"My luck was indeed quite good," Jing Chen said with a smile.
Snow Empress nodded slightly in acknowledgment, and the two fell into a brief silence.
Just as Jing Chen was about to speak, Snow Empress beat him to it. "I've never seen you before, and you probably haven't seen me either, right?"
"So how did you recognize me before?"
She found this rather strange. Earlier, Jing Chen had stated her name with considerable certainty.
If he did not know her, he would not have used that tone. But had they met before?
Snow Empress thought back carefully, but she had no memory of ever encountering a soul beast like a Qilin, one known as a divine beast.
"I already told you before—I guessed." Jing Chen had expected Snow Empress's question and answered naturally. "There are very few soul beasts in this world that resemble humans. There might not even be enough to count on one hand."
"And among those I know of, the only humanoid soul beast with the Ice Attribute is the Heavenly Snow Woman of the Far North."
"The Heavenly Snow Woman is a spirit born of heaven and earth, and their numbers are scarce. It is said that the only Snow Empress still in existence is the Snow Empress, foremost of the Far North's Three Great Kings."
"With the conditions narrowed down so much, if I still couldn't confidently identify you, I'd be rather foolish."
After hearing this, Snow Empress felt enlightened. Thinking it over carefully, she realized it was true.
There really were very few spirits born of heaven and earth like her, with forms similar to humans.
Coupled with the ice and snow attribute, it really was easy to trace the answer back to her.
After all, he was right. In the entire Far