The next day.
Jiang Ning opened his eyes.
He glanced down and saw a slender arm draped across his chest.
He moved the arm aside, then rose from bed.
As he left the room, a breeze brushed against him, and he felt the cold in the air prick his bones like fine hairs.
His gaze swept beyond the window. Everything was already blanketed in white.
"It snowed in the Royal Capital too!" he murmured, unsurprised.
When he had left the imperial palace banquet last night, the air had already been bitterly cold, and dark clouds had obscured the clear moon.
Later, before he went to bed, white snowflakes had already begun drifting through the night sky.
It was only natural to wake up to the ground covered in snow as thick as goose feathers.
He pushed open the bamboo door and narrowed his eyes slightly.
The cold wind swept snowflakes into the room.
He closed the bamboo door again, then walked through the snow.
Crunch—
Crunch—
With every step, he could hear the snow being compressed beneath his feet.
Overhead, the sky was dark gray, with daylight just beginning to emerge.
He came to the well and saw faint white vapor drifting inside it.
That was caused by the difference between the temperature of the well water and the air outside.
He drew up a bucket of well water, faint wisps of vapor still drifting over its surface.
The well water was completely different in temperature from the air outside, carrying a faint warmth.
He washed his face, then rinsed his mouth.
Once he finished washing up.
Standing in the snow, he exhaled softly and looked at his panel.
[Source energy]: 301733
His gaze sharpened when he saw the change in his source energy points.
He immediately understood