiations.

Xue Qingyao clearly distinguished between the two matters.

Yan Shaozhe glanced at Dai Huabin again. The little golden retriever from the Outer Academy was leaning back in his chair, looking calm, as if everything was within his expectations.

Yan Shaozhe thought to himself, these kids from the Outer Academy are all incredibly clever.

"That's settled then."

Yan Shaozhe stood up, smiling, and said, "I'll come back to discuss this with Huabin once the academy's plan is finalized."

Dai Huabin also stood up. "Dean Yan, take care."

Yan Shaozhe walked to the door, glanced back at Ma Xiaotao, and said, "Xiaotao, let's go."

Ma Xiaotao stood up from the stool, pausing as she passed Snow Empress. She pursed her lips and blurted out another sentence.

"Um... I'll speak more politely next time."

This statement was vague, but the meaning was conveyed.

Snow Empress didn't reply, but simply stepped aside to let her pass.

Ma Xiaotao quickly caught up with Yan Shaozhe, and their footsteps gradually faded away along the corridor.

Ice Empress stood in the corner the whole time, without saying a word.

In front of outsiders, she presented herself as "an ordinary younger sister without cultivation talent," so she obediently huddled behind Snow Empress from beginning to end, even managing her expressions very well.

But the moment the door closed, Ice Empress's mouth opened like a floodgate.

"That woman in red, I caught a glimpse of her from afar yesterday, and I didn't expect her to look so pale. Xue'er, didn't you go too far?"

Snow Empress glanced at her.

"She came to us."

"Alright, alright."

Ice Empress waved his hand, plopped down on Dai Huabin's bed, and swung his legs back and forth.

Then she turned to look at Dai Huabin, her orange-gold eyes darting around.

"Huabin, did you absorb that External Soul Bone?"

Zhu Lu was pouring water for Snow Empress when she heard this and paused in her actions.

Dai Huabin raised an eyebrow. "How did you know?"

Ice Empress rolled their eyes.

"How could I not know? That's the Scorpion Tail Soul Bone of my Ice Jade Empress Scorpion clan. I can recognize the aura on it even with my eyes closed."

"You still have residual energy from the fusion within you. Do you think I'm blind?"

Dai Huabin chuckled. "Then tell me, how does it feel?"