Shui Bing'er hurriedly held her tighter, but Wu Changbing struggled even harder.
Her strength was absurd. She planted her two tiny hands against Shui Bing'er's chest and pushed, sending Shui Bing'er staggering back two steps and forcing her arms apart.
Wu Changbing slipped out of her embrace and rapidly crawled toward the Ice Spring on all fours, several times faster than an ordinary toddler.
"Oh no! Xiao Bing's crawling toward the Ice Spring!" Shui Yue'er cried anxiously.
Shui Qinghan's expression changed, and she rose to stop her. "I'll bring her back."
"No need to stop her." Wu Changkong raised a hand to block her.
"Why? Don't you know how dangerous that spring is?"
"She isn't ordinary. Let her go."
Wu Changkong knew she was the Ice Empress, so there was no way she would fear the Ice Spring.
They stood where they were and watched Wu Changbing lie down beside the Ice Spring.
She lay on her side, curled up on a round rock at the spring's edge.
Cold air rose from the Ice Spring, but she did not shiver at all. Instead, she slept more and more soundly.
"Could she be absorbing the cold air from the Ice Spring?" Shui Qinghan asked.
"She really is."
Shui Bing'er looked closely and noticed Wu Changbing drawing in the cold air bit by bit.
Wu Changkong looked away. "Since she's fine, let her sleep. I'm going to forge some iron."
At that, Shui Yue'er eagerly asked, "Are you going to make our battle armor?"
"Yes. I'll finish forging it for all of you over the next few months." With that, Wu Changkong headed toward the forge.
Shui Qinghan asked in confusion, "What's battle armor?"
"A kind of armor, but different from the iron armor you've seen. Soul power can flow through the