This place might not be as peaceful as the Far North, but it had plenty of interesting things.

A gentle breeze swept across the lake, stirring ripples over its surface.

Li Changqing and Snow Empress stood side by side on the shore. Neither spoke right away.

After a moment, Snow Empress turned her head and gave Li Changqing an indifferent look.

"An heir to a divine inheritance?"

Li Changqing's expression remained unchanged.

"What about it?"

"You certainly know how to find yourself a convenient identity."

"Weren't you the one who confirmed it?"

"I was merely going along with what he said."

Snow Empress looked away, a trace of displeasure in her voice.

"If I could have revealed the real reason, why would I have covered for you?"

"Covered for me?"

Li Changqing smiled.

"Are you sure you weren't covering for yourself?"

Snow Empress fell silent.

Li Changqing was right.

Neither her tribulation nor the matter of the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow could be exposed lightly.

Especially the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow.

If the outside world learned that such a precious treasure had once been in Li Changqing's possession, countless powerful figures would covet it.

Even Shrek Academy could not remain entirely indifferent.

"But speaking of which..."

Li Changqing gazed across the lake, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

"You agreed awfully quickly back there."

"Agreed to what?"

"To acknowledge me as an heir to a divine inheritance."

Snow Empress glanced at him.

"Aren't you?"

Li Changqing did not answer.

Snow Empress's gaze gradually sharpened.

"You certainly aren't ordinary."

"Your strength, your martial soul, and your judgment of how things will unfold all far exceed those of your peers."

"But even now, I can't tell whether you truly are an heir to a divine inheritance."

Li Changqing said calmly,

"If you can't tell, why did you confirm it outright?"

"Because it benefits both of us."

Snow Empress answered