Getting Better and Better

As the saying went:

Once the deed was done, one brushed off the dust and left, hiding both merit and fame.

After a night of secretly studying the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Ice Empress quietly withdrew.

When she left, she had still needed to support herself against the table and doorframe.

In the other room, Gu Yuena and the others had not slept, nor had they gone out. They had all been anxiously waiting for the Ice Empress to return in triumph.

And sure enough, when they saw the Ice Empress enter while holding onto the door, in the same state Qian Renxue had been in before, they immediately rushed forward with delighted expressions to support her.

"That's wonderful!"

Gu Yuena said with a gratified look, "Ice Empress, you didn't let everyone down. You were brave!"

Zi Ji and Bi Ji also looked at the Ice Empress with approval.

The Snow Empress, however, spoke with some heartache:

"You really must have pushed yourself too hard again."

"With Su Chen's strength, you should have come back after quietly completing the mission. Why did you end up like this after fighting him?"

Hearing this, the Ice Empress looked toward the Snow Empress. In an instant, Su Chen's image surfaced in her mind again—his firm abs, his soft warm lips, and that... She really wanted to snuggle up against him!

No, no, no.

The Ice Empress hurriedly dispersed Su Chen's phantom image in her mind. There was only the Snow Empress in her heart. She could only let Su Chen have her body.

Her heart... The Ice Empress thought of Su Chen again, and she felt so conflicted! So lost!

"Snow, I..."

The Ice Empress trailed off, lowering her head slightly like a little girl who had done something wrong.

The Snow