Shrek City, Sea God Island.
Three days later, Jiang Che had mostly recovered.
Elder Zhuang's treatment was indeed masterful. Combined with Jiang Che's formidable physique and the Ultimate Ice Soul Power nourishing his meridians, his healing speed far surpassed that of ordinary people.
At that moment, he was reclining in a wicker chair in the courtyard, basking in the warm afternoon sunlight. Winter on Sea God Island was not especially cold. Sunlight filtered through the sparse canopy, casting dappled shadows across the ground.
Ice Empress sat beside the stone table, still holding the basic theory of Soul Tools. She was engrossed in her reading.
Ever since Jiang Che had casually demonstrated the Soul Power circulation nodes of the Linked Sealing Array for her, her interest in Soul Tools had become impossible to contain.
In just three days, she had stubbornly read through that basic theory book three times. She had even found several advanced books and was devouring them with relish.
Watching her study so seriously, Jiang Che's lips curled slightly.
Who would believe it if they were told that the dignified Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North and a four-hundred-thousand-year-old being, was now holed up in a little courtyard on Sea God Island, devouring Soul Tool theory?
"What are you looking at?" Ice Empress sensed his gaze and spoke without looking up, her tone still cool.
"You look pretty," Jiang Che replied casually.
Ice Empress's fingers paused slightly as she turned a page. A faint pink hue appeared on the tips of her ears, but she quickly suppressed it. Her tone remained flat. "Boring."
Jiang Che chuckled and was about to tease her some more when a burst of light footsteps suddenly sounded beyond the courtyard gate.
Ling Luochеn walked into