"Brother Linyuan, aren't you tired?"
"We've been walking for so long, and you haven't rested once. Why don't we stop for a while? I know there's an ice cave up ahead with a few Ice-Scaled Silverfish inside. They're nice and plump."
"I'll make you silverfish sashimi."
Ah Yin did not turn around, but her steps paused slightly as she replied coldly.
Ice Empress was being so attentive. Any woman with a functioning brain would know what Ice Empress wanted.
As a woman herself, she could not have understood it better.
Hmph.
"The master has the Life Domain supporting him. He won't get tired no matter how far he walks."
"Besides, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is at a critical moment. Every moment we delay could mean missing the best opportunity."
Ah Yin deliberately refuted her.
Ice Empress's steps paused as well, and her emerald eyes narrowed slightly.
"I never said we weren't going. I was just asking."
Ice Empress was so angry that her chest heaved.
That frivolous, wicked woman was deliberately opposing her!
After saying that, even she felt that her retort had not been very clever. She fell silent for a moment, then still quickened her pace by two steps to catch up, walking shoulder to shoulder with Gu Linyuan.
Snow Empress walked at the front. She did not turn back, but she had heard the exchange behind her. The corner of her lips moved almost imperceptibly, as though something had briefly stirred her.
She said nothing and merely continued onward in the direction Ah Yin had indicated.
The faint golden trail of light stretched ahead of her like an extremely thin thread, gradually drawing a location deep within the Extreme North closer and closer.
After walking for nearly four hours, Ah Yin stopped.
The ground before her did